08-13-2007, 08:08 PM
Capt that is why the thread is there. Its for the long and short view of the elections.
Deccan Chronicle in its 13 August 2007 edition says
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By Harish Gupta
After the Prime Minister called the Leftâs bluff on the nuclear deal, the Congress started a midnight operation to douse the fire. A team comprising Ahmed Patel, Suresh Pachauri, Priya Ranjan Das Munshi, Narayanswamy and some others are trying to pacify the Left. They are saying that the Prime Minister gave the interview to the Kolkata newspaper only after CPI(M) general-secretary Prakash Karat publicly told the government to be ready for "political consequences." They told Karat that the PM had said such things even in the past and nothing much should be read in his statements.
In fact, it was after great efforts that Sitaram Yechury was made to attend the swearing-in ceremony of the new vice-president. Even Karat subsequently toned down his threat. <b>But Left hardliners want the blanket support given to the UPA to be withdrawn, and replaced with issue-based support. They want the Manmohan Singh government to become a minority government as was the case with Indira Gandhi. The Left wonât pull it down, but the UPA must find its own oxygen. RSPâs Abani Roy told Karat that insults would not be tolerated and his party would consider voting against the deal if the matter was not discussed. Forward Bloc is also in a militant mood. The UNPA is working overtime to take advantage of the situation.</b>
Rajnath embraces astrology
BJP president Rajnath Singh is the latest to join the fan club of astrologers and Vaastu experts. <b>Rattled by the recent setbacks to the party and the beating his own image has taken, the BJP president has started consulting astrologers.</b> Pradyut Vora, Rajnathâs confidant and an IIM alumnus from Ahmedabad, asked a top <b>Vaastu expert </b>to visit the BJP headquarters. The expert advised that major changes be made to Rajnathâs room at the party headquarters of 11 Ashok Road. He also <b>said that Rajnathâs room was built at a place where the washroom should have been, and that it was because of this very reason that none of Rajnathâs predecessors could complete their term in the last ten years.</b>Â <!--emo&<_<--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/dry.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='dry.gif' /><!--endemo--> Apart from this, a new media room is also being constructed.
Changes are being quietly made at Rajnathâs residence as well. It must be mentioned here that Murli Manohar Joshi too believed in astrology and Vaastu, but he also had to make an unceremonious exit after his failed mission to Jammu and Kashmir. <b>H.D. Deve Gowda did everything possible to protect his prime ministership by consulting astrologers and Vaastu experts, but failed to complete his term. However, Gowda believes that he became PM because of astrological advice.</b> BJP high command is wishing Rajnath well in his endeavour.
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Deccan Chronicle in its 13 August 2007 edition says
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Left hardliners for issue-based support </b>
By Harish Gupta
After the Prime Minister called the Leftâs bluff on the nuclear deal, the Congress started a midnight operation to douse the fire. A team comprising Ahmed Patel, Suresh Pachauri, Priya Ranjan Das Munshi, Narayanswamy and some others are trying to pacify the Left. They are saying that the Prime Minister gave the interview to the Kolkata newspaper only after CPI(M) general-secretary Prakash Karat publicly told the government to be ready for "political consequences." They told Karat that the PM had said such things even in the past and nothing much should be read in his statements.
In fact, it was after great efforts that Sitaram Yechury was made to attend the swearing-in ceremony of the new vice-president. Even Karat subsequently toned down his threat. <b>But Left hardliners want the blanket support given to the UPA to be withdrawn, and replaced with issue-based support. They want the Manmohan Singh government to become a minority government as was the case with Indira Gandhi. The Left wonât pull it down, but the UPA must find its own oxygen. RSPâs Abani Roy told Karat that insults would not be tolerated and his party would consider voting against the deal if the matter was not discussed. Forward Bloc is also in a militant mood. The UNPA is working overtime to take advantage of the situation.</b>
Rajnath embraces astrology
BJP president Rajnath Singh is the latest to join the fan club of astrologers and Vaastu experts. <b>Rattled by the recent setbacks to the party and the beating his own image has taken, the BJP president has started consulting astrologers.</b> Pradyut Vora, Rajnathâs confidant and an IIM alumnus from Ahmedabad, asked a top <b>Vaastu expert </b>to visit the BJP headquarters. The expert advised that major changes be made to Rajnathâs room at the party headquarters of 11 Ashok Road. He also <b>said that Rajnathâs room was built at a place where the washroom should have been, and that it was because of this very reason that none of Rajnathâs predecessors could complete their term in the last ten years.</b>Â <!--emo&<_<--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/dry.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='dry.gif' /><!--endemo--> Apart from this, a new media room is also being constructed.
Changes are being quietly made at Rajnathâs residence as well. It must be mentioned here that Murli Manohar Joshi too believed in astrology and Vaastu, but he also had to make an unceremonious exit after his failed mission to Jammu and Kashmir. <b>H.D. Deve Gowda did everything possible to protect his prime ministership by consulting astrologers and Vaastu experts, but failed to complete his term. However, Gowda believes that he became PM because of astrological advice.</b> BJP high command is wishing Rajnath well in his endeavour.
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