Hindutva Stopped Mayawati, Hindutva May Stop Barrack Obama Also!
Troubled Galaxy Destroyed Dreams: Chapter 31
BBC News | India's Dalit icon aims for top job BBC News, UK - By Soutik Biswas The way a number of Indian opposition parties are rallying around Mayawati, a Dalit or 'untouchable' icon, and touting her as a future ... 'Half of India doesn't vote for either Congress or BJP' Ajoy Bose, the author of Behenji, a political biography of ... "Queen of Dalits" stirs up Indian politics |
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BBC News | India's Dalit icon aims for top job BBC News, UK - By Soutik Biswas The way a number of Indian opposition parties are rallying around Mayawati, a Dalit or 'untouchable' icon, and touting her as a future ... 'Half of India doesn't vote for either Congress or BJP' Ajoy Bose, the author of Behenji, a political biography of ... "Queen of Dalits" stirs up Indian politics |
Preface: I never support clubbing of castes and communities for so called sharing of Power. I never believe in Individual Personal Achievement as a way of Dalit or Indigenous Liberation! I tag the problem of nationalities, those of aboriginal people with my concept of Liberation of my enslaved Indigenous communities including SC, ST, OBC and Minorities. I am against Brahminical hegemony but never support any caste or community or religious hegemony to rule of other majority Indigenous People! I won`t support this or that caste to subordinate the SC, OBC indigenous people divided in more than six hundred castes in accordance with the principles of Manu Smriti.
INdo US Atomic deal has never been an issue. Neither imperialism has been any issue in Power Politics of India. Super Nuke Opre enacted by different political identities in Indian Parliament did never focus on Nuke deal or Imperialism. The Marxists who once upon a time pulled down comrade Jyoti Basu to be the first Marxist Prime Minister of India and now, sacrificed its most veteran Parliamentarian Statesman, the controversial Speaker on namesake of Ideology, fielded a Young Muslim Urdu speaking Loaksabha member to speak for the party and he failed miserably. Marxists allowed the debate to be subverted in Hindutva Cry, as RSS planned well. The Opposition leader projected RSS Prime Minister waiting, Lal Krishna Adwani, did not utter a single word against US Imperialism or Interests. He did not hide his favour for strategic realliance with Zionist White corporate US Imperialism. Ironically, the antifascist Communists sided with RSS.Everyone in the House was aware of the cruel fact that the Deal is Auto Piloted and may not be stopped to be operationalised.
Lalu Yadav, the most Entertaining Orator did utter the Truth Ultimate in his rustic style:
NO LALU YADAV, NO MULAYAM SINGH YADAV, NO MAYAWATI, NO SC ST OBC OR MINORITY LEADER MAY BECOME THE PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA IN A SYSTEM RUN BY ARISTOCRACY! THE CASE OF DR MANMOHAN SINGH IS QUITE DIFFERENT.
Yes, here you are!
The Sikh Prime Minister was implanted from Washington!
Barrack Obama urged Israel to take whatever steps it needs to stop rocket fire from Gaza.
"I don't think any country would find it acceptable to have missiles raining down on its citizens," Obama, the presumptive Democratic presidential candidate, said during a stop Wednesday at the police station in Sderot, the southern Israeli city that has been plagued by rockets fired from Hamas-controlled Gaza.
The Global Hindutva does not have any sympathy with Iran or the Muslim world. NDA government in India headed by Atal Bihari Bajpayee simply rejected every appeal to condemn US aggression in Middle East. Hindutva forces never seem to be influenced by Obamas clear cut appeasement of Zionist lobby so powerful in United States of America!Both Sen. Barrack Obama and Sen. John McCain are treading some unfamiliar campaign-year terrain this summer as key blocs of ethnic voters shift the electoral landscape and put previously uncontested states, big and small, up for grabs.McCain's effort to reach out to minority voters faces another hurdle: Despite a high-profile outreach by former Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman, there are no minority Republican candidates with a strong chance of success in any congressional or gubernatorial race. Bobby Jindal, Louisiana's 37-year-old Indian-American governor, is reportedly high on McCain's vice presidential list, but there are no black Republicans in Congress or in the nation's governor's mansions.
Simply it is because Obama is a Black and holds a middle Muslim name, it despises the democrate presidential candidate and want to stop him as NDA UPA combination of Hindutva has been successful so far to stop the Black untouchable Woman in India the rare opportunity to lead India. The Apple Cart of Opposition is upset by the latest version of King Magnus and Singh is the King after Trust Vote won in Indian parliament full of Horse Power!
Hindu god has saved the Sikh Prime Minister as well as the most controversial Indo US Nuke Deal!The government narrowly survived the vote which had been initially delayed by allegations of vote buying.
"All of India's political parties were the same. Their only aim is to come to power and stay there," said Salim Sherwani, an MP from the Bahujan Samaj Party, which represents India's dalits, or low castes.
Political ideology in India has ceased to exist. It has been replaced by political expediency, opportunism and thuggery in which only money matters," Kuldip Nayar, a former independent MP and national affairs commentator, said.
Every party, he said, was seeking power and little else.
The most radical of these parties has been the BSP, led by Mayawati Kumari, a Dalit. The party has been on the ascent since it burst onto the political scene last year by securing the mandate in northern Uttar Pradesh state, the country's most populous province.
Ms Kumari, who prefers to be known as Mayawati, pulled off an unexpected landslide victory by stringing together an all-caste "rainbow coalition", making her the leader of the first majority government in 14 years in the province of more than 180 million people. If independent, Uttar Pradesh state would be the world's seventh largest country.
In 2005, she described herself as a "living goddess", declaring that she had never married so as "to improve the lot" of dalits.
Last week her supporters declared that she could become prime minister, an ambition analysts said was not beyond reach considering projections that her party could secure at least 50 of the state's 80 parliamentary seats.
Over decades any political party that has dominated Uttar Pradesh – like the Congress and the BJP in the past – has invariably formed the federal government.
Mayawati's support base comes mostly from the low-caste dalits, for whom she has become a symbol of their dignity and political aspirations after centuries of oppression by the Hindu upper castes.
Indian politicians publicly condemn the caste system as "regressive", but since independence six decades ago, have perpetuated it by contesting elections like Mayawati did, with an eye on their voter's caste affiliations.
"Caste equations eventually determine electoral outcomes in India and the forthcoming elections would be little different," Seema Mustafa, a political analyst, said. The biggest drawback is that it results in uncertainty and disruptive politics, he said.
Clearly, the opening of the debate by Adwani proved to be correct in spirit that RSS was never interested to destabilise UPA Government. RSS rather used this opportunity to expose the hypocrisy of the Communists. Communists were equally thrashed by NDA and UPA. The nexus in between was clear enough. NDA and UPA the bulk of the Parliamentary strength is committed to the Nuclear Deal and US led Hindu Zionist White Strategic realliance.
We know how the India Origin US lobbies rallied behind Hillary Clinton just because Hindutva is dead against a Black President with a middle name Hessian! Now the US based Indian support has been shifted in favour of the Republican, Vietnam war Veteran, Mc Cain!
NDA and UPA stopped Mayawati to be the next Prime minister just because she is a black untouchable woman! Intense Dalit hatred united the Ruling class rock solid. The RSS may wait thousands years ! But it may not allow a Dalit OBC ST Minority third face as prime Minister candidate other than Dr Manmohan Singh and Lal Krishna Adwani!
This nexus of caste Hindu interests saved the day for the US Supreme Slave. Horse Trading drama was only the envelop of the well drawn strategy! RSS preempted the Casteology of MS Mayawati to overlap All India Politics and at the same time the slave broke the sickles of Marxist Ideological Support. Now, Dr Manmohan Singh , well supported by RSS, may run on fast track with all his bloody refoms. Poor communists lost every opportunity of Resistance as they could not look beyond the interests on stake for Left Ruled brahminical hegemony in three states. The first Himalayan Blunder involving Jyoti Basu was related to this dilemma and they repeated once again sacrificing Somnath Chaterjee!
Congress lost nothing. Nuke Deal runs on first Track. Mayawati is stopped by RSS. Stopping Maywati, UPA and NDA aligned alienating the Left. The left has no scope for any resistance as all Pro American forces of Polity, Market, Society, Media, Corporates, Mafia have aligned under the strong most ever umbrella of RSS to defend US interests as well as Brahminical hegemony stopping reincarnation of Mayawati. THe Left launched Prime Minister Mayawati campaign to re mobilise Dalit and Muslim Vote Bank. Bu sacrificing a most strong Brahmin Stalwart would not appease the Brahmin Caste hindu Vote Bank of the left.
In my city, Sodepur, I have seen the Bengali brahmins from Congress as well as Communists Bastion, swinging in favour of a Brahmin RSS Prime Minister, Atal Bihar vajpayee! Only during last municipal elections , Left fielded maximum Brahmincandidates in Sodepur after the infamous Shopping Mall fire. What happened I was shocked to see that the Brahmins and caste Hindu voters whom I know for almost two decades voting continuously against CPIM, voted for the communist Brahmin candidates. CPIM holds the Municipality with maximum realty property.
Only today, I saw the burnt Shopping Mall is opened once again. While it was established that the land was not transferred. It was an illegal construction on a Pond. It has no security and does not have all the required documents for trade. Because the CPIM has returned with Caste Hindu Vote Bank, the sub judice shopping mall is opened without any protest!
We may witness a sever reverse if the Left Continues to project Mayawati as Prime Minister candidate of the third Front. West Bengal ruling Hegemony or the civil society which never allow any space for indigenous communities would never tolerate and would defect in favour of Brahmincal Trinamool congress headed by MS Mamta Bannerjee.
The Chess play of the Marxist Power politics already lost the Wajeer!
What a grand Humiliation of a communist general secretary in Indian history in a Revenge PlaY!
What has been the gain for the Left? While the communists opposed the pact on the argument that it would make India a pawn of Washington, for other critics it gives India, a nuclear outlaw for decades after it developed nuclear weapons, too many rewards for little in return. The deal will enable around 400 Indian companies to tie up with major global nuclear firms such as GE, Westinghouse and Areva to develop India's civilian nuclear power, while requiring it to accept international monitors for its facilities. Although that would probably be a deal stopper for India, American pressure will probably prevail in the NSG. The deal could run out of time to be passed by the U.S. Congress under the Bush administration. But many analysts believe Washington will fast track the pact, fearful other countries may soon fill the gap.
McCain yesterday launched one of his toughest attacks yet on Senator Barack Obama, saying his Democratic rival 'would rather lose a war in order to win a campaign.'"
Obama supporters are busy wooing Americans at home and those living abroad and one such campaign is underway in India as well.
Carolyn Sauvage Mar, a hard-core Obama fan is one of the delegates who is going to the Democrat National Convention in Denver on August 28, an honour, which she says, only 22 delegates from Democrats overseas are given.
Carolyn says her most important job comes in November - making sure all Americans living abroad register for the presidential poll.
"We are making a big push. We know there are tens and thousands of citizens living in India and it is a good guess that most of them haven't registered yet," says Chairperson, Democrats-Abroad, Carolyn.
Obama's army of volunteers want to convince young Americans and Indian Americans living in India to support Obama.
They say that absentee ballots are a big worry. In the 2000 US Presidential elections, the absentee votes of the Democrats camp were not properly organized, one of the factors in Bush's victory over Al-Gore.
Sporting the Obama T-shirts and colourful headgears, Obama supporters want to make sure that not a single vote of the Obama camp goes waste in the November elections.
However, volunteers at the Obama camp in Delhi say that their efforts are paying off.
"The best thing about Obama is that he has energized people to think about politics," says a volunteer.
Meanwhile, to make sure that enthusiasm for Obama converts to solid votes, the Democrats-Abroad will be making a huge push on August 2 in all the major cities in India, holding camps at various places and helping the Americans to register their absentee votes online.
The Washington Post: "Obama said he had hoped to avoid political warfare with his rival while overseas, but the attention the candidate's trip is receiving in the United States and potential implications for the November election makes that all but impossible. Minutes after the news conference, McCain's campaign issued a statement blasting the Democratic candidate. 'By continuing his opposition to the surge strategy long after it has proven successful and by admitting that his plan for withdrawal places him at odds with General David Petraeus, Barack Obama has made clear that his goal remains unconditional withdrawal rather than securing the victory our troops have earned and the surge has made possible,' spokesman Tucker Bounds said."
Barack Obama today reiterated his hawkish stance towards Iran by saying he would "take no options off the table".
The Democratic presidential candidate, echoing George Bush's stance on Iran, warned that a nuclear Iran "would be a game-changing situation", not just in the Middle East but in the rest of the world.
"A nuclear Iran would pose a grave threat and the world must prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon," Obama told reporters on a visit to Israel.
Obama, who sounded less than self-assured on the complexities of the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians, was forthright about Iran in comments that will reassure the Israeli leadership.
Last month, Israel carried out a major military exercise in a less-than-subtle hint to Iran that it was prepared to bombard Tehran's nuclear facilities, no matter the diplomatic repercussions.
The National Urban League announced today that Senators John McCain and Barack Obama are confirmed to speak at its 98th annual conference, taking place in Orlando, Florida, July 30 through August 2. Both presumptive presidential nominees have accepted the invitation to share their individual plans for an urban agenda, and to comment on the National Urban League's Opportunity Compact, the organization's plan to increase opportunities for underrepresented populations.
Railway Minister Lalu Yadav addressed the Lok Sabha on day two of trust vote debate on Tuesday, he said that only infrastructure development can ensure prosperity of the country.
Praising Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, he said, ''It's a very courageous step to take a trust vote on one's own accord.''
Slamming the Left parties, he said the Left parties are very good at ''creating confusion''.Lalu who was heard with attention in the Lok Sabha during the discussion over the trust vote, lauded Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and said: ''It's a very courageous step to take a trust vote on one's own accord.''
Punctuating his speech with sarcastic remarks on the Left decision to partner BJP to vote against the government, Mr Prasad, quoting a Bhojpuri saying, said: "Just as the cows are herded back to their sheds at the fall of dusk, the enemies of the government will also have to go." The minister's remark left the treasury benches in splits and even the Speaker was seen smiling.
Mr Prasad also targeted those opposing the deal, saying: "While you wear 'Made in America' wrist watches and send children to the USA for studies in the same breath you harbour US-phobia".
Joining issue with the BJP veteran, Mr LK Advani, he ridiculed the Opposition leader for not saying a word against the USA or the Indo-US deal itself. He again elicited laughter in the entire House when taking a dig at Mr Advani, he said: "Everyone wants to be prime minister; Mulayam Yadav, Mayawati and even I want to." But he went on to add, "hum harbari mein nahin haen (I am not in a hurry to become PM)".
Mr Prasad said he fought communalism, stopped the Rath Yatra and got Mr Advani arrested in 1990. He also said he had nothing personally against BSP supremo Ms Mayawati. Reading out a popular Hindi verse, Mr Prasad sought to caution the Left for aligning with the BJP. He also said that the Left parties' political compulsions forced them to oppose the Congress in West Bengal, Kerala and Tripura.
Taking a dig at veteran BJP leader L K Advani, he said everyone wants to be the prime minister; Mulayam Yadav, Mayawati and even he wants to be one. But he said he was in no hurry to become the prime minister.
Between peals of laughter, Lalu Yadav said, ''I stopped the Rath Yatra and arrested L K Advani; I brought down Morarji government.''
In his inimitable style, Lalu criticised the Opposition for their stand against the Indo-US nuclear deal, saying, ''You wear Made-in-USA watch, your children study in US, but you have US phobia On behalf of NDA, Advani never said one word against America or nuclear deal.
Describing the UPA victory in the trust vote as an outcome of "money power of industrialists," the Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray has lambasted the Left for propping up BSP leader Mayawati for the prime minister post.
"In its desperation to topple the Manmohan Singh government, the Left saddled Mayawati on the prime ministerial horse as their candidate without realising that this 'horse' is more dangerous than the horse-traders", Thackeray commented in the editorial published in the party mouthpiece, "Saamana" on wednesday.
The editorial said, "by raising a dream vision of prime ministership before Mayawati, the Left was making a historical blunder.
Congress needs to be vanquished but using the BSP chief towards that end amounts to administering a medicine that is more damaging than the disease".
The Left parties would not mind India becoming a "slave of China" but would not tolerate the country becoming friendly with America, he accused.
In a hard-hitting speech, Mayawati said, "The BJP got together with its allies and formed a strategy to save the UPA Government. In the scenario of fall of the UPA Government, instead of suggesting the formation of an alternate government, pushed ahead for the general elections. It is clear from today''s happenings that both these alliances do not want the "daughter of a dalit" to become the Prime Minister of the country."
"Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should resign on moral grounds. This is a black day in the history of democracy," she said.
Analysts say the landmark agreement, worth at least $40 billion for the energy business in a drive to double India's share of nuclear power to around 5-7 per cent by 2030, should pass international muster thanks to staunch U.S. support. The pact, which would make India a de facto nuclear power despite not signing the Non-Proliferation Treaty and conducting nuclear tests in 1974 and 1998, ran into trouble after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government faced a revolt by its former communist allies, culminating in Tuesday's vote.
elected unanimously after the 2004 elections, saying he was above party politics given the post he held.
on Wednesday he maintained he may be going to Kuala Lumpur for a Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference early next month.
Trinamul supporters block road to Nandigram
They blocked most of the road approaching Nandigram police station with iron pipes and tree trunks. They also staged a demonstration at Nandigram and Khejuri to protest against police highhandedness.
The police did not apply any force nor did they try to enter the village. The police released Trinamul Congress worker who were detained last night from Bhangaberia area. The Trinamul Congress workers returned four police vehicles, which were seized following yesterday's incident, to police.
Meanwhile, the situation in Nandigram and Khejuri remained calm today. While holding protest rallies at Bhangaberia, Maheshpur in Nandigram and Mansinghberia and Bartala in Khejuri, Trinamul Congress leaders demanded immediate transfer of the Nandigram OC, Mr Debasis Chakraborty. They accused him of unnecessarily resorting to a lathicharge and firing rubber-bullets on the agitating party workers. They also claimed that one of their party workers ~ Mr Tapan Ghoroi ~ sustained rubber-bullet injuries.
At least 17 people were injured when the police resorted to a lathicharge on a rally organised by the Trinamul Congress to protest against the attack by the CPI-M cadres at Bhangaberia. They also damaged a police vehicle at Tekhali bridge and injured three police officers last night. The injured police officers have been admitted to the Kamardaha hospital.
The Khejuri block Trinamul Congress leader Mr Indrajit Karan alleged: "The OC, Nandigram has a partisan role and because of his support, the CPI-M cadres dared to carry out an attack on our party workers. To protest against the partisan role of the police, we have decided to gherao the Khejuri police station tomorrow".
The CPI-M district secretariat member, Mr Ashok Guria said: "The situation in Nandigram and Khejuri remained peaceful today though no farmers dared to go in their agricultural field for cultivation". n SNS
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Biju Janata Dal(BJD), a constituent in BJP-led NDA, expelled Harihar Swain dubbing him as a "betrayer" while Telugu Desam Party(TDP) MP M Jagannatham also faced similar action for defying party whip.
"If there was no cross-voting, Government would have lost the trust vote," Advani told reporters a day after the Congress-led UPA government sailed through the confidence vote.
Hoping that the UPA government's victory in the trust vote would pave the way for India having "full access" to civilian nuclear fuel and technology, a top British daily today said the Indo-US nuclear deal is expected to unlock a whopping £20 billion investment in the power sector.
"It will keep its arsenal of nuclear weapons and stay out of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, but will adopt safeguards designed to prevent the global-spread of military nuclear technology," it said.
The agreement will also unlock about £20 billion of investment in civilian nuclear power generation over the next 10 years, it said.
The paper said this massive expansion will be necessary if India is to sustain its economic growth rate of nine per cent per annum, the world's second-highest after China's.
'The Times' said the outcome of the confidence vote was a "blow" to BJP, which had hoped to "capitalise" on the nuclear controversy and rising prices at the next election.
Meanwhile, Samajwadi party has decided to give notice for breach of privilege against the three BJP MPs who alleged they were given money to vote in favour of the Government in the trust motion, party leader Mohan Singh said.
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New Delhi (PTI): Mounting pressure on the government, BJP prime ministerial candidate L K Advani on wednesday hinted at en masse resignation of the entire Opposition in Parliament to register its protest over the "tainted" victory in the trust vote, a move it said could be similar to the one at the height of Bofors' controversy.
Kalpakkam (PTI): The Indo-US nuclear deal would liberate India from a technology denial regime since 1974 enforced after the country first tested its nuclear device and pave the way for "two-way traffic of exchange of inventions and discoveries," a top nuclear scientist said on wednesday.
Draft Safeguards Agreement with IAEA - Full Text
Kolkata (PTI): The CPI(M) on wednesday expressed fear that after winning the trust vote in the Lok Sabha the Congress-led UPA government would now take anti-people steps one after another to please the US.
Washington (PTI): As the UPA government won the crucial trust vote on the Indo-US nuclear deal, a top American scholar has said it will strengthen the hands of Indian prime minister in other areas of reforms pertaining to economic and social development which were "held up by the Communists".
Jaipur (PTI): With the UPA government surviving a trust vote without the support of reforms-weary Left parties, Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday said focus would now be on greater economic liberalisation, including relaxing FDI limit in sectors like insurance.
23 Jul, 2008, 1717 hrs IST,Surya R Kannoth, ECONOMICTIMES.COM
NEW DELHI, July 22: On one of the murkiest and most disgraceful days of the Indian Parliament's history, when wads of crisp notes hogged the limelight amid claims of an alleged cash-for-votes scandal on the floor of the Lok Sabha, the Manmohan Singh government sailed through its vote of confidence this evening.
Barely a few hours after three BJP MPs convulsed the national conscience by storming into the well of the House to display the "one crore rupees" cash contents of two bags, which they alleged was given as bribe in advance by the SP in lieu of their abstention in order to help keep the Congress-led UPA government afloat, the Speaker, Mr Somnath Chatterjee, announced the outcome of the trust vote in favour of the government that garnered the support of 275 MPs ~ four more than the required majority ~ as against the Opposition camp's 256.
The government's emphatic victory would defuse the protracted national political crisis, at least for now, besides enabling it to press ahead with the Indo-US nuclear deal towards operationalisation, which was the core issue that necessitated its trial of strength following the Left parties' withdrawal of support.
Although a slew of Opposition parties of varying sizes and shades ~ including the BJP-led NDA, the CPM-led Left, the BSP-led UNPA and others ~ ranged themselves against the government on their common anti-nuclear-deal plank, with the BSP chief Miss Mayawati proving to be a major fulcrum in the topple-government operation, the confidence vote motion was adopted marking significant cross-voting and abstentions from the Opposition ranks.
Facing its first confidence vote since its inception in May 2004, the Manmohan Singh government's convincing victory following a two-day debate in the Lok Sabha's special session was marred by shocking scenes inside the House, centred around an alleged cash-for-votes scam that set off an uproar leading to storming of the well by both Treasury and Opposition members, who exchanged allegations and barbs, leading to repeated adjournments.
Crying foul over the bribery scandal, the agitated Opposition members demanded the PM's resignation and forced him to table his speech without winding up his customary response to the debate on the motion.
In his hard-hitting speech, the PM mounted a blistering onslaught on both the CPI-M general secretary Mr Prakash Karat and the Opposition leader Mr LK Advani. Slamming the Left, Dr Singh said "they wanted me to behave as their bonded slave," adding "they wanted a veto over every single step of (nuclear deal) negotiations which is not acceptable."
The PM asked "our friends" in the CPM-led Left Front to ponder over the company of parties like the "communal" BJP they were forced to keep because of the "miscalculations" by "their general secretary."
Slamming the BJP's PM candidate Mr Advani, Dr Singh accused him of "sleeping" during the Gujarat carnage, terrorists' attack on Parliament, the Kandahar hijack episode besides charging him with "single-handedly inspiring" the destruction of Babri Masjid.
Unleashing a frontal attack on Mr Advani for using "all manner of abusive adjectives to describe my performance", the PM alleged that the former had made at least three attempts to topple his government in order to "fulfil his ambitions," asking him to do "introspection" over his role "before levelling charges of incompetence at others."
Making a strong pitch for the nuclear deal, Dr Singh said it will end India's nuclear apartheid, asserting that the agreements negotiated with the USA, Russia, France and other countries would enable India to enter into international trade for civilian use without any interference with the nation's strategic nuclear programme.
In the face of strong domestic objections over the adverse implications of the American Hyde Act on the 123 Indo-US nuclear agreement, Dr Singh also declared that his government is willing to look at "possible amendments" to India's Atomic Energy Act to ensure that the country's strategic autonomy will never be compromised.
What, however, cast a huge shadow on the government's triumph was the stunning spectacle of three BJP MPs displaying cash on the floor of the House this afternoon, which appeared to be a sequel to the charges of horse-trading, bargaining and concession-peddling, flying thick and fast over the last couple of weeks, involving virtually the entire political spectrum in connection with their respective camps' alleged bids to muster numbers of MPs' votes by all means, including inducing poaching, defection and abstentions.
The three BJP MPs ~ Mr Ashok Argal (Madhya Pradesh), Mr Fagan Singh Kulaste (Madhya Pradesh) and Mr Mahavir Bhagora (Rajasthan) ~ alleged that they were offered a bribe of Rs 3 crore each by the SP leader Mr Amar Singh and Mrs Sonia Gandhi's political secretary Mr Ahmed Patel for abstaining from tonight's vote. Both Mr Singh and Mr Patel dismissed the allegation as "conspiracy", even as the entire Opposition sought to put the government in the dock on the issue.
Mr Karat said the cash episode was a "shameful day" in the country's democracy. "The members belonging to the Opposition in the Lok Sabha have been approached with money and inducements. They have spared the members of Left parties because they know they can't buy our MPs," said Mr Karat. "We have the time, date, records."
Mr Advani demanded a detailed investigation by the Lok Sabha Speaker into the "very serious" cash-for-votes scandal.
"This is the most unfortunate and a very sad day in the history of Parliament," said the Speaker who assured the House that he will take all steps to deal with the scandal. Mr Chatterjee said no guilty will be spared.
Holding that he was very sad over the episode, the PM said the Speaker was seized of the matter, asking to "wait for his findings". "We will cooperate and whatever is in accordance with law will be done in this case."
With the Prime Minister comfortably winning the trust vote tonight, the possibility of an early Cabinet reshuffle is being talked about in political circles.
It is still unclear whether the new ally of the Congress ~ the Samajwadi Party ~ would join the government, but a section in the UPA believes that the Mulayam Singh Yadav led party would be willing to do so despite protestations. The run-up to the trust vote also saw some Congress leaders playing truant for some time so that the leadership assures them to address their grievances.
While several ministries have already been allocated to the Congress allies, a major exercise by the Prime Minister would be a difficult affair.
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How the bridge was crossed
- Both sides got 'outside support', but govt gained more
CHARU SUDAN KASTURI
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New Delhi, July 22: The UPA and its allies may have weaned away more cross-voters from the Opposition than the MPs they lost to Mayavati and the BJP, winning a side-battle crucial in the war called the trust vote.
Defiant Speaker wins first round against party
KOLKATA, July 22: Though the Manmohan Singh-government won the trust vote today, the Lok Sabha Speaker Mr Somnath Chatterjee won a different battle against his own party hands down.
The way he conducted the proceedings of the House, tongue-lashing his own "Comrades" who were trying to disrupt the debate, showed his no-nonsense and almost brutal neutrality, while making it clear that he was determined to give his party leadership a piece of his mind.
It was the CPI-M MP, Mohammed Salim, who incurred the wrath of the Speaker when he repeatedly interrupted the finance minister, Mr P Chidambaram's speech. The minister was explaining the legal intricacies involving the Hyde Act and the 123 Agreement ~ the lynchpin of the Left's opposition to the nuke deal - and China's plan for the next two decades to step up its nuclear energy from the present 2 per cent. He tried to dissuade Mr Salim from interrupting him with the plea that he had "patiently heard him when he spoke yesterday" and expected the same "courtesy" be extended to him as well.
The Speaker immediately intervened, pulled up Mr Salim and told him that the House was "not a meeting place".
Then it was the turn of a couple of Left MPs who joined Mr Salim in disrupting the proceedings. "I won't allow such indiscipline in the House. The whole nation is watching. Don't you belong to a disciplined party ? You are glorifying neither your party nor yourself," he chastised them. The worst that the CPI-M MPs could expect from the Speaker was still in store for them. When the House was resumed after the unprecedented and "shameful" episode involving three BJP MPs displaying wads of money inside the House, the Speaker allowed representatives of some small parties to take part in the debate before the Prime Minister wrapped it up. He was determined not to let anyone else disrupt the proceedings any longer.
Mr Salim suddenly rose to his feet and tried to raise the alleged pay-off.
Immediately, the Speaker was at his acerbic best and asked Mr Salim whether he had personal knowledge about the alleged deal. "If so, why don't you come to this side (meaning the Chair)..." he taunted him. The Speaker had been at the centre of an unprecedented intra-party feud within the CPI-M as its general secretary, Mr Prakash Karat, was adamant that he step down before the trust-vote, while he was equally determined to defy him. His conduct in the House was another defeat of Mr Karat.
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PDP reveals former J&K Govenor's Hindutva agenda
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... Mohammad Sayeed as the latter had proved a stumbling block in his scheme to communalize the situation in the State and implement his Hindutva agenda. ...
123 won't tie India's hands for more tests The Asian Age, India - According to senior RSS and BJP source Mohan Bhagwat, the RSS "sahkaryavaha", who is the "virtual CEO" of that Hindutva organisation that gave rise to the ... |
Raj Bhavan following 'Hindutva' agenda: PDP Zee News, India - "From the recent anti-PDP outbursts of BJP and VHP leaders, it is evident that some quarters in Raj bhavan have been working at the behest of hindutva ... PDP to boycott Governor farewell |
Hindutva terror force Muslims to demolish mosque Indian Muslims, CA - ... Muslims that all the people who spoke to TwoCircles.net didn't want their identity be disclosed fearing any reverse action by the Hindutva extremists. ... |
World Sikh News | Hindutva league leader RSS plans to hijack Guru'ta Gaddi celebrations World Sikh News, CA - ... and the very formation of the Rashtriya Sikh Sangat by the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) underlines this rather covert mission of the Hindutva body. ... |
One more Hindutva activist arrested for Thane blast Indian Muslims, CA - By TwoCircles.net staff reporter Mumbai: The noose of the Anti-Terror Squad (ATS), seems to have tightened around the neck of the Hindutva extremist ... |
BJP's strategy Daily News & Analysis, India - The governing capabilities of the Hindutva brigade will thus be put to the test. And it is doubtful whether, given the deteriorating situation all around, ... |
AFMI criticized for award to former Modi supporter Indian Muslims, CA - The question on how to deal with former or current supporters of Hindutva movement has not been answered. A very active Indian Muslim community in the US ... |
BBC News | A Risky Honeymoon Navhind Times, India - The state unit of Bengal is quite scared of the scenario notwithstanding the Hindutva party. Does it imply that the political compulsion to pull down the ... India's Roughshod Ruling Class: 'Govt has betrayed nation' "Left will vote against the government" |
IBNLive.com | BJP will tell voters: 'compare functioning of the two coalitions' Hindu, India - The BJP's top leader and former Deputy Prime Minister disagreed, in his own way, with the widespread perception that he was a hardliner on core Hindutva ... 'Deal to be reworked under NDA' |
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