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Monday, July 21, 2008

Enemies of the Nation

Enemies of the Nation



Troubled Galaxy Destroyed Dreams: Chapter 30

Palash Biswas




Boston Globe
Indian Americans wish the UPA to survive
NDTV.com - 2 hours ago
If there was one wish which any Indian American today was asked to make as the Parliament starts debating the confidence motion of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh it would be its successful passage, even if it is by one vote.
N-deal poses no proliferation danger: scientist Newindpress
'N-deal will propel India to a place among world superpowers' Hindu
IBNLive.com - Hindustan Times - PunjabNewsline.com - MyNews.in
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CBC.ca
Barack Obama arrives in Baghdad
BBC News - 9 hours ago
US Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama has arrived in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, on the second stage of a major foreign tour.
Obama Visits Iraq for First-Hand Look at War Voice of America
Obama pledges to focus on Afghanistan Financial Times
The Associated Press - Radio Australia - Sofia News Agency - Los Angeles Times
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We have the majority: Mukherjee, the DE facto Prime Minister and the elite Brahmin from West Bengal claimed counting all 39 SP Members in UPA flock.
God save the SINGH!

RLY Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav declared that he would win the Mahabharat.

Opposition Leader Lal krishna Adwani was addressing the Home audience as well as the masters in Washington. He justified the BJP stance of pulling down the government on several issues including political, economic and most significant religious! He claimed that BJP wants to defeat the Government and clarified as well that the ruling Coalition is itself to blame for destabilisation and the ongoing crisis. He wondered if the Nuke Deal is so important for the national Interests, why it was left out from common Minimum Programme and Congress Election manifesto. He exposed the Left for wasting two full years even after a kolkata daily leaked the news the the Dr Manmohan Singh had decided to operationalise the Deal right in 2007 and dared the communists to withdraw support.

But he explained Washington as well that RSS is never against strategic re alliance with United States of America. He also clarified that his party was never against Nuclear deal and nuclear power, but has some legitimate reservation on HYDE Act. He emphasised to renegotiate the deal and hoped Washington would refrain to go ahead with a defeated government.

The message is clear! Adwani did not fail to project the best Images of Super Power Hindu Nation!

CPIM made MD Salim, a Urdu speaking Muslim MP from Kolkata a to voice the Party. He argued very well. It was a soothing to see a Hindustani Marxist MP speaking so well against Imperialism and Fascism for his Party for the first time. But the expertise, often found in the Left MPs for decades, of speaking on the technicalities was missing!

Mayawati and Brinda Karat explained the deal to the scribes in different styles. Mayawati was speaking on International scenario and linked the deal with imminent US aggression in Iran. While Brinda was insisting on Ideology so well!

A nautankee was also enacted thanks to quarreling SP and BSP members!

The Prime Minister, Salve Supreme delivered a most strategic speech moving the single line confidence motion quoting Guru Gobind Singh. He thanked the architects of UPA, Comrade Jyoti Basu and Comrade Harkishan Singh Surjeet revoking the strings of memoirs of rare opportunism plus bargaining in Indian polity and exposing the Vertical divide in the Left rank and File!

As Lok Sabha began a debate on confidence motion, government today insisted that it had 276 MPs on its side, five more than the required majority, and rejected claims of NDA and Left parties that it had been reduced to a minority.

The battle over UPA government's survival moved into last lap with the ruling combine claiming that sizeable opposition abstentions will help it win the trust vote in the Lok Sabha tomorrow with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asserting that every decision of the coalition was in country's interests.
The ruling combine and the opposition are almost equally poised in the House with an effective strength of 541 in the trust vote to be taken tomorrow evening and the UPA managers are banking on nearly ten abstentions, all of them from NDA camp, and by Trinamool Congress leader Mamta Banerjee.

But the BJP dismissed all this as mischievous propaganda. The BJP as well as others against the confidence motion claimed that the opposition had a fair chance in the Parliamentary battle.

Treasury bench managers claimed that they will win comfortably when the confidence motion moved by the Prime Minister is taken up for voting tomorrow evening. The margin of victory being bandied about by the ruling side is about six to seven votes above the required magic mark of 271.

Moving his one-line motion at the beginning of the two-day debate on the motion, a combative Prime Minister said the exercise of confidence was "wholly avoidable" and has come at a time when the government's attention has been on the economy, particularly on control of inflation.

The ruling combine fielded External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, government's pointsman on the Indo-US nuclear deal who shared a good rapport with the Left parties, put up a spirited defence of the government.

"I want to correct certain facts," External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said in his spirited speech on behalf of the government during the debate.

He said Leader of Opposition L K Advani has sought to "build a case on high moral ground that this government has been reduced to a minority after withdrawal of support by the Left parties." However, the fact is that even after Left parties withdrew support of their 61 MPs on July 8, Samajwadi Party, with 39 MPs, extended support, Mukherjee said.

As a result, the total number of MPs of UPA and its allies was 276 which is well past the required majority number in the House having effective strength of 541.

"But the Leader of Opposition thought he has brought a case that government has lost majority," Mukherjee said, adding "whether or not we have the majority will be proven when buttons are touched (tomorrow). Please wait till then."

PM denies he opposed 1998 nuclear tests

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today denied that he had opposed the Pokhran-II nuclear tests in 1998.Intervening in the Lok Sabha during the debate on the confidence motion, he said he had criticised the government in the wake of sanctions on India following the tests.Singh said he had also made the comments on the nuclear tests in the context of non-proliferation goals that India had put forward in the UN in 1988.

Earlier, Leader of Opposition L K Advani had said Singh, as Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha in 1998, had opposed the Pokhran-II tests.

Singh said the records could be gone through to check exactly what he had said.

Advani also referred to the "sharp exchanges" Singh had with a BJP leader in the Rajya Sabha.

The Prime Minister said the exchanges were in context of the sanctions.


Times Online Hung jury as astrologers debate the fate of trust vote
Reuters India, India - 6 hours ago
As India’s parliament weighs a vote of confidence in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s government, the stars, it seems, are sending mixed signals. ...
Investors watch Parliament trust-vote, major earnings MarketWatch
US watching trust vote with fingers crossed Economic Times
Parliament set for trust vote debate News Today
Bloomberg - RTT News
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NDTV.com Voting in Lok Sabha tomorrow
Business Standard, India - 5 hours ago
Moving the motion Prime Minister said that seeking the trust vote was "avoidable, as he had already promised to consult the parliament on Indo-US nuclear ...
Manmohan seeks trust vote in Parliament to continue in power Khabrein.info
The trust vote...PM says it was avoidable India Infoline.com
Trust vote debate will be for 12 hours Economic Times
MSN India - Economic Times
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Deal dilemma is the best fodder for Horse Energy!
Resurgence of Swiss Bank Accounts from the Super power Hindu Nation is the sure most result of the current Political Instability, irrelevant whatsoever happens to the UPA Government!

My brethren, kith and kin, the worldwide indigenous and aboriginal people are never involved in Power politics. neither they have any role in galaxy world for time infinite. They happen to be the most enslaved, most tortured, most massacred, most persecuted people always deprived of civil and human rights, paralysed with inherent injustice and inequality due to sustaining Caste System, Religions and Apartheid.

State Power, Money, Muscle,Mafia, Corporate, Warmongers, dealers and Media are ganged up to annihilate my People uprooting them from Life and livelihood.

We never boast to be the mainstream in the Social fabrics because we happen to be Out caste, underclasses. We have no space in any sphere of life. Past is never past for us. Future means an infinite Black Hole of Uncertainty. We have to deal with greater issues like Food Insecurity, Starvation, calamities, Epidemics, Displacement, Migration, Exodus, Holocaust, Partition, Livelihood, Shelter, Clothing, Harvesting, Irrigation, Education, Medical care, justice, Peace, Equality, fraternity, Liberty and Liberation!

We have the worldwide legacy of Insurrections against Annihilation Culture of the developed , privilege communities. We have been deprived of Enlightenment so long. But we happen to be the people to fight against Colonisation, Imperialism, Fascism, Religious and political Persecution, globalisation and corporate forces of the Post Modern Political structure. We have to survive in circumstances of War and Civil
War always imposed upon US. We often happen to be unaware of all those bloody Ideologies, Revolutions, Independence, democracy and civil Society as we happen to be always deprived of any opportunity of autonomous self governance, empowerment, participation, awakening and representation!

We never speak anything on so called National Interests!We are supposed to be Mute and Dumb. We are the communities always made scapegoat for Power Politics. We have to lit ourselves into flames to supply energy for Civilisation and development. We have to be evicted for Urbanisation and industrialisation. Globalisation chose us for infinite Annihilation and we may not resist. Simply we perish without any significant resistance. Whatsoever isolated resistance is mobilised it is too localised and we are often branded as the Enemies of the State. Thus, we have to be put behind the Bar, We have to be hanged. encountered. And War against Terrorism continues against us communities worldwide for time infinite.

Nation and nationality are elite concepts and instruments to ensure the safeguards for the ruling Class. Now the Ruling Harmonies worldwide have aligned in Global ruling Class. It has created re alliances of forces. Our Homelands have become Killing fields. We have to bleed all the time and are not allowed to cry as it is termed as Insurgency!

Global Ruling Harmonies have a galaxy Strategic re alliance to kill our people and we stand so isolated!

They have broken all political borders and market happens to be sovereign. Leaders have become best dealers. Horse trade is in Vogue. Swiss Bank Account invokes new Gods and Goddesses!

Nation is sold. Sovereignty bargained. Constitution killed. Liberty liquidated. Justice became injustice and Enemies of Nation have captured the Democracy!

Thus , Deal dilemma is translated into new found fodder for Horse Energy. Resurgence of Swiss Bank Accounts from the Super power Hindu Nation is the sure most result of the current Political Instability, irrelevant whatsoever happens to the UPA Government!

Left parties today accused Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of telling "blatant lies" during the trust vote debate in Parliament and said his "short and dull" speech was a reflection of his "low confidence level".

Senior Left leaders said his speech while moving the confidence motion in Lok Sabha was a "reiteration" of his belief in unilateralism by violating the understanding that had been reached under the Common Minimum Programme.

"Singh's statement is a reiteration of his belief in unilateralism. He violated the understanding by going ahead with nuclear deal when there was no agreement between parties on the issue," senior CPI(M) leader Nilotpal Basu said while talking to PTI.

On Singh's remarks that veteran Marxists Jyoti Basu and Harkishen Singh Surjeet were among the architects of the ruling coalition, he said that the promises given to them were violated. "A minority government cannot go ahead with the deal unilaterally. There was a CMP and it has been violated." RSP General Secretary T J Chandrachoodan said the "sagacity and vision" shown by the veteran Marxist leaders were "blatantly betrayed" by Singh, compelling the Left to withdraw support to the Government.

Terming the Prime Minister's speech as a "short, dull" one with "deceitful utterances", he said he expected it to be a "soul searching" exercise. "He has nothing to say. The speech conveyed nothing. He was repeating blatant lies," he alleged.

Forward Bloc Secretary G Devarajan said Singh's short speech showed his "low confidence level" and accused him of even hiding truth before Parliament.

On the other hand, Brushing aside demands of CPI(M) to quit, Lok Sabha Speaker Off whip Somnath Chatterjee today presided over the special session to debate the confidence motion with an appeal to members that he has no subject of his own except that the House is run. It would be the greatest humiliation for Prakash karat as well as marxism personified if the debating parliament throws up a Tie Situations and Somnath saves the UPA governement. The speaker has already explained his reluctance for voting for RSS Hindu nation emerging! He is considered the closest ally of jyoti basu and West Bengal party leaders consider him as the Marxist Hero revolting against the Karat Hard Line to throw the party in instability and uncertainity with forcing earlier elections most unwanted.

More over, like RSS, the Bengal brahmin Marsxists are annoyed with the unexpected projection of Dalit queen Mayawati as the next prime minister.

Before he came in to take the chair, Chatterjee presided over a meeting of the floor leaders to discuss the modalities of the two-day debate and nobody raised the issue of his resignation there.

The CPI(M), after a meeting of the Central Committee, is understood to have asked him late last night to step down before the start of the session.

The party has been asking him to quit the post ever since the Left parties withdrew support to the government on the Indo-US nuclear deal and the Speaker has been maintaining that he is above party politics.

"I don't have to impress upon the importance of the motion that is going to be debated. The whole nation is watching. In the time available fullest opportunity will be given to members," he said before start of the debate, appealing to members to maintain the dignity of Parliament.

"There may be some 'toka-toki' (interruptions), but order should be maintained. The Chair has no subject of his own except that the House is run," he said.

The Speaker said a total of 12 hours has been alloted for the discussion on the motion and the House may have to sit till 10 PM today. Tentatively, the reply of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be around 5-6 PM tomorrow after which there will be voting.

Chatterjee's wife Renu and daughter were present in the Speaker's Gallery to witness the proceedings.

Meanwhile, Washington has decided to operationalise the Nuke Deal asit mens Resurgence of Recession struck US Economy ! Ahead of the crucial trust vote that will decide the fate of the UPA government, the US today said it will move forward on the nuclear deal with any dispensation in New Delhi -- even if it is in minority.

Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher said Bush administration will have no problem in dealing with a minority government as "minority governments are common around the world." "I don't have them off the top of my head, but I mean, minority governments are common around the world," he said.

"You can't say, 'Oh, well, we are going to stop dealing with you till the next election or until some new coalition or something. That's not for us to say," Boucher said commenting on the future of the nuclear deal if the UPA government fails to win the confidence vote in the Lok Sabha.

He said the US will continue to work with any legitimate government in India New Delhi to push forward the deal.

"If they have a legitimate government -- people who are empowered to run the government -- that's who we'll deal with," Boucher told rediff.Com/India Abroad.

"In terms of the United States and India, we deal with the legally constituted government of India -- whoever is running that government at the time, that's who we sign agreements with. So, that's not a problem for us," he said.

He said the Bush administration was ready to "go as far as" possible to see conclusion of the deal.

"We are going to work with the Indians, we are going to work with the Congress and we are going to take this as far as we can go," Boucher said.

"We are very excited by the prospect, we'll see what happens in the confidence vote, but however far the Indians could go, we are going to try to take it that far or further. So, that's what we are going to do," he said.

Meanwhile, India, South Africa and Argentina, key members of NAMA-11 alliance at WTO, today rejected a move by developed countries to limit the flexibility on tariffs and imports of developing countries to protect their domestic industry and farm sector.
"We reject any attempt to further constrain the already limited flexibilities in the modalities text, particularly the very recent anti-concentration proposals," a NAMA-11 communique said.

On the other hand, the US and the European Union is pressing the developing nations to make concessions in opening the markets to ensure a global trade deal.

To have a meaningful outcome to this round, all countries would have to secure meaningful new market access in agriculture, manufacturing and services and that is particularly true when it comes to the interests of the developing nations, US Trade Representative Susan Schwab said.

The NAMA-11 alliance of developing countries said it would reject any plans that limit the flexibilities they have got to protect their nascent industries, particularly a clause in the draft WTO text that restraints a country from seeking protection for a whole sector.

It noted that the anti-concentration clause is an irritant to developing countries as it restrains them from seeking protection for a whole sector, which it finds is facing cheap imports. Instead, a country has been allowed to use the overall level of protection across different sectors up to a certain limit.

From GenevaPTI reports:

As India gears up to take on rich nations to clinch a fair deal at the WTO meeting of trade ministers here, a spokesperson of the organisation has said that the country's position at this meet is "very crucial".

"India is one of the leading developing countries in the world. India's position is very crucial for any outcome at the meeting. We believe India would engage in serious discussions with the developed nations as usual. An outcome at this meet is very essential for all the member countries," Director of Information at WTO Keith Rockwell told PTI today.

Against a backdrop of high crude oil prices and global food crisis, the World Trade Organisation has convened a five -day mini Ministerial Meeting with a hope that closing the Doha Round can reinvigorate the world economy which is in the grip of a slowdown.

"The positions are pretty hard on all sides," Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath had said yesterday.

The WTO had launched negotiations among its members, for new agreements to open world trade which should be fair and without distortions. The negotiations, launched at the Qatari capital in 2001 and known as the Doha Round were to complete by the end of 2004 for a new trade regime.

However, wide differences over the extent to opening the markets blocked several rounds of talks, including the Ministerial Meetings in Cancun and Hong Kong.

For a collective bargain, the developing countries which dominate the 152 WTO membership have aligned themselves into different groupings like G-20, G-33 and Non-Agriculture Market Access-11 (NAMA-11).


Countdown UPA: 10 absent MPs may save the day for Govt

CNN-IBN

Published on Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 08:16, Updated at Mon, Jul 21, 2008 in Nation section

New Delhi: According to a CNN-IBN poll, there are likely to be at least 10 abstentions from the BJP during the crucial floor test on Tuesday, which might help the Government sail through.


UPA is now banking on the 10 MPs from the NDA who may not show up. CNN-IBN learns they include one from Shiv Sena , two from JD(U) , 1 from the BJD, two from Karnataka BJP, two from Rajasthan BJP, and two from Gujarat BJP.


The Government and the Opposition were, till some time ago, within striking distance of each other in the numbers game a day before the floor test. But the abstentions might just make the key difference.


According to figures at 1600 hrs (IST), there were 269 MPs for the Government, 268 against it and four lawmakers are still undecided. The UPA has 221 MPs of its own, the Samajwadi Party has 34, there are 6 rebel MPs of other parties and 8 ‘others’.


The Opposition has 268 votes. The NDA has NDA 165 votes, Left Front 58, BSP 17, other party rebels 7, Others are 21, undecided 4, Independents are 2 and a vote each from TC and MNF.


In the last 24 hours, these are the members who have moved away from the NDA fold into the UPA fold. These are two members of the BJP, two from the JDU, 1 from the TRS and one member of the Shiv Sena.


Then there are those like Karnal MP Arvind Sharma who have been threatening to leave the UPA and support the UNPA.


WHAT TO EXPECT IN THE NEXT TWO DAYS
Trust vote motion is moved as soon as the Lok Sabha meets at 11 am. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to speak first, LK Advani to respond.

CNN-IBN projection: Government little behind in the race for MPs, 267 favour the deal while 269 are against it.
The five undecided MPs will play a crucial role. The list includes three Independents, one from Mizo National Front and Mamata Banerjee of the Trinamool Congress.
Abstentions can be helpful for the UPA. Five BJP MPs didn't turn up at the NDA dinner.
The actual vote takes place on Tuesday, anytime between 8 and 10 pm.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/countdown-upa-10-absent-mps-may-save-the-day-for-govt/69223-3.html


271: But Cong worried some MPs may rebel in Lok Sabha
NDTV Correspondent
Monday, July 21, 2008 (New Delhi)
At last count, as the government moved the motion for a vote of confidence in Parliament, it seemed to be home safe, narrowly ahead with one or two MPs. However, as the debate began, sources told NDTV that the Congress is worried about three to five undecided MPs within the party.

The sources said the party was anxious that these undecided MPs may rebel.

This uncertainty apart, according to the arithmetic last given to NDTV by top Congress managers, the UPA alliance has 271 MPs -- the halfway mark in the House. The United Progressive Alliance, they said was 222 and so far no major rebellion was seen from any partner. The new development, if rebellion happens in Congress ranks, would of course skew the numbers.

The big news is that so far the Samajwadi Party has managed to retain most of its MPs, so they have 34, add to this six parties with one MP each (Owaisi (AIMIM), Baleswar (NLP), Delkar (BNP), Nakul Rai (SDF), W Wangyuh (NPF), Athawale (RPI-A), plus four Independents, support from 2 National Conference MPs and one TRS rebel (A Narendra) 1, a JD(U) rebel from Nalanda, Ramswaroop 1, BJP rebel Brij Bhushan Sharan 1.

That's a total: 271
The effective strength of the House is 541 because the Speaker only votes in the case of a tie and one MP has been disqualified.
Hopeful of abstentions
The government may get more relief if MPs from the opposition abstain -- the UPA is holding on firmly to that hope. Sources say this includes some BJP MPs from Karnataka and Gujarat, possibly some Sena and Akali MPs as well.
Mamata Banerjee of the Trinamul Congress is reported to also have decided on abstaining.
Opposition close behind
NDA + UNPA + LEFT + BSP= 268
But it's a very, very narrow margin and don't underestimate Mayawati. The NDA alliance, the Left, the UNPA and Mayawati are close behind with the addition of two new allies on Sunday - Ajit Singh and Deve Gowda - so that's about 268 MPs.
BJP: 128
Shiv Sena: 12
BJD: 11
Akali Dal: 8
JD(U): 7
Left: 59
BSP: 17
TDP: 5
SP rebels: 5
RLD: 3
JD(S): 3
MDMK: 2
TRS: 2
AGP: 2
HJC (Bishnoi): 1
Independents (Marandi, Nagpal): 2
MNF: 1
That's a total: 268
http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080057972&ch=7/21/2008%201:49:00%20PM


Thaindian.com Trust motion was fully avoidable, says Manmohan
Hindustan Times, India - 2 hours ago
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odishatoday.com Nath to attend WTO talks only after trust vote
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MSN India Markets hold on to gains, banking up 3%
NDTV.com, India - 6 hours ago
The undertone was cautious ahead the outcome of the government's trust vote in parliament. State-run infrastructure projects lender IDFC slumped on huge ...
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Most CEOs expect govt to win trust vote - survey
Reuters India, India - 4 hours ago
... of Indian companies expect the Congress party-led coalition government to win the vote of confidence in parliament on a proposed civil nuclear deal, ...

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NDTV.com What if UPA wins trust vote
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NDTV.com Draft safeguards agreement must be withdrawn from the IAEA if Govt ...
Webnewswire.com, India - 7 hours ago
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WA today Prakash Karat says government and the nuclear deal will be doomed
Hindu, India - 18 hours ago
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Times Now.tv Against the Vote: Deal harms India’s sovereignty- BSP
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Results, trust vote shadow on markets
Business Standard, India - 21 hours ago
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NDTV.com N-deal will end 30 years of India's isolation: Pranab
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Thaindian.com Government has support of more than 291 MPs: Rashtriya Janata Dal
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NDTV.com Left front hopes hinge on Maya
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Sify Stocks to watch: RCom, RIL, Max India, Hotel Leelaventure
Economic Times, India - 11 hours ago
MUMBAI: The market mood is likely to remain jittery ahead of the crucial trust vote in parliament which will determine whether the government will stay in ...
Indian shares to start higher, Wipro watched Reuters India
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IBNLive.com India story of 3 desperate politicos: Amar Singh
IBNLive.com, India - 4 hours ago
Speaking in Delhi on the day the trust vote debate has begun in Parliament, the SP leader said, "This is the face of real politics sponsored by Mayawati, ...
Politics witnesses hectic lobbying ahead of crucial trust vote Sify
Fate of Singh hangs by a thread GulfNews
SAD issues whip to its MPs to vote against UPA Govt Press Trust of India
India Daily - The Statesman
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IBNLive.com Somnath Chatterjee always an “outsider” in CPI-M
Thaindian.com, Thailand - 2 hours ago
... two-day special session of parliament beginning Monday to decide the fate of the Manmohan Singh government in a trust vote sought by the prime minister. ...
Breach of Parliamentary Tradition Newstrack India
What exactly is a trust vote? Mangalorean.com
Cong price for 1 MP is Rs 25 crore Hindustan Times
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PakTribune.com Politics should not derail peace process: Advani
Pakistan Dawn, Pakistan - 12 hours ago
The two-day talks on July 21 and 22 will coincide with a crucial trust vote in the Indian parliament in which the government of Prime Minister Manmohan ...
Indo-Pak foreign secretaries to meet on Monday NDTV.com
Kashmir to be discussed at Foreign Secs' meet Business Standard
Pakistan, India hold new round of peace talks The New Nation
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NDTV.com Govt has support of more than 291 MPs: RJD
Press Trust of India, India - 8 hours ago
New Delhi, July 21 (PTI) RJD, a key ally of the UPA, today claimed that the government has support of more than 291 MPs and it will win the trust vote in ...
Lalu asks Bardhan to apologise for remark on MPs Newindpress
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NDTV.com The great Indian MP bazaar
NDTV.com, India - 18 Jul 2008
Just four days are left for the trust vote in Parliament and nobody knows for sure who's backing whom. As the small parties play hardball, the Congress ...
All hands on deck, UPA tries to keep Govt afloat IBNLive.com
As odds mount, UPA to bank on abstentions Livemint
All eyes now on fence-sitters Hindu
Thaindian.com - Merinews
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Calcutta Telegraph Mamata Banerjee to skip trust voteequi distance from UPA, NDA & Left
Indlaw.com, India - 2 hours ago
Indicating that she would abstain from tomorrow’s Trust Vote in Parliament, Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee today said her party would maintain ...
Save-UPA govt deal detrimental to West Bengal, says Mamata Expressindia.com
Opposition to boycott n-deal debate in West Bengal assembly Thaindian.com
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Trust vote to decide market fate
Economic Times, India - 19 Jul 2008
MUMBAI: The trust vote in Parliament on July 22, which will decide whether the UPA government will stay in office, will also determine the fate of the ...
Market to remain shaky Economic Times
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BBC News Trust vote a distraction, says PM
Times of India, India - 15 Jul 2008
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh feels that it is unfortunate that a special session had been foisted upon Parliament as it was a distraction the ...
The final countdown for India Asia Times Online
Is Congress party offering $6.25 million per MP crossing over to ... India Daily
PM confident of winning trust vote over n-deal (Second Lead) Thaindian.com
Mangalorean.com - Expressindia.com
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Goa political drama may unfold post Trust vote
Herald Publications, India - 12 hours ago
And currently all the eyes are on the July 22 Trust vote. The dissidents mainly belonging to coalition partners have already started gunning for Chief ...




Thaindian.com, Thailand - 20 Jul 2008
Bare chest protesters shouted slogans against the political leaders who are against the India-US civil nuclear deal. Hindustan ( India ) gained freedom 60 ...
Times Now.tv UPA should end negotiations on Indo-US nuke deal: Mayawati
Economic Times, India - 1 hour ago
She noted that the deal would also "hamper" the USD 7.4 billion Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project as the US was acting against Tehran in a ...
Mayawati: Rethink N-deal Times Now.tv
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FinMin for 'rational debate' on Indo-US nuke deal
Business Standard, India - 19 Jul 2008
PTI / Hyderabad July 19, 2008, 17:08 IST Voicing "anguish and disappointment" over absence of a "rational debate" on Indo-US nuclear deal, Union Finance ...

Zee News Pranab tears apart Advani’s tirade against govt
Zee News, India - 5 hours ago
Tearing apart the oppositions claims that the Hyde Act was applicable to Indo-US nuke deal he said, “The Indo-US nuke deal is in the public domain (on ...

BBC News India briefs IAEA Board, NSG members on India-US nuke deal
Economic Times, India - 18 Jul 2008
Approval of the India-specific safeguards agreement by the IAEA Board is a crucial step in the implementation of the Indo-US nuclear deal. ...
N-deal: Menon briefs IAEA Board, NSG members Times of India
Top Scientists raise concern Hyde act in Nuke deal PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung)
Nuke deal has international implications: AAPSO MyNews.in
Hindu - Times of India
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NDTV.com Advani criticises PM over nuke deal
News Today, India - 5 hours ago
Leader of Opposition LK Advani has said the Indo-US nuclear deal has become an agreement between two individuals making India "subservient" and a "junior ...
Advani responds, launches personal attack on PM Zee News
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MSN India Amarinder asks Badal to support Indo-US nuke deal
Press Trust of India, India - 15 Jul 2008
Badal, however, has already ruled out SAD MPs voting in favour of the Congress-led UPA during the trust vote on the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal in ...
Akali Dal delinks nuke pact from trust vote, to go with NDA Livemint
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Legal illiteracy leads to confusion over N-deal: FM
Economic Times, India - 19 Jul 2008
HYDERABAD: Three days ahead of the trust vote in Parliament, the lawyer in the finance minister P Chidambaram blamed the current stand-off over the Indo US ...
Nuke deal hurts India's national objective
Merinews, India - 20 Jul 2008
Then there is the blizzard of demands and restrictions in the Hyde Act and previous US legislation including the prohibition of testing (the latest ...
Left holding hostage to N-deal: Frank Wisner NDTV.com
China may not object to nuke deal when it reaches IAEA Expressindia.com
Is thorium viable alternative to uranium? Merinews
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Boston Globe I am OK with Indo-US nuke-deal: Obama
Expressindia.com, India - 11 Jul 2008
New Delhi, July 11: US Presidential hopeful Barack Obama has supported the Indo-US nuclear deal, saying it balances a range of important issues and he is ...
Obama wouldn't alter India nuke deal TVNZ
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BJP to re-negotiate nuke deal if voted to rule
Andhra Cafe, India - 19 Jul 2008
He recalled that it was actually initiated the Indo-US nuclear deal during the NDA regime. He asserted that the BJP was still for ‘good strategic relations’ ...

BBC News UPA launches Advt campaign in Orissa over Indo-US Nuke deal
odishatoday.com, India - 13 Jul 2008
By our Correspondent Bhubaneswar (Orissa): In an attempt to motivate voters over the controversial Indo-US civil nuclear deal ahead of the Lok Sabha Polls ...
Left may support UPA minus nuke deal leaders : CPI Andhra Cafe
India's arduous task of selling nuke deal New Straits Times
Vasant Sathe assails Left parties for opposing nuke deal Zee News
Merinews - Kerala Online
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Times Now.tv US think-tank warns against hasty decision on nuke deal
Hindu, India - 11 Jul 2008
Washington (PTI): A leading think-tank here has advised Nuclear Suppliers Group and the American Congress not to make a hasty decision on the Indo-US ...
G-8 backs Nuke deal Chandigarh Tribune
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NDTV.com Sonia backs PM, hardsells nuke deal to aam aadmi
Expressindia.com, India - 17 Jul 2008
Nellore, AP, July 17: Coming out strongly in the support of the Indo-US nuke deal, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi in a rally at Nellore in Andhra Pradesh said ...
Sonia says govt. will not compromise on nuke deal Khabrein.info
Sonia says nuke deal will in no way impinge foreign policy Doordarshan
Sonia Gandhi asserts nuke deal in best interests of the nation Andhra Cafe
Thaindian.com - Times Now.tv
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Calcutta Telegraph Veteran Congress leader pitches in for Indo-US nuke deal
Press Trust of India, India - 29 Jun 2008
London, Jun 29 (PTI) Speaking out strongly in favour of Indo-US nuclear deal, a senior leader of the Indian National Congress has said the country needs the ...
PMs stand on Indo-US nuke deal no different from the Congress: Moily Thaindian.com
Indo-US nuclear deal: Let's just sign it up Merinews
Lalu meets Sonia amid stand-off on Nuke deal Business Standard
India Daily - Rediff
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Peninsula On-line Mulayam, Amar apprise Imam Bukhari of nuke deal
Business Standard, India - 18 Jul 2008
... today met the Shahi Imam of Delhi's Jama Masjid, Syed Ahmed Bukhari, who told them that the Indo-US nuclear deal cannot be "for or against" Muslims. ...
SP leaders take nuke lessons from Bukhari NDTV.com
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Thaindian.com Karat gives fresh warning against Indo-US nuke deal
Times of India, India - 5 Jul 2008
On the India-Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline project, the CPM leader said it would also not fructify "if we go ahead with the nuclear deal with the US. ...
Bardhan for unity between two communist parties Press Trust of India
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Sunday, July 20, 2008

Descends the storm from the North

Descends the storm from the North

Spreading snowy cool wind



Troubled Galaxy Destroyed Dreams: Chapter 29

Palash Biswas

Countdown UPA: Govt edges to safety but not there yet
IBNLive.com - 3 hours ago
New Delhi: The UPA Government is edging closer to winning the vote of confidence Parliament on Tuesday with CNN-IBN projecting that it is three short of the halfway mark.
All parties to meet on July 23: Gowda Hindu
JD(S) to vote against UPA: Deve Gowda Times of India
Economic Times - NDTV.com - Daijiworld.com - Press Trust of India
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Thaindian.com Speaker episode: Tip of CPI-M iceberg
Rediff, India - 4 hours ago
His party would like him to resign as Speaker and vote against the government along with the rest of the CPI-M MPs in the July 22 trust vote. ...
CPI-M censures Bengal minister, politburo to decide on Chatterjee Thaindian.com
Deny government legitimacy for sealing deal: CPI(M) Hindu
CPI (M), SP issue whips to their MPs ahead of vote of confidence date Fresh News
Mangalorean.com - Economic Times
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NDTV.com CPI(M) avoids taking action against Somnath, censures Subhas
Economic Times, India - 3 hours ago
20 Jul, 2008, 1959 hrs IST, PTI NEW DELHI: In the face of continued defiance by Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee, the CPI(M) Central Committee on Sunday ...
Crucial CPI(M) meet avoids discussing Somnath's defiance Press Trust of India
Subhas expresses regret to state CPI (M) Merinews
CPI-M caught in a speaker crisis Thaindian.com
Press Trust of India - Press Trust of India
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Calcutta Telegraph West Bengal passes motion against deal
Hindu, India - 17 Jul 2008
“The nuclear deal should not be viewed in isolation,” Chief Minister, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, told the West Bengal Assembly on Thursday. ...
Buddha slams BJP in state Assembly Expressindia.com
Rate This Article Financial Express
N-deal would invite one-sided US inspection: Buddhadeb Thaindian.com
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I called the Marxist, Poet Minister in Tripura this morning. Famous as well as despised for his Dalitology, Anil Sarkar ringed back immediately and we discussed the political developments for hours.

Anil babu is satisfied with CPIM`s latest role in National politics and supports Prakash karat line. He is very happy with the projection of Dalit Queen MS Mayawati as the next Prime Minister of India.

I suggested , `Here you are!you are going to emerge as the saviour of the ruling Left in next election in West Bengal!’

He did not answer the question but commented, Only Mayawati and her Dalit Movement may escalate the Marxist Base in India. Polit Bureau has opted for the best and appropriate most political lines. They criticised my Poems on Mayawati. They alienated me so far and avoided the social realities in India. Now, you see the Marxist politics is heralding a new dawn. Ambedkar is going to be a significant part of Marxist Ideology.

Then he recited those poems which have been reprinted in Agartalla media this morning quoting his Dalitology and detachment of the Left from Dalit movement hitherto.
Though Anil Sarkar is known for his capacity as a Dalit leader to mobilise SC and ST Vote bank in West Bengal and Tripura, he is also known for his merciless criticism for Marxist Brahminical Hegemony. Though he always refrained to comment on Dalit and Muslim Insurrections in Nandigram and singur. He is the only top level Marxist leader who talks to me anytime. He is not interested in West Bengal Brand Power Politics.

Rather the leftist Dalit leader is much more interested to launch a national Dalit Movement and without any hesitation he supported the Casteology of Mayawati in spite of Party Ideology. At the same time, he was quite aggressive against the IN Law psyche of the Dalit intellectuals and leaders in Bengal. He told that any change is not possible in Bengal Scenario unless the Dalits asserts themselves in accordance with Ambedkar Ideology and casteology of Mayawati.

Anil sarkar also did not disclose anything what passed between him and his intimate friend Subhash Chakrabarti. He only hinted that Subhash Chakrabarti is quite happy with Prakash karat hard Line and the alliance with Ms Mayawati. This is, of course quite contrary to the media reports circulated in West Bengal. Anilda claimed that Subhash Chakrabarti supports his adventures with Dalit Movement.

Anilda informed me that he is launching a Mother Tongue campaign with Matribhasha Missions across North East. He had been in Guahati and addressed there Intelligentsia and North East nationalities. He would chalk out his programme in West Bengal very soon.

I think, this message is much more powerful than any of his poems on Mayawati which are beautifully translated in Hindi by Leeladhar Mandoloi, again a reputed poet and Krishna Kalpit.

He wrote;

The Himalayas in the North

Ocean lies in the South

Descends the storm from the North

Spreading snowy cool wind

And the wind stings

Disobedient and Unhumble

Hits the white colour skin

Very distressing
Descends the storm

Twenty first century belongs to Dalits

Twenty first century belongs to Exploited

Twenty first century belongs to Baba sahib

And to his obedient followers

Twenty first century belongs to the New Light.

Those who bear so much sorrow

Insult
Kicks

And persecution

Those who have been torn apart
On the Temple doors
Drinking wells
Those who have been driven away

Twenty first century belongs to them.
Hence, one Dalit woman

A non Aryan Girl

Becomes the general of Aryavart
Immediately

The sky is lit

Wind becomes storm

An earthquake begins.

Because a Prohibited Girl

Alone and alone

Becomes so big!

As if a great river!!


Emerging as the key player in the political drama unfolding ahead of Tuesday's trust vote, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Sunday said the opposition camp had the "numbers" to topple the Manmohan Singh government. The opposition to the Manmohan Singh government gained further momentum ahead of the trust vote with the UNPA, BSP and the Left parties jointly declaring their resolve to go for the kill.

We may just guess the plights of the Dalit, Indigenous and minority leaders in Left circles since the very beginning of Brahminical Communist Movement in India. not only Anil Sarkar, SC ST OBC leaders in left countrywide including Left Ruled West Bengal and Kerala have always been cut to size. Anil Sarkar just survived for his strong political base and specific non Caste Hindu demography of Tripura. Kanti Biswas along with other SC ST leaders including Dinesh Dakua, Narayan Biswas , Bilasibala Shahees, Upen Kisku and Kanti Biswas have been slaughtered. The left never encouraged communist leadership from Cow Belt after PC Joshi and Jharkhande Roy. The Bihar Cpim Leader Ganesh Shankar Vidyarth lost in wildness. Even under grave political compulsion to convince the reluctant Muslim and Indigenous Vote Bank that the Left is against Imperialism as well as Fascism and it has equal distance with RSS, while the Left Brahminical Leadership known for Intense Hatred reserved Dalit, ST,OBC, Muslim, Dalit Liberation, Ambedkar, Kanshiram and mayawati had no way to project the Dalit Queen as next Prime Minister to get a n appropriate Esacpe rout out of the deepermost crisis ahead of impending Loksabha elections, the leaders in North India and those specially in Uttarpradesh have never been consulted.

I did not ask but I knew well that Anil Sarkar has not been consulted either.

The way Brinda karat superseded Subhasini Ali, the high profile daughter of Azad Hind captain Laxmi Sehgal and ex MP from Kanpur, Mayawati supersedes as Third Front Face ahead of all Brahmin and Caste Hindu stalwarts!

What a turnaround quite amusingI It is perhaps best time to recite the poems of Anil Sarkar!

Addressing reporters after a luncheon meeting with Left and United National Progressive Alliance (UNPA) leaders in New Delhi, the Uttar Pradesh chief minister said: "The government has to be ousted. All the MPs are working towards this."

"We have a one-point agenda - to topple the government," she said at a media conference, flanked by Left leaders Prakash Karat and A B Bardhan. The UNPA luncheon meeting with the Left and Mayawati was an obvious effort at forging a strong Third Front.

The meeting was held at 9, Safdarjang Road, the residence of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) MP K Yerran Naidu.

"I am completely sure of the figures," Mayawati said, but refused to give the numbers of MPs who were in the opposition camp.

She said all the 17 BSP members of parliament were with her and MPs from other parties were coming "on their own" to join her.

"I have told them that they should resign from their party, fight elections and join us," she said.

Communist Party-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Prakash Karat on Sunday said that the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) would be toppled in Tuesday's trust vote and warned the government against pushing ahead with the India-US nuclear deal in the event of losing the vote.A confident looking Karat, who even flashed an occasional smile during his media briefing at the CPI-M headquarters here, warned the Manmohan Singh-led government that the country will revolt if it went ahead with the deal after losing the trust vote.

"We wish to warn the government that in case you lose the trust vote, don't try to push the deal. Otherwise, there will be a revolt in the country," Karat said.

Karat said that the Left parties, the United National Progressive Alliance (UNPA), the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and other smaller parties now had the numbers on their side to topple the UPA government in the vote of confidence.

Karat took on Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Mulayam Singh Yadav for betraying the country and other parties by joining hands with the Congress and the UPA on the nuclear deal even after having openly criticized it inside and outside parliament only some months back.

"This is not the first time that the SP is doing so. It has betrayed the country and others twice earlier in 1999 and in 2002. This is the third time. They have no business to blame us for going with the BJP," Karat said.

The Communist leader said that the UPA government had failed on all fronts and was only committed to the Bush administration.

"They are least bothered about the price rise and inflation. This government should go," Karat said.

The party's central committee meanwhile appealed to all secular and democratic parties to vote against the confidence motion being brought by the UPA government.

"The Congress and the Samajwadi Party are desperately trying to mobilise the support of MPs using money power and unscrupulous methods. Even MPs who are convicted of serious crimes are being brought in support," the party said in a statement.

On a day of mixed tidings, the UPA government on Sunday got a major boost when the five-member JMM announced its support to the trust vote while the three-member RLD switched to the opposition camp, leaving the treasury benches still short of the magic mark of 271.

With worries on how to make up for the numbers, the government, however, got some comfort when suspended DMK member Dayanidhi Maran announced that he would abide by the party line in support of the motion.

Likewise, the Hyderabad-based Muslim Majlis also declared that it would give its lone vote in support of the motion. However, there may be bad news from the JD(S) camp which is giving all signals of going against the government.

Congress on Sunday remained unfazed by Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) leader Ajit Singh's decision to vote against the government, maintaining that it has got enough numbers -- both "visible and invisible" -- to smoothly sail through the trust vote.

"We had not counted much on him (Ajit Singh). He was negotiating with each and everybody. Finally, what he does can still be a different thing," party media department chairman M Veerappa Moily told reporters.

Asked to comment on Singh's announcement that the three-MP RLD would vote against the confidence motion, Moily said, "we have enough numbers... visible and invisible numbers."

Replying to another query, he dismissed as rumours the speculation that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would resign ahead of the trust vote on July 22.

"These are rumours created by all interested quarters," he said.

Mamata to announce her decision tomorrow on attending LS
Economic Times, India - 2 hours ago
... for the crucial trust vote, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said she would publicly announce a decision in this regard tomorrow. ...

NDTV.com Mamata to stall any move to shift Coal India headquarters
Thaindian.com, Thailand - 2 hours ago
... Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Sunday vowed to stall any such move even if the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government conceded to do so ...
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Somen abandons Cong, joins force with Mamata
Kolkata Newsline, India - 19 hours ago
He will now join the Mamata Banerjee-led front. The move strengthens Banerjee’s front as Mitra enjoys a considerable clout in the state Congress. ...



Don't push N-deal if you lose trust vote, CPI(M) tells UPA


New Delhi, Jul 20 (PTI) Asserting that the government and the nuclear deal would be "doomed" on Tuesday, the CPI(M) today warned that the country would "revolt" if the Congress-led UPA tried to push the agreement in the event of losing the trust vote.
"We wish to warn this government that in case you lose the trust vote, don't try and push the nuclear deal. The country will revolt," party General Secretary Prakash Karat said after a two-day meeting of the CPI(M) Central Committee.

Maintaining that the struggle against the nuclear deal would continue, he said one phase of this struggle was the trust vote. "The deal will be doomed and the government will be doomed on July 22." Charging the government with public betrayal, he said it had promised that the next step on the safeguards agreement would be taken only after the trust vote. Instead, "we see the spectacle of our officers scurrying to Vienna to try and hustle through the safeguards agreement with the (IAEA) Board of Governors." "You have already bypassed Parliament. You have also gone back on a public pledge because you are committed to (US) President (George W) Bush," Karat told the government.

Accusing the UPA of taking "desperate and unscrupulous steps to engineer defections", he said the Congress and the Samajwadi Party were trying to mobilise the support of unaffiliated MPs using "money power and unscrupulous methods".

"It is a shame on this government to use the votes of convicted criminals to sustain themselves in power," he said noting the difference between MPs who were convicted and those who were undertrials. PTI

PM to move one-line confidence motion

That this House expresses its confidence in the Council of Ministers — this is the one line motion that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would be moving in the Lok Sabha on Monday

New Delhi: "That this House expresses its confidence in the Council of Ministers."

This is the one line motion that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would be moving in the Lok Sabha on Monday soon after it commences its two-day session convened for the government to seek a trust vote in the wake of Left parties withdrawing support.

The Prime Minister is expected to commend the Motion for consideration of the House with a speech by way of opening the debate.

At the end of the two-day debate, he is also expected to reply to it before the motion would be put to vote.

Top leaders of the Congress as also its supporting parties are expected to participate in the discussion and Leader of Opposition L K Advani is among the likely prominent speakers from the BJP.

External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee is the Leader of Lok Sabha, who could be intervening in the two-day long discussion given the fact he had headed the UPA-Left Committee that went into the nuclear deal.

The UPA is expected to field RJD chief Lalu Prasad, Congress ministers P Chidambaram and Kapil Sibal who were all members of the Committee.

Gurudas Dasgupta of the CPI and Rupchand Pal and Mohd Salim from CPI-M would utilise the opportunity offered by the trust vote to attack the government and the deal.

Brajesh Pathak of the BSP is expected to be fielded by Mayawati to attack the government on the nuclear deal issue.

After the House assembles for the day, seven newly elected members would be taking oath following which Speaker Somnath Chatterjee will be paying obituary references to five former members who died during the intersession period.

There would be no Question Hour and the trust vote would be taken up immediately.




Off Whip CPIM MP and Lok Sabha Speaker , the Brahmin Don of Shantiniketan Promoter Builder Raj, Somnath Chatterjee has called a meeting of the floor leaders of the House on Monday ahead of the special session of Parliament to decide on the confidence motion. The meeting is being convened to discuss issues related to the trust vote being sought by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the wake of Left withdrawing support to the government on the Indo-US nuclear deal. Prakash karat is Humiliated for a lifetime experience as CPIM General secretary. Jyoti basu played a Revenge Play Protagonist. Voting with RSS has left the Communists in wildness so intense that they could not persude the Loksabha speaker.

Suddenly, the race is looking much closer than it seemed at the beginning. Congress managers, kept on the edge by would-be allies and independent MPs playing hardball, were looking over their shoulders on Wednesday as the rival Left-BSP camp got a boost with BJP mounting an operation to topple the Manmohan Singh government.

CPIM units in West Bengal and kerala have been caught unaware and underprepared for the ongoing crisis. The Right as well Left part of Americanised Bush Slave Zionist brahminical part of the Comrador Ruling Class and Ruling Hegemony dare not neglect any dictation from Washington! No political party ever hoped to upset the Apple Cart in wildest dream until Ms Mayawati jumped in the Arena of Power Game hitherto dominated by Bengali and Kerala Brahmins led by Pranab Mukherjee, Prakash Karat, Sitaram Yechuri, Buddha Deb Bhattacharya and somnath Chatterjee. The FDI fed misinformation manipulation master Indian Media is crying with all the Screming Headlines evrything quoting National Interest and the prospect of Super Power Nuclear Hindu Nation. The RSS led by adwani and gang had the Option highlighetd so far. Maywati made irrelevant all those rubbish speculation with strategies with surgical precision. She seems to have won the Intellectual Strategical war in First round way ahead of Rivals and pushing the mighty Hindu aside! Although the government's negotiators maintained UPA was ahead in the numbers game and had been successful in rounding up some smaller partners and stemming efforts to poach its MPs.

Amongst all political parties, CPIM is the most Scared Flock facing the Tsunami of Elections ahead. But the Hirdliner JNU return marxist leadership is coincidentally the Fronrunners amongst all the Rivals for the Final KILL! West Bengal and Keral units have been stranded and dissidence has never been secret.

The Escape route emereged with a Master stroke of the Kerala Hardliner. It is, no doubt, the projection of dalit Queen Mayawatias the Next Prime Minister. The Communists strategy finally fielded Mayawati to face the Heat and Dust of Next Elections, specially the karishma of Mamta Bannerjee added with the Organisational skills of Somen Mitra. Since the NUKE Deal is auto piloted and implementing this GOI had to spare the much needed time of Horse trading, all rotten theories about Ideology, personality clash, hard line and Anti imperialism have become quite irrelevant. The topmost priority for the Left is to sustain Power Bases in three Left Ruled states. The agenda to appease a most reluctant Vote Bank has no way but to making way for Mayawati and casteology!While continuing with its efforts to garner a majority for the government in the Lok Sabha, the Congress party is simultaneously preparing to take the issue of the nuclear deal to the people and make it into an election issue.

hindustan times explains the crisis very well:

Soon after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh declared that the government would "very soon" approach the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to move forward on the Indo-US nuclear deal, an upset Left announced withdrawal of support to the UPA government. The move ended weeks of suspense on the issue. Now, with the PM declaring that there is no threat to the government’s stability, stage is set for a flurry of activities on the political scene. The Communists had also come down heavily on the government for approaching the IAEA to finalise the India-specific safeguards pact. With more and more support making the number game crucial, the big question is whether the determined Left parties will be able to rock the Indo-US nuke deal boat?

With just two days left for the crucial vote of confidence of ruling Congress led United Progressive Alliance (UPA), political scenario turned into a battleground on Sunday with politicians defecting amidst heavy lobbying in New Delhi. Meanwhile, Mayawati seems to have emerged as the key player in the political game that is all set to decide not only the fate of the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh led government but also of the US-India civil nuclear deal. Taking a stand against Mulayam Singh, Mayawati said that he is accusing her party of horse-trading without any proof. She further added that she is not responsible if members of SP voluntarily join her camp.

Amidst all the political drama, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), one of the former communist allies of the UPA who withdrew support leading to the vote of confidence motion in the parliament, reiterated its stand against the nuclear deal.


Prakash Karat, General Secretary of CPI (M) expressed hope that the UPA government will not see the light of the day after June 22, the day slated for the confidence vote.


"We have made up our mind to vote this government out of power on July 22. We do not wish that this government should stay in power after July 22," said Karat.


The hitherto blurred situation should be clear with the outcome of the 'political dinner parties' planned by various top politicians.


The government believes it has enough votes to avoid an early election after securing the backing of the Samajwadi Party, but observers say the trust vote could turn out to be close.


If the government loses, early elections will be called and a civilian nuclear deal with the United States, over which the government's communist allies withdrew support, could be buried.


The government needs to reach the 272 mark in the 543 member Lok Sabha to win the trust vote.

CPI(M) meet talks long-term ties with Maya

BS Reporter / New Delhi July 20, 2008, 0:54 IST

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The Central Committee meeting of the CPI(M), ostensibly called to endorse General Secretary Prakash Karat's decision to vote against the UPA government in the upcoming trust motion in Parliament, spent a considerable time discussing the role of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati, acknowledging her importance in the current political scenario.


In his report to the committee, Karat also mentioned his meeting with Mayawati, hinting at the future prospect of working with her.

The CPI(M) received support from Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on the Indo-US nuclear deal recently. For the first time since its inception, the BSP has joined hands with the CPI(M) on an issue as the two parties decided to co-operate to defeat the government in Parliament.

This took place along with discussions on the possibility of early Lok Sabha election. The CPI(M) feels the government may survive the trust vote on July 22 but may go for an election in November or December. The committee also discussed preparations for such a possibility.

Insiders said many committee members pointed out the potential of Mayawati in the emerging political situation. Although it is not clear how far the CPI(M) can get along with the BSP given that the communists regard it as a casteist force, the party wants to approach Mayawati with an open mind now that the SP has switched sides.

Many members also asked why Somnath Chatterjee has not resigned from the Lok Sabha Speaker's post.

However, the top leadership of the party is averse to putting pressure on Chatterjee due to the fear that he may resign both the Speaker's chair and the Lok Sabha membership after July 22.

In its party congress held in April 2008, the CPI(M) acknowledged that "the BSP has emerged as a strengthened force after the elections in Uttar Pradesh. It has used its base among the dalits to build a wider coalition of caste politics. This sort of caste based political mobilisation is sought to be introduced in other states by the BSP. This will have a major impact in parts of northern and western India."









Countdown UPA: Govt edges to safety but not there yet

CNN-IBN
New Delhi: The UPA Government is edging closer to winning the vote of confidence Parliament on Tuesday with CNN-IBN projecting that it is three short of the halfway mark.


There are 268 MPs for the Government and 266 MPs against it. The Government got a slight edge by Sunday evening after some NDA MPs have decided to switch sides and vote for it.


The Janata Dal (Secular) and the Rashtriya Lok Dal have decided to vote against the Government but the Government is wooing seven MPs who have not decided their votes, hoping they would either support it on Tuesday or abstain.


The Government is wooing seven MPs who have not decided their votes, hoping they would either support it on Tuesday or abstain. The Government needs two-three MPs to abstain on Tuesday, so that the halfway mark comes down to 267 or thereabouts.


On the other side of the political divide too, there are causes of concern. For the BJP, there is fear of some of its MPs abstaining. Its Balrampur MP Braj Bhushan has decided to support the UPA.


The UPA snared rebel Janata Dal (United) MP Ramswaroop Prasad, who announced that he would vote for the Government in “national interest”.

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We have numbers to topple government: Mayawati
Hindustan Times - Jul 20 4:59 AM
Emerging as the key player in the political drama unfolding ahead of Tuesday's trust vote, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati Sunday said the opposition camp had the "numbers" to topple the Manmohan Singh government.
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Gowda, Mayawati join hands to oust government
New Kerala - Jul 20 6:36 AM
New Delhi, July 20 : Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) supremo and former prime minister H.D. Deve Gowda Sunday joined hands with Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati in efforts to topple the UPA government.
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Left, Mayawati attend UNPA lunch
The Economic Times - Jul 20 3:53 AM
Taking forward their attempts to build a bigger Third Front and vote out the Manmohan Singh government, the Left parties and BSP chief Mayawati attended a lunch hosted by the remnant members of UNPA in New Delhi on Sunday.
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Mayawati king-maker now, could be queen
The Economic Times - 2 hours, 42 minutes ago
Mayawati seems to have done a 'social engineering' of the numbers game and has emerged a king-maker for the front against UPA. Who can swing the trust vote?
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We have numbers to topple UPA: Mayawati
The Times of India - Jul 20 5:14 AM
BSP chief Mayawati said that she is completely sure of the figures, but refused to give the numbers of MPs who were in the opposition camp.
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Ajit Singh meets Mayawati
Hindustan Times - Jul 19 11:30 PM
RLD chief Ajit Singh, whose party MPs are being counted upon by the UPA, on Sunday met BSP supremo Mayawati and discussed the current political situation.
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Left, Mayawati attend UNPA lunch
New Kerala - Jul 20 6:15 AM
New Delhi, July 20: Taking forward their attempts to build a bigger Third Front and vote out the Manmohan Singh government, the Left parties and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati attended a lunch hosted by the remnant members of the United National Progressive Alliance (UNPA) here Sunday.
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We have numbers to topple government: Mayawati
The Economic Times - Jul 20 5:54 AM
Emerging as a key player in the political drama ahead of trust vote, Mayawati says Opposition has the 'numbers' to topple the govt. Who can swing the trust vote?
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Government will be toppled, vows Mayawati
New Kerala - Jul 20 6:30 AM
New Delhi, July 20 : Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati Sunday made it very clear that the Manmohan Singh government has to be toppled in Tuesday's trust vote.
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Mayawati king-maker now, could be queen
New Kerala - Jul 20 6:38 AM
New Delhi, July 20: If Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati's smiles are any indication, she seems to have done a 'social engineering' of the numbers game in the national capital and has emerged a king-maker for the front against the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA).
The UPA Government is struggling to secure numbers to remain in power, hoping that defections and abstentions among parties would help it to win the vote of confidence in Parliament on Tuesday.


Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) leader Ajit Singh dealt the first blow to the Government on Sunday when he announced that his three MPs would not support it during the floor test.


The Centre has decided to rename Lucknow's Amausi airport after his father, former prime minister Charan Singh, but that failed to impress the RLD leader. "The Congress is run by Amar Singh (Samajwadi Party leader). We discussed the issue and our MPs are not in favour of supporting the Congress because the SP is with them," he said.


The Janata Dal (Secular), which has three MPs, followed suit hours later with its leader and former Karnataka chief minister H D Kumaraswamy announcing that he would support the United National Progressive Alliance (UNPA) in voting against the Government.


Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) leader Ajit Singh on Sunday announced his three MPs would vote against the Government in the July 22 floor test in Parliament.

"RLD will vote against the Government in the confidence motion," said Singh after a meeting of his party MPs, who were against supporting a Congress-led Government backed by the Samajwadi Party.

"Congress is run by Amar Singh. We discussed the issue and our MPs are not in favour of supporting the Congress because the SP is with them," he said. "We also discussed the performance of the Government in the last four years as also the nuclear deal".

Singh announced his decision after meeting BSP chief and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati in Delhi. "The meeting with Mayawati was positive," said Singh.

The RLD chief said the nuclear energy is not a viable option. "Only two per cent of the energy needs are met from nuclear sources and if the deal is implemented we can meet only five per cent of the needs by 2030.

"Energy from Ethanol is cheaper than this, even solar and wind energy are competitive. I have been all along against the nuclear deal," he said.

PTI reports the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) will not issue a whip, but its two MPs will vote against the UPA Government.

The bit of good news for the Government was that Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader Shibu Soren announced that his five MPs would vote for the Government on July 22. CNN-IBN learns Soren has bargained for the Jharkhand Deputy Chief Minister’s post for his son, a Union Cabinet birth for himself and a junior minister’s post for one of his MPs in the UPA Government.

Asaduddin Owaisi, the lone MP of Majlis-e Ittehadul Muslimeen, would vote in favour of the Government. "Our basic aim is to stop the BJP from coming to power," Asaduddin Owaisi told PTI on Sunday. MIM is a constituent of the UPA but Owaisi had been holding his cards close to his chest.

National Conference leader Omar Abdullah, who has two MPs, told CNN-IBN he had made his mind about whom to vote for but would not go public now. “I am not into making deals and striking bargains. You will know when I will speak in Parliament in the debate,” he told CNN-IBN.
Kumaraswamy’s father and JD(S) chief H D Deve Gowda said the party had collectively decided to vote against the Government. He made the announcement soon after BSP chief and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati met him and requested his support for the UNPA.

Votes for Congress

The Congress had some reason to cheer with the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) finally ending days of suspense and deciding to support the ruling coalition in Tuesday's vote, expected late at night. JMM has five MPs.

JMM leader Shibu Soren, after meeting UPA chief Sonia Gandhi on Sunday morning, announced he would support the Government. In return, Soren will get two ministries—one of cabinet rank and another a minister of state—for his party in the Centre. Soren’s son has been promised the post of deputy chief minister in Jharkhand, his home state.

DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran, estranged grand-nephew of party chief and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, also announced he would vote for the government. And so did the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen, whose sole MP Asaduddin Owaisi said in Hyderabad that he considered the BJP a greater evil than the nuclear deal.

The UPA snared rebel Janata Dal (United) MP Ramswaroop Prasad, who announced that he would vote for the Government in “national interest”.

The National Conference, which has two MPs, refused to make public its decision but sources tell CNN-IBN the party will support the Government.

The Government is wooing seven MPs who have not decided their votes, hoping they would either support it on Tuesday or abstain. Of these seven the lone MP of Trinamool Congress is likely to abstain.
Menawhile Samajvadi Party has to tell another story!
: The Manmohan Singh Government will ‘bounce back’ in Tuesday's trust vote as many MPs are joining in to show support, the Samajwadi Party said Sunday and hit out against the BJP and Left, which had become one.

"The Government will bounce back," Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh told reporters here. "You will be surprised to see the number of people who support the Government."

Denying that many MPs were leaving the party, the Samajwadi Party chief said they are "one and united" and those who have left are "opportunists".

"We have suspended five. But we continue to have 39 members," he said. The party has 39 MPs in the Lok Sabha.

"We are supporting the nuclear deal. We want to stop and weaken the communal forces. The nuclear deal is in the national interest. India has an independent foreign policy," Mulayam Singh told reporters here.

Targeting the Left parties, which withdrew support to the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government July 9 after the Government said it was going ahead with the nuclear deal, Mulayam Singh said: "The red flag and Lal Krishna Advani are one. The Left parties, the BSP (Bahujan Samaj Party) and the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) are one."

"We appeal to the Left to do politics of secularism. If anyone has fought against communal forces then it the Samajwadi Party," he added.

"The Left should think again (on withdrawing support) because they are supporting the communal forces (siding with the BJP in the trust vote)," he stated.

He charged arch rival and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati with offering money to MPs to stop them voting for the Government Tuesday.

Taking pot shots at Telugu Desam Party chief N. Chandrababu Naidu, who said it would not be wrong to make Mayawati the Prime Minister, Singh said, "Please, talk less."

"Who is the supporter of the Muslims. Only the Samajwadi Party. I have never done any kind of agreement with the BJP," he said.
2 days to vote: SP crumbling, UPA stumbling
Saroj Nagi and Amit Baruah, Hindustan Times
New Delhi, July 20, 2008
With the Samajwadi Party unable to hold together its flock, the Congress-led UPA is banking on “surprises from some unexpected quarters’’ to win the July 22 trust vote. And if this government goes, so does the nuclear deal, for now.
In a huge setback to the SP on Saturday, Rajya Sabha member Shahid Siddiqui crossed over to the BSP and Lok Sabha MP from Jalesar S.P. Singh Baghel became the fourth party MP to come out against the UPA.
The Samajwadi, which started off with a tally of 39, is now down to 35, with three rebels — Munawar Hasan, Raj Narain Budholiya and Jai Prakash — already ranged against the government. There is no certainty also about jailbirds Atiq Ahmed and Afzal Ansari.
If the government goes, said experts, so will the nuclear deal. “If the UPA loses the vote, then it is only logical that they halt the process,” said former Foreign Secretary Kanwal Sibal. “The confidence motion is an indirect vote to ratify the deal.”
Strategic analyst K. Subrahmanyam said the civil nuclear accord would have to be pursued by a new government, if this government goes. “The whole process gets suspended till a new government takes it up. But the deal will survive. We have the Hyde Act and the 123 agreement in place,” he added.
Though Siddiqui’s resignation does not affect SP’s numbers in the House, it would be deeply embarrassing for the party as it tries to mobilize support for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to continue in office.
Understandably rattled, UPA is looking beyond the SP for those magical numbers needed to take it beyond the halfway mark of 271. “We expect support from unexpected quarters from outside our traditional support base,” said Union minister Prithviraj Chavan, adding, “We have built a cushion of surprise. There will be support from all parties excluding the Left.”
Other party functionaries hinted at abstentions by MPs of the Akali Dal, BJD, Shiv Sena and even BJP MPs, particularly from Gujarat and MP. The UPA leaders had a strategy session at Pranab Mukherjee’s house.
The numbers are slow in coming. The smaller parties are taking their time. They wil be joining the PM and is UPA MPS and party office-bearers for dinner at Hotel Ashok on Sunday.
After meeting Singh on Saturday, JD(S) leader H D Deve Gowda was non committal. He will announce his stand on Sunday. The five-member JMM, too, continued to play hard to get.
Meanwhile, the Congress did an informal headcount of its 150-odd MPs when groups of members called on Sonia Gandhi.
"Less than a dozen could not come because of some commitment but they had informed about it,’’ said an AICC leader.
Meanwhile MIMIM leader and UPA ally A Owaisi met the PM and Sonia Gandhi and assured them of his support for the UPA, saying he did not want to see BJP’s LK Advani as PM.
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Stay united, Sonia tells MPs

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`Baseless to say deal is anti-Muslim'



NEW DELHI: Even as the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government prepares itself to face a `make or break' trust vote on July 22, Congress president Sonia Gandhi met party MPs at her residence here on Saturday and asked them to close ranks to ensure the government's victory. She distributed to each MP a booklet, "Facts About India's Initiative For Seeking International Cooperation in Civil Nuclear Energy.''

The MPs who met the party president said she looked "confident.'' She explained to them the merits of the India- U.S. nuclear deal and urged them to take it to the people across the country as a "necessity'' to meet power shortage.

She allayed the apprehensions of some Muslim MPs, saying that it was "baseless'' to think the pact was "anti-Muslim.'' "She asked the MPs to stand solidly behind the government and vote decisively for it,'' party general secretary in charge of Uttar Pradesh, Digvijay Singh, told journalists here.

Four MPs from Uttar Pradesh - Manvendra Singh (Mathura), Rajesh Mishra (Varanasi), Brijendra Singh (Aligarh) and Surendra Goel (Ghaziabad) - who were said to have been "approached'' to change sides, held hands and declared that they were "here and together'' with the UPA. Although R.L. Jalappa of Karnataka, who had expressed his unhappiness with the State Congress, was amongst the MPs from his State who met Ms. Gandhi, three others - M.H. Ambareesh (Mandya), N.Y. Hanumanthappa (Chitradurga) and A. Venkatesh Naik (Raichur) - did not come.

A.F. Golam Osmani of Barpeta in Assam, Arvind Kumar Sharma of Karnal and Kuldeep Bishnoi of Bhiwani in Haryana were absent. Emerging from the meeting with the party chief, the Kanakpura MP, Tejaswini Gowda, denied rumours about her going against the government on the trust vote.

"How can I join the BJP. I am a strong follower of Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Manmohan Singh. The nuclear deal is for the country and I support it fully.''

Senior leader Veerappa Moily said Ms. Gandhi's meeting with the MPs was "a matter of courtesy.'' Asked whether the Prime Minister could resign before a trust vote, he said, "The question does not arise as we will win.''
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Shahid Siddiqui: Why I joined the BSP
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From Manmohan to Mayawati ?
Great Indian Mutiny, India - 10 hours ago
The thought of the erudite Man Mohan Singh giving way to Mayawati, of whose economic ideology and foreign policy nothing much is known except that it reeks ...

Mayawati tests Delhi waters to become PM
Herald Publications, India - 14 hours ago
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Chennai Online, India - 11 hours ago
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Untouchable by birth, undaunted as a politician
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CPI(M) issues whip to MPs; Somnath left out
Hindu, India - 18 Jul 2008
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Mayawati to give 1.1 lakh free houses to BPL families
Express India - Jul 18 2:03 PM
The Mayawati government has decided to distribute 1.1 lakh two-room houses free of cost to people living under the Below Poverty Line in Uttar Pradesh.
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Too premature to talk of Mayawati as PM: TDP
The Times of India - Jul 18 1:29 PM
In sharp contrast to the TRS's prompt endorsement of BSP chief Mayawati as a future Prime Minister, the TDP on Friday said it was "very premature" to talk about the subject.
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Mayawati splits SP, shocks government
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Too premature to talk of Mayawati as PM: TDP
Outlook India - Jul 18 11:38 AM
In sharp contrast to the TRS's prompt endorsement of BSP chief Mayawati as a future Prime Minister, the TDP today said it was "very premature" to talk about the subject.
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SC refuses relief to hotel Cos, issues notice to Mayawati Govt
Outlook India - Jul 18 7:39 AM
The Supreme Court today refused to give any relief to hospitality companies, including ITC and Indian Hotels Company Ltd, whose land lease for building 14 hotels in Noida ahead of the 2010 Commonwealth Games was cancelled by the Mayawati government.
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Low-caste woman has reshaped India's politics
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Jul 20 1:40 AM
LUCKNOW, India — Kumari Mayawati, a daughter of so-called untouchables and India's most maverick politician, stunned the nation last year when she won majority control of India's largest state with an inventive political coalition that fused votes from up and down the ancient Hindu caste pyramid.
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The rise and rise of Mayawati: from CM to future PM?
The Times of India - Jul 19 1:14 PM
After she became the first dalit CM, the BSP boss emerged as a sort of icon, with her appeal trascending UP borders.
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Mayawati, the new rallying point for Third Front
IBN live - Jul 19 12:17 PM
The BSP chief calmly engineered defections from the SP camp.
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Holding centrestage:
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Holding centrestage: BSP chief Mayawati addresses reporters after UNPA meeting in New Delhi. (NDTV) © Copyright NDTV Convergence Limited 2008. All rights reserved.
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Travel: Holidays
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BSP chief Mayawati with JD(S) leader Deve Gowda after a meeting in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)
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Indian political parties hold hectic talks as trust vote nears
EARTHtimes.org - Jul 19 6:37 AM
New Delhi - Political parties held hectic talks and strategy sessions in the Indian capital Saturday with the trust vote to be faced by the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government on Tuesday most likely to be a close call. Prime Minister ...
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What exactly is a trust vote?
New Kerala - 1 hour, 32 minutes ago
New Delhi, July 20: A trust vote is a motion through which the government of the day seeks to know whether it still enjoys the confidence of parliament.
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Cussedness, underhand dealings mark countdown to trust vote
Calcutta News - Jul 18 10:48 PM
The prelude to the July 22 trust vote in parliament on the nuclear deal on which the fate of the Manmohan Singh government depends has added yet another dark chapter of opportunism and horse-trading to Indian politics.
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Cussedness, underhand dealings mark countdown to trust vote
New Kerala - Jul 18 11:01 PM
By Amulya Ganguli: The prelude to the July 22 trust vote in parliament on the nuclear deal on which the fate of the Manmohan Singh government depends has added yet another dark chapter of opportunism and horse-trading to Indian politics.
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Maoists warn JMM against supporting trust vote
Hindustan Times - Jul 20 1:14 AM
The banned Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) have called for a shutdown on Tuesday to oppose the India-US nuclear deal and threatened the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha not to support the Manmohan Singh government when it seeks the trust vote in parliament.
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Maoists warn JMM against supporting trust vote
New Kerala - Jul 20 5:37 AM
Ranchi, July 20 : The banned Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) have called for a shutdown Tuesday to oppose the India-US nuclear deal and threatened the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha not to support the Manmohan Singh government when it seeks the trust vote in parliament.
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Bookies shorten odds on Manmohan government winning
New Kerala - Jul 20 6:46 AM
New Delhi, July 20: Indian bookmakers Sunday further shortened the odds on the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government winning the trust vote in parliament July 22.
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If UPA coalition in India loses the Parliament trust vote, the ball will be in the court of America to implement the ...
India Daily - Jul 17 9:31 PM
Indian government has to only see the agreement through the IAEA board. The next few stages will be spearheaded by the US, not India.
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Governments have won six of eight trust votes
The Economic Times - Jul 20 5:53 AM
Concept of a trust vote started in '79 because in all elections before that the mandate was decisive & there was no need for a vote. Who can swing the trust vote?
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Market to stabilise after trust vote: Analysts 20 Jul 2008, 1126 hrs IST,PTI
The Times of India - Jul 20 12:33 AM
MUMBAI: Dalal Street is likely to get the much needed direction and stability after the vote of confidence on UPA government on June 22 this week, even as falling crude oil prices may impact positively, analysts say.
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