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First terror attack (man caused disaster) since the elections?
Home Guard killed in attack on police picket
HYDERABAD: A Home Guard died and a police constable suffered injuries when two assailants opened fire on a police picket in Falaknuma on Monday evening. A little-known terror organisation Tehreek-e-Ghalba-e-Islam owned responsibility for the attack. The TGI, in a leaflet found at the spot, claimed it was an attack to avenge police firing on innocent people after the Mecca Masjid bomb blast. Incidentally, Monday was the second anniversary of the blast at the mosque.
According to police, the incident happened at 4.30 pm. Two persons clad in grey safari suits walked to the police picket opposite Falaknuma electricity sub-station. One of them, wearing a helmet, fired eight rounds from a country-made weapon at two police personnel posted at the picket. K Balaswamy, 22, home guard died and Rajendra Prasad, 30, constable of Falaknuma had a bullet lodged in his brain. [link]
7 comments:
They must have committed atrocities on muslim women in the Old City.What do you Barb(H)indoos know?
OT, you must have been following this EVM fraud news piece. When I read this
http://psenthilraja.wordpress.com/2009/05/17/tampering-evms-some-references/
I reached here
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7561
I read many stories of EVM fraud on net during the election like this
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=45296
I am not sure about this. But this all sounds so much like the 1971 election fraud. Would it be possible? Naveen Chawla, Puppet President, out of order PMO...everything lines up nicely in an array of conspiracy. Would that be possible?
CodeNameV,
I doubt there was EVM fraud although it is definitely possible to rig an election. Hugo Chavez did. There are many ways the process can be made tamper proof.
There was quite a bit of fraud done through conventional manner - voter list, cash distribution, voter intimidation etc.
Of course if BJP had won 2004, believe it or not, the MSM would scream fraud. The seculars and socialists would probably demand a reelection using paper ballots.
Hi Barbar,
I think all those pundits lauging RG might want to see this.
http://business.rediff.com/report/2009/may/19/new-govt-may-seek-quotas-in-pvt-sector.htm
I sat, why not reservations in Media?
I wonder why this hyd news wasnt covered by the burkha's and sagarika's .
On the EVM's all that we can do is speculate. No tangible evidence. I wonder what mr. tarun tejpal and his ilk are doing nowadays. Looks like there is some substance in the EVM's for a sting operation. They also seem to be making good money nowadays, I find their advertisements on all the channels. From where did these people get all the money all the while they were whining about being persecuted by NDA? Incidentally they havent covered a single sting operation in the past 5 years since UPA came to power. :)
Fraud or not, it is curious that every single opponent of the Congress, barring the BJP, has been routed (LJP, RLD, AIADMK, CPM, SP, BSP etc. etc.)
If there indeed was no fraud then it is welcome to see caste politics begin to fail.
Apart from losing election, the blatant partial approach adopted by the TV news channels was shocking.
Observations:
1. Media is supposed to be the fourth pillar of democracy however it behaved as the third leg of the congress stool.
News channels worked as an integral part of congress media cell and it appears to be a strategic alliance.
2. It was very anguishing to watch BJP spokesman being grilled one after the other almost endlessly
Their opinion on most issues was trivialised not only by plastic smiling anchors but even by biased audience.
It was as if they had entered in an interrogation centre.
3. On issues related to weak governance, the anchors were seen batting for the congress.
The congress ministers were being prompted/helped during interviews.
There was no coverage of ineffective congress ministers & their policies - at all.
4. During the last phase of elections the news anchors went a step further.
They tried to break BJP alliance partners, pushed Left front in UPA camp and formed an anti BJP front.
They started quoting constitutional experts, that largest party need not be invited to form government.
5. Just before counting day, the media also fooled the Left front & regional parties into forming a “secular front with congress”.
While it was the Congress party that ate into major chunk of their vote bank.
They were quoting left front – “We won’t allow BJP to form government at any cost”.
The result was surprising & regional parties were decimated.
In Bengal, it was BJP that prevented a complete rout of the Left by dividing votes & saving them 6 seats.
BSP was left with only dalit/hindu votes & SP does not have a single Muslim MP!
It was a trick in visual imagery.
The general middle class perceptions on BJP would have been different had the TV channels shown repetitive videos of:
Shivraj Patil fumbling, virulent speeches of Muslim League leaders, divisive policies of Arjun Singh etc.
So my humble suggestion to BJP is to setup own TV channel.
The above view echoed in several of the comments posted across the internet.
Benefits of setting own news channel:
1. Instantly reach an audience in Kerala/West Bengal/Tamil Nadu/Andhra Pradesh, where the BJP presence is zero.
They constitute 143 out of 543 seats and in those states the TV penetration is staggering.
2. Unlike other parties, BJP has intellectual depth. Its leaders are presentable & knowledgeable.
Information can be presented cohesively – especially without stupid interrogations.
3. Using your own TV medium would allow you to present your side of the story and set your agenda.
Let the Left, SP, BSP, NCP etc take on the Congress in TV debates.
4. Every political party except the BJP has its own TV channel.
By proxy Congress operates several TV channels across regional lines apart from the leading two news channels in India.
Even regional parties now have their own TV channels.
In TV news channels it was the BJP interviews, speeches & briefings that were most watched/popular programs.
Every spokesperson was articulate, knowledgeable and had an air of superiority.
However the news channels used BJP, presented them as a ruling party, polarized voters, increased their own TRP’s while all time vilifying them!
It is time to give the agents of congress party some competition.
For a start - stop visiting those two news channels and watch their TRP fall.
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