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Tuesday, 22 April 2014
Wednesday, 19 March 2014
Why Narendra Modi decided to contest from Varanasi???
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What would be the benefit from this move? Despite being
on the anvil for several months, these two questions hit everyone in the face
the moment the Bharatiya Janata Party made the announcement late Saturday
night. Answers to these questions are actually in two realms: immediate
electoral calculations and the much bigger political and cultural context.
For Modi to secure a mandate that reduces his dependence on other parties to form a government, it is essential for BJP to do spectacularly well in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Anything less than 50% of the 120 seats for the party from here is likely to become an impediment.
Geographically, Varanasi is close to the midway point of the land tract comprising the two states. Eastern UP and the Poorvanchal region of the state jointly account for almost half the seats in UP.
Modi's presence in Varanasi will have significant traction-effect in Bihar and other parts of UP. But, this analysis of number-crunching is superficial and fails to go beyond the predictable realm. Modi visited Varanasi for the first time after being anointed BJP's prime ministerial candidate in December 2013. He did not go directly to the rally venue.
Instead, he visited the Kashi Vishwanath and Sankatmochan Temples prior to this. Both are iconic temples and the former has been one of the three shrines over which the Sangh Parivar waged the agitation in the mid-1980s that is singularly responsible for BJP's rise.
The agitation for the removal of the Gyanvapi Mosque has not been waged after the demolition of the Babri Masjid. But with Modi's candidature from the city, the issue is likely to be become a talking point in the course of the campaign and its immediate aftermath.
Modi has not overtly played the C-card so far like he did in 2002 (refugee camps being babyproducing factories) and has opted to speak in similes (you need chest size 55 inches to convert UP into a Gujarat). But his move to contest from the preeminent Holy city of Hindus that is also mired in historical conflict may introduce a strong undercurrent of polarisation.
In December 2013, in his speech, Modi said he came from the "land of Somnath to take the blessings of Baba Vishwanath". The lines between religion, politics and culture were also not delineated by Modi when he affirmed that cleaning the Ganga River and running the programme efficiently was as much a political commitment as a religious duty.
The river is after all, not just a carrier of flowing water but a cultural stream and an embodiment of the Mother figure for the majority. In the heydays of the Ayodhya agitation, party elders of Modi argued that it was not just for the construction of a temple but for the assertion of cultural nationalism.
Varanasi is culturally referred as Kashi, the place to attain Moksha or liberation. In mythology this liberation is from the cycle of life but in Modi's campaign, emancipation is necessary from a government till recently routinely called Delhi Sultanate with a Shahzade waiting in the wings.
Varanasi is associated more closely with Lord Shiva in comparison to other Gods of the Hindu pantheon, most importantly the other two in the Triumvirate, Lord Vishnu and Lord Brahma.
With Modi from Varanasi, Rajnath Singh from Lucknow and Arun Jaitley from Amritsar — choices soaked in political, cultural and religious symbolism — the BJP underscored the rise of the new Triumvirate or Trimurti. The common religious chant of the city and Lord Shiva is Har Har Mahadev.
The slogan being used for some time to drum up support for Modi has a striking similarity: Har Har Modi, Ghar Ghar Modi. This is clever use of symbols, language, culture and religiosity interwoven into one. Allahabad was Nehru's political home. It is the city of the Sangam, symbolic of India's spiritual pluralism.
Modi's residence will lie on the banks of a singular stream of India's spiritual heritage. There must, after all, be a raison d'etre for choosing this seat from the 80 available in Uttar Pradesh!
(The writer is the biographer of Narendra Modi)
Saturday, 8 March 2014
Pls forward: GOOD NEWS FOR VOTERS
GOOD NEWS FOR VOTERS:-
V. S. Sampat, Chief Election Commissionr Of India, said that...
Any citizen of India who is not having voter id, or lost it can directly go to poll booth and can fill a form on the spot with supportive documents and can vote.
Please pass on this information to all and make each Indian to vote.
Also Read:
வாக்காளர்கள் பெயர்
சேர்க்க வசதியாக,
9ம் தேதி (09.03.2014)
சிறப்பு முகாம்:
பிரவீன்குமார்
வருகின்ற 16வது மக்களவைக்கான தேர்தல் தேதிகள் அறிவிக்கப்பட்டுள்ள நிலையில்,
தமிழகத்தில் ஏப்ரல் 24ம் தேதி ஒரே கட்டமாக நடைபெறும் தேர்தலுக்கான ஏற்பாடுகள் குறித்து
தமிழக தலைமைத் தேர்தல் ஆணையர் தலைமைச் செயலகத்தில் செய்தியாளர்கள் சந்திப்பில்
விளக்கி வருகிறார்.
மேலும் அவர் கூறும் போது வாக்காளர்கள் பெயர் சேர்க்க வசதியாக, (March) 9ம் தேதி(09.03.2014)
ஞாயிற்றுக்கிழமை சிறப்பு முகாம் நடக்கிறது.
இதில், இதுவரை பெயர் சேர்க்காதவர்கள், பதிவு செய்யலாம். நீக்கல் மற்றும் மாற்றல்
உள்ளிட்டவை செய்ய முடியாது.
மக்கள், ஓட்டுக்கு பணம் வாங்க கூடாது. பெரிய தொகைகளை, அதற்குரிய ஆவணங்கள் இல்லாமல் கொண்டு செல்ல கூடாது.
மேலும் நோட்டோ பயன்படுத்துவது குறித்து பயிற்ச்சி அளிக்கப்படும் என்று பிரவீன்குமார் கூறினார்.
Monday, 9 December 2013
Fwd: : ANTECEDENTS OF TARUN TEJPAL !
Antecedents Of Tarun Tejpal.........
Who actually is this seemingly difficult to touch, powerful, politically-connected man, going by the name Tarun Tejpal?
Tarun, is actually the son of a very powerful Indian National Congress committee member from the state of Punjab. The father is also a Congress MLA in the Punjab Legislative Assembly, who has a notorious reputation of being an alleged high profile extortionist.
His mother is the real sister of Kapil Sibal, the Union Law Minister. There is no need to say anything more about this relationship as everything can be understood.
Can we all, believe that justice will be finally delivered to that courageous Jr Journalist whose family is now alleged to be hounded by intimidators asking for an out-of-court settlement, at whatever cost. It is a 'You name the price' offer? Who do you feel, will have he financial might to broker and sponsor such a deal?
Fearing the Congress Party reaction and the political fallout, no media including the more forthcoming news channels, have till date, either referred to this, or have found any reason to talk about this, as it can be argued to be irrelevant to the current context.
One can only spread the word, about the multiple pressures, behind closed doors, a 'truth' faces, before coming out in the open. Forwarding this bit of information, might spread useful awareness, in our enlightened population.
When will all this brushing under the carpet, because some 'powerful' people are involved, STOP??
Who and how many are these so called powerful people? Where is their power coming from? Who gave them the power? Why do they feel they are powerful? Does their power mean they can abuse their power to supress and subvert the truth?
Please be proactive in catalysing a meaningful change in our society. Do not allow such corrupted and crippling 'power-centres' to exist. Do what it takes to change the status quo!!!!
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