Dissidents vs Defrauders

Eight BJP MP’s were expelled from the party for defying the whip. Out of which Somabhai Patel and Brijbhushan Sharan Singh are dissidents and the rest defrauders . Both Somabhai and Brijbhusan had made their intentions clear. Somabahai was a suspended member till a week ago and Brijbhushan had joined SP. But the rest made the party believe they are with the party and at the last moment cheated their party and so defrauders .

Totally 28 MP’s defied whip. Out of which 2 BJP, 2 MDMK, 6 SP, 1 Congress, 1 NLD, 1 NPF, 1 shivsena, 1 Akalidal, 1 BJD, 2 JDU, 1 TRS had made their intentions very clear before vote. Most of them were already known dissidents. So there are only 9 defrauders in the Sabha today. These are people who betrayed their parties , some on the pretext of conscience and some on the pretext of sudden illness.

To believe that these nine defrauders risked disrepute by this action, without any suitable consideration/offer is anomalous to thinking that they were born in heaven.

Haribhai Rathod claims he went out for a diabetes Injection and suddenly his sugar levels went low and so was admitted in a ICU and could not take calls till five. Some one near him could have informed his desperately searching party colleagues if he was sincere. In fact when asked to whom he would have voted if present he made his designs very clear by saying I am glad the government won.

Chandrabhan singh claims he vomited blood and his friends failed to find a government hospital nearby and hence he showed himself at some private clinic. Again it is amusing and without reason why his friends did not inform the party.

Sangliana of Bangalore claims he voted by his conscience. IF he was so pious he should have had the guts to inform so before hand. There are rumours that he has been offered ticket from Mizoram by Congress for the next loksabha poll.

Manjunath also should be counted as a dissident because he gave prior indication by not attending the meetings before vote and his dissidence was well known in the state.

Udupi Manorama Madhwaraj today said she was not upset at the party’s decision since she was not contesting the next elections. Her son Pramod Madhwaraj was denied ticket by BJP in the assembly elections , who then stood on a congress ticket and lost. Rumours say she might get a seat from congress in next loksabha. Again till the last moment she made her party believe she was with them.

Babubhai Katara also made his party believe he will vote with them. He is facing human trafficking charges and may seek reprieve from congress somehow on this as favor for abstaining. So out of the nine abstentions plus cross voters in BJP the real surprises were only from three. Rathod, Chandrabhan and Manorama. Sanglaiana also had given hints on his moves.

The most shocking deception was in TDP. Both Jaganath and Adikesavulu Naidu played the cards to their chest and betrayed their leader. Same is the case with JDS leader Shivanna.

The Akali dal, JDU, Shivsena and BJD were not surprised by the dissidence of their MP”s who had given prior signals to that effect. They were all absconding or did not attend their dinner meetings before vote.

If this ten defrauders had voted properly by whip, the final vote would have been 270-265. out of the six defrauders of BJP kunoor was as good as dissident. Sangliana and Manoroma were highly probable dissidents. Katara was expected to abstain. So only Rathod and Bhan singh were the true surprises. So Totally there were only five surprise catch and rest was more or less known in advance.

So now the questions.
1. How come the opposition camp was bewildered by this result?
2. Except for five or six rest seem to be known antagonists. So is it not true huge money did not play a role.
3.Congress wanted to demoralise the opposition camp and succeeded. Rathod, Bhan singh TDP and JDS catches were superb and really hurting. The congress is upbeat and surely deserves to be.
4. The Opposition is to blame for giving such high false hopes and then crying foul. They should have tried to keep the dissidence from reacting or down played the trust vote.
5. Is it right time for elections now?

The Invisbile CD- cost for visibility?

A day after Manmohan Singh government won the trust vote, the question on everyone’s lip was: What was the contents of the CD that is with the Lok Sabha Speaker over the bribery allegations levelled by the three BJP MPs.
The other puzzling question is, why did the TV news channel that had filmed the entire scandal as a sting operation chickened out from airing it, and instead submitted it meekly to the Speaker.
Well, sources, which have seen the CD confirm that it indeed contains incriminating stuff. ‘It has the potential to unsettle the government.
However, it all now depends on what the Speaker does with the CD and how the political players take the matter further,’ sources said and added that the channel which did not air the CD presumably because it feared strong political repercussions in the form of raids and cases.
But how did the CD come about? One of the three BJP MPs in question Ashok Argal was the one who approached by the deal-makers to cross vote during the trust motion in Parliament.
Apparently, he took the matter to his State (Madhya Pradesh) high command. He was asked to keep communicating with his interlocutors.
The BJP sources further claim that on Monday Argal and Kulaste (another BJP MP) went to Amar Singh’s home and a deal was struck for Rs 9 crore —— Rs.3 crore for each MP.
The BJP says that the MPs did not accept the cash at Amar Singh’s premises as they wanted it to be captured on cameras.
Hence, they chose to get the cash to be delivered at Argal’s house on 4, Feroze Shah Road, in New Delhi on Tuesday.
The three MPs meanwhile reportedly got in touch with the TV channel to set up cameras and record the deal.
They also contacted Madhya Pradesh police personnel, as the Delhi police falls under the Centre’s command, sources said
The entire money was carried to Argal’s house by Amar Singh’s assistant Sanjeev Saxena.
The money was later taken to Parliament and shown to the shocked House and the country.
The money is now in the custody of the Speaker’s office and would soon be sent to the government treasury.- Newstoday

The Great Betrayers- Aya aur Gaya- ‘Right" time

The following is the List of the greats who helped Singh become king. If they had voted by whip, UPA score would have been in the red. But they voted otherwise and most of them slimily giving credence to money and intimidation having worked on them

1. Karnataka

The capital of Ayarams and Gaya rams has shifted from haryana to Karnataka now. Recentlry we saw 3 MLA’s from Congress and some from JDS switching sides to BJp thanks to minning lobby. And now as if for a tit for tat 2 MP’s from BJP cross voted and two abstained plus one JDS cross voted. I feel the JDS is a case of unnecessary overkill almost closing options of aligning with them later. The following is the list of the greats.

H T Sangliana: The former IPS officer and police commissioner of Bangalore who hails from Mizoram stated that he voted for the UPA since he considers “the nation’s interest most important”. Sangliana, a staunch Christian, had originally sought a Congress ticket to contest the 2004 polls, but the presence of Congress veterans like C K Jaffer Sharief from Bangalore North lead to the denial of a ticket to the popular former cop. After the trust vote, Sangliana said he did not expect to continue in the BJP, however, adding that he had struck no deal with the Congress. But, there have been unconfirmed reports that he may contest the next Lok Sabha polls from Mizoram on a Congress ticket.

Manjunath Kunnur: The BJP MP constituency began drifting away from the party nearly a year ago. Not given too much party responsibility, the former Congressman said the final straw came when the BJP brought in outsider Basavaraj Bommai to contest the recent Assembly polls from the Shiggaon constituency in the Dharwad south region. Kunnur said in recent times, Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa reposed more faith in Bommai than him. He said he did not receive a guarantee of a Lok Sabha ticket for future elections from Advani, Yeddyurappa or Ananth Kumar. “Advani said we could discuss the issue after July 23. Yeddyurappa and Ananth Kumar did not say anything at the dinner in Delhi on July 21. I am basically a Congressman, I will go back to the Congress,” he said.

Manorama Madhwaraj: The Udupi BJP MP’s son Pramod Madhwaraj recently contested the Karnataka Assembly polls on a Congress ticket. The BJP MP herself is reported to have stated in a press note released ahead of the trust vote that there is no guarantee of energy security with the nuclear deal. Though present in the house in the morning, at the time of vote she was absent. .

M Shivanna: The JD(S) MP from tribal Chamarajnagar constituency says he changed his mind and voted in favor of the UPA at the last moment. “I did not want to vote against my conscience though a whip had been issued to vote against the motion. At the last moment I changed my mind,” said the MP who is reported to have received assurances of a Congress ticket for the next elections. “I have faith in my constituency. Let’s see what action is taken,” he said. His constituency is Congress dominated and his action is thus explainable.

D C Srikantappa:BJP MP from Chikmagalur constituency, did not take part in the trust vote in Lok Sabha. He was suffering from spinal problem,ans was strictly advised by his doctors not to undertake travel, the MP’s son Ashok told PTI.

Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, who had a telephonic conversation with Srikantappa, had promised to ferry him to Bangalore by a helicopter and later to Delhi by a special flight to facilitate his presence during the crucial voting

Vasudeva Murthy, a physician who is treating Srikantappa, had said then , “He (Srikantappa) should not be made to sit. If such a risk is taken, it would cause further damage to his spinal chord and nerve system”.

Sangliana did not attend BJP meeting before poll and Kunnur was absconding in Delhi before vote and his family had given enough indication that he might cross vote.

2.Andra pradesh

Adikesavulu Naidu: Adikesavulu Naidu is a former Congressman and served as treasurer of the AICC when P V Narasimha Rao was PM. During the same time, he quit the Congress and joined TDP. He was patronised by Naidu, who gave him a ticket to contest from Chittoor in 2004, which he won.
Adikesavulu is also a millionaire liquor baron with extensive interests in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.Adikesavalu is a Kapu. He recently remarked that he might support film star Chiranjeevi, a Kapu, if he launches a party. Though other TDP leaders warned Naidu after such comments, Adikesavulu got away with it.According to Yerran Naidu, it seems probable that Adikesavulu wants to quit the TDP, rejoin the Congress and become a Rajya Sabha member. Sources in Hyderabad said Adikesavulu is also worried about his business interests in the state with the TDP out of power. His vote was in validated.

M Jagannath: Jagannath is a medical practitioner and a third-time MP. He is a member of the Indo-China Parliamentary committee. Jagannath was also the chairperson of the Indian Medical Parliamentary Forum till recently. In his first term as MP he was on the Monitoring Committee of Chief Whips and Whips Recommendations.The switching over of Dr M. Jagannath was surprising in the sense that he crossed the floor just before the trust vote.

A. Narendra: TRS rebel MP whad announced well before the vote that he was defecting. he will not suffer the anti defection clause.

3.Maharastra

Haribhau Rathod: Rathod’s defection was a shocker to the party because he is a close confidaant of the BJP’s national general secretary Gopinath Munde and was, at one time, Munde’s private secretary when Munde was Deputy Chief Minister between 1995 and 1999. The fact that Rathod comes from Vidarbha is also a matter of great concern for the party, as it has five MPs from the region.A BJP leader, who did not wish to be named, said, “The Yavatmal constituency has been merged with other LS seats in the delimitation exercise, so Rathod may have felt his political future was not certain. This could be the reason for his abstention.”Rathod, interestingly, was sitting in the Lok Sabha till 6 pm on Tuesday but walked out later, much to the surprise of his other party MPs as well as Shiv Sena MPs from the state.When contacted, Rathod, speaking in a trembling voice, told a Mumbai News paper, “I have chest pain and I am in hospital.” And then disconnected the line.

Tukaram Renge-Patil :Leaders in Parbhani say the 49-year-old MP is miffed with local party leaders and does not enjoy cordial relations with local Sena MLA Sanjay Jadhav.• From the last one and half years, Renge Patil was frequently seen with Congress leaders, claim Shiv Sainiks in Parbhani. • He did not take much interest in local body elections in the district during the last two years. Patil was untraceable and has skipped two crucial meetings the Sena had called for its MPs – one in Mumbai that was presided over by party chief Bal Thackeray on Saturday and the second called in Delhi on Sunday at Parliament House.

4. Gujarat

Somabhai Patel: Suspended BJP MP from Gujarat, Somabhai Patel, on Monday itself declared his support to the UPA government and claimed that “no force or incentive” can bring him back to the party-fold.

“I have been told that my suspension has been revoked. Let me make it clear that I ceased to have any relation with the BJP when I was suspended without even a chance to explain my point,” Patel told PTI in New Delhi. he will be affected by the anti defection law.

Babubhai Katara: BJP MP from Dahod, Babubhai Katara, was suspended for his alleged involvement in a human trafficking case. He will escape the law this time as he is a suspended member. Earlier he had said he will follow the whip but abstained.

5. Uttar pradesh

Brijbhushan Sharan Singh: he joined SP leaving BJP just days before the vote and had made his intentions clear. He is a MP from Balrampur

Samajwadi party: The six SP MPs who cross voted included four rebels (Munawwar Hasan, S.P. Singh Baghel, Rajnarayan Budholia and Jaiprakash Rawat) and two jailbirds (Ateeq Ahmed and Afzal Ansari). No surprises here.

Baleshwar Yadav: The lone member of NLP defied whip by his party and voted for UPA. Yadav, who quit Samajwadi Party earlier, is the NLP MP from Padrauna (UP) Lok Sabha constituency. Amarsingh succeeded in luring him back, it seems.

6.Tamilnadu

MDMK: Two MDMK rebels had defied Whip but had made their intentions well before vote. They are L Ganesan and N Ramachandran.

7. Punjab

Sukhdev Singh Libra: Two-time MP and a trusted man of late SGPC chief Gurcharan Singh Tohra was reportedly lured away from the NDA camp by those Tohra men who are now controlling the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee. They were reportedly successful in keeping him away.For Sukhdev Singh Libra, it might have been his last term in the Lok Sabha. It is not only delimitation, but also other factors that might have denied him ticket in the coming elections.

8. Bihar

Ramswaroop Prasad : He did not get along well with Nitesh kumar . The JDU MP had made his intentions clear before vote. The MP had dissociated himself from the party at the time of by-election of Islampur Assembly constituency.

9. Lakshadweep

P Koya: the lone MP from Lakshadweep had made his intentions clear by meeting Pm before trust vote

10. Orissa

Harihar Swain : Swain is a known detractor of Patnaik. When contacted, Swain said he voted according to his ‘inner voice’. He was missing in the party organised by Advani before vote.

11. Nagaland

Wangyuh Konyak: The Nagaland People’s Front has asked its lone MP Wangyuh Konyak to vote against the UPA government in the confidence vote, but he had defied the whip. NPF was with UPA for long but it’s government was dismissed from nagaland by Center and hence the party had issued such a whip, which the MP defied.

12. Madhya pradesh

Chandrabhan singh: BJP MP from Madhya Pradesh Chandra Bhan Singh’s both houses at Damoh and Jabalpur were attacked by protesting partymen on Tuesday night. Protesters carried out rampage at both places and burned his effigy. He is the MP from Damoh. He had abstained citing health reasons. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan lashed out at Singh for betraying the BJP, saying that health was not the reason why he didn’t vote.
“His family members are saying that he was not well, but it is a matter of investigation and I think that there is something more to his abstension,” Shivraj Singh Chauhan said.

13. Haryana

Kuldeep Bishnoi: Bishnoi had floated his own political outfit, the Haryana Janhit Congress, in December last year. He is the son of Bhajan Lal and is a rebel Congress MP from Bhiwani

14. Others

MNF snapped ties with NDA in 2007 and abstained in the vote. Trinamool congress was with NDA, till recently but abstained .

Summary of Defections

1. BJP- 8 plus one for genuine reasons.
2. SP- 6
3. TDP: 2
4.JDU:2
5. MDMK:2
6.Shivsena-1
7. Akali Dal- 1
8. BJD-1
9. NLP:1
10.NPF:1
11.JDS:1
12.TRS:1
13. Congress:1
Total: 29 [ 28 plus one genuine]
*No one from Left parties and BSP cross voted or abstained.
*List of abstentions
TC-1[Mamta]
MNF-1[Vanlalzawma]
Akalidal-1[Sukhdev Singh Libra ]
BJD-1[Swain]
BJP-5[Katara, Manorama, D C Srikantappa,Harisingh Rathod, Chandrabhan singh]
JDU-1[P.Koya]
TDP-1[D K Audikesavulu].

We had predicted 30-40 deserters. the actual is 29. one congress MP from Haryana changed his mind in last moment. And surprisingly no defections from BSP and Congress.

The Congress game plan is very clear. Not only to get numbers but wound all parties of NDA be it even by one defection and also those of UNPA. May be the overkill is because of surprisingly no defections from their ranks. It clearly shows BJP did not try hard. For the same ‘delimitation’ could have made them lure some of the Congress probables. Congress should Thank them for this. May be Maya has a point here.

The best prediction

The closest prediction was here and no where else. That the UPA floor managers were themselves not sure about the final score is evident from this overkill. if only they had known this will be the outcome they could have sparred the coal ministry from falling in to the Jharkhand hole. I guess many were assigned with targets for poaching and surprisingly for them almost everyone of them performed well. We had predicted the best figure for UPA as 272 vs 254 with 13 abstentions and the final score was 275 vs 256 with 10 abstentions. The total strength was 541 accounted plus speaker plus one resigned plus one suspended equal to 544. So this 2 plus 3 less abstentions gave the final figure.

Not a single channel came anywhere close to this even till the last minute. Many had predicted UPA will touch 272 in the last day but they had predicted the opposition to get a decent 265 and above. None of the channels had any know how of the loksabha voting procedure and many had announced the final result as what came in the digital board. That there were provisions for correction and hand ballot in case of faulty machine or otherwise was not in their knowledge. No channel till now has the know how of who were the 54 who did not use the machine. Shame to TV media. And till now not a single channel has any story about the deserters . Each is giving their own figure. One says 7 BJP MPs cross voted, the other says 4 etc. Many channels especially Timesnow were openly siding with Congress in their coverage.

We had announced Singh is king two days before and almost all channels were ready with their designs to use the same after poll. This result was predictable with some effort.

It is surprising why CNN-IBN chose not to telecast such an opportune explosive material. A rival channel rightly questioned whether they have been silenced.

Some years back in USA their media telecast live confession of their president’s confession of his under the table affair with Monica and also showed his semen stains as proof. They never bothered about the disrepute and that is good journalism. Why do we Indians have this tendency to put every thing known bad in our system under the carpet. There were some channels which raised questions on the timing of the expose. If the NDA had not chosen this timing they would have been fools. I find nothing wrong in it. Just a day before the now aggressive PM asked for proofs and with in a day the opposition gave the proofs in ‘right’ time. Also it helped them dilute their dilution in strength caused mainly by money power and intimidation.

Timesnow was in a desperate move to undermine their rival’s sting operation openly aired congress questions on it rather than give credence to the cause of the commotion. NDTV was telling that the nation has been shamed in the eyes of foreigners because cash was shown in Lok sabha. The act to lure MP’s took a back seat for them because it was not their sting operation. The So called Wizards of Indian Journalism spoke again and again in NDTV as to how BJP has bought disrepute by showcasing they being lured. They never had any such remorse when they repeatedly telecast Banguru taking money. Are they trying to tell us it is OK to show money being received outside but to exhibit then in the Loksabha is a sin?

UPA won and only by hook and crook and that is exactly what we predicted and came true.

The 123 test- countdown starts

With just five hours to go I have a prediction. This is based on media reports plus some psychology plus elementary maths plus some common sense plus a pinch of intuition.
House- 542 minus speaker minus 13 abstentions minus 1 suspended minus 1 resigned= 526
Best result for UPA- 272 vs 254[opp]
Worst result for UPA – 264 vs 262[opp]
Probable result- 268 vs 258

If this comes true then that would mean around 30- 40 deserters which is roughly 5-7% of the house strength. Some would have gained a ministerial berth, for some cases will be dropped, for some bank balance will swell and for some corporation or position will be waiting and for us?

No signs of any surprise or shock is visible as of now. The Maya may fade away by night.

Who is a Journalist?

A discussion in a book launch revealed how the biggies in the Television news industry are trying to ‘guide’ the government to impose laws on who can run News channels.

Eminent Tv new CEO Rajdeep Sardesai has a complaint. According to him established professional broadcasters, that do proper news gathering, are at a disadvantage in the carriage game; his company’s Hindi channel, for instance, cannot afford to be on Tata Sky. But that ubiquitous builder who comes into the game (or the solvent politician) with a low cost channel has enough ready cash to pay the few crores required to get his channel visibility. The politician he is referring to is Kartik Sharma, brother of Manu Sharma, the main accused in the Jessica Lal murder case. His father is a former minister from haryana[ congress]. He has started a company Information TV Pvt. Ltd., which has launched a TV channel called India News which is on air. India News recently ran the fake MMS clips which were purportedly of Arushi Talwar, which added to the controversy about the way the case has been covered.

There were two prongs to his argument: one, that the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, which issues licences to news channels, is not applying any criteria of eligibility which keeps out those with no track record in media. And two, that, with new entrants crowding the market, the cost of retaining a toehold in the limited bandwidth which cable operators and DTH service providers have is becoming astronomical.

Leading DTH operators do not deny that they levy carriage fees. Jawahar Goel of Dish TV was recently quoted as saying that he will make around Rs. 50 crore from this avenue this year, and double that next year. As for Tata Sky, its boss Vikram Kaushik is on record saying that if a new channel wants instant access to their two million subscriber base, they will have to pay for it. Doordarshan’s DD Direct+ is free for viewers but also charges carriage fees, Rs. 25 lakhs per Indian channel and Rs. 50 lakhs per foreign channel. Even for Local channels MSO of cable industry charge anywhere between 40000 to 2 lakhs per month. So anyone and only those with money can enter this business.

According to I & B Ministry, anyone applying for News Channel should be Indian or a company with major Indian holding and should be worth atleast 3 crores. So no small player can get an entry.

Who is a journalist. Anyone who is news savvy and who is good in communication skills and who is presentable in nature can make it as a journalist. So why should Sardesai crib if he has competition. It is for the people to decide what they want and they do not want. Regarding Print media anyone can start by doing some simple formalities. And even a small timer can exhibit his skills. But Television media is a costly affair. But here too it is getting crowded and his greivance is entry in to the industry’s network is getting costlier by the day. Well as their power increases so should it be as per the theory of economics. And obviously all kind of people will love to be in the limelight.

I am amused when he claims he cannot afford entry through Tata sky. Bringing in barriers at entry level on the pretext of eligibility will only raise to corruption and delays and will not suffice his mission. In a democratic country people of all class in life should have access to media either in it or by it.
Cost of visibility BY SEVANTI NINAN is an article written in The Hindu this Sunday and it suggests a feasible solution – more effective digitisation in the distribution system and thus more space for more channels and hence less cost of entry. Infact Reliance and Sun DTH have MPEG-4 technology which enables them to carry more channels. I am not Technologically sound to know whether this a part of the solution in hand.

Any Government control in media should be firmly blocked and a suggestion for such a control coming from an eminent Journalist is surprising.

ps: News-market leader India TV has complained to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) that its fair name and goodwill were being compromised because of regulatory permission given to a company called Information TV, to run a 24-hour
news channel by the name of `India News’. Meanwhile ITV is about to start an english and a bhojpuri channel. They already run two newspapers – one weekly magazine India news and another Aaj samaj.

Cable wars -III continues

More than 60% of Thanjavur cannot see Sun TV even though they wish they could. Arasu TV has established a network which is more than 60% of the televisions in the area. The other MSO is being pressurized to withdraw Sun TV from his network too. This is a new way for the Arasu cable to bring Sun to toes. Some of the staff of the rival MSO have been arrested for a complaint that they cut cables. The timing reveals the plot. However all this are the same games SCV played to establish its monopolistic network and may be they are being paid by the same coin. Even the opposition are silent over all this because it suits them too. Sun TV will be talking to RCV tomorrow by order of the TDSAT and they have been asked to resolve their dispute amicably. May be a solution for broadcast through Arasu cable will also be ironed out. All local channels are broad casted by both Arasu and the other MSO , so far except for Karan TV which is a Dinakaran sponsored channel and hence not in Arasu.

The cable operators under Arasu are in turmoil and are pressurizing Arasu either to get Sun in the list soon or compel rival also to black out Sun. These reports are based on rumours floating in the town among the cable circle.

Sun DTH has meanwhile announced that they are aiming at 2 million connections before December. With superior Technology and good packages they aim to achieve this. More attractive pricing is also in the anvil.

Singh is King

The pre scripted, nuclear trust drama is nearing its climax. With so much money and power in hand, it should not be difficult to induce abstentions and realignments in opposition ranks. The Government will win the trust vote by only hook and crook. And there may be difference of more than ten votes.

Sometimes people who watch it from near by do not predict it correctly but people far away who are used to gather as many opinions, analyse faces of the interviewed and with some mathematical acumen can predict the inevitable more accurately. No channel or newspaper is predicting what I have so far. Everyone predicts it to be too close to call mainly because they want to increase the suspense. But the body language of the UPA folks show it off. They will make it.

It is a well known fact that the Left and congress had to be in opposite blocks at the time of election when ever it is held. It will be very difficult for the Left if they had remained as out side supporters till the time elections are announced and then fight against them. So it is obvious that they were looking for an opportunity to break ranks. And they knew it well that time was running out for the deal. That is why they chose this as a pretext to withdraw support. And that is why I say this is pre scripted. It suits both the camps. The deal has resulted in realignment of political forces and further cornering of their arch rival BJP. After election the mathematics of coalition may change alignments once again. But it is this set up which will ensure Left numbers in the next house. Otherwise they were facing depletion of their present strength. It is not a gamble but a well thought pre planned rightly timed withdrawal of support.

Trust vote, the government will win in the house but what about it in the next elections. Will the people forget inflation for energy? CNN-IBN says most urban in India say Singh is right. while Star Tv says most do not know about the deal and prefer advani. 29% say it should be him. 19% say Manmohan, 14% for Sonia and 11% for Rahul as their PM choice. 43% say BJP will win while 39% say it will be Congress. While CNN-IBN is supporting the American cause clandestinely, Star is voicing the Chinese angle?

Singh is King because he has very successfully launched himself as a shrewed politician. The economist in him has taken a back seat and that is visible in the Inflation graph. Hope this trust vote will reawaken the economist in him. The challenge for him in the next six months is to shine in both aspects and that is the only way they can hope to be back in the saddle.

By tomorrow evening we will know. but what. We will know who are the deserters. we will know who are the new king makers. we will know who are the next six months only cabinet ministers. we will know which side spent the most. The rest is obvious atleast for me.

With in three months we will surely see an Expose mostly by Tehelka on some bribe video. They must have had ample opportunity in the past two weeks. Some scandal against BJP or Mayawathi will be exposed and then Congress will talk only about that and the people will be made to forget inflation and live with it for may be five more years.

Cable wars -III update

The Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) has asked Maran’ brothers and MK Azhagiri, son of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, to settle their cable distribution dispute amicably.

Justice Arun Kumar, chairman, TDSAT, directed Azhagiri’s multi system operator (MSO) Royal Cable Vision (RCV) and Maran brothers-owned Channel Plus to hold a meeting on July 22 for the said matter, and has also said, “If necessary, further meetings may be held by mutual consent.”

TDSAT also issued notices to Channel Plus and Sumangali Cable Vision (SCV), MSO arm of Sun TV Network. The TDSAT direction came over a fresh petition filed by RCV against Channel Plus and SCV. RCV has alleged that despite furnishing information regarding list of its cable operators and other details, Channel Plus was not giving signals of Sun TV.

They further alleged that Channel Plus neither responded to their request for joint survey of localities or to negotiate over subscriber base and number of cable operators.

RCV also alleged that since the Maran brothers-owned MSO, SCV was a single operator in Madurai area and they wanted to retain their monopoly in the area.

Source-television Point.

Meanwhile the Left parties are in advanced stage of starting their own channel in Tamil. They already have a Malayalam Channel Kairali and hence it must be easy for them to start here. So almost all parties will have their own propaganda machine ready in Tamilnadu before Loksabha elections that is if the Government does not fall before time.

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