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Congress wants to curtail the live telecast of election speeches from December 2013 to May 2014 to just 30 minutes.

Congress already lost the battle of 2014.


The Group of Ministers on Media has decided to curtail the live telecast of election speeches from December 2013 to May 2014 to just 30 minutes. This is being seen as a desperate attempt by the UPA government to ensure that television news channels do not get to telecast Narendra Modi's over-an-hour long speeches that are creating ripples.

A cheap shot, but it really doesnt matter. A 30 min speech by Rahul Gandhi is enough to inspire people to vote for BJP!
 
Patna serial blasts: Among dead and injured are students, Modi fans and the curious

"The attacks have made us more determined to support Modi"


Hari Om Singh from Badi Malala village under Sarmera police station of Nalanda has a wound nearly an inch deep in his back from shrapnel. Singh, who said he was a heart patient, does light farm jobs in the village, and had come to Patna to listen to Narendra Modi who he believes has some “fresh ideas”.

Singh said over 200 men from his village work in Gujarat. “I wonder why Nitish Kumar has such intense hatred for the man in whose state our boys earn their livelihoods,” Singh said.

The toll from the bombing rose to six on Monday. Among the dead and over 90 injured were BJP workers and supporters and college students who had gone to see the “strong and radical” Gujarat chief minister.

A group of students had come from a village in Jehanabad; some among them suffered injuries, but on Monday, the youths said they were now “more determined to extend support” to Modi.

Munna Srivastava of Mirganj in Gopalganj district died in one of the blasts. Srivastava was not a member of the BJP, but would often carry the party’s flag at local functions and give speeches. He was sitting near a large TV screen at Gandhi Maidan.

Four others who were killed — Rajnarain Singh from Gaurichak near Patna, Vikas Kumar from Kaimur, Bharat Rajak from Supaul and Prem Kumar from Madhubani — were common people who had gone to attend the rally. The sixth victim, who died late on Sunday night, has not been identified.

Mohammed Tariq, one of the accused, is very critical and on ventilator support in a Patna hospital. Four of the six blasts in Gandhi Maidan took place near TV screens.

Rajnish Kumar, a BA Part I student from Jehanabad recovering in the emergency ward of Patna Medical College Hospital, said: “As we were moving towads the statue of Mahatma Gandhi, there was a commotion. Some people seemed to have spotted a bomb. I tried to get away, but there was an explosion, and shrapnel hit my hand.”

Rajnish’s friend Nitish said he was thrown six feet away as the bomb went off. “We had heard so much about Modi and we wanted to see him in person. The attacks have made us more determined to support him,” Nitish said.

Jitendra Mistry, a mechanic, was wounded in the head and stomach in the Regent Cinema blast. He said he was the vice-president of the Fatuah Nagar BJP unit, and had been associated with the party for a decade. “I wanted to see Modi from close,” he said.

Mistry complained that despite the state government’s promise that those injured in the attacks would be treated for free, he had had to buy medicines from outside the hospital.

Anil Kumar Singh, Shambhu Singh and Ramagya Singh from Mokama said they were watching proceedings on the large screen when a bomb went off. “We were lying injured, and passersby took us to hospital,” Shambhu Singh said. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Singh said, had “forgotten” the people who voted him to power.

“Even in hospital, I wanted to know what Modi said at the rally,” he said.

 
CSDS pre-election opinion poll on BJP:

MP: 160/224, Chattisgarh: 60/90, Rajasthan: 115/200 & Delhi: 32/70.



CG MP RJ ~tilt towards BJP,big or small but win is 4 sure 'if' they dn't try sometime unusual to mess this up.Delhi after king harsha is interesting.

Update

Yashwant deshmukh of cvoter saying that BJP is messing up in Ticket selection in MP and CG,cong Seamless.
 
Patna serial blasts: Among dead and injured are students, Modi fans and the curious

"The attacks have made us more determined to support Modi"


Hari Om Singh from Badi Malala village under Sarmera police station of Nalanda has a wound nearly an inch deep in his back from shrapnel. Singh, who said he was a heart patient, does light farm jobs in the village, and had come to Patna to listen to Narendra Modi who he believes has some “fresh ideas”.

Singh said over 200 men from his village work in Gujarat. “I wonder why Nitish Kumar has such intense hatred for the man in whose state our boys earn their livelihoods,” Singh said.

The toll from the bombing rose to six on Monday. Among the dead and over 90 injured were BJP workers and supporters and college students who had gone to see the “strong and radical” Gujarat chief minister.

A group of students had come from a village in Jehanabad; some among them suffered injuries, but on Monday, the youths said they were now “more determined to extend support” to Modi.

Munna Srivastava of Mirganj in Gopalganj district died in one of the blasts. Srivastava was not a member of the BJP, but would often carry the party’s flag at local functions and give speeches. He was sitting near a large TV screen at Gandhi Maidan.

Four others who were killed — Rajnarain Singh from Gaurichak near Patna, Vikas Kumar from Kaimur, Bharat Rajak from Supaul and Prem Kumar from Madhubani — were common people who had gone to attend the rally. The sixth victim, who died late on Sunday night, has not been identified.

Mohammed Tariq, one of the accused, is very critical and on ventilator support in a Patna hospital. Four of the six blasts in Gandhi Maidan took place near TV screens.

Rajnish Kumar, a BA Part I student from Jehanabad recovering in the emergency ward of Patna Medical College Hospital, said: “As we were moving towads the statue of Mahatma Gandhi, there was a commotion. Some people seemed to have spotted a bomb. I tried to get away, but there was an explosion, and shrapnel hit my hand.”

Rajnish’s friend Nitish said he was thrown six feet away as the bomb went off. “We had heard so much about Modi and we wanted to see him in person. The attacks have made us more determined to support him,” Nitish said.

Jitendra Mistry, a mechanic, was wounded in the head and stomach in the Regent Cinema blast. He said he was the vice-president of the Fatuah Nagar BJP unit, and had been associated with the party for a decade. “I wanted to see Modi from close,” he said.

Mistry complained that despite the state government’s promise that those injured in the attacks would be treated for free, he had had to buy medicines from outside the hospital.

Anil Kumar Singh, Shambhu Singh and Ramagya Singh from Mokama said they were watching proceedings on the large screen when a bomb went off. “We were lying injured, and passersby took us to hospital,” Shambhu Singh said. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Singh said, had “forgotten” the people who voted him to power.
“Even in hospital, I wanted to know what Modi said at the rally,” he said.

Very touchy! people have so much love for this man ,he MUST do the needful when he comes to power.
 
Rahul Gandi Aka Shezada says Metro Train was given to Delhi by Congress and shila Dikshit ...



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This the Photo of Atalji and Advaniji testing the first Metro Train in Delhi of which work was started in 1998 under NDA and completed on 2002...
 
Yesterday's blast and the subsequent attempts to cover up the huge security lapses have cost Nitish some loyal voters. His and his police's cover up that no information was sent about the dangers has blown up in his face. The statements from the likes of Sabir Ali , Taareeq Anwar and Digvijay Singh have solidified the suspicion that a certain section of society is being appeased at the cost of national security. Biharis are feeling unsafe and very soon JD-U will start feeling the same.
 
Development, not riots, is an issue: Muslim youth

Thousands of Muslim youth attend BJP's Hoonkar Rally.
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PATNA: The presence of Muslim youths at Hoonkar Rally was significant and many of them said they were supporting NaMo because he was committed to development.

Mohd Ekram, a young self-employed businessman from Kaimur, who had come to Patna to attend the rally, said: "We want development. NaMo has proved his mettle in Gujarat. I have personally seen it, even in remote areas of Gujarat."

A young Muslim woman from Kishanganj had a similar opinion. When asked about the 2002 riots in Gujarat, she said, "Gujarat riots are no longer an issue for younger generation. Gujarat has marched much ahead of Bihar."

For Irfan Ahmad of Kishanganj district, "Gujarat riots in 2002 took place when I was barely 10-year-old. But, since then, I have not heard of any such violence."

Mohd Amir Hasan, a convent educated professional from Kaluahi block in Madhubani district, said the presence of Muslim youths in good number at the rally proved Modi's popularity.

A young student, Sarwar from Sonhar village in Rohtas district, said the situation had improved since 2002 Gujarat riots. "Nobody wants to remember those days now," he said.

A sizeable number of Muslim youths had come from Darbhanga, Madhubani, Kishanganj, Katihar, Bhagalpur, Sitamarhi, Kaimur, Patna and Nalanda districts. Arun K Paswan from Madhepur in Madhubani said more than 10,000 people, including 1000 Muslim youths of the district, had come to the rally.

A large number of Muslim youths admitted that they had come to listen to Modi who is the PM candidate. "I wanted to know about his vision for development as well as maintaining communal peace and harmony in the country."

Another one quipped, "We liked his statement that more than 40,000 Muslims of Gujarat had applied for haj this year."

A middle-aged Muslim businessman was forthright when he said riots were not an issue in modern days. In Bihar, riots have also taken places in places like Nawada and Bagaha. "We have to march ahead. If development takes place, Gujarat riots will become a thing of the past. During the last one decade, no riot has taken place in Gujarat," said another Muslim youth from Phulwarisharif.

Source
 
Congress asks Election Commission to hide lotus ponds in Madhya Pradesh from voters

JABALPUR: The Congress is upset about lotuses in full autumn bloom in water bodies of Mahakaushal, Malwa and Bundelkhand regions in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh. The party on Monday wrote to the Election Commission (EC) to "hide" the national flower from public view so that voters aren't unfairly drawn to the BJP symbol.

Demanding a level-playing field, the MP Congress urged the EC for suitable directions to cover all ponds where the lotus is cultivated to be sold across the country.

BJP spokesperson Vishwas Sarang hit back, saying it showed the "mental bankruptcy and despondency" of Congress. "It means people should start covering their hands because it is the symbol of the party," he said.

However, the odd request has totally flummoxed Jabalpur election officer Rajesh Jain. He said he was not authorized to take a call on such an issue and would refer it to his superiors.

If stone elephants (BSP's symbol) could be seen as having a possible impact on polls in UP so can the lotus in MP, argued Congress corporator Amar Chand Bawaria.

"We have more than 40 constituencies spanning Dhanpur, Gotegon, Deori, Barela, Bargi, Bhedaghat, Magarmoha, Panagar, Usner, Gosalpur, Sihora, in and around Jabalpur, Hoshangabad, Pipariya and Sohagpur besides Dhar, Dewas belt in Malwa along with pockets in Bundelkhand where lotus farming is undertaken on a large scale," Congress corporator Amar Chand Bawaria.

The EC ordered draping of Mayawati's stone elephants across parks and memorials in Lucknow and other places in UP the run-up to the polls. The elephants were covered with sheets because the poll panel did not want BSP's symbol to unfairly affect the voters.

"Going by the same argument, Congress does not want the lotus crop to influence our chances adversely by making voters think about BJP," Bawaria said.

Another local Congress leader Manmohan Agrawal said district election officer in Dhar, CB Singh, already assured that a pond adjacent to a polling booth in Manawar constituency would be draped with a canvas during the elections. "We are demanding a similar assurance in all constituencies where lotuses abound," he said.

Agarwal recalled how AICC general secretary Digvijaya Singh had led a delegation to the EC in 2008 with a demand that Class VI social sciences textbooks in government schools be taken off as they carried the imprint of lotus. "The CEC had expressed displeasure with the MP government and given it a two-week deadline to carry out the necessary changes. I am sure the commission will take cognizance of this issue as well," he said.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...-Pradesh-from-voters/articleshow/24834216.cms
 
Patna serial blasts: 2 IM human bombers were to target Modi, plan blew up due to timer battery error

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Patna/New Delhi: There were two Indian Mujahideen human bombers getting ready in Patna on Sunday morning to target BJP leader Narendra Modi and others, but their carefully laid plan collapsed due to a mistake in changing timer battery, say investigators.

NIA and local police sources said, the plan was on the lines of May 21, 1991 attack in Sriperumbudur in which an LTTE human bomber blew herself up killing Rajiv Gandhi.

Arrested Imtiaz Ansari and Ainul, who was killed at Patna station while changing the timer battery, were tasked to work as human bombers, sources said. The duo was asked to place bombs at selected places, and then tie themselves with explosives to act as human bombs.

Imtiaz was asked to target Narendra Modi and was asked to somehow manage to reach the dais, say investigators.


Ainul was tasked to stay below the dais, but the premature blast at Patna railway station foiled their diabolical plan. While fleeing from the station, Imtiaz Ansari was caught, even as his associate Ainul lay critical and later succumbed to injuries.

Investigators say, the entire plan was chalked out in Ranchi under the leadership of Tehsin Akhtar alias Monu, the new operational chief of IM. Three different teams were set up. Tensin and Waqas arranged the explosives and sent them to the team members. Bombs that were used in Patna were assembled in Ranchi.

NIA sources said, Tehsin had gone to Pushkar near Ajmer in Rajasthan, before coming to Ranchi to create his modile. Apart from seven IEDs (improvised explosive devices) that exploded, eight more IEDs were recovered by police.Investigators found similar type of timers were used both in Bodh Gaya and in Patna.

The nearest blast that took place near Modi's dais, was 400 metre away. No bombs were found on the dais, in the D area or at the back of the dais. Thee jammer near the podium was installed by Additional DGP, IG and DIG level officers who had come from Gujarat.

According to police, Imtiaz, who was arrested by the Railway Protection Force after the battery bomb exploded injuring his partner Tariq alias Ainul, had a piece of paper with seven mobile phone numbers on it.It was Imtiaz who provided police with all the initial leads. Police may consider flying Tariq to Delhi for treatment.

"Tehseen and Haider were in the second team, and Taufiq and Niman in the third," Patna SSP Manu Maharaj said.

"By the time Ainul and Imtiaz were arrested, their associates had planted pipe bombs at Gandhi Maidan." Maharaj said Imtiaz had told interrogators that their brief was to create panic and trigger a stampede, but police thinks otherwise.

Rajesh Chandra, additional director general of police, Special Branch, said the nine-inch pipe bombs were hidden in holes left behind in the grass by bamboo poles that were erected for a CPI rally on October 26. The bombs were fitted with timers, Chandra said.

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http://www.indiatvnews.com/crime/ne...m-human-bombers-were-to-target-modi-4233.html
 
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Patna blasts mastermind Tehseen Akhtar is nephew of JD(U) leader: Report

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Mujahideen operative Tehseen Akhtar, who is allegedly the mastermind of Sunday's Patna serial blasts that left six dead and over 50 injured, is the nephew of a Janata Dal (United) leader from Bihar, reports claimed on Tuesday.

Taki Akhtar is the JD(U) leader in Samastipur district, Bihar.

According to a report published in a daily, Taki has always denied any ties with Tehseen. The Akhtars are residents of Maniarpur village of Samastipur, about 100 km from Patna.

Seven blasts took place on Sunday, six of which occured in and around the Gandhi Maidan where Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi later addressed a rally. Tahseen Akhtar is considered to be close to Yasin Bhatkal, the man who co-founded Indian Mujahideen. In the last few months, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on more than 10 occasions raided his native village but failed to find him.


Earlier, the NIA issued an arrest warrant against Tahseen Akhtar, and also announced a reward of Rs 10 lakh for information that could lead to his arrest.


http://www.dnaindia.com/india/repor...akhtar-is-nephew-of-jdu-leader-report-1910563


http://zeenews.india.com/news/bihar...d-is-nephew-of-jd-u-leader-report_886630.html
 
LOL LOL LOL Nitish Slammed in Face by his own Party Leaders in his own JDU Rally ...

JDU leader Shivanand Tiwari praises Modi, attacks Nitish


Patna: Janata Dal United leader Shivanand Tiwari embarrassed his party by openly praising Bharatiya Janata Party prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi at the party's convention in Rajgir on Tuesday. He then went on to attack party leader and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

"JDU's alliance with the BJP was working fine. JDU broke ties with the BJP because of national politics. BJP elevated Narendra Modi, who comes from a very humble ground. He has struggled a lot to reach where he is today and for this I admire him a lot. We will fight him but we should also be aware of his strengths," he said as Nitish Kumar and other JDU leaders looked on.

Questioning why Nitish Kumar was jealous of Modi, Tiwari praised Modi's 'modest background'. "I am an old colleague of yours Nitishji, I would be happy when my friends will move ahead. This demand for special package for Bihar was my idea," he said.


Tiwari added, "We don't want to be the Prime Minister. When someone is shining, what is the harm in working together with a large heart? Why are you jealous," Tiwari questioned, leading to an uproar at the convention.

Many may raise questions if Tiwari is keen on joining the BJP. Shivanand Tiwari has been unhappy at being sidelined within the JD(U). He was recently removed as the spokesperson of the party.

His term as the Rajya Sabha MP, too, is coming to an end and there is a possibility that he may not get a second term. Along with JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav, he has been of the view that it was a mistake for Nitish to have snapped off ties with the BJP.

Tiwari in fact has an image of being a political turncoat who was with RJD while Lalu Prasad was in power and then moved to JD(U) as Nitish's clout grew in Bihar.

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/jdu-leader-shivanand-tiwari-praises-modi-attacks-nitish/431162-3-232.html
 
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