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Friday, May 20, 2011

Awesome Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha Parliament speeches

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11 June 1996. Senior BJP Leader Mrs. Sushma Swaraj speech in Lok Sabha on unethical coalition between Anti-Hindu Left Communists, Mamata Banerjee, Janata Dal, CONgress, Sharad Pawar, Chandrashekar, Devegowda, et.al to keep BJP led opposition out of power even though popular vote was in BJP led NDA's favor. In this historic speech by Mrs. Sushma Swaraj she explains what is Bharatiyata (misnomer: Indian-ness) and exposes shoddy Secularism of Hinduphobic political parties.



27 May 1996. Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee's historical speech during confidence motion in parliament on 27th May 1996 after his 13 days government. Political energy and expansion made BJP the single-largest political party in the Lok Sabha elected in 1996. Asked to form the government, Shri Vajpayee was sworn in as Prime Minister, but unfortunately the BJP failed to gather enough support from other parties to form a majority. Then Shri Vajpayee resigned after 13 days, when it became clear that it was impossible to gather support of majority members of Parliament.

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17 May 2012. Leader of Opposition Mr. Arun Jaitley speech in Rajya Sabha on Censorship of Free Speech on Social Media and Internet by CONgress government Minister Kapil Sibal.



27 August 2011. Leader of Opposition Mrs. Sushma Swaraj speech on setting up of Lokpal. This one is an EPIC speech and a must watch!
Quotes:
  1. CBI is CONgress Bachao Institution or CONgress Bureau of Investigation.
  2. Manmohan Singh doesn't speak anyways but rarely when he does, no one pays attention to him in CONgress government.
  3. Why did the Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar give Rahul Gandhi a special privilege to preach to Parliament during zero hour for over 15 minutes? Why such prejudice against Opposition? Why such bias & favour for CONgress General Secretary?
  4. BJP agrees with all three points of Anna Hazare but its CONgress government that is busy backstabbing people of Bharat.


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24 August 2011. Leader of Opposition Mr. Arun Jaitley speech in Rajya Sabha on the Situation arising out of widespread corruption in the country.



17-18 August 2011. Leader of Opposition Mr. Arun Jaitley speech in Rajya Sabha on Impeachment on Justice Soumitra Sen.









17 August 2011. Leader of Opposition Mr. Arun Jaitley speech in Rajya Sabha on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's lame excuses for police brutality on Swami Baba Ramdev and arrest of Anna Hazare.



17 August 2011. Leader of Opposition Mrs. Sushma Swaraj speech in Lok Sabha (under rule 193) on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's lame excuses for police brutality on Swami Baba Ramdev and arrest of Anna Hazare.



17 August 2011. Shri Lal Krishna Advani speech in Lok Sabha (under rule 193) on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's lame excuses for police brutality on Swami Baba Ramdev and arrest of Anna Hazare. He also raised a question as to how can government bypass Parliamentary procedures & sideline Opposition parties to draft a law with unelected so-called "civil society".





11 August 2011. Shri Murli Manohar Joshi speech in Lok Sabha on Matters of Urgent Public Importance: Economic slowdown in US & Europe will affect Indian economy and cause employment discrimination against Indians in these countries.



9 August 2011. Leader of Opposition Mr. Arun Jaitley speech in Rajya Sabha on Common Wealth Games (CWG) scam by CONgress.













23 March 2011. Leader of Opposition Mrs. Sushma Swaraj speech in Lok Sabha on Cash for Vote scam by CONgress.







1 March 2011. Leader of Opposition Mr. Arun Jaitley speech in Rajya Sabha on motion moved for formation of Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on 2G telecom scam and response to Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal.





8 August 2010. Leader of Opposition Mr. Arun Jaitley in Rajya Sabha on Price Rise due to Congress government's rampant corruption and carelessness. Agriculture Minister Mr. Sharad Pawar was sleeping and regent Prime Minister was expressionless & seems to care less.



Videos of Shameless or Corrupt Chief Ministers, MPs & MLAs

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Pachim Banga (West Bengal) Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee walks out of tv show after facing unfavorable questions from students in audience. She namecalled students as Maoists, CPM stooges. Very unbecoming of a Chief Minister. - 19 May 2012 at 730 hrs





CONgress MP Prakash Jaiswal: Become a Terrorist get paid by Government



CONgress MP & heir Raul Vinci aka Rahul Gandhi: Disgusting general knowledge



CONgress MP Atma Singh Gill, Sirsa: Found drunk with two women in a govt guest-house room



Maharashtra CM Vilasrao Deshmukh: २६/११ Islamic terror tourism with Ram Gopal Verma and Ritesh Deshmukh



NCP MP Udayanraje Bhosale, Satara: In Drunken state blasts his own corrupt party & Sharad Pawar in a press briefing

Saturday, March 7, 2009

लालकृष्ण आडवाणी, लोग पहचाने वह हाथ जिसने यह संभव कर दिखाया।

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Amazing speech by Bharat's (misnomer: India) next prospective Prime Minister Mr. Lal Krishna Advani. He has made a perfect case against derelict, fashion-maniac, party hopper, corrupt, Anti-Hindu, Anti-Jew, dynastic monarchic nepotist Congress led Utterly Pathetic Alliance (UPA). You must also read the Truth you must know before you VOTE and watch Arun Shourie reveal secrets of Congress. It's a Deceptive world and you must know about the Pizza effect. Be informed about the legislations enacted by this indolent government in 14th Lok Sabha, the worst in history, including the one which will force Indians to now pay pension to terrorist families. There have been over 42 major terrorist and naxal attacks under Congress led UPA of despot Antonia Maino, how secure are you?

Please also watch Mr. Advani quote from holy Mahabharat in Lok Sabha during post Mumbai Attack speech. For the benefit of Raul Vinci's general knowledge let us mention that Mumbai is in Bharat, it's the place where an unprecedented terrorist attack took place, it was practically a war was waged on Bharat on 26/11/2008 but Congress heir apparent was busy partying till 5 AM in the morning and no Raul, Mumbai (६०३ km²/२३३ sq mi) is not bigger than New York City (३०५ sq mi/७९० km²).


श्री प्रणब मुखर्जी ने अंतरिम वित्तमंत्री के रूप में कल बजट पेश करते हुए कहा था,''जब समय आयेगा, लोग हाथ को पहचानेंगे जिसने यह संभव कर दिखाया है।'' मैं उनसे सहमत हूं। हां, लोग हाथ को पहचानेंगे -

• वह हाथ जिसने आसमान छूती मंहगाई दी।
• वह हाथ जिसकी वजह से किसानों को आत्महत्या करने पर मजबूर होना पड़ा।
• वह हाथ जिसने बेरोजगारी बढ़ने दी।
• वह हाथ जिसने बाजार में बनावटी बुलबुला पैदा होने दिया।
• वह हाथ जिसके कारण आर्थिक संकट पैदा हुआ।
• वह हाथ जिसकी वजह से सत्यम/मेटास जैसे घोटाले और 'वोटों के लिए पैसा' जैसे कांड हुए।
• वह हाथ जिसकी वजह से अधिकाधिक आतंकवादी हमले हुए।
• वह हाथ जिसकी वजह से भ्रष्टाचार बढ़ा।

अध्यक्ष महोदय,

मैं संसद के संयुक्त सत्र में महामहिम राष्ट्रपति द्वारा दिए गए अभिभाषण पर धन्यवाद देने के लिए खड़ा हुआ हूं।

राष्ट्रपतिजी का अभिभाषण सरकार द्वारा तैयार किया जाता है। यह दोनों सदनों के लिए एक प्रथा बनी हुई है कि बहस के अंत में राष्ट्रपति के प्रति धन्यवाद प्रस्ताव पारित किया जाए। लेकिन बहस सत्तापक्ष और विपक्ष, दोनों के सदस्यों को अपने स्वतंत्र विचार प्रस्तुत करने के लिए अवसर प्रदान करती है। यही संसदीय लोकतंत्र की सुन्दर परम्परा है। उस समय हम सभी एकजुट हैं जब संसदीय प्रणाली के सिध्दांतों और प्रतीकों के प्रति हमारी साझा निष्ठा की पुष्टि करने का समय आता है। साथ ही, हमें विरोध तथा आलोचना करने का भी अधिकार प्राप्त है।

आगे बढ़ने से पहले, मैं पूरे सदन के साथ प्रधानमंत्री डा0 मनमोहन सिंह के शीघ्र स्वस्थ होने की कामना करता हूं।

मैं यह चाहता हूं कि मेरे साथ पूरा सदन पूर्व प्रधानमंत्री श्री अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी के शीघ्र स्वस्थ होने की भी कामना करे।

यह 14वीं लोकसभा का अंतिम सत्र है। मैं अपनी ओर से तथा पूरे विपक्ष के सभी माननीय सांसदों की ओर से सदन के अध्यक्ष श्री सोमनाथ चटर्जी को उनकी सेवाओं के लिए धन्यवाद देता हूं और सराहना करता हूं।

एक अन्य व्यक्ति भी हैं जिनको मैं और विपक्ष के मेरे सहयोगी धन्यवाद देते हैं और उनकी सराहना करते हैं। वे व्यक्ति हैं-सदन के नेता श्री प्रणब मुखर्जी। मुझे कभी-कभी आश्चर्य होता है कि प्रणब बाबू के बिना यू.पी.ए. सरकार का क्या होता। चाहे कैसी भी जिम्मेदारी हो, उनके कंधे उस बोझ को उठाने के लिए हमेशा तैयार रहते हैं। उन्होंने 25 वर्ष पहले अपना बजट प्रस्तुत किया था। कल उन्होंने अंतरिम वित्तमंत्री के रूप में फिर ऐसा ही किया।

सरकार की नीतियों और कामकाज पर हमारे भिन्न मत हो सकते हैं लेकिन सदन में उनकी सेवाओं के बारे में कोई सन्देह नहीं हो सकता।

जनता यू.पी.ए. सरकार का मूल्यांकन एक विफल सरकार के रूप में करेगी

अध्यक्ष महोदय,

सरकार अपने कार्यकाल के आखिरी चरण में पहुंच गई है। चुनाव बिल्कुल निकट आ चुके हैं। तथापि, सरकार ने राष्ट्रपति के अभिभाषण में जो दावा किया है, उसकी कटु सच्चाई यह है कि जनता सरकार के पांच वर्ष के कामकाज का मूल्यांकन करके ही जनादेश देगी। यह एक विफल सरकार है। वास्तव में, वे इसका भारत की एक सबसे असफल सरकार के रूप में मूल्यांकन करेंगे।

संसद का पिछला सत्र 26 नवम्बर, 2008 को मुम्बई में हुए भयानक आतंकवादी हमले के बाद हुआ था। मैंने कहा था कि जब हमारी मातृभूमि पर शत्रु द्वारा आक्रमण किया जाता है, तो हम सभी को एकजुट होना पड़ेगा। मैंने महाभारत के एक श्लोक का आह्वान करते हुए कहा था, ''वयं पंचाधिकम् शतम'' - सामान्य दिनों में पांडव पांच हैं और कौरव सौ हैं लेकिन शत्रु का मुकाबला करते समय वे एकजुट हैं और एक सौ पांच हैं।

विपक्ष ने संकट के समय राष्ट्र के प्रति अपना कर्तव्य निभाया है। लेकिन जो लोग सत्ता में बैठे हैं; क्या उन्होंने राष्ट्र के प्रति अपना कर्तव्य निभाया है?

जब सरकार ने दो आतंक-विरोधी विधेयक सदन में पेश किए थे, तो हमने उनका समर्थन किया था। इससे सरकार तथा इसके घटक दलों ने पूरी तरह से यू-टर्न लिया जो कहते रहे थे कि किसी विशेष आतंक-विरोधी कानून की जरूरत नहीं है क्योंकि विद्यमान कानून ही पर्याप्त हैं। वास्तव में वर्ष 2004 में वर्तमान सरकार ने सबसे पहले पोटा को निरस्त करने का निर्णय लिया था।

पिछले सत्र में आपके पास इसका उत्तर नहीं था कि आपने यू-टर्न क्यों लिया। लेकिन मैं आपको बता दूं कि आपको चुनाव अभियान में इस प्रश्न का जवाब देना पड़ेगा क्योंकि आतंकवाद से लड़ने में आपकी प्रतिबध्दता पर सन्देह है। यह एक ऐसा संकट है कि आपको एक निश्चित रूख अपनाने पर मजबूर होना पड़ा।

और आप जो आतंक-विरोधी कानून लाए हैं, उसमें भी दोष है। विद्यमान कानून के अन्तर्गत कसाब जैसे अपराधी के अपराध-कबूलने को न्यायालय के समक्ष साक्ष्य के रूप में नहीं लाया जा सकता है। जब मैंने इसका पिछले सत्र में उल्लेख किया था और जब दूसरे माननीय सदस्यों ने अन्य कमियों की ओर इशारा किया था तो गृहमंत्री श्री पी0 चिदम्बरम ने कहा था कि कमियां बाद में सुधारी जा सकती हैं।

मैं सत्ता में बैठे अपने मित्रों से कहूंगा कि आपको ऐसा करने का मौका नहीं मिलेगा। एक नई सरकार जो आतंकवाद से लड़ने के लिए ज्यादा प्रतिबध्द है, ही ऐसा करेगी।

सरकार ने 26/11 की घटना की जांच क्यों नहीं कराई?

मैं 26 नवम्बर की घटना पर दूसरा महत्वपूर्ण बिन्दु उठाता हूं। सरकार ने इस घटना की न्यायिक जांच क्यों नहीं कराई कि मुम्बई पर आतंकवादी हमला कैसे हुआ? बहरहाल, प्रधानमंत्री से लेकर रक्षामंत्री और राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षा सलाहकार तक सभी ने सार्वजनिक तौर पर यह कहा था कि समुद्री मार्ग से आतंकवादी हमले हो सकते हैं। इसलिए, सुरक्षा व्यवस्था की इन कमियों की जांच क्यों नहीं की गई कि आतंकवादी घटना कैसे हुई और इसके लिए कौन जिम्मेदार था? केन्द्र सरकार की क्या जिम्मेदारी थी? राज्य सरकार की क्या जिम्मेदारी थी? बहरहाल, जवाबदेही तय करनी होगी।

26 नवम्बर की घटना के दूसरे पहलू की भी जांच-पड़ताल करने की जरूरत है। 26 नवम्बर को मुम्बई में हुआ हमला स्थानीय तत्वों की मदद के बगैर नहीं किया जा सकता था।

इसके अलावा, जांच और उपचारी कार्रवाई इस आशा के साथ की जानी चाहिए जिससे भविष्य में ऐसे हमलों को अधिक मुश्किल बनाने में मदद मिले। 11 सितम्बर के बाद अमेरिका ने एक जांच आयोग स्थापित किया था जिसकी रिपोर्ट से कई दूरगामी निर्णय लेने में मदद मिली और उसके बाद अमेरिका में पिछले नौ सालों से कोई भी आतंकवादी घटना नहीं घटी है। क्या हमें इन वैश्विक अनुभवों से सबक नहीं सीखना चाहिए।

अफजल गुरू और बंगलादेश के अवैध घुसपैठियों पर सर्वोच्च न्यायालय के निर्देशों का पालन नहीं किया गया

अध्यक्ष महोदय, जनता हमारी आंतरिक सुरक्षा के लिए खतरे से लड़ने में इस सरकार के पांच साल के कामकाज का दो और मुद्दों के आधार पर मूल्यांकन करेगी। पहला, सरकार ने अफजल गुरू जो भारत की संसद पर आतंकवादी हमले का प्रमुख अपराधी है, की फांसी की सजा पर सर्वोच्च न्यायालय के निर्णय पर कार्रवाई नहीं की है।

दूसरा, सरकार ने असम और देश के अन्य हिस्सों में बंगलोदश से हो रही अवैध घुसपैठ को रोकने हेतु प्रभावी कदम उठाने में सर्वोच्च न्यायालय के निर्देशों पर कार्रवाई नहीं की है। सर्वोच्च न्यायालय ने चेतावनी दी है कि बंगलादेश से बे-रोकटोक घुसपैठ से ''बाह्य आक्रमण'' जैसी स्थिति पैदा हो गई है - वास्तव में कड़े शब्दों का इस्तेमाल किया गया है।

याद होगा कि सर्वोच्च न्यायालय ने यू.पी.ए. सरकार को इस मुद्दे पर दूसरी बार फटकार लगाई है। एक बार उस समय जब न्यायालय ने आई.एम.डी.टी. एक्ट को असंवैधानिक बताकर रद्द कर दिया था। और दूसरी बार, जब सरकार ने आई.एम.डी.टी. एक्ट के बहुत ही असंवैधानिक प्रावधानों को विदेशी अधिनियम में संशोधन के रूप में लाने की कोशिश की थी, जिसे भी शीर्ष न्यायालय द्वारा निरस्त कर दिया गया था।

अध्यक्ष महोदय, यह कोई भारतीय जनता पार्टी बनाम कांग्रेस मुद्दा नहीं है। इस सदन में प्रतिनिधित्व करने वाली सभी पार्टियां जिन्होंने संविधान के प्रति निष्ठा रखने की शपथ ली है, राष्ट्र की एकता एवं अखंडता की रक्षा करने के कर्तव्य से बंधी हुर्इं हैं। राष्ट्र की सुरक्षा करना हम सभी का परम कर्तव्य है। सरकार चाहे इस पार्टी की हो या उस पार्टी की, इस गठबन्धन की हो या उस गठबन्धन की, हम सभी भारत की भावी पीढ़ियों के प्रति जवाबदेह हैं।

असम में ''बाह्य आक्रमण'' को रोकने में जानबूझकर हुई विफलता के लिए हमारी भावी पीढ़ियां कभी माफ नहीं करेंगी

अब जबकि सर्वोच्च न्यायालय ने स्वयं ही असम से हो रही अवैध घुसपैठ को ''बाह्य आक्रमण'' की संज्ञा दी है, जिसके परिणामस्वरूप, असम तथा भारत के पूर्वोत्तर क्षेत्र को भविष्य में कुछ ही समय में राष्ट्र के विभाजन का वास्तविक खतरा महसूस होने लगा है, क्या इसके लिए हमारी भावी पीढ़ियां यू.पी.ए. सरकार को दोषी नहीं ठहरायेंगी? जिस प्रकार नेहरू सरकार को कश्मीर की समस्या जो छह दशकों के बाद भी अनसुलझी रही है, के लिए वर्तमान पीढ़ियों ने दोषी ठहराया है।

पंडित नेहरू के मामले में कम से कम इतना तो कहा जा सकता है कि उनकी यह गलती वोट बैंक की राजनीति के चलते तो नहीं थी। लेकिन बंगलादेशी घुसपैठ के प्रति आज की कांग्रेस पार्टी की कपटपूर्ण नीति के बारे में क्या कहा जा सकता है? वोटों की खातिर आपको असम का विनाश होने और भविष्य में भारत के अपंग बनने के बारे में भी बिल्कुल चिन्ता नहीं है।

हम ऐसा नहीं होने देंगे। भारत की जनता ऐसा कभी नहीं होने देगी।


चारों ओर निराशा का माहौल ही आर्थिक मोर्चे पर यू.पी.ए. सरकार की उपलब्धि

अध्यक्ष महोदय,

अब मैं आर्थिक मोर्चे पर सरकार द्वारा किए गए दावों की कुछ उन उपलब्धियों पर आता हूं जिनका राष्ट्रपति के अभिभाषण में उल्लेख किया गया है। उपलब्धियों और आत्म-श्लाघा का स्वर बजट में भी दोहराया गया जिसे कल सरकार ने सदन में पेश किया था।

इन तथ्यों को किस आधार पर बताया गया?

मेरे पास एक प्रसिध्द अर्थशास्त्री डा0 बिबेक देबराय जो किसी समय राजीव गांधी इंस्टीटयूट के निदेशक रहे थे, का एक लेख है। इसलिए, उन्होंने जो कुछ कहा है, उसे कोई पक्षपातपूर्ण नहीं बता सकता। 6 जनवरी, 2009 के ''द इंडियन एक्सप्रेस'' में छपे उनके लेख के शीर्षक में कहा गया है : "Downgrade UPA's Fiscal Management" (यू.पी.ए.की अधोमुखी वितीय व्यवस्था)।

उन्होंने लिखा है : यह केवल भारतीय अर्थव्यवस्था की कहानी नहीं है, बल्कि वितीय घाटा भी लगातार निराशा की ओर बढ़ रहा है..............तेल और उर्वरक जैसी बजट से अलग वस्तुओं की कीमतें घट रही हैं, केन्द्र सरकार का घाटा सकल घरेलू उत्पाद (जीडीपी) के 9 प्रतिशत तक हो जाएगा...............राज्यों का घाटा 3 प्रतिशत होगा और दोनों को मिलाकर यह घाटा सकल घरेलू उत्पाद (जीडीपी) का 12% हो जाएगा.........बारह प्रतिशत एक भयावह आंकडा है जो सन् 1991 से ऐसा कभी नहीं रहा। यह मुद्दा अनिवार्यत: भारत की सम्पूर्ण ऋण दर में गिरावट का नहीं है, बल्कि एक बार यह 16 फरवरी को सार्वजनिक क्षेत्र की सूचना बन चुका है। वर्ष 1991 से हरेक सरकार के कार्यकाल के दौरान वित्तीय औचित्य पर आम सहमति होती रही है। वह बात अब यू.पी.ए. के शासनकाल में समाप्त हो गई है। हमें यू.पी.ए. के वितीय प्रबंध को घटिया आंकना चाहिए।

डा0 देबराय ने अपना लेख इस वाक्य के साथ समाप्त किया : "Citizens have simply been too kind"

चारों ओर आर्थिक बदइंतजामी

यह वितीय कुप्रबन्धन के बारे में है। ऋण कुप्रबन्धन की तो बात ही क्या कहें। वास्तव में बाजार में ऋण का अकाल पड़ा हुआ है। बैंक उधार नहीं दे रहे हैं। इससे छोटे और मझोले उद्यम बुरी तरह से प्रभावित हुए हैं। मैं यहां अर्थव्यवस्था के अनौपचारिक तथा असंगठित क्षेत्रों की गणना नहीं कर रहा हूं क्योंकि वे बैंकिग क्षेत्र से कोई मदद नहीं लेते हैं।

आपकी सरकार ने डा0 सी. रंगराजन की अध्यक्षता में ''वितीय समावेशन'' "Financial Inclusion" पर एक समिति नियुक्त की थी। यह एक अच्छा विचार है। हम वितीय समावेशन के बिना समग्र विकास किस तरह कर सकते हैं? लेकिन समिति की रिपोर्ट में क्या दर्शाया गया?

• 51.4 प्रतिशत किसान परिवारों को औपचारिक/अनौपचारिक, दोनों स्रोतों से वित्तीय दृष्टि से अलग कर दिया गया है।
• कुल मिलाकर 73 प्रतिशत किसान परिवारों को औपचारिक स्रोतों से ऋण नहीं मिल पाता है।

यह स्वतंत्रता के 60 वर्षों के बाद की स्थिति है। कांग्रेस पार्टी ने इन साठ वर्षों में सबसे लम्बी अवधि तक भारत पर शासन किया है। कांग्रेस पार्टी ने कुछ खास लोगों के विकास (Exclusive Growth) को बढ़ावा दिया है न कि समग्र विकास (Inclusive Growth)को।

और यह कुछ खास लोगों का विकास (Exclusive Growth) जितना अधिक यू.पी.ए. के पांच वर्षों के कार्यकाल में छाया रहा उतना किसी भी समय दिखाई नहीं दिया। आपकी नीतियों से मुट्ठी भर भारतीयों को अरबपति बनने में मदद मिली है। समाचारों में लिखा जाता रहा है कि कितने भारतीय व्यापारी एवं उद्योगपति विश्व के शीर्ष उद्योगपतियों की सूची में 10वें अथवा 50वें अथवा 100वें स्थान पर हैं।

सरकार ने पूंजी बाजार की अपनी बदइंतजामी के कारण, शेयर मार्केट में एक काल्पनिक बुलबुला बनने दिया। स्टॉक मार्केट जनवरी, 2008 में 21,000 अंक तक पहुंच गया था जो एक वर्ष बाद गिरकर 10,000 अंकों से नीचे आ गया। बुलबुला फूट गया क्योंकि इसे फूटना ही था। जब यह बुलबुला फूटा, तो छोटे निवेशकों को बुरी तरह नुक्सान हुआ।

मूल्य वृध्दि

लेकिन मैं स्टॉक मार्केट में आई हलचल से कम चिन्तित हूं। मुझे आम आदमी के बाजार में आई तेजी की चिन्ता अधिक है। यू.पी.ए. सरकार का ध्यान स्टॉक मार्केट पर था न कि सब्जी मार्केट अथवा अनाज मार्केट अथवा किराना मार्केट पर जहां आम आदमी को वस्तुओं की मूल्यवृध्दि का अहसास हुआ और अभी भी महसूस हो रहा है - कि आवश्यक वस्तुओं की कीमतें उसकी पहुंच से बाहर हो गई हैं।

मेरे पास 13 फरवरी के ''द इकनॉमिक टाइम्स'' की एक रिपोर्ट है जिसमें छपा है : ''आवश्यक वस्तुओं की खुदरा कीमतें 40 प्रतिशत तक बढ़ गई है।''

''संसद के समक्ष रखे गए मूल्यों के आंकडें के अनुसार, प्याज, कपड़े धोने के साबुन, साड़ी सहित 23 आवश्यक वस्तुओं की खुदरा कीमतें वर्ष 2008 के उत्तरार्ध में 40% प्रतिशत तक बढ़ गई हैं।''

यह सूचना किसी और व्यक्ति ने नहीं दी बल्कि उपभोक्ता मामलों के राज्यमंत्री श्री तसलीमुद्दीन ने राज्यसभा में दिए गए अपने लिखित उत्तर में दी थी।

मैं आपको याद दिलाता हूं कि सरकार ने मूल्यों पर कोई नियंत्रण नहीं रखा है। मूल्यवृध्दि के कारण करोड़ों भारतीय लोग और अधिक गरीब हो गए हैं और मंहगाई की मार गरीबों पर ज्यादा पड़ी है।

आधारभूत ढांचा विकास की उपेक्षा

अध्यक्ष महोदय, अब मैं सरकार द्वारा आधारभूत ढांचा विकास की बदइंतजामी के मुद्दे पर आता हूं।''

''इंडिया टुडे'' पत्रिका के 30 जनवरी, 2009 के अंक के एक मुख्य समाचार में राष्ट्रीय राजमार्ग विकास परियोजना की दुर्दशा पर प्रकाश डाला गया है जिसमें कहा गया : Roads to nowhere (मार्ग जो कहीं नहीं ले जाते)।

"Eight years after it took off as a prominent signpost of India's drive to be one of the world's fastest growing economies, the National Highways Development Programme (NHDP) with its planned network of world-class highways and an investment of Rs 2,20,000 crore is a picture of missed deadlines, policy blips, red-tape, and most importantly, delayed economic benefits to the country."

(भारत में आठ साल पहले राष्ट्रीय राजमार्ग विकास कार्यक्रम (एनएचडीपी) शुरू हुआ था। यह दुनिया की सबसे तेजी से बढ़ती अर्थव्यवस्थाओं में भारत के शामिल होने के अभियान का महत्वपूर्ण प्रतीक था। इस कार्यक्रम के तहत 2,20,000 करोड़ रूपये की लागत से देश में राजमार्गों का जाल बिछाया जाना था। लेकिन यह परियोजना लालफीताशाही और गलत नीति के कारण समय-सीमा के बीत जाने के बाद भी पूरी नहीं हुई है। लिहाजा, देश को इसका आर्थिक फायदा नहीं मिल पा रहा है।)

मेरे पास वास्तविक आंकडे उपलब्ध हैं कि किस तरह यू.पी.ए. सरकार द्वारा इस महत्वपूर्ण परियोजना की बुरी तरह से उपेक्षा की गई है।

यही सच्चाई भारत निर्माण जोकि ग्रामीण आधारभूत ढांचे के विकास से सम्बन्धित है, पर सरकार के दावे के बारे में की।

• ग्रामीण विद्युतीकरण केवल 34 प्रतिशत हुआ है।
• सरकारी तौर पर निर्धारित बी.पी.एल. परिवारों का मात्र 6 प्रतिशत विद्युतीकरण हुआ है।
• लगभग 48 प्रतिशत बस्तियों में ही पेयजल के कनेक्शन दिए गए हैं।
• प्रधानमंत्री ग्राम सड़क योजना समय-सीमा से बहुत पीछे चल रही है।

यदि आधारभूत ढांचे की ही उपेक्षा की जाती रही हो तो वास्तविक विकास कैसे हो सकता है? रोजगार का सृजन कैसे हो सकता है?

बेरोजगारी

अध्यक्ष महोदय, आर्थिक संकट के कारण आज बेरोजगारी जंगल की आग की तरह फैल रही है। अर्थव्यवस्था के प्रत्येक क्षेत्र - निर्माण, ऑटोमोबाइल, पूंजीगत सामान, कपड़ा, हीरा और जेवरात उद्योग, पर्यटन और निश्चित तौर पर प्रौद्योगिकी सूचना (आईटी) और आई.टी. पर आधारित सेवाएं - बुरी तरह से प्रभावित हुई हैं। अर्थव्यवस्था में तेजी से आई गिरावट के कारण करोड़ों भारतीय लोगों के रोजगार समाप्त हो गए हैं और उससे भी अधिक लोगों को अपनी आजीविका के खोने का डर सता रहा है।

फेडरेशन ऑफ इंडियन एक्सपोर्ट ऑर्गेनाइजेशन्स के अनुसार, मार्च 2009 तक एक करोड़ रोजगारों के समाप्त होने की संभावना है।

इससे भी बढ़कर, बेरोजगारी से तंग आकर आत्महत्या करने वाले लोगों के बारे में भी सुनने को मिला है।

हमारे पास पहले से ही बड़ी तादाद में बेरोजगारी वाली आबादी है जिनमें से अधिकतर भारतीय युवा हैं और अब रोजगार में लगे लोगों की नौकरियां भी छूट रही हैं।

लोग अपने भविष्य की अनिश्चितता के बारे में काफी चिन्तित हैं। मैंने अपने राजनीतिक जीवन के अनेक वर्षों में लोगों में विश्वास की ऐसी कमी कभी नहीं देखी।

मुझे दु:ख के साथ कहना पड़ता है कि राष्ट्रपति के अभिभाषण में इस मुद्दे का बिल्कुल भी जिक्र नहीं किया गया।

अंतरिम वित मंत्री ने कल बजट पेश करते हुए कहा था : जब समय आयेगा लोग हाथ को पहचानेंगे जिसने यह संभव कर दिखाया है।

मैं उनसे सहमत हूं।

• लोग उस हाथ को पहचानेंगे जिसने आसमान छूती मंहगाई दी।
• लोग उस हाथ को पहचानेंगे जिसकी वजह से हजारों किसानों को आत्महत्या
करने पर मजबूर होना पड़ा।
• लोग उस हाथ को पहचानेंगे जिसने देश में बेरोजगारी बढ़ने दी।
• लोग उस हाथ को पहचानेंगे जिसने बाजार में बनावटी बुलबुला बनने दिया।
• लोग उस हाथ को पहचानेंगे जिसकी वजह से आर्थिक संकट पैदा हुआ।
• लोग उस हाथ को पहचानेंगे जिसकी वजह से सत्यम/मेटास जैसे घोटाले हुए।

यू.पी.ए. का भ्रष्टाचार और संस्थाओं के दुरूपयोग का रिकार्ड

अध्यक्ष महोदय, राष्ट्रपति के अभिभाषण का एक अत्यंत निराशाजनक पहलू यह है कि इसमें इस बात का कोई उल्लेख नहीं है कि भ्रष्टाचार से लड़ने हेतु सरकार द्वारा अब तक क्या कार्रवाई की गई है। मुझे निराश होने के साथ-साथ थोड़ा आश्चर्य भी हुआ।

भ्रष्टाचार से लड़ाई का मुद्दा कांग्रेस पार्टी अथवा यू.पी.ए. सरकार के एजेंडा में कभी नहीं रहा। भ्रष्टाचार का एक समस्या के रूप में उल्लेख करके भी सहानुभूति हासिल नहीं की। यह इसलिए क्योंकि यू.पी.ए. शासन में भ्रष्टाचार पूरी तरह से फल-फूल रहा है।

भारतीय संसद के इतिहास में राजनीतिक भ्रष्टाचार का सबसे बड़ा मामला ''वोटों के लिए पैसा'' कांड था जिसे सरकार ने जुलाई, 2008 में विश्वासमत के दौरान अपने आपको बचाने हेतु किया था। उस घोटाले से बड़ा कांड तो अपने कृत्य को छिपाना और उसकी लीपा-पोती करना था।

''वोटों के लिए पैसा'' कांड का परिणाम यह हुआ कि आज झारखंड में क्या हो रहा है। मैं किसी का नाम नहीं लेना चाहता। पहले एक स्वतंत्र विधायक को मुख्यमंत्री बनाया गया था। बाद में एक व्यक्ति जिसका सरकार ने विश्वास मत के दौरान समर्थन लिया था-को झारखंड का मुख्यमंत्री बना दिया गया।

इससे यह स्पष्ट है कि झारखंड की वर्तमान विधानसभा में कोई स्थिर सरकार नहीं हो सकती। और अभी राष्ट्रपति शासन लागू है। झारखंड में संसदीय चुनावों के साथ ही विधानसभा के चुनाव क्यों नहीं करा दिए जाएं?

जब भारतीय जनता पार्टी के सदस्यों का एक प्रतिनिधिमंडल राज्यपाल से मिलने गया तो उसे पुलिस की ज्यादतियों का सामना करना पड़ा। क्या इससे भारत के लोकतंत्र की गरिमा नहीं घटी है? मेरे सहयोगी पूर्व वित्तमंत्री श्री यशवंत सिन्हा को बुरी तरह से पीटा गया। उनके सिर पर अभी भी चोट का निशान मौजूद है।

किसी भूतपूर्व वितमंत्री को इस तरह के दुर्व्यवहार का सामना नहीं करना पड़ा होगा जबकि दूसरे भूतपूर्व वितमंत्री अब गृहमंत्री बन गए हैं।

लेकिन एक बड़ा मुद्दा शासन की संस्थाओं के दुरूपयोग का है। पिछले सप्ताह ही सर्वोच्च न्यायालय ने एक राजनीतिक पार्टी के नेता से सम्बन्धित मामले में सीबीआई की कठोरता से निन्दा की है। वह पार्टी भारतीय जनता पार्टी की कोई मित्र नहीं है। वास्तव में, कांग्रेस ही उत्तर प्रदेश में गठबन्धन के लिए उससे संधि कर रही है।

लेकिन पिछले पांच वर्षों में सी.बी.आई. और अन्य संस्थाओं का राजनीति हित साधने के लिए जिस ढंग से उपयोग और दुरूपयोग किया गया है, वह दुर्भाग्यपूर्ण है। इसे देखकर सर्वोच्च न्यायालय को टिप्पणी करनी पड़ी : ''इस देश को भगवान बचाए।''

मैं यहां इस बात की चर्चा नहीं कर रहा हूं कि चुनाव आयोग में क्या चल रहा है?

और न मैं इस बात को दोहरा रहा हूं कि भारत के प्रधानमंत्री जैसे शीर्ष पद के अवमूल्यन और सत्ता के सबसे बड़े केन्द्र जो यू.पी.ए. शासन के पूरे पांच वर्षों के दौरान जारी रहा, के नये उदाहरण के बारे में अक्सर क्या कहा गया है।

इन पूरे पांच वर्षों में लोगों को आश्चर्य होता रहा कि क्या भारत में कोई प्रधानमंत्री मौजूद है। और आज भी लोग आश्चर्य करते हैं : राष्ट्र के मामलों का वास्तविक प्रभारी कौन है? आज सरकार में नेतृत्व का पूरी तरह संकट छाया हुआ है।

सदन के तीन वरिष्ठ नेता

अध्यक्ष महोदय, मैं पिछले लगभग 40 सालों से संसद सदस्य रहा हूं। मैं सन् 1970 में राज्यसभा का सदस्य बना था। आप 1971 में लोकसभा के सदस्य बने थे। श्री प्रणब मुखर्जी हम दोनों से पहले सांसद बने थे - वे पहली बार 1969 में राज्यसभा में चुनकर आये थे।

महोदय, जब आप सांसद बने थे, तो आप दूसरी पार्टी में थे। इसी तरह, प्रणब बाबू और मैं भी अलग-अलग पार्टियों से थे। तथापि, हम तीनों-लोकसभा के अध्यक्ष, सदन के नेता और प्रतिपक्ष के नेता के रूप में-सदन के वरिष्ठ कहलाए जाने के पात्र हैं।

हममें से कोई भी अमर नहीं है। न ही हममें से किसी की संसद में कोई स्थायी जगह है। हम सभी आए और चले जाएंगे। लेकिन हम सभी कल के प्रति उत्तरदायी हैं।

हमें अपने आप से पूछना चाहिए कि हम सांसदों की भावी पीढ़ियों के लिए अपने पीछे क्या मिसाल, क्या विरासत, क्या शासन पध्दति और क्या संस्कृति छोड़ने जा रहे हैं।

राष्ट्र इस सदन से बड़ा है। लोकसभा से ज्यादा महत्वपूर्ण जनसभा है। लेकिन हमारा व्यवहार ही लोगों के विचारों को प्रभावित करता है। यदि हम स्वयं अच्छा व्यवहार करेंगे तो शासन प्रणाली में लोगों का विश्वास मजबूत होगा। यदि हम स्वयं ही बुरा और गलत व्यवहार करेंगे, यदि हम संसद और शासन की गरिमा को कमजोर और कलंकित करेंगे तो लोगों का विश्वास समाप्त हो जाएगा।

यही सबसे बड़ा प्रश्न है जो यू.पी.ए. के कुशासन के पांच वर्षों के बाद उठा है।

अध्यक्ष महोदय, भारत की जनता इस वर्ष संभवत: अप्रैल-मई में अपना जनादेश देगी। नई सरकार बनाने के लिए लोगों का जनादेश चाहे किसी को भी मिले, उसे बुरी तरह से अव्यवस्थित अर्थव्यवस्था मिलेगी और काफी गड़बड़ वाला शासन मिलेगा। उसे उत्तराधिकार में चारों ओर निराशा और असुरक्षा का माहौल मिलेगा।

इन्हीं सब कारणों से जनता इसका एक विफल सरकार के रूप में मूल्यांकन करेगी।

लोग उस हाथ को पहचानेंगे जिसने चारों ओर निराशा और असुरक्षा का माहौल पैदा किया है।

और जनता द्वारा उस हाथ को सबक सिखाया जाएगा।

इन्हीं शब्दों के साथ, मैं एक बार फिर प्रस्ताव के लिए अपने समर्थन की पुष्टि करता हूं।

धन्यवाद

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

LK Advani on "the Hand that made it possible"

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Amazing speech by Bharat's (misnomer: India) next prospective Prime Minister Mr. Lal Krishna Advani. He has made a perfect case against derelict, fashion-maniac, party hopper, corrupt, Anti-Hindu, Anti-Jew, dynastic monarchic nepotist Congress led Utterly Pathetic Alliance (UPA). You must also read the Truth you must know before you VOTE and watch Arun Shourie reveal secrets of Congress. It's a Deceptive world and you must know about the Pizza effect. Be informed about the legislations enacted by this indolent government in 14th Lok Sabha, the worst in history, including the one which will force Indians to now pay pension to terrorist families. There have been over 42 major terrorist and naxal attacks under Congress led UPA of despot Antonia Maino, how secure are you?

Please also watch Mr. Advani quote from holy Mahabharat in Lok Sabha during post Mumbai Attack speech. For the benefit of Raul Vinci's general knowledge let us mention that Mumbai is in Bharat, it's the place where an unprecedented terrorist attack took place, it was practically a war was waged on Bharat on 26/11/2008 but Congress heir apparent was busy partying till 5 AM in the morning and no Raul, Mumbai (603 km²/233 sq mi) is not bigger than New York City (305 sq mi/790 km²).


Shri Pranab Mukherjee, while presenting the budget yesterday as the Interim Finance Minister, said, “When the time comes, the people will recognize the Hand that made it possible.” I agree with him. Yes, the people will recognize ―
• the Hand that made price rise possible.
• the Hand that made farmers’ suicide possible.
• the Hand that made joblessness possible.
• the Hand that made speculative bubble possible.
• the Hand that made the economic crisis possible.
• the Hand that made scandals like Satyam/Maytas and “Cash for Votes” possible.
• The Hand that made more terror attacks possible
• The Hand that made more corruption possible


Mr. Speaker Sir,

I rise to join the House in thanking Mahamahim Rashtrapati for her address to the Joint Houses of Parliament.

The President’s Address to Parliament is prepared by the Government. It is customary for the two Houses to adopt a motion of thanks to the President at the end of the debate. But the debate itself affords an opportunity to members belonging to both the ruling side and the Opposition to present their independent views. This is the beauty of parliamentary democracy. All of us are united when it comes to affirming our common allegiance to the principles and symbols of the parliamentary system. At the same, we have the right to differ and to criticize.

Before I proceed, I join the entire House in wishing speedy recovery to Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh.

I would also like the House to join me in wishing speedy recovery to former Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

This being the last session of the 14th Lok Sabha, I would like, on my behalf and on behalf of all of the entire Opposition, to place on record our thanks and appreciation for the service rendered by the Speaker Shri Somnath Chatterjee.

There is one other person to whom I and my colleagues in the Opposition owe thanks and appreciation. It is the Leader of the House, Shri Pranab Mukherjee. I sometimes wonder what would have happened to the UPA Government without Pranab Babu. Whatever be the responsibility, his shoulders are ready to carry the burden. He presented his budget 25 years ago. Yesterday, he did so again, in his capacity as the interim Finance Minister. We may differ on the policies and performance of the government, but there can be no doubt about his service to the House.

People will judge UPA govt to be a FAILED GOVERNMENT

Mr. Speaker Sir,

The government has come to the fag end of its tenure. Elections are knocking on the door. Notwithstanding what the government has claimed in the President’s Address, the stark truth is that, when the people make a five-year evaluation of the government’s performance, their verdict will be: this is a failed government. Indeed, they will adjudge this as one of the worst governments India has seen.

The last session of Parliament was held in the aftermath of 26/11, the horrific terrorist attack on Mumbai. I said that when our Motherland is attacked by an enemy, all of us have to be united. Invoking the wisdom of the Mahabharata, I said, “Vayam Panchadhikam Shatam” -- The Pandavas are five and the Kauravas are a hundred in normal times, but while facing an enemy they stand united and become 105.

The Opposition performed its duty towards the nation at a time of crisis. But have those in office performed their duty towards the nation?

We supported the two anti-terror bills that the government introduced. This was a total U-turn on the part of the government and its constituent parties, who had all along maintained that no special anti-terror law was required since existing laws were sufficient. Indeed, the government’s first decision in 2004 was to repeal POTA.

In the last session, you did not have to answer on why you did a U-turn. But let me tell you that you are going to have to answer this question in the election campaign. Because your commitment to fight terrorism is suspect. It was a crisis that compelled you to take a certain stand.

And even the anti-terror law that you brought in was flawed. Under the law as it exists, the confession of an accused like Kasab cannot be presented as evidence before the court. When I pointed it out in the last session, and when other Honourable members pointed out other shortcomings, Home Minister Shri P. Chidambaram stated that the shortcomings could be corrected later.

I would like to tell my friends in the Government that you may not get a chance to do that. A new government, which is more committed to fighting terrorism, will do it.

Why didn’t the Govt set up an inquiry into 26/11?

While on 26/11, I must make another important point. Why has the Government not set up a judicial inquiry to probe how the terror attack on Mumbai became possible? After all, right from the PM to Raksha Mantri to the National Security Adviser had publicly pointed to the possibility of a terror attack using the sea route. Therefore, why not investigate the lapses, how they took place, who was responsible? What was the responsibility of the Central Government? What was the responsibility of the state government? After all, there has to be accountability.

There is another aspect of 26/11 that needs to be probed. The November 26 Mumbai terror attacks could not have been carried out without help from local elements.

Moreover, the inquiry, and the corrective action that will hopefully follow, will help in making such attacks in future more difficult. After 9/11, the United States set up a commission of inquiry whose report led to many far-reaching decisions. And there has not been a single terrorist incident in the United States in the last nine years. Shouldn’t we learn a lesson from these global experiences?

Supreme Court’s decisions on Afzal Guru and Bangladeshi infiltration not implemented

Mr. Speaker Sir, the people will judge this government’s five-year performance in fighting the threats to our internal security on the basis of two more issues. Firstly, the Government has not acted upon the Supreme Court’s decision on execution of Afzal Guru, the prime convict in the terrorist attack on the Indian Parliament.

Secondly, the Government has not acted upon the Supreme Court’s directive on taking effective measures to stop illegal migration from Bangladesh into Assam and other parts of the country. The Supreme Court has warned that the unchecked influx from Bangaldesh has assumed the proportions of “an external aggression” ― strong words indeed.

It may be recalled that the Supreme Court has rapped the UPA government twice on this issue. Once when it struck down the IMDT Act as unconstitutional. And the second time when the Government tried to bring in the very unconstitutional provisions of the IMDT as an amendment into the Foreigners Act, which too was struck down by the apex court.

Mr. Speaker Sir, this is not a BJP vs. Congress issue. All parties represented in this august House, which have sworn allegiance to the Constitution, are duty-bound to defend the unity and integrity of the nation. Security of the nation has to be sacrosanct to all of us. Whether the government is of this party or that party, of this coalition or that coalition, we all are answerable to India’s future generations.

Future generations will not forgive intentional failure to counter “external aggression” in Assam

Now, if as a result of what the Supreme Court itself has called “an external aggression”, Assam and the rest of India’s North-East face a real threat of division of the nation at a future point in time, won’t the UPA Government be held guilty by future generations? Just as Nehru’s government is held guilty by the present generation for the problem in Kashmir, which remains unresolved even after six decades?

In the case of Pandit Nehru, at least this much can be said that his mistake was not on account of votebank considerations. But what can be said about the collusive approach of today’s Congress party to Bangladeshi infiltration? For sake of votes, you are not bothered even about the extinction of Assam and the future dismemberment of India.

We shall not let this happen. The people of India shall not let this happen.

All-round despair is UPA govt’s achievement on economic front

Mr. Speaker Sir,

I now turn to some of the Government’s claimed achievements on the economic front, as stated in the President’s Address. The tone of achievement and self-congratulation was repeated in the budget that the government presented yesterday.

What do facts on the ground say?

I have with me an article by Dr. Bibek Debroy, a distinguished economist who was at one time the Director of the Rajiv Gandhi Institute. Hence, one cannot attach bias to what he says. The title of his article in The Indian Express of 6th February 2009 says it all: ‘Downgrade UPA's fiscal management!’

He writes: “Not just the Indian economic story, the deficit story is also increasingly turning dismal…. With off-budget items like oil and fertilizer bonds thrown in, the Centre's deficit will be 9% of GDP… the State deficit will be 3% and the combined deficit will be 12% of GDP. .. Twelve per cent is a horrendous figure, unparalleled since 1991. The issue is not the inevitable downgrading of India's sovereign credit rating, once this becomes public domain information on February 16.

There was a consensus on fiscal rectitude across every government since 1991. That disappeared under UPA…We should downgrade UPA's fiscal management.”
Dr. Debroy ends his article with the sentence: “Citizens have simply been too kind.”

All-round economic mismanagement

This is about fiscal mismanagement. What about credit mismanagement? There is a virtual credit famine in the market. Banks are not lending. The worst affected are the small and medium enterprises. I am not counting here the unorganized and informal sectors of the economy, since they don’t receive any help from the banking sector.

Your government appointed a committee under Dr. C. Rangarajan on “Financial Inclusion”. It’s a noble idea. How can we have inclusive growth without financial inclusion? But what did the committee’s report show?
• 51.4% of farmer households are financially excluded from both formal / informal sources.
• Overall, 73% of farmer households have no access to formal sources of credit.
This is the state of affairs after sixty years of freedom. The Congress party has ruled for the longest period in these six decades. The Congress party pursued EXCLUSIVE GROWTH, and NOT INCLUSIVE GROWTH.
And at no time was this Exclusive Growth more manifest than during the five years of the UPA. Your policies helped a handful of Indians become billionaires. Newspapers used to write about how many Indian businessmen were in the list of

Global Top Ten or Top 50 or Top 100.

Because of the government’s mismanagement of the capital markets, a speculative bubble was allowed to be formed. The stock market went up to 21,000 in January 2008. A year later, it fell below 10,000. The bubble burst, since it had to burst. When it burst, it is the small investors who were hit the hardest.

Price rise

But I am less concerned by the ups and downs in the stock market than the ups in aam aadmi’s market. The UPA government’s focus was on the Stock Market, not on Sabzi Market or Grain Market or Kirana Market where the aam aadmi found ― and is still finding ― that the prices of essential commodities have gone beyond his reach.
I have here with a report in The Economic Times of February 13 that says: “Retail prices of essential items jump up to 40%”

“Retail prices of 23 essential items, including onion, washing soap, saree, rose up to 40% during the second half of 2008, according to the price data placed before Parliament.”

The information was provided by none other than the minister of state for consumer affairs Taslimuddin in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha.

Let me remind you that this figure refers to the second half of 2008, the very period in which the government claims that the rate of inflation came down.

This shows how badly the government has mismanaged the prices. Because of price rise, crores of Indians have become poorer than they were. And the poor have been hit the hardest.
Infrastructure development neglected

Mr. Speaker Sir, I now come to the government’s mismanagement of infrastructure development. In its issue of January 30, 2009, India Today magazine highlighted the plight of the National Highway Development Project with a headline that said: Roads to Nowhere

“Eight years after it took off as a prominent signpost of India’s drive to be one of the world’s fastest growing economies, the National Highways Development Programme (NHDP) with its planned network of world-class highways and an investment of Rs 2,20,000 crore is a picture of missed deadlines, policy blips, red-tape, and most importantly, delayed economic benefits to the country.”
I have here with me the actual figures about how this signature project has been badly neglected by the UPA Government.
The same is true about the Government’s claims on Bharat Nirman, which is about rural infrastructure.
• village electrification is only 34 per cent
• electrification of officially determined BPL households an abysmal 6 per cent
• drinking water connections to habitations around 48 per cent
• Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana – badly behind schedule
How can there be real economic growth, how can there be employment generation, if infrastructure is ignored?

Joblessness

Mr. Speaker Sir, today joblessness is spreading like wildfire because of the economic crisis. Each and every sector of the economy has been badly affected ― construction, automobiles, capital goods, textiles, gems and jewellery, tourism and, of course, IT and IT-enabled services. Millions of ordinary Indians have lost their jobs due to the sharp downturn in the economy, and many more are experiencing the torment of likely loss of livelihood.

According to the Federation of Indian Export Organisations, one crore jobs could be lost by March 2009.
Increasingly, there are stories about the newly jobless committing suicide.

We already have a large underemployed population, most of them young Indians. And now there is the specter of those already employed losing their jobs.

People are worried about the uncertain future. I have never seen this kind of loss of confidence in my many years of political life.

I am sad to say that the President’s Address was totally silent on this issue.

The Interim Finance Minister, while presenting the budget yesterday, said, “When the time comes, the people will recognize the Hand that made it possible.”

I agree with him.
• Yes, the people will recognize the Hand that made price rise possible.
• Yes, the people will recognize the Hand that made farmers’ suicide possible.
• Yes, the people will recognize the Hand that made joblessness possible.
• Yes, the people will recognize the Hand that made speculative bubble possible.
• Yes, the people will recognize the Hand that made the economic crisis possible.
• Yes, the people will recognize the Hand that made scandals like the one in Satyam/Maytas possible.

UPA’s record of corruption and misuse of institutions

Mr. Speaker Sir,
One of the most disappointing aspects of the President’s Address is that it had no mention of what the Government has done so far to fight corruption. Though disappointed, I was hardly surprised.

Fighting corruption has never been on the agenda of the Congress party or the UPA government. Not even lip service is done by talking about corruption as a problem. This is because corruption became fully liberalized in the UPA rule.
The worst case of political corruption in the history of Indian Parliament was the “Cash for Votes” scandal, which the Government enacted in order to save itself during the Trust Vote in July 2008. A greater scam than the scandal itself was the cover-up operation.

An upshot of the “Cash for Votes” scandal is what is happening in Jharkhand today. I do not wish to take names. Earlier, an independent MLA was made the chief minister. Later, one of the persons whose support the government sought – and got – during the Trust Vote was made the Chief Minister of Jharkhand. He did not even his own by-election.
It is obvious that there can be no stable government in the present Assembly in Jharkhand. And yet, the President’s Rule is continuing. Why not hold Assembly elections in Jharkhand along with Parliamentary elections?

And when a delegation of BJP members went to meet the Governor, they met with police excesses of a kind that does not enhance the reputation of India’s democracy. My colleague Shri Yashwant Sinha, a former Finance Minister, was badly beaten. He still carries a sling on his hand.

I wish a former FM had not received this kind of treatment when another former FM has become the Union Home Minister.
But there is a larger point about the misuse of institutions of governance. Only last week, the Supreme Court severely censured the CBI in a matter concerning the leader of one of the political parties. That party is no ally of the BJP. Indeed, it is the Congress that is in parleys with it for an alliance in UP.

But the manner in which the CBI and other institutions have been used and misused for political ends in the past five years is unfortunate. It prompted the Supreme Court to remark : “God help this country.”
And I am not going to talk here about what is happening in the Election Commission.

Nor am I repeating here what I have often said about the devaluation of the high office of India’s Prime Minister, the altogether new precedent of a bigger power centre that operated throughout the five years of the UPA rule.
Throughout these five years, people often wondered if India had a Prime Minister at all. And today they wonder: who is really in charge of the affairs of the nation? There is a complete crisis of leadership in government today.

Three elders of the House
Mr. Speaker Sir, I have been a member of Parliament for the past nearly forty years. I became a member of the Rajya Sabha in 1970. You became a member of the Lok Sabha in 1971. Shri Pranab Mukherjee became an MP before both us – he was first elected to the Rajya Sabha in 1969.
You, Sir, belonged to a different party when you became an MP. Similarly, Pranab Babu and I also belong to different parties. Nevertheless, we three of us ― Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Leader of the House and the Leader of the Opposition ― are eligible to be called “ELDERS OF THE HOUSE”.
None of us is immortal. None of has a permanent place in Parliament. All of us come and go. But all of us are responsible to Tomorrow.
Let us ask ourselves: What precedent, what legacy, what culture of governance are we leaving behind for the future generation of MPs?
Bigger than this House is the Nation. More important than the Lok Sabha is the JAN SABHA – the people of India. But our conduct influences the thinking of the people. If we conduct ourselves well, the people’s faith in the system gets strengthened. If we conduct ourselves badly, if we weaken and besmirch the reputation of Parliament and the institutions of governance, people’s faith gets eroded.
This is the larger question that has arisen after five years of the UPA’s misrule.
Mr. Speaker Sir, the people of India will of course give their own verdict in April-May this year. Whosoever gets the people’s mandate to form the new government will inherit a badly messed up economy, and a badly messed up governance. It will inherit an atmosphere of all-round despair and insecurity.
For all these reasons, people will judge this is as a FAILED GOVERNMENT.
The people will recognize the Hand that made DESPAIR AND INSECURITY possible.
And the Hand will be taught a lesson.

With these words, I once again affirm my support to the Motion.
Thank you.

Monday, November 10, 2008

Unity Appeal to Hindu voters, Activists and Leaders for Upcoming Elections

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Unity Appeal to Hindu voters, Activists and Leaders for Upcoming Elections

Subject: Being in majority Hindus have a right to build their own destiny: Rule by the Coward, the Tainted and vote bank politicians under the garb of Secularism will make India bleed and disintegrate.

Respected Hindu voters and Activists,

Aadarniya Hindu Leaders:

INDIA NEEDS YOU IN THE FIGHT FOR ITS FUTURE AND ITS VERY SOUL

Despite six decades of freedom the fight to defend and foster India ’s real democracy is any thing but settled. Indications are clear that during the fast approaching election cycle it will be renewed at a higher level of intensity and of course for higher stakes. These are neither ordinary times nor would this be an ordinary election season. After years of Sonia-Singh Administration’s failed and elusive policies the dream of strong, healthy, prosperous, peaceful and secure India is slipping away. As opposed to the tall claims made by the leaders in power, real wages are fast shrinking. The costs of food stuff, healthcare, housing, petrol and other necessities of life are going over the roof.

India ’s standing in the region and the world is literally in tatters and even the mini-states in its immediate vicinity are emboldened to openly violate its territoriality and sovereignty. The Republic is in shambles and the landmass known as Red Corridor has fallen under the control of Maoists where the writ of the Govt. does not exist. The Administration has proved totally incapable to bring under control or neutralize the armed, well organized and deep rooted insurgencies and separatist movements in Kashmir , Assam , Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram. How can people of India as a nation, with every fiber of their being, stand these divisive and demoralizing policies of the reckless ruling class? At this critical juncture in the contemporary history of India , in order to change the course of the country, India needs desperately an historic transformational leadership for uniting the nation and moving it forward towards a better future.

The elections for the state legislatures in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhatisgarh and Delhi are going to ensue in the next two months. They are not important only for setting up Governments with representative character in these states but they will also lay foundation for mobilizing the forces of change and progress in order to becoming triumphant during the Parliamentary elections early next year. In these elections Sonia-Singh and their team will represent the current failed policies and the status quo, while the BJP and its allies will represent the much needed change people have been craving for. Given the alarming insecurities in political, economic and national security arena brought about by the divisive policies of the Sonia-Singh Administration it will be desirable, in fact patriotic, on the part of the smaller parties to seek alliance and combine their strength with any of the major political parties seeking realistic change in the country. Their fragmentist performance will serve only the interests of the beneficiaries of the corrupt and authoritarian status quo.

The patriotic citizens must realize, that today when the Sonia-Singh Administration has proven incapable of handling the core issues of terrorism, national security and "one law one Nation", and follow the vote bank and appeasement policies without any regard for their disastrous consequences upon the national unity, its return to power through manipulated division of Hindu votes, could further weaken even defeat democracy and enhance the ongoing virtual anarchy in the country run by Jihadists and proponents of fanatic minorityism. They must uphold the philosophy of “Country First” or “Country before Every Thing” and resolve to fighting for progressive beliefs, for the real “moral values”, economic, social & political justice and to getting this message across to the vast majority of Indians who want to rebuild their great nation and end the politics of deception, fear and division.

The most dangerous thing the people can do is to leave things as they are and let India ’s freedom and democracy go down the drain. At this important stage in India ’s modern history people must resolve to refuse surrendering their freedom, democracy, national unity and right to meaningful representation.

Let us explain here how these values so prominently enshrined in the Indian Constitution and political system are threatened by the actions, policies and strategies adopted and enforced by the Sonia-Singh Administration. It is important to briefly enumerate these examples as they are likely to have a direct bearing upon the outcome of the upcoming assembly and parliamentary elections.

1) Sonia-Singh cannot eradicate Terrorism. In fact their policy of appeasement encourages it: Apart from the recent multiple explosions in Assam and prior to that in New Delhi, major terrorist strikes have taken place in Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Ayodhya, Mumbai, Varanasi, Hyderabad, Malegaon, Panipat, Ajmer, Ludhiana, Lucknow, Faizabad, etc. killing Hindu men, women and children by the hundreds. In these terrorists attacks nothing not even Govt. offices, Parliament, court houses, hospitals, police, railway and bus stations and above all Hindu temples, homes and market places were spared. This should give an idea about the magnitude and strength of the terrorist networks and organizations in India engaged in executing anti-India and anti-Hindu agenda. Even the Home Minister Patil has confessed that presently there were more than 800 terrorist cells in India .

It must be noted that, due to stringent measures taken in the US , not a single terrorist explosion has occurred after the devastating one on the World Trade Center in New York on September 11, 2001. But in India such attacks take place on every day basis and the incompetent authorities do nothing but issue meaningless condemnatory statements. The Sonia-Singh Govt. is so heavily crippled & compromised that it cannot even promulgate a stringent law or set up a department of "Homeland Security" lest that may displease and antagonizing the Muslims - one of the constituencies where it draws support from.

2) Sonia-Singh Govt. has a totalitarian mindset; considers Parliament irrelevant - The Premier Signed an international treaty - the nuclear deal - without Parliament's approval against his pledges and duty: The research and spate of events has proved that Sonia-Singh Govt. has a totalitarian mindset. Accordingly the commitments made in the Parliament are not delivered as if they have no sanctity. In common parlance such breach of commitment could be equated with lying and therefore, worthy of resulting in impeachment and dismissal (Attachment A). Premier Singh, by usurping the powers of the sovereign body, never allowed any discussion on the economic or security aspects of the above referred treaty with Parliamentarians or Indian experts. Knowledgeable sources confirm that the monsoon session of the Parliament was cancelled to prevent exposure of the deep divisions on the nuclear deal. The US President Mr. Bush, on the other hand, satisfied every minutest concern of the US Congress on this deal till the last day and had them reflected in the legal agreement with India .

With the successful launch of India 's Chandrayaan mission to the Moon, India proved the superior knowledge and capabilities of her scientists. Despite the demonstration of such brilliance by India’s scientific community it is baffling why the Govt. would rush to sign an unequal and a subservient treaty - when China took thirteen years to negotiate a treaty on the subject and got the treaty on her own terms.

3) The high level corruption as seen on July 22, 08 during the trust vote has earned India the title of “King of Corruption.” When crores of rupees were allegedly paid for cross- voting or abstaining from voting; and this spectacle was massively broadcast and printed by the media, the Indian citizenry was horrified. The abuse of power and trampling upon the constitution went on so much that about half-a-dozen convicted MPs were brought from Tihar and other jails to attend the Parliamentary proceedings and vote. Nowhere in the world but in India is such criminalization of parliamentary proceedings possible. There are 543 MPs in the Lok Sabha. "Of them 117 have been charged and are being investigated for murder, rape, assault, extortion and robbery. Nineteen MPs have more than three criminal cases pending against them." This has disgraced India in the world and encourages corruption in all spheres by making criminality of character glamorous and acceptable to a desensitized society.

In the larger interests of mother India the current ruling cabal formed by the so- called secularists (read anti-Hindus) with Islamists, evangelists, communists, media owned by foreign and vested interests, and politicians for whom staying in power at any cost is far more important than defending national interest, has to be defeated. Apart from substantially curtailing the role of the Parliament and judiciary, Premier Singh's resolve: a) that Muslims have first priority over national resources; b) setting up Sachar Committee with pre- determined objectives; and, c) minority reservations based on creed and not on need - that violate the secular Constitution and hurt the wider national interest smacks of out right abuse of power and discrimination. Such politically motivated acts of favoritism are a clear proof of political corruption and utter disregard for the concept of equality of citizens.

4) The course of events in India during the Sonia-Singh Admin. is a serious cause of concern. This Administration has become source of the problems confronting the nation rather than solving them. Giving it a writ to rule for additional five years could irreparably harm the nation particularly its economy, democracy, national security (attachment B) and unity. This group in league with secularists (read anti-Hindus) is responsible, among other issues for:

a) Failure to combat and wipe out the terrorist assault against the country from all sides. The official appeasement policy has encouraged this destructive force in many ways. The Islamists are not the only source of terrorism in India - contributions to this Wahabi modus operandi by Maoists, Naxalites and fundamentalist Christians, exemplified by the assassination of Swami Laxmanananda in Orissa, must not be under estimated.

b) Denigration of Hindus, Hinduism and their icons - examples:

i) Arrest of Kanchi Shankaracharya four years ago on concocted charges. He has neither been proven guilty nor exonerated, but kept under a cloud of suspicion despite the tall claims made by Ms. Jayalalitha, the then CM, that the Admin. had hard evidence against him!

ii) Demolition of Ram Sethu and calling Lord Ram a myth;

iii) Mass distribution of pamphlets in Karnataka -- "Satya Darshini" -- using highly abusive and provocative language against Hindu Gods.

c) Neglect of the farming community and agricultural and industrial infrastructure. Grant of large sums after farmers' suicides is palliative, but does not address their basic problems - whether the grant reaches the really needy has also been questioned;

5) The first priority must be to take back India & its Govt. by throwing the Sonia-Singh combine and its allies out of power: - They should be replaced by a representative, responsive, transparent and an accountable administration. If such an administration composed of patriotic and honest people with high moral character and believing in rule by the majority was in place, the nation would have been served well and saved from the problems confronted by it now. The continuation in office of the present administration however, may make it absolutely difficult for the nation to preserve its unified character. Some experts believe that in view of the presence, fearless manipulation and toxicity of the divisive agenda of the Jihadists, evangelists and communists the country’s chaotic conditions may further exasperate the already weakened system.

The real losers in this chaotic Bush style administration have been the unsuspecting people particularly the nation’s national majority. In spite of the constraints imposed by the alliance partners, the BJP/NDA in comparison had performed reasonably well. Even then we cannot but recognize the need for this political formation for bringing in a new generation of leaders who understand the challenges of our times and are capable of dealing with them and other issues with unwavering resolve and determination. The blue print of their vision for “New India” where unity, security, integrity and prosperity are in abundance should be well defined, clear and precise.

6) Hindus are brainwashed - there is an intellectual subversion of the Hindu mind: After decades of struggle India emerged as an independent country in 1947. Prior to that for centuries both the Muslims and Christians kept it under their occupation and brutal authoritarian rule. Even though the country is physically free of occupiers but the mind of its intelligentsia and the governing elite continues to be indoctrinated and severely subservient. The Indian social, political, educational institutions and the media are still controlled by anti- Indian and subversive elements. Through an invisible yet subtle crusade the Indian and world media in partnership with the pseudo secular political institutions are psycho programming and brainwashing Hindus for maintaining their slavish and colonial subjects’ mindset and to a large extend they are succeeding.

The Govt. control of temples has deprived Hindus of dharma shiksha, dharma prachar and dharma sewa. They are kept ignorant of their heritage while the temple resources are abused, misused and siphoned away to fund the expansion of the predatory religions. Under the secularist philosophical dogma Hindu organizations are branded as communal and anti-minority. Using such methods of intimidation and contempt, the Indian officialdom and the ruling class compels Hindus to accept subservience without questions, protest and retaliation.

7) Sonia-Singh combine showers Islamists, communists and missionaries who spread disunity and disloyalty, with generosity. The official laxities have heavily aided the successes of Jihadists in creating an atmosphere of insecurity and fear, their objective being destabilization of India leaving no town, city or state immune. The home minister has confirmed that there were more than 800 terrorist cells operating in various parts of the country. This year alone nearly 1,000 innocent civilian were killed and during the past decade some 18,360 civilians, almost all of them Hindus, were killed in these terrorist attacks and bomb blasts in various parts of India excluding the J&K State . The loss of life in India due to terrorist attacks is many times larger than the combined causalities suffered by the US in both Iraq and Afghan wars. From the looks of it we may be witnessing the rise of a renewed Islamic movement aiming at creating independent Kashmir , Assam and other areas, based on demographic subversion the Islamists have successfully engineered.

To assist these fragmentists the Indian Premier, without revealing any logical or constitutional grounds, assigned the first priority on country's resources to Muslims. Furthermore, the bleeding heart secularists shed tears and sympathize with them as "victims of circumstances"; their families are compensated and at times even considered for pensions. Sonia-Singh regime dismisses the victims of terrorism, generally Hindus, as collateral damage and cautions their families not to retaliate but maintain peace and harmony. The men in uniform who risk their lives and safety for public protection are demoralized by subjecting them to vigorous scrutiny by the self professed human rights activist NGOs.

The Christian population is stated to be only 2 to 3 percent, but there are estimates that with vigorous Christianization by massive foreign funding over decades they may be now some 8 % of the population. The anti national assertions by minorities exemplified by a) the Kashmiri Islamists demand of “Aazadi” and raising Pak-flags and slogans like "Pakistan Zindabad, We are Pakistanis and Pakistan is ours"; b) Running an energetic and high-visibility media campaign, the faculty and administration of the Delhi's Jamia Millia Islamia are crusading to present terror suspects as victims; and, c) Massive Christian propaganda in the US maligning Hindu reaction to Swami Laxmanananda ji's assassination in Orissa. Such anti-national and disintegrative acts must not be overlooked.

8) While voting Hindus must not ignore their creed, nation or Hindu samaj – Their unified and strong vote for setting up a real nationalist Govt. could be transformational as that could assure: a) a truly representative Govt.; b) rational state support based on need not on creed; c) a clear and well defined combat plan against terrorists and terrorism with intent to liberate the Indian society from this scourge ; d) restoring freedom of religion for Hindus by unshackling their temples from illegal Govt. control; e) renovating and reforming agricultural practices and infrastructure so vital to India's future and a step towards eliminating farmers’ suicides; f) early exoneration of Kanchi Shankaracharya, who was arrested four years ago, though out on bail, but is kept under a cloud of suspicion; and, g) outlawing the religious based sectarian and irrational reservations that are creating divisions in the society and are now being extended to institutions of higher education like IITs and IIMs;.

9) Developing a clear mission, mass movement and new Leadership: In today’s India thanks to Sonia-Singh’s misrule the Hindus are subjugated, discriminated and treated as second class citizens. This is their moment and this is their time to gather, solidify and exercise political power for governing and transforming the system so as to become main players for initiating vital changes impacting them. As a national majority they have a right and responsibility to be the designers, planners and architects of their new destiny. Therefore, it is the time for them to convincingly demonstrate their will, collective power, gumption and develop capacity for removing any and all hurdles in their way.

India needs progressive and pragmatic leadership that is focused on transforming the system, weeding out the deadwood and politicians with vested interests and the biased media. Such leadership could inspire the nationalist forces for ushering an era of hope, confidence and resolve that India has been awaiting for more than half a century.

To overcome the deficit in dynamic leadership for spearheading the important tasks in the public sector India needs the best and the brightest with a spirit of devotion, sacrifice, patriotism, hard work, organizing, oratory and communication skills. The successful campaign for his rise to power as the US President by Barack Obama, an unlikely black candidate, should be a lesson and guide in this regard. A well oiled electoral machine run by an army of young volunteers ready to move on a moments notice superseding regional, ethnic, racial, class, gender, topographic and climatic hurdles helped him in scoring this unprecedented victory in America ’s national history. Such a mass movement covering the grassroots of the political spectrum could be replicated in India with a relative ease. Should that really happen and India ’s national majority really lands on its justifiable seat of power that will mark the second liberation of the country after 1947.

10) Respected Hindu voters, Aadarniya Hindu Leaders, Activists and well wishers: - Please do your best in unifying and galvanizing Hindus toward realizing Hindu governance. There must be a call for shared sacrifice and social responsibility. Hindus have to be organized, united and assertive, for therein lies their survival and the integrity of the motherland. Elections must be taken seriously as key to jobs, communal harmony, national security and prosperity and contested with missionary zeal at all levels. As already stated, in these elections Sonia-Singh and their team will represent the current failed policies and the status quo, while the BJP and its allies will represent the much needed change people have been craving for.

The manipulators of the Indian political system have reduced Hindus to a mere non-entity. That status for a strong national majority is as undemocratic as it is humiliating. They must refuse to accept such an indignity. As a meaningful yet constructive retaliation they need to mobilize, take initiative, come forward, assume leadership and offer sacrifices now. Unlike others we don’t resort to throwing bombs, conduct Jihad and violence and kill innocent people. Even though non-violent, the electoral war is hardly insignificant for us.

This is our “Dharma Yudh” for rejecting the indignities and inhumanities mounted on us. This is our struggle for restoring the appropriate status of the Hindu Samaj. This is our sangharsh to establish the rule of law and real democracy. This is our chance to throw out of power those who insulted our gods, attempted to destroy Hindu history and heritage of India . Therefore, please place every thing else on the backburner and get involved in this "Maha Dharma Yudh". Take leave from every thing else and work for the victory of Hindu Dharma and become part of the electoral campaign locally, in villages, amongst dalits, OBCs , etc.

The idealism driven young generation should be on the front seat to fuel a new uprising against the de-Indianised elite and the tainted political practices. The youth particularly the College students who have the idealism, energy, maturity and drive for furthering the national cause should plunge into this campaign.

The fate of Hindus in Kashmir and in the North East should remind them that with a weakling Indian Govt. spearheaded by Sonia-Singh Bush loyalist combine they and their loved ones face a clear and present danger in every nook and cranny of India. With the pace setting example of Jammu Hindus for the Amarnath protests, they should urgently consider a mass Hindu electoral movement for every legislative and Parliamentary election and assert their right of majority rule - the underlying premise of partition. Letting this opportunity slip away could be extremely costly with far reaching consequences. It might even enhance the volume of anti-Hindu discrimination, conversion and violence. The continued punitive rule by Islamist, communist, Evangelist and pseudo-seculars' alliance might force them to live as poor and dependent colonial subjects - in a splintered India – a situation that should be unacceptable under any circumstances.

Thanks for your time and waiting to see you at the historical “Dharma Yudh”.

Dr. Jagan Kaul

Krishan Bhatnagar

Hindu Jagran Forum ( USA )

November 10 , 2008

email: krishan.kb@verizon.net

Note: This message will soon be posted on : http://www.bharatjagran.com/

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Attachment A

Congress has a totalitarian mindset - considers the Parliament irrelevant:

Promises made to Parliament seem to have no sanctity for the Congress. With the government hastily signing the flawed 123 Agreement with the US recently, it is important to recall Prime Minister Singh’s assurances that after having completed the negotiation process, he would bring the nuclear deal to Parliament and "abide" by its decision. But no sooner had the process been over than Dr Singh proceeded to sign the 123 Agreement while sidelining Parliament. It must be noted that "Dr Singh had pledged in the Lok Sabha during the brief July session marred by the cash-for-votes scandal: "All I had asked our Left colleagues was: please allow us to go through the negotiation process and I will come to Parliament before operationalising the nuclear agreement...."

Dr. Singh also violated his pledges in Parliament that he would ensure "removal of restrictions on all aspects of cooperation and technology transfers pertaining to civil nuclear energy, ranging from nuclear fuel, nuclear reactors to reprocessing spent fuel." He had also said, "The central imperative in our discussions with the United State on civil nuclear cooperation is to ensure the complete and irreversible removal of existing restrictions imposed on India through iniquitous restrictive trading regimes over the years." He even assured that, "Before voluntarily placing our civilian facilities under IAEA safeguards, we will ensure all restrictions on India have been lifted."

"It must also be noted that by accepting the Vienna Treaty with NSG and the Indo-US 123 Deal, India is accepting a subordinate position in relation to USA and the Western countries. The result will make Pakistan , which receives every nuclear weapons and missiles from China , much stronger than India in very near future, seriously affecting national security.

It is important to note that while China is reportedly building one to two coal based electric power stations each week, which are considerably cheaper and can be built mostly indigenously. Their cost of electricity is estimated to be Rs. 3 per unit as compared with Rs. 9 per unit for the imported nuclear reactors! Dr. Singh never allowed a discussion on the economic or security aspects with Parliamentarians or Indian experts. The US President Mr. Bush, on the other hand took care of the US Congressmen's every concern on the nuclear deal till the last day and had them reflected in the legal agreement.

"In the past, India was enslaved by East India Company; our wealth was plundered to feed the British Empire 's greed. That unfettered loot was made possible by quislings and turncoats among us who were vulnerable to colonial manipulations. Today, we are on the verge of being indentured to the nuclear neo-colonialism of the 21st century, thanks to quislings and turncoats among us.

The Sachar report: It is baffling that without choosing to discuss this matter in the country’s sovereign Parliament or allowing an informal debate, the government announced that it has accepted all the recommendations of the Sachar Committee - which seems to indicate that the Govt. had made up its mind for its vote bank politics, as on the nuclear deal with the US, and manipulated to achieve it. It also remains a mystery as to why the government did not think it appropriate to assign this work to the National Minorities Commission or even to its own department of minority affairs and, instead, chose to appoint a separate committee.

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CAG report exposes India not ready for war

Vishal Thapar / CNN-IBN

ibnlive.com; Sat, Oct 25, 2008


New Delhi : Is India ready for war? The Comptroller and Auditor General has grave doubts. His latest audit report on the armed forces comes up with two stunning disclosures.


One, that more than half of India 's submarines are not battle-ready. Two, that its radars are too old and too few to provide any credible defence against an air attack.


The report reveals that at any time, only 48 per cent of Indian Naval ageing submarines are available for waging war, should India be attacked. The rest are in repair and refit.


Age is such an issue that 50 per cent of the submarines are in the last stages of their prescribed life. Sixty-three per cent of the fleet would be ready for phase-out by 2012


Not only are the submarines too old, the numbers are too few - way below approved force levels.
India 's fleet of an estimated 16 submarines is just 67 per cent of the force levels approved 23 years ago.


The bad news doesn't end here. The CAG has now confirmed an earlier report by CNN-IBN that the Navy's main strike weapon, the submarine-launched Klub land-attack cruise missile, is malfunctioning.


Too old, too few - it's much the same story with radars which are at the heart of India 's air defences, which are based on an outdated, 37-year-old plan.
Shortage of key radars was to the tune of 76 per cent, making India particularly vulnerable to air attacks.


The audit report suggests that the IAF just doesn't have the equipment to ensure a credible air defence for India .


The CAG report is a warning that the lack of nimbleness in India 's defence planning and procurements can be exploited by India 's enemies.


It is also an indictment of the lack of hygiene and common sense in India 's defence acquisition process
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