Indian Political Corner | All Updates & Discussions.

[hindutva_in_motion]

Modi wanted cap on RTI info given to BPL applicants


Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi wanted India’s poorest who invoke the transparency law to pay up for the information “beyond a certain number of pages”.

Modi – now the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate – had made the suggestion in September 2005 to ensure the rich did not misuse the free-for-poor provision in the Right to Information Act (RTI).

The Centre introduced the provision to exempt persons belonging to Below Poverty Line families from paying any fee for getting information under the transparency law.

The CM’s three-page letter of 11 September 2005 — the law came into force a month later — is part of the 793-page RTI files made public last week as part of pro-active disclosures by the Department of Personnel & Training on the Central Information Commission directive, issued on an appeal filed by Hindustan Times.

“It is mentioned in the Act that the purpose of acquiring information will not be asked from the applicant. There is, therefore, a definite possibility that anyone wanting to get voluminous information from the government will take the route of a BPL family to avoid payment of even the cost of stationary,” the chief minister said.

Modi went on to give his prescription in his not-so-publicised letter.

“We need to plug this loop-hole by putting a limit of certain number of pages of information which can be given free to members of BPL families and charging them for additional pages required,” he wrote.

He also hinted at the need for a bar on government employees seeking information relating to personnel issues, particularly those relating to confidential records and promotions.

“Unless a specific exemption is made for personnel information, the (RTI) Act is likely to be misused by various employees by taking a route of citizen seeking information,” he added.

Modi’s rule that could have barred Indians below the starvation line from invoking the information law never came into force.

Modi wanted cap on RTI info given to BPL applicants - Hindustan Times

Come back when Modi says Hindus dont have to pay back loans. Like your Congressi dalal minister just said about muslims....

Secularism my a$$

 

[Nair saab]

First post is a BJP sponsored paid outlet- and that's a lot coming from me. I rarely make allegations against any media unless it has explicit allegiances (like RSS Observer). First post is a paid fenku outlet and is usually at the forefront of fenku mongering. Bring me a different source please.

Hahaha Kangressi ... First Post is actually run by ur Kangress media network 18 which runs CNNIBN ...

 

[Guynextdoor2]

Hahaha Kangressi ... First Post is actually run by ur Kangress media network 18 which runs CNNIBN ...

Whatever it is, it is a paid BJP mouthpiece spewing fenku lies.

 

[Jason bourne]

Narendra Modi in Patna for rally...

On 27th October, 2013 Narendra Modi will be in Patna, Bihar, to address the Hunkar Rally from the grounds of the iconic Gandhi Maidan.

With Bihar’s politics having taken some significant turns in the past few months, the visit by Mr. Modi will no doubt be eagerly awaited. Nitish Kumar is already showing his discomfort and displeasure by first not granting permission for Gandhi Maidan to be used as the venue and then inviting the President to the state on the same day.

CM Nitish Kumar and the JD (U)have so far been riding on a wave of popularity stemming from development in the state in the initial years of the regime. But the growth has now stymied and Mr. Kumar’s political ambitions have taken centre stage at the the cost of the state. A UNDP page on Bihar reports that 54.9% of children in the state are underweight, there has been miniscule change in the poverty index, infrastructure continues to be poor in most parts of the state and 24/7 power supply is still a far off dream.

 

[hindutva_in_motion]

First post is a BJP sponsored paid outlet- and that's a lot coming from me. I rarely make allegations against any media unless it has explicit allegiances (like RSS Observer). First post is a paid fenku outlet and is usually at the forefront of fenku mongering. Bring me a different source please.

Is Times of India also a Modi paid outlet? What about the Hindu? Because they are reporting how shameless Congress minister just said that minorities/muslims dont need to pay back loans.

Come back when modi makes a statement on how Hindus do not need to pay back loans. You congressis are looting and enslaving hindus in the name of secularism.

Hindus have been made a laughing stock in their own country for long enough. You will remember how anti-Hindu the congress Govt in Gujrat was before Modi. In the late 90s in gujrat, Congresss Govt did nothing when there were many reports of Hindu girls being kidnapped, raped and converted forcefully to islam. And finally when a threshold was reached with taking advantage of Hindus and commtting crimes against us, we saw our reaction in 2002.

You guys can have your fun now, but remember every action has a reaction. Dont go crying when we decide to pay you guys back in kind (with interest of course)

 

[hindutva_in_motion]

LMAOOOOO

 

[cloud_9]

 

[Kaniska]

But why shown favor to Congress only for this thread? Why not All India Muslim league or Communist Party of India...

 

[1971+]

On terrorism

Rahul Gandhi had at a press conference in Bhubaneswar, a day after the 2011 serial bombings in Mumbai, said that 99% of terror attacks have been stopped, but we must aim at stopping 100%.

”It is very difficult to stop every single terror attack. We will stop 99% terror attacks but 1 % of attacks might get through.”

The beehive quote

Addressing the annual CII Annual General Meeting, Gandhi said millions of Indians were brimming with energy, adding that the country was now sitting on an unprecedented tide of transformation.

He also took a dig at Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi‘s much touted Gujarat model of development.

”People call us an elephant.. We are not an elephant.. we are a beehive.. it’s funny but think about it. Which is more powerful? an elephant or a beehive?”

“We go into this model where you have the one guy who will come and fix everything. He is going to come on a horse, that’s the model, that’s the Indian model. He is going to come on the horse, the Sun is in the background. There are a billion people waiting. He is coming and everything is going to be fine. No. It’s not going to work like that.”

“People talk about individuals, large number of problems can be sorted out by the lower level people. Give a billion people the power to solve a problem, it’ll be solved in a jiffy.”

On poverty

Speaking at a closed door function organised by the Dalit Resource Centre at the Gobind Ballabh Pant Social Science Institute, Gandhi’s remarks on poverty erupted into a controversy forcing the institute to come out and issue a clarification what Gandhi had meant by his statement.

“Poverty is just a state of mind. It does not mean scarcity of food, money or material things. If one possesses self-confidence then we can overcome poverty.”

On the Congress

Just after he was elevated to party Vice President at the Chintan Shivir in Jaipur, Rahul Gandhi targeted his own party for being ‘disorganised’.

“It (Congress) is a funny party. It is the largest political organization in the world but perhaps does not have a single rule or regulation. We create new rules every two minutes and then dump them. Nobody knows the rules in the party”

On the nation as a computer

Addressing hundreds of NSUI and Youth Congress members, Gandhi had said that the Congress party captures the essence of the nation.

“If India is a computer, Congress is its default programme.”

On the BJP

In a terse snub to BJP and its ‘India Shining’ campaign, Gandhi said it shone only for the leaders of the saffron brigade and not for the common people.

“It is shining in their houses and air-conditioned cars but not in villages”

On India and Saudi Arabia

Gandhi said he had met some of the ambassadors of Europe who told him that while the twentieth century was of Saudi Arabia as it controlled oil, India will be the twenty-first century’s Saudi Arabia as it had tremendous human resource potential.

“India is going to be the 21st century’s Saudi Arabia in terms of human resources”

On Hindu radical groups

According to an August 2009 cable sent by US Ambassador Timothy Roemer, Gandhi, in a casual conversation at a luncheon hosted by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, made this comparison between Islamist and Hindutva radical groups.

“Although there was evidence of some support for Laskar-e-Taiba among certain elements in India’s indigenous Muslim community, the bigger threat may be the growth of radicalised Hindu groups, which create religious tensions and political confrontations with the Muslim community.”

On the youth

Ending his 3-day visit to West Bengal, Gandhi said the fundamental problem was that the youth was not in politics, adding that his party was trying to bridge the gap.

“Politics is everywhere.. it is in your shirt.. in your pants.. everywhere.”

On Punjab’s drug problem

Speaking to college students in Punjab, Gandhi said Punjab had a huge drug problem which the state has been unable to tackle. He was addressing a rally organised by the NSUI.

“Seven out of 10 youths in Punjab have a drug problem.”

On knowledge

Speaking at a Congress gathering, Gandhi had said that change could be possible only if those in power started respecting and empowering people for their knowledge and skills.

“All the public systems – administration, justice, education and political are designed to keep people with knowledge out. Such a system promotes mediocrity.”

On escape velocity

Reaching out to the Dalit community, Gandhi said if the movement for escape velocity has to be taken forward it needs the participation of lakhs of Dalit leaders.

Dalit community ‘needs the escape velocity of Jupiter’ to achieve success.

On the ordinance to rescue convicted politicians

Considered one of his most controversial outbursts, Gandhi slammed his own government’s ordinance which had sought to protect convicted legislators forcing the cabinet to withdraw it.

“My opinion of the ordinance is that it’s complete nonsense and that it should be torn up and thrown out.”

He then apologised to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for his remarks but said his intention was right.

“My mother (Congress President Sonia Gandhi) told me the words I used were wrong. In hindsight, may be the words I used were strong but the sentiment was not wrong. I am young….”

http://www.firstpost.com/politics/from-beehive-to-jupiter-rahul-gandhis-not-so-quotable-quotes-1161705.html

 

[Puchtoon]

MASSIVE Crowd at Today's Rahulbaba rally

 

[Puchtoon]

Nomura: BJP government with Narendra Modi at helm will be good for markets

NEW DELHI: Given BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's track record of an impressive performance on the economic front, a BJP government at the centre in 2014 will be good for market sentiment, believes Alastair Newton, Senior Political Analyst at Nomura.

However, Newton admitted to the problems of a coalition government in India, stating that it is difficult to push structural reforms. "The caste-based and regional interests of some parties serve as a hindrance," he opined.

In an interview with ET Now, Newton said that the state elections will be a litmus test for all political parties, especially the BJP. "The state elections results will be important to BJP and its Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi," Newton said.

"A good solid performance by BJP will help give them a good platform to move forward to general elections," he opined. According to Newton, BJP is likely to retain its governments in the states of Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh. "The big question however is whether BJP will be able to win back Rajasthan," he said.

In September 2013, Christopher Wood, Chief Equity Strategist at CLSA had also said that the Indian stock market's greatest hope is the emergence of Narendra Modi. "Amidst all these negatives, the one potential positive is that the gathering macroeconomic crisis could trigger an improvement in governance. The Indian stock market's greatest hope in this respect is the emergence of Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi as the BJP's prime ministerial candidate," Wood had said.

"While the odds are definitely stacked against him, our view is the worse the sense of crisis the better Modi's chance of winning. Modi is certainly raising the rhetorical level with his growing public attacks on a direction-less government and focus on the collapsing rupee," Wood opined.

Considered a semi-final before the Lok Sabha polls, assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Delhi and Mizoram will be held in a single phase between November 25 and December 4, while it will be two- phased in Chhattisgarh on November 11 and 19.

Counting of votes in all the states will be on December 8, Chief Election Commissioner V S Sampath said last week.

While Madhya Pradesh will go to polls on November 25 to elect its 230-member assembly, elections for the 200-member Rajasthan assembly will be held on December 1. Assembly polls in Delhi with 70 constituencies and Mizoram with 40 seats will be held on December 4.

The Election Commission has also decided to hold bye- elections to the Surat (West) assembly constituency in Gujarat and Yercaud assembly seat in Tamil Nadu on December 4.

A total of 630 assembly constituencies in five states will go to polls in which a total of 11.60 crore voters are likely to exercise their franchise.

(With inputs from PTI)

Nomura: BJP government with Narendra Modi at helm will be good for markets - The Economic Times

 

[Jason bourne]

What congress could do best for their party is to send PAPPPU on vacation till election

 

[vsdave2302]

In Gujarat and Karnataka elections, people expected Pappu to come for congress election campaign and amuse the crowds with his childish comments but Pappu turned out to be smarter than expected and decided to remain by and large away from election and disappoint the people.

 

[kurup]

Rahul Gandhi's achievements are listed below



































.

 

[Jason bourne]

WTF I thout it was a joke but he actully did said that