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Sunday, July 19, 2009

Blunder list of Manmohan Singh's Congress government

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"Mr Singh has proved a hopeless decision maker as Prime Minister."
- Financial Times, London, April 15 2009

"The Government has assaulted and weakened every constitutional office: the Election Commission, Governors and Parliament."
- Outlook, March 2 2009
Please also read, "Manmohan Singh agrees with Indian Mujahideen terrorists?".
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Even before the Bharatiya (misnomer: Indian) election results were out, I took this decision that no matter who wins I will try to maintain a list of blunders that the new government commits. A list which will expose their Anti-Hindu decisions, hypocrisy, fake secular extremism, sellout media bias, heartless shameless decisions and ignorance regarding terrorism, corruption, sycophancy, self-glorification, etc. I will try to keep it as updated as possible but due to time consideration I may miss some important news. So I welcome you, the readers and everyone to contribute to this list. As it will help everyone during the times of next elections to be informed about the blunders that this new incumbent Christo-Muslim Rightist Congress nonsecular government commits in this new 15th Lok Sabha.

Please also read "Timeline/Chronology of Major Terrorist attacks in Bharat" for complete list of terrorist attacks in Bharat (misnomer: India) especially 47 major terrorist attacks in 68 cities under Congress in past 5 years.
  1. July 20 2008
    Third class biased treatment to Hindus, Nonexistent Development and False Promises: While Muslim Rightist Congress spent over Rs 500 crores (as per CAG report) on Hajj subsidy and Andhra CM Samuel Reddy is giving subsidies to Christians to go to Bethlehem, Hindu devotees are mistreated worse than 3rd class citizens and Hindu Holy places are in dilapidated conditions while the Daan (selfless donations) that Hindus willfully give for up keep, protection, research and development of these Mandirs (Hindu Temples) and tax payers money is redirected for Muslim-Christian subsidies. No such service is provided to Hindus for any holy pilgrimage. What kind of secularism is this?
    • बद्रीनाथ यात्रा के दौरान फंसे ११ हजार श्रद्धालु
      उत्तराखंड में बद्रीनाथ की यात्रा के दौरान करीब ११ हजार श्रद्धालु अब भी फंसे हुए हैं। इन लोगों को निकालने की कोशिशें की जा रही हैं। बद्रीनाथ से २० किलोमीटर दूर लामबगड़ में बना पुल बादल फटने से नदी में बह गया। ऋषिकेष-बद्रीनाथ राजमार्ग पर बने पुल के बह जाने से भगवान के दर्शन कर वापस आ रहे करीब १२ हजार श्रद्धालु बद्रीनाथ में ही फंस गए। इनमें से एक हज़ार को वहां से सही-सलामत निकाल लिया गया है। इन तीर्थयात्रियों को दूसरे रास्ते के ज़रिए बाहर निकाला गया। बाक़ी फंसे तीर्थयात्रियों को भी अब इस रास्ते से निकालने की कोशिश की जा रही है। चमोली जिला प्रशासन का कहना है कि वो सेना की मदद से नदी में कच्चा पुल का निर्माण कर सभी तीर्थयात्रियों को ऋषिकेष भेजने का प्रबंध करेगा। लेकिन ये तभी संभव है जब नदी में पानी का बहाव कम हो। रात में बारिश के चलते राहत काम में बाधा पड़ी है। प्रशासन का कहना है कि जरूरत पड़ने पर बद्रीनाथ में फंसे तीर्थयात्रियों को वहां से निकालने के लिए हेलीकॉप्टरों की भी मदद ली जा सकती है।
    • बादल फटने के कारण बद्रीनाथ मार्ग बंद
    • बद्रीनाथ के हजारों यात्री फंसे

  2. July 19 2008
    Devaluation of Institutes, Corruption and Partisanship: Due to the step motherly attitude, constant ridiculing, communal nonsecular divisive Muslim headcount, being under paid, denial of pension and discrimination by bureaucracy under Antonia Maino-Manmohan Singh's government, Army has been constantly loosing its standards and employees. By some estimates, attrition rate has been at its all time high under Muslim Rightist Congress government. So what do you expect when Army goes to recruit new talent? All it gets is this unprofessional, uncivilized and uncontrollable rowdy acts of violence by would-be army men & women who have no shred of discipline. Such a shame!

    Since there was no news of any Muslim or Christian dying in the stampede that happened during Army recruitment a Polytechnic College in Chandoli, Uttar Pradesh so none of biased Indian English media even cared to print the story nor did Overrated World Renowned Mythical Economist and Dhimmi Regent PM Mr. Manmohan Singh loose his sleep on this. Both the media and government are busy playing their divisive caste politics in Rita Bahuguna hate speech case or brushing under the carpet the disastrous diplomatic surrender of India by Sonia Gandhi-Manmohan Singh government to Pakistan. Who cares if a few Hindus died during fictitious peace time, not by the hands of enemy but even before they could even apply to join the army to face the enemy. As proved by the diplomatic surrender by Sonia Gandhi-Manmohan Singh, Indian blood is too cheap.
    • यूपी: सेना भर्ती में भगदड़, २ की मौत

    • सेना की भर्ती में हंगामा, फायरिंग से एक की मौत
      उत्तर प्रदेश के चंदौली में रविवार को सेना की भर्ती के दौरान मची भगदड़ के बाद फायरिंग में एक अभ्यर्थी की मौत हो गई। भर्ती में गड़बड़ी का आरोप लगाते हुए हंगामा कर रहे युवकों पर मिलेट्री पुलिस की फायरिंग में तीन अभ्यर्थी घायल भी हुए हैं। इसके बाद बेकाबू युवाओं ने पूरे शहर में तोड़फोड़ करने की कोशिश की। हंगामे के कारण दिन में करीब चार घंटे तक शहर में अफरातफरी रही। पुलिस ने कड़ी मशक्कत के बाद हालात को काबू में किया है। अपुष्ट सूत्रों के मुताबिक फायरिंग में पांच युवकों की मौत हुई है। उपद्रवियों ने सरकारी दफ्तरों में तोड़फोड़ व आगजनी की। चंदौली रेलवे स्टेशन पर तोड़फोड़ के कारण यातायात प्रभावित रहा। लंबी दूरी की कई ट्रेनों को दूसरे स्टेशनों पर रोक कर रखा गया। इसके अलावा उपद्रवियों ने कुछ वाहनों को फूंक डाला और जिला अदालत में तोड़फोड़ मचाई। भर्ती रैली में आसपास के इलाकों के साथ पड़ोसी राज्य बिहार से करीब दो हजार युवाओं ने भाग लिया था। युवाओं ने शारीरिक परीक्षण के दौरान धांधली की शिकायत की थी और उसके बाद ही सेना अधिकारियों से उनका विवाद हो गया था। सेना अधिकारियों का कहना है कि युवकों ने पथराव शुरू कर दिया था।

    • यूपीः चंदौली में सेना की भर्ती में भगदड़, एक की मौत

    • सेना की भर्ती के दौरान छात्रों का हंगामा

  3. July 17 2008
    Under-funded projects: It was a proud moment for all Hindus and Bharatvaasis around the world on the initial success of Chandrayaan, all credit to the Scientists at ISRO. But since ISRO is severely under funded organization as it can't get votes to the government, ISRO has reported that Chandrayaan has developed technical snags and failures.
    • Video: Chandrayaan sensor fails
      Chandrayaan-१, India's first lunar probe, is facing a serious technical snag that might cut its journey short. According to ISRO, the craft's Star Sensors, which helps the spacecraft direct towards the moon, have failed.

  4. July 16 2008

  5. July 15 2008
    • Hate Speech, Spiteful politics and Sellout Media bias: Uttar Pradesh's Congress chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi made some really vicious and slanderous remarks against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in a hate speech but media supports her contrary to how it demonizes Varun Feroz Gandhi because spoke for Hindu rights and liberties.
    • Terrorism: Serious and severe terrorist threat to Shri Somnath Mandir and other important national assets from Islamic terrorists who can attack from Sea route.
      • Video: Terrorist threat to Shri Somnath Mandir
        Security has been up at all vital establishments including the famous Somnath Temple in Rajkot district of Gujarat following a terror threat.Indian intelligence agencies say that Lashkar-e-Taiba, a militant organisation, is planning to target iconic buildings and industrial installations in Gujarat and Maharashtra.
    • Terrorism: Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram of Congress Government has admitted that government failed to curb Naxal Maoist terror.
      • Video: Government failed to curb Maoists: Home Minister
        Government has failed to curb the Maoist menace, Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram said on Wednesday addressing a session of the upper house of parliament. He said this in the wake of recovery of a consignment of communication equipment meant for Maoists in Jharkhand by the police on Tuesday.

  6. July 12 2008
    Corruption: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India's audit report has exposed a scam involving the Armymen's obsession with the game of golf.
    • Armymen's love for golf tees off a scam (Caution: This news report is from a known Anti-Hindu biased news channel, readers discretion is advised.)
      It seems like the Armymen have been channelising funds meant for Defence services' budgetary needs to fulfil their passion for the sport. The CAG report on Friday confirmed that nothing can come between the Army brass and their love for Golf. Successive chiefs of the Western Command ignored audit objections to continue buying golf carts by diverting 1.17 crore rupees from emergency operational funds by misrepresenting facts. The Comptroller and Auditor General says that the Army's Golf course in Delhi has been functioning in an unauthorised manner for the last 20 years. It is reported that Army personnel say the Government does not authorise its legitimate social requirements and therefore the exercise. The golf cart scam has blown the lid off the Army's unauthorised social activities. Most of its 93 golf courses across the country are illegal so far.

  7. July 11 2009
      Anniversary of 7/11/2006 Islamic Jihadi Terrorist Attack in Mumbai
    • Corruption and False Promises: As per new Railway Minister Ms. Mamata Banerjee, former Railway Minister of previous Congress led UPA government and known Unethical, Immoral and Unrighteous) pseudo-secular fundamentalist rabble-rouser politician Mr. लालू प्रसाद यादव / Lalu Prasad Yadav of राष्ट्रीय जनता दल / Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) lied to the nation. He is also known for his hate speeches against Gujarat and Bharat's best Chief Minister Mr. Narendra Modi and for his Goonda Gardi (hooliganism and public misbehavior). As per Ms. Mamata Banerjee, Mr. Laloo Prasad fudged the financial report numbers and mislead the nation by claiming that Railways had a cash surplus of Rs 90,000 crore while the fact says otherwise that railway surplus stood at Rs 8,361 crore. Overrated World Renowned Mythical Economist and Dhimmi Regent PM Mr. Manmohan Singh wouldn't loose his sleep on this, would you?
      • Mamata calls Lalu bluff on railway surplus
      • PM can't abdicate himself of Lalu's financial deeds: BJP
        With Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee promising a white paper on the ministry's performance during Lalu Prasad's tenure, BJP on Saturday said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh could not abdicate himself of the "financial jugglery" committed during that period. "The Prime Minister has said the white paper will uncover the reality. This vindicates BJP's stand that in the last five years there has been financial jugglery in the Railways. The PM cannot abdicate himself as Prasad was a part of his cabinet," BJP spokesperson Rajiv Pratap Rudy told reporters. He hoped the promised white paper would expose the "black deeds" of Prasad and not attempt to cover them. The BJP said Prasad's image as a politician and administrator has not been clean. "We have seen the Rs 1,000 crore fodder scam in which he was sent to jail," Rudy said, adding, "the nation could be heading towards a major scandal". Rudy accused Prasad of misleading management institutions like IIMs and Harvard Business School through his claims of turning around Indian Railways. Debunking Prasad's claims, Banerjee has said that after meeting all expenses, the Railways were left with a surplus of just Rs.8,361 crore and not Rs.90,000 crore.
      • Lalu a juggler, Nitish echoes Mamata
        On the surplus funds with the railways, Mr Banerjee had on Thursday said that a corpus of just Rs 8,361 crore remained after expenditure of Rs 13,600 crore on account of Pay Commission award last year and Rs 2,600 crore this year. Accusing Mr Prasad of misleading the country on the issue of railway profits during his tenure as minister, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar said the RJD leader now stood exposed. “From Mr Prasad’s claim of the railways achieving a cash surplus of Rs 90,000 crore to Mamata Banerjee’s disclosure of cash surplus of around Rs 8,361 crore, the jugglery of figures in the budget with respect to the profits is amply evident,” Mr Kumar said. The chief minister said that he had always wondered how a man who “ruined” Bihar for 15 years was “doing exceedingly well” in the railways.
      • Lalu should apologise to the nation: Nitish
        Prasad had "hoodwinked and misled" the nation and the people, Kumar, a former railway minister, said it was "the biggest-ever offence" committed by any public servant in office since Independence. "Prasad owed an explanation to the nation and people," Kumar said, adding the RJD supremo should apologise to the nation. "A person who earned laurels and sobriquets of being a management guru and was invited by several management institutions in India and abroad for lectures for hollow claims of the turnaround by the Railways stands exposed now," Kumar claimed.
    • Corruption and Substandard projects: 3 people have been killed and 11 injured when a Delhi Metro bridge collapsed near Lady Shri Ram College in Dhamrutpur near Lajpat Nagar around 0520 HRS. What has suddenly happened to Delhi Metro which used to have a stellar record of public safety and before deadline completion rate that suddenly after the revelations that its Anti-Corruption Anti-Political-Pressure Leader Mr. E Sreedharan wants to quit that since past one year or more work site accidents and unexplained delays have increased. Especially after the Hyderabad Metro Rail corruption case exposed by Mr. Sreedharan on September 28 2008 for which he was threatened with a defamation case by Muslim Rightist Congress Government in Andhra Pradesh led by Evangelical Christian Y Samuel R Reddy. There are also reports that there is unnecessary pressure on the DMRC to finish the work because of Common Wealth Games in 2010 which may leading to substandard development. As expected from a person of Mr. Sreedharan's incorruptible stature, he offered to resign from the post of MD taking full moral responsibility for the incident even though he was not directly involved. 3 people died and Sreedharan resigns. Compare this to former and the worst Home Minister of Bharat Shivraj Patil who had to be halfheartedly removed even though more than 3000 people died to 47 Islamic & Christian terror attacks under his tenure.

  8. July 2 2009
    • Price Rise and False Promises: Muslim Rightist Congress led UPA government reduced the fuel prices just before elections as a Pre-Poll gift and after forming the Government it has raised prices again. They had reduced petrol prices by Rs 5 a litre, diesel by Rs 2 and cooking gas by Rs 25 per cylinder. The new prices became effective from midnight on January 29 2009.
      • Petrol price hike noble thanksgiving by UPA: BJP
      • Congress raises price again
        In one of the steepest hikes ever, the government on Wednesday jacked up fuel prices by Rs 4 a litre for petrol and Rs 2 for diesel, triggering ominous talk of freight-rate hike by transporters. This means, apart from a hike in your car-running bill, vegetables and food items, will become even costlier. But with international crude prices rising to a seven-month high of around $73, and the finance ministry worried about a growing fiscal deficit, the government has finally bitten the bullet. But truckers and transporters promptly announced they would pass on the burden by raising freight rates. IFTRT said truck rentals would go up 3-4% and retail freight rates 20-25%. This is the first fuel price increase effected by UPA-2. Petrol and diesel prices were last raised by Rs 5 and Rs 3 a litre, respectively, in June 2008. They were reduced by Rs 10 for petrol and Rs 4 for diesel in two equal instalments in December and January just before elections.

    • Leaderless skills, Hypocrisy and Secularism in full force: For the record, Hindu & Sikh Minorities are being persecuted and forced to pay Jizya (Islamic Tax) by Muslim extremist Taliban in Pakistan but apparently the matter is not serious enough for Overrated World Renowned Mythical Economist and Dhimmi Regent PM Mr. Manmohan Singh to loose his sleep. Kudos to Mr. Lal Krishna Advani for raising this very important issue about Hindu Human Rights and Civil Liberties. So for the record, Muslim Rightist Congress doesn't care about Hindu & Sikh Genocide in Pakistan but BJP does.
      • History repeats itself, Hindus in Pakistan agree to pay jazia to Taliban
      • Advani airs concern at jizya on Hindus, Sikhs in Pakistan
        Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani has expressed concern at Taliban-imposed jizya - protection money being forcibly collected from religious minority in Pakistan - and urged the Indian Government to take steps "to prevent hardships and persecution of Hindus and Sikhs" in that country. "The BJP urges the Indian government to take all necessary steps with the government of Pakistan to prevent any further hardships and persecution of the Hindus and Sikhs in that country," the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha said Wednesday. Advani in a statement said: "The BJP urgently calls upon the Pakistan government to protect the lives and properties of the Hindus and Sikhs in Pakistan and to ensure that they are safeguarded and that they are not subjected to any discrimination and harassment." "The BJP is greatly concerned at reports emanating from Pakistan that the Taliban has asked to pay a jizya tax of Rs.6 million," he said. "This is a direct outcome of the highly pampered existence that the Taliban have enjoyed, till very recently in Pakistan, in terms of which they have enjoyed the patronage of important organs of the state," Advani said.
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    • Corruption and Halfhearted Under-researched policies: Bihar Chief Minister Mr. Nitish Kumar exposed discrepancies in Muslim Rightist Congress government's vote bank policies.

  9. July 1 2009
    • Abuse of Power and Unbecoming of Minister: Muslim Rightist Congress's Lok Sabha Member of Parliament (MP) from Nagarkurnool, Andhra Pradesh Mr. Manda Jagannath slapped and assaulted Mr. Ravinder Reddy, Bank Manager, Andhra Pradesh Grameen Vikas Bank in Mahabubnagar district for not releasing loans to SC/ST beneficiaries. Despite visual evidence he denies assaulting the Manager. He says I was catching his shoulder. Someone should teach him the laws that even laying a finger on someone or spitting at someone is considered a battery and assault. At least in civilized world. Its such an irony that when he was assaulting Mr. Reddy we can see Mr. Mohandas Gandhi's picture in the background. So much for all ballyhoo about Gandhi and Peace by Muslim Rightist Congress. Would Antonia Maino aka Sonia Gandhi or Manmohan Singh take any action against the culprit? I really doubt that because as per similar precedents they may just question him for show and then let him go.

    • Abuse of Power, Unbecoming of Governor: Governor Syed Sibtey Razi due to his alleged partisanship with Muslim Rightist Congress is not dissolving Jharkhand Assembly and denying Civil Right to people of Jhakhand to vote and elect the representatives as they wish.
      • BJP demands Jharkhand Assembly dissolution
        BJP on Wedenesday demanded dissolution of Jharkhand Assembly and sought fresh election in the state. "The assembly which is in suspended animation should be dissolved. People should get the chance to elect their representatives instead of experimenting another government," BJP's state unit president Raghuvar Das told a news conference here. "Governor Syed Sibtey Razi should be recalled as he has become a rallying point of Congress. During the last six months of President's Rule, law and order has worsened and the progress on development front has stalled," he said. Das alleged state UPA leaders have been "camping" in New Delhi to "plead" with the Central leadership to form a new government in the state. JMM chief Shibu Soren and JPCC president Pradeep Kumar Balmachu are among several UPA leaders who are in the national capital to meet the Central leadership of the alliance, he said.

    • Self Glorification and Sycophancy in full force: Muslim Rightist Congress and Christian Rightist DMK who have planned to destroy World's Ancient Heritage Shri Ram Sethu have conveniently renamed Bandra-Worli Sea link in Mumbai as "Rajiv Setu" and Old Mahabalipuram Road in Chennai as Rajiv Gandhi Road to rub it in Bharatvaasi (misnomer: Indians) and Hindus face. Beware Mayawati, you got competition and they have a 60 years head start.

  10. June 30 2009
    Talibanization of Society and Secularism in full force: Muslim Rightist nonsecular Congress changes its stand and drags its feet on Gay Rights a day after Muslim Extremists protested against decriminalization of Gay Rights.

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  13. June 7 2009
    Sellout Media bias: Biased Sellout section of Indian Media pays its debt and kisses Congress governments a*s by immorally depicting Mr. Advani's demand for 26/11 Islamic Jihadi Terrorist Attack in Mumbai by Pakistan as political move. But also agreed with him in the second half of their news entertainment commentary.

  14. June 6 2009
    For the record: Arrogant and Shameless Home Minister P Chidambaram of Congress led UPA government finds Mr. Advani's demand for inquiry into 26/11 Islamic Jihadi Terrorist Attack in Mumbai amusing and funny. Congress led UPA government does not want to find out why 26/11 happened and hence, doesn't care to stop future such terrorist attacks.

  15. June 5 2009
    • Lal Krishna Advani of BJP demands central panel/inquiry commission to probe 26/11 Islamic Jihadi Terrorist Attack in Mumbai by Pakistan

    • Bharatiya (misnomer: Indian) President Pratibha Patil known for her partisanship for Congress said that zero tolerance policy towards terrorism will be pursued by the government. Really? Just like it was pursued during last 46 major terrorist attacks in 67 cities under Congress government in past 5 years. This is the same person who is not passing an order to hang December 2001 Parliament Attack convicted terrorist Mohamed Afzal Guru may be because of communal nonsecular Muslim-Rightist vote bank politics of the government. On one hand Ms. Patil talks of farcical zero-tolerance policy of Congress government towards terrorism and on the other hand Congress punches holes in her statement by refusing to set up an inquiry commission to find out the reasons behind 26/11 Islamic Jihadi Terrorist Attack in Mumbai by Pakistan. Who is lying, you decide!

  16. June 2 2009
    Secularism in full force: Another Hindu Seer brutally murdered in Orissa

  17. May 29 2009
    Secularism in full force: Christian Taliban strikes again. Hanumanji statue demolished

  18. May 26 2009
    Secularism in full force: Kanya Kumari renamed as Kanya Mariam and declared as Christian District

  19. May 15 2009
    Muslim-Christian Rightist Congress led UPA government re-elected

  20. May 13 2009
    Secularism in full force: Kanya Kumari's Communally polarised Christians vote only for Christians.

  21. April 4 2009
    Abuse of Power, Unbecoming of Minister: Christian Rightist DMK's TR Baalu's reign of Corruption
    • Mantra for TR Baalu officials: Public money, private profit
      The officials in the TR Baalu’s Ministry of Road Transport and Highways are at it again. They have adopted a new mantra to help out a private firm get Government contract by using Public Private Partnership route. The Ministry had recently approved a grant of Rs 75.47 crore to IL&FS Transportation Networks for strengthening and construction of paved shoulders on the 119-km Beawar and Gomti carriageway crossing Rajasthan even though it was the lone qualified bidder.

  22. March 17 2009
    Secularism in full force: Anantnaag to renamed as Islamabad. What Indian Media chose not to Highlight. Names of over 700 villages in the valley have been changed by Anti-Hindu Omar Abdullah's Muslim-Rightist government.

  23. March 5 2009
    Abuse of Power, Unbecoming of Minister: Christian Rightist DMK's A Raja's reign of Corruption
    • Max greed: Raja’s friend shows how to mint profit
      Even as the dust is yet to settle on the 2G and 3G scandals allegedly involving A Raja, the Union Telecom Minister is embroiled in another controversy. This time, it is to do with the allotment of franchisees for BSNL’s recently-launched WiMax services to a company owned by one of the Minister’s close associates from Perambulur. The company, Wellcom Communications India Pvt Ltd, has applied for licences to seven most revenue-generating of the 16 circles in India. According to sources, the revenue-sharing pattern agreed upon is 75 per cent to the private party and 25 per cent to BSNL. Sources said that if the company gets the nod for the 20 Mega Hz spectrum, it may sell off stakes to foreign players at huge profits, like in the 2G case. Wellcom Communications is represented by T Silvarajoo (55) with 15 per cent shares. The other two directors are Dato Vijayakumar Ratnavelu (47) and T Gunasegaran Thiagarajan, both Tamilians with a Malaysian citizenship. Dato Vijayakumar is also running a company with the same name in Malaysia. Silvarajoo hails from Raja’s constituency Perambulur and is a close associate of the Minister. He is also associated with Dr C Krishnamoorthy, in whose building Raja had begun his legal practice in the constituency. Silvarajoo is currently a sub-contractor of CPWD’s road works. He supplies pellets from a quarry owned by Krishnamoorthy for the ongoing Chennai-Tiruchirappally National Highway (NH-45) project. Though the BSNL had invited franchisees a year ago, it postponed the bid several times allegedly due to pressure from the Minister who, sources said, kept adding names to the original list. Apparently under Raja’s pressure, BSNL chairman and managing director Kuldeep Goyal initiated the franchise-awarding procedures in mid-January.

  24. January 15 2009
    Pakistanis fraudulently claim Indian territory and border on Google Maps

  25. September 28 2008
    Corruption, Halfhearted Under-researched policies and Substandard projects: Anti-Corruption and Anti-Political-Pressure Delhi Metro's fearless Leader Mr. E Sreedharan known for his spotless career exposed discrepancies in Muslim Rightist Congress led Andhra Pradesh government's Hyderabad Metro Rail Project. He termed the project as a scandal.
    • Sreedharan's Hyderabad Metro comments stir controversy
      Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) managing director E. Sreedharan calling the Hyderabad Metro Rail project a "scandal" in the making has caused embarrassment to the Andhra Pradesh government and has triggered upheaval in political circles. Stung by Sreedharan's charges in a letter to Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia, the Congress government has sought an unconditional apology, failing which it threatened to sue him. Sreedharan's letter, in which he expressed reservations over the way government awarded contract to Maytas-led consortium, is likely to provide ammunition to the opposition's attack on the government as they gear up for next year's elections. The main opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP), which announced a two-month long state-wide campaign from Oct 2 against corruption in the government, alleged that Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy himself was involved in this "scam". Sreedharan's objection to the way the government allowing private consortium to commercially exploit prime land has also brought into focus the sensitive issue of land. Sreedharan, who served as a consultant for Hyderabad Metro project, remarked that making "available 296 acres of prime land to BOT (build, operate and transfer) developer for commercial exploitation was like selling the family silver". He also felt that the land concession could lead to a "big political scandal some time later". "It is apparent the BOT operator has a hidden agenda which appears to be to extend the metro network to a large tract of his private land holdings so as to reap a windfall profit of four to five times the land price." Sreedharan's letter surfaced four days after the state government signed a concession agreement with Maytas-led consortium, which was awarded the contract to build the ultra modern rail system at an estimated cost of Rs.121.32 billion on a BOT basis in public private partnership (PPP) mode. The BOT developer agreed to pay Rs.303.11 billion to the state government over the concession period of 35 years, which could be further extended by another 25 years. "Sreedharan had, however, pointed out that Hyderabad's success in BOT model should not be cited as an argument for changing the policy of the government for funding metro projects in the country," it said. The consortium with Navabharat Ventures, Ital Thai and IL&FS as other partners refused to seek any grant from the government of India though the latter sanctioned Rs.23.63 billion or 20 percent of the project cost under Viability Gap Funding (VGF) scheme. Expressing his concerns over the private sector's direct involvement in building the metro rail, the DMRC's MD cautioned that BOT mode could backfire. "World-wide the experience has been that no metro project has succeeded so far on BOT basis. ...Our sole example of Mumbai Metro-I has not given us the required confidence in the BOT route," said the DMRC chief. "The example of Hyderabad Metro is quite misleading as the negative viability gap funding has resulted solely on account of 296 acres of prime land being made available to the BOT operator for commercial exploitation." Expressing doubts about BOT projects for being "expensive in long run", he said the "main beneficiary" in such projects would be the private party.
    • AP to file defamation case against Sreedharan
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