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[Puchtoon]

HAHAHA MODI is DIVISIVE ,He divided JDU

 

[Nair saab]

Congressi Pigs going crazy !!!

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

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...-Pradesh-from-voters/articleshow/24834216.cms

 

[kurup]

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

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...-Pradesh-from-voters/articleshow/24834216.cms

Pathetic .........

 

[JanjaWeed]

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

People... start hiding your hand henceforth so that voters aren't unfairly drawn to the Congress symbol.

 

[JanjaWeed]

LOL. That is exactly the thought that came to my mind.

btw why are displaying Sanja

Congressi Pigs going crazy !!!

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

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...-Pradesh-from-voters/articleshow/24834216.cms

Hum apna phool chupayenge... kya aap apna hath katwa doge Congressio?

 

[Jason bourne]

Kaboom... If Patel was our first prime minister ..things will be diffrant--- narendra modi

 

[Jason bourne]

Kaboom... If Patel was our first prime minister ..things will be diffrant--- narendra modi

 

[Manvantaratruti]

btw why are displaying Sanja

I don't understand the question. What is Sanja ?

 

[JanjaWeed]

I don't understand the question. What is Sanja ?

oh... i though i didn't submit that post. I was meant to ask you why are you displaying Sanjay Jha's pic in your avatar?

 

[Jason bourne]

oh... i though i didn't submit that post. I was meant to ask you why are you displaying Sanjay Jha's pic in your avatar?

Its not sanjay jhas pic its modis pic

 

[JanjaWeed]

Its not sanjay jhas pic its modis pic

Just being sarcy, my friend!

 

[Jason bourne]

Just being sarcy, my friend!

Lol even in sarcy dnt cmpr modi with sanju

 

[Soumitra]

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

EC rejects 'absurd' Congress demand to hide lotus ponds in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission (EC) has refused to entertain the bizarre demand of Congress's Madhya Pradesh unit to "hide" lotusponds in Mahakoshal, Malwa and Bundelkhand regions of the state, terming it as "absurd" and "an insult to the intelligence of the voter".

"The Congress's reasoning that lotus ponds can swing the poll in favour of the BJP, which has 'lotus' as its poll symbol, is "ridiculous" and granting such a request would amount to undermining the intelligence of the voter," a senior EC official told TOI. "Going by that argument, even handshakes should be banned as it could be interpreted as an act meant to disturb the level-playing field in favour of the Congress, which holds the 'hand' as poll symbol," he added.

The Madhya Pradesh Congress was reportedly encouraged to seek "covering" of the state's lotus ponds — based on an earlier EC order directing the erstwhile Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh to cover all statues of the elephant, the BSP's poll symbol — during the 2012 state poll. Stone replicas of elephant erected in Ambedkar parks and memorials across the state were veiled until the polls were completed, after the EC took the view that looking at the elephants could cause undue influence on the voters' mind.

The ruling was questioned by many, but the Commission stood its ground. TOI has now learnt that a section of the commission had opposed the covering of the "elephant statues in Uttar Pradesh" when the issue came up for discussion. It was emphasized that the voter does not exercise his franchise by looking at statues but chooses the right candidate based on his standing/performance and policies of the party he represents.

"However, this section was in a minority, with the result that the majority view favouring covering of the elephant statues prevailed," said an EC official.

The Congress's Madhya Pradesh unit had on Monday written to the EC requesting it to "hide" from public view the lotus ponds across Mahakaushal, Malwa and Bundelkhand regions so that voters were not unfairly drawn to the BJP symbol.

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

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...bound-Madhya-Pradesh/articleshow/24887650.cms

 

[JanjaWeed]

Lol even in sarcy dnt cmpr modi with sanju

ya.. you are right! my bad

 

[jha]

I feel Sharad Yadav is also not fully in support of this NDA's split.. Shivanand Tiwari is true to some extent. JD-U really has no leaders at many LS seats. Nitish has been handling the party pretty badly and Sharad Yadav is being sidelined .

Some of the seating MLAs / MPs are thinking over their future in JD-U. After the election JD-U might head for a split..