CNN-IBN & CNBC-TV18 ‘State of the Nation Poll’, Part-VI: The Political Pulse!

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The Hindu / August 13, 2011.

Congress workers celebrate the UPA's victory in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections in Mumbai - The HIndu.

"The Hindu" presents the findings of the CNN-IBN & CNBC-TV18 ‘State of the Nation Poll’, conducted by the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies. The vote share projections from the poll are presented here. In a paradoxical finding, it emerges that UPA-II is a couple of points higher than where it was two years ago in the ratings.

The Hindu presents the findings of the CNN-IBN & CNBC-TV18 ‘State of the Nation Poll’, conducted by the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies. This surveys the popular mood on a number of issues such as the popularity of political leaders, the economy, corruption and terrorism.

The vote share projections from the poll are presented here.

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http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/article2351905.ece?homepage=true

LOK PAL BILL: “Opposition must stand up and fight”!

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Civil society activist Anna Hazare addresses the media in New Delhi on Monday. Photo: Ramesh Sharma.

Just who is covered under this Bill, asks Arvind Kejriwal

With 85 per cent people in a single parliamentary constituency supporting the Jan Lokpal Bill as opposed to the government's Lokpal Bill, social activist Anna Hazare on Monday termed as “unfortunate” Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's justification for keeping his office out of its purview.

Questioning the government's intention, he called upon the Opposition parties to fight for a strong Lokpal Bill. “In a democracy both the government and the Opposition are important. But when the ruling alliance becomes weak, the Opposition parties must stand up and fight.”

Addressing a press conference here, he said he and the people had believed that the country had a Prime Minister who was honest and non-corrupt, “but after his recent statement, we wonder whether an honest person is being dishonest.” Dr. Singh had recently said that it was “not advisable” to bring the office of the Prime Minister under the ambit of the Lokpal Bill.

Even as the government is all set to introduce the Cabinet-approved Lokpal Bill in Parliament this week, he said, “Our fight is not against Parliament. It is against the government…I had written a letter to the Prime Minister on July 18 but he has not replied.”

Standing firm on his resolve to go on an indefinite fast from August 16 to demand a Bill that was “structurally strong,” he said he was not insisting on undertaking a fast at Jantar Mantar because the issue, for him, was more important than the venue.

01) By now analysts of all Political Parties must have done their study of each version of the bill and also must have made up their mind on their stand on each of the points;

02) As for referendum on such a delicate subject, people not knowing what they are voting for and with many more such criticisms has lost its sheen;

03)  As and when the bill is introduced in Parliament, the MPs would decide on their stand based on their individual party's stand.

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13/7 MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS: Ghoulish politics over the remains of terror!

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Prabhu Chawla Last Updated : 17 Jul 2011 01:21:08 AM IST / http://expressbuzz.com.

Playing politics over blood and death has become a political pastime. It has acquired such frightening dimensions that politicians see votes in each drop of blood of innocent terror victims. As investigative agencies grope in the dark after Mumbai’s latest round of blasts, politicians are busy blaming each other. While the BJP and the allies slammed the Congress, Digvijaya Singh, the party’s incorrigible motormouth, hinted at the possibility of RSS involvement. The ruling establishment’s secular megaphones were unwilling to even indirectly blame Pakistan. BJP honcho L K Advani was the first national leader to descend on bleeding Mumbai. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh followed, with condolences and promises of strictest possible action. Meanwhile, bureaucrats and intelligence officials were scurrying to collect information for their political masters to use. Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan blamed the mobile networks for the horrific 15-minute delay in reaching senior cops. According to credible Mumbaikars, the city police’s top brass were informed of the blasts through non-police sources. It is unbelievable that all communication—cellphones, MTNL, the wireless, satellites phones—were inactive for 15 minutes. Whether the police commissioner, Anti-Terror Squad chief Rakesh Maria and other senior police officers were able to communicate with other between 6.45 pm and 7.15 pm—when three bomb blasts killed 20 and injured over 125 people—remains unknown to the public. The Maharashtra Police have antiquated weapons and infrastructure, but it is scary that its communication network can also be paralysed. While Afzal Guru and Kasab enjoy government hospitality, Mumbaikers seem fated to live with terror. Since 1992, Mumbai has suffered over 50 terror incidents, but the colour of politics over dead bodies hasn’t changed.

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If politicos stop partisan bickering among themselves and realise that the attack on Mumbai was an attack on India and act in unison to find permanent solutions to he prevention of future such attacks though better surveillance  intelligence gathering and deterrent actions, they would all do a much better public service!

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13/7 MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS: the political blame game starts!

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Marya Shakil , CNN-IBN / Updated Jul 14, 2011 at 10:56pm IST.

Mumbai: Political blame game over the Mumbai blasts begins after Rahul Gandhi said not every terror attack can be prevented. The BJP accuses the Congress of being soft on terror, alleging the ruling party of being bias against the majority and a tendency to appease the minority.

So have our politicians learnt anything from the past? If you look at the open war of words between the Congress and the BJP a day after the blasts you would say no, they haven't.

Rahul Gandhi himself admitting that it was perhaps impossible to make any city anywhere in the world totally terror proof.

"Blasts happen in Afghanistan, in Iraq, everywhere. We should also note how many blasts have been averted by the government," Rahul Gandhi said.

A statemenmt which was supported aggressively by Rahul's mentor Digvijay Singh.

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Lok Pal Bill: Government draft on Lokpal Bill excludes PM!

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K. BALCHAND / THE HINDU.

 

A graphic presentation showing the differences between Team Anna and the government over the draft Lokpal Bill.

The Joint Drafting Committee on the Lokpal Bill ended its deliberations on Tuesday without a common text, and the government has decided to go ahead with its plan of consulting political parties and Chief Ministers on the two different versions before getting the Cabinet to clear a final draft.

Expressing “deep disappointment” at what it said was the government's watered down version of a Lokpal Bill — an official draft was presented to it for the first time on Tuesday — Team Anna criticised the exclusion of the Prime Minister from the ambit of the ombudsman and threatened to take to the streets from August 16. Anna Hazare, who has accused the government of lacking the will power to draft a Bill altogether, plans to go on another “indefinite” fast from that day. “The people will teach them [the government] a lesson,” Mr. Hazare said.

The ninth and last meeting of the committee did not last an hour; the two sides exchanged their drafts. The government representatives were, to quote Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily, “quite happy that the deliberations of the committee have come to an end.”

Now the disputed issues will be discussed in all party meet and later in the Cabinet, before it is introduced in the Parliament!

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Lok Pal Bill: Centre seeks views of CMs, political parties on Lokpal!

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Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram and HRD Minister Kapil Sibal arrive for a press conference on Lokpal Bill in New Delhi on Tuesday - PTI.

Seeking to widen consultations, the Centre on Tuesday wrote to all Chief Ministers and leaders of political parties eliciting their views on issues including whether to bring the Prime Minister under Lokpal.

A day after civil society activists on the Joint Drafting Committee on the Bill threatened to take to streets, Home Minister P. Chidambaram and HRD Minister Kapil Sibal addressed a press conference to make it clear that the government was committed to bringing a Bill in the Monsoon session of Parliament.

The government is also trying to avert a situation like the one that evolved during the indefinite fast by Anna Hazare last month with Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and top Ministry officials talking to Baba Ramdev to persuade him not to go ahead with his proposed indefinite fast from June 4.

I never, personally, believed that another shoddy Lok Pal should be hurried for the upcoming monsoon session.  

It is essential that it should have under its ambit all the high office of Indian State, without which it can never gain credibility of the civil society.

Consensus, among all stake-holders, is definitely is required for this Bill to pass in Parliament and that it wouldn't be challenged in Courts of Law, against its legality.

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