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HighlightsFarmers’ agitation in Bhatta Parsaul............................................ 6Recall Karnataka Governor............................................................ 8CM's conclave in New Delhi......................................................... 10

Special StoryNationwide protests against petrol price hike............................ 16MP BJP President completes one year........................................ 22

ArticlesUPA regime is a saga of betrayals

By M Venkaiah Naidu...................................................... 13It’s in the numbers

By Soli J. Sorabjee............................................................ 20For Congress thodi khushi, zyada ghum

By Amba Charan Vashishth........................................... 24

Cell/MorchaInvestors Cell..................................................................................... 15Human Rights Cell............................................................................. 26BJP Legal & Legislative Cell........................................................... 27BJYM's campaign against corruption........................................... 28BJMM National Executive meet..................................................... 30

State ReportsMadhya Pradesh......................................................................... 29Odisha........................................................................................... 29Uttar Pradesh................................................................................ 30

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“The international community will not take Indian claims seriously. It is not just an embarrassmentfor the government, but it is a national embarrassment”.

-Nitin Gadkari on the goof-up in the list of most-wanted by UPA.

“For over six months now, in every nook and corner of the country, just one issue that has dominatedall public discourse has been corruption.” - L.K Advani on rampant corruption in the country.

“They can put us in jail 100 times but we will fight for the farmers. I will continue to fight for rightsof the farmers at any cost.”

-Rajnath Singh on his arrest with other BJP leaders in Ghaziabad.

Congress hand in glove with BSPDear Sir,

Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi is playing hand in glovewith BSP on the issue of land acquisition in Uttar Pradesh. Both areresponsible for violence which is taking place at Bhatta-Parsaul village inGreater Noida. The 2007 amendment to the Land Acquisition Act of 1894,which was passed during the first tenure of the UPA government is theroot cause of the peasant unrest throughout the country. By virtue of theprovision, the government agrees to acquire land on behalf of privateparties and thus act against the interests of the farmers. The Congresswas the driving force behind this regressive piece of legislation. SushriMayawati and Congres both are involved land-scam in Noida. It is hightime that BJP come out openly to expose both Congress and BSP andwage relentless struggle against these anti-farmer and anti-people rulingparties.

Abhishek SinghNOIDA, Uttar Pradesh

India’s secular Congress policySince the Partition of Bharat the congress have been following a

secular(actually communal) policy in India which is both discriminatoryand lacks in equality to all communities and is therefore anti-democratic.

Muslims are given special priorities in religious education, religiouspractice, jobs and allocation of resources. Non-Muslim majority isdiscriminated against. This must be totally unacceptable in an equitabledemocratic society. The BJP is yet to start a popular movement to rectifythis inequality. Without depriving Muslims they should demand equalprivilege for all Indians. This will strike at the root of a congress vote bankpolicy as all communities will be alerted without offending anybody. Ablock vote, at times, may be given in a communal self-interest and evenagainst national interest. A nationalist party must stop it, immediately.

Basudeb Ghose, UK

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.In two years Congress led UPA-II leftIn two years Congress led UPA-II leftIn two years Congress led UPA-II leftIn two years Congress led UPA-II leftIn two years Congress led UPA-II left

with no faith of peoplewith no faith of peoplewith no faith of peoplewith no faith of peoplewith no faith of people

Congress led UPA-II government has completed two years of office. Dr. ManmohanSingh and Smt. Sonia Gandhi have patted their own backs. But for what? Is there anyachievement? A new trend is now being seen in the country for last one decade – if

no one is praising you better get yourself praised through advertisements and get yourpictures in the hoardings. Get yourself and your government praised by spending generouslyfrom government coffers. Good work never needs to be advertised. The people themselvesstart talking about it. Today people are silent. They are eagerly waiting for 2014 Lok Sabhaelections so that they can give their mandate against the UPA government – a clear and sternmessage to oust the corrupt government to make way for a real rule of the people.

Allowing the corruption to take place, to protect the corrupt and to play with the selfrespect of the country for the sake of power - the people would be definitely pondering overthese issues. Whatever Dr. Manmohan Singh might try to plead before the people but it isnow being talked about that he too is as much guilty as Raja and Kalmadi because everythinghas taken place before his eyes. Was the Prime Minister unaware of the crime being committedby them? Should any Prime Minister extend protection to such individuals?

Each and every day of the UPA-II tenure is now witnessing new lows in history.Whatever the Congress may plead but it is true that it has lost as much in last two years asit had not lost even in last sixty years. Congress has become leaderless. The one who isassumed to be leader of the Congress has lost the moral standing required to be in power.The Congress which had promised to control prices within 100 days has now by dint of itswrong policies pushed the entire country into the grip of unprecedented price rise. Entirecountry is reeling under heavy price rise. The stories of scams and corruption have becomecommon.

In the second year of UPA-II it has also become evident that the mother-son duo too haslost its sheen. The Congress has not been able to recover from the political jolt it had receivedfrom Bihar elections. Congress has been reduced to five seats in Bihar. Congress has beenmarginalized in many States including Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Bihar, Karnataka, UttarPradesh, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Orissa, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand. Not only the Congressis rapidly becoming a non-entity, the parties in power are gaining day by day also in theseStates. If someone asks the Prime Minister whether there is any improvement in the terrorsituation in the country, he has no answer. The Prime Minister himself underlining theprecarious situation of UPA has accepted before the media saying “I am majboor”. Thesentence itself makes evident as under which kind of leadership we have placed the country.Today no one in the country feels even an iota of pride in saying that Dr. Manmohan Singhis our Prime Minister. What can be more shameful than this? Whether it is the issue of pricerise, matters related to Northeastern States, anything related to internal security or thequestion of foreign policy, Congress has failed on all fronts. Yes, it can be said that despitehaving failed on all front, it has been successful in clinging to power.

There is no doubt in saying that if elections take place today the Congress will bite dustbut Congress will never dare to take such a risk. Congress has now no faith in democracythat’s why there were deadlocks in the parliament in its tenure. The Congress which neverwanted to have a debate on corruption has risked the future of the country for the sake ofpower.

The second tenure of UPA has seen an era of distrust for the politics and politicians. Thecountry today badly needs a mid-term election because people have lost their faith on thepresent government. A government like this has now no right to remain in power. But alas!Congress will never try to learn its lessons. But for how long - a time will come when it willhave to face the electorate…!

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On 07 May 2011, BhattaParsaul, a village inBulandshahr district in

Uttar Pradesh, witnessed brutalpolice assault on the farmers atthe behest of Mayawati

government in Uttar Pradesh.Bhatta Parsaul which has beenthe epicentre of a bloody battleover forcible land acquisition ofthe farmer had to face the anti-farmer dictates of the UPgovernment attempting toruthlessly suppress the voice ofthe people. The village which ishome of several retired police andarmy personnel having apopulation of around 10,000people was assaulted by the UPpolice which set houses on fire

and allegedly entered the housesof the agitating farmers andassaulted women and children.The Mayawati government inUttar Pradesh and Congressgovernments in Maharashtra

and Haryana have been in theforefront of bulldozing the rightsof the farmers over their lands asthese governments have beenpursuing the policy of forciblysnatching their lands withoutgiving proper compensation.

Former BJP NationalPresident Shri Rajnath Singhand Leader of Opposition inRajya Sabha Shri Arun Jaitleyalong with BJP National VicePresident Shri Mukhtar AbbasNaqvi and a number of State BJP

leaders were taken intopreventive custody by UttarPradesh police on May 12 afterthey sat on dharna at Ghaziabadin support of agitating farmersin Bhatta Parsaul village in

Greater Noida.Shri Singh started his

24-hrs Upavaas at 1100 hrsin Ghaziabad and wasjoined by Leader ofOpposion in Lok SabhaSmt. Sushma Swaraj,Leader of Opposition inRajya Sabha Shri ArunJaitley, NDA Convenerand Janata Dal(United)National President ShriSharad Yadav and BJPNational Vice PresidentShri Mukhtar AbbasNaqvi. Undeterred by hisarrest Shri Singhcontinued his upavaaseven in police custody.

The action by aninsensitive Mayavatigovernment in Uttar Pradeshwhich had resorted to use ofbrutal force against the farmerswho were protesting against theforceful acquisition of lands bythe government had forced BJPleaders to launch protest withShri Rajanth Singh sitting on 24-hrs upavas. Saying that thefarmers in the state were beingdeprived to benefit some buildersShri Singh demanded that thestate government should

BJP fights against atrocities onfarmers by Mayawati government

BJP leaders arrested while protesting in support of farmersFrom Our Correspondent

Farmer's agitation in Bhatta Parsaul

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immediately stop acquiring landin Bhatta Parsaul until the LandAcquisition Amendment Bill ispassed by Parliament.Talking toreporters Shri Singh said thesituation here was getting out ofcontrol and claimed that his fastis a show of the party’s solidarityto the farmers’ cause.

He said that he will raise theissue of land acquisition inParliament, and added that theUttar Pradesh governmentshould avoid further acquisitionof land so that unnecessarybloodshed is avoided. He alsosaid that law and order does notexist and corruption wasrampant. On the second day ofhis upavaas on May 13 ShriSingh ended his 24-hours-longfast after drinking a glass of juiceoffered by Leader of OppositionSmt. Sushma Swaraj.

While ending his fast ShriSingh said Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh should comeforward to save the lives of thefarmers and a new act should beenacted regarding landacquisition without any furtherdelay. He added that SushriMayawati and UPA governmentwere hand in glove on the issueof land acquisition. Mayawatigovernment is anti-farmergovernment and a commissionshould be constituted to inquireinto atrocities committed bypolice on farmers in GreaterNoida, he demanded.

The farmers are demandingincreased financialcompensation for the land theyclaim has been forcibly takenaway from them to build the 165-km Yamuna Expressway,between New Delhi and Agra.Ironically, the war of wordsbetween Congress and SP on theone side and Mayawati on the

other comes barely within days of the bonhomie between the threerivals in the state politics, witnessed in Parliament’s Public AccountsCommittee, which probed the 2G scam. Last August too, proceedingsin both houses of Parliament were stalled after BJP along with someopposition parties vehemently protested the deaths of three farmersin police firing in Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh. A platooncommander of the Provincial Armed Constabulary was also killedin the violence. BJP has since then resolved to fight for the rights offarmers and resist forcible acquisition of farmer's lands.

BJP sweeps all three seats inKarnataka bypoll

The Karnataka BJP has once again proved and continued itswinning ways. The party on May 13 bagged all three seats in thecrucial by polls held on April 9. The results also prove that theOpposition’s war-like campaign to destabilise the BJP governmenthad few takers. Both the Congress and JDS led high-voltage smearcampaigns against Shri Yeddyurappa but these efforts did not findresonance with voters.

The BJP bagged all three seats, wresting two from the Congressand one from the JD(S). BJP candidates Shri CP Yogeshwar won by12,000 votes in Channapatna in Ramanagaram district, Shri SVRamachandra bagged Jagalur in Davangere district by 4,433 votesand Shri M Narayanswamy took the Bangarpet seat in Kolar districtby 4,044 votes.

For the first time, the BJP wrested Channapatna seat from theJD(S).

Interacting with media persons after the massive victory ChiefMinister Shri BS Yeddyurappa said it was an answer to the falseonslaught of the Opposition’s charges. He termed the BJP’s victoryin all three seats in the April 9 bypolls as a befitting reply to thereckless charges hurled at his Government by Opposition Congressand JD(S).

He said people have now given their reply to the allegationsmade against my Government. Let the Opposition learn from thisand desist from making baseless allegations hereafter. With thisvictory, BJP’s strength in the 225-member Assembly has increasedto 109. (FOC)

BJP wins Bastar bypoll with big marginBJP candidate for the Bastar Lok Sabha byelection, Shri Dinesh

Kashyap won the seat by defeating his nearest Congress rival by amargin of more than 86,000 votes.

What is more important to note is that the Congress, which isthe main opposition in the State Assembly, once again suffered ahumiliating defeat in this tribal reserved seat. (FOC)

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Recall Karnataka Governor : BJPFrom Our Correspondent

In the wake of Supreme Courtjudgment on thedisqualification of 16

Karnataka MLAs, the Governorof Karnataka Shri HR Bhardwajacting in contravention of allestablished norms andconstitutional provisionsdeclined to convene a session ofthe State assembly for a floor testas per the request of KarnatakaCM Shri BS Yeddyurappa. Whatwas very unfortunate to note thathe went ahead with hisrecommendation for theimposition of President’s rule inthe State. Led by BJP NationalPresident Shri Nitin GadkariKarnataka Chief Minister Shri BSYeddyurappa paraded 121Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)MLAs before President of Indiaand submitted a memorandumat the Rashtrapati Bhawan onMay 17 to show that hisgovernment still enjoyed amajority in the State Assembly.

BJP National President ShriNitin Gadkari along with ShriBS Yeddyurappa reached the

Rashtrapati Bhawanaccompanied by Leader ofOpposition in Lok Sabha Smt.Sushma Swaraj, Leader ofOpposition in Rajya Sabha ShriArun Jaitley, Former BJPPresident Shri Venkaiah Naidu,BJP National General SecretariesShri Ananth Kumar and ShriDharmendra Pradhan(Karnataka State BJP Prabhari)and other senior BJP leaders toapprise the President Smt.Pratibha Patil of theunconstitutional conduct of ShriH.R.Bhardwaj, the Governor ofKarnataka. They urged toPresident to revoke thePresidential pleasure and torecall his services as Governorof Karnataka. The BJP MLAswere paraded before thePresident at around 6 PM andYeddyurappa requested thePresident not to take any actionon Shri Bhardwaj’s report.

Submitting a list of 120 MLAsof Karnataka with their namesand signatures enclosed withthe memorandum Shri

Yeddyurappa said, “I informedthe President that the Governorhad been trying to topple mygovernment. I told the Presidentthat we have the support of 121MLAs. We demanded that thegovernment should be protected.We asked the President not toimpose President’s Rule inKarnataka.”

Shri Yeddyurappa in hismemorandum wrote to thePresident, “The Governor beinga Constitutional Head of State,is governed by the advice of theCouncil of Ministers. However,the Governor of Karnatakaappears to think otherwise. Hehas refused to act in accordancewith the decision of Council ofMinisters on several occasions.Recently, a decision was takento call for Legislative Sessionw.e.f. 16.05.2011.” Despite this,the Governor has failed to giveconsent for calling the Session,Shri Yeddyurappa said referringto the Judgement of SupremeCourt in the case of B.P.SingalVs. Union of India (2010) 6 SCC

Memos against Governor Bhardwaj

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331.“Since the day of being

sworn in as Governor ofKarnataka on 05.06.2009,Governor Shri H.R.Bhardwaj hasconverted the Raj Bhavan into apolitical weapon for harassingthe State Government. He hasbeen acting in a partisan manner.He has made several publicstatements criticizing thefunctioning of the Government,Chief Minister and his Cabinetcolleagues. The Governor hasstated publicly that he is first andforemost a Congressman. Thisitself shows that he has enteredthe office as an active politicianand not as a neutralConstitutional Authority”, saidShri Yeddyurappa in amemorandum submitted toPresident Smt. Pratibha Patil.

It is to be noted that thepopularity of the KarnatakaGovernment has not been indoubt and BJP, under theleadership of Sh. B. S.Yeddyurappa has sweptthrough most bye elections,municipal elections andpanchayat polls. More recently,the BJP won all the three seats inbye-elections to the KarnatakaVidhan Sabha, the results ofwhich were declared on 13thMay, 2011. After disqualificationof 16 MLAs, the effective strengthof the House was 207. The BJP,on 13th of May, 2011, had thesupport of 110 MLAs in a Houseof 207.

The eleven disqualifiedMLAs of BJP after the removal oftheir disqualification by Hon’bleSupreme Court have alreadyannounced their support to BJP.Pursuant to this development,the Chief Minister urged theKarnataka Governor to permithim to call the Session of the

Karnataka Vishan Sabha toprove his majority once again.Surprisingly, instead ofsummoning the Assembly, theKarnataka Governorrecommended the imposition ofPresident’s Rule in the state, inspite of the fact that the ChiefMinister enjoys the confidenceof 121 MLAs in the house of 224.

Earlier on 16 May 2011 aMemorandum was submitted byNDA leaders to the PrimeMinister on Karnataka issuewhich stated that, “TheGovernor has committed a seriesof improprieties andunconstitutionalities. Eventhough the Government enjoysmajority support, the Governorfailed to follow the advice of theCouncil of Ministers inconvening the State Assembly on16.05.2011. A Governor has nojurisdiction or authority todecline to accept the advice ofthe Council of Ministers whichhas a popular majority toconvene a session of theAssembly. He gives interviewsto the media that a floor test inKarnataka is not the best test. Heis now believed to have writtento the Government of Indiapurportedly proposing actionunder Article 356 of theConstitution. There is no basisfor his doing so.”

The memorandumdemanding the recall of theKarnataka Governor Shri HRBhardwaj stated, “This is not thefirst time that the Governor ofKarnataka, Shri H. R. Bhardwajtried to create a politicalcontroversy when nothing exists.We on behalf of the NationalDemocratic Alliance areconstrained to approach yourequesting the CentralGovernment to out-rightly reject

the Governor’s recommendation.We are further appealing to youthat Shri H. R. Bhardwaj shouldnot be continued as a Governorand steps should be initiated torecall him. His actions, attitudeand temperament does not suitthe detached office of aGovernor.”

Making a scathing attack onKarnataka Governor HR

Bhardwaj for recommendingPresident’sRule inKarnataka,B J PNat ionalPresidentShri Nitin Gadkari said, “He istotally misfit for the post andshould better be made AICCspecial invitee to work as a goodassistant of Sonia Gandhi”.

Interacting withmediapersons on May 16, ShriGadkari said the KarnatakaGovernor’s action and behaviouris a “black spot” on democracyand Constitution and he expectsthat the Centre will take a rightdecision after the criticismCongress is facing on the issuein the country and in media.

He said, “We have won allthe three seats in bye-election.The MLAs who have beenreinstated following the SupremeCourt order are supporting BJP.We have majority, the Governordoes not reply when the ChiefMinister writes to him seekingpermission for a floor test butrecommends dismissal of thegovernment to the HomeMinistry,” he informed thereporters.

Bhardwaj can be agood assistant to

Sonia : Gadkari

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Resolution as adopted :We, the Chief Ministers,

deputy Chief Ministers and otherfunctionaries belonging to theBharatiya Janata Party (BJP),reaffirm our commitment to thecause of National Reconstructionthrough Good Governance. WithNationalism as our inspirationand Development as ourinstrument, we are confident thatwe will continue to marchsuccessfully on the path ofAntyodaya.

Good Governance is the keycomponent of national polity,but under the UPA, it has becomea casualty. It is our firm beliefthat Good governance includesthe rule of law, transparencyand accountability, as well astrue democracy andparticipation. BJP has alwaysconsidered Corruption as anassault on the inherent dignityof a person and a betrayal ofone’s responsibility to others. Werecognize that all citizens have a

duty to resist corruption in all itsforms and this conclaveundertakes to lead and supportall such efforts.

Under the UPA, corruptionhas increased manifold and alsohas betrayed our countrymen inmultiple ways. The corruptregime of UPA has lowered ournational prestige, deprived themarginal sections the benefits ofwelfare schemes and greatlyslowed down the pace of ournational development. The

Chief Ministers’ Conclave in New Delhi

Resolution adopted in BJP CM’s ConclaveCancer of corruption eating into the vitals of

our national polity and public life

A two-day conclave of BJP Chief Ministers was held in New Delhi on May 9 and 10, 2011 mainly to reviewthe current political situation and to discuss the issues related to Good Governance. BJP National PresidentShri Nitin Gadkari presided over the conclave in which all the seven chief ministers of BJP ruled States, DeputyCM of Bihar, senior most BJP minister of Punjab, presidents of respective State units, Members of theParliamentary Board and General Secretaries of the party participated.

The Conclave discussed Step Motherly Treatment meted out to the BJP ruled States by the Congress ledUPA government at the Centre. The agenda also included Effective Use of Information-Communication-Technology (ICT) for greater Transparency and Accountability in Governance and Better Coordinationbetween State Governments and Party Organisation at various levels. In a separate session, two recentlegislations passed by the Madhya Pradesh and Bihar governments were also discussed. BJP ParliamentaryParty Chairman Shri L K Advani delivered the valedictory address while Leader of Opposition in Lok SabhaSmt. Sushma Swaraj, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Shri Arun Jaitley, Former BJP Presidents Dr. MurliManohar Joshi and Shri Rajnath Singh also guided the proceedings.

At the end of the deliberations, the Conclave adopted a Resolution in view of UPA’s wanton disregardfor the federal structure and its recent attempts at politicizing the proceedings of the Public Accounts Committee(PAC) which we are publishing for our esteemed readers.

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cancer of corruption is eatinginto the vitals of our nationalpolity and public life.

Never before in the past, hadgovernment at the centre facedsuch a grave crisis of credibilityarising out of innumerablescandals involving people in theruling establishment in such alarge number. Against thisbackdrop, systematic efforts arebeing made to paint all thepolitical parties with the samebrush.

We firmly resolve to resistall such attempts. At the sametime, we also undertake to lookwithin. We also undertake toreform the system and rededicateourselves to the cause of acorruption free India. It is a matterof great satisfaction that severalof the BJP State governmentshave won laurels for theirexcellent achievements. Weresolve to build on this further.

The UPA has been taking acrass partisan approach onseveral issues of concern not onlyin the context of NationalDevelopment but also NationalSecurity. Scores of vitallegislations passed by the BJPgovernments are pendingapproval by governors for a longtime, for political reasons. Thisconclave condemns this partisanapproach and resolves to fight itin every possible way.

We undertake to reach outto the people more effectively andreassure them about ourcommitment to GoodGovernance, Transparency andAccountability. To that end, thisConclave resolves to make everyattempt in a determined waytowards achieving the followinggoals.a) Establishing an in house

mechanism for reviewing the

performance of ourGovernments periodicallyand exploring the possibilityof taking measures for—•Improving delivery

mechanisms at variouslevels.

•Making the processes ofgovernance; particularly thedecision making, more openand inclusive

b) Evolving a framework forOpen Government whileintroducing greatertransparency andaccountability in budgetpreparation, execution, andsupervision of expenditureas also establishingcompetitive publicprocurement procedures.

c) Establishing a practice ofdeclaring the figures of theState GDP and improvementon social indicatorsperiodically

d) Developing an effectivepartnership with varioussections of the society in notonly the effectiveimplementation of welfareschemes and developmentprojects but also eradicatingcorruption.

e) Setting up a mechanism forpunishing corruptemployees and electedpublic representativesadministratively and legallyand an element of deterrenceis reinstated at various levels.

f) Enhancing the level of usingInformation CommunicationTechnology (ICT), as a toolfor introducing greateraccess to all information inpublic domain, as well asbringing in greatertransparency andaccountability by usingdevices like E-Tendering and

E-Procurement.g) Exploring the possibility of

reducing the element ofdiscretion in the disbursal ofbenefits.

h) Reviewing the replicability oflegislative measures taken bysome States for strengtheningaccountability of publicservants and ensuring atime-bound and effectiveservice delivery to the peopleat large.

i) Evolving consensus aboutsome important electoralreforms aimed at curbing therole of money power. Also,exploring the possibility ofexperimenting with variouselectoral systems in localelections to find out as towhich of them is moreconducive for a cleanerdemocracy.

j) Setting up two MinisterialStudy Groups to suggestcommon measures forimproving the quality ofUrban Governance andRural Governance with itsfocus on providing hassle-free administration as wellas strengthening local selfgovernance through greaterdecentralization, devolutionof funds, functions andfunctionaries.

k) Strengthening the basicfederal structure of ourconstitution whilewithstanding all efforts of theUPA government to weakenthe same.

l) Fighting against the policyof discrimination against theBJP ruled states as well asmisuse of central agencies toharass and intimidateseveral opposition ruledstates; adopted by the UPAgovernment.

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m) Evolving further debate on therecommendations of SarkariaCommission including thoseabout the Role of Governor andfollowing up for theimplementation of itsrecommendations.

n) Continuing with its war onterrorism and efforts forstrengthening national securitywithout getting influenced byvote bank politics. We alsoundertake to extend allcooperation to the centralgovernment for this cause.

o) Evolving a mechanismfacilitating Party Organisation towork as a bridge for the redressalof public grievances.

M. Venkaiah Naidu and other BJP leaders arrested in HyderabadCongress govt. should purchase paddy at assured

MSP in Andhra Pradesh : M. Venkaiah NaiduOn May 18 in Hyderabad, scores of BJP

workers led by former National President ofBharatiya Janata Party, Shri M. VenkaiahNaidu, along with a huge number of farmersmarched towards the Secretariat of the AndhraPradesh from Indira Park demandingremunerative prices for the farmers andenhancement of Minimum Support Price (MSP)of paddy. The police prevented Shri Naiduand other leaders from proceeding furthertowards the Secretariat. With the protestersinsisting on proceeding further to theSecretariat, the police arrested Shri Naidu along with Shri G. Kishan Reddy, AP State BJP President,Dr. K. Lakshman, National Secretary, Shri Murlidhar Rao, National Secretary, Shri Bandaru Dattatreya,former Union Minister, Shri N. Indrasena Reddy, senior BJP leader and Shri J. Shyam Kishore, Presidentof Kisan Morcha – AP State unit and many others.

Shri Naidu said “ Farmers are resorting to distress sale of paddy at Rs.825 per quintal loosingaround Rs.175 – 200 per quintal.” He demanded that the Government should involve FCI to purchasepaddy at MSP and also allow export of rice so as to create buoyancy in market. Shri Naidu said thatthe Congress General Secretary who had gone to Uttar Pradesh had no time to visit Andhra Pradeshwhen thousands of farmers are taking to streets, setting on fire their paddy and demonstrating againstthe State Government’s anti-farmer policy. He said that both the Central and the State Governmentswere anti-farmer and the Congress did not provide the assured MSP. He further said that the Congresswould not get minimum support in the next election. As prohibitory orders are in force in the State,the police said they were arresting the BJP leaders and were taken to Gandhinagar police station.

Result of each assembly isstate-specific : BJP

BJP Parliamentary Board met in New Delhi on May 13, 2011to discuss the results of the election to the five state assemblies.

The BJP was of the opinion that the result of each assemblywas state-specific. An anti-incumbency wave factor due to lackof actual development has impacted the result in West Bengal.Corruption and family nepotism has influenced the electionresults in Tamil Nadu. The BJP regretted that the lack of oppositionunity resulted in the absence of a credible alterative in Assam.

The global decline of the Marxist ideology appears to havebelatedly arrived in India. The results of the bye-elections inChattisgarh and Karnataka was satisfying for the BJP.

The BJP congratulated the winners of these elections in eachstate and hoped that they would be able to live up to the faiththat the voter have reposed in them.

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UPA regime is a saga of betrayalsBy M Venkaiah Naidu

The Congress-led UPA, nowpopularly reclaimed bythe people as Unethical

Practices Alliance andUnfulfilled Promises Alliance, atthe Centre in its secondstint has completed twoyears in office. To saythe least, itsperformance ist h o r o u g h l ydisappointing. Not tospeak of any positiveand significantachievements, it hasfailed miserably to liveup to even the basicexpectations of thepeople. People havegiven it mandate for asecond term in the hope ofreaping benefits of the promisesdoled out by it during elections.Promises piled up but remainunfulfilled — Ornamental time-bound agendas announced butremain unimplemented. TheUPA-II started its term with aflurry of announcements of 100-day agenda by several Ministers.More than 700 days later, hardlyMinister remembers thoseagendas. There has been a hugedisconnect between the rulersand the ruled.

The UPA-II regime is markedby absence of good governance.The list of unfulfilled promisesis unending; right to food, rightto education (only bill nopolitical will), Bharat Nirman,physical infrastructure in ruralareas, six lane highways, nineper cent growth rate, law andland acquisition and

rehabilitation, judicial and policereforms, natgrid to coordinatedsecurity, national commission toexamine unorganised sectorentrepreneurs and progress

report to the people from time totime — nothing has beenfulfilled. Apart from this over twodozen bills have been lapsed and20 bills are pending for the pastfive years.

The head of the UPA, theCongress, is a divided house.Ministers have given upcollective responsibility andblame each other for mis-governance. Cohesion andcooperation have becomeconspicuous more by theirabsence. The Ministers choose toadversely comment on theirGovernments departments on aforeign soil. Minister readsspeech of another country at thehighest international forum.Ministers, including the PrimeMinister, are least bothered of thecredibility of the institutionswhile taking critical decisionsbased on inaccurate facts and

appoint a corruption caseaccused as the Chief VigilanceCommissioner and made apartisan appointment inElection Commission. The

appointment of PrasarBharati CEO who had tobe removed, andappointment of NHRCChairman, is nodifference. TheGovernment suffers fromserious competencedeficit.

The Government letdown the nation byconsciously selectingMinisters in keyinfrastructural ministriessuch as Telecom and

Highways who were low on theintegrity quotient. It has failednot only to take any steps infurthering the reform proposalsbut also in creatinginfrastructure of globalstandards, neither the flagshipschemes have resulted in anyasset creation. Further, theinterest rates have become sohigh rendering our industry non-competitive.

The two fundamental issueson which the UPA-II hascompletely failed are corruptionand price rise.Corruption

The UPA-2 has been themost dishonest Governments inthe history. It is irony that adistinguished economistbelieved to be the most honest isheading the most corrupt regimein the independent India. The 2Gscam involving a sum of

On two years of UPA

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‘1,76,000 crore, perhaps thebiggest scam ever that took placein the country, is the biggestshame on the UPA-II. Scams arestupendous and stunning. Thescams that have seen the lightare the scam of export and importof food grains involvingthousands of crores of money,the CWG Scam involving 70,000crores, the IPL scam, the S-Bandspectrum scam involving thePMO, the Adarsh Soceity scaminvolving senior army/IASofficers and Ministers andstartling and shocking telephonetapping to mobilise support andharass political opponents.Inflation

The biggest failure of thisGovernment has been its sheerinability to contain the spiralingprice rise of essentialcommodities. The rise has beenso continuous and so steep thatthe common man is unable tohave even one-meal-a-day. Thetremendous rise in food priceshas hurt the poor the most. Pricerise and food inflation is thecomprehensive failure ofeconomic policies including lackof foresight and properplanning, lack of leadership,sheer incompetence, massivecorruption in export and importof food grains at all levels inGovernment.

For almost three years wehad a double digit inflation inthe Wholesale Price Index. Fiscalconsolidation is no longer thepriority of the government. Theprices of essential food items aresky high. The petrol prices havebeen increased 20 times in thename of rationalisation.Neglect of agriculturesector

The UPA’s policies havebeen anti-farmer. It has totally

neglected the agriculture sectorFood items became costlier andalso scarcer. Farmers suffer onall counts. Thousands of farmersare committing suicide. The MSPof the paddy has not been raisedby the Centre for the last twoyears. Not even one tonne ofstorage capacity is added in lastseven years. There is no effort toimplement Prof MSSwaminathan Commission’srecommendations.Security & Goof-ups

Security of the countryseems to be the least priority onGovernment’s agenda. Ourdefense preparedness issuffering because the ministrycannot take decisive action. Theinexcusable goof-ups in the listof ‘most wanted’ given toPakistan by the Home Ministryhave made our nation a laughingstock in the internationalcommunity. It shows the casualapproach of the Government onsuch a sensitive security matter.There is no political leadershipto guide the government andhence there is a divergentapproach between the Partyleadership and the Government.

Even on important andsensitive issues like internalsecurity and Maoists, the rulingparty is a divided house. Internalcontradictions and lack ofsupport between the ministersand coalition partners is forcingthe Government to compromiseon the security of the nation. Themaster minds of 26/11 are stillroaming around freely inPakistani streets and ourministers are busy havingacademic discussions with theirPakistani counterparts.

The threat of Maoist violencein several states and districts stillremains. Nobody knows as to

what is the Government policytowards Maoism!Black money

The Centre is taking noaction against those who havestashed thousands of crores ofunaccounted money illegally inforeign shores despite repeatedrebukes from the Supreme Court.Certainly their identities are tobe made public. Why thegovernment is so active inmaintaining the secrecy forwhich after all the defaultershave to be prosecuted? Why theUPA Government is so keen andhell bent on protecting the tax-evaders?Constitutionalimpropriety and step-motherly treatmentmeted out to non-UPAStates

The only achievement of theUPA-II is misusing theconstitutional institutions forpolitical ends. The Congressparty is adopting all unethical,extra constitutional and immoralmethod by misusing variousinstitutions to further its politicalinterests, harass politicalopponents and also mustersupport as and when needed.The UPA Government has usedits intelligence and investigativeagencies like CBI, Governorsinstitution, income taxdepartment to subvert democracyand serve its own interests. TheCongress wants to rule thecountry by misusing the CBI, theRaj Bhavans etc. It has grosslymisused the CBI in the State ofGujarat. It is misused to strike adeal with political parties whenthe need arises. The divergentaffidavits which are filed in thecases of the SP and the BSPleaders by the CBI are the clearevidence of it being misused for

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Continuous fluctuations forcinginvestors out of market : Jaitley

The National Executive meeting of BJP Investors Cell was held on 08 May 2011 in Noida (UP).The meeting arrived at the conclusion that there was overall deterioration in investment environmentin the country and investor-friendly policies were no longer on the agenda of the government. Lackof infrastructure and price rise have caused decline in investment in the country.

Addressing the meeting Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Shri Arun Jaitley said, “It is nowbetter for the small investors to deposit their money in banks than to invest in promising ventures”.He further added that there had been continuous fluctuations in shares forcing the investors out ofthe market. In such a situation small investors seldom get benefited and mostly end in making losses.He advised the investors to get proper information before investing in share market and real estateand even acquire proper knowledge of the schemes of various Banks.

BJP Investors Cell also organised Niveshak Adalat (Investors Court) in which BJP National GeneralSecretary Shri Vijay Goyal, Investors Cell National Convenor Shri Arun Kumar Singh and StateConvenor Shri Mahesh Chauhan listened complains of several investors including some localfarmers also placed their grievance before the adalat. The adalat assured the complainants to take uptheir cases at appropriate levels.

Investors Cell

striking political deals.The classic case before us is

Karnataka Governor ShriBhardwaj’s repeatedmisadventures to oust thedemocratically elected popularGovernment in the State. TheCongress party-led UPA at theCentre is the real Suthradhari(director) and the GovernorBharadwaj is only a pathradhari(actor) in this shameful drama.The script was written in Delhiand executived by Raj Bhawan

in Bangalore. The history sheetof extra constitutionalism by theGovernor makes him unfit tooccupy a constitutional officeand the BJP demands that heshould be recalled immediatelyin the interest of the State ofKarnataka.

There is a hugediscrimination in themanagement of economytowards the non-Congress States.The UPA does not tolerate non-Congress Governments in the

States. It continuouslydiscriminates against the non-Congress States and extendsstep-motherly treatment onissues like natural calamities,power allocation and allotmentof coal, sanction of rail projectsetc. In all it is like, ‘One stepforward, three steps backwardand situation is awkward andthe country is movingbackwards’.

(The writer is a formerNational President of BJP)

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DELHI

BJP protests againstpetrol price hike

Launchingm a s s i v eprotest againstthe steep hikein prices ofpetrol, BJPKaryakar tasand activistson May 16

blocked roads in several parts of the Capital. Nearly20,000 party Karyakartas, common men along withother party leaders including Delhi BJP PresidentShri Vijender Gupta, leader of Opposition in Delhiassembly Prof. VK Malhotra, BJP National Generalsecretary Shri Vijay Goel and former Delhi BJPPresident Dr. Harshavardhana, were arrested fromdifferent locations of the national Capital.

Led by Delhi BJP President Shri Gupta andother party functionaries numerous Karyakartasgathered at 14 different locations in the morningand other parts of the city and blocked roads atAkshardham, Lal Quila Chowk, Ambedkar Nagar,Subhash Nagar Mod, Uttam Nagar, Moti NagarChowk, Khajoori Chowk, Richi-Rich (Ring Road),Welcome Metro Station, Vikas Marg, Jahangirpuri,Hamdard Chowk, Patparganj, Moti Bagh andMangolpuri Marble Market.

Delhi BJP President Shri Vijender Gupta

addressing the karyakartas said, “Just afterconclusion of the election process in five States,the Congress led UPA Government has imposed abig burden on the people. Eight months ago, theUPA Government had allowed the PSU oilcompanies to fix the prices and as a result, theprice of fuel has been increased eight times.”

MADHYA PRADESH

Petrol price hike draws sharp criticismin State : cycle rallies organised

The sudden declaration of massive hike inpetrol price has angered people of the State, as thisis the 8th time in 11 months that petrol price havegone up and are set to upset household budgets.In the biggest ever price increase of the fuel, State-owned oil companies hiked petrol price by 5.52per litre with immediate effect.

Reacting sharply against the rise in petrolprices BJP state President Shri Prabhat Jha said theprice rise are adding to the inflationary pressures

BJP stages nationwide protestagainst petrol price hike

The price of petrol was hiked immediately a day after the assembly poll results in five states weredeclared which was responded to by anger and derision from common men and Bharatiya JanataParty throughout the country. In its steepest hike so far, the price of petrol has been raised by Rs 5per litre, an increase of over 8 percent. This is the eighth hike in petrol price since the June 2010.The steep hike in petrol price is likely to be followed by a Rs. 4 per litre increase in diesel rates andRs. 20-25 per cylinder increase in domestic LPG price later this month. These hikes are expected toworsen the inflationary condition with people already reeling under the heavy impact of price rise.Opposing the decision a large number of people led by Bharatiya Janata Party came out on the streetsto protest against the anti-people policies of Congress led UPA government in the Centre andexpressed their anger on the insensitive policies of the government.

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under which the common man is barely surviving.Addressing party workers at a rally, in protest

against the hike in fuel prices in Bhopal Shri Jhasaid that Central Government is not affected by theplight of the common man.

He said that with skyrocketing corruption ofmore than three lakh crore in a year, both the PrimeMinister and Congress President are ignoring thepeople’s needs, as it continues to suffer due highprices of essential items.

Protests have also been reported from Rajgarh,Harda, Sehore, Chhatarpur, Tikamgarh, Panna,Morena, Sheopur, Guna, Ashoknagar, Khargone,Burhanpur, Sidhi, Shahdol, Umaria, Singrauli,Balaghat, Seoni, Mandla, Ratlam, Neemuch andBhind where BJP Karyakartas demanded for animmediate withdrawal in the petrol price hikewhich has left no citizen in the State and thecountry unaffected.

ANDHRA PRADESH

Petrol price increasedraws flak in AP

Activists of the BJP staged agitations inHyderabad, Vijayawada, Vishkhapatnam,Tirupati, Warangal and other cities and towns ofAndhra Pradesh. In Ongol the BJP workers protestagainst the steep increase in the price of petrol andburnt the effigy of the PM and other leaders ofCongress-led UPA government.

Scores of BJP activists led by Shri B. NarasimhaRao, BJP Prakasam district president Shri GolliNageswara Rao and town president Shri Y.C.Yogaiah Yadav staged a road blockade and burntthe effigy of the UPA government protesting againstthe high rate of petrol in the State due impositionof 33 per cent sales tax on fuel by the Stategovernment.

In Khammam the town witnessed widespreadprotests for the second consecutive day as BJP andopposition party activists to the streets opposingthe steep increase. They staged separatedemonstrations to register their protest.

In Tirupati the stiff hike of petrol price by Rs.5 in one go by the Congress-led UPA governmenthas touched off wild protests from all theopposition parties and from the irate public aswell. The BJP workers protested in several parts ofthe city.

KARNATAKA

BJP opposes fuel price hikeRastaroko staged

Bharatiya Janata Party Karyakartas stagedprotests in Hubli and Dharwad against the hike infuel prices. Activists led by Shri ChandrakanthBellad, MLA and Ms Seema Masuthi condemningthe move staged a Rastaroko in various parts of thecity. They said the Union Government had failedto check inflation and address the problems of thepeople; they said and demanded a rollback.

In Hubli, Bharatiya Janata Party workersstaged a protest near Gabbur Cross. The protestorstook out a rally, led by BJP Hubli-Dharwadpresident Shri Mahesh Tenginkai and DeputyMayor Shri Narayan Jartharghar.

ODISHA

BJP holds demonstrations againstpetrol price hike in State

BJP activists staged demonstrations at severalplaces in Odisha protesting against the petrol pricehike and demanding an immediate roll-back. In amemorandum to President Pratibha Patil BJPleaders described the price hike as arbitrary and

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illogical and sought her intervention in the matter.The activists took out a bicycle rally inBhubaneswar and staged a demonstration insupport of the demand. BJP workers also stageddemonstrations and put up road blockades inGanjam district and other districts of the state.

The activists staged demos in various parts ofBerhampur city. They blocked NH -217 and NH -5 demanding rollback of petrol prices. They alsoburnt the effigy of Prime Minister Dr. ManmohanSingh and UPA Chairperson Smt. Sonia Gandhi.The Karyakartas also threatened to intensify theiragitation, while BJP Yuva Morcha threatened toclose the petrol pumps if government didn’t listento the demands of the common people. Reports ofprotest were also received from Cuttack, Raurkela,Sambalpur and other places of the state.

The State BJP President Shri Jual Oramaddressing party karyakartas criticised the Centrefor hiking petrol price again. He said a day afterthe Assembly election results of five States thehighest ever petrol price hike is a cruel joke on thedemocracy. This price hike proves again the doublestandards of Smt Sonia Gandhi and her Congressparty.

HARYANA

People will be forced to usebullock carts : BJP

The BJP used a bullock-driven cart during itsprotest against the hike in the prices of petrol andhow its inflationary effect on the common manwould push him to “medieval-type” existence. Thelocal unit of the BJP also burnt an effigy of the UPAministers and PM over the issue.

BJP workers held a demonstration at AjrandaChowk on the Faridabad-Mathura road and raised

slogans against the UPA government. The protestaffected the movement of traffic on the road.

The president of Fridabad district unit of theBJP, Shri Ajay Gaur said the bullock cart was usedas a symbol to stress the point that theunprecedented hike in the petrol prices would forcethe public to travel on bullock carts.

In Hisar BJP activists burnt an effigy of theUPA Government in protest against the increasein the price of petrol. They gathered outside NagoriGate and raised slogans against the Centre. InPanipat and Fatehabad the youth wing of the BJPalso staged demonstration against the rise in theprice of petrol

RAJASTHAN

BJP Mahila Morcha stages protestagainst petrol price hike in Jaipur

Terming the hike in petrol prices as a “crueljoke” with the aam admi, women activists of theBJP Mahila Morcha staged a protest in Jaipurdemanding reversal of the raise. The women,under the banner of the Morcha and led by its statepresident Smt. Saroj Kumari, rode on a cyclerickshaw and a cart around Badi Chaupad as asymbol of protest.In her address to the womenKaryakartas at the dharna site Smt. Kumari said,“It is a cruel joke with aam admi. The governmenthas cheated on public and the hike in petrol pricesmust be withdrawn. A senior Morcha leader Smt.Suman Sharma said that both the Union and thestate government were competing with each otherin raising inflation. Former BJP state president ShriLalit Kishore Chaturvedi and former Mayor SheelDhabai, were among others present in the protest.

UTTRAKHAND

Nishank flays UPA Govt.over petrol price hike

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Shri RameshPokhriyal Nishank flayed the UPA Governmentfor the petrol price hike and said the measure willbe a cascading effect on the prices of other goods,much to the chagrin of the common man. Thecommon man will have to bear the burden of anunprecedented costly and difficult future beingwoven by the pillars of the UPA Government, he

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said.“The pillars of the UPA Government have all

their preparedness to suck the blood of the poverty-ridden masses and by hiking the fuel price it isgoing to realizes all its expenses incurred on recentelections in five States with interests,” Shri Nishankadded.

UTTAR PRADESH

Shahi criticizes Congress govt.for the crippling price hike

Criticizing the Congress led UPA governmentfor the crippling price hike; BJP State PresidentShri Surya Pratap Shahi said, “Petrol has becomecostlier by Rs 23 per litre during the last two yearsof the UPA’s second stint at the Centre. It hasvirtually crippled the lives of the people belongingto lower and middle income groups. In comingdays, the party will keep on protesting againsthike in prices of petrol.”

Shri Shahi also lambasted the Samajwadi Partyand the Bahujan Samaj Party for their support tothe anti-people Congress led UPA government atthe Centre.

MAHARASHTRA

Statewide protests by BJPover petrol price hike

BJP workers on May 19 today staged state-wide protests against the petrol price hike sayingthe UPA government has “back stabbed thecommon man” by rising the petrol prices

“immediately after the polls in five states.” BJPState President Shri Sudhir Mungantiwar led theprotests at Chandrapur, while the Oppositionleader in Legislative Council Shri PandurangPhundkar led a cycle rally at Khamgaon. “Till theassembly elections in Assam, Kerala, West Bengal,Tamil Nadu and Puducherry Congress had aconcern for the common man. But soon after thepolls, the Congress-led UPA back stabbed the aamaadmi by promptly hiking petrol prices by Rs 5 perliter,” BJP workers said.

South Mumbai BJP President, Shri SanjeevPatel said that hundreds of BJP activistsparticipated in the protest outside the Churchgatestation in Mumbai. Some party workers formed achain depicting bullock cart and a cycle-rally wastaken out to address the plight of the car owners,he said. Similar protests were also seen outside 40major railway stations in Mumbai and thesuburban areas.

GUJARAT

BJP condemns UPA’s decisionto hike petrol prices

Gujarat State BJP leaders on May 15 criticisedthe central government for raising the price ofpetrol. In its steepest hike so far, the price of petrolwas raised by Rs5 per litre - an over 8 percentincrease – from May 14. The price of petrol wasincreased for nine times from Rs47.93 per litre toRs63.37 - in as many months through ninerevisions.State BJP president RC Faldu tooslammed the central government. “The UPAgovernment has set new benchmarks and recordswhen it comes to inflation. The latest price hikewill lead to an unprecedented rise in commonman’s budget. The government must revoke thedecision at earliest,” he said. “The people ofGujarat will have to shell out Rs5.25 for a litre ofpetrol. Gujarat monthly consumes 11.50 crore litresof petrol which is approximately 138 crore litreannually. This means the burden on the state willbe around 725 crore rupees annually,” saidminister of state for finance, Shri Saurabh Patel.

“The government is rubbing salt on thewounds of the common people, who are alreadycrushed by the weight of inflation and spirallingcost of living,” he added.

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KARNATAKA GovernorH.R. Bhardwaj’spersistence in preventing

Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappafrom substantiating his claim ofmajority support by convening asession of the assembly is a graveconstitutional impropriety. It iswell settled by the Supreme Courtthat majority support cannot bedetermined by the subjectiveassessment of the governor in theRaj Bhavan, because theconstitutionally ordainedmethod for determining whethera party commands majority is bya floor test in the House. It is alsosettled law that the governormust act according to ministerialadvice. Therefore, he is obligedto convene a session of the Houseas requested by the ministry. Hisfailure to do so is a dereliction ofhis gubernatorial duty.

What are the purportedreasons for the governor’s refusalto convene the House?Surmisesand conjectures aboutmanipulation of votes by horsetrading and unethical practices.It is interesting tolearnwhathappenedin2005whenNitish Kumar was prevented bygovernor Buta Singh fromstaking his claim to form thegovernment in Bihar on theallegation that a majority couldbe cobbled by distortion of the

system due to allurement andbribery. In his report, Singhstated that a situation hademerged in which no politicalparty or group appeared to beable to forma government thatcould command a majority in theHouse. According to Singh, thiswas acase offailure ofconstitutional machinery.Therefore, president’s rule wasrecommended in the state.

Based on the governor’sreport, the Centre imposedpresident’s rule in Bihar.

The Supreme Court in itslandmark judgment of January2006 in Rameshwar Prasad vUnion of India struck down theimposition of president’s rule.The court endorsed the

recommendation of the SarkariaCommission and reiterated theprinciples laid down in S.R.Bommai’s case that power underArticle 356 cannot be exercisedfor the purpose of securing goodgovernment, nor can it beinvoked merely on the groundthat there are serious allegationsof corruption. That has to bedealt with in different fora andnot by dissolving an electedlegislative assembly whichcommands the confidence of theHouse as previously laid downin Bommai’s case.

The Supreme Court held thatthe governor’s action was “aclear case where attempt was tosomehow or the other prevent theformation of a government by a

It’s in the numbersBy Soli J. Sorabjee

On Governor Bhardwaj’s reluctance to convene the House Bhardwaj has revealedhimself as a combative litigant with a single-point agenda: to remove the CM. Thisis unbecoming of the high office of the governor, an office that needs to be preservedwith dignity and decorum.

Courtesy : Asian Age

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political party -an area whollyprohibited insofar as thefunctions, duties and obligationsof the governor are concerned. Itwas thus a whollyunconstitutional act”. Thereafterthe court made extremelysignificant observations: “If apolitical party stakes claim toform a government and satisfiesthe governor about its majorityto form a stable government, thegovernor cannot refuseformation of the governmentbecause of his subjectiveassessment that the majority wascobbled by illegal and unethicalmeans. No such power has beenvested with the governor.

Such a power would beagainst the democraticprinciples of majority rule. Thegovernor is not an autocraticpolitical ombudsman. If such apower is vested in the governorand/ or the president, theconsequences can behorrendous. The ground ofmaladministration by a stategovernment enjoying majority isnot available for invoking powerunder Article 356" for imposingpresident’s rule.

This clear judicial precedentBhardwaj has chosen to ignore.It is a grievous error not to learnfrom lessons of the past indeciding one’s future course ofconduct. Bhardwaj has, in arecent press release, sought tojustify his action by relying onthe recent judgment of theSupreme Court which held thatthe disqualification of 11 BJPMLAs by the speaker wasinvalid. The court in validatedthe speaker’s order on theground that there was breach ofnatural justice because adequateopportunity was not given to thelegislators, that the speaker had

acted in hot haste and that hisaction displayed a partisantrend.

There is not a single para orsentence in the said judgmentthat passes any strictures on thechief minister or indicts the stategovernment. There is no findingwhatsoever of collusion orconspiracy of the chief ministerwith the speaker. It isincomprehensible how thisjudgment can justify impositionof president’s rule on the groundof failure of constitutionalmachinery when there is nodeadlock or impasse whichprevents the assembly fromfunctioning normally.

The most distressing part is

that Governor Bhardwaj hasthrown impartiality to the windsas is evident from the tone andlanguage of his utterances andhis recent press releasepurporting to justify hisrecommendation for theimposition of president’s rule. Hehas revealed himself as acombative litigant who has asingle-point agenda -namely toremove the chief minister. Thisis totally unbecoming of the highoffice of the governor, an officewhich needs to be preserved bydignity and decorum and by notindulging in partisan politics.

(Courtesy: The Indian Express)(The writer is a former

Attorney-General of India)

Advani flags off Border Darshan yatraShri L.K.Advani

flagged off on May 14, 2011a unique Border DarshanPilgrimage from hisresidence in presence ofsenior BJP leaders andUttarakhand CM DrRamesh PokhriyalNishank. The BoderDarshan, first of its kindpost independence is aimed to create awareness about threats to ourborders and salute Jawans. The young Yatris , including artists,writers, journalists, photographers, poets and academicians willvisit various border posts in a span of one year and prepare a statusreport on India’s borders. Speaking on the occasion he said that theBorder Darshan is an effort to focus attention on the areas whichhave been in the forefront of the country’s defence. He said thatborder areas in Kashmir and North East need special care and wehave to ensure our defence preparedness to face challenges emergingfrom various factors across the border. He also underlined the needto propagate the two unanimous resolutions passed by Parliamenton Chinese aggression and the second one to take back land occupiedby Pakistan illegally and to create an atmosphere so that the spiritand the command of these resolutions can be realized.

The Darshan yatra, Shri Advani said the BJP was a product ofthe sacrifice of the Jana Sangh founder who laid down his life for thesake of integrating Jammu and Kashmir into the Indian Union.

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A grand programme wasorganized in ChiefMinister’s House in

Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh on 08May 2011 on the completion ofone year of Shri Prabhat Jha asBJP State President. BJP

Karyakartas and office-bearersfrom across the State gathered inBhopal to celebrate the occasionand to reiterate theircommitment to return BJP topower in the State for the thirdtime in 2013 assembly elections.Applauding the role played byShri Prabhat Jha in the first yearof his tenure, Leader ofOpposition in Lok Sabha Smt.Sushma Swaraj said she wasconfident that BJP will return to

power in 2013 assemblyelections under the leadership ofShri Shivraj Singh Chauhan andShri Prabhat Jha.

Madhya Pradesh ChiefMinister Shri Shivraj SinghChauhan in his address

recounted the novelexperiments undertaken by ShriPrabhat Jha in the organizationand appreciated hisorganizational skills andcapabilities.

He said that in an era whenpeople are hungry of publicityShri Jha has set an examplebefore the Karyakartas byinstructing that his picturesshould not be displayed inposters, banners and hoardings

which are unnecessarilyerected at several places bypublicity seeking peopledisplaying pictures of nationalleaders along with their ownand thereby causingembarrassment to national

leaders andorganizationas well. ShriC h a u h a nfurther saidthat Shri Jhaw a sr e l e n t l e s s l yworking on thebasic principleof chairavati-c h a i r a v a t ienunciated byPt. DeendayalUpadhyay intrying toconnect withthe masseswhile chantingthe mantra ofs a n g a t h a ngarhe chalo-

supanth par barhe chalo.He also underlined the fact

that the party was able to enrolleight lac new members in lastone year and a decision has nowbeen taken to initiate HitgrahiSammelan at organizational levelto connect to the people benefitingfrom the schemes of thegovernment. He expressed hishappiness over a new trend inthe party wherein youngkaryakartas were taking

One year of MP BJP President

Prabhat Jha has set an example forKaryakartas : Shivraj Singh Chauhan

From Our Correspondent

June 1-15, 2011 23

initiatives in the tribal areas of the Stateand trying to serve the scheduled tribepeople by launching simple yet effectiveprogrammes for their welfare.

He said that Shri Prabhat Jha who isa very hard working leader and facedadversities in his life with strength andcourage while simultaneously working forthe organization has now been trying togive new dimensions to organizationalwork in the State. He praised Shri Jha forhis tireless efforts and commitment.

Shri Prabhat Jha in his addressstressed that his sole aim was to return theparty to the power in the State for the thirdtime in a row so that Shri Shivraj SinghChauhan again becomes the Chief Ministerof the State.

He said that he had so far not doneanything extraordinary for the party tocelebrate, he was merely trying to come upto the expectation of the organizationwhich had reposed such a hugeresponsibility on him.

He called upon the karyakartas to startpreparing for the 2013 assembly electionsand actively participate in the mission.Shri Jha also presented bouquets to thesenior BJP leaders present on the occasionand sought their blessings.

Shri Shivraj Singh Chauhanpresented Shri Prabhat Jha a shawl, ashriphal and a memento on the occasion.The bhajans by famous singer Smt.Anuradha Paudwal and her daughterKavita Paudwal created an ambience fitfor the occasion. Along with a largenumber of karyakartas who came fromacross the State to attend the programmeBJP National General Secretary ShriNarendra Singh Tomar, BJP State GeneralSecretary (Organization) Shri ArvindMenon, Shri Bhagwat Sharan Mathur,Smt. Sumitra Mahajan, Shri KailashSarang, Shri Meghraj Jain, Shri KaptanSingh Solanki, Shri Satyanarayan Jatia,Shri Krishnamurari Moghe, Shri Raghavji,Shri Babulal Gaur, MPs, MLAs from theState were also present on the occasion.The programme was conducted by ShriNandkumar Singh Chuhan.

On performance parameters in Parliament

“GOOD SHOW” byAnurag : The Week

Rahul puts aRahul puts aRahul puts aRahul puts aRahul puts a“BAD SHOW”“BAD SHOW”“BAD SHOW”“BAD SHOW”“BAD SHOW”

In its issue of May15, 3011 the weeklynewsmagazine The

Week came out with aspecial storyheadlined “HUSHPUPPIES” on theperformance of youngMPs in Parliamentduring the last twoyears. “They camewith a bang, and fellquiet” states the sub-heading. “Young MPswho were expected tobring change, changednothing”. The reportfurther added: “Buttwo years (after their election in May 2009) down the line,they have failed to live up to the expectations. Rather thanbringing about any change, they have quietly become partof the system”.

The assessment of the Weekly gave five MPs a “GOODSHOW” and five as “BAD SHOW”. It has mentioned thename of BJP MP and BJYM National President Shri AnuragThakur as the first. Among the MPs whose score the Weekhas given, Shri Anurag Thakur, second time MP fromHamirpur parliamentary constituency in HimachalPradesh, is the youngest who recorded an 86 percentattendance in the house, participated in 39 debates andput 283. Though two more MPs have been included in the“GOOD SHOW” category, yet they have either participatedin less debates or put less questions.

Prominent among the “BAD SHOW” category isthe Congress General Secretary Shri Rahul Gandhi who,the Week says, has put zero questions and participatedin no debate. His attendance record too stands at 47percent.

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The results of the assemblyelections concluded in fiveStates recently have not

been up to the BJP’s expectations.But for the Congress-led UPA-IItoo, beleaguered by a “scam aday” syndrome there is hardlymuch to smile. The results are amixture of thodi khushi and zyadaghum (less mirth, moredisappointment). For this partythe only consolation is thatthough it has lost much, yeteverything has not yet been lostas it managed to retain powerfor the third time in a tow isAssam.KERALA: A razor-thin win

In Kerala Congress-led UDFdid succeed in being voted topower dethroning CPM-led LDFbut with a whisker thin majorityof two, thanks only to the CPMwhich persevered hard to ensurethe defeat of the V. S.Achutanandan government. Tillthe last moment CPM hadmaintained the suspensewhether Chief Minister V. S.Achutanandan would beallowed to contest again or not.When finally he was allowed tocontest, it turned out to be acontest not between the CPM-ledLDF and Congress-led UDF butAchutanandan versus the CPMplus the UDF. A Hindi dailyhas aptly headlined the reportsaying “Achutanandan woneven in his defeat”. The ralliesaddressed by Prime Minister, Dr.Manmohan Singh, CongressPresident Smt. Sonia Gandhiand heir-apparent Shri RahulGandhi, as per media reports,

were “noted for their poorattendance”.

A stunning victory in 2009Lok Sabha elections winning 13out of the 20 seats in the Statewas, then, construed as a death-knell signal to the ruling UDFwhenever the assembly electionsare held. In two years, theCongress-led UPA seems to havelost – and CPM-led LDF regained– ground. This time Congresscould just win in 38 seats against45 by CPM. The Congress-ledUDF gained just 72 seats in ahouse of 140 while UDF wassuccessful in 68.

Shri Achutanandan whorefused to form a rag-taggovernment with somedisgruntled MLAs from otherparties and declared that hewould prefer to sit in theOpposition.WEST BENGAL: Congresspiggy ride

Sushri Mamta Banerjee ledTMC overran the West BengalRed fort which had remainedinvincible for the past 34 years.On its own Didi won a landslidevictory scoring 184 seats (in ahouse of 294) out of 227 itcontested. Congress won 41seats. The TMC-Congressalliance scored more than three-fourth majority scaling a total of228 seats. 26 ministers, includingthe Chief Minister ShriBudhadev Bhattacharya, lost theelection. It was a remarkable win– a win for Didi alone. Congresswon riding the piggy back ofTMC and was more attributableto the Didi wave than to

Congress’s own popularity.Notable is also the fact that TMCwas formed by Sushri MamtaBanerjee as a revolt against theCongress policy of not forcefullyopposing the Left frontgovernment in West Bengal. Bydint of its persistent struggleagainst the Left governmentTMC overtook its parentorganization by giving CPM ahard time even when Left partieswere supporting the Congress-led UPA-I at the Centre.Congress then looked askancewhenever CPM government inWest Bengal committed atrocitiesagainst the people, particularlyfarmers.TAMIL NADU: Total Cong-DMK rout

In West Bengal it was a totalrout of the Congress-led UPA-IIin the State with DMKcontributing a major chunk of thedefeat. 17 DMK ministers had tolick the dust of defeat. ButCongress’s own loss was no less.It could hardly win 5 out of the63 seats it contested. The voterpunished both the DMK and theCongress for their act ofpromoting corruption andprotecting the corrupt in scams.The DMK indulged incorruption and Congressextended its hand of patronageon the perpetrators of corruption.DMK’s tally was reduced to just23 in a 234-member house.

Notable has also been thetotal rout of the Congress andDMK alliance candidates in theassembly segments forming partof Sivaganga parliamentary

Election results review

For Congress thodi khushi, zyada ghumBy Amba Charan Vashishth

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constituency represented byHome Minister P. Chidambaram.PUDDUCHERY: Congressout

The Congress-DMK alliancegovernment was voted out inPudduchery too. Shri N.Rangasamy, a Congress chiefminister till 2008, was removedby the Congress high command.He formed the All-IndiaNamathu Rajyam Congress andcontested election in associationwith AIDMK and won 15 seatsin a 30-member house, with 5seats going to AIADMK.Congress strength was reducedto 7 from its earlier tally of 10and DMK’s to 2 from 7.Rahul brigade flops

The Rahul’s experiment toinduct youth leadership byimposing candidateshandpicked by him failed bothin Kerala and Tamil Nadu.Almost all the candidates, about10 (out of 63 seats Congresscontested) nominated byCongress General Secretary ShriRahul Gandhi were humbled,with huge margins. StateCongress President Shri K. V.Thangkqabalu was defeated bya huge margin of about 30,000.(www.hindu.com/2011/05/15/stories/2011051564330900.htm)

The results stand in contrastto the boast made by Shri RahulGandhi during one of his toursto Tamil Nadu in 2010 to buildthe party strong enough toreturn to the past glory of a rulingparty on its own. This claim hadraised eyebrows among the DMKleadership which took theremark as a challenge to theregional party.

In other States too, Rahul’syoung buddies did fare no better.Only eight out of 18 “Amulbabies” could win in Kerala and

three out of eight in West Bengal.Congress humiliation inAP

The worst electoraldrubbing the Congress partyruling in the State and at theCentre received was in AndhraPradesh when all their efforts todefeat the late AP Chief MinisterYSR’s rebellious son Shri Y. S.Jaganmohan Reddy fromKadapa parliamentary seat andhis mother Smt. Y. S. Vijaylaxmifrom Pullivendula assembly fellflat. Shri Jaganmohan won by thehighest ever record margin of5,21635 votes. Both his Congressand TDP rivals lost their securitydeposit. Jaganmohan Reddy’swin is all the more remarkableas compared to the then PrimeMinister P. V. Narasimha Rao’svictory from Nandyalconstituency in Andhra Pradeshby a margin of more than 5 lakhvotes. It is worth recalling thatShri Rao had contested when hewas already a Prime Ministerand the TDP had not put up itscandidate against him. But hereShri Jaganmohan Reddy was

pitted against the whole mightof the Congress government inAP and UPA government headedby Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh and CongressPresident Smt. Sonia Gandhi atthe Centre.

Another interesting aspect ofthis bye-election was an attemptmade by the opponents of Jaganand his mother to confuse thevoter, particularly the illiterateand semi-literate ones, byputting up 10 Jagans and sixVijaylaxmis in the election. Thisdirty trick too failed to click.A zero for Congress inbye-elections

In other bye-elections to eightassembly constituencies and oneLok Sabha seat, the Congressfailed to open an account. BJPmade a clean sweep of all thethree bye-elections inChannapatna, Jagalur andBangarpet constituencies inKarnataka snatching two seatsfrom Congress and one fromJD(S). BJP also retained the BastarParliamentary seat inChhattisgarh winning it by arespectable margin of over 86thousands votes over Congresscandidate.Usual Sonia-Rahuleuphoria missing

Whenever and wherever theCongress won, even a bye-election, a hype was alwaysgenerated that it was solely andsolely due to the mother-son duoof Smt. Sonia Gandhi and ShriRahul Gandhi. But this timedeafening is the rare silence andabsence of this euphoria by theCongress. The usual drum-beaters seem to have vanishedinto the blue.

(The writer is the NationalConvener of BJP’s Literature &

Publication Cell)Courtesy : Indian Express

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A delegation led by ShriAvinash Rai Khanna(MP) and Sh. Sudhir

Aggarwal, National convener,Human Rights Cell comprisingmembers Shri Rakesh Khanna,Shri Prashant Bahl andSmt.Archana Singhal, on 3rdMay met Hon'ble President ofIndia Smt. Pratibha Patil andconveyed their concerns aboutgross Violations ofHuman Rights againstminorities in Pakistan.While talking to theMedia persons ShriSudhir Aggarwal saidthat a copy ofmemorandum has alsobeen handed over tothe HighCommissioner ofPakistan in this regardand a letter to Hon'blePrime Minister ofIndia.

He added thatPakistan's leadingHuman RightsAssociation has voicedconcern over forced conversionsof members of minority andvulnerable communities. Theincident was mentioned inPakistan's Human RightsCommission's report for 2010.The report described forcedconversions as "one of the biggestconcerns for minority andvulnerable communities inPakistan for many years".

Several members of theHindu community becamevictims of abduction and violencein Baluchistan, where they had

lived in relative safety forgenerations", the report said. TheReport also warned that "WorseTimes are in store".

The above atrocities andviolations also become serious,while knowing the fact thatPakistan is home to about 3.5million Hindus, who make upabout two per cent of thepopulation of the Muslim-

majority country of some 180million. And there are very fewpositive developments withregard to "Freedom of Thought,Conscience and Religion". TheCountry witnessed series of faithbased attacks.

He also cautioned about thewordings of Dr. Mehdi Hassan,Chairman , Human RightsCommission of Pakistan thatmost of the Human RightsViolations were being conductedby Government functionaries,including police. If it is so then

BJP submits memorandum to President

Human Rights violations againstminorities in Pakistan

who will ensure law beingimplemented.

Condemning the silence ofIndian Government the BJPHuman Rights Cell demandedthat :(i) Pakistan Government should

immediately take actionagainst people involved inviolations and also issuestern warning of heavy

penalties andpunishments if violationsare repeated in future.

(ii) Pakistan Governmentshould provide adequatesecurity to the members ofminority community.

(iii) Pakistan govt. should makeadequate compensation tothe victims for theresufferings.

(iv) Pakistan Govt. shouldensure minorities freelyenjoy there basic andfundamental rights.

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Addressing the closingsession of the one-dayAll-India Lawyers

Conference at CMS DegreeCollege, Lucknow on 15 May2011, BJP National PresidentShri Nitin Gadkari held PrimeMinister Dr. Manmohan Singhand UPA Chairperson Smt.Sonia Gandhi responsible for thecorruption in the country. Theconference was organised by BJPLegal and Legislative Cell inwhich around 2500 delegatesfrom across the countryparticipated.

He accused the Congress-ledUPA government of using theCentral Bureau of Investigation(CBI) as an instrument to frightenand browbeat alliance partnersand political opponents.Statingthat the Prime Minister owedmoral responsibility for the 2Gspectrum and CommonwealthGames scams as the files relatedto the two matters “wereapproved by Dr. Singh,” ShriGadkari said, “why did thePrime Minister remain silent andnot know that something waswrong.” The “DMK alone wasnot responsible for the Rs.1.76lakh-crore 2G spectrum scam,”he added.

Earlier in the day theConference was inaugurated byLeader of Opposition in RajyaSabha Shri Arun Jaitley whoemphasized on the need offormulating principles on theappointment of the judges. ShriJaitley also suggested that theLegal Cell should work to advise

and assist the party on variouslegal issues.

Expressing concern overerosion of credibility of thejudiciary, senior BJP leader ArunJaitley emphasised the need ofsetting up a National JudicialCommission.

“To maintain credibility ofjudiciary, constitution ofNational Judicial Commission isneed of the hour. Also, retiredjustices should not be givengovernment posts as it affectsdecision delivered by them intheir tenure,” Jaitley said at anational lawyers’ conferencehere. Referring to the SupremeCourt setting aside thedisqualification of 16 MLAs inKarnataka, he said that thoseassociated the BJP’s lawyer cellwill study such decisions.

BJP National GeneralSecretary (Organisation) whilediscussing the activities of theLegal Cell emphasized on theorganizational aspects and saidthat the Cell should try to createlocal level organizationalmechanism which caneffectively work on legal issues.Cell Prabhari Shri Satpal Jainpresented the roadmap of theCell and apprised the delegatesabout the activities of the Cell.BJP National secretary ShriBhupendra Yadav moved aresolution on “Transparency inGovernance and Challengesbefore Legal Fraternity” whichwas unanimously adopted. Theproceedings were conducted byBJP Legal Cell National Co-Covenor Shri Bala-subrahmanyam Kamarsu.

Prime Minister morally responsibilefor 2G & CWG scams : Gadkari

BJP Legal & Legislative Cell : Lawyer's Conference

Commemorative volume onDr Saheb Singh Verma

Many people had very close relations withlate Dr Saheb Singh Verma. During his decadeslong social and political life people met him inconnection with different activities. They mustbe having some very touching and inspiringmemories. In view of this Dr Saheb SinghVerma Memories Collection Mission hasdecided to collect all those memories so that

the young generation can draw inspiration from the dedicatedsoul. People are requested to send the memories before May 31,2011 to Shri Suresh Shrivastava, Dr Saheb Singh Verma MemoriesCollection Mission, C-7/84A, Keshav Puram, Delhi- 110 035

Ph. 011-20000000 and 09013333333,Email: sureshshrivastava7@gmail.com

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A three-day BJP NationalExecutive meeting willbe held in Lucknow

(Uttar Pradesh) on 03-05 June2011. In these three days,National Executive will meet on3rd and 4th of June and StatePresidents, State GeneralSecretaries, and State In-chargewill meet on 5th of June. Theparty is holding its NationalExecutive committee meeting inUttar Pradesh after six years.Last time the meeting was heldin 2005.

BJP National Vice presidentShri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi saidthat the three days nationalexecutive meeting will discussalong with several political,economic, national-international issues the overallfailure of UPA government at theCentre in checking inflation tocorruption. The meeting will alsochalk out and formulate effectivestrategies to counter anti- poorand anti- farmer policies andactions of BSP govt. in UP. Themeeting will also discuss thepolitically prejudiced actions ofCongress led UPA governmentand misuse of constitutionalpowers by governors in BJP ruledStates.

The National Executivemeeting is also expected todiscuss various issues relatingto the forthcoming StateAssembly elections in differentStates including Uttar Pradeshto achieve the goal of SankalpSushasan-Vikalp Bhajapa. ComingState assembly elections,organizational issues and

agitational programmes are alsoon the agenda of discussion inthe meeting of State Presidents,State General Secretaries, andState In-charge on 05 June wherestrategies to implement NationalExecutive decisions will befinalised.

BJP National President ShriNitin Gadkari, BJPParliamentary Party ChairmanShri L. K. Advani, Leader of

BJP National Executive meet to beheld in Lucknow

Opposition in Lok Sabha Smt.Sushma Swaraj, Leader ofOpposition in Rajya Sabha ShriArun Jaitley, Former BJP NationalPresidents Dr. Murli ManoharJoshi, Shri M Venkaiah Naidu,Shri Rajnath Singh, ChiefMinisters and Deputy ChiefMinister of BJP-NDA ruled Statesand many other senior BJPleaders are expected toparticipate in the meeting. FOC

BJYM launches nationwidecampaign against corruption

BharatiyaJanata YuvaM o r c h a ,N a t i o n a lPresident ShriA n u r a gThakur gave aclarion call forparty’s fighta g a i n s tc o r r u p t i o nand said thatc o r r u p t i o nwas like atermite which was making the nation hollow from within. As partof BJYM nation-wide Run Against Corruption campaign kicked offon April 27, Shri Thakur was addressing thousands of youth atIndore who braced the scorching sun to register their dismay overstate of affairs.

“Ek Daur Bhrastachar Ke Khilaf” is aimed at capturing theagonies and anxieties of modern youth and the responses so farhave been extremely encouraging,” Shri Thakur said. He added“We are tired with the spate of corruption cases and the inaction ofthe Central government. It’s going on unabated and it’s time theyouth took the cudgels.” Our party men have vowed to go all out,every nook and corner of the country, and expose the duplicity ofthe UPA government which is overwhelmed with corruption casesyet silent like a crocodile,” Shri Thakur.

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MADHYA PRADESH

BJP Govt. committed to thewelfare of minority

communities : Shivraj Singh ChouhanM a d h y a

Pradesh ChiefMinister ShriShivraj SinghChouhan has saidthat the State BJPGovernment doesnot apply differentyardsticks for

different people. The objective of welfare schemesof the State Government is to install an egalitariansociety without discrimination. The people fromall walks of life are availing the benefits of theGovernment’s welfare schemes. Shri Chouhan wasspeaking during “Islah-e-Muashara” organisedby Jamiat Ulema at Iqbal ground, in Bhopal onMay 16, 2011.

He underlined the need for imbibing nobletruths of holy books into lives. There is only andalmighty, but there may be many ways to approachhim. He said that to serve poor and humanity isthe only true religion. He said that the StateGovernment is committed to the welfare of minoritycommunities and the state government haslaunched several welfare schemes for thedevelopment of the minority communities. Headded that the BJP government would soon providehostel facilities to the Muslim girl students, onelakh students of minority communities wereprovided scholarships and the children from firststandard to XII standard are being given free text-books and uniforms. Shri Chouhan said the StateGovernment would not let poverty emerge as majorimpediment on the way of obtaining education.

Shri Chouhan further said that discriminationwith minority community would not be toleratedat any cost. The amount is being handed over tothe guardians to purchase uniforms and bicyclesfor their wards.

Discussing about ‘Sparsh Abhiyan’, the ChiefMinister said that the people struggling physicallywould be made capable by operating surgery,providing equipments and monthly pension ofRs 500 to the needy disabled person. All these

schemes are for all sections of the society, no matterwhat caste and religion they belong to.

The Chief Minister said that sharing daistogether by Shankaracharya Swami JayendraSarswati, Imam of Moazzin Organisation,Mohammed Umer Ilyasi and Bhopal Shahar MuftiAbdurazzaq is a goodwill gesture. The ChiefMinister said that the State Government iscommitted to maintain religious harmony andfraternity among the people of all persuasions.

ODISHA

BJD–Congress nexus looting theState : Jual Oram

Addressing ahuge gathering inBhrastachar HataoAbhijan Rally (anti-c o r r u p t i o ncampaign) inNarasinghpur, onMay 14, State BJPPresident Shri Jual

Oram said Odisha is now being ruled by theNaveen-Sonia coalition as evident from their showyopposition to each other while in reality, both theBJD–Congress allies have been resorting to aclandestine deal in Delhi for looting the State.

He said eyeing the prospective support of theBiju Janta Dal MPs, the Congress-led UPAGovernment at the Centre is deliberatelymaintaining a mysterious mum and turning a blindeye to the scams and bad governance of the BJDGovernment in Odisha.

Lambasting the evil intentions of the Stategovernment behind every project, Shri Oram saidthat the people of the State have already realisedthe ‘evil designs’ of both the Congress and BJD inthe POSCO and Vedanta issues aimed at ‘fleecingthe treasure trove of the State’.

He said the BJD government is involved inmining scam, Dal scam, MNREGA scam and manyother scams and looting the treasury of the state inbroad daylight. He further said the common peopleof state whose money is being looted will givefitting reply to BJD and its chief, Naveen Patnaik.

State ReportsFrom Our Correspondents

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UTTAR PRADESH

BJP to hold Kisan Panchayat invillages : Surya Pratap Shahi

Supporting the cause offarmers, BJP announced tohold ‘Kisan Panchayat’ inevery village in Uttar Pradesh,where land has been acquiredfor the Yamuna Expresswayproject. Criticizing theCongress led UPAgovernment for the cripplingprice hike; the BJP also

lambasted the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan SamajParty for their support to the anti-people Uniongovernment. Addressing media persons at the partyheadquarters in Lucknow on May 16, BJP state PresidentShri Surya Pratap Shahi said BJP had authorized KisanMorcha’s National General Secretary Shri Naresh Sirohito visit villages where land had been acquired for theYamuna Expressway. He said five units will be formedand senior BJP leaders will participate in the proposedKisan Panchayats. Shri Shahi announced that the BJPwould hold its sixth ‘Mahasangram’ rally at Gorakhpuron May 24. He said the rally would be attended by BJPPresident Nitin Gadkari along with other leaders. Hesaid the party planned to constitute 1.27 lakh pollingbooth level groups, to be called ‘Vijay Vahini’, betweenMay 16 and June 15. “The booth-level convenors will beimparted training between June 16 and 25. BJP will hold‘Vijay Sankalp Diwas’ in every Assembly segmentbetween June 25 and 30,” Shri Shahi added.

BJP condoles MahendraSingh Tikait demiseThe BJP National President Shri Nitin

Gadkari on May 15 expressed his profoundgrief and sorrow on the sad demise of therenowned Kisan leader Shri MahendraSingh Tikait. The 76 year old President ofthe Bharatiya Kisan Union, who died inMuzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, on 15 May2011 due to protracted illness from cancer,was instrumental in launching severalpopular mass Kisan movements against theanti-Kisan policies of the centralgovernment and in support of the rightfuldemands of the farmers in different states.He also worked in close cooperation withinternational organizations like La ViaCampesina, Farmers CoordinationCommittee India etc. and fought against theanti-farmers’ lobbies in the WTO. ShriGadkari said “In his untimely death theKisan movement in India has lost a versatileleader, a genuine and honest grass root-level champion of their just demands.”Former BJP National President Shri RajnathSingh also expressed profound grief overdemise of Shri Mahendra Singh Tikait. ShriSingh said that whole life Mahendra SinghTikait had been concerned about thefarmers’ cause. He was main pillar of Kissanmovement, he added.

Bharatiya Janata Majdoor Mahasangh holds it executive meetBhartiya Janta Majdoor Mahasangh(BJMM) held its

first National Executive meeting on May 16, 2011 in Delhi.It was inaugurated by BJP National President Shri NitinGadkari who stressed on the need of an organisationwhich could raise the issues of the labourers and unitethem for their rights and duties. He expressed his hopethat the BJMM will meet the expectations of the workingpeople and herald a new era in the country.BJMMdiscussed extensively problems of labourers particularlythose from unorganized sectors. The Executive Committeacknowledged lack of legal framework for providingsecurity to the labourer belonging to unorganized and other vulnerable sectors of the economy. The executivecommittee also discussed organisational issues like membership, State wise activity of BJMM. The meetingwas presided by BJMM President Shri Prahlad Patel.