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Soli J. Sorabjee Tags : LS polls, becoming messy Posted: Sunday , Mar 29, 2009 at 2355 hrs

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Elections 2009 are becoming rather messy and increasingly perplexing. The RJD supreme, Lalu Prasad, swears by Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and yet is all set to fight the Congress in Bihar in collaboration with Ram Vilas Paswan of the Lok Janshakti party. Both Lalu Prasad and Paswan are current cabinet ministers in the UPA government. Incredible India indeed.

The camaraderie between the Samajwadi Party and the Congress is over as is apparent from statements by Amar Singh who ruefully reminds the Congress about his role in rescuing it during the trust vote in Parliament. The PMK has broken away from the Congress; Ramadoss has resigned and joined AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa who has been maintaining an enigmatic silence about her aims and aspirations. Differences between BJP president Rajnath Singh and Arun Jaitley are simmering and have not been resolved. And, lo and behold, there is the Third Front comprising of parties that have nothing positive in common in terms of ideology or programmes except a blind hatred of the BJP and a deep aversion to the Congress. Some of the Third Front parties are not averse to the prospect of having Mayawati as PM—she has not disguised her Prime Ministerial ambitions. Naveen Patnaik whose party, the BJD, broke away from the BJP in Orissa, has so far not disclosed his options. The latest is the spectacle of the Yadav chieftains, Mulayam Singh and Lalu Prasad and Ram Vilas Paswan coming together to forge a front. Is this a Fourth Front? And how long will it last? Several developments can happen in this volatile scenario before elections are completed. The bookies must be having a hard time offering odds. The voter is perplexed and thoroughly disgusted with this bizarre dance of our vibrant democracy.

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opportunistic politics of mr.naveen pattanaikBy: sarojkumar satpathy | 15-May-2009 Reply | Forward Mr.Naveen pattanaik is a glaring exammple of opportunistic politics. he was a political novice in 1998.It was BJP WHICH MADE HIM THE C.M.But he forgot the generosity n back stabbed it.He had to pay aheavy price for it.

WE THE PEOPLE OF INDIABy: Dr.J.Madhavi | 14-Apr-2009 Reply | Forward Its time India gears up to voice its opinion and capture the true spirit of Democracy in the 2009 Lok Sabha Elections.We must speak up, appreciate justice and bring injustice to the task by raising out our voice, making a mark and use every means of communication possible to ensure that we are participants and prime witness to the 2009 elections.We are the people of India.We have to be democratic indeed.We have no other choice.The recent geo-political events have made all of us awaken to the fact that only WE need to take responsibility from wherever we are, however we can and whatever manner possible, inorder to uphold the Preamble of our Constitution MUCH STRONGER THAN EVER BEFORE!!All we need to do is exercise our democratic rights by simply casting our vote.This is the elementary process of forming the Democracy.Lets get started.Lets vote.Lets commence from here.Lets make a difference.Lets Voice out.Lets opinionate.Lets participate in this dance of Democracy.............Dr.J.Madhavi

Dead democracy cannot dance 2By: Dr.G.Srinivasan | 29-Mar-2009 Reply | Forward Today what is left of democracy is nothing -- probably under a ventilator to show that it breathes and hence alive!!!! All the wings of the democracy being clipped the bird is unable to fly then you neglect it without giving food and water.There has not been lively debates about the constitution and enlighten people /young generations as to what kind of the change has occurred. I am sorry to say that democracy dies the day when imposed on the people -- if you can impose the free will then you are killing it at the same time.No democracy is a republic the minute it becomes a republic it ceases to be democracy(This is at a higher level of debate)Voting alone is not the duty of the citizen. But they have left us no choice other than to vote and keep quiet. They have twisted the trust placed in them by the people at a large. I cannot and refuse to have an unelected PM walking into that respected office and say no election is needed .The day he did that he had killed the democracy !!!!!

dead democracy cannot dance 1By: Dr.G.Srinivasan | 29-Mar-2009 Reply | Forward Of late I have been doing a lot of thinking about democracy. when Nehru said true enough democracy has its pitfalls bu that ids the best form of governance.But when they assembled together "What they thought of as the best out of all the constitutions of the world" it was a voluminous document.They approved the constitution in the name of the people of india (Did they have the right to vote for the constitution on our behalf is another matter) and the preamble read We the people . give to ourselves the secular,republic to which indira Gandhi added socialism from her pocket.By the time the office of the president was already undermined what was left was the judiciary (We will not talk about this )finally we are today in a state where the wings of democracy have all been clipped and the pigeon which Nehru was about to release not only could not fly it could not get even.the office of the president the office of the PM and the office of the CEC CBI everything made subservient to AICC

constituion has been twisted and killedBy: Dr.G.Srinivasan | 29-Mar-2009 Reply | Forward the frequent chorus that Manmohan Singh has been the weakest PM are passé. The average intelligent voter deserves better. And ultimately it is this voter who can turn the tables in elections as happened in the 1977 general elections. I fail to agree with this.After all said and done the voters have no choice but to vote to protect a constitution which he/she believes is sacrosanct.But when the congress has undermined all the wings of democracy the office of the President the office of the PM the office of the CEC the office of the CBI there is nothing left for the citizens to do.The bases of the constitution is that people elect their MPs and they in turn elect one from the elected members as PM. It is not that they nominate one from the unelected members and make him lifetime PM!!!! No democracy in the world will allow an unelected person to walk into the office of the PM and India should be no different. The minimum qualification of the PM should be that he is elected.

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