[Reader-list] Election Forecast

[anupam chakravartty]

im shocked ... suddenly our right wing friends have found a new ally in
congress:

Vedavati (while maintaining: "and last but not least, bjp did not try to
'unify' hindus. if they do so in coming 5 years' span, they will definitely
bounce back in 2014") has said:
"congress has given new young faces while bjp has presented same faces -no
new young leader except varun gandhi. (i think there are better examples
here for you provided you knew Ritesh Vasava contesting from Surat)

bjp has talked about old issues like ram mandir for which they have already
lost their credibility."

and now Bipin:
"Also sign of maturity by public to elect main national party and that way
avoiding black mailing from pseudo-secularists like left, lalu, paswan,
mayavati, mulayam and so many."

Can you guys be little less shallow? Or you still as someone recently
pointed, are deciding on who is secular and pseudo-secular (at times, using
the phrase "sickular") for your petty gains on this reader's list. But on
second thoughts, your admissions have a tinge of honesty in it, which is why
i am citing it on this mail. hope we dont have an election for next five
years.

regards and best wishes

anupam


On 5/16/09, bipin <aliens at dataone.in> wrote:
>
> Dear All.
>
> People verdict is final and one should accept gracefully. The point raised
> that PM is not elected is right. But, he personally is good man and that
> appeals to the people.
>
> Also sign of maturity by public to elect main national party and that way
> avoiding black mailing from pseudo-secularists like left, lalu, paswan,
> mayavati, mulayam and so many. With majority lots of money will be saved,
> which was going to hand of this much more corrupt people.
>
> NREGA was not congress baby really it was imposed by left, but even left
> lost heavily. RTI was ongoing process and initiated earlier by NDA. Please
> refer parliament proceedings you will come to know.
>
> Still I believe that NREGA will prove failure in the near future. No one in
> politics has long vision and they want to gain short coverings only and
> many
> people will not understand immediately. Time will prove it. Wait n watch.
> For long development, root infrastructural development is the only better
> solution.
>
> thanks
> Bipin
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "swathi shivanand" <swathi.shivanand at gmail.com>
> To: "Rakesh Iyer" <rakesh.rnbdj at gmail.com>
> Cc: "Sarai" <reader-list at sarai.net>
> Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 6:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [Reader-list] Election Forecast
>
>
> > Firstly, all victory must be tempered with some sobriety. And difficult
> > questions have to be asked.
> >
> > We are going to have, yet another time, a prime minister who has not
> > contested elections. if his record were impeccable, one wonders why he
> > chose
> > not to stand? One could easily dismiss the idea that 'he was scared that
> > he
> > would lose" as understandably naive. So what is that had the prime
> > ministerial candidate not contest elections? Should we wonder what that
> > says
> > about his (and by extension the congress' and the upa's) notions about
> > democracy and respect for it?
> >
> > To nuance your point further, The NREGA and the RTI were passed after
> much
> > prodding and much civil society activism. If the UPA is credited with
> > bringing in these programmes and policies, some credit is also due to the
> > Left and other Congress allies.
> >
> > Swathi
> >
> > On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 4:05 PM, Rakesh Iyer <rakesh.rnbdj at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Dear all
> >>
> >> The BJP and the Left have been shown the middle finger in these
> >> elections.
> >> And for all those in the forum who keep dismissing the Congress, do
> >> dismiss
> >> dynastic politics, but realize that NREGA, RTI and Right to Forest Land
> >> for
> >> tribals are important for the 'aam aadmi', so also other issues of
> >> livelihood, not your Golden Quadrilateral, economic disinvestment and
> >> Narendra Modi-Advani duo's 'strong leadership'.
> >>
> >> Concentrate on that. Otherwise keep seeing the middle finger shown by
> the
> >> rest of India to you too.
> >>
> >> Regards
> >>
> >> Rakesh
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