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For Congress, a 'No' from KCR could arrive this evening

Hyderabad:

K Chandrasekhar Rao, the man who fronted the campaign for a new southern state of Telangana, is expected to spurn the Congress which has been angling for a merger with his party ahead of the national election, due by May.

Mr Rao, 60, heads the Telangana Rashtra Samithi or TRS. It was his 11-day fast in 2009 that gave new life to the movement seeking the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh and the carving out of the Telangana region as its own state.

Seeking to profit in the national election, the Congress recently managed to push through the law that makes Telangana the country's 29th state. Sources say that the party, which privately considers Mr Rao an unreliable ally, wanted to confirm a merger immediately.

But last week, senior union minister Jairam Ramesh conceded that the reorganization of Andhra Pradesh will not take place before the election. Mr Rao's party believes that deprives him of the dividends for a cause he has brought to fruition.

Sources also say that the Congress refused to guarantee that if the parties merged, Mr Rao would be made the chief minister of the new Telangana state.

"Rushing into it (remapping Telangana) would be a recipe for disaster," said Mr Ramesh last week, adding that three months are needed to finalize the division of resources between Telangana and the regions of Seemandhra that will form the down-sized Andhra Pradesh.

Mr Rao is also reportedly upset with the fact that two prominent rebels from his party were accepted last week by the Congress as members. Senior leaders close to him say that the TRS will benefit from maintaining its own identity in the election, and that they prefer to examine options for alliances after the results are known.

The Congress last week lost another important regional ally - Ram Vilas Paswan in Bihar. He decided to side with the BJP in the coalition it anchors, the National Democratic Alliance or NDA.
For Congress, a 'No' from KCR could arrive this evening | NDTV.com

After all that looks like Congress is going to get this....

 

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NDA is NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE: #NaMoInBihar

Speaking at a rally in Muzaffarpur, Bihar, Modi said that the acronym of the alliance could also be read as National Development Alliance, given that all the parties in it were focused on development. "I welcome Ram Vilas Paswan and his colleagues to the party. This alliance will continue to grow and will continue to frustrate the opposition," Modi told a rally in Muzaffarpur, Bihar. The coming era will be one in which the rights of the backward communities and tribal communities will be safeguarded by the BJP and their development will be ensured, Modi said.

He praised the LJP chief for what he said was his lack of hypocrisy in dealing with him in the past. Paswan-ji has always acknowledged me even in public and wasn't afraid to be seen shaking hands with me even in public, which was something many other leaders refused to do, Modi said. "I have met many leaders who will chat with me in private but break into a sweat if they have to shake hands with me in public," he said, adding that Paswan's lack of hypocrisy should be appreciated by the voters.

Lok Janashakti Party chief Ram Vilas Paswan, who was addressing his first rally since joining the alliance shrugged off criticism from the Congress and UPA. "When I was with the alliance I was a good man but now that I have joined this alliance I have become a bad man," Paswan said. "But I would like to tell you that there is no point in living without respect" "I want to thank the BJP for implementing the principles of an alliance and doing so in a manner that the UPA has never done," he said.

The LJP leader also pointed to the different conditions in India and said there were presently "two Indias" one of which was rich while the other was poor. According to him, having seen poverty, Narendra Modi could identify with them. "Narendra-bhai was born in a poor family and has seen poverty. Thanks to him though winds of change are blowing in the nation," Paswan said. According the LJP chief, Modi rise showed that there was no limit imposed by caste.

The BJP's prime ministerial candidate also spoke about the upcoming Third Front alliance that consisted of various parties but claimed they were merely former Congress allies. "What is the Third Front? Most of the parties are those that have worked to save the Congress," he said, adding that some of the parties had been intimidated by CBI cases against them. Modi had words of praise for the people of the state, pointing to his experience during his rally in October 2013 during which serial blasts took place and said that the people of Bihar had shown unity and brotherhood in their aftermath. "I can understand people having a grouse against me and BJP but why are innocent people beng killed?" he said.

He also accused political opponents of indulging in vote bank politics. "Some people who are immersed in vote bank politics cannot understand the pain of seeing Bihar's people turn on each other. The earlier the nation gets rid of such leaders, the better off it will be," Modi said. The BJP's prime ministerial candidate also accused opponents of focusing only on him and not concentrating on the problems of the nation. "I am constantly trying to find solutions to the problems of the nation. However, our opponents are engrossed in finding a solution to Modi. This mentality can never benefit the nation," he said. He also accused opponents of using secularism as the lone reason to prevent criticism of their policies and said they used it as a shield against criticism of not implementing development.

 

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For Congress, a 'No' from KCR could arrive this evening


After all that looks like Congress is going to get this....

https://twitter.com/x/status/440463817567240192

last opinion poll gave 0 seats to BJP in Delhi, this one says 2-4, I'm hopeful

Truth of AAPCong's kanpur rally:

CSDS Poll, to be telecasted tonight on IBNLive.

https://twitter.com/x/status/440456468261650432

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Breaking: Narendra Modi chickens out again. Cancels much hyped Facebook debate






“We are disappointed to announce that Narendra Modi has decided to cancel his participation in Candidates 2014 on Facebook Talks Live. We apologize to the Facebook community and those who submitted questions. We will begin our series starting Tuesday, March 4 at 8pm IST with Arvind Kejriwal as our first guest.”

#Feku makes an empty boast that Indian borders are safe in his hands. And yet his life story had been one of blatant cowardice:

-Instead of consummating his marriage, hereportedly runs away to the Himalayas only to return after months, only to send his wife packing away to live a life of marital separation
-Fearing a failed married could mar his image, he leaves the column marital status blank in his election nomination forms
-During the Emergency, while BJP senior leaders like Vajpayee and Advani bravely courted arrest, Modi fearing arrest disguised himself as a Sikh and like a fugitive ran from one location to another to evade arrest
-Karan Thapar took less than 5 minutes to totally scare Narendra Modi who walked off from his interview. But not before Thapar succeeded in making his face contort in abject fear, dried up his throat that he drank glasses of water, made him stammer, mumble and fumble for words till he lost his voice altogether
-After the Thapar incident, Modi does not grant any one-to-one interviews or give press conferences fearing a repeat of the Thapar incident
-Now fearing that the likes of Kejriwal, Lalu Prasad and Mamta Banerjee would not only attack him but expose his Fekuisms, he has cowardly turned down the Facebook interaction..​

 

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Breaking: Narendra Modi chickens out again. Cancels much hyped Facebook debate






“We are disappointed to announce that Narendra Modi has decided to cancel his participation in Candidates 2014 on Facebook Talks Live. We apologize to the Facebook community and those who submitted questions. We will begin our series starting Tuesday, March 4 at 8pm IST with Arvind Kejriwal as our first guest.”

#Feku makes an empty boast that Indian borders are safe in his hands. And yet his life story had been one of blatant cowardice:

-Instead of consummating his marriage, hereportedly runs away to the Himalayas only to return after months, only to send his wife packing away to live a life of marital separation
-Fearing a failed married could mar his image, he leaves the column marital status blank in his election nomination forms
-During the Emergency, while BJP senior leaders like Vajpayee and Advani bravely courted arrest, Modi fearing arrest disguised himself as a Sikh and like a fugitive ran from one location to another to evade arrest
-Karan Thapar took less than 5 minutes to totally scare Narendra Modi who walked off from his interview. But not before Thapar succeeded in making his face contort in abject fear, dried up his throat that he drank glasses of water, made him stammer, mumble and fumble for words till he lost his voice altogether
-After the Thapar incident, Modi does not grant any one-to-one interviews or give press conferences fearing a repeat of the Thapar incident
-Now fearing that the likes of Kejriwal, Lalu Prasad and Mamta Banerjee would not only attack him but expose his Fekuisms, he has cowardly turned down the Facebook interaction..​

Modi doesn't want to be seen with these lesser leaders , he was ready for exclusive one.

https://twitter.com/x/status/440467662167367680

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@ExtraOdinary worst fears came true.

 

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and papu do not deserve to borrow a fake Gandhi surname is not a gandhi but Raj mohan gandhi shouldhe real gandhi PP

Rahulji is the one and true pure blood Gandhi, the descendant of Shri Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, father of our nation. So he deserves to be PM. Modi is fit for making tea for me and serving me Marie Gold biscut

 

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Modi doesn't want to be seen with these lesser leaders , he was ready for exclusive one.

https://twitter.com/x/status/440467662167367680

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akele me toh kutta bhi apne aapko sher samajta hai

 

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Breaking: Narendra Modi chickens out again. Cancels much hyped Facebook debate






“We are disappointed to announce that Narendra Modi has decided to cancel his participation in Candidates 2014 on Facebook Talks Live. We apologize to the Facebook community and those who submitted questions. We will begin our series starting Tuesday, March 4 at 8pm IST with Arvind Kejriwal as our first guest.”

#Feku makes an empty boast that Indian borders are safe in his hands. And yet his life story had been one of blatant cowardice:

-Instead of consummating his marriage, hereportedly runs away to the Himalayas only to return after months, only to send his wife packing away to live a life of marital separation
-Fearing a failed married could mar his image, he leaves the column marital status blank in his election nomination forms
-During the Emergency, while BJP senior leaders like Vajpayee and Advani bravely courted arrest, Modi fearing arrest disguised himself as a Sikh and like a fugitive ran from one location to another to evade arrest
-Karan Thapar took less than 5 minutes to totally scare Narendra Modi who walked off from his interview. But not before Thapar succeeded in making his face contort in abject fear, dried up his throat that he drank glasses of water, made him stammer, mumble and fumble for words till he lost his voice altogether
-After the Thapar incident, Modi does not grant any one-to-one interviews or give press conferences fearing a repeat of the Thapar incident
-Now fearing that the likes of Kejriwal, Lalu Prasad and Mamta Banerjee would not only attack him but expose his Fekuisms, he has cowardly turned down the Facebook interaction..​

Why he will debate with these second class leaders?

 

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Christians have “no objection” to Narendra Modi as PM candidate

New Delhi: "If a political party recognised by the Election Commission of India chooses Narendra Modi as the Prime Ministerial candidate, there is no reason why Christians will have any objection,” the Poor Christians Liberation Movement (PCLM), Forum of Indian Christians, and United Christian Democratic Forum (UCDF) stated this in a joint statement released in the national capital today.

Christian organizations recently did a sample survey that indicated that Christians have “no objection to Narendra Modi becoming the Prime Minister of India through legitimate democratic procedure.”

“The US Ambassador Nancy Powell’s visit to Gujarat to personally meet Narendra Modi is an indication of US’ government’s “No objection” certificate. This must be an eye opening for the Christian community in India,” R L Francis, President of the PCLM and Advocate George Tomes of UCDF said in the press statement.

“Everybody is reconciling to the fact that Modi is a good leader and an able administrator. After Muslims, the Christians must recognize this fact,” Joseph Anthony Gathia of Forum of Indian Christians said.

The Forum of Indian Christians, PCLM, and UCDF - wants to create better cordial relations between Hindus and Christians, the joint statement concluded.
Christians have “no objection” to Narendra Modi as PM candidate | TwoCircles.net

 

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akele me toh kutta bhi apne aapko sher samajta hai

Jaise Rahul Gandhi apne aap ko Times Now pe samajh raha tha ??

 

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I won't live in a country ruled by Narendra Modi: UR Ananthamurthy

New Delhi: Internationally acclaimed Kannada writer and thinker Dr UR Ananthamurthy said that he did not want to live in a country ruled by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. The 81 year old, ailing writer feels that a man like him, who always fought against authoritarian tendencies in the government cannot live in India, if Modi comes to power in the next Lok Sabha elections.

The Jnanapeeth Award recipient for the year 1994, Ananthamurthy has been a part of the socialist movement in Karnataka. Ananthamurthy was a close associate of stalwarts like Ram Manohar Lohia, Jayaprakash Narayan, Shanthaveri Gopala Gowda and many other top socialist leaders.

He has been a vocal critic of the RSS and BJP/Jan Sangh for over 50 years. Murthy who spoke to Ibnlive.com from his hospital bed in Bangalore said, "I won't live in a country ruled by Narendra Modi. When I was young, I used to criticise Prime Minister Nehru. But, his supporters never attacked us. They always respected our views. Modi supporters are now behaving like Fascists. They are behaving like the Fascists in Germany during Hitler. I don't want to see a man like Modi in the chair, where once a man like Nehru sat and ruled. I am too old and unwell. If Modi becomes the PM, it will be a big shock to me. I won't live."

Ananthamurthy said he don't want to see a man like Modi in the chair, where once a man like Nehru sat and ruled. Ananthamurthy said he don't want to see a man like Modi in the chair, where once a man like Nehru sat and ruled.
Murthy had attacked LK Advani during his Rath Yathra and after the demolition of Babri Masjid.

However he had backed B S Yeddyurappa for the post of the Chief Minister on the grounds that he was cheated by the Gowdas and he is from a farming background.

Ananthamurthy has also been a part of all progressive movements that took shape in the last 50 years. He had served as President Kendra Sahitya Academy, National Book Trust, FTII Pune and Vice Chancellor of the Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam. He is currently the Chancellor of Central University in Gulbarga. He was one of the finalists of the Man Booker life time achievement award, earlier this year.

Murthy taught English literature at Mysore University for over three decades. He did PHD in literature from the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom in the early 1960s. His first novel 'Sanskara' had created a huge controversy in the 1960s. In this novel, he questions the rigid caste system practiced by the Brahmins.

 

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Why he will debate with these second class leaders?

There is no point actually... One will keep coughing all the time.. other will keep repeating the same stuff, like Youth, RTI & Women empowerment... & only will talk sense. It's a far gone conclusion!

 

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I won't live in a country ruled by Narendra Modi: UR Ananthamurthy

New Delhi: Internationally acclaimed Kannada writer and thinker Dr UR Ananthamurthy said that he did not want to live in a country ruled by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. The 81 year old, ailing writer feels that a man like him, who always fought against authoritarian tendencies in the government cannot live in India, if Modi comes to power in the next Lok Sabha elections.

The Jnanapeeth Award recipient for the year 1994, Ananthamurthy has been a part of the socialist movement in Karnataka. Ananthamurthy was a close associate of stalwarts like Ram Manohar Lohia, Jayaprakash Narayan, Shanthaveri Gopala Gowda and many other top socialist leaders.

He has been a vocal critic of the RSS and BJP/Jan Sangh for over 50 years. Murthy who spoke to Ibnlive.com from his hospital bed in Bangalore said, "I won't live in a country ruled by Narendra Modi. When I was young, I used to criticise Prime Minister Nehru. But, his supporters never attacked us. They always respected our views. Modi supporters are now behaving like Fascists. They are behaving like the Fascists in Germany during Hitler. I don't want to see a man like Modi in the chair, where once a man like Nehru sat and ruled. I am too old and unwell. If Modi becomes the PM, it will be a big shock to me. I won't live."

Ananthamurthy said he don't want to see a man like Modi in the chair, where once a man like Nehru sat and ruled. Ananthamurthy said he don't want to see a man like Modi in the chair, where once a man like Nehru sat and ruled.
Murthy had attacked LK Advani during his Rath Yathra and after the demolition of Babri Masjid.

However he had backed B S Yeddyurappa for the post of the Chief Minister on the grounds that he was cheated by the Gowdas and he is from a farming background.

Ananthamurthy has also been a part of all progressive movements that took shape in the last 50 years. He had served as President Kendra Sahitya Academy, National Book Trust, FTII Pune and Vice Chancellor of the Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam. He is currently the Chancellor of Central University in Gulbarga. He was one of the finalists of the Man Booker life time achievement award, earlier this year.

Murthy taught English literature at Mysore University for over three decades. He did PHD in literature from the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom in the early 1960s. His first novel 'Sanskara' had created a huge controversy in the 1960s. In this novel, he questions the rigid caste system practiced by the Brahmins.

He is free to leave the country .

 

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After Amartya Sen, author Amitav Ghosh says his vote won't go to Modi

New Delhi: After Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, yet another intellectual has come out strongly against Gujarat Chief Minister and BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi. Acclaimed author and Padma Shri awardee Amitav Ghosh said that for him, Modi remains someone culpable for the Gujarat riots of 2002.

Amitav Ghosh further said that the Gujarat Chief Minister will not get his vote. Speaking to CNN-IBN's Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose, he also said that the politics of Hindu nationalism is destroying Hindu religion.

Here's an excerpt from the interview:

Sagarika Ghose: Does the rise of Hindu nationalism worry you?

Amitav Ghose: Very, very much. Absolutely because in a sense what is most worrying for me about it is that it is taking away the traditions that I knew. It's the tradition I grew up in. The way the riots happened, the way Hinduism is projected often by Hindu nationalists as you call them. It's completely, unlike what I was taught, the religion I learnt, practised. In a sense what is most horrifying for me about this Hindu nationalism is that it has transformed faith into politics.

Sagarika Ghose: The person who exemplifies this kind of political movement in a sense is Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. There is the talk that he is going to be India's next Prime Minister. How do you view someone like Narendra Modi?

Amitav Ghose: I think what happened in Gujarat in 2002 is absolutely... it was a defining moment. It was horrifying to see what happened. It was one of the moments again when the whole world looked on and was completely appalled and I was completely appalled by what happened there. How much of that responsibility devolves on Modi is something to be decided by the courts, rather than you and me. But there is certainly no doubt that it happened on his watch and in that sense he is in some sense responsible. And in as much as it happened these were murders. He is also culpable. For someone with that past to occupy the highest position in this land would be. I think deeply destabilising.

Sagarika Ghose: So he doesn't get your vote?

Amitav Ghose: No, no, not at all.