Rahul Gandhi is The Only Hope for Discarded Digvijaya Singh in MP

21st century has a new wave of fresh air in the support of young Turk performers, blended with the experience and guidance of old warhorses. A forty year old economist Raghuram Rajan is better suited to head the central bank RBI then any near sixty, retiring secretary from finance department, but still Amritya Sen or Bhagvati or Rangarajan's advices are more valuable for guidance purpose .

The wise like Manmohan Singh, L K Adwani, Sonia Gandhi , Farook Abdulla relinquish their decorated post gladly, but few power hungry like Digvijaya Singh, Ajit Jogi  will never be able to read between the lines and thus are forcibly discarded.

An outspoken or rather foul spoken General Secretary of Congress has been ousted from his power post for a decade, but his desire for that has not been lost, for that he always prefers to be in the media lime light, more often for wrong reasons or even attempts to anti national mutterings. Dig sir had earlier doubted over the authenticity of Batala House encounter in which Delhi Police decorated officer M.C. Sharma was killed and even he termed the encounter as fake and demanded for judicial enquiry into it.

"Will Digvijaya Singh Now Join Hands with his bete noire BJP ?"

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Digvijaya Singh had been getting unfair treatment at the hands of party men and specially a much younger Jyotiraditya Scindia, who is being portrayed as the Congress' chief minister probable. Earlier this month, the Scindia faction organised a rally in Morena where Digvijaya Singh was kept waiting and sweating profusely on the dais,for more than two hours by the Union minister of state.

But on last evening, the Congress finally signalled closer of  its doors on AICC general secretary Digvijaya Singh,  even denying him entry into the state PCC conference hall.

Digvijaya Singh and his supporters stood outside, banging the doors for nearly 20 minutes, making desperate calls from their mobile phones asking Congress workers inside to open the door. The banging on the door continued, but Scindia refused to buzz and asked Congress workers not to let him in. 

Senior Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam also instructed not to allow him. Yes, Scindia  said to press there was no factional rivalry within the party, echoing in unionism, the high command's view on Dig sir now confirmed by the Union minister Kamal Nath's statement that the state would see a "young" Congress chief minister.

Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh tried to downplay the hype over the party's next chief minister in MP and said the new MLAs will elect their leader after the assembly polls in November. Dig sir laid his last hope on Rahul  and said, "It is his personal opinion. As far as the Congress chief minister for Madhya Pradesh was concerned, only statements from Rahul Gandhi, senior leaders Janardan Dwivedi and Ajay Maken should be considered as authentic," Digvijay told reporters here last evening.

Crying Foul of Weaker Team of Dalits Is a Time Tasted Ploy

It was September 2, fresh in the election campaign, Rahul Gandhi said that he often visited Uttar Pradesh and found in 99% of the schools that upper caste students sat in the front rows while Dalit students were pushed to the back of the class. The situation is the same in the rest of the country since no political party has groomed Dalit leaders.

Rahul said. "When people talk of Dalit leadership, I don't see anyone. I want to build Dalit leadership at all levels - zila, block, assembly. I want such a leadership that to fill one post I should get 100 candidates so that I get more choice.He  even attacked the only known face of Dalit leader and BSP chief Mayawati for this lapse and promised to field more candidates from this community." 

"Rahul Gandhi sets eyes on wooing Dalits in next election" 

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Just one month  after, the same Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi said today that Mayawati has captured the space of Dalit leadership in UP. But now he opted to openly challenge the leadership of Mayawati, saying that she is not letting the Dalit leadership grow in UP. Accusing her of 'single-handedly' leading the party, not allowing anyone from her own community to represent Bahujan Samaj Party .

***HI asks , what is the difference ? If one compares this with Congress, where the party president post is a "Dynastic Property" for decades. Rahul must pause before accusing others, because all are not the pet Congress leaders , who will be afraid of him,so to refrain from pointing his faults.

As an example, Rahul referred to a childhood incident that his grandmother had shared with him. Mayaji not letting Dalits grow up the political ladder, said Rahul He said, when Indira Gandhi was young, she went to Germany and was part of an ice hockey event. There, just one team was dominating making all the goals, while the other one was struggling hard to make one. The audience, without doubt, backed the winning team encouraging it for its splendid performance.

However, Indira Gandhi went against the public opinion and clapped for the losing team as a sign of encouragement when they made the slightest attempt to make a goal. Despite critical glances, she continued to back them.

Drawing a moral from the story, probably directing to the people of UP, Rahul said, "Our party backs and supports the weak and I hail you not to get stubbed by one force, no matter how big it may be.Stand and make your presence felt,".

Alas ? When Rahul will learn to find the hidden but crucial moral from the story : that these innocent  and poor Dalits  were used in past by the Congress and will also be used in future ; this crying foul  about  the weaker team of Dalits is a time tasted ploy, it only suits to their vote bank politics during election. Rest of the time nobody cares for them. 

Or will  Rahul answer why these Dalits on, whose plight you are shedding crocodile tears now,  are in such miserable condition? Even seven decades after the independence, out of which the same Congress has ruled for more than six decades, and see what you have done to them ? 

When the political leaders will understand that people have not taken birth in free India, just to eat "dolled out meals two times a day" in various food schemes ? They also need "other bare facilities" or at least "minimum necessities of life to survive"  and "live with dignity" .

Is it Rahul Gandhi and Kapil Sibbal's Double Speak ?

Important News Headlines of the day :
*Rahul Gandhi asked to party members to keep candidates with criminal records out of fray;
*Kapil Sibal wants to take steps to debar criminals from entering politics; *Supreme Court says Coalgate: Centre's stand contradictory; 
*Cabinet overrules Supreme Court, passes ordinance to protect convicted MPs; *Rajya Sabha passes Judicial Appointments Commission  bill for new  system of appointing judges without the necessity of  CJI as a head;

Law Minister Kapil Sibal said Government was working on a proposal to prevent the entry of criminals into politics . He said he was trying to build a consensus within Congress for "steps to put appropriate barriers in place" which would prevent criminals from entering politics. Sibal said during an interaction at the Indian Women's Press Corps that "We want to take steps to reduce the prospect of criminals entering politics. People who are charged with very serious criminal offences should be prevented from entering politics".

Rahul Gandhi asked to party members to keep candidates with criminal records out of fray; then why the government defied his orders ? Is there a policy differance ?

In July 2013 the Supreme Court has passed an order to disqualify the convicted MPs and MLAs from taking part in law making and influencing the administrative workings, to cut the growing dominance of criminals in politics and Government administration,  and thus  tried to curb the fast spreading corruption in Indian politics. 

The Supreme Court's above order was cancelled today when the (the Law Avoiding or Evading) Congress government issued an ordinance to undo the Supreme Court's order of disqualifying convicted MPs and MLAs. 

This move came just ahead of a verdict on key UPA ally Lalu Yadav in the multi crore fodder scam of nineties. The Centre had argued that protecting convicted MPs and MLAs from disqualification during pendency of appeal is necessary "to protect the House and to ensure that governance is not adversely impacted".

INDIA  HONEST agrees with the argument that if Congress does not protect a convicted MLA or MP,  the governance of this corrupt Congress will be seriously hampered and they are justified in passing this ordinance to protect the criminals, convicted by Court of Justice in India.

Is not what Law Minister Kapil Sibal is saying contrdicts the Congress party's action as it issued an ordinance just opposite to protect the criminals in politics ? 

Is there any internal difference of opinion within the Congress or it is Rahul Gandhi and Kapil Sibbal's double speak ?

Kickback from Jairam Ramesh ?

Q : Ramesh said that he hopes that the 2014 election is not fought on communal polarisation but on development. He said though the BJP has projected Modi thinking that he will get them the bounce, the party would not get new allies.

A : Why Jairam is holding on to the lost bullet, fired by the Congress at the beginning  of  the year by raising the communal angle in 90% of their debates, while Modi preferred to talk, only and only of three points : youth, governance and development. Moreover Congress has nothing to show in development front, yes they can be glad in the development in one special front with more than thousand % growth, that is  in  the scams say it : coal allocation scam; 2G spectrum scam, Railgate bribery scam, CWG scam...............a long list of achievements, Congress can be proud of.

Q : Jairam rejected a suggestion that the 2014 election is a referendum on the leadership of Rahul Gandhi versus Modi and why Congress is diffident about formally projecting Rahul as its Prime Ministerial candidate. He said,"No. Absolutely not... We do not see 2014 elections as a Prime Ministerial sweepstakes," .

A : What a foolish suggestion ? Why any guardian will send his soft spoken child to fight with a roaring lion ? No it will be unjustified fight ? Moreover Rahul has already declared that, "not now"-------------- "I will join later on from the back door, if the stage is ready for me only, after the results are declared,".

Rahul is not in the race of "me too". He is not prone to frontal fight, he beleives in his vast knowledge of "Kalawatis", that's why he rarely opens his mouth in the Parliament. Is not he a smart guy to lead this nation ? Yes Mr. Jairam Ramesh.

Q : Ramesh said, "We are not in 'me too' strategy... We are not in reactive strategy that we must do it since the BJP did it."

A : Yes a valid argument, as he argued, why Congress will copy BJP ? Have BJP copied them, as to what Congress has done on price or inflation front or on corruption records or or........... then why Congress will copy BJP ?

Q Jairam said,"Modi will not bring them allies that they need. The next government is a coalition government... Allies will not come with Modi at the helm," he said.

A : Yes, it is the great opportunity and advantage for Congress : they can grab all the allies in their pocket.................Raja, Soren, Mulayam, Lalu of the world.......................all will be much happy to join the Congress band wagon.

Q: Ramesh noted that BJP is in serious and direct contest with Congress in seven to eight states, as he said, "The so-called BJP-Congress confrontation is not a national confrontation. BJP is in serious contest with Congress in 7-8 states not in all the 30 states.

A: These 7-8 states makes up to more than 350 seats and a substantial lead from these states to any party will set the final outcome.

Will Digvijaya Singh Now Join Hands with his bete noire BJP ?

It is no coincidence that young performing political leaders are replacing the old guards on vital stage of state and central politics. Omar Abdulla, Rahul Gandhi, Sukhvir Singh Badal, Narendra Modi, Mamta Banerjee, Jyotiraditya Scindia, have stepped into the shoes of their old seniors like Manmohan Singh, Farook Abdulla, Prakash Singh Badal, Lal Krishna Adwani, Digvijaya Singh and many old guards.

21st century has a new wave of fresh air in the support of young Turk performers, blended with the experience and guidance of old warhorses. A forty year old economist Raghuram Rajan is better suited to head the central bank RBI then any near sixty, retiring secretary from finance department, but still Amritya Sen or Bhagvati or Rangarajan's advices are more valuable for guidance purpose .

The wise like Manmohan Singh, L K Adwani, Sonia Gandhi , Farook Abdulla relinquish their decorated post gladly, but few power hungry like Digvijaya Singh, Ajit Jogi  will never be able to read between the lines and thus are forcibly discarded.

An outspoken or rather foul spoken General Secretary of Congress has been ousted from his power post for a decade, but his desire for that has not been lost, for that he always prefers to be in the media lime light, more often for wrong reasons or even attempts to anti national mutterings such as :

A day after Congress disowned Shakeel Ahmed's statement in the tweet alleging that the banned terror outfit "Indian Mujahideen was formed after the Gujarat riots" that stirred a political storm; but media glare happy Digvijaya Singh said, "Ahmed was an "experienced" leader and "he must have made the comments after proper thought".

Digvijaya Singh had earlier doubted over the authenticity of Batala House encounter in which Delhi Police decorated officer M.C. Sharma was killed and even he termed the encounter as fake and demanded for judicial enquiry into it. Singh refused to take back his words even after the Delhi sessions court judgement in which court hold Indian Mujahideen operative Shahzad Ahmed guilty of killing inspector MC Sharma and termed 2008 Batala House encounter as genuine.The judgement has once again exposed the habit of Congress general secretary to give controversial and irresponsible statement. 

Digvijaya Singh targeted Gujarat CM Narendra Modi and his BJP colleagues  saying they badly needed "lessons in good behaviour and social etiquette" and joked on Narendra Modi for  making his speeches from the replicas of the Red Fort rather than the real one.

Showing his character Digvijaya Singh targeted columnist Shobha De for her remark that many political leaders are as 'sadak chaap', Singh noted (or accepted what he is destined to ? ) that the remark does at least appreciate the fact that politicians have "their foot firmly on ground".

Digvijaya Singh had been getting unfair treatment at the hands of party men and specially a much younger Jyotiraditya Scindia, who is being portrayed as the Congress' chief minister probable. Earlier this month, the Scindia faction organised a rally in Morena where Digvijaya Singh was kept waiting and sweating profusely on the dais,for more than two hours by the Union minister of state.

But on last evening, the Congress finally signalled closer of  its doors on AICC general secretary Digvijaya Singh,  even denying him entry into the state PCC conference hall for the press conference called by Union minister of state Jyotiraditya Scindia and Mohan Prakash, Sanjay Nirupam, Kantilal Bhuria,Ajay Singh.

Digvijaya Singh and his supporters stood outside, banging the doors for nearly 20 minutes, making desperate calls from their mobile phones asking Congress workers inside to open the door. The banging on the door continued, but Scindia refused to buzz and asked Congress workers not to let in whoever was knocking. Senior Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam also instructed not to allow him. Yes, Scindia  said to press there was no factional rivalry within the party, echoing the high command's view on Digvijaya Singh . 

Even highly desperate Dig sir tried to gain entry through the back door, that was also jammed and then the miffed Dig sir turned to the elevator but that was also shut on second floor. An infuriated and irate Dig sir and his supporters  walked out of the state Congress office. Feeling hurt and humiliated, he climbed into his SUV and left the Congress office with his supporters following in a cavalcade. 

Humiliated  time and again by the Congress party and their leaders, what the frustrated  Dig sir will do now ? 

Will Digi sir join hands now with his bete noire BJP ?

Rahul says, "If India is Computer, Congress is its Default Program," ?

The most predicted Congress candidate for the 2014 election, Rahul Gandhi boasted while addressing a Congress workshop attended by participants from various states, NSUI and Youth Congress members, when he said,"If India is computer, Congress is its default program,".

Advising the members to copy and catch fast running popularity of Narendra Modi as he observed that the BJP's key face Narendra Modi is aggressively attacking the Congress and the UPA.

Rahul asked the Congress media chiefs of the states,"not to remain silent" and counter "with content" the Opposition propaganda and ensure that the party's response on an issue is uniform from district level to the AICC.

Will the Congress leadership and Rahul Gandhi advice what the media spokesperson should say about the swift decline in India's economy ? Do the prime minister aspirant has any thought or knowledge about how the economy and its growth works ? Will he rule the trillion $ capped Indian economy by his minute perception of Kalawatis or the individual down trodden dalit family's personal rapport ? You must have vast experience and practical exposure to the micro -- macro economic management at national as well as international level of the nation' economic problems . 

As per the guidelines fixed by Rahul Gandhi to its media cell; will  Congress led UPA accept their prime duty and responsibility to issue a "White Paper" on the status and a time frame for resolution of the precarious deterioration of economy , that has a significant value in resorting confidence of the national and foreign investors ?

Or they will save their skin with the patch work, by giving here or there, one liner from the Finance Minister Chidmambarm or Planning Commission's Ahuliwalia, but those have no impact or rather confusing and results in more uncertainty to the confidence, hampering and delaying any fresh and new initiative.

Why Modi Strikes a Chord with the Youth and Not Rahul ?

One crucial question or rather assertion was discussed on live media : why Modi strikes a chord with the youth and not Rahul ?

More then two decades have passed since first time India's first Economic Liberalisation theme was adopted, as well the first young computer savvy leader of Congress Rajiv Gandhi chosen as Prime Minister.The Young's born in the nineties will for the first time will cast their votes in 2014 election, has crucial and critical stamp on the selection of the candidates for the post by different aspiring parties.

Thus, the tussle or the puzzle is circling round and round in the minds of political leadership's think tank ,as well reminding the opinion maker cum analyst eternity of political pundits, how much their prediction will incorporate this fact, as it may be in between 43-year-old Rahul Gandhi with a youth mascot and a above 60 years old Narendra Modi,  promising result based development and growth.

Rahul is  tech-friendly and pleasant young  around forty, everything positive to charm Young's, but in spite of this most recent youth surveys suggest, it is Modi who is the preferred choice of young Indians. Why a much older Modi  is much recognised among the young generation, while younger Rahul unable to make an aggressive rapport with younger India ?

Why it may be so ? Is it as because Rahul has failed to throw up any big practical idea that would make him particularly attractive among the Young's,who are  joining  at this stage,  their job profession based career and life ?

Oh yes, here it does not count  how many nights Rahul has spent with a Dalit family or made random speech highlighting the plight of Kalawatis.  Here it will be seen and judged positive only if you can show success by planning or implementing a way out, act and resolve any of the problems,otherwise  a bad omen for your record book,it is even more critical,  while Rahul remaining in the helms of ruling party possibly at number one or two for such a long time.

Again Rahul missed a big opportunity to join the Young's hands and mood, by neglecting national cause of Anna's Jan Lokpal or Nirbhaya's rape case, fought so vigorously on the  street of Delhi. Rahul's report card does not present any results even in one decade's Congress rule. Sorry, young cannot survive on ambitious thoughts, when ground realities are zero, while comparing with time tasted, experienced and much older Modi, throwing challenge of guarantee of development hope by presenting his record books in Gujarat.

Will the Election of 2014 Be Fought on Federal or Presidential Style ?

Will the election of 2014 be fought on Federal or Presidential style ,where it will be between the two, suppose to be the most eligible persons of the two main parties for the post? But here  the condition are far different from what the view media is proposing and guessing.

First there are several parties, at least more than twenty, a mammoth number for such type of choice election. Second neither the two main parties (or groups namely UPA and NDA)  have declared their prime ministerial candidate for the post nor the other regional parties had made up their mind, as regards whether they will align with any of the main block or have a definite strategy to create a new third group by including all the other parties, and at best they will wait to announce their choice of group till the election results are out. In such a scenario nobody can imagine how any presidential form of election can be effective ? 

The game theme  is propagated more by the BJP  led NDA, because theoretically they have much better position as per the sample opinion poll survey conducted by different media groups till date, plus they are the largest opposition party to reap the anti incumbency benefits.

And lastly the main ruling party Congress has thrown the towel before the start of actual fight, by hiding their choice candidate for the post, still gauging the mood of the people's verdict, and protecting their suppose to be the candidate Rahul Gandhi from the heat generated against the party by the dismal to worst performance by the UPA 2, which was led by Manmohan Singh,but guided and controlled by Congress chief Sonia Gandhi.

In the Congress camp the understanding may be such that Rahul and Sonia Gandhi's popularity will be used for winning the next election, but in case of a possible wash out, Rahul will not have to share the blame of defeat , thus it will be win of Rahul Gandhi, but loss of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. 

More over they have undertaken the task of using some popular game changer scheme like Food Security Bill, which will be proposed and taken by Sonia Gandhi specially in the Parliament to gain more popularity, as the only Mashiha of poor people, while the financial and economic breakdown, rising inflation, corruption and scams, non passing of popular Jan Lokpal Bill and tryst with China or Pakistan at border will be the subjects for which the prime minister has to be blamed.

The signs are not good, because a large part of Urban population, youth and a bigger section of non urban population, have become much knowledgeable and smart, and the caste or religion based bias in rurals, have given way for growth-development and good governance.

This gradual but solid change of mindset among the voters particularly youth, will be converted in some percentage change of votes away from UPA and that may be captured by the main opposition. Only these minor percentage of votes will be crucial target of accumulation through the positive hype and wave  created by the iconic Narendra Modi, and this will be the crucial guiding factor of results in the next election, irrespective of all other things remaining same.

And here the Congress think tank has failed completely, by showing arrogance to their legitimate and rational criticism either for failures in economic and foreign relation front or in denial of corruption charges till the last moment till the case nailed down them beyond doubt, has given special notoriety to most of the spokespersons of Congress  in the public eyes.

In the worst game plan of  this ill advised, adamant leadership, in retaliation to the criticism chose to fire all cylinders beyond a level directly on Narendra Modi, giving him much needed special push to the centre stage, again doing blunder in targeting him plainly on the communal line, which is no more people's subject; it has rather switched greatly to the more persistent need of employment, development and corruption free good governance platform along with safety, security and dignity of the people.

Possibly lot of political Pundits failed to gauge the mood of people, glimpse of which was available at the Lokpal bill and Nirbhaya rape agitation at Delhi in recent times. Time will tell, whether the prediction has some indicative guidelines, measuring the mood of people, as so called the common man or still it will take   another turn by the time election are held .

Rahul Gandhi Misquoted "Poverty is Just a State of Mind" As Out of Context

A media and supporter's clarification (as now a days given after every faulty statement that it was misquoted and as out of context) says as follows : "The remark by Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, alleged to have been made while addressing a function at Allahabad, about poverty being "just a state of mind" has gone viral kicking up a row. Rahul's observation that "Poverty is just a state of mind. It does not mean scarcity of food, money or material things. If one possesses self-confidence, then one can overcome poverty" . 

But according to a Fresh report of  PTI's  says : "The Congress leader was quoted by social scientist Narayan to have made the comments, but a closer reading of Rahul's address seems to suggest that his remarks might have been taken out of context. Rahul's comments do not suggest that he denied or downplayed deprivation as a reason for poverty. He merely noted that self confidence can go a long way in combating poverty and this is what NGOs were doing by helping the poor." I under the weaknesses of our system. I will try my best to help the people but unless and until the voice of the marginalised come from within, nothing can be done," quoted Rahul Gandhi as saying."  

But even the original version and the subsequent clarification are equally weak in merit and substance, and  that shows the biggest lacuna with this young aspirant for the post of Prime Minister of such a vast and Great nation India, that he does not have extempore  knowledge or expertise or vision or experience of handling the sea of problems, a national leader has to handle every hour. 

It negates ones good intentions and wishes and ambitions, as one cannot compete in Olympics with the experience and expertise of a raw player with kid gloves in a village or town. Here the competition is tough and need your own guts. not the borrowed answers from headquarter appointed think tank. A cruel problem like "Poverty in India" need a distinguished and time tasted answer or solution, not a wishful childish sermon. A clarification to the so called "out of context version" must follow with concrete thoughts on the subject. 

People of the nation and the voices of the marginalised are shouting loudly enough and they are eagerly awaiting answers for decades but nobody listens to them until an election is on the head, and Congress has to cover this distance very fast to show the result and reply.

Rahul Gandhi Treats Proverty As Just A State of Mind

Speaking at a discourse on 'Culture, Deepening Democracy and Most Marginalised Communities',  Rahul  Gandhi  said, "Poverty is just a state of mind. It does not mean the scarcity of food, money or material things. If one possesses self-confidence, then one can overcome poverty," Gandhi was quoted. Going further, Gandhi cited the example of a poor woman in Amethi who took control of her life, both financially and socially, by getting associated with a self-help group, Rajiv Gandhi Mahila Vikas Pariyojana.

Political leaders said the statement showed how much the Gandhi scion was cut off from the ground reality. BJP spokesman  Pathak said Gandhi's statement smacked of arrogance and added, "This is not only sad but also makes mockery of the poor,".

BSP leader  Siddiqui said the Congress leader was ignorant and did not know the ground situation. He said, “He comes from a billionaire family and many generations in the Gandhi Nehru family have not seen poverty even from a distance. So they cannot be blamed for their poor knowledge," .

People at India Honest will wonder, "Is this the ideology, of a prospective aspirant and claimant to become the controlling head of India as its Prime Minister, has in his mind about the most burning problem in the heart of COMMON MAN : the eradication of poverty to live and survive with "Dignity" , not dependent on doles after 65 years of Independence" ?