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lol.. there is going to be another press conference by AAPturds denying this! It's all paid media's mischief!
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Vadodara: Five students from a school in Vadodara have been suspended for allegedly not attending the inauguration of a local stadium by Gujarat Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi. The event took place on February 14.
The Parents' Association has written to the Collector demanding action be taken against the school and the principal.
"This is a very unfortunate incident. I have written to the district authorities to take action against the school and the principal. The investigation is ongoing," said Bharat Adhvaryu of the Parents' Association.
However, parents of the suspended students have issued a statement saying that they have no grievance against the school and that the disciplinary action was actually taken because the students did not attend classes.
Even the school in question issued a clarification saying that the suspension was purely a disciplinary measure against "five students who came to school and then ran away during school hours without any written information to the School or permission from their parents".
The Congress has alleged that Narendra Modi is using school children for political gains. "Children and their schools should never be used as political tools. We condemn this incident and and we will agitate against it," said Congress leader Narendra Rawat.
Below is the statement issued by the school in clarification:
This has reference to the news being flashed... dated 20th February, 2014 morning about a school in Vadodara having suspended its students for not attending the inauguration of the new Outdoor Stadium in Vadodara. The news is incorrect. We would like to state that the decision to suspend the students for such acts of intentional bunking is as per the School's code of conduct as stated in the School Diary.
This disciplinary measure which is actually a corrective measure has to be enforced for the safety and security of young children. It was taken only against those 5 students who came to school and then ran away during school hours without any written information to the School or permission from their parents. We are a 48 year old school with very sound credentials and do not indulge in any kind of undesirable and un-called for activities.
For us our main concern is to provide good education and turn out responsible citizens of the Country. Kindly find attached statements given in writing by our Parent Body and by the Principal. It is unfortunate that a very simple issue has been politicized by certain groups with vested interests. It is laughable that Std.9 children who have not even reached the age of voting are dragged into the controversy of political nature. How can an educational institution be run if any and every kind of indisciplinary act is overlooked?
The 5 children are back in school after three working days and not 5 days as being reported. Every care is taken to ensure that whatever academic work, students miss during such periods of punishment is always taken up through special classes arranged for them.
I wish to inform you that approximately 2,000 students from other schools participated in this Inaugural function held on 14th February and was not a Political Rally as being reported.
Thanking you,
With sincere regards,
Ms. Bijoya Baksi
Principal
Vadodara school suspends 5 students for allegedly skipping Modi event
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He will tell congress that Rajani is supporting him and try and get congress support, then he will tell Rajini that congress is supporting him to try and get Rajani support.
This is what I was talking about...
Expelled DMK leader Alagiri meets Rajnath, offers support
@Nair saab , @Guynextdoor2 , @jbond197 .... Here you go.. Game is changing... and its changing fast..
Alagiri offered his support for the BJP alliance which also includes DMDK, PMK and MDMK in Tamil Nadu, the sources said. However, there was no commitment from Singh.
The Madurai strongman has considerable influence in about seven Lok Sabha constituencies in south Tamil Nadu.
He had fielded some rebel candidates against DMK in the 2001 Assembly elections, which caused a lot of damage to the party in about 12 constituencies.
The meeting was fixed through a senior BJP leader from Tamil Nadu.
The move comes at a time when the former Union Minister is believed to be unhappy over his suspension and the rise of his younger brother MK Stalin in the party affairs.
Moreover, Alagiri is said to be furious over denial of tickets for his supporters, which is an indication that he being sidelined from DMK.
Denied a ticket and embarrassing the party by meeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Alagiri yesterday said he would decide his future course of action after consulting his supporters amidst reports that may float his own outfit.
"I would surely play a role. But, I cannot indicate the kind of role," the sulking leader had stated.
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I agree, Alagiri is a first rate SCUM and in that sense, the true son of Karunanidhi.
I still remember stories of how his goons killed a man in front of his 2 year old daughter and the child was so traumatized that she cries every time she sees red. Alagiri is a demon.
I am not at all surprised he told his father that he will have Stalin killed. It was very much in line with his character.
I still remember stories of how his goons killed a man in front of his 2 year old daughter and the child was so traumatized that she cries every time she sees red. Alagiri is a demon.
I am not at all surprised he told his father that he will have Stalin killed. It was very much in line with his character.
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So many decorations? What sorcery is this!!!How dare you?Bow down to the TRUE THALAIVA!
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So many decorations? What sorcery is this!!!
Those are Treachery Awards, received while defending many a Turf War south of Madurai.
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TDP seals tie-up with BJP
HYDERABAD: The seat sharing alliance between the BJP and TDP has been finalised and an official announcement is expected early next week. According to sources privy to the development, the BJP will contest 8 of the 17 Lok Sabha seats in Telangana and 4-5 of the 25 Parliamentary seats in Seemandhra . The TDP will contest from the remaining seats.
For the assembly, the TDP is to give the right-wing party 15 of the 175 seats in Seemandhra and 25 of the 119 seats in Telangana. The seat sharing has been finalised and all that is left is to identify the seats from where the BJP will put up its nominees, TDP sources claimed. TDP president Chandrababu Naidu wants to become the convenor of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), but the BJP is yet to take a final call on it, they added.
The sources claimed that the announcement on the alliance will be made in Delhi by senior BJP leaders in the presence of Naidu next week. After the official announcement , a public meeting will be held in Seemandhra later this month where BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and Naidu will share the dais with the slogan 'Modi for PM, Naidu for CM.'
"The date for the public meeting has not yet been finalised , but it will definitely take place this month," TDP Rajya Sabha member CM Ramesh told TOI. Naidu and Modi shared the dais at a youth mela for the first time in Delhi on October 2 last year leading to speculations about the alliance. The TDP chief was to address a meeting in Krishna district on March 17 as part of his Praja Garjana programme , but in view of the alliance with BJP, decided to drop it so that the focus can be on the Modi-Naidu meeting. It is expected that Modi will make promises for the development of Seemandhra in that meeting.
TDP seals tie-up with BJP - The Times of India
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HYDERABAD: The seat sharing alliance between the BJP and TDP has been finalised and an official announcement is expected early next week. According to sources privy to the development, the BJP will contest 8 of the 17 Lok Sabha seats in Telangana and 4-5 of the 25 Parliamentary seats in Seemandhra . The TDP will contest from the remaining seats.
For the assembly, the TDP is to give the right-wing party 15 of the 175 seats in Seemandhra and 25 of the 119 seats in Telangana. The seat sharing has been finalised and all that is left is to identify the seats from where the BJP will put up its nominees, TDP sources claimed. TDP president Chandrababu Naidu wants to become the convenor of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), but the BJP is yet to take a final call on it, they added.
The sources claimed that the announcement on the alliance will be made in Delhi by senior BJP leaders in the presence of Naidu next week. After the official announcement , a public meeting will be held in Seemandhra later this month where BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and Naidu will share the dais with the slogan 'Modi for PM, Naidu for CM.'
"The date for the public meeting has not yet been finalised , but it will definitely take place this month," TDP Rajya Sabha member CM Ramesh told TOI. Naidu and Modi shared the dais at a youth mela for the first time in Delhi on October 2 last year leading to speculations about the alliance. The TDP chief was to address a meeting in Krishna district on March 17 as part of his Praja Garjana programme , but in view of the alliance with BJP, decided to drop it so that the focus can be on the Modi-Naidu meeting. It is expected that Modi will make promises for the development of Seemandhra in that meeting.
TDP seals tie-up with BJP - The Times of India
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Indian voter’s changing preference
Photo: Shyam Sharma/Hindustan Times
While it is still unclear what will be the outcome of the 2014 Lok Sabha election, one thing is more or less sure: this election will be focused on national issues and will not be a patchwork of sub-national elections. This trend has been observed infrequently in the Lok Sabha elections held over the last decade. There is a mood among voters to vote for a national party in the coming election and not for regional parties even if some of these parties may have run good governments in states. The vote this time is likely for a leader who has national visibility, if not appeal, and one who thinks of important national issues even if local issues may also be pressing.
It is difficult to predict which party will win and how many seats it will garner, but it is almost sure that the national parties together will win more seats this year as compared with other recent elections to the Lok Sabha. Going by the current mood of the voters, the Congress’ tally of seats will go down drastically, but at the same time, there is great possibility of an enormous increase in the vote share and seats for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). There are other national parties such as the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Nationalist Congress Party. It is likely that these parties will not only remain restricted to states where they have influence but may end up losing ground there as well. One must not forget, during the 2009 Lok Sabha election regional parties put together won 156 seats and polled 28.5% votes. Even in the 2004 Lok Sabha election regional parties won 169 seats and polled 29.3% votes. Citizens voted in those elections as if they were voting for state elections and Lok Sabha elections were a mere aggregation of results of these different state elections.
The Aam Adami Party (AAP) may be able to win only couple of seats across India, apart from winning a sizeable number of seats in Delhi. AAP, however, seems to be heading towards cornering a sizeable proportion of votes (between 4% to 6%) in many states. These votes may not translate into seats. The presence of AAP in many states with 4% to 6% of vote share, however, will be a great achievement for this party. We must remember that apart from the BJP, Congress and, to some extent, the Communist Party of India and BSP, no other party has been able to register its presence in states other than their state of origin, in spite of a long presence in politics.
There is hardly any doubt that at this moment a large number of voters across the country, but more so in north Indian states, see Narendra Modi fitting into the image of a leader who is capable of delivering good governance and development. Findings of the Tracker Poll conducted by the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) in the last couple of months indicate his growing popularity not only in BJP-ruled states, but also in states where BJP is not in power, such as Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Citizens are looking forward to a national leader to lead the country. In this race, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal are far behind Modi and there is hardly any way that the two can bridge this popularity gap.
Even in states such as Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal and Kerala, where the BJP may find it extremely difficult to win seats, Modi has rising popularity and a sizeable number want to see him as the next prime minister. Leaders such as Nitish Kumar, Naveen Patnaik, Mamata Banerjee, or J. Jayalalithaa are still popular in their states, but they are not viewed as serious contenders for the top job by voters even in their own states. Clearly, there is a mood for voting in favour of a national leader and not for regional leaders.
Another thing that makes the 2014 Lok Sabha truly national is the issue which is dominating the voters’ mind. The twin national issues of corruption and price rise are likely to be important considerations for voting for a large number of voters. This is in contrast to past elections where these were hardly contested on a national level. Local issues had dominated voting considerations of a large number of voters in previous elections.
This should not be interpreted as the beginning of the end of dominance of regional parties in elections.
Many of these regional parties will get sizeable support in case state assembly elections are held in along with the Lok Sabha election or soon after that. Surveys indicate the Indian voter is showing a trend of split voting. The same voter will is inclined to vote for a regional party in case of state assembly elections but at this moment seems inclined to vote for national parties for the Lok Sabha elections. We can see such a trend emerging in state such as Bihar, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh (now Seemandhara and Telangana), Delhi and Haryana.
Indian voter’s changing preference - Livemint
Photo: Shyam Sharma/Hindustan Times
While it is still unclear what will be the outcome of the 2014 Lok Sabha election, one thing is more or less sure: this election will be focused on national issues and will not be a patchwork of sub-national elections. This trend has been observed infrequently in the Lok Sabha elections held over the last decade. There is a mood among voters to vote for a national party in the coming election and not for regional parties even if some of these parties may have run good governments in states. The vote this time is likely for a leader who has national visibility, if not appeal, and one who thinks of important national issues even if local issues may also be pressing.
It is difficult to predict which party will win and how many seats it will garner, but it is almost sure that the national parties together will win more seats this year as compared with other recent elections to the Lok Sabha. Going by the current mood of the voters, the Congress’ tally of seats will go down drastically, but at the same time, there is great possibility of an enormous increase in the vote share and seats for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). There are other national parties such as the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Nationalist Congress Party. It is likely that these parties will not only remain restricted to states where they have influence but may end up losing ground there as well. One must not forget, during the 2009 Lok Sabha election regional parties put together won 156 seats and polled 28.5% votes. Even in the 2004 Lok Sabha election regional parties won 169 seats and polled 29.3% votes. Citizens voted in those elections as if they were voting for state elections and Lok Sabha elections were a mere aggregation of results of these different state elections.
The Aam Adami Party (AAP) may be able to win only couple of seats across India, apart from winning a sizeable number of seats in Delhi. AAP, however, seems to be heading towards cornering a sizeable proportion of votes (between 4% to 6%) in many states. These votes may not translate into seats. The presence of AAP in many states with 4% to 6% of vote share, however, will be a great achievement for this party. We must remember that apart from the BJP, Congress and, to some extent, the Communist Party of India and BSP, no other party has been able to register its presence in states other than their state of origin, in spite of a long presence in politics.
There is hardly any doubt that at this moment a large number of voters across the country, but more so in north Indian states, see Narendra Modi fitting into the image of a leader who is capable of delivering good governance and development. Findings of the Tracker Poll conducted by the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) in the last couple of months indicate his growing popularity not only in BJP-ruled states, but also in states where BJP is not in power, such as Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Citizens are looking forward to a national leader to lead the country. In this race, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal are far behind Modi and there is hardly any way that the two can bridge this popularity gap.
Even in states such as Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal and Kerala, where the BJP may find it extremely difficult to win seats, Modi has rising popularity and a sizeable number want to see him as the next prime minister. Leaders such as Nitish Kumar, Naveen Patnaik, Mamata Banerjee, or J. Jayalalithaa are still popular in their states, but they are not viewed as serious contenders for the top job by voters even in their own states. Clearly, there is a mood for voting in favour of a national leader and not for regional leaders.
Another thing that makes the 2014 Lok Sabha truly national is the issue which is dominating the voters’ mind. The twin national issues of corruption and price rise are likely to be important considerations for voting for a large number of voters. This is in contrast to past elections where these were hardly contested on a national level. Local issues had dominated voting considerations of a large number of voters in previous elections.
This should not be interpreted as the beginning of the end of dominance of regional parties in elections.
Many of these regional parties will get sizeable support in case state assembly elections are held in along with the Lok Sabha election or soon after that. Surveys indicate the Indian voter is showing a trend of split voting. The same voter will is inclined to vote for a regional party in case of state assembly elections but at this moment seems inclined to vote for national parties for the Lok Sabha elections. We can see such a trend emerging in state such as Bihar, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh (now Seemandhara and Telangana), Delhi and Haryana.
Indian voter’s changing preference - Livemint
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