<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Under the Manmohan Singh government, a symbiotic relationship has flourished between Western diplomats in New Delhi and influential men and women in office. As a result, decisions of cabinet committees have been changed to Washingtonâs benefit by members of a coterie without the concerned minister even being told about a change before it was done.
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The requirement of âpolitical clearanceâ from South Block for meetings between foreign diplomats and officials across the spectrum of the government of India is now largely observed in its breach. As a result, it is no longer unusual to see a first secretary from a Western embassy freely running around the corridors of a sensitive ministry, meeting an additional secretary or a full secretary
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Last year, another aide to Mulford offered me a story. Actually, it was more of a campaign to change government policy than a single story. I turned it down, but shortly thereafter, the US embassy in New Delhi did manage to change policy in New Delhi by running the campaign in another newspaper. That is what happens to a government which is more concerned about opinion in the plush drawing rooms of South Delhi than in the soggy shanties of Mumbaiâs Dharavi<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
So I was right, PM Moron Singh is a mole and selling India to cheapest bidder.
Fall of this government is good for country.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->"If Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is confident that he can go ahead without Left support, he should have categorically told us to go,'' a senior CPI(M) leader said.
<b>Party insiders feel that at this juncture, the Congress is afraid of a mid-term election with people suffering the onslaught of price rise and reform policies which have benefited only a few handful. "It only tends to strengthens the stand taken by all Left parties and Karat,''</b> he said.
Although the CPI(M) also knows that in the event of a mid-term poll the party might just lose out in terms of MPs, but "ideologically, we'll have nothing to lose,'' insiders said.
Thus if election becomes an inevitable choice, let the Congress decide it instead of going to poll by blaming the Left, the CPI(M) leader said, adding "meanwhile we are not changing our stand that on the 123 Agreement.'' link
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What Karat has figured out is that while INC might be able to play West Bengal and Kerala against him, the CPM would be reduced to nothing when all the sidebars get implemented. Thats a red color revolution for you.There is shadow boxing going on.
Mid term will bring gain to regional parties. Congress and Left will be big losser.
From now and election we have six months, things can change. BJP may gain.
Lets see where Paswan will jump, that will tell you trend.
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Mayawati's already off the hook on Taj corridor case.
Add to your list: Salman's court/case files are missing on the hunting issue.. surprise!!
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Which was is Karunanidhi leaning? He was key during Presidential elections.
NDTV is (I think) the best source to keep on the latest development as far as Karat goes. After all with him, Brinda and Prannoy Roy all in family, NDTV could be the proverbial canary in the coal mine here. Left's 'stop N-deal' rhetoric continues
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>He also said that the CPI(M) had never spoken about withdrawing support </b>but maintained that the government should not proceed with negotiations at the International Atomic Energy Agency.
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Gujarat polls are in Dec - right?
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I think Left will suggest Congress to dump MMS and they will ask for replacement, we may have total new face as PM.
Those who are saying Left are anti-India, they should always keep in mind that they are sleeping with Congress. So either both of them are criminal and anti-india or none.
For Commies and Congress, Gujarat is a wish bone which had stuck in their throat.
My all good wishes to Modi, God give him long life and victory in coming election.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>PM has failed his mentor </b>
Pioneer.com
Balbir K Punj
As the UPA Government faces crisis due to the threat by the Left parties to withdraw support if it "operationalises" the 123 Agreement, one recalls that the Congress had run a minority Government for the full-term of five years under the leadership of PV Narasimha Rao between 1991 and 1996. He could successfully run a minority Government without being dictated by his supporters unlike the Manmohan Singh Government, which has been pressured by the Left parties to withdraw from almost all its programmes.
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History bears testimony to the fact that the Left claims to work to further the national interest. But ultimately, it serves the interests of foreign powers: It worked for Moscow's interest in the Soviet era; now it fights for Beijing's interests.
In 1991, when Rao took over the reins of the Congress and the Government following Rajiv Gandhi's assassination, the party was in a minority in the Lok Sabha. He was considered a weak Prime Minister initially, but he managed to survive by playing one party against the other.
<b>Narasimha Rao had completely sidelined the Nehru-Gandhi family when he was the Prime Minister. He used Mr Manmohan Singh, the then Finance Minister in the Congress Government, to virtually write the obituary of Nehruvian socialism that was marked by poverty, licence raj, scarcity of important commodities and all-pervasive corruption. Rao thus gave a new shape to the Congress's agenda. Though the party lost the 1996 general election, he had set the economic reforms process on an irreversible course. However, Congressmen accustomed to the dynasty went back to the Nehru-Gandhi family for inspiration instead of completing the unfinished work that Rao had started.</b>
<b>Compare the record of the minority Government led by Narasimha Rao with the record of the present UPA Government supported by the Left parties. Despite leading a minority Government, Rao had the courage to shed Nehruvian socialism and liberalise the economy. In fact, he did not refrain from taking tough decisions like ending Government's monopoly in telecommunications, power and other infrastructure areas.
On the other hand, the UPA Government headed by Mr Manmohan Singh, the economist-turned-politician, shied away from taking steps to intensify the reforms process in important sectors like insurance and disinvestment of PSUs for the fear of losing power under pressure from the anti-reforms Left. As the Finance Minister of the 1990-96 Congress Government, Mr Singh could easily carry on with his economic reforms, but the same person has failed to do so as the Prime Minister in the UPA Government.</b>
Mr Singh now finds himself caught between two divergent forces - a determined Left and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, unaffected by the plight of the Prime Minister. The main Opposition, the BJP, hasn't given him any breather either. Naturally, the widening of the rift between the UPA's allies serves the Opposition's purpose, as its job in a parliamentary democracy is to expose the follies of the ruling party.
<b>As things stand today, the UPA is likely to either dump the Prime Minister, who has dented its prestige by signing the India-US civil nuclear deal (as his personal agenda) to prevent the Government from falling, or go for a fresh mandate. It is unlikely that the Congress will take the risk of a mid-term election.</b>
So are we to live with a Government that will remain in power surrounded by controversies till it acquires the courage to face the people? The answer to the question is not very clear, <b>but the Prime Minister's dilemma is evident. He cannot dump the deal and lose face</b>. Nor can he convince his party to challenge the Left outright, keeping in mind the wavering support he gets from his own party colleagues.
<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>Interestingly, some Congress MPs have been working for a change of guard at the Centre in order to save the Government. A new Prime Minister who might take over from Mr Singh could keep the Government off the India-US civil nuclear deal and keep it pending.</span> This could, in a way, meet the demand of the Left. Even if the Congress opts for a mid-term election, it will not make the nuclear deal an electoral plank. The UPA's dilemma is getting deeper as the nuclear deal has become a difficult issue to sail with.
As his difficulties mount, Mr Manmohan Singh vents his anguish by making irresponsible remarks. Mr George Fernandes' description of Mr Singh as a "traitor", the likes of whom the Chinese would have treated "with a bullet in the head", is debatable. After all, the level of political discourse has been deteriorating ever since the times of Mrs Indira Gandhi, when she transformed the Congress from a party believing in Mahatma Gandhi's ideals to a one-family party.
<b>Mrs Gandhi had a single- minded approach: Nail opponents of her misrule by calling them "foreign-inspired traitors". Rajiv Gandhi used the word "limpets" to describe the entire Opposition without ever regretting the statement later.</b>
And as Mr Fernandes has rightly pointed out, there was no Congressman ready to tell his own party leaders to stop the daily chanting of litanies during the NDA's rule, describing the then Defence Minister as a "coffin thief". At the worst, Mr Fernandes has paid the Congress back in its own coin.
While many would argue that despite his sense of personal pique, Mr Fernandes should have worded his opinion about the Prime Minister better, Mr Singh need not have sullied his own image by concocting a 'havan' done by the BJP praying for his death.
<b>The 'havan' story reveals the sense of desperation in the UPA Government</b>. Poor Mr Singh, the deal that he thought would be as historic as his 1991 economic reforms is fast turning out to be his worst political blunder.
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Rao brought stability, wisdom and confidence, what MMS did is converting into insanity, criminality and arrogance in governance.
This is a difference between Babu and Politicians, Babu are good for forming committee, chit-funds or collecting files or under desk deals. A politician knows how to stand when needed. Even I can trust Mulayam Singh Yadav or Lalu on Indiaâs security but not MMS.
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Maya threatens to severe ties with UPA
27 Aug 2007, 0347 hrs IST,Akhilesh Kumar Singh,TNN
FARRUKHABAD: A day after the Centre allotted another bungalow in Delhi to the Bahujan Samaj Party for founder Kanshi Ram's memorial, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati on Sunday issued an open threat to the UPA government of launching a campaign to unseat it. Speaking at a rally for a byelection here, she said her party would not hesitate from snapping ties with the UPA if BSP's demands for special package for UP wasn't cleared at the earliest.
"I have met the Prime Minister twice in the past three months demanding special package for the state but he has not responded. I sent him reminders but he has remained non-committal on sanctioning the required funds. If the UPA leaders continue to ignore my request, we are not going to tolerate it and the BSP will lead a campaign to unseat the UPA government at the Centre," said Mayawati, addressing a huge rally at the Christian Inter-College ground in favour of BSP candidate and state health minister Anant Mishra contesting the Farrukhabad assembly by-poll.
Mayawati cautioned the PM that her support to the UPA mainly during the recent presidential poll should not be taken for granted. The state is facing unprecedented financial crisis and the economy is limping with acute shortage of funds. The UPA government cannot ignore the cause of the most populated state, she said. "The BSP has already captured the largest state of the country and it has gained sizable ground in several other states. Soon, the BSP will take over Delhi. After that, the power will rest with us and then the Congress leaders will realise the mistake of ignoring our demands," she said.
The CM was equally critical of the Prime Minister about overlooking her demand of implementing reservation in private sector.
"I had requested the Prime Minister to make provisions for reservation in private sector but he expressed his inability citing possible resentment among industrialists and entrepreneurs," said Mayawati. She said there was no denying the fact that the capitalist class holds influence over the Union government but the meekness on the part of the PM was quite ironical.
Pioneer, 28 Aug.,2007
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Akhilesh Suman | New Delhi
...in case Left topples Govt on N-deal
Politics is the art of the possible, said nineteenth century German Prussian politician Otto Von Bismarck. This is happening between the Congress and the Samajwadi Party. The two parties, which did not see eye to eye three months back, are now quietly exploring the possibility of a possible understanding in case of a mid-term election in the country.
Realising that Mayawati's BSP was not an easy pie to digest, the leaders of the two parties are cosying up, here, there and anywhere whenever they find an opportunity.
Track-two warm up between the leaders of the two parties is on the full swing for the last one month and missives are being passed to each other to forgo the past and plan for a future.
The impasse created by proposed India-US civil nuclear deal has forced the Congress to look for a new ally. Mayawati's silence on the issue has created doubts in the Government circles as to whether her support could be taken for granted during crisis.
On its part, the Samajwadi Party has also realised that the politics of isolation is not going to work for long, as Mayawati is going ahead with plans to replicate her experiment of Dalit-upper caste alliance all over the country.
The coming together of SP and Congress leaders began when former President APJ Abdul Kalam invited leaders of all political parties on his last tea in President House, sources said. The missive came from a top ruling party leader who began talking to a senior SP parliamentarian.
While the Congress leader said, "I have no personal enmity with Mulayam Singh and the Samajwadi Party," the SP leader replied, "see the result of targeting Mulayam Singh Yadav in coming months. Mayawati is not far away from beginning to abuse you in person too."
Her veiled threats to retaliate if the Union Government does not accept her demand for Rs 84,000 crore grant is being viewed in this backdrop. Congress leaders fear that she could use it against the Congress in Uttar Pradesh.
After the Left parties announced their opposition to the UPA Government on the nuclear deal, another top leader of the Congress talked to the SP leader.
"Mayawati is non-political, she is totally casteist," said the Congress leader, who is a senior Minister in the UPA Government.
"Mulayam Singh, no doubt, is a seasoned politician and we can converse with him," he added, with a rider that the SP leaders should stop mud slinging against Congress president Sonia Gandhi even at the drop of a hat. "The Left may withdraw support from the Government. You can come in out support to save the Government," a Union Minister responsible for co-coordinating with leaders across political parties in the parliament told the SP leader.
"We have gone too far and need some time to mend fences between us," the SP leader replied. Recently, when the Japanese Prime Minister came to address Parliament's joint session, a Congress leader very close to party chief Sonia Gandhi is reported to have told the SP leader, "You have been friendly to us at the time of UPA formation. What is the point in fighting for ever?"
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Who are they talking about. The SP guy is Amar Singh. Who are teh INC guys?
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No, it is Mulayam Singh and Kapil Sibal.
You might be right as you know that area well. How is it the report talks of Union minister and Congress leader. And if its Mulayam they are talking to how is the Congress leader using that name?
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While the Congress leader said, "I have no personal enmity with Mulayam Singh and the Samajwadi Party," the SP leader replied, "see the result of targeting Mulayam Singh Yadav in coming months. Mayawati is not far away from beginning to abuse you in person too." <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
And who is this?
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I think the SP leader is Amar Singh and dont know the two INC leaders one of whomis a Union Minister.
Amar Singh is impossible, remember he gate crash and was insulted by everyone, He is Thakur, Izzat is much bigger. Recent Amitabh's son wedding, they skipped invitation to Gandhi family.
Now a days, Sonia is close to Kapil Sibal, Bhardwaj, Ahmed Patel, Oscar.
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Mudy, there is no izzat for these fellows in politics. For a day on the kursi they'll sell their own.
Mayawati's strong at state and has her eyes set on Centre. If her party does fare well in Gujarat <span style='color:blue'>(don't rule it out)</span>, there's no stopping her. Mulayam's party might be dealing with Congress with eye on next state elections in mind and Congress is doing what it does best - divide and rule.
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another face of commie.
They are predicting death of BJP and Congress leaders.
Read <b>Saturn will dethrone</b>, <b>Happy Ugadi Astrology predictions </b>, <b>Saturn</b>
Next PM, according to them Karkat
That whole site looks to me like Blitz newspaper. However, there are too many future PMs and lots of hate Communist literature as well. It is on all sides. It is making very difficult to even "read between the lines". Who the hell are these guys? Any scoop?
Even Blitz which was run by Karanjia(?) gave some sleepless nights to Indira Gandhi. This is no Blitz, might be some blogger. My apologies for posting the site here.
There are some good bloggers out there which are worth a mention. We can ignore this one for now.
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For donation they are asking in dollars and multiple of 100.
email address is hotmail not gmail or others, which can be tracked easily. They had given to mobile no, no landline number.
This site is refered by huffingtonpost, CNN, BR, SIFY, Parliament, all sundry newspaper, wiki, answer
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