2G_scam&AAP/PMANE

Dear all,
Welcome.
2G scam: A Spl. Court had taken cognizance of CBI chargesheet in regard to AirCel Maxis deal and kept its verdict safe for Oct.29. Ex-telecom.minister, Maran, & others are made accused. They are Malaysian industrialist, Anand Krishnan, Malaysian citizen, Ralph Marshal, & four companies viz. Sun direct TV , Maxis comm., Astro all asia network Plc., and South Asia Entertainment holding ltd. The charges are framed under Act 120 (B) Prevention of Corruption act. In its 72 pages chargesheet, CBI had mentioned about 151 witnesses & 655 documents.
CBI had told Court that Dayanidhi had pressurised telecom.promoter and durin 2006, Aircel and two other companies stakes were sold to Maxis group.CBI had stated that Ex-telecom. minister had kept his matter pending and not taken any decision about them. After Maxis group had purchased all companies of promoter, Maran had settled pending matters. 
With regards,

M.K.Pachraiya
Original_app_mssg(1) AAP/PMANE
Tirunlveli: Noted anti-KKNPP activist S.P. Udayakumar has quit the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) as he does not want to help a national party that is insensitive to the problems of Tamils, to set foot in Tamil Nadu.

He alleged that the AAP lacks clarity on the nuclear policy of the nation. He joined the party amidst strong criticism from scores of his supporters on February 12 this year.

Replying to his critics, Mr Udayakumar said though he was aware of the ignorance of AAP on the unique problems of Tamils, he and his friends had hoped to make the AAP high command understand the issues.

He had joined the AAP on the condition that its Tamil Nadu unit be christened in Tamil and there would be autonomy to the unit to deal with Tamil Nadu issues, especially like the Tamil fishermen’s problem, Sri Lankan Tamil issue, beach mineral sand mining, anti-people’s projects, social justice and minority issues.

“As the AAP high command failed to fulfil its assurance, I have decided to quit the party,” Mr Udayakumar told DC.

He continues to maintain cordial relationship with the AAP and its leaders. He said, “Though the AAP has done nothing to identify itself with the Tamils, it is the only party to take on the BJP and the Congress.”

He is also reported to be in the process of reviving his Green Party of India, launched in 2001, inspired by the principles of American environmentalist Ralph Nader, for whom he had worked in the American presidential election in 2000.

e-rickshaw,JBT_Scam,MP_Model_Village,Cyclone_Hudhud&SEBI/Sahara

Dear all,

Welcome & pl. read on app. mssgs.

e-rickshaw: In accordance with court rulings, Central govt. had issued notification for operation of e-rickshaw for which there would be compulsory license for driver with maximum speed limit of 25 kmph. Central motor vehicle act (16th amendment) 2014 was notified making way for batter operated vehicles. It shall have maximum weigh towing of 40 kgs along with four passengers & driver (max.wt 310 kgs). The license shall be valid for three years and fitness certificate of vehicle has to be taken & renewed accordingly.

It is to note that earlier Delhi High Court had put stay on it's operation after which e-rickshaw was defined under Special purpose battery operated vehicles.

With regards,

M.K.Pachraiya

Original_app_mssg(1) JBT Scam

Hours before his surrender in Tihar jail, Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) chief Om Prakash Chautala on Saturday accused the ruling BJP at Centre for framing him by pressurising the the premier investigating agency, CBI.The former Haryana Chief Minister told ANI, "BJP is pressurising CBI and trying to frame me." Earlier, the Chautala, son of former Deputy Prime Minister Devi Lal, was making similar accusations against the Congress government in Haryana and at Centre.Chautala's statement could be considered as a ploy to tarnish its biggest rival BJP's chances in the ongoing poll campaign season in Haryana. Notably, the BJP is projected to emerge as single largest party in October 15 polls in the state and by accusing the saffron party he is trying to generate sympathy wave.

The Delhi High Court on Friday ordered former Haryana Chief Minister to surrender on Saturday in Tihar jail for misusing bail conditions by campaigning for assembly polls, saying he cannot "take the court for a ride".The High Court made it clear that it would not entertain any plea on extension of time for surrender. "Let him surrender tomorrow and let's not bargain over this," it said.

CBI on Thursday moved the Delhi High Court seeking cancellation of bail granted to Chautala in the JBT teachers recruitment scam case.The agency wants Chautala's date of surrender to be brought forward from October 17 and moved High Court seeking an urgent hearing by saying that Chautala violated bail conditions. The Court also lashed out at the investigating agency for not informing the court about alleged violations of bail conditions by Chautala earlier.The INLD leader was granted bail on medical grounds, but he has been campaigning for the Haryana assembly elections which is a violation of the bail conditions.Chautala had on September 26 volunteered to surrender after which the court asked him to surrender on October 17, two days after the polls.The CBI has also sought a direction to Gurgaon-based Medanta hospital to explain as to how an 'ailing' Chautala has been allowed take part in election campaign.Earlier, the High Court had issued notice to CBI and Om prakash Chautala after senior advocate Vivek Tankha, who appeared for the petitioner, contended that Chautala intends to "misuse the grace period of 17 days given to him to surrender" by planning to campaign during that period.

Original_app_mssg(2) MP Model Village

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to arrive here next week on a two-day visit, during which he would discuss the plan of adopting a village from his constituency under the MP Model Village Scheme, besides inaugurating a trauma centre at the Banaras Hindu University.

"Narendra Modi will be arriving in his parliamentary constituency at around 10 AM on October 14. He is scheduled to be on a two-day visit to the city," BJP state president, Laxmikant Bajpai told PTI over phone from Haryana, where he is convassing for his party for the assembly elections there due on Oct. 15.

"I myself would be reaching Varanasi by tomorrow evening to look after the preparations ahead of the PM's visit," Bajpai said.

"PM Modi on Oct. 14 will inaugurate BHU's Trauma Centre here," said, Sanjay Bhardwaj, media in-charge of Modi's constituency as well as of Poorvanchal (Eastern UP) region.

Modi during his visit will also "discuss and choose" a village from his constituency to adopt it under the Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY), Bhardwaj said.

With an intent of developing rural India, Modi today launched the ambitious scheme under which he asked each of around 800 MPs to develop physical and institutional infrastructure of three villages by 2019.

Under the 'Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana' (MP Model Village Scheme), announced by Modi in his Independence Day address, an MP will be free to choose any village but it should not be his or her own village or that of his in-laws.

In his address he (Modi) said he will choose a village in Varanasi, his Parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh.

High-level meetings are being conducted by the officials of the state government in Lucknow for providing a full-proof security cover to Modi during his visit.

Additional District Magistrate (City), M P Singh said," All security arrangements are being made and additional sub- divisional magistrates along with security forces from adjoining districts will also be deployed here."

"A brief schedule of PM Modi from PMO to the district administration here is still awaited and it may arrive soon," Singh said.

Original_app_mssg(3) Cyclone Hudhud
(Reuters) - About 150,000 people were evacuated on India's eastern seaboard on Saturday as cyclone Hudhud bore down and grew in sheer force, threatening to devastate farmland and fishing villages when it hits the coast on Sunday morning.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) rated Hudhud as a very severe cyclonic storm that could pack gusts of 195 km/h and dump more than 24.5 cm of rain when it makes landfall.

The Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS), run by the United Nations and the European Commission, forecast even higher peak wind speeds of 212 km/h. That would make Hudhud a Category 4 storm capable of inflicting "catastrophic" damage.

Around 150,000 people have been evacuated in Andhra Pradesh to high-rise buildings, shelters and relief centres, said senior disaster management official Hymabati. A further 50,000 may still be moved to safety, she added.

Authorities further north in Odisha said they were monitoring the situation and would, if necessary, move 300,000 people most at risk to nearby shelters.

"We have already shifted about 10,000 people from low-lying areas and plan to evacuate 14,000 more," N. Yubaraj, administrative chief of the coastal district of Visakhapatnam, told Reuters.

Visakhapatnam, also known as Vizag, is the largest city in Andhra Pradesh and hosts a major Indian naval base.

In Pudimadaka, a coastal village where many are fishermen, locals have been reluctant to leave.

"People are adamant. They are not willing to go. For the past three days we have been convincing them. Thank God. Now they agreed," Vasantha Rayudu, a local administrative officer, said while supervising the evacuation work.

"We convinced the people after holding a series of discussions with the village elders," said Rayudu, sitting in a small room with dozens of officials and policemen as huge waves crashed on the coast few metres away.

As a man beat a small drum and urged people by a loudspeaker to board nearby buses, tea seller V. Varalakshmi said she had packed her bags, but did not want to go.

"For the past 14 years, I have been selling tea here, the sea has never caused any harm to us," the 52-year-old woman said as she served a customer.

In New Delhi, the Crisis Management Committee met to review readiness for the onslaught from Hudhud.

"All the central agencies are fully geared up to provide necessary assistance," the government said in a statement, adding that 39 National Disaster Response Force teams had been deployed to the two states.

Cyclones in the Bay of Bengal are common at this time of year. These often cause deaths, mass evacuations of coastal villages, disruption of power and phone services as well as damage to crops and property in eastern India and Bangladesh.

HUMANITARIAN IMPACT

Hudhud was tracking west-northwest, 250 km southeast of Vizag at 2:30 pm on Saturday afternoon (1000 GMT), the IMD said.

The cyclone was strong enough to have a "high humanitarian impact" on more than 7 million people, the GDACS said in an updated bulletin.

The system also forecast a storm surge of 1.7 metres. The IMD said this could result in flooding of low-lying coastal areas around Visakhapatnam, Vijayanagaram and Srikakulam.

The evacuation effort was comparable in scale to the one that preceded Cyclone Phailin exactly a year ago, and which was credited with minimising the fatalities to 53. When a huge storm hit the same area 15 years ago, 10,000 people died.

"Hudhud is now the size of Phailin, though not yet as strong," said Eric Holthaus, a U.S.-based meteorologist at online magazine Slate.

"It's strengthened overnight, and most computer models are intent on bringing it up to nearly the same strength as Phailin was at landfall.

"It's worrying that international agencies are rating Hudhud's current strength higher than IMD's peak forecast, but we can only hope that the evacuations under way are sufficient to protect those in the storm's path," Holthaus said.

Authorities have been stocking cyclone shelters with dry rations, water purification tablets and generators. They have opened up 24-hour emergency control rooms and dispatched satellite phones to officials in charge of vulnerable districts.

Original_app_mssg(4) SEBI/Sahara

The Supreme Court today declined to give an urgent hearing to the plea of jailed Sahara chief Subrata Roy seeking bail to attend the cremation and perform rituals relating to the death of his aunt.

The application was mentioned by Roy’s advocates at the residence of Chief Justice H L Dattu who said that there is no urgency in the matter and it will come for hearing in the regular court.

Official sources said that Roy had sought relief for 15 days.

His aunt, who was staying with the Sahara chief’s family, had died yesterday in Lucknow at the age of 90.

On Wednesday, Roy was sent back to his cell in Tihar jail at the end of the period granted by the Supreme Court to stay at an air conditioned facility in the complex to negotiate sale of his overseas luxury hotels.

The court had extended Roy’s stay at the Tihar Jail conference room by 15 days on September 8 for him to sell the properties to raise Rs 10,000 crore to be deposited with SEBI for his bail.

The Supreme Court, on August 1 had allowed Roy and two of his group directors to use the fully air-conditioned conference room in Tihar jail complex for 10 days from August 5, within a given time lot of 6:00 am to 8:00 pm.

The meetings held by the group under the surveillance of CCTV cameras.

Roy, 65, was using the conference room with services like Wi-Fi and video-conferencing. He was allowed two laptops, two desktops, landline phones with STD/ISD facilities and a mobile phone.

Two secretarial and one technical person were also allowed to assist him. Roy has been lodged in Tihar Jail since March 4 this year.

AAP&Dissent

Dear all,
Welcome.

Voh katl bhi karte hain, toh charcha nahi hota
Hum uff bhi karte hain, ho jaate hain badnaam
(Even when they kill, not a word is said, and if we so much as sigh, we earn a bad name)

Nothing can explain the predicament of the Aam Aadmi Party better than this couplet. AAP is a two-year-old party, struggling to carve a niche for itself amongst the sharks of politics. Normally, underdogs are favourites in any battle; they get the benefit of doubt and sympathy, but it's different with AAP. Even a minor aberration becomes big news; rumour mongers have a field day; and political pundits starts predicting the fall of a party that has roused hope among voters.

Recently, my friend Rajesh Garg, who was elected as a Delhi legislator, has advocated the non-dissolution of the Delhi Assembly on his Facebook page. He has said that AAP should not hesitate to sit in the opposition if the BJP were to form the government in the capital. A few days ago, two senior members of the party from Maharashtra Anjali Damania and Preeti Menon Sharma - announced their resignations from their respective posts. The Delhi air was even then abuzz with the sadistic speculations that a division in AAP was on the cards. Friends in the media did not even bother to check that Garg had been saying the same thing since the day Arvind Kejriwal resigned as Chief Minister, and that Ms Damania and Ms Preeti in their letters had requested the media not to speculate about their motives as they have full faith in AAP, its ideology and leadership. The fact is that they resigned because they say their children are growing up and need full-time attention.

Every difference of opinion within AAP is certified as a revolt against the party leadership, especially Arvind. Be it an interview given by Kumar Vishwas to an English news-channels or a long letter written by Yogendra Yadav. On both occasions, the rumour mill was confident that both these senior members were about to leave party as they could not tolerate Arvind's "dictatorship". Both of them are still active in the party and helping to strategise how to win elections as and when they happen.

As a student of political history, I can say with confidence that every difference of opinion does not necessarily lead to revolt and crisis. During the freedom struggle, there were many streams of thoughts. All ideas and ideologies coexisted and intellectually enriched the great freedom movement with their vitality. If there were non-violent Gandhians, there was also a long list of supporters of Subhash Chandra Bose who believed in a violent overthrow. If there were Hindutva forces led by Vallabh Bhai Patel, rightists by C. Rajagopalachary, then there were socialists and JP was their natural leader. There were radical communists and also Ambedkarites. Bapu was the balancer among them. Except the English, no one was under the illusion that difference of opinions was a weakness and that the Congress would crack into many pieces.

After independence, Nehru's cabinet had stalwarts like the Left-oriented Rafi Ahmed Kidwai, Hindutwadi Shyama Prasad Mukherji. There was Murarji Desai who used to openly advocate a free-market economy. Nehru had serious differences with the then Home Minister Vallabh Bhai Patel and later with President Rajendra Prasad.

Even as recent as 13 September 2013, when Narendra Modi was made the prime ministerial candidate of BJP, the party's tallest leader and father figure L. K. Advani wrote a nasty letter to then party president Rajnath Singh and declared that the party was no longer following the path shown by D. D. Upadhyaya and Atal Bihari Vajpayee, but was promoting the personal agenda of a few. It was termed the sharpest attack on Modi but even then nobody dared to call this a division in the party or say that the party would collapse.

In this context, it is pertinent to ask any voice of dissent should be construed as a revolt against Arvind Kejriwal followed by serious discussions to prove that the party will disintegrate sooner rather than later. I can see a few reasons. Firstly, AAP has created more enemies than friends because it has challenged the basic foundations of a deeply entrenched corrupt system called 'the establishment'. Any attempt to change this will invite sharp reactions from those who are directly obliged by the system. These elements are very powerful and they will go to any extent to preserve this system.

Secondly, the establishment has its own logic and resources. Propaganda is their main weapon. In the present situation, propaganda is more powerful than arms. Those who run this propaganda mill have their own vested interest to protect the system, promote innuendoes, conjectures and half-truths as the real truth in their endeavour to destroy their enemy.

Thirdly, any new initiative will have to go through a rigorous process of scrutiny to attain legitimacy and new heights. AAP is a toddler in the field of politics. And the new kid on the block will have to face the hostility of an entire class before admitted as one amongst them.

There is no denying the fact that AAP has set new bench marks, new moral standards for clean politics. There will be initial stumbling blocks. But as the idea gains currency, the ridicule by adversaries will turn into respect. It will not happen overnight.

With regards,

 

M.K.Pachraiya