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Shinde Convincing Us On the Wrong Fact

      This is a major threat to our democracy. It doesn't look like a democracy at least now. People of the country have the right to know every single thing that is happening in the Lok Sabha as a tax payer, voter, employee and so on. We are a part of growth of this country. How could the speaker refrain us from knowing the proceedings of the parliament ???   It seems like Sushil Kumar Shinde who passed the bill amid so much commotion is trying to convince the common man saying that it is not something serious. Here is what Shinde had to say about the media blackout. "I have been in politics for 40 years. I have been in Maharashtra as well. These things do happen". We don't really think this happens when an important decision impacting every common man of the state is being taken !!!  

And The Rest of Andhra Pradesh Weeps !!!

      The current happenings in Lok Sabha is definitely disheartening. We do not understand under what act our honorable speaker blocked the live telecast of the Lok Sabha proceedings. Isn't it like throwing people into the dark for 23 minutes and then coming up with a decision ??? What happened in the house ??? Amidst so many protests how were they able to pass the T Bill in Lok Sabha ?? It is absolutely not enough to just consider voice votes. Here is a list of some of the important walk outs and protests.   1. Trinamool Congress members walked out of the session 2. JD(U) leader Sharad Yadv walked out of Lok Sabha 3. Dinesh Trivedi walked out of Lok Sabha to protest Speaker's decision to stop live telecast of proceedings 4. Suspended MPs were not allowed to enter the parliament and they were guarded by Marshals. 5. Seemandhra people are burning with anguish while people of Telangana are rejoicing to the core. Is it right to do injustice to one and make another happy ?? Is it OK if Seemandhra people weep ?? It is definitely not that simple !!!

T BILL APPROVED BY LOK SABHA :

      Telangana Bill had been finally passed by the Lok Sabha through VOICE VOTES. Manual voting wasn't done in this process. Within a span of 23 minutes the bill was passed with the media being blacked out from the proceedings by the speaker. The BJP party has also voted for the bill and under dramatic conditions after Sushma Swaraj ended her speech with the consent to the bill. The Seemandhra MPs were fighting it out until the last moment.

Is Cong. playing double game with BJP on T-Bill?

  Congress seems to be playing double game with BJP over Telangana bill. While, it allots just 4 hours for debate on the T-Bill in Lok Sabha, it is discussing with BJP leaders over their proposals on the bill. The house is adjourned for three times today and is again adjourned till 3pm. Speaker Meira Kumar might be instructed to avoid any discussion on the bill and conduct voice vote in the last minute, without giving any chance to BJP to obstruct it. Probably, Speaker Meira Kumar may keep adjourning the house till she gets green signal from Congress high command.

The Partition of the Telugu Pride

      Is today the last day for the unified Telugu Pride? With the T Bill being thrashed out at the Parliament today and the uncertainty that looms over whether Andhra Pradesh splits into two, it leaves one with a sense of gloom as to how are we going to cope with this Partition of the 21st century.   At this juncture we should look at the historic win of the late legendary actor and former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Mr N.T Rama Rao in 1983 with his Telugu Desam party – based on the Telugu Sentiment. Within 9 months of establishing the Party and with the support of the Telugu people he was voted to power and put the face of Andhra Pradesh on the Indian Political map. Who can ever forget his historic ride to the LB Stadium in Hyderabad in the 1980’s, after being insulted during the Indira Gandhi’s regime. Wearing Khakis, sans makeup  on an open top jeep where he gathered followers on the way and mind you this was all off the cuff – no stage management, no paying people to come and attend the event, it was just his fans, followers  & admirers who came running after him that day. Some of them joining him  and the party out of sheer loyalty  and of course the pride of being a Telugu. That was the charisma of the first Non-Congress chief minister of Andhra Pradesh. We should also acknowledge his son-in-law Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu in putting AP on  the Global map as one of the best states to invest in the IT front . But now we need to see how the country and the world are viewing our state after the session.Now this is not about showing any allegiance to one  party or person, just an observation of the state of affairs of both sides of our leaders who are caught up in this T trauma. What is it that is being depicted in the Parliament today where our Telugu leaders are battling for both the separation and unity of the state and trying to grab eyeballs with their antics , certainly puts to shame the Telugu Pride which was so carefully  cultivated and made the state of Andhra Pradesh what it is. Hope we don’t get to see an exodus of people moving from one state to another like we saw during the India – Pakistan partition in 1947!   P.Charitha  

Lok sabha adjourned to 3 pm

  Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar has adjourned the house till 3 pm. So, the debate on the T-Bill is likely to continue after two hours. Since, Congress has allotted only 4 hours for debate on the T-Bill, hardly any time will be left to continue the debate after the house meets again at 3pm. So no surprise, if it try to pass the bill with voice vote, ignoring BJP’s warning.   Parliamentary Affairs minister Kamalnath is currently trying to convince BJP senior leader LK Advani to support the T-Bill. However, Advani told him that it is not wise to present the T-Bill in the prevailing tense situation. Back at home, CM Kiran Kumar Reddy sought Governor Narasimhan’s appointment for 3’ clock today. He is going to submit his resignation letter to him. Ministers Ahmadulla, Partha Saradhi and few MLAs are currently talking to him at his camp office.

Shinde start debate on T-Bill

  Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde has told Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar that the T-Bill has been already presented in the house and hence asked her permission to start debate and pass the bill. So, technically now the house takes-up the bill for a discussion by the members. However, Meira Kumar has adjourned the house till 12.45 pm due to protests by Seemandhra Congress MPs and Ministers in the house.   Prime Minister has summoned GoM for an emergency meeting today 4pm to discuss about BJP proposals on the T-Bill. BJP has categorically told the Congress Minister Jairam Ramesh not to to expect its support until add the 33 proposals in the bill. So, still suspense prevails about passing of the bill. Rajya Sabha is also adjourned till 2 pm today due to same reasons.

Last minute Twist in T-Bill

  Even while Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamalnath has announced that debate and passing of T-Bill will be done in Lok Sabha today, an unexpected twist takes place in the last minute with Minister Jairam Ramesh meeting with BNJP senior leaders. They made it clear that unless the Congress agrees and put its 33 proposals on the T-Bill in writing, BJP can’t support the bill in the Parliament. Jairam has to tried to convince them stating that Prime Minister will address their entire proposal in his speech in the Parliament, but they bluntly rejected his proposal.   They demand unless Congress put all their proposal in paper, BJP will not support the bill. It also categorically stated that Congress should not try to pass the bill with voice vote. Although, some of its proposals like quoting amounts for financial packages for Seemandhra are acceptable, some others need constitution amendments. So, suspense prevails on whether Congress will blindly go ahead with its plans or will wait until Prime Minister concludes his meeting with GoM members today evening at 4pm. We can know the Congress plans only after both houses of Parliament meets around 12 noon.

T Bill to be Tabled at 12.30

      Minister Kamal Nath : He mentioned that anyone who wants to say something about the bill should speak in house. He also said that parties against the bill are free to oppose.   Pallam Raju : He feels that Hyderabad should be made into a Union Territory. He feels that this is the only credible thing to be done in order to do justice for all. Pallam Raju feels that the bill will be incomplete if the needs are not met. The T Bill had been a mess right since the beginning and we do not know what will happen today. It seems like the ruling Congress is quite desperate about pushing the controversial T Bill forward even without a discussion. Let's wait and see what is in store !!!

Will President’s Rule imposed on state?

  CM Kiran Kumar Reddy is said to be planning to resign tomorrow after confirming that T-Bill is presented in Lok Sabha. He is likely to recommend the governor Narasimhan to dissolve his cabinet immediately. However, Governor may prefer to follow Congress high command’s orders rather than following Kiran Kumar Reddy’s recommendation.   So, there are three options before the Centre. 1. Imposing President’s Rule. 2. Appoint new CM. 3. Put the Assembly in suspended animated mode until Parliament decides about bifurcation bill.   Imposing President’s Rule will seize its chances to manage the elections. It may not able to handle the administration as it wishes before and during the elections period. So, it has to think about other two options.   Appointing a new Chief Minister for a couple of months may be good idea but looks very silly and embarrassing because it may be inviting fresh troubles from different groups within. So, the best option would be putting the Assembly in sleep mode until T-Bill is passed in the Parliament. Once it is passed it can bring the Assembly to live position any time and can bank upon TRS and MIM support to run the show. Then, it can appoint its loyalists as Chief Ministers and PCC Presidents to both states. This gives an edge for Congress high command to gain full control its leaders and their groups. It can distribute the power among its loyalists and ensure a smooth passage for the party in the elections.

Rahul’s effort for last minute patch-up

  Rahul Gandhi, who has been elevated to vice president post of his party with great ease and is expecting to take charge of the country as Prime Minister after the elections, might have given many lectures on many issues like corruption, de-centralization of power etc. but never taken initiative to give a lecture on the burning Telangana issue or never shown courage to address the problem all these years. He just keep watching the burning state all these years sitting behind his mother Sonia Gandhi.   Even after his party takes a concrete decision to divide the state, he has not shown courage to visit the state and try to convince the people of both regions. But, when the T-Bill is all set to be passed tomorrow, he holds a meeting with his loyal Seemandhra Congress MPs and union ministers in a last minute effort for a patch-up with them. But, they too knew that it is just an eye-wash meeting and nothing else. However, they gave their wish list to him and told the media that they are expecting a positive response from him. The man, who doesn’t bother to hear the objections raised by lakhs of people, how can be expected to hear a handful of loyal MPs, who dance to his tunes.

Can CM Kiran able to launch new party?

  CM Kiran Kumar Reddy is likely to resign tomorrow owing to his stand taken in favor of Samaikyandhra. Some of his close aides are stating that he may launch new political party very soon. However, his rival group in the party led by Botsa Satyanarayana is stating that no one would follow him and the idea of launching the new party would be a disaster. So, if he fails to take away majority of the Congress leaders with him, he can’t afford to launch his new party. So is Botsa swings into action to stop the leaders from going with him. There are particular problems in launching of new political party. If seen his nature of handling the matters without taking the others into confidence, he may not let others take charge of his new party, though they may be very seniors to him. He never let his cabinet colleagues share the information of his schemes or claim credit of them. He even followed the same principal during his fight for Samaikyandhra. Except him, all his colleagues could not catch the limelight in the entire struggle. So, he may not allow anyone to steal the show in his new party also. This may discourage many to join him.   Moreover his rival group argues that there is no meaning in launching a party in the name of Samaikyandhra after state is virtually divided into two. However, even if launches his new party after bifurcation, he has nothing to offer to people in return except a non-congress-government that carries a clear Congress mark across it. So, this may make the people suspect his honesty and his party intentions.   If he is launching the new party following his high command’s directions to split the votes and to stop TDP from coming to power, it is very difficult to convince the people that his party will not merge with Congress or support it after elections. So, there are several odds to think about before launching a new party. However, he has not many options except retiring from politics.

Can Botsa become CM by targetting at Kiran Kumar Reddy?

  Knowing that CM Kiran Kumar Reddy is going to quit in a day or two, PCC President Botsa Satyanarayana and Minister Kondru Murali start hardly hitting at him. While hitting at him, they both are loudly stating about Congress victory in the upcoming elections despite knowing about the party situation and about its blink electoral chances, probably to get media and high command attention.   Botsa Satyanarayana has never tried to hide his interest about becoming Chief Minister of the state. There may be a lengthy list of aspirants, but he wants to be the front runner for this chair. So, somehow he has to get full attention of media and also high command attention. So, the best method is just hit at Kiran Kumar Reddy, the new enemy of the party.   There may be several aspirants for the PCC president chair also if Botsa is shifted to CM Post. Probably, Dokka Manikyavara Prasad and Kondru Murali want to be the front runners for it. But, what if high command prefers for Kanna Lakshmi Narayana or someone else for those two top posts?   However, they have to put efforts until the last minute. So as a part of their efforts, they may intensify their attacks on Kiran Kumar Reddy and his followers, once they quit the Congress party tomorrow.

Why Cong is asking BJP support for T-Bill?

  It is very interesting to see Sonia Gandhi, Sushil Kumar Shinde, Jairam Ramesh are appealing BJP to extend their support to T-Bill in the Parliament, while Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamalnath is quite sure of passing it without BJP support. Even today also he categorically stated that Lok Sabha will discuss and pass the T-Bill tomorrow and Rajya Sabha on the next day. TRS president KCR said that T-Bill will be passed with voice vote. So, when Congress has a strategy for passing the T-Bill without BJP support, then why it is roaming around BJP with folded hands?   Ever since, the T-Bill lands in its lap, Congress is trying to highlight about its honesty and determination to pass the bill, while underlining the necessity of BJP support to it, as to send a strong message to people of Telangana about BJP’s unwillingness for Telangana state creation. Hence, it will build pressure on BJP and force it extend its support to the T-Bill or be prepared to face Telangana people’s anguish for not supporting it.   BJP also realized this crooked idea being played by Congress. So, BJP leaders have made certain suggestions and amendments to the T-Bill that is not acceptable to Congress. They are also insisting for an in-depth debate on the T-Bill, which is also highly impossible in the present situation. So, Congress and BJP are desperately trying to throw the ball into other’s court to transfer the blame on to other. However, they can continue this game hardly for three more days only. If, BJP wants to escape unhurt from this whole affair, it may stage a walkout during voting and let the Congress pass the T-Bill with voice vote.

Addition to the Interim Budget

      Here is a list of some more key points that we had missed out. The following set gives us a brief of what our Finance Minister said during the session at parliament today :   1. Finance minister proposed an increased budget support to the railways from Rs 26,000 crore to Rs 29,000 crore in the interim budget for 2014-2015 2. As a part of the modernization drive, the defence ministry was allotted 2,24,000 crore in the interim general budget, which is 10% more than the previous time. 3. Rs.1000 Crore was allotted for the Nirbhaya fund for the safety and empowerment of women. 4. Chidambaram seeked a positive nod from the parliament for supplementary spending of Rs 46,227.57 crore in 2013-14. Tamil Nadu DMK party Supremo M Karunanidhi mentioned that the interim budget that was presented today had some welcoming features like the controlling of inflation at 5%, seven new airports, solar power projects and reduction in taxes on mobile phones. However, he further added that the budget lacked lot of sops in an election year. Bahujan Samaj Party chairperson Mayawati mentioned that there was nothing new in the interim budget that was tabled at the parliament today. She also rubbished the last interim budget submitted by the UPA government.  

Interim Budget 2014-2015

Interim Budget 2014-2015, Budget 2014: The Union Finance Minister, Shri P. Chidambaram here today presented the Interim Budget 2014-15 that shows an estimated plan expenditure of Rs. 5,55,322 crore and non-plan expenditure of Rs. 12,07,892 crore. He said that the current financial year will end on a satisfactory note with the fiscal deficit at 4.6% and the revenue deficit at 3.3%. Shri P. Chidambaram said that emboldened by the progress made, he has budgeted for the receipts and expenditure in 2014-15 that will leave a fiscal deficit of 4.1% and revenue deficit of 3%. The Finance Minister said the fiscal deficit during 2014-15 will be below the target set by the fiscal consolidation path.  

Chidambaram Answers Modi

      While addressing a rally recently, BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi took a dig at Finance Minister P. Chidambaram by saying that he is a 'recounting leader' and mentioned that the nation could be led only bu hard work and not by a Harvard Degree. Answering to this at the parliament today, Chidambaram said that his mother and Harvard University taught him the values of hard work. This jibe at Modi will have a reaction if we are not wrong. But let us wait and see what it would be !!!

PM's Praises for Finance Minister :

      Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that the issue of One Rank One Pension has been addressed comprehensively and he mentioned that he is confident that our forces, Officers and Jawans will welcome this. Dr.Manmohan Singh also congratulated Finance Minister P. Chidambaram for presenting a balanced vote on account portraying a realistic picture of the economic situation of the country. Prime Minister added that P. Chidambaram aptly summarized the economic and social achievements that took place in the last 10 years.   In the meanwhile, P.Chidambaram mentioned that our economy is more stable than it was two years ago rejecting the arguments of 'Policy Paralysis'.

Key Points of Interim Budget - Part 5 :

      Finance Minister P.Chidambaram has mentioned the following points at the Parliament session : 1. Govt has succeeded in obtaining information in 67 cases of overseas accounts, finding out more 2. FM claims 140mn people out of poverty in two UPA regimes 3. I thank the PM for all the support I have received during my term as the FM 4. Neither populism, nor majoritism is a way for governance 5. Revenue deficit is estimated at 3% 6. Am emboldened by the progress made in the receipts and expenditures in 2013-14 7. Fiscal Deficit is estimated at 4.1% 8. Fiscal deficit will be contained at 4.6% of GDP 9. The Plan expenditure shall remain unchanged at Rs 5,55,322 crore Following this, Finance Minister P.Chidambaram introduced the Finance Bill for the year 2014.