Indian Political Corner | All Updates & Discussions.

[jha]

Manoj tiwari bhojpuri singer to join BJP during NAMO's patana rally..

Its Patna not patana ..

On a totally "unrelated" matter..

UP, Bihar take to Modi; worry for Congress: Opinion poll

India's heartland is responding to Narendra Modi well enough to give the BJP a big boost in UP and Bihar, but not enough for a clear verdict in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.

If elections were held now, the BJP would bag 44 of the 120 seats in these two states, a sizeable jump from the 23 it won in 2009, an opinion poll done for The Economic Times by AC Nielsen, suggests.

This would make BJP the single largest party in each of these states; it is slated to win 27 seats in UP and 17 in Bihar.

And the number for Congress? Just 16, down from 23 last time. The damage is really in UP, where the party won 21 seats in 2009 but is now projected to get just 12.

The poll also suggested that the Modi-Rahul face-off could be a no-contest.

In contrast to a fall in Uttar Pradesh, it might improve its tally in Bihar from 2 to 4. The Economic Times opinion poll, done by AC Nielsen, indicates it's bad news for regional players in UP and Bihar, barring the BSP, which is estimated to hold on to its tally of 20 in UP. The SP is likely to slip from 23 to 16.

Similarly, in Bihar, JD(U) is predicted to go down from 20 to 10 and RJD will gain just one seat to bag 5 this time against the 4 it had in 2009.

On the Modi versus Rahul Gandhi battle, the poll showed a complete rout for the Gandhi scion with the score reading 50-9 in UP and 47-19 in Bihar. The remaining 41% in UP and 34% in Bihar were for leaders like Mayawati, Mulayam Singh Yadav and Nitish Kumar.

BJP looking strong in UP too

The BJP looks set to emerge the single largest party in UP in next year's Lok Sabha polls, riding a Modi wave that's boosting its vote share. The party's vote share in UP would be 28% if polls were held today, ahead of BSP's 25% and well above 18% for SP and 17% for Congress, an opinion poll done exclusively for The Economic Times by AC Nielsen projected.

The result of the 11 percentage point rise in BJP's vote share from the 2009 figure of 17% is that the party will win 27 seats, ahead of BSP's 20, SP's 16 and Congress' 12, the poll shows.

Barring BJP, all major parties are losing vote share, SP being the biggest loser, sliding from 23% to 18%. The BSP share would drop by two percentage points from 27% to 25% and Congress drop one percentage point.

The complexities of a quadrangular contest mean that while BSP may retain its tally at 20 and SP could lose 7 seats from 23 to 16, Congress could be the biggest loser in terms of seats, sliding from 21 in 2009 to 12 in 2014.

The Modi-Rahul faceoff seems a non-starter in India's largest state as of now, 50% of respondents picking the saffron icon for PM, 9% backing Rahul. The rest were for Mayawati (22%) or Mulayam (11%). Gandhi fi nishes fourth in this race. The poll suggested that the surge in BJP fortunes cuts across age, gender, caste, social milieu and region. SP's decline is just as widespread — not surprising considering most respondents expressed unhappiness with Akhilesh Yadav's handling of issues.

Nitish feels separation pangs in Bihar

Nitish Kumar's gamble of splitting with BJP in Bihar seems to be pinching, doing no damage to his erstwhile ally. The BJP would finish top of the heap in seats and vote share in the state, if LS polls were held today.

That's the key finding from an opinion poll done exclusively for The Economic Times by AC Nielsen in UP and Bihar.

The poll suggests that BJP's Bihar vote share would jump from 19% in 2009 to 33% this time, gaining at the expense of JD(U) and RJD.

The Nitish-led JD(U)'s share could drop from 24% to 16% and the Lalu-led RJD's from 19% to 12%. The Congress' vote share might rise from 10% to 13%. Ram Vilas Paswan's LJP would see a decline from 7% to 5%.

The net result of this shuffle is that BJP could increase its tally from 12 to 17 seats despite no ally. The JD(U) tally could be halved from 20 to 10. Congress might win 4 seats, doubling its 2009 tally, while RJD could gain one to win 5 seats. The poll was done before Lalu got a jail term which makes the findings grim for him.

Narendra Modi was the preferred PM choice for 47% of respondents. Rahul Gandhi was third at 19%. Between them was Nitish, picked by 22%.

 

[jha]

And some were saying BJP wont get allies...


11 northeast parties join hands ahead of Lok Sabha polls, form front

GUWAHATI: Regional parties of the northeast have decided to come together and float a political front ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. At the initiative of Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), at least 11 regional political parties on Sunday formed the North East Regional Political Front (NERPF) to press the Centre to solve the "common and vital issues" of the region.

This front will include all major regional parties—AGP, Nagaland People's Front (NPF), Mizo National Front (MNF), Sikkim Democratic Front, Manipur State Congress Party (MSCP) and several other parties from Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura. The front has also left its doors open for other regional forces.

In a show of solidarity, Akali Dal leader and former chief minister of Punjab Surjit Singh Barnala attended the meeting of the NERPF on Sunday. On Monday, Telugu Desam Party chief Chandra Babu Naidu is also likely to arrive here to attend an AGP meeting. Recently, Prafulla Mahanta and Naidu had a meeting in New Delhi to explore ways to bring all regional parties of the country under one umbrella.

The timing of formation of the regional alliance is significant with the Lok Sabha election coming up in a few months, especially considering that the northeastern states together have a strength of 25 MPs in the lower house. The alliance, however, refrained from terming itself a 'third front'. "This is a political forum and only time will decided the strategy of the front in the polls. It's too early to say whether we will support BJP or any other party," said Nagaland chief minister Neiphiu Rio, who is the convener of the NERPF.

Former Assam chief minister and AGP chief Mahanta will be the chief adviser of the front, with Sikkim chief minister Paban Chamling and former Mizoram CM Joram Thanga and former Meghalaya CM Donkoper Roy as advisers.

Focused on safeguarding the territorial, cultural, social, political and economical developments of the entire region, the front announced it would take on vital issues affecting the northeast that have been ignored by the current Congress-led UPA government.

 

[Jason bourne]

To counter Narendra Modi's 9 UP rallies, Mulayam Singh Yadav and son will hold 18


Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party will meet today to discuss its plans for general elections 2014, including how to counter the Narendra Modi offensive launched by the BJP in Uttar Pradesh starting Saturday last.

Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and his son and UP chief minister and Akhilesh plan to address 18 joint rallies in the state, covering all parts of it, and party workers will be briefed about the plan for these today.

On Saturday, lakhs attended a rally addressed by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in Kanpur, where he asked the people of the state to throw out the Akhilesh Yadav government, offering lacerating criticism for it on law and order, unemployment and not least for "saving the UPA through the back door."

The BJP plans nine such mega Modi shows in the state, which sends 80 MPs to the Lok Sabha and always plays a crucial role in government formation at the Centre.

Today's SP meeting will be headed by the 40-year-old Akhilesh Yadav. The party is aiming at consolidating the backward, Muslim and most backward vote banks and is scheduled to launch a state-wide rath yatra to woo the 18 most backward castes in the state.

Mulayam Singh's party has 22 MPs in the Lok Sabha and offers external support to the Congress-led Manmohan Singh government at the Centre.
For NDTV Updates,

 

[Jason bourne]

Rahul Gandhi to address two rallies in Uttar Pradesh on October 30


Lucknow: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi would address two rallies in Uttar Pradesh on October 30.In a statement issued in Lucknow, the party's state chief Nirmal Khatri said that Rahul would address rallies at Rath in Hamirpur district and Salempur in Deoria district.

He said that at the request of UPPCC, Rahul was scheduled to address four rallies in the state in October, of which two were earlier held in Rampur and Aligarh.

For NDTV Updates,


Why media don't show the public gathering in MR rahul gandhis rally...

 

[cloud_9]

Ummm.......
Looks like there still are cavemen living in India.

 

[kurup]

And some were saying BJP wont get allies...


11 northeast parties join hands ahead of Lok Sabha polls, form front

A very significant move . This could change the political climate of entire North-East .

 

[jha]

A very significant move . This could change the political climate of entire North-East .

Yes... If NDA manages to bring all these in its fold, they can expect 6-7 seats atleast from NE..

A very significant move . This could change the political climate of entire North-East .

Yes... If NDA manages to bring all these in its fold, they can expect 6-7 seats atleast from NE..

 

[jha]

 

[Nair saab]

LOL Rahul GAYndhi doesnt know difference between Balatkar and Brashtachar ...

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10202134671597522

 

[jha]

Anyone watched the debate on Communal riots bill on Times Now....? Seems to be a tool to get minority votes.. Is congress not worried that any such move may backfire by alienating Majority community altogether..?

 

[jha]

Meanwhile in Rajasthan...

Laptops distributed by Rajasthan govt of little use to students in rural areas

Gehlot govt may have distributed laptops, cheques for tablets under the Rajiv Gandhi Vidhyarthi Digital Yojana, but they are of little use to students in rural areas. Many feel hiring more teachers instead would have helped.

The new Mathematics teacher at Matasula Secondary School, located in an interior tribal village in Udaipur, is having nightmares. He has to teach simple addition, subtraction and multiplication to even Class IX and X students. Among the "brightest" students in these classes are Hitesh Kumar Ranji and Leela Kumari.

Hitesh, a Class X student, has learnt division and Leela, a Class IX student, is learning "tenses".

Hitesh and Leela have been rewarded with an Acer laptop each for topping in Class VIII in 2011-12 and 2012-13 respectively. The others in the top 10 in Class VIII have got cheques of Rs 6,000 each to buy PC tablets. Their parents have submitted "receipts" from a stationary shop from where they purportedly bought them. The students, however, don't seem to have any clue about the PC tablets.

Ahead of the Assembly polls, this is the Congress regime's much-publicised contribution to GenNext in, what Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot says, making them "technically more proficient" under the Rajiv Gandhi Vidhyarthi Digital Yojana (RGVDY).

About 3.5 lakh students across the state have got these cheques ostensibly to buy tablets. Toppers in Classes VIII, X and XII were given laptops by the debt-ridden Rajasthan government, taking the total expenditure under the RGVDY to an estimated Rs 422 crore.

The laptop opens with the picture of the late prime minister on the screen. Hitesh and Leela know it is Rajiv Gandhi but don't know who he was. While Hitesh is more eager to know whether "the government can give him a job after studies", Leela's problem is more immediate. "I am trying to understand past continuous tense," she says. But that still won't be enough for her to understand the "English stories" that are recited on her new gadget.

Read more at : Laptops distributed by Rajasthan govt of little use to students in rural areas - Indian Express

 

[jha]

 

[Soumitra]

Rahul Gandhi to address two rallies in Uttar Pradesh on October 30


Why media don't show the public gathering in MR rahul gandhis rally...

Arey public hogi tabhi to dikhaoge

 

[Soumitra]

Madhya Pradesh cold to Rahul emotional quotient pitch?

BHOPAL: Rahul Gandhi was the first national leader to start campaigning in pollbound MP. On September 17 he gave emotional speeches in tribal-dominated Shahdol and Gwalior recalling Sonia Gandhi's ill-health and tears on the day Lok Sabha passed the Food Security Bill.

At Shahdol, he told a large tribal gathering : "My mother understands the pain of the poorest of the poor . The Congress understands your hunger . She fought for the food bill for years.'' Rahul recollected how he dragged his mother to hospital that night .

His emotive pitch failed to make much of an impact . The reason : UPA got the Food Security Bill passed this September . CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan began providing wheat at Rs 2 a kg, rice at Rs 3 a kg and salt at Re 1 a kg to BPL families from June 1. Chhattisgarh's BJP government initiated food security measures five years ago .

The AICC vice-president's speeches gave BJP some hard ammunition. BJP leaders are now openly asking at rallies if Sonia also cries when the Pak army beheads Indian soldiers or when children are orphaned after terror attacks.

Clearly, the Congress out of power in MP since 2003, is running late on its poll agenda. Sidelining veterans such as AICC general secretary Digvijay Singh, Union minister Kamal Nath and senior leader Suresh Pachauri, it projected 42-year-old Jyotiraditya Scindia as state campaign panel chief.


By the time Scindia took charge Shivraj Chouhan was ahead, his Jan Ashirwad Yatra roadshow had rolled through all 230 assembly seats from July 22. At every meeting Chouhan sold his development schemes reminding voters of the pre-2003 Congress days when there were no roads, no power and MP was one of four bimaru states.

The BJP had planned early. Its calculations : At least 2 crore had benefitted from measures like the Ladli Laxmi Yojana (making the girl child a lakhpati by age 21), Mukhya Mantri Kanyadaan Yojana (mass weddings at government expense where couples get clothes, utensils, furniture and cash ) and the Teerth Darshan Yojana (elders are taken on pilgrimage by the state religious endowments department ).

Chouhan says his government built 90,000km of roads and taken total irrigated land to 26 lakh hectares from 7 lakh hectares in 2003. Bureaucrats who scheduled power cuts during Digvijay's days now ensure round-the-clock power to all 51 districts.

"Farmers get loans at 0% interest. Banks don't give loans at 0%, the government makes provisions in the budget to pay the interest,'' BJP national vice-president Prabhat Jha explained.

"MP is the only state that gives Rs 150 bonus in addition to the minimum support price per quintal of wheat and rice. All this has ensured progress in agriculture which recorded an 18.9% growth making MP the largest food producer beating Punjab and Haryana in wheat yield. These statistics have been acknowledged by the Centre,'' Jha explained.

The changes may be impressive but the Congress attacks BJP's apparent inability to control law and order, forced land acquisition, misrule, corruption and increasing offenses against women, children, Dalits and tribals.

"The corrupt BJP government has made the state famous for all the wrong reasons. MP under BJP tops the country in rapes and atrocities against women, female feticide and offenses against Dalits, tribals and the deprived,'' Scindia said at a rally in Morena. "Nine women are raped in MP every day, 3,500 a year. A government that cannot protect women has no right to stay in power.'

Madhya Pradesh cold to Rahul emotional quotient pitch? - The Times of India

 

[wolfschanzze]

I read today in Deccan Chronicle, the sole aim of the united North-East parties was to defeat congress as they were neglecting N-E states.So expect N-E United front in NDA.