Modi broke protocol and drag the president in political controversy for electoral benefit.
Cong's suggestion of ending caste-based quota meets opposition
Gujarat Carnage and Narendra Modi- Myth of Clean Chit
মমতার সঙ্গে জোটের রাস্তা খুলে রাখলেন মোদী
নরেন্দ্র মোদী মোটেও ভাল প্রশাসক নন
গুজরাতে শিল্পপতিরা ভিড় করেন কারণ মোদী তাঁদের অনেক রকম ছাড় দেন।
সেটা ভর্তুকি। এক দিকে আমি গরিবের জন্য ভর্তুকির বিরোধিতা করব, অন্য দিকে
সবচেয়ে বড়লোকদের ঢেলে ভর্তুকি দেব, এই দ্বিচারিতাকে সুশাসন বলতে প্রবল
আপত্তি রয়েছে। বললেন অর্থনীতিবিদ প্রণব বর্ধন। তাঁর সঙ্গে কথায় অমিতাভ গুপ্ত।
Palash Biswas
Famous social activist Shabnam has sent this mail.I am not amongst the giants.Neither I may afford to move freely at will.But I am with any secular initiative apolitical.I listened to Mr Narendra Modi`s speech in Brigade kolkata live on all TV Channels.He didi his best to provoke Bengali communalism to break through Bengal bastion.His definition of secularism.Modi is banking on blind nationalism and his economic vision is disastrous.
Meanwhile,in parliament, a federal front has taken shape skipping Mamata Banerjee and her much hyped crusade.Modi lost no time to woo Didi.All Bengal BJP leaders thrashed TMC Govt and its policies and understandably Modi stood with Didi rock solid.It is quite intriging.It is also intriging why Modi attacked Cong leadership for depriving Pranab Mukherjee of premiership after so long time.No BJP leader has talked about this.
More noteworthy,Narendra Modi has proposed three tier Benefit plan as Chief minister Mamata Banerjee , Prime minister Narendra Modi and filly, the President Pranab Mukherjee. The Sangh prime ministerial candidate is also the chief minister of Gujarat,mind you.Modi broke protocol and drag the president in political controversy for electoral benefit.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s prime ministerial candidate and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said present Indian president Pranab Mukherjee was never allowed to be the prime minister of India by the Gandhi dynasty despite his credentials, as he appealed for votes in Bengal and urged all to rise against discrimination against the state and its people by the Congress.
Touching upon the Bengali sentiment by reminding that after Indira Gandhi's death in 1984 Pranab Mukherjee was not given charge despite to be the PM despite being the senior most minister then, Modi said: "Rajiv Gandhi instead become the PM and Pranab Mukherjee was not even in the ministry."
"Even in 2004 Pranab Mukherjee was not given an opportunity," he said as he referred to the President as Pranab-da.
At the rally he rubbished the proposed Third Front as a third rate idea and also took dig at his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee over her much-hyped slogan for 'parivartan' (change) and asked people of the state if they have really got a change in terms of better governance.
Addressing the 'Jana Chetana Sabha' in Kolkata, Modi said: "You bid farewell to those who ruined West Bengal for 35 years. That was a very good start. But I also want to ask has the parivartan come? Can you feel the change?"
"Today I want to talk to the people of West Bengal directly ... nothing should come between us. Assembly elections are not here but can you do one thing. After all Bengal shows the way to the nation.
"I want you to do one thing - please make BJP win all Lok Sabha seats from West Bengal," said Modi. "People of West Bengal are revolutionary. You took a big decision in the state elections, now take a brave decision in 2014."
"Vote for us and then ask us what we did. And let us compete. What they did and what we will do in Delhi and for West Bengal," he said.
Meanwhile,Congress leader Janardan Dwivedi's remarks on ending caste-based reservation and going for quota on economic criteria created a stir on Wednesday with SP stoutly opposing the proposal and BJP and SAD questioning its timing.
SP leader Ram Gopal Yadav said, "By suggesting replacing caste-based quota system with economic criteria, Congress is trying to end the social justice system in the country."
At a time when quota is the buzz word in politics, senior Congress leader Dwivedi has called for an end to reservation on caste lines and urged Rahul Gandhi to introduce quota for financially weaker sections, bringing all communities under its ambit.
"This (reservation on caste lines) should have come to an end. Why it did not happen so far was because vested interests got into the process," Dwivedi has said.
Advocating the continuation of the current system, Yadav said, "If a person is millionaire but if he belongs to SC or OBC, he cannot get respect in the society which very poor people from upper caste gets. So, this is the difference and whatever the present system is, it should continue."
Akali Dal MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal, though supporting the suggestion of ending caste-based quota system, questioned the timing of the move.
"Why this move at this time? Though it is a very good idea but according to me, anything that is moved by Congress now and in the last six months it has only one agenda. They are targeting a particular group for votebank politics. They had 10 years, they could have done a lot, but they did nothing," she said.
BJP also chose to question the timing of the move saying the "revolutionary idea" should have come long ago.
"We want progress of all sections of society. But why this revolutionary idea came to Congress leader's mind when the elections are round the corner? There was enough time with them earlier and it could have been debated on national platform," BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said.
Without rejecting the idea, he said, "We are always in favour giving opportunity for progress to whoever is economically or socially backward. There is a need for economic engineering as well as social engineering, but Congress leaders always come up such ideas during the elections only."
ANNOUNCING
NATIONAL DELIBERATIONS ON SAFEGUARDING DEMOCRACY & SECULARISM
FEB 20, 2014
CONSTITUTION CLUB, RAFI MARG, NEW DELHI
Activists, academics, artists, writers and social workers are coming together to form a National Platform for Secularism called JANVADI VICHAR ANDOLAN, BHARAT (JAVAB) with the twin agendas of countering communal forces and advocating for a truly inclusive society, politics and economics. This Platform will be guided by the sensibilities forged in our collective struggles for dignity of Dalits, the rights of Adivasis, Minorities and other marginalised communities (pastoralists, fisherfolk, landless wage labour, casual labourers), gender justice, the struggles of the working classes, increasingly fissured and invisibilized; mobilizations for a more equitable and sustainable development, environmental movements, as well as the democratic aspirations of peoples everywhere in the country.
The combined strength of the secular forces out side the organised political parties is far greater than within. In times of crisis this section of society has risen and saved India. We are once again facing an unprecedented political turmoil therefore there is a need to rise and defend democracy. We do not have the luxury to sit and watch the outcome of 2014 election. We must intervene and make a difference.
It proposes to identify 30-40 constituencies across India , find secular groups there, operate from the existing offices of local organisations or any space offered by local well wishers, engage with local people, who believe in these values and propagate constitutional values in these constituencies and give a call to defeat communal forces. It is also proposed to run an online campaign on social media involving creative community and young people across the urban India.
We are proposing national deliberations to discuss threadbare the strategy of reaching out to as many people as possible across India.
We request you to kindly attend these deliberations on Feb 20 in New Delhi.
a. Identify constituencies in your state where work is possible, identify local groups and invite them to this meeting so that work can start in various states.
b. If you can contribute in mounting a social media campaign or have friends who can help with this invite them to the meeting
c. If you can help in preparing campaign material, writing do join us and invite your friends.
d. If you can help mount a cultural campaign do join us
This is a voluntary effort and we request you to kindly support your stay and travel. Only those who have no means to travel or stay should contact us for support which we will try and mobilise but cannot guarantee.
Schedule
9-10.00- Registration
10.00- 11.00- Plenary Session
11.00- 1.30- Deliberations in groups: A. state wise, B. social media, C. Campaign material D. Cultural resistance
1.30-2.30- Lunch
2.30-4.00- Sharing of ideas, shaping the campaign
4.00-4.30- Tea break
4.30- 7.00- Public meeting & Release of Vision Document
Reply to:
Telephone: 09727474767/ 08586942950/011-41670722
on behalf if:
Aban Raza, painter, Delhi
Aisha Siddqui, Lucknow
Amit Sengupta, journalist, Delhi
Anand Patwardhan, Film maker
Asad Ashraf, Jamia Students Solidarity Forum, Delhi
Asad Zaidi, publisher, Delhi
Azhar Khan - Pragatik Vichar Manch
Bhavana Ramrakhiani, Convenor, Ahmedabad Community Foundation
Bhavna Sharma, service, Delhi
Deepti Raju, senior activist, Ahmedabad
Dr Harshvardhan Hegde, surgeon, Delhi
Dr. Dilip Borah, Gauhati University, President Assam Sahitya Sanmilanee
Dr. Indrajeet Bezbaruah, Lumding College. Writer, Social activist.
Dr. Sabeeha Anwar
Dr. Subash Barman, Secretary, Assam college Teachers, Association, Goalpara
Dr.Monirul Hussain,Gauhati University
Dunu Roy
Emanuk Haque, Secretary, Bhasha o Chetana Samity, West Bengal
Gaurang Raval, Sauhard, Ahmedabad
Hafiz Ahmed, Convener, All India Secular Forum, Assam.
Harinesh Pandya, Janpath, Ahmedabad
Harsh Kapoor, South Asia Web
Indukumar Jani, Journalist, Editor Naya Marg, and senior activist, Ahmedabad
John Dayal, Catholic Union
Kedar Misra, writer, poet, Orissa
KN Panikkar, Historian, Kerala
Lalji Desai, senior activist, Ahmedabad
Madhumita Ray, activist, Orissa
Mahesh Bhatt, Film director
Manan Trivedi, activist
Manisha Sethi, academic, activist, JTSA
Manisha Trivedi, ANHAD
Mansi Sharma, activist, Delhi
Mohan Rao, Academic, Delhi
Mohd Aamir, Anhad
Mona Das, Academic, Delhi
Muniza Khan, Lucknow
Nandita Narain, Associate Professor, Dept of Maths, St. Stephen's College.
Naresh Saxena , Lucknow
Navaid Hamid, Secretary Peoples' Integration Council
Niteen Sanghavi- Pragatik Vichar Manch
Noorjehan Safia Niaz-BMMA, Mumbai
Pankti Jog, RTI activist, Ahmedabad
Persis Ginwalla, social activist, Ahmedabad
Praful Bidwai,
Pralayan Shanmuga Sundaram - theatre actor, director, Chennai
Prof Rooprekha Verma, Saajhi Duniya, Lucknow
Prof. Mohini Manglik, Lucknow
Prof. Ram Puniyani, writer, activist, Mumbai
Rajnibhai Dave, Editor Bhoomiputra and senior activist, Ahmedabad
Rahul Govind, Academic, Delhi
Raju Deepti, senior activist, Ahmedabad
Rakesh, Lucknow
Sagar Rabari, senior activist, Ahmedabad
Sahir Raza, cinematographer, Mumbai
Sanghamitra Misra, Academic, Delhi
Seema Mustafa, journalist
Shabnam Hashmi, activist
Sohail Hashmi, film maker
Subhash Ghatade
Sukumar Muralidharan, journalist
Suman Bhattacharyaya, media professional, Kolkata
Sunil Shinde- Pragatik Vichar Manch
Tanveer Nasreen, Associate Professor History, Kolkata
Tanvi Soni, activist, Gujarat
Tanweer Fazal, Academic, Delhi
Tarique Anwar , journalist, Delhi
Vijay Bharatiya,
Vivan Sundaram, artist, Delhi
Zakia Soman-BMMA
Gujarat Carnage and Narendra Modi- Myth of Clean Chit
Ram Puniyani
In a recently televised interview the Vice-President of Indian National Congress, Rahul Gandhi (Jan 2014) raised the storm when he said that some Congressmen might have been involved in 1984 Sikh Massacre and that Narendra Modi has a blame to take for the Gujarat carnage of 2002. There were multiple responses to this interview. Already Arvind Kejriwal had promised to set up SIT into Anti Sikh violence of 1984 even before elections. Now his Government seems to be taking it up more seriously and it is likely that a SIT will be formed to investigate the Delhi tragedy.
One can say that it may be too late by now as lot of valuable evidence might have been lost or destroyed. Still whatever of process of law can be retrieved, should be saved and justice should be done to victims of Delhi. It goes without saying that the justice should be done to the victims of communal violence irrespective of the fact as to which religious community they belong to. The Kashmiri Pundits also need to be given required justice and rehabilitation even today. The tendency to flaunt Kashmiri pundits or anti-Sikh massacre, after every talk of justice to violence victims of Gujarat or any other place is an attempt to deflect the attention from issue on hand. Two wrongs don't make a right. Violence against one religious community can't give justice to another religious community which has been wronged. On the same level to turn a blind eye to the atrocities on Muslim minorities in India because Hindus are being persecuted in Pakistan or Bangla Desh is totally inhuman and vice versa. Justice should be demanded for all religious minorities, in all the countries, all the time. Tolerating injustice at one place is like tolerating injustice everywhere.
In response to Rahul Gandhi's comments on Gujarat, the BJP spokespersons lashed out thatModi has been given clean chit by SIT in Gujarat and also by the court of law, by legal process. This is a false propaganda. Right from the beginning of Gujarat violence, the comments of National Human rights commission indict Modi for his role in orchestrating Gujarat Violence. Though Special Investigation team (SIT) commented that there is no case against Modi, in the findings of SIT, there has been a strong element which indicts Modi for his acts of commission and omission. The apologists of Modi will point that in Delhi the military was not called for three days, while forgetting that in Delhi violence was contained in three days and in Gujarat process of violence went on unabated till May 2002, starting from 27th February. This stoppage of violence in Gujarat could happen only when the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee sent K.P.S. Gill as the special officer to overlook the control of violence in Gujarat.
Modi personally got adverse comments all through, right from the beginning as his role was too glaring to be undermined at any stage of time. In the initial period the Hon'ble Supreme Court first pulled up the State government and observed "The Nero's in Gujarat fiddled as Gujarat burned" (http://teestasetalvad.blogspot.in/2013/12/we-will-soldier-on-zakia-jafri-case.html ). Even Atal Bihari Vajpayee had to reprimand Modi that Raj Dharma should be followed. The type of atmosphere created in Gujarat resulted in Supreme Court asking for shifting of the two major cases away from Gujarat, as an intimidating atmosphere was created in Gujarat due to Modi's high handedness. Even after the latest judgment of the Magistrate's Court, the human rights' activists Mallika Sarabhai was forthright to comment, "Silly to have expected anything else but clean chit for Narendra Modi from a Gujarat court."Even the interpretation of the report of SIT is fallacious. Supreme Court had appointed the SIT and also Amicus curiae, Raju Ramchandran. To say that SIT gave a clean chit to Modi is not true. The fact is that the SIT in its 2010 report clearly said: In spite of the fact that ghastly and violent attacks had taken place on Muslims at Gulberg Society and elsewhere, the reaction of the government was not the type that would have been expected by anyone. The chief minister had tried to water down the seriousness of the situation at Gulberg Society, Naroda Patiya and other places by saying that every action has an equal and opposite reaction. Ramu Ramchandran based on same report pointed out that there is enough evidence in the SIT report to prosecute Modi. One recalls that NHRC much before all this had concluded its report 31.5. 2002 and said that "there was a comprehensive failure of the State to protect the Constitutional rights of the people of Gujarat" Amicus Curiae in his final report, recommended the prosecution of Narendra Modi under Sections 166 and 153a and 153b of the Indian Penal Code. So where is the clean chit? If we see three major factors, The National Human Rights commission has indicted Modi. Second, based on SIT observations Supreme Court appointed Amicus Curiae holds that Modi can be prosecuted. Third, the process of justice through Courts in Zakia Jafri has begun. After the Court verdict Ms Jafri said that she will appeal to the higher courts. Our process of justice begins with Magistrates Court, does not end with that. Proclaiming that Modi has been given a 'clean chit' for his role in Gujarat carnage is far from truth. It's a clever propaganda, which has been dished out with a deliberate purpose.
At another level, Modi acolytes, Babu Bajrangi and Maya Kodnani are in jails for their role in the carnage. The Tehelka sting shows the collusion between the Babu Bajrangi clan and the state led by Modi. The tribunal set up by Citizens for Justice and Peace with eminent jurists like P.B.Sawant also outlined Modi's role in a very clear manner. There has been some justice in few cases of Gujarat. And that is due to yeomen struggle for justice launched by the victims and human rights defenders. The process of justice needs to be pursued. The state of Gujarat has created all possible obstacles in the justice being given to the victims. The claims of clean chit hold no water, we need to look beyond the propaganda and the truth will show the blood tainted hands of Modi.
About The Author
Ram Puniyani was a professor in biomedical engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, and took voluntary retirement in December 2004 to work full time for communal harmony in India. He is involved with human rights activities from last two decades.He is associated with various secular and democratic initiatives like All India Secular Forum, Center for Study of Society and Secularism and ANHAD.
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মমতার সঙ্গে জোটের রাস্তা খুলে রাখলেন মোদী নিজস্ব সংবাদাদাতা | ||||||||
 *নরেন্দ্র মোদী এলেন। জমজমাট ব্রিগেডে ভাষণও দিলেন। কিন্তু এক বারের জন্যও তোপ দাগলেন না তৃণমূল কংগ্রেস তথা মমতা বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়ের উদ্দেশে। বরং এ রাজ্যে মমতার সঙ্গে কেন্দ্রে তাঁকে আনলে উন্নয়নে যে জোয়ার আসবে সে কথাই বোঝাতে চাইলেন বিজেপি-র প্রধানমন্ত্রী পদপ্রার্থী। তাঁর কথায়: "এখানে আপনারা পরিবর্তন চেয়ে মমতাজিকে এনেছেন। তিনি তাঁর মতো করে উন্নয়নের কাজ করবেন। কেন্দ্রে আমাকে আনলে, আমি এ রাজ্যের উন্নয়ন করব। আর আমাদের সবার উপরে আছেন 'প্রণবদা', রাষ্ট্রপতি প্রণব মুখোপাধ্যায়। এই তিন জনে মিলে সোনার বাংলা গড়ব।"বুধবার বেলা পৌনে তিনটে নাগাদ ব্রিগেডের সমাবেশে ঢোকেন নরেন্দ্র মোদী। সঙ্গে ছিলেন বিজেপি-র সর্বভারতীয় সভাপতি রাজনাথ সিংহ। মোদী ভাষণ দেন ঘণ্টাখানেক। তাঁর ভাষণ শেষ হয় বিকেল চারটে নাগাদ। যদিও এ দিন ব্রিগেডে বিজেপি-র 'জনচেতনা সভা' শুরু হয়েছিল দেড়টা নাগাদ। সমাবেশের শুরুতে ভাষণ দেন প্রাক্তন কেন্দ্রীয় মন্ত্রী তপন সিকদার। তখন মঞ্চে ছিলেন বরুণ গাঁধী, শাহনওয়াজ হুসেন, অর্জুন মুণ্ডা, বাপ্পি লাহিড়ী, সিদ্ধার্থ নাথ সিংহ, জাদুকর পিসি সরকার (জুনিয়র), রাহুল সিংহ প্রমুখ। মোদীর সমাবেশ ঘিরে গোটা চত্বর জুড়ে কড়া নিরাপত্তার ব্যবস্থা করা হয়। চার দিন আগে বিজেপি-তে যোগ দেওয়া বাপ্পি লাহিড়ী এ দিন মঞ্চে সঙ্গীত পরিবেশন করেন। বেলা আড়াইটে নাগাদ রেসকোর্সের হেলিপ্যাডে নামে মোদীর কপ্টার। মঞ্চে তখন শাহনওয়াজ হুসেন বলছেন, "কংগ্রেসের বিকল্প তৃণমূল নয়। কেন্দ্রে কংগ্রেস মুক্ত ভারত গড়তে পারে একমাত্র বিজেপি।" লোকসভা নির্বাচনে এ রাজ্যে বিজেপি-র আসন সংখ্যা এক থেকে ৪২ হতে পারে বলে আশা প্রকাশ করেন তিনি। নরেন্দ্র মোদী এবং রাজনাথ সিংহকে বরণ করে নিয়ে মঞ্চে দাঁড়িয়ে রাহুল সিংহ তৃণমূল, কংগ্রেস এবং সিপিএমকে একহাত নিয়েছেন। মোদী লোকসভা নির্বাচনে জোট সম্ভাবনা খুলে রাখলেও রাহুল অবশ্য তা একেবারে উড়িয়ে দিয়েছেন। | ||||||||
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রাজনাথ সিংহ তাঁর ভাষণে বিবেকানন্দ,নেতাজি সুভাষ এবং শ্যামাপ্রসাদ মুখোপাধ্যায়ের উল্লেখ করে বলেন, "এত মানুষের জমায়েত হবে তা ভাবিনি।" তাঁর কথায়: "গত ৩৫ বছরে সিপিএম পশ্চিমবঙ্গকে অর্থনৈতিক ভাবে একেবারে পিছনে সারিতে নিয়ে গিয়েছে। সমস্ত শিল্প এখানে বন্ধ হয়ে গিয়েছে। এখানে শুধু খুনের শিল্প এগিয়েছে।" সিপিএম সরিয়ে তৃণমূলকে সরকারে আনার জন্য তিনি রাজ্যের মানুষকে ধন্যবাদ জানান। কিন্তু পরিবর্তনের পর মমতা বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়ের কাছে মানুষ যতটা আশা করেছিলেন, তিনি ততটা পূরণ করতে পারছেন না বলে এ দিন মন্তব্য করেন রাজনাথ। তিনি বলেন, "যে বিশ্বাসের সঙ্গে, যে ভরসার সঙ্গে মানুষ পরিবর্তন এনেছিলেন, তার পর যেমনটা হওয়ার কথা ছিল, তেমনটা হয়নি।" রাজ্যে পরিবর্তনের সুফল তাড়াতাড়ি মিলছে না বললেও রাজনাথ সিংহ এ দিন মমতা বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়ের পাশে দাঁড়িয়েছেন। কেন্দ্রের কাছে মমতার 'মোরাটরিয়াম'-এর দাবিকে মান্যতা দিয়েছেন তিনি। তাঁর কথায়: কেন্দ্রের উচিত পশ্চিমবঙ্গের ঋণ আপাতত স্থগিত রাখা। এ দিন তিনি বাংলায় বলেন, "বাংলার এই পবিত্র মাটিকে আমি প্রণাম জানাই।" ভাষণে নরেন্দ্র মোদী যা বললেন: | ||||||||
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| এ বারের লোকসভা নির্বাচনের লড়াইয়ে অর্থনীতির তর্ক একটা বড় জায়গা জুড়ে আছে। ইউপিএ মানে পুনর্বণ্টনের মাধ্যমে উন্নয়ন আর নরেন্দ্র মোদী মানে সুশাসন এমন একটা ছক মেনে তর্ক চলছে। জগদীশ ভগবতী, অমর্ত্য সেনরাও সেই তর্কে জড়িয়ে গিয়েছেন। আপনি কী ভাবে দেখছেন? প্রথমত, অমর্ত্য সেন = ইউপিএ আর জগদীশ ভগবতী = নরেন্দ্র মোদী, এই সরলীকরণে আমি বিশ্বাসী নই। দ্বিতীয়ত, ইউপিএ মানেই শুধু পুনর্বণ্টন আর মোদী মানেই বৃদ্ধি ও সুশাসন, আমি সেটাও মানি না। কেন মানি না, সে প্রসঙ্গে পরে আসব। আপাতত ভগবতীর যুক্তির কথা বলি। তিনি মনে করেন, অর্থনৈতিক সংস্কার হলেই আয়বৃদ্ধি হবে, এবং আয়বৃদ্ধি হলেই গরিবের উন্নতি হবে। দুটো ধাপ নিয়েই প্রশ্ন আছে। প্রথম কথা, সংস্কার হলেই আয় বাড়ে না। দেখতে হবে, কোন ধরনের সংস্কার। ভারতে এত দিন যে সংস্কার হয়েছে, তা মূলত বাণিজ্য নীতির সংস্কার এবং শিল্পক্ষেত্রে সংস্কার। দুটোই আয়বৃদ্ধিতে খানিক প্রভাব ফেলেছে, সন্দেহ নেই। কিন্তু তার চেয়ে অনেক বেশি প্রভাব ফেলতে পারে পরিকাঠামোর সংস্কার। যেমন, বিদ্যুৎ। যদি চুরি নিয়ন্ত্রণ করা যায়, মাসুল বাড়িয়েও বিদ্যুৎ সরবরাহ নিয়মিত ও পর্যাপ্ত করতে পারলে ছোট ছোট শিল্পের ক্ষেত্রে তার বিপুল ইতিবাচক প্রভাব পড়ে। ভারতে ২০০৩ সালে বিদ্যুৎ আইন তৈরি হয়েছিল। কিন্তু তার পরের দশ বছরেও ওই আইন কার্যকর করে সংস্কার কিছুই হয়নি। কাজেই, কোন ধরনের সংস্কার হচ্ছে, এই প্রশ্নটা ভুলে গেলে চলবে না। আর্থিক বৃদ্ধি হলেই গরিব মানুষের উন্নতি কী করে হবে? ভগবতী দুটো পথের কথা বলেন। প্রথমটা প্রত্যক্ষ পথ। আয়বৃদ্ধি হলে প্রচুর চাকরি তৈরি হবে, তাতে অনেকে চাকরি পাবেন, এবং তাতে তাঁদের উন্নতি হবে। দ্বিতীয়, মানে পরোক্ষ পথটি হল, আয়বৃদ্ধি হলে সরকার বেশি কর আদায় করতে পারবে, আর সেই টাকায় গরিব মানুষের উন্নতি হবে। ভারতে যখন চড়া হারে আয়বৃদ্ধি হয়েছে, তখনও সেই অনুপাতে কর্মসংস্থান হয়নি। কেন, সেই কারণের মধ্যে এখন ঢুকছি না, কিন্তু ভারতে আয়বৃদ্ধি চিরকালই প্রযুক্তি, পুঁজি ও দক্ষতানিবিড়। শ্রমনিবিড় কখনও নয়। গুজরাতের আয়বৃদ্ধি নিয়ে যে এত কথা হয়, সেখানেও তো আয়বৃদ্ধি হয়েছে মূলত পেট্রোরসায়ন শিল্পকে কেন্দ্র করে। রিলায়েন্স আর এসার, এই দুটো সংস্থার দৌলতে। সেই শিল্প ভয়ানক প্রযুক্তি ও পুঁজিনিবিড়। প্রত্যক্ষ পথটা শুনতে যত ভাল, ততটা বাস্তবে নয়। আর, সরকারের হাতে করের টাকা বাড়লে সেই টাকা কোথায় যায়? হিসেব বলছে, গরিব মানুষের উন্নতিতে সরকার যত টাকা খরচ করে, তার বহু গুণ ব্যয় করে মধ্যবিত্ত-উচ্চবিত্তদের ভর্তুকি দিতে। আমাদের দেশে বড়লোকরা রাজনৈতিক ভাবে এত শক্তিশালী যে সরকারের হাতে টাকা থাকলে তার সিংহভাগ তারাই কেড়ে নেয়। অমর্ত্য সেনরা যে পুনর্বণ্টনের কথা এত জোর দিয়ে বলেন, সেটা, আমার ধারণা, মূলত এই প্রবণতা আটকাতেই। গরিব মানুষের গলা তো এমনিতে শোনা যায় না। অমর্ত্য সেনরা তাঁদের গলার জোর বাড়াচ্ছেন। কিন্তু, অর্থনীতি নিয়ে যতই তর্ক হোক, নির্বাচনে কি আদৌ আর্থিক নীতির কোনও প্রভাব পড়ে? এই যে চারটে বড় রাজ্যে নির্বাচন হয়ে গেল, তার ফলাফল দেখে তো অনেকেই বলছেন যে মানুষ কল্যাণ অর্থনীতিকে প্রত্যাখ্যান করেছেন। আমার মনে হয়, এটা একটু তাড়াহুড়ো করে সিদ্ধান্তে পৌঁছনো হচ্ছে। সরকার সুবিধা দিলে মানুষ সেটা চায় না, এটা আমার মনে হয় না। যে রাজ্যে তেমন শিল্প নেই, কৃষির রোজগারেও সংসার চলে না, সেখানে তো বেঁচে থাকার জন্যই সরকারি প্রকল্পের প্রয়োজন। মধ্যপ্রদেশের শিবরাজ সিংহ চহ্বাণ জিতেছেন মূলত তাঁর কল্যাণ নীতির জন্যই। ছত্তীসগঢ়ে গণবণ্টন ব্যবস্থা ঠিক ভাবে কাজ না করলে রমন সিংহ এই নির্বাচনে জিততেন বলে মনে হয় না। ছত্তীসগঢ়ে গণবণ্টন ব্যবস্থার সাফল্যের একটা বড় কারণ রেশন দোকানগুলোকে ব্যক্তিমালিকানা থেকে সরিয়ে পঞ্চায়েত বা গ্রামীণ গোষ্ঠীর হাতে তুলে দেওয়ার ফলে। এটা কিন্তু রমন সিংহের সিদ্ধান্ত নয়। এটা করেছিলেন কংগ্রেসের মুখ্যমন্ত্রী অজিত যোগী। কাজেই, ইউপিএ-র কল্যাণনীতি মানুষ প্রত্যাখ্যান করছে, এটার কোনও প্রমাণ নেই। অশোক গহলৌতের কথা তুলতে পারো। অনেকেই বলছেন, গহলৌত নিখরচায় ওষুধ বিলির সিদ্ধান্ত করেও নির্বাচনে ভরাডুবি এড়াতে পারলেন না। কিন্তু সেই সিদ্ধান্ত তো হয়েছে নির্বাচনের সপ্তাহতিনেক আগে। মানুষের হাতে ওষুধ পৌঁছনোর সময় পাওয়া গেল কোথায়? এটা জরুরি। মানুষ সিদ্ধান্ত দেখতে চায় না, পরিষেবা পেতে চায়। কাজেই গহলৌতের উদাহরণটা এখানে খাটবে না। আর তা ছাড়া, রাজস্থানে কংগ্রেসের ভরাডুবির পিছনে অন্তর্দ্বন্দ্বের বড় ভূমিকা আছে বলেই শুনেছি। | ||
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মোদীর প্রচারের মূল হল সুশাসনের প্রতিশ্রুতি। প্রশাসক হিসেবে তিনি কতটা সফল? মোদী নিশ্চয়ই কিছু কাজ ভাল ভাবে করেছেন। তাঁর আমলে গুজরাতে বিদ্যুৎ পরিস্থিতির অনেক উন্নতি হয়েছে। চটজলদি সিদ্ধান্ত গ্রহণের ক্ষেত্রেও তাঁর বেশ দক্ষতা রয়েছে। সেটা তাঁর কাজের ধরনের মধ্যেই পড়ে। রাস্তাঘাট অবশ্য অনেক দিন থেকেই ভাল ছিল। কিন্তু, তাঁকে ঘিরে যে বৃদ্ধির চড়া হারের গল্প, সেটাকে ভাল করে বিশ্লেষণ করা দরকার। যদি গত চল্লিশ বছরের পরিসংখ্যান দেখো, গোটা দেশে শিল্পে গুজরাত দ্বিতীয় স্থানে আছে। প্রথম মহারাষ্ট্র। চল্লিশ বছর আগেও তা-ই ছিল, এখনও আছে। তার মানে, গুজরাতে শিল্পের বৃদ্ধি হয়েছে কিন্তু মহারাষ্ট্রেও ভালই হয়েছে। মোদীর বিশেষ কৃতিত্ব কোথায়? তিনি তো গত বারো-তেরো বছরে গুজরাতকে এক নম্বরে নিয়ে যেতে পারেননি। কিন্তু সেটা জরুরি কথা নয়। সুশাসন মানে কী? মুসলমান পিটিয়ে আর্থিক হার বাড়ালাম, এটা তো সুশাসন হতে পারে না। তাঁর রাজ্যের সংখ্যালঘু সম্প্রদায়ের মানুষের নিরাপত্তার ব্যবস্থা করা তাঁর দায়িত্ব ছিল। তিনি সেই কাজে চূড়ান্ত ব্যর্থ। অটলবিহারী বাজপেয়ী 'রাজধর্ম' থেকে মোদীর বিচ্যুতির কথা বলেছিলেন। এখনও শুনছি উনি গুজরাতে বৃদ্ধির কথা বলছেন, আর অন্য দিকে তাঁরই দক্ষিণ হস্ত যে ব্যক্তিটিকে তিনি উত্তরপ্রদেশের রাজনীতির দেখাশোনার জন্য পাঠিয়েছেন সে ব্যক্তি সেখানে গিয়ে সাম্প্রদায়িকতার বিষ ছড়াচ্ছেন। প্রশাসনের অন্যান্য না ব্যাপারেও মোদীর স্বেচ্ছাচারী স্টাইলের কথা গুজরাতে অনেকেই বলেছেন। আমি তাই তাঁকে প্রশাসক হিসেবে বেশ খারাপ বলব। অর্থনৈতিক প্রশাসক হিসেবেও ওঁর বেশ কিছু ত্রুটি আছে। গুজরাতে শিল্পপতিরা ভিড় করেন কারণ মোদী তাঁদের অনেক রকম ছাড় দেন, সুবিধা দেন। সেটা ভর্তুকি। এক দিকে আমি গরিব মানুষের জন্য ভর্তুকির বিরোধিতা করব, আর অন্য দিকে সবচেয়ে বড়লোকদের ঢেলে ভর্তুকি দেব, এই দ্বিচারিতাকে সুশাসন বলতে আমার প্রবল আপত্তি রয়েছে। সুশাসনের উদাহরণ হিসেবে আমি বরং তামিলনাড়ু আর হিমাচল প্রদেশের কথা বলব। এই দুটো রাজ্যে যেমন আর্থিক বৃদ্ধি হয়েছে, তেমনই কল্যাণমূলক কাজও হয়েছে অনেক। তামিলনাড়ুতে আয়বৃদ্ধির হার গুজরাতের চেয়ে খুব কম নয়। কাজেই, আমি গুজরাতের চেয়ে এই রাজ্য দুটোকে এগিয়ে রাখব। খালি নিজেকে বিকাশপুরুষ বলে নিজের ঢাক পেটালেই মোদী এই সত্যটাকে চাপা দিতে পারবেন না। কিন্তু, সুশাসনের প্রশ্নে ইউপিএ-র রেকর্ড তো খুবই খারাপ। এই আমলে যে পরিমাণ দুর্নীতি হয়েছে, সেটা কি সরকারের ব্যর্থতা নয়? এই সরকারের আমলে নানা কেলেঙ্কারির কথা কেউ অস্বীকার করতে পারবে না। তবে প্রশ্নটাকে একটু অন্য ভাবে দেখাও প্রয়োজন। যখন আর্থিক কর্মকাণ্ড বাড়ে, তখন বিভিন্ন প্রাকৃতিক সম্পদের চাহিদাও বাড়ে। ফলে, সেগুলো ক্রমশ বহুমূল্যবান হয়ে ওঠে। যেমন কয়লা, বিভিন্ন খনিজ আকরিক ইত্যাদি। এবং, তখনই মুনাফার লোভে তাতে বহু লোক আকৃষ্ট হয়। মাফিয়াচক্র তৈরি হয়। এটা একেবারে অর্থনীতির যুক্তি। ইউপিএ-র বদলে এনডিএ থাকলেও এটাই হত। বেঙ্গালুরুতে যে খনি মাফিয়া তৈরি হয়েছিল, সেটা তো বিজেপি-র আমলে। মুম্বইতে এখন আদর্শ কেলেঙ্কারি হচ্ছে। শিবসেনার আমলেও জমি নিয়ে একই রকম দুর্নীতি হয়েছে। বস্তুত, গোটা দেশেই সাম্প্রতিক কালে জমি সংক্রান্ত দুর্নীতি বেড়েছে, মাফিয়ার রমরমা হয়েছে (পশ্চিমবঙ্গে যেমন এই মাফিয়া বাম আমলেও ছিল, এখনও আছে)। জমি তো অনন্ত কাল ধরেই ছিল। কিন্তু এখন বিভিন্ন কারণে তার দাম বেড়েছে, ফলে দুর্নীতিও বেড়েছে। কাল যদি ইউপিএ-র বদলে কেন্দ্রে এনডিএ-র সরকার আসে, এই ছবিটা সঙ্গে সঙ্গে বদলে যাবে না। এটা রাজনীতির প্রশ্নই নয়। এটা অর্থনীতির টানাপোড়েনের খেলা। সেটা তো রাতারাতি বদলাবে না। চুরি-ডাকাতি একই রকম থাকবে। সরকার যদি সত্যিই বদলায়, মোদী যদি দেশের প্রধানমন্ত্রী হন, আপনার প্রতিক্রিয়া কী হবে? সুষ্ঠু নির্বাচনে দেশের জনসাধারণ ভোট দিয়ে যদি এনডিএ-র সরকারকে জেতায়, এবং সেই সরকারের মুখ্য নেতা হিসেবে মোদী যদি প্রধানমন্ত্রী হন, সেই গণতান্ত্রিক রায় শিরোধার্য। কিন্তু তাই বলে মোদী সম্পর্কে আমাদের ব্যক্তিগত মত রাতারাতি পাল্টাবে না। সুশাসন নিয়ে মোদী সম্পর্কে একটু আগে যা বলেছি, সেই মতও আমার বদলাবে না, যদি না প্রধানমন্ত্রী হিসেবে তিনি এ ব্যাপারে বড় গোছের কোনও পরিবর্তন দেখাতে পারেন। সুশাসনের ব্যাপার ছাড়াও একটা ব্যক্তিত্বের ঝোঁকের ব্যাপারও রয়েছে। বিখ্যাত মনস্তত্ত্ববিদদের লেখায় 'অথরিটারিয়ান পার্সোনালিটি' বা স্বেচ্ছাচারী ধাঁচের ব্যক্তিত্ব নিয়ে অনেক আলোচনা দেখেছি। মোদীর সঙ্গে আমার পরিচয় নেই, কিন্তু লোকমুখে যা শুনেছি, মোদীর ব্যক্তিত্ব অনেকটা ওই ধরনের। বছর দুই আগে একটি পত্রিকায় প্রচুর খেটে, প্রচুর তথ্য জোগাড় করে মোদীর ওপর একটা লম্বা প্রবন্ধ লিখেছিলেন সাংবাদিক বিনয় হোসে। ওই লেখা পড়লে বুঝতে পারবে, মোদীর ব্যক্তিত্বের যে ধাঁচটার কথা আমি বলছি, সেটা আসলে কী। এই ধাঁচটা গণতান্ত্রিক ধ্যানধারণার পরিপন্থী। এই ব্যক্তিত্বের কারণে গুজরাতে মুসলমান নিধনের ইতিহাস না থাকলেও মোদী সম্পর্কে যথেষ্ট চিন্তার কারণ থাকত। সমস্যা হয়েছে যে আমাদের ধনী ও উচ্চমধ্যবিত্ত সমাজে (এবং তাঁদের তল্পিবাহক কিছু সংবাদমাধ্যমেও) এই ধরনের ব্যক্তিত্বের একটা চাহিদা আছে, এই ধরনের নেতার বলিষ্ঠ নেতৃত্বে ভারত কবে সুপারপাওয়ার হিসেবে 'জগৎসভায় শ্রেষ্ঠ আসন লবে', তার জন্য তাঁরা অধৈর্য হয়ে উঠেছেন। অটলবিহারী বাজপেয়ীর সঙ্গে আমার এক বার অনেক ক্ষণ কথা বলার সুযোগ হয়েছিল। আমি ওঁর দলকে তখনও সমর্থন করতাম না, এখনও করি না কিন্তু বাজপেয়ীর মধ্যে এই স্বেচ্ছাচারী ব্যক্তিত্বের কোনও লক্ষণ দেখিনি। |
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January 23, 2014
Narendra Modi's message to Mamata Banerjee's Bengal: Cholbe na
India Today Online Kolkata, February 5, 2014 | UPDATED 16:49 IST
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi took on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata on Wednesday, saying that she had failed to bring about the change (poribortan) she had promised.
Lashing out at the Third Front leaders, Modi said, "Western states in India have developed more than the eastern states because no Third Front leader has ever ruled a western province."
Hitting out at the Left leaders' constant secular chant, Modi said they have never done anything for minorities.
Narendra Modi addressing a rally in Kolkata.
Modi said that Gujarat had the Hajj travellers' quota of 4,500 while there were more than 37,000 applications. On the contrary, he said, West Bengal had only 12,000 applications against a quota of 11,600. He said the high number of applications show the prosperity of minorities in Gujarat.
Rolling out his own definition of secularism, Modi said, "For a government, secularism means nation first."
Give us all 42 seats
Modi appealed to the voters to indulge in some experimentation for 2014. "People should send all 42 BJP candidates to the Lok Sabha from here and fix accountability for each of our actions. At the same time, people should also fix accountability of the state government for the change Banerjee promised," he said. What Modi can achieve in Mamata's Bengal
Amid chants of 'Modi, Modi' at the historic Brigade Parade Grounds, the Gujarat chief minister said the Third Front leaders in Delhi should hire a chopper to see the crowd here and realise the ground reality.
Modi said that all political calculations are going to fail in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. "This is the first Indian polls since Independence where people not political parties are contesting elections. People have set the agenda for the polls this time." Modi said people are deprived of even basic amenities after 65 years of Independence.
Why does Bengal suffer?
Listing out his vision for eradicating poverty, Modi said, "Vikas bhi, imaan bhi, garibon ka samman bhi (Development, honesty and respect for the poor)."
Tracing ties of Bengal and Gujarat, Modi said many prominent Bengalis stayed in Gujarat for many years and contributed immensely to building the state. He lauded West Bengal as being the country's teacher in many aspects and said if India were to become a world leader, Bengal had to get back its former glory.
Referring to Jan Sangh co-founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee, Modi said the BJP was his brainchild which now occupies the mind of every Indian.
Blaming the 35 years of Left rule for lack of development in the state, Modi said the so-called party of workers and labourers did not change the plight of them either. Modi said it was his party's vision to recognise labour as investment and give the worker his right to dignity.
Projecting Gujarat as the role model of development, Modi said, "If Gujarat could have 24x7 supply of electricity, why is Bengal deprived of this?" He added that this was because no new power plants were set up in the state.
Lamenting the poor state of education in the state, Modi said, "Only 60 per cent of schools in West Bengal have toilets for girl students while many schools are not even electrified. How would kids learn computers then?"
Sudden love for Pranab
President Pranab Mukherjee found an unlikely sympathiser in Narendra Modi who said the Congress had continuously insulted the state by not making the senior party leader the prime minister. He said Mukherjee deserved to be the PM on many occasions in the past, but he was denied the chance every time.
Modi concluded his speech in a typical Bengali way by making crowds roar "cholbe na" to his vows of uprooting misrule from the state.
Rajnath bares love for Bengal
BJP chief Rajnath Singh showered lavish praise on prominent Bengalis including Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Swami Vivekananda, Rabindranath Tagore, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, etc. Tracing the party's long ties with the state, Singh recounted and praised Jan Sangh co-founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee's contribution to the country.
Taking on the state's Left politics, Singh said the party destroyed the state's flourishing economy in its 35-year-old rule. The BJP chief said that if the Left's long rule could be credited for having started any industry, it should be the crime industry.
Congratulating the people of Bengal for uprooting the Left from the state, Singh took on the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress rule in the state, saying that she has yet not brought in the change she had promised. He did not say anything else against Banerjee.
Clearing the air on the 2002 Gujarat riots, Singh said the state did not witness any other riot since then and Modi should be credited for this. He said minorities in Gujarat had the highest per capita income in the entire country.
Magician PC Sircar and music director and singer Bappi Lahiri were also on the dais with him.
When Shahnawaz took on TMC
BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain, who addressed the gathering before Modi, blamed the Congress for the frequent disruption in Parliament. "They say that we are not allowing Parliament to function, but the reality is that we have opened the veil of Congress."
Clearing the air about his party being labelled communal by rivals, Hussain said, "Congress is betraying the people but we want to fight on the issue of corruption and development. We will not divide our country into Hindu and Muslims. People have started believing that he (Modi) will harm Muslims but this is only a fear of the people."
Hitting out at Mamata Banerjee, he said, "TMC is close to Congress and they are like the same water in a different glass."
Hoping that people in West Bengal will vote for Modi in hordes, Hussain said, "We are at one seat now, but will soon be voted to power by people of Bengal. We are fighting for saving the nation."
How party prepared ground
The BJP had been using novel ways to drum up support for Modi's Jan Chetna Sabha rally in Kolkata. These included hosting regular road shows, party workers and supporters organising runs and walks sporting Modi masks and online sale of seats at the rally.
In keeping with Modi's humble 'tea vendor' appeal which he has highlighted all across his rallies in different parts of the country, nearly 100 'NaMo tea stalls' were put up across the state.
But tea is nothing compared to sweets when it comes to moving Babu Moshais. BJP workers had been distributing specially made 'NaMo sweets' in the state.
Where BJP stands in Bengal
The BJP's past record in the 42 Lok Sabha seats in Bengal has been bleak. The party bagged a solitary seat here in 1998 and doubled its tally in the next elections in 1999. However, in the last elections in 2009, the party managed only the Darjeeling constituency when senior BJP leader Jaswant Singh -- backed by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha which holds sway in the region -- came up trumps.
The BJP and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) have traditionally never been able to make much of an impact in West Bengal, though the party's former avatar Jan Sangh was co-founded by the son of the soil, Syama Prasad Mookerjee.
But the 2014 poll brings new hope for the Modi-led party. The party has witnessed more than a two-fold increase in the membership of the BJP's state unit.
A local leader of the party claimed the total membership has increased from three lakh in 2011 to more than seven lakh in 2013. Two lakh new members have enrolled in the last six months, which party leaders have attributed to Modi's anointment as the prime ministerial candidate.
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Narendra Modi Live: 'Time has come to bid farewell to Third Front forever'
Zee Media Bureau/Supriya Jha
4: 01 pm: Modi concludes his speech with numerous chants of 'Vande Mataram'.
4: 00 pm: I say, support the BJP and we will give you Surajya (good governance), says Modi.
3: 59 pm: Pranab Mukherjee was the senior most leader in 2004, he was the senior most leader. But, Sonia Gandhi made Manmohan Singh the PM..
3: 58 pm: When Indira ji was assassinated, Rajiv Gandhi was in Kolkata. Then the senior most Minister Pranab da should have been the PM. It would have been better if he was made the PM.
3: 57 pm: If you all vote for the BJP, the Lotus, you will enjoy a three fold advantage - Mamata ji will be here as CM, I will work in Delhi & your very own Pranab Da as the President, says Narendra Modi
3: 57 pm: I have a very clear definition of secularism - There is only one religion for the govt - nation first, only one religious granth (book) -- the Constitution of India.
3: 56 pm: Be it Assam or West Bengal, the influx of Bangladesh is a big concern. People of India should have the first right to employment & development, says Modi.
3: 53 pm: Whenever polls approach, the political leaders resort to talking about just two things - the poor and the secularism. They start harking the same old songs of secularism. They have reduced the Muslims to a mere vote bank, says Narendra Modi.
3: 50 pm: Third Front will make India Third Grade and we need to reject them forever..In the Western side, none of the Third Front people have ruled. It is different here and result is lack of development.. says Modi.
3: 46 pm: Do you people get electricity? There is enough coal in the state but no electricity, why? questions Modi.
3: 45 pm: Only hard labour should be considered as the capital. Shram Ko Punji Mana Jaye. Shram Ki Pratishtha Ho...our Mantra is Shrameva Jayate, says Narendra Modi.
3: 44 pm: Why is agriculture not developing in West Bengal? Why is the development is lagging despite enormous number of youth? asks Modi.
3: 42 pm: Bengal is a land blessed by both Lakshmi ji and Saraswati ji. Hence, it can contribute a lot to the nation: Narendra Modi
3: 40 pm:People of West Bengal are revolutionary. Your anger is amazing. You took a big decision in the State Elections now take a brave decision in 2014: Modi.
3: 35 pm: Do an experiment this time. During 2014 elections, let all seats from West Bengal come to the BJP. Voting for Mamata Banerjee will be a waste, says Modi.
3: 33 pm: You the citizens of Bengal, bid goodbye to those who ruined West Bengal for 35 years. You voted for "porivorton" that is change. But can you feel the change? says Modi.
3: 31 pm: Today, the country needs development. The ill need medicines. The poor need food, The youth need employment. Villages should get electricity. Children must get education. But the political parties don't care for these basic human necessities. So out motto is - vikas bhi, imaan bhi, garibo ka samman bhi.
3: 29 pm:2014 Lok Sabha Elections are here. These elections are going to be very different, calculations of political Pundits will go wrong: Modi.
3: 28 pm: In West Bengal, it is natural to remember Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee. He had said that nation will not progress under Congress. Today the country needs an alternative political thought, political stage.
3: 27 pm: Swami Vivekananda dreamt of a Jagat Guru Bharat. India was a Vishwa Guru when Bengal was Rashtra Guru, says Modi.
3: 26 pm: Gujarat and Bengal share a special relationship, says Modi.
3: 22 pm: Modi hails the crowd, marvelling at the humongous number of people who have come to attend the rally. He takes a dig at the people mulling to form Third Front, tells them to come over there in a chopper and have a look at the huge crowd.
3: 20 pm: Modi greets the crowd in Bengali, likening the people of Bengal to Roshogulla and sandesh.
3: 17 pm: Modi arrives at the stage, starts speaking.
3: 16 pm: If you see English alphabet, N comes after M. And as the current PM of India is Manmohan Singh, hence the next PM of India will be from the letter N - Narendra Modi, says Rajnath Singh.
3: 11 pm: Dividing forces at work in West Bengl. But BJP indulges in the politics of nation-building, society-building. People must come and see the state of Gujarat, its prosperity.
3: 00pm: CPM has started only one industry in Bengal - that is - Murder industry, says Rajnath.
2: 50pm: BJP chief Rajnath Singh arrives at the stage.
2: 40pm: Chants of Narendra Modi Swagatam, Rajnath ji Swagatam reverberate the ground.
2:38 pm: Telling the people to wait peacefully for Modi, Shahnawaz leaves the stage.
2:35 pm: We want to go to the people with agenda of development and we want to do against corruption - Shahnawaz Hussain
2:33 pm: All those who are at 3rd number in the states are forming 3rd fronts -Shahnawaz Hussain
2:32 pm: There is one leader who can bring Bengal back on track once again and that is Narendra Bhai, says Hussain
2:30 pm: BJP spokesperson and former Union Minister Shahnawaz Hussain arrives at the dias.
2: 20 pm: Campaigning for the BJP, Bappi da starts singing his famous song,chiro dini and alters the song ending it with "BJP aamra tomaye bhalo bhashimeaning, "BJP – we all love you!"
2: 10 pm: Noted music director Bappi Lahiri arrives at the dais.
Kickstarting the saffron party's poll campaign in West Bengal, the BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Wednesday landed on the Mamta Banerjee's bastion to address a rally here.
The rally is being held at the Brigade Parade Grounds in Kolkata, the same venue where CM Mamata Banerjee had on Jan 30 attracted a huge crowd of five lakh people.
The BJP says it expects a crowd of two lakh people to turn out at the 'Jan Chetana Sabha' rally.
Addressing the Bengali crowd before Modi, will be BJP president Rajnath Singh, Former Union minister from West Bengal Tapan Sikdar, Former Jharkhand chief minister Arjun Munda, BJP spokesperson Siddharth Singh Nath and former Union minister Shahnawaz Hussain.
Also addressing the rally will be music director Bappi Lahiri and noted magician PC Sircar Junior.
First Published: Wednesday, February 05, 2014, 14:42
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