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[JanjaWeed]

Yeddy has said he supports BJP and NDA. He wanted to merge KJP with BJP but as of now it is not happening

He is playing spoilsport. Best thing would be for him to merge with BJP, but he doesn't want to do that. Instead he wants to support NDA by seat sharing. That is not good. His vote share is from the same pool as the one from BJP.

 

[kurup]

He is playing spoilsport. Best thing would be for him to merge with BJP, but he doesn't want to do that. Instead he wants to support NDA by seat sharing. That is not good. His vote share is from the same pool as the one from BJP.

What if KJP and BJP share seats in Karnataka ??

 

[JanjaWeed]

What if KJP and BJP share seats in Karnataka ??

BJP will end up losing it's space to a regional party & the politics of bargaining will come in to play. Will only help in consolidating yeddy's clout & BJP losing it's ground, whatever they have made so far.

 

[Jason bourne]

लता मंगेशकर की है ख्वाहिश, मोदी बने देश के अगले पीएम

पुणे: स्‍वर साम्राज्ञी लता मंगेशकर ने गुजरात के मुख्यमंत्री और बीजेपी के प्रधानमंत्री पद के उम्मीदवार नरेंद्र मोदी का समर्थन करते हुए कहा कि वे चाहती हैं कि मोदी देश के पीएम बनें.

पुणे में एक कार्यक्रम के दौरान मोदी की मौजूदगी में लता ने कहा, हम चाहते हैं कि मोदी देश के पीएम बनें.

ग़ौरतलब है कि फिल्म इंडस्ट्री में लता जैसी बड़ी हस्ती से अनुमोदन मिलना मोदी के लिए बड़ी कामयाबी है.

 

[Puchtoon]

Yeddy's KJP will put a spanner in the works for BJP in Karnataka. BJP needs to maximize their chances in UP & Bihar to make it close to 200. 40 + in UP & 25+ in Bihar will do it nicely.

Don't agree,Cvoter clearly shows all who vote KJP locally are voting for modi nationally .

If they get around 12-14 ,its good .

 

[Bang Galore]

He is playing spoilsport. Best thing would be for him to merge with BJP, but he doesn't want to do that. Instead he wants to support NDA by seat sharing. That is not good. His vote share is from the same pool as the one from BJP.

Yeddy is pretty much history, His party is weaker, not stronger. The next election will see a rout of Yeddy. The BJP has nothing to gain joining with Yeddy, the CBI's looking into his matters has scared off even the local BJP. The BJP is in a very tough spot in Karnataka. The Congress government is just a few months old and won't be even a year old when the general elections take place. In such a situation, the ruling part usually does extremely well.. The BJP will struggle badly, with or without Yeddy. While Modi is popular & Karnataka has a history of voting differently in LS & local elections, there is (not yet anyways) a wave towards Modi. While it may yet change, it still remains a very tough ask for the BJP not to be hammered in the elections. This in a state which sent the largest no. of BJP MP's of any state in the country in the last LS elections.

 

[JanjaWeed]

Don't agree,Cvoter clearly shows all who vote KJP locally are voting for modi nationally .

If they get around 12-14 ,its good .

I hope it's true & Lingayats look beyond caste based politics to vote for Modi!

 

[JanjaWeed]

Yeddy is pretty much history, His party is weaker, not stronger. The next election will see a rout of Yeddy. The BJP has nothing to gain joining with Yeddy, the CBI's looking into his matters has scared off even the local BJP. The BJP is in a very tough spot in Karnataka. The Congress government is just a few months old and won't be even a year old when the general elections take place. In such a situation, the ruling part usually does extremely well.. The BJP will struggle badly, with or without Yeddy. While Modi is popular & Karnataka has a history of voting differently in LS & local elections, there is (not yet anyways) a wave towards Modi. While it may yet change, it still remains a very tough ask for the BJP not to be hammered in the elections. This in a state which sent the largest no. of BJP MP's of any state in the country in the last LS elections.

oh well.. we still have time till may & hopefully things will change by then.. & that wave you talk about, may soon start waving towards Modi, if not BJP. You never know...

 

[Soumitra]

Narendra Modi or America, who took Sensex to 21,294?

The Sensex hit two all-time highs today - one, the closing high of 21,197; and the other the intraday high of 21,294.

The fundamentals have not changed, and policy-making is as it were. So, what's moving the markets, we analyse.

The markets had come within kissing distance of all-time highs a few days back, and talks were that it is the decision by the US Fed to push back its $85-billion-a-month easy money policy that is making FIIs flock to the Indian markets. But most analysts feel it could well be the Modi factor that is driving the market.

Modi at the helm of an aspiring India is being perceived as a growth-getter by analysts.

"I feel we are going to have a party until December. The market is sensing more and more that Modi is going to be the new Prime Minister. I think it's one of the primary reasons why the market is going up," saysRakesh Jhunjhunwala, Partner, Rare Enterprises.

"Frankly, a Modi-led government will be positive for the market," Arvind Sanger, Managing Partner, Geoshpere Capital Management, told ET Now on Thursday.

Sanjeev Prasad, Senior Executive Director & Co-Head, Kotak Institutional Equities, says there is this perception that a BJP/NDA-led government will be more positive for the market. So, "if there is something in favour of the BJP in state assembly elections, the market will take that positively," he told ET Now.

Just days back, UBS came out with a report stating the same. "Based on our discussions with investors, markets are positively inclined towards Mr Narendra Modi-led BJP and less so towards the Congress, despite some course correction in policies recently by the latter," it said in a note.

Then there are other experts who feel though elections are a factor driving the market, for now it is global liquidity that is making magic. The Sensex has broken all records - closing high as well the intraday high.

"The year has seen two yo-yos in the market where we went up, then went down and then went all the way back up again. I suspect the coming year will be a bit more of the same as we are still driven a lot by global liquidity, and the gush of liquidity getting unleashed from the West," says Manish Chokhani of Axis Capital.

Now if the markets are on a high due to global liquidity, analysts sense trouble as the US has another debt ceiling deadline early next year and also a possible shutdown of the government. This could have a detrimental impact on the market, analysts feel.

"In the larger scheme of things, the threat that QE tapering posed has actually increased significantly. The US housing data indicates that house prices have increased by about 10-12% a year and the number of houses up for bidding is at a 15-year high. Obviously, the US economy will emerge to be very strong and that poses a risk and one should be prepared for it," says Amit Bhartia of GMO

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com...took-sensex-to-21294/articleshow/25062642.cms.

 

[Soumitra]

Congress blames Modi for rise in onion prices

NEW DELHI: Congress's offensive against Narendra Modi took an interesting turn on Friday with Union law minister Kapil Sibalblaming the high prices of onions on BJP's PM candidate while also asking him to explain where he finds huge finds from for his rallies.

Sibal said the country suffered a shortage of onions as the Modi government had handed over huge tracts of land in Kutch, which accounts for a big part of the onion crop, to the Adani group. "Those onions used to come here," Sibal said, focusing on the alleged responsibility of the Gujarat government even though he also talked about the role of hoarders.

The day also saw finance ministerP Chidambaram suggesting that the Gujarat CM needed to improve his understanding of economics. "It is good that he is taking interest in economics. As he takes more interest, he will learn more," Chidambaram said in response to a question from reporters.

At a function he held to mark the launch of his personal website, Sibal said Modi was distorting facts and was running away from addressing the media, even as he invited him for a debate over UPA's performance in comparison to that of the NDA.

The comment, which came amid public resentment over the spike in onion prices, immediately invited a retaliatory attack from the BJP, with leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley scoffing at Sibal's challenge to Modi for a debate. Jaitley suggested that Sibal was trying to punch above his weight since he was not in the same league as Modi.

"The kind of attendance at Modi's rallies is among the largest I have seen in the last few decades. Congress has been rattled. They don't know how to deal with the possible outcome of the 2014 general elections. Therefore, second rank leaders of the Congress have jumped in to mount a personalized attack on Modi," he said.

Jaitley also said people had figured out the leaders who are trying to distract attention from UPA's failures.

Interestingly, Sibal had turned down the suggestion from the BJP that he should spar with fellow lawyer Jaitley, saying that the leader of opposition was not the PM candidate.

Taking exception to Modi's telling people to rid the country of Congress, Sibal said, "Why to free the country from Congress? What has the Congress done? And today, I challenge Modi for a debate on any issue on any platform and in any language, be it Hindi, English or Gujarati. I challenge him to decide the day, the subject, place and language so that all is clear."

He further said, "He( Modi) will not be able to do so because he has not held any press conference yet then what will he debate with me. Have you heard him in any press conference? He just goes and delivers his speech from the podium. He has no vision. I challenge him to debate on all those issues."

Accusing Modi of dishing out lies, he said, "If someone wants to be the PM, he must give alternate vision for foreign policy, for education."

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...rise-in-onion-prices/articleshow/25082846.cms

 

[Soumitra]

For those who dont know Kutch is a desert area where onions do not grow. In gujarat the onions grow in Bhavnagar, Rajkot, Jamnagar and Junagarh

 

[Jason bourne]

For those who dont know Kutch is a desert area where onions do not grow. In gujarat the onions grow in Bhavnagar, Rajkot, Jamnagar and Junagarh

And I am from bhavnagar

 

[Roybot]

Congress asks Election Commission to hide lotus ponds in Madhya Pradesh from voters

JABALPUR: The Congress is upset about lotuses in full autumn bloom in water bodies of Mahakaushal, Malwa and Bundelkhand regions in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh. The party on Monday wrote to the Election Commission (EC) to "hide" the national flower from public view so that voters aren't unfairly drawn to the BJP symbol.

Demanding a level-playing field, the MP Congress urged the EC for suitable directions to cover all ponds where the lotus is cultivated to be sold across the country.

BJP spokesperson Vishwas Sarang hit back, saying it showed the "mental bankruptcy and despondency" of Congress. "It means people should start covering their hands because it is the symbol of the party," he said.

However, the odd request has totally flummoxed Jabalpur election officer Rajesh Jain. He said he was not authorized to take a call on such an issue and would refer it to his superiors.

If stone elephants (BSP's symbol) could be seen as having a possible impact on polls in UP so can the lotus in MP, argued Congress corporator Amar Chand Bawaria.

"We have more than 40 constituencies spanning Dhanpur, Gotegon, Deori, Barela, Bargi, Bhedaghat, Magarmoha, Panagar, Usner, Gosalpur, Sihora, in and around Jabalpur, Hoshangabad, Pipariya and Sohagpur besides Dhar, Dewas belt in Malwa along with pockets in Bundelkhand where lotus farming is undertaken on a large scale," Congress corporator Amar Chand Bawaria.

The EC ordered draping of Mayawati's stone elephants across parks and memorials in Lucknow and other places in UP the run-up to the polls. The elephants were covered with sheets because the poll panel did not want BSP's symbol to unfairly affect the voters.

"Going by the same argument, Congress does not want the lotus crop to influence our chances adversely by making voters think about BJP," Bawaria said.

Another local Congress leader Manmohan Agrawal said district election officer in Dhar, CB Singh, already assured that a pond adjacent to a polling booth in Manawar constituency would be draped with a canvas during the elections. "We are demanding a similar assurance in all constituencies where lotuses abound," he said.

Agarwal recalled how AICC general secretary Digvijaya Singh had led a delegation to the EC in 2008 with a demand that Class VI social sciences textbooks in government schools be taken off as they carried the imprint of lotus. "The CEC had expressed displeasure with the MP government and given it a two-week deadline to carry out the necessary changes. I am sure the commission will take cognizance of this issue as well," he said.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...-Pradesh-from-voters/articleshow/24834216.cms

Is this for real? Am hoping for Congress's sake that this is a spoof.

Whats next, chop off all Congressi's hands in case voters get drawn towards the Congress's symbol. Actually I might be ok with that.

 

[Jason bourne]

Is this for real? Am hoping for Congress's sake that this is a spoof.

Whats next, chop off all Congressi's hands in case voters get drawn towards the Congress's symbol. Actually I might be ok with that.

Aab pata chal raha he india me kesi govt. hen