Wikileaks redefines Indian DEMOCRACY

Congress led UPA's Contribution: It has changed India drastically - From being a Democracy, India has today become a DemoCRAZY*!

*DemoCRAZY - a Demonstration on UPA's Craziness.

THE GREAT INDIAN PRESS CONFERENCE

The Telangana Report

"Divide and Rule" was how the British broke India. And this is exactly a policy which seems to be capturing thr imagination of the Congress strategists. The recent example being the Srikrishna Commission report on Telangana's statehood. More than resolving the issue statehood and the aspirations of people, the Congress is busy charting out its political calculations. The Commission was appointed to study the issue and come out with the best possible solution and help the indecisive UPA Government to help come out with a decision . But instead of doing so, it seems the Commission has come out with multiple options (allowing the Congress to select one which is best suitable for maximum electoral benefits). For God's sake why can't the Congress realize that this is not a crorepati game-show but reality. If it wanted to know what were the options available, they could have simply invited a few politically conscious undergraduate students for knowing the options rather than wasting crores of public money and more importantly - 365 days.

THE OPEN MAG TAPES

Some tapes have been released by Open Magazine online (transcripts of conversations between Radia and the who's who of the country - industry leaders, politicians and even media people). The tapes are very interesting and expose the ugly face of lobbying in the country.

I think you might have already come across these tapes but even you haven't I thought of sending you the links.

These tapes have the potential to heavily influence the course of Delhi politics in the coming days so I just thought of forwarding these unedited tapes uploaded in their original format by Open Magazine-

(please refresh the screen many times if you can't open the pages. The site is overloaded with traffic)

The 1st one is a conversation between Radia and Vir Sanghvi

The 2nd one is a conversation between Radia and Ratan Tata

The 3rd one is a conversation between Radia and Kanimozhi

The 4th one is a conversation between Radia and A Raja

The 5th one is a conversation between Radia and Barkha Dutt

http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/nation/what-kind-of-story-do-you-want

http://openthemagazine.com/article/nation/i-met-raja-today-he-is-a-happy-man

http://openthemagazine.com/article/nation/pm-is-very-soft-spoken-and-dad-can-t-hear-clearly

http://openthemagazine.com/article/nation/tell-sunil-mittal-you-have-to-work-with-raja

http://openthemagazine.com/article/nation/tell-me-what-should-i-tell-them

http://openthemagazine.com/article/nation/some-telephone-conversations

Mutalik Sting

Mutalik sting - Does that mean some anti Parivaar ppl had funded Mutalik to defame Parivaar?

Congress: A Seasoned Strategist

Yet again the Congress proved why it has survived nearly 50 years ruling (and not governing the country). The happenings of the last 3-4 months are a proof of why the Grand Old Party of India is also the shrewdest when it comes to realpolitik. Ever since UPA II has come to power there has been a haze of price rise surrounding the Government every now and then. And this haze has been on the upsurge especially from the latter half of 2009 at a time when the BJP was involved in its own internal battle, and the CPI (M) limping. There were a few who could speak for the common of this country.

Come 2010 and the BJP this time overcoming its internal issues finally showed signs of standing on its feet. The first external agenda for the new Party President was to “Capitalize on price rise” and demonstrate “politics of development” unlike what BJP has always been accused of getting involved in. And ever since this was known in public, the Congress pressed the panic button. Late December and early January saw the media more focussed on the Liberhan Commission Report which was followed by Women's Reservation Bill. Everyone including the Congress knew that the Bill doesn’t stand a chance of getting passed in the Lok Sabha but still went ahead with the introduction of the Bill in the Rajya Sabha and succeeded in breaking the Opposition camp which for the first time was standing united (BJP+Left+Yadavs). Then came non-issues (compared to price rise) like Modi being summoned up by the SIT which was followed by the Naxal debate or say presently the Tharoor controversy. But this present approach to the Tharoor controversy makes me feel “daal mein kuch kaala hai”.

Why is the Congress pulling Tharoor saga so much? Either get him out or reaffirm the faith in the MOS for External Affairs. But no! The clever Congress Think-tank sees this as an opportunity to over-shadow the fact that inflation had crossed 9% in February and is expected to cross 10% this April.

This is the time when the BJP President has ambitiously planned the April 21st "Delhi Chalo, Parliament Ghero, Jail Bharo" pilot project wherein 10 lakh BJP karykartas are expected to reach Delhi - attend a rally at Ramleela maidan, march to the parliament and then court arrest. At a time when such a big event has been planned by the BJP which would have intended to not just mobilize the cadre but also seek positive media attention; Congress' Tharoor has managed to over-shadow it. And as the BJP foolishly expects to win brownie points in the Parliament over the Tharoor issue and waits for PM to come back and give a statement it loses out to cash in on its most ambitious-ever initiative since the new President took over the party.

Is this actually an indicator of a rift between the Party Parliamentary Board and the Party Organizational wing per se? Or is it a failure of the BJP Think-tank and strategists who failed to see this trap coming? Or the BJP purposely wants to keep the rally a low profile event till the 21st as it isn't sure about its success? Also, the question which arises is, is this an attempt by an anti-Tharoor lobby in the Congress to settle scores with Tharoor, who had been at the receiving end of Madam's favours. The answers if not to all the questions but most of them can only be answered by BJP of course and no one else.

The entire five month drama has yet again proved and asserted why Congress is sitting at the helm of affairs and BJP still limping back. Also, by making BJP play the gallery in both the cases i.e. Women's Bill as well as the Tharoor debate, the Congress has obviously gained much more than BJP who could not even contest the Women's Reservation Bill on democratic grounds. The Congress indeed has succeeded in killing 2 birds (taking steam off both Chidambaram-Digvijay controversy and BJP price rise agitation)

But the question I want to ask the BJP is - "Is Tharoor more important than Price Rise?" especially when the Congress has managed to take away BJP urban middle class vote-bank with it in the last elections and is furthering into BJP's core constituency. The BJP knows this and saw an opportunity to yet again assert itself as the representative of urban middle class by raking up the Price Rise issue which seems to yet again get hijacked by the Congress.

Price Rise might be important for the masses of the country but not for Congress and the BJP Parliamentary committee.

My letters on BigB published in newspapers

My letters published on this hype surrounding Mr. Bachchan in newspapers -

The Free Press Journal, March 27, 2010

http://www.dnaindia.com/speakup/report_are-stars-soft-targets-in-a-political-war_1365054

DNA, March 30, 2010

http://www.freepressjournal.in/FPJ/FPJ/2010/03/27/ArticleHtmls/27_03_2010_005_009.shtml?Mode=1

Open Letter to Mr. Bachchan

Bachchan sir,

I am really disappointed with the hostile attitude of the so called "Grand Old Party" of India towards an icon, a face which has represented the country at a global scale. I deeply regret the petty politics which has followed your attendance to the Sea Link event. Being a Mumbaikar I didn't see any reason for you not being fit to be a guest for that event. You are not just a celebrity in the city but more importantly a tax payer from the city and have more right to be on the podium than most of the people sitting there who don't even belong to Mumbai.

I don't think in a Democracy, politicians should monopolize inaugurations of public structures. It is a shame that it has happened in our country and unfortunately in the case of the tallest celebrity of the country who has always been a goodwill ambassador and a face of the country.

The party could have downplayed it but still the fiasco continued in Pune wherein the CM Ashok Chavan suddenly pre-poned his visit by a day avoiding sharing the dais with you and then Ms Sheila Dixit suddenly doesn't showcase AB's audio-video message and forces all his posters to be removed after taking the help of AB to promote the whole event. We on Twitter know how much AB has been promoting the event from the core of his heart.

Bachchan ji, I think there are some things which should be above politics if we need to make this country a better place to live in and dream of becoming a superpower.

Firstly , I feel even if you would have had a political affiliation, it should not have mattered for the ruling party to share the dais with person from the other party, after all even you are a citizen of the city.

Secondly, I feel bad that the party (which always talks about secularism) didn't open their eyes to see that Jaya ji is a nominated RS member by the SP, you Bachchan sir were the tourism ambassador for a BJP governed and a CPI(M) ruled state. And both YOU and AB were attending programmes by Congress CMs respectively.

The latter is fine example of how when it comes to the country, we all forget our religious or political differences and come together of which a prime example have been YOU and your family respectively. This country is going to the dogs if such cheap political gimmicks continue and if a person of your repute can be humiliated so much then just imagine the spate of a commoner!

Regards

Devendra Pai

Mumbai

devendrapai@yahoo.com

P.S. - With you in all times sir

The IPL effect - DAVIS CUP gone

In one of the most embarassing situations we could have got ourselves into, India was termed unsafe to host the Davis Cup which India had been hosting religiously since quite somee time. In a first of a kind scene, security concern being the cause of stripping a sporting tournament has been seen in the context of India. 

Mr. Lalit Modi should realize that IPL wasn't just a monye minting factory but something more than that. It was the country's premium sporting event. It was an answer to England's EPL and America's NBA and then we lose everything. National pride as well rich revenue sunk. Pride in the sense both the exclusivity as well confidence (in the context of security). So are we safe in our country in the question we should ask ourselves.

It's also a matter of shame that the national Government could not do anything to stop this non sense from happening even as many BJP governed states were ready to host the IPL and that an alternate solution was available. But instead of giving BJP brownie points, the UPA Government did not act and noww the result is for everyone to see.

And hence, I have decided to boycott the IPL until it comes back to India and ask everyone to do the same. And last but not least, we are assured by PM Manmohan Singh that he will transform Mumbai into Shanghai. (Hope it won't be the way he is transforming a stable secure India into an insecure Pakistan)