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अपूर्व सक्सेना - जयपुर

 

ये जुमला मेरा नहीं बल्कि उन दिग्गजों का है, जिन्होंने सपने में भी नहीं सोचा था कि एक छोटी सी क्रांति की चिंगारी इतना बड़ा रूप ले लेगी कि, अब उन्हें अपना वर्चस्व भी खतरे में दिखाई देता हुआ पड़ता है। हर घर, गली कोने, नुक्कड़, दुकानो, ऑफिस, ट्रेन, बस, हवाई जहाज, समाचार पत्र, न्यूज़ चैनल, न्यूज़ पोर्टल्स और इस देश के लोगो के मूंह पर सिर्फ एक ही नाम "आप" का गूँज रहा है।

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इसकी बानगी कुछ ये है :-

राहुल गांधी - कांग्रेस - "मेरे ख्याल से आम आदमी पार्टी ने लोगों को जोड़ा है जो हम जैसी पारम्परिक पार्टीयां लोगों को नहीं जोड़ सकी। हमे इससे सीखना होगा"।

आनंद महिंद्रा - उद्योगपति - "आप की धमाकेदार एंट्री दिखाती है कि हम किस तरह एक आदर्शवादी है पर कुटील नहीं और सच्चाई ही सबसे बढ़िया नीति नहीं, वरन राजनीति भी है"।

ओमर अब्दुल्लाह - मुख्य मंत्री, जम्मू - कश्मीर - "२०१४ के लिए हमारी सबसे बड़ी सीख जिसे हमें लिख लेना चाहिए और वे है कि राजनीति में किसी कमज़ोर और नए व्यक्ति को कमतर नहीं आँकना चाहिए"।

कपिल सिब्बल - कांग्रेस - " दिल्ली में आपके शानदार प्रदर्शन के लिए बधाई @ अरविन्द केजरीवाल और @ आम आदमी पार्टी। आपको शुभकामनाएं।

चन्दन मित्रा - बी जे पी - " मैं मानता हूँ कि मैं निराश हूँ, मुझे आशा थी कि हम दिल्ली को बड़ी आसानी से जीत लेंगे, पर मुझे ये आशा नहीं थी कि एक नया आदमी बिना किसी एजेंडे के इतना बढ़िया कर सकता है"।

सुशील कुमार मोदी - बी जे पी - "सलाम अरविन्द केजरीवाल, नमो कि तरह उसने भी इस देश की राजनीति की राह बदल दी है, बहुत कुछ सीखने को है इस तरह की राजनीति से"।

अन्ना हज़ारे - गांधीवादी एक्टिविस्ट - "एक दिन वो (केजरीवाल) अपने पार्टी के कार्यकर्ताओं की ताकत से मुख्य मंत्री बन जाएगा"।

निर्मला सीतारमन - बी जे पी - " आप की बहुत ही तगड़ी शुरुआत, पर पता नहीं कि ये आगामी आम चुनाव तक रहेगी कि नहीं। हम आप को तोडना नहीं चाहते और न ही उनके किसी उम्मीदवार को लेना चाहते हैं"।

विजय गोयल - बी जे पी - "हमने आप को हमेशा एक प्रतिद्वंद्धी की तरह देखा और इन्हे दो अंकों तक पहुँचते हुए देख रहे थे पर इन्होने जो किया वो काफी आश्चर्यजनक है"।

चेतन भगत - लेखक - जियो @ अरविन्द केजरीवाल। क्या सबक सिखाया है। ज़िन्दगी भर याद रखेंगे"।

डॉ। हर्ष वर्धन - बी जे पी - मुख्य मंत्री उम्मीदवार - "मैं केजरीवाल और उनकी पार्टी को उम्मीद के उलट उनके अच्छे प्रदर्शन के लिए बधाई देता हूँ"।

दिग्विजय सिंह - कांग्रेस - मेरे विचार से ये लोकतंत्र के लिए अच्छे संकेत है, एक पार्टी जो की साल भी पुरानी नहीं है, उसने अपने लिए जगह बनाई है"।

उद्धव ठाकरे - मुख्या - शिव सेना - "केजरीवाल नाम के एक नौजवान ने बड़ी ही बहादुरी से कांग्रेस और नरेंद्र मोदी की मजबूत चुनौती को सफलतापूर्वक लड़ा है। ये ( आप ) चुनौती सिर्फ दिल्ली तक सीमित नहीं है, बल्कि ये चुनौती देश की सभी राजनीतिक पार्टीयों के लिए है"।

स्रोत : http://arvindkejriwal.co.in/aam-aadmi-party-election-symbol/

 

मेरे ख्याल से "आप" का सम्बोधन इस देश में इतनी बार कभी नहीं हुआ होगा कि जितना की चुनाव के नतीजों के बाद। आखिर ऐसा क्या हो गया कि अचानक, तेरह महीनो पुरानी एक अदनी सी पार्टी इतना बड़ा उलटफेर कर दे, ऐसी कौन सी जादू की छड़ी "आप" के पास आ गयी जिसने लोगों की नब्ज़ को टटोल लिया पर बड़े बड़े दिग्गज जनता की नब्ज़ को नहीं टटोल पाये।

इसका जवाब हम सभी के पास है पर हम उसे कहने या पहचानने से कतरा रहे है और वो है, अपने देश के प्रती ईमानदारी के भाव से देश और देशवासियों के लिए राजनीति करना, पर राजनीति के क्षेत्र के दिग्गज कर रहे है इसका उल्टा। आज इन राजनीतिज्ञों के मायनो में राजनीति - लूट पाट, हिंसा, दंगे, हत्या, फ़िरौती, भ्रष्टाचार, वित्तीय घोटाले, बिचौलिये, अवैध कमाई, कमज़ोर वर्ग का शोषण, हठीलापन, पद का अहंकार आदि बन गए हैं।
और जब इस देश की जनता इन टुच्चे लोगो को यह करते हुए देखती है तो वह भी टुच्चेपन पे उतारू हो जाती है।

ज़रा सोचिये जो पार्टीयां जोड़ तोड़ की राजनीति में अपने कई गुल खिला चुकी हो आज वही पार्टीयां नैतिकता की ज़मीन पर अपने को पदस्थ कर रही है, किसी भी उम्मीदवार का कोई मोल भाव नहीं हो रहा, नहीं तो क्या चार सीटें भाजपा के लिए जुटाना कोई बडा मुश्किल वाला काम है ? ऐसा क्यूँ हो पा रहा है कभी सोचा है आपने ? प्रशन जितना सीधा उसका उत्तर उतना ही आसान। इन दिनों में जिस तरह की राजनीति आप ने कर के दिखाई है उससे न सिर्फ देश की जनता बल्कि राजनीति के धुरंधरों ने भी बड़ी बारीकी से देखा, समझा और परखा है। "आप" ने जिस पारदर्शिता से अपने चुनाव के लिए खर्च की सीमा रखी और फिर पार्टी के चंदे का ब्यौरा अपनी वेबसाइट पर दिया है ऐसा किस राजनीतिक पार्टीयों ने अभी तक कर के दिखाया है, ये ज़रा सोचने की बात है।

करीब एक साल पहले का मुझे एक वाक्या याद आ रहा है, जब मैंने "आप" के जयपुर पदाधिकारियों से "आप" को बनाने के पीछे की रणनीति के बारे में पूछा, तो उन्होंने बताया कि "आप" राजनीति करने का अपना स्तर इतना ऊंचा रखेगी की दूसरी बड़ी स्थापित राजनीतिक पार्टियों को न चाहकर भी अपने स्तर को "आप" के स्तर  तक पहुँचाना होगा वर्ना ये जनता की नज़र से उतर जायेंगे, और देखिये इसकी झलक हमें साफ़ दिखाई देने लगी है, ये हमारे लोकतंत्र के लिए एक बड़े परिवर्तन का संकेत है, जो हमारे देश और देश की जनता के उज्ज्वल भविष्य के लिए हितकारी होगा।      

"आप" के राजनीति में पदार्पण करने से एक नयी सोच सामने आ रही है, इस देश की जनता जागरूक होती हुई नज़र आ रही है, लोगों का विश्वास "आप" के तरह की राजनीती में बढ़ता जा रहा है, आम आदमी एक नया सूरज उग गया है जिसकी किरणे हमारे अंतर मन में एक नयी रोशनी पैदा कर रही है अचानक लोग बदले बदले से नज़र आने लगे है पर ये तो सिर्फ एक आगाज़ है उस आने वाले कल के भारत, के नव निर्माण का।   

List of Corruptions in India

This thought provoking video is a courtesy of (India Against Corruption) - IAC - Eye Opener. The video has a comprehensive list of Corruptions in India since Independence. 

Yes !! Mr Prime Minister

Yes Mr. Prime Minister. You are very right in your notion. We have never seen nor heard about any Prime Minister of other Nations.

That leaves us with a very important question in our minds, why are the people of this country besides the opposition are hell bent in targeting you ?



Is it because you are seen as soft target or is it because you have never taken tough decisions, when ever this Nation required it from you.

Mr Prime Minister there have been many instances when the countrymen felt cheated by your government, specially when it comes to Lokpall Bill, Keeping political Parties out of RTI ambit or despite SC ruling on tainted politicians the whole political chooses to change the law itself, so that accused and corrupt politicians get room to stand in elections and play their games for yet another five years. What an apathy the people of this country are going through you can very well understand.

In times of grave economic conditions the country is looking to you for stricter reforms, but what we come across is yet another scam or a CD expose or Coalgate files go missing or if not these then a mud slinging match between Cockroaches and Frogs, do we give votes to you or the other case.


Source: Dainik Bhaskar

Exposed - Police in India

A well known open secret about police was exposed in Rajasthan Patrika in one of their Sunday Jacket Editions.

The expose reveals the sorry state of Police affairs in the State and the Country. Our heads go down in shame, but not theirs. The Editorial by Mr. Gulab Kothari, Owner Rajasthan Patrika rubs more salt by his witty observations about them.

Please read full story here :  Exposed - Police in India

अपनी गलतियों को क्यों नहीं मानते - ये नेता

मध्य प्रदेश के बी.जे.पी नेता और कैबिनेट मंत्री कैलाश विजयवर्गीय अपने बयान पर खुद उस वक़्त फँस गए जब टाइम्स नाओ ( Times Now ) के
मुख्य सम्पादक - अर्नब गोस्वामी के शो न्यूजआवर ( Newshour ) में पूछे गए सवालों में उलझे हुए पाए गए। सवालों का केंद्र बिंदु कैलाश विजयवर्गीय का वो विवादास्पत  बयान था जो उन्होंने मध्य प्रदेश में एक कार्यक्रम के दौरान दिया। विजयवर्गीय का कहना था कि अगर आज की महिलाएं, सीता की तरह अपनी मर्यादा (लक्ष्मण रेखा ) को पार करेगी तो रावण उनका अपहरण कर ले जाएगा।

उपरोक्त कार्यक्रम के दौरान विजयवर्गीय काफी उग्र और असहज नज़र आये पर उन्होंने, अपने बयान के लिए माफ़ी नहीं मांगी और अपनी बात को सही ठहराते रहे। अब आपको तय करना है की ऐसी विकृत्त सोच रखने वालों को क्या सज़ा देनी चाहिए। इस मानसिकता का शिकार सिर्फ विजयवर्गीय ही नहीं बल्कि अन्य कई नेता और इस देश की महान हस्तियाँ हैं। आर.एस.एस मुखिया मोहन भागवत का भारत और इंडिया वाला वो बयान जिसमें उनका कहना है कि बलात्कार के मामले इंडिया में ज्यादा पाए जातें हैं भारत में नहीं। अब आप ही इनसे पूछिए की ये कहाँ रहतें है भारत में या इंडिया में ?

राष्ट्रपति प्रणब मुखर्जी के सुपुत्र अभिजीत मुखर्जी का वो बयान की प्रदर्शनों में स्टूडेंट्स नहीं बल्कि महिलाएँ सज धज कर अपने सौंदर्य का प्रदर्शन करने अपने बच्चों सहित आती हैं उनकी अपरिपक्व मानसिकता को दर्शाता है।

हमारे देश में इन जैसे लोगों के विवादास्पत बयानों को देने वालों की कमी नहीं ज़रा इन पर नज़र दौड़ाइए ;

कांग्रेस सांसद संजय निरुपम ने हाल ही में भाजपा सांसद स्मृति ईरानी के लिए कहा कि राजनीति में आये स्मृति को सिर्फ चार दिन हुएं हैं और आप राजनीतिक विश्लेषक बन गयी, टीवी सीरियल में ठुमके लगाने वाली अब चुनावी विश्लेषक बन गयी '.

हिमाचल प्रदेश में एक चुनावी रैली के दौरान गुजरात के मुख्यमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने शशी थरूर की पत्नी सुनंदा थरूर के बारे में एक टिपण्णी की, "क्या तुमने कभी 50-करोड़ रुपये की प्रेमिका को देखा है?"

उत्तर प्रदेश के सपा के मुखिया मुलायम सिंह यादव बाराबंकी में एक सार्वजनिक रैली को संबोधित करते हुए कहा की  " समृद्ध वर्गों से आयी महिलाओं को जीवन में प्रगति करने का मौका मिलता है, लेकिन याद रखें आप ग्रामीण महिलाओं को एक भी मौका नहीं मिलता है क्योंकि आप आकर्षक नहीं हैं.''

जया बच्चन ने जब महाराष्ट्र में मराठियों से हिंदी में बात न करने के लिए माफ़ी मांगी तो एम्.एन.एस  के नेता राज ठाकरे ने मराठी में कहा कि "गुड्डी बुढ्ढी झाली पण अक्ल आली नहीं." (गुड्डी बुढ्ढी हो गयी है, लेकिन उम्र के साथ अक्ल नहीं आयी है).

सुशील कुमार शिंदे ने राज्यसभा में असम में जातीय हिंसा पर एक बहस के दौरान सपा सांसद जया बच्चन से कहा, "ध्यान से सुनो बहन, यह एक गंभीर मामला है न कि किसी फ़िल्मी कहानी का सब्जेक्ट ."
       
आंध्र प्रदेश कांग्रेस कमिटी के मुखिया बोत्सा सत्यनारायण का कहना है कि " सिर्फ इसलिए की भारत आधी रात को स्वतंत्र हुआ था इसका ये मतलब नहीं की औरतों को रात में घूमने की आजादी मिली है, बल्कि उन्हें यह देखना और समझना चाहिये की वे रात को उस बस में न चढ़े जिसमे कम यात्री सफ़र कर रहे हों,"      

जब देश में ऐसी घटिया सोच के लोग हम पर राज करेंगे ( कर रहे हैं ) तो ये हमारे देश को कहाँ लेकर जायेंगे ये सोचने की बात है, और अगर नहीं भी सोचेंगे तो क्या होगा, ज्यादा से ज्यादा इस लिस्ट में कुछ नाम और जुड़ जायेंगे, और में इसी तरह कुछ नाम और जोड़कर एक और आर्टिकल लिखूंगा और आप इसे पढ़कर मंद ही मंद मुस्कुरा रहे होंगे हैं न ?

आप का इम्तहान इस साल

आज के दैनिक भास्कर के मैगज़ीन सेक्शन "रसरंग" में आम आदमी पार्टी की गतिविधियों और चुनावी साल में अरविन्द केजरीवाल की तैयारी के बारे में विस्तृत रिपोर्ट छपी है।

अरविन्द केजरीवाल का कहना है "शासन हमारा होगा, राज जनता का"।

स्रोत : दैनिक भास्कर

शर्म आती है इन पर ... पर इन्हें रत्ती भर फर्क नहीं पड़ता ..

कल राजस्थान का दैनिक अखबार राजस्थान पत्रिका पढ़ा , जिसमे अजमेर एस पी , राजेश मीणI के घर एसीबी का छापा पड़ा। उन पर आरोप है की उन्होंने अपने एक सहयोगी रामदेव के साथ जिले के  थानों से वसूली करते थे।

पढ़कर एक ही बात घूम घूम कर कौंध रही थी कि हमारी व्यवस्था को क्या हो गया है , न कोई पद की गरिमा, न समाज में बदनाम होने का डर और अंतरात्मा की तो बात ही छोड़ दीजिये, वो तो पता नहीं कब रिश्वत के पैसों तले दब कर मर गयी। और तो और आज के अखबार से पता चला कि इन जनाब को इस गणतंत्र दिवस पर पुलिस पदक से सम्मानित्त भी किया जा सकता था .

ये वाकई गंभीर विषय की बात है जहां देश में पिछले कुछ एक दो सालों से भ्रष्टाचार के विरूद्ध आन्दोलन चल रहा हो , और देश की संसद में जन लोकपाल को लाने की उहापोह चल रही हो वहां ऐसे कृत्य यही दर्शाते है कि हम इन सब से परे है और हमारा कोई भी बाल बांका नहीं कर सकता. इनके चेहरे की मुस्कान तो यही दर्शाती है।

आखिर क्या कारण है कि ऐसे कृत्य नित नए दिन उजाग्कार होतें है और बिना किसी भैय के किये जा रहे हो, चाहे वो पुलिस वाले हों, या फिर किसी सरकारी कार्यालय के बाबू या अफसर हों या फिर हमारे नेता।


क्या ये हमारी मौजूदा व्यवस्था पर सवाल खड़े नहीं करतें ?

क्यों दोषियों के खिलाफ सजा नहीं होती, बस ससपेंड कर अपनी जवाबदारी का लोहा मनवा लेते है ?

क्यों हम एक सभ्य समाज के एक सभ्य नागरिक होते हुए भी इन छोटी कार्यवाई से संतुष्ट हो जाते है ?

क्यों हम सब जानते हुए भी अनजान से बने हुए दिखाई देते है?

क्यों हम इन सब की बे सिर-पैर की बातों को अनसुना कर अपने विवेक का प्रदर्शन करते है ? क्या आपका विवेक इतना गिर गया है?

सवाल कई है पर जवाब सिर्फ एक !!!

हम सब नपुंसकता के शिकार है, हमारी बर्दाश्त करने की हद्द काफी बढ़ गयी है, और तभी ये सब हमारी इस नपुंसकता को पहचान कर अपना काम बड़े मज़े और बिना किसी भय के देश में करते हुए पाए जातें है जो सर्वत्र व्याप्त है।

किसी को भी देश की चिंता नहीं, बस अपना घर ठीक चल रहा है न, देश के हित के बारे में सोचने के लिए कई बेवक़ूफ़ बैठे हैं. हैं न ? उदहारण के तौर पर आप स्वयं ही इसका अवलोकन करें : गणतंत्र दिवस के मौके पर सुबह - सुबह अपने पार्क या स्कूल या कॉलेज या सरकारी भवनो में आयोजित कार्यक्रमों में जाने से आलस आता है , यही हाल स्वतंत्रता दिवस का भी है , जोर जोर से देशभक्ति के गाने लगा कर और एक-दो देशभक्ति की फिल्में देखकर आप देशभक्त नहीं बन जाते।

अपितु सामान्यतः ये ही देखा और कहते हुए सुना जा सकता है की सरकारी अवकाश का दिन है ज़रा मौज मस्ती, या फिर परिवार के साथ मल्टीप्लेक्स में सिनेमा या फिर रिश्तेदारों के यहाँ ही हो आयें फिर कल तो जाना ही है ऑफिस? ये बड़े शर्म की बात है जब हम खुद ही अपने देश के पर्व के बारे में ऐसी सोच रखतें हो तो फिर हम इन लोगों को क्यों दोष देते है ?  

जब देश के लोगों की सोच इतनी गिरी हुई हो सकती है तो आप खुद ही अंदाज़ा लगाइए की विश्व में हमारी प्रतिष्ठा को कितना गहरा धक्का लगेगा। जब हमारे घर में ही घुन्न पैदा होकर देश को खोखला कर रहे हों तो बाहरी ताकतों को दोष क्यों देना.

कभी कभी तो ऐसा लगता है की हम सबने, इन विरोधी ताकतों के समक्ष समर्पण कर दिया है और या तो फिर हम सब भी इन जैसे ही बन गए है. आज तक क्या हमने, अपने आप, स्वयं ही, कभी अपने शरीर के किसी भाग को नुक्सान पहुंचाया है ? नहीं न ? तो फिर खुद अपराध बोध से ग्रसित हम किसी और पे निशान कैसे साध सकतें हैं ये सोचने की बात है ?

समय आ गया है जब हम सबको अपने अन्दर झाँक कर, पूरी सच्चाई से, अपने विवेक से काम लेना होगा और अपने व्यक्तित्व को उठाना होगा तभी हम एक आदर्श समाज , आदर्श व्यवस्था , इमानदार पुलिस , इमानदार नौकरशाह , और एक इमानदार नेता की कल्पना कर सकतें है अन्यथा आये दिन हमें अपनी सोच का प्रतिबिम्ब अखबारों के मुखपृष्ठ पर छपा हुआ मिलेगा जैसे :

दिल्ली में चलती बस में गैंग रेप , देश में एक लाख बीस करोड़ का कोयला घोटाला, अजमेर एस पी रिश्वत लेते हुए रंगे हाथ पकड़ा गया, संसद भवन में नोट लहराए गए ,  अमुक पार्टी का नेता सेक्स काण्ड में शामिल ... इत्यादि ... इत्यादि .

क्या आपको शर्म नहीं आती, और अगर आती है तो फिर इन्हें फर्क क्यूँ नहीं पड़ता ???

I am Back

I am thankful to all my avid blog readers who in the past have graced my blog with their eyeballs, the good news is that I am back and in original.

I am still contributing my articles for Aam Aadmi Party and shall continue, but now I can be the face to you. I shall be posting my thoughts in Hindi and English as well. It is sometimes that I relate to a particular topic much better in Hindi and sometimes to topics which shall be in English.   


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Watch Arvind Kejriwal Explosive Conversation with Arnab Goswami

Under the aegis of Times of India Literary Carnival 2012, held in Mumbai recently, Times Now Editor-In-Chief Interviewed Aam Aadmi Party Chief Arvind Kejriwal. Watch the explosive Interview.

http://www.timesnow.tv/videoshow/4416862.cms

http://www.timesnow.tv/videoshow/4416863.cms

http://www.timesnow.tv/videoshow/4416864.cms

Wait a Minute !!! IOC Ban on IOA

Wait a Minute ... If you don't like your country !!!! Don't waste your time reading it. It all happens in India

My Thumbs Up to IOC ban on IOA.

I know this is rather late to comment on an incident which, to many of us would really not quite bother to react on, but this post still needs some serious eye balls.

After all it takes the guts of an international body such as IOC, International Olympic Committee to remind Indian Government that they can’t have their whims and fancies overrule the International Sports charter all the time.

My sympathies with the sportsmen of this country, but I feel very ecstatic about the ban.

It’s time to churn the whole system, under which sports bodies are governed. Take a look around and you are ashamed of events that lead to the management of sport bodies.

Each and every sport body (to my knowledge) is administered by the people who are affiliated to political entities or corporate of stature.

It’s an opportunity to clean up the mess. A nation of 1 billion plus proud individuals and yet we muster a tally of only six medals and rank 55th in the recent London Olympics, behind countries like Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Cuba, Iran, Jamaica, Ethiopia, Belarus, Croatia, Romania etc. There are countless of such nations who have drubbed India. I am sure none of these countries are geographically bigger than any of our states, and probably in population too, but yet they score a respectable tally of medals, and mind it some of these countries were war torn and have a history of malnutrition.

But here in our country, what we could see is malnourished sportsmen in spirit, embroiled midst favoritism, biased selections by the overly nourished sports administrators. They all are the living memorabilia of being intoxicated in power.
Don’t believe me (In fact you don’t have to) look at these names: -

Abhishek Matoria – BJP MLA from Rajasthan is the president of Indian Amateur Boxing Federation.

Arun Jaitley – BJP MP is the president of DDCA (Delhi District Cricket Association) and a member of sub committee in BCCI.

Sharad Pawar has been the former BCCI chief, while being a minister, N Srinivasan the current BCCI president from Chennai owns India Cements, a company which manages Chennai Super Kings and has MS Dhoni captaining it. Can there not be any possible link or business interest linked to such deals and tie ups.

Vijay Kumar Malhotra of BJP is the president of Indian Archery Association; he is also the President of the General Association of National Sports Federations and the senior vice president of the IOA. This is his 10th term, 81-year-old Malhotra’s becoming the president of the AAI violates the age and tenure guidelines under the Sports Code.

Rajeev Shukla is the chairman of IPL and other sub committee of BCCI.

Anurag Thakur of BJP is Hon. Joint Secretary of BCCI.

Jyotiraditya Scindia is the chairman of Finance Committee in BCCI.

Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh is the president of Wrestling Federation of India and BJP MP from Kaiserganj, UP.

Political heavyweights including Natwar Singh, Satish Sharma and Yashwant Sinha have headed the All-India Tennis Association (AITA).

The recent elections in IOA (Indian Olympic Association) are eye opener; Abhay Chautala is elected as the President of IOA, although I do admit he was a sportsman and represented nation, but isn't it true that he has political ambitions too, and these posts are only chosen to be in limelight and throw your weight around, which is the foremost qualification to be an politician.

I just don’t understand why not a sports person from a particular sport is made the president of a federation or an association, why one should see politically motivated individuals grabbing the chair, why can’t the Indian government set us certain legislation to it, to understand this it’s beyond my intellect.

All that the government likes is to see, the retaining of CWG co-accused and jailed Lalit Bhanot becoming the Vice President of IOA, or Suresh Kalmadi holding such an important chair even after he was jailed for the alleged irregularities in the CWG Scam.

Do these people have the required expertise and experience regarding the concerned sports?

The answer is no. When the boss is ignorant what to do, the fate of the game is nothing but bleak. Hence, passion and professionalism need to replace politics for the betterment of Indian sports.

I am sure India though little, but in abundance have produced sportsmen like Zafar Iqbal, Dhanraj Pillay, Mohd. Shahid, Gagan Ajit Singh (Hockey), Prakash Padukone, Pullela Gopichand, Aparna Popat (Badminton), Dingko Singh, Mohammad Ali Qamar (Boxing), Limba Ram (Archery) Ramesh Krishnan, Vijay Amritraj, Mahesh Bhupati (Tennis) Kamlesh Mehta, Chetan Baboor (TT) Sunil Gavaskar, Dilip Vengsarkar, Kapil Dev, etc (Cricket).

Why can’t they be elected as the President’s and Chairman of respective sport bodies, federations and associations. Why an eminent sportsman can’t be elected the IOA President, why these politicians who are deep rooted in one or the other controversy?

The answer lies in the minds of these people who besides satisfying their political aspirations, are playing with the esteem of country’s honor, and making us we the citizens of India a laughing stock.

Corruption in Shackles

A very interesting article appeared in the regional hindi newspaper Rajasthan Patrika.

The article talks about how science is put to use to curb cases of corruption. Chemical Test, Narco Test, Poly-graphic Test, Bugging & CCTV surveillance, Finger Printing, Phone Tapping, Forensic, Sting Operations etc all act as saviors for various investigative agencies to arm themselves and act against perpetrators.

The articles also throws light on various departments of the government prone to corruption and also talks about how this grave problem can be controlled.

To read full article click here

‘Why I’m Joining the Aam Aadmi Party’

Activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal took the official plunge into electoral politics on Monday, launching his Aam Aadmi Party, the party of the “common man.”

Addressing a crowd of roughly 10,000 people gathered at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar monument for the launch, Mr. Kejriwal said the Aam Aadmi Party would follow the principle of “swaraj,” the Gandhian concept of self-rule, or rule of the people, and focus on issues that concern common people, like “social inequality, health, education, farmer’s rights and price rise.”

Describing the event as “history in the making,” on Twitter Mr. Kejriwal earlier said his party’s aim was also to “throw out” India’s “corrupt political system.”

Mr. Kejriwal, who announced his anti-corruption movement would turn political in September, added that those present at the public rally “will be treated as founding members” of his party.

The Aam Aadmi Party has two kinds of members: general and active. General members have to work for the party for four months before becoming active members, which would allow them to vote on all important party decisions. The party already has 23 active members, including several of Mr. Kejriwal’s closest associates, like social activist Manish Sisodia and lawyer-turned-activist Prashant Bhushan.

We asked several people at the rally why they decided to join Mr. Kejriwal’s newborn Aam Aadmi Party as “general” members.

Adarsh Kumar, a 38-year-old businessman, came to Delhi all the way from Kotdwara, a town in the northern state of Uttarakhand to show his support for the party. “This party has given us a chance to vote for something we believe in. There is no rhetoric or false promises. It is formed for a cause,” Mr. Kumar said, with reference to Mr. Kejriwal’s anti-corruption crusade. “So far, the fight was through rallies and sit-in-strike. Now, the voice will be heard in Parliament,” added Mr. Kumar.

Like most people at the rally, Mr. Kumar was wearing a Gandhi cap, which Mr. Kejriwal turned into a symbol of his political initiative. The caps, also known as “topis,” were printed with the phrase, “Main Hoon Aam Aadmi,” Hindi for “I am common man.”

 
Surinder Maini, a farmer from Delhi’s neighboring state of Haryana, described the creation of the party as “possibly a step in the right direction to ward off corruption.”

He said he was joining the party despite having “no expectations” Mr. Kejriwal could challenge established parties like Congress or the Bharatiya Janata Party to become a leading political force in the country. “I’m here to lend my support to the movement, which I feel is the need of the hour,” said Mr. Maini. 

 
Rajiv Malhotra, a student at Delhi University, said he wanted the party to make its stand clear on issues of development. “I like the idea of forming this people’s party. But it should focus on development. When development happens, corruption will automatically end,” he argued.  

Tauseef Khan, a trader from the northern state of Jammu and Kashmir, said he was “proud to be part of AAP”.

Mr. Khan said he had joined the Congress party last year after its general secretary, Rahul Gandhi, visited his village. At the time, “that was the only party committed to serving the interests of the common man,” said Mr. Khan, who has since changed his mind. “I have been following Kejriwal and his activities and it has finally dawned on me that most of these major political parties are corrupt and exist for their leaders’ existence. So, I have made a shift,” he added.

Anju Rani, a 32-year-old primary school teacher from New Delhi, said she joined the party in the hope that it would give equal representation to women in its ranks, unlike established parties. “This is the right time to join and be part of it,” said Ms. Rani.

Mr. Kejriwal said his party was likely to contest its first election late next year, when New Delhi is set to hold state polls.


Article Courtesy : The Wall Street Journal - India

Mother of all Scams - Party Donations

A very interesting front page editorial was recently brought out by Rajasthan Patrika, which talked about the nitty-gritty of how the political funding is undertaken by various political parties.

Anil Bairwal, National Convener of ADR (Association for Democratic Reforms) is of opinion that major political parties do not like to reveal the sources of their donations. According to him the irony is that its mandatory for parties to make public, the source of funds received in excess of Rs 20000/- which they seldom do.

To read this editorial featured in Rajasthan Patrika click here

  

Repeal Draconian Section 66 A of the Information Technology Act, 2008

Our sincere appeal to all of you, kindly forward to all your groups, friends and relatives.

I am sure we want to get rid of this act, which has threatened our very right to freedom of speech.

Its such an irony that whenever a common man speaks up, he's pushed against the wall, where as these politicians can speak anything and everything and get away, why is the Law enforcement, Judicial authorities silent on them and act pro-actively on common man's pain and anguish which comes out through social networking platforms. When will these people (In Power) come to their rightful senses? That's a big question and we the people of India have answers to these questions, just don't sit, wake up and act . Please ..


http://www.activism.com/en_IN/petition/repeal-draconian-section-66-a-of-the-information-technology-act-2008/40495

Gang rape of Mother India: Aseem Trivedi is right after all

With all the scams that have been tumbling out in India one after the other and the government’s blind rejection of any wrongdoing, it would perhaps be appropriate to acknowledge that Aseem Trivedi’s acerbic cartoon ‘The Gang Rape of Mother India’ has captured the spirit of the times. Perhaps, more effectively and certainly more forcefully than what could have been depicted by India’s most popular cartoonist, RK Laxman.

Juxtapose Trivedi’s cartoon with what happened last week and consider the merits of the case: the Manmohan Singh government’s inept handling of the black money issue raked up by activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) Vinod Rai’s observation about the appalling brazenness with which decisions were being taken by the government and the murkiness around the first family of Indian politics as exposed by Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy in the National Herald acquisition case. So far, the Congress has been unconvincing in its defence of making unsecured loans of Rs 90 crore to Rahul Gandhi’s firm, Young Indian.

Aseem Trivedi. PTI

When you put all the scams together, be it the unchecked flow of black money estimated at $462 billion, the Coalgate scam, the 2G spectrum scam, the Maharashtra irrigation scam, the Adarsh Housing Society scam and other such, the feeling that India is being raped and robbed by a nexus of corrupt politicians-bureaucrats-corporates-builders is unmistakable.

Whose vote will Kejriwal cut into, Congress or BJP?

The big question doing the rounds in Delhi’s political circles is who will Arvind Kejriwal damage more – the Congress or the BJP?

Prima facie, it seems like it is the Congress that is bearing the brunt of India Against Corruption’s anti-graft crusade, the latest target being no less than Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra.

But with the Delhi elections due next year, and with Kejriwal targeting that opportunity as his first test, the BJP reckons it has something to worry about. Minus Kejriwal, the BJP could have hoped to benefit from Sheila Dikshit’s anti-incumbency. Now, the game is open.

Arvind Kejriwal. PTI

This was evident in the Kejriwal-BJP tussle during the power tariff agitation, where Team Kejriwal’s white Aam Aadmi caps were in contrast to BJP’s black Bijli Andolan.Vijay Goel had a tough time convincing everyone that he had been spearheading the anti-power tariff struggle against Sheila Dikshit all this while.

Goel is, in fact, fighting two battles – one against the public perception that Kejriwal is the real fighter for aam aadmicauses like power tariffs, and the other to convince the BJP leadership that he is the man to take on Sheila Dikshit and lead the party in the 2013 Delhi campaign.

Goel had a faceoff with Kejriwal three days ago and is still feeling the sting. Kejriwal, who was invited to Goel’s anti-power tariff protest, used the opportunity to ask the BJP some uncomfortable questions on the power tariff hike. He achieved his purpose of putting both Congress and BJP in the same bucket.

All’s fair in love or politics, is not it? Goel felt offended when Firstpost asked him this. He fumed: “Kejirwal misused a gentleman’s courtesy extended by me. He came uninvited. It was our stage and our people. He requested me to let him speak for two minutes. I extended the courtesy because my fight is against the Sheila Dikshit government. Any support in this regard is welcome. Instead he blasted us. That’s not fair. He has entered Delhi politics only a few days back. I have demanded an apology from him. I am told that he has responded by saying that I was like an elder brother.”

During his agitation, Kejriwal reconnected the power lines of two people whose power had been cut due to non-payment of bills. Two FIRs have been filed against the persons whose lines Kejriwal connected, but one of them has since paid his dues while the other has not.

Quite clearly, the arrival of Kejriwal has forced both BJP and Congress to wonder who will lose more from his entry, but there is one point of convergence between the two: both blame the media for making Kejriwal a hero to the Delhi aam aadmi.

Party spokespersons believe that if the media stops treating Kejriwal like a celebrity, his fortunes will plummet.

The Congress MP from West Delhi, Mahabal Mishra, a migrant from Madhubani in Bihar, has risen up the ladder by winning three assembly elections and finally a Lok Sabha seat from the Punjabi-dominated constituency. He says: “Let the Delhi elections come, and his bubble will burst. Here the fight has always been a straight one between BJP and Congress. So many parties have tried to succeed in Delhi but none have succeeded. Kejriwal and party can at best cut into the anti-Congress votes, not into Congress votes.”

He shied away from directly saying that Kejriwal will eat into BJP votes and that this will ultimately help the Congress. Many Congress leaders are of the same opinion and believe that Kejriwal will cut into the BJP vote and let Sheila Dikshit win again.

There is also quiet talk about Kejriwal’s relationship with Sandeep Diskshit, Congress’s East Delhi MP and Sheila Dikshit’s son. Sandeep has an NGO background and played the part of an interlocutor during Anna Hazare’s second Jan Lokpal dharna.

A senior functionary of the Delhi BJP echoed similar sentiments on Kejriwal. “He is going to play the role of spoiler or, as they say, `Vote Katua’ in Bihar. For now it looks like he is going to make inroads into the votes that could have come to the BJP and help the Congress. But once the media stops playing him up the way it is doing now, the game will change.”

But a minority view in the BJP is that Kejriwal will help build up the anti-Congress mood and ultimately help the BJP. “There is a distinct possibility that he will help in creating an anti-Congress atmosphere in the city. But when it comes to voting the people will realise that his party is not in a position to win so they will vote for the party which can offer an alternate government – the BJP.”

Voters in Delhi have, on various occasions, proved their unpredictability. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh contested only one election in his lifetime and lost to the BJP’s VK Malhotra in Delhi. Singh’s poll managers had then blamed his loss on some rumors spread against him.

BJP veteran LK Advani managed to win a Delhi seat narrowly against Rajesh Khanna. He subsequently left Delhi for the safer Gandhinagar in Gujarat. Former Minister Jagmohan, who has been considered an able administrator, lost from New Delhi. A Bihari migrant, Mahabal Mishra, to the surprise of many in his own party, won comfortably from West Delhi in 2009.

It won’t be easy for Kejriwal to convert interest into votes since every party needs huge logistical support during campaigning and on polling day. By a rough estimate, one needs 5-7 persons at each polling booth. This means a political party requires, by conservative estimates, about 25,000 workers on polling day in the national capital. Will Kejriwal have that kind of numbers? But then, the reforms introduced by the Election Commission are helping reduce the number of party workers needed to be present at polling stations.

Will Kejriwal have the appetite to hijack the opposition space from the BJP in the long run, as he did the other day with Vijay Goel? The answer to his success in Delhi lies here. His Congress and BJP rivals cite those dwindling numbers at the Mumbai and Jantar Mantar rallies in December last year when Team Anna tried to relaunch the Jan Lokpal movement with yet another fast. This proved to them that Kejriwal without media support can’t muster the numbers.

But neither party is sure who will ultimately benefit from Kejriwal’s gatecrashing their party in Delhi.

Source: http://www.firstpost.com/politics/whose-vote-will-kejriwal-cut-into-congress-or-bjp-487751.html

UPA wishes you a Very Happy Diwali

Government to gag CAG

In a move which might see opposition from various political parties and other bodies is on Governments idea to limit powers of the CAG.

A gag order may be passed at the earliest. There has already been lot of sharp reactions from various people and bodies.

Arvind Kejriwal said the CAG appointments should be independent and neither the government nor the opposition must have a say in the selection process, BJP leader Venkaiah Naidu accused the UPA of trying to undermine the institution of CAG.

Kejriwal on Monday blamed the government of trying to weaken the CAG office, saying the UPA wants to make CAG their agent. "Government's intentions are not correct. When CAG was coming out with strong reports, government tried to suppress it. The politicians should not decide about the selection of members of the CAG. Even the Opposition should not have a say in the selection of CAG,” Kejriwal said.

IAC member Kumar Vishwas says he was threatened

Activist and close associate of activist turned politician Arvind Kejriwal, Kumar Vishwas has said that his life is in danger and said that apart from receiving threatening calls and emails, had a gang of 12 unidentified people who gathered outside his house on Sunday.

Vishwas, who filed an FIR at the Indirapuram police station in Ghaziabad, said that he fears for his life and that he is being threatened, reported CNN-IBN.

Kumar Vishwas said that two persons had entered his house on Sunday. ibnlive

“I have been receiving threatening calls and emails for several days. Two men entered my house and said that they wanted to join the IAC,” Vishwas said.

Earlier, Manish Sisodia, another associate of Kejriwal, had alleged that he was being threatened.

Vishwas claimed that two men had allegedly entered Sisodia’s house and threatened his wife.

IAC has taken the issue seriously and had issued a press release alleging that some groups were trying to silence them, reported CNN-IBN.

Source: http://www.firstpost.com/india/iac-member-kumar-vishwas-says-he-was-threatened-522575.html

Arvind Kejriwal not to use 'India Against Corruption' name after Nov 26, 2012

Arvind Kejriwal has said that his group will not use 'India Against Corruption' (IAC) as its name after the formation of his political party on November 26, a day after the veteran activist's group insisted that they would like to retain the name.

"Anna is too dear to us. I have deepest respects for him. After launch of our party on November 26, we will not use IAC name," Mr Kejriwal tweeted on Sunday.

Earlier in the day, the activist-turned-politician said he considers Mr Hazare as his "Guru" and talks to him everyday.

"If he asks me to stop using the IAC's name, I won't use it," Mr Kejriwal said when asked about Mr Hazare and his associates' claim that the name remains with them.

Meanwhile, activist Kiran Bedi told reporters that the name IAC will remain with Mr Hazare.

"We will seek donations in the name of IAC. People can donate in the name of IAC. Arvind's organisation is PCRF (Public Cause Research Foundation)," she said.

After the first meeting of Mr Hazare's new team on Saturday, the group had insisted that they would retain IAC with Ms Bedi saying that it was not Mr Hazare who left the organisation but Arvind Kejriwal-led group which wanted to enter politics.

"They will be announcing the new name of the party. So, it won't be a problem on the name," she said. A press statement issued by the group yesterday said that Mr Hazare reconstituted the Coordination Committee to re-energise India Against Corruption movement, signalling that they were not ready to forgo the name.

Speaking to media, Mr Hazare said the group's bank account will be in the name of Ms Bedi, Sunita Godara and Lt Colonel Brijender Kokhar, all members of the new Coordination Committee.

Source: http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/arvind-kejriwal-not-to-use-india-against-corruption-name-after-nov-26-291465