Saturday, August 5, 2017

[IAC#RG] Why Mr.Gopalkrishna Gandhi contested Vice Presidential election?



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                                            Why Mr.Gopalkrishna Gandhi contested  Vice Presidential election?

 

 

It is curious that Mr. Gopalkrishna Gandhi accepted the invitation of opposition political parties and contested the Indian Vice Presidential election, knowing very well that he would not win the election. What did he try to prove or achieve by this? 

We all think that Mr. Gopalkrishna Gandhi is not a member of any political party nor have any particular political affiliation. However, by contesting as an opposition candidate, he gives a clear impression that he is opposed to Modi's governance and share whatever philosophy that the opposition parties have. 

In such case, it would have been more appropriate on his part to have joined any one of the political parties before contesting the election as a candidate of the opposition parties. One cannot be a candidate of opposition parties opposing the candidate of the ruling party and then claim that he is apolitical. 

It would have been much better if Mr. Gandhi , who claims that he is apolitical , has declared that he was an independent candidate for the Vice Presidential election and not a candidate of any political party and sought the support of all political parties. He did not do so. 

The same logic is applicable to former President Dr. Abdul Kalam also, who was considered to be apolitical . But, he accepted the nomination of Vajpayee government and contested as nominee of the ruling party against the nominee of the opposition party and won the Presidential election, which mean that he shared the ideology of Vajpayee government. 

It is noteworthy that in the Presidential and Vice Presidential election campaign ,the candidate of the opposition parties never seek the support of the ruling party members and vice versa, obviously implying that the so called apolitical candidates are really not apolitical . 

The problem today is that we have many claimants for free thinking and intellectual capabilities, who criticise or support ruling party or opposition party at every opportunity and write scholarly articles and give eloquent speeches. But, they will never jump into the fray. 

Obviously, they want to have cake and eat it too. 

This is where the first Indian Governor General Rajaji was different. He was a great intellectual and opposed governance of Jawaharlal Nehru. He was never an armchair critic and had the courage of conviction and started his political party to oppose the governance of Nehru. 

N.S.Venkataraman 
Nandini Voice For The Deprived 
nandinivoice.com

 


Tuesday, August 1, 2017

Monday, July 31, 2017

Re: [IAC#RG] Panama papers and silence of NDA and UPA

01/08/17

The two reports enclosed are of 7/3/ and 18/4.
Adv. M.L Sharma,s efforts in the S.C throu the PIL must be lauded.
This matter was also raised in the Parliament but the Govt.,s stock reply was that the matter is now in the S.C and all 6 reports by various agencies have been given in the sealed cover to the Court. The court has to now decide if the probe will be monitored by th Court.
In Pakistan the credit should go to Imran Khan and his political party to Push this matter relentlessly ever since the leak appeared. Besides the Army was supporting . So he had all the support-political ,financial, and Societal.
Here in India in the absence of political will and the fear of the main opposition party that some of the beneficiearies may be from their ranks, it will be a herculean task for Adv. Sharma to pusue it persistently. All likeminded people and NGos who speacialise in PILs including IAC should support and strengthen his hands. One has also remember that the PM is not welldisposed towards PILs.  

From: indiaresists-request@lists.riseup.net <indiaresists-request@lists.riseup.net> on behalf of Sarbajit Roy <sroy.mb@gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2017 8:59 AM
To: indiaresists
Subject: Re: [IAC#RG] Panama papers and silence of NDA and UPA
 
Dear Captain Johann

IAC is not part of any cover up, AFAIK nobody from IAC is named in Panama papers.

You may be unaware but matter is also in India's SC in a PIL filed by Advocate Manohar Lal Sharma (ML Sharma)

http://indianexpress.com/article/india/panama-papers-case-supreme-court-asks-centre-to-file-six-reports-of-mag-4558489/



http://indianexpress.com/article/india/panama-papers-leak-supreme-court-to-hear-the-matter-on-tuesday-4617621/



However. my very well informed sources tell me that Govt is vigorously investigating the matter speedily (as they did Bofors bribes or UCC gas leak) and SC is doing everything to assist them by placing the reports in sealed covers.

brgds

Sarbajit Roy

On Sat, Jul 29, 2017 at 9:32 AM, captainjohann samuhanand <bjsamuhanand@gmail.com> wrote:
With Pakistan supreme court showing guts in removing Nawz sheriff for owning offshore companies and also acting on Panama exposes. In India the expose had names of Amitabh Bhachan , Aishwarya Rai and host of others but one can see collusion between NDA and UPA in covering up this expose. Is India risists also part of this cover-up?

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Sunday, July 30, 2017

Re: [IAC#RG] Panama papers and silence of NDA and UPA

Sharif was unseated because the court deemed him to be in breach of Articles 62 and 63 of the Pakistani constitution. Article 62 requires the PM to be "sadiq" (truthful)  whilst  Article 63 stipulates he should be "ameen" (righteous). 

The only case the court had was that Sharif did not disclose a salary he never received as chairman of a Dubai-based company called Capital FZE, but  was entitled to, as an asset in his nomination papers in 2013. Sharif argued that an unreceived salary is not an asset. The court disagreed.  

This is a small and technical ground and not sufficient to deem a sitting Prime Minister ab initio dishonest and unrighteous. It is so because the question as to whether a salary he never received, though he may have been entitled, is an asset or not is arguably a question which different people may answer differently. Legally it is an asset, but for a person not legally qualified it is not. Even legal eagles may have different views on this. 

The Supreme Court has referred the substantial charge of corruption against Sharif to the National Accountability Bureau and asked it to file criminal charges. This means  the original charge of corruption has yet to be proved—and, conceivably,  may never be—but the Prime Minister has already been found on technical grounds to be dishonest and unrighteous. This is not just disconcerting, it doesn't feel like full and proper justice.

As against this, as per media reports, a charge of murder against Nitish is pending before the Patna High Court. Nitish, against whom a charge of murder is pending before the Patna High Court, is shamelessly holding office of CM. As per the report in the public domain Magistrate had taken cognisance of the offence of murder against Nitish in 2009. The Patna HC had stayed the Order of the Patna HC taking cognisance of the offence of murder in which Nitish is accused. Thereafter, being Bihar CM he is able to manage adjournment after adjournment. So this is the character of a person who talks of "Purity in public life" and considered himself as PM In Waiting or dreamt of being the PM! What a hypocracy that he, facing charge of murder, is sticking to office  and broke the alliance on grounds of purity in public life! If he is a man of character he should step down, face the trial and if acquitted come back. But he is shameless. 

MG 


On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 at 8:44 AM, captainjohann samuhanand <bjsamuhanand@gmail.com> wrote:
With Pakistan supreme court showing guts in removing Nawz sheriff for owning offshore companies and also acting on Panama exposes. In India the expose had names of Amitabh Bhachan , Aishwarya Rai and host of others but one can see collusion between NDA and UPA in covering up this expose. Is India risists also part of this cover-up?
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