Kalam is our candidate : Mamata ji

[Rajaraja Chola]

Confident Mamata sends 'advance congratulations' to Kalam

New Delhi: Stating that the Samajwadi Party (SP) was with her, Trinamool Congress Chief Mamata Banerjee on Friday said former president APJ Abdul Kalam would contest the presidential elections and sent "advance congratulations" to him for a second tenure in office.

Addressing reporters before leaving for Kolkata, a confident Banerjee said Kalam was a candidate for both the SP and the Trinamool. "Mulayam and we are together," she said.

"I stayed in Delhi for two days and after the announcement of our candidates, me and Mulayam Singh-ji waited for 24 hours... but Congress rejected our candidates. Other political parties have not yet responded but whatever response we got it is in favour of Kalam-ji," Banerjee said.
Kalam-ji will be contesting the elections... our advance congratulations to Kalam-ji."

"He is an asset to the country. He is a man who can glorify India like anything ... he is a popular figure in the world and if there is presidential elections directly like America, he would probably be the number one... nobody would contest against him," she said.

The Trinamool Chief appealed to all political parties to support Kalam.

"I call upon all political parties. There is no ego and no fight... the president's post is very important... Let's ask all to support Abdul Kalam," she said.

Kalam has not yet committed himself and said he would take the proper decision at the right time.

The SP and the Trinamool Congress had Wednesday named Kalam as one of their three preferred candidates for president. On Thursday, Banerjee said Kalam was their number one choice and reiterated it after a meeting with SP leader Mulayam Singh Yadav.

 

[mayankmatador]

who wanna vote for him

 

[Rajaraja Chola]

who wanna vote for him

Kalam had withdrawn.. NDA now supports Pranab... Mamata have been made a comedy piece by mulayam...

 

[livingdead]

^^^ Mamta didi is a comedian, mulayam did not have to do anything, lol.
She has no credibility left, dont know how far she will go with her 'pro-poor' image.

Dr.Abdul Kalam’s Letter to Every Indian (Why is the media here so negative?)

Why are we in India so embarrassed to recognize our own strengths, our achievements? We are such a great nation. We have so many amazing success stories but we refuse to acknowledge them. Why?
We are the first in milk production.
We are number one in Remote sensing satellites.
We are the second largest producer of wheat.
We are the second largest producer of rice.

Look at Dr. Sudarshan , he has transferred the tribal village into a self-sustaining, self-driving unit. There are millions of such achievements but our media is only obsessed in the bad news and failures and disasters. I was in Tel Aviv once and I was reading the Israeli newspaper. It was the day after a lot of attacks and bombardments and deaths had taken place. The Hamas had struck. But the front page of the newspaper had the picture of a Jewish gentleman who in five years had transformed his desert into an orchid and a granary. It was this inspiring picture that everyone woke up to. The gory details of killings, bombardments, deaths, were inside in the newspaper, buried among other news.

APJ Abdul Kalam at Speech1In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime.. Why are we so NEGATIVE? Another question: Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things? We want foreign T.Vs, we want foreign shirts. We want foreign technology.

Why this obsession with everything imported. Do we not realize that self-respect comes with self-reliance? I was in Hyderabad giving this lecture, when a 14 year old girl asked me for my autograph. I asked her what her goal in life is. She replied: I want to live in a developed India . For her, you and I will have to build this developed India . You must proclaim. India is not an under-developed nation; it is a highly developed nation.

Do you have 10 minutes? Allow me to come back with a vengeance.
Got 10 minutes for your country? If yes, then read; otherwise, choice is yours..

YOU say that our government is inefficient.
YOU say that our laws are too old.
YOU say that the municipality does not pick up the garbage.
YOU say that the phones don’t work, the railways are a joke.The airline is the worst in the world, mails never reach their destination.
YOU say that our country has been fed to the dogs and is the absolute pits.
YOU say, say and say. What do YOU do about it?

APJ Abdul Kalam at Speech2In America every dog owner has to clean up after his pet has done the job. Same in Japan .. Will the Indian citizen do that here?’ He’s right. We go to the polls to choose a government and after that forfeit all responsibility.

We sit back wanting to be pampered and expect the government to do everything for us whilst our contribution is totally negative. We expect the government to clean up but we are not going to stop chucking garbage all over the place nor are we going to stop to pick a up a stray piece of paper and throw it in the bin. We expect the railways to provide clean bathrooms but we are not going to learn the proper use of bathrooms.
We want Indian Airlines and Air India to provide the best of food and toiletries but we are not going to stop pilfering at the least opportunity.
This applies even to the staff who is known not to pass on the service to the public

APJ Abdul Kalam Wings of fireWhen it comes to burning social issues like those related to women, dowry, girl child! and others, we make loud drawing room protestations and continue to do the reverse at home. Our excuse? ‘It’s the whole system which has to change, how will it matter if I alone forego my sons’ rights to a dowry.’ So who’s going to change the system?


What does a system consist of? Very conveniently for us it consists of our neighbours, other households, other cities, other communities and the government. But definitely not me and YOU. When it comes to us actually making a positive contribution to the system we lock ourselves along with our families into a safe cocoon and look into the distance at countries far away and wait for a Mr.Clean to come along & work miracles for us with a majestic sweep of his hand or we leave the country and run away.

Like lazy cowards hounded by our fears we run to America to bask in their glory and praise their system. When New York becomes insecure we run to England . When England experiences unemployment, we take the next flight out to the Gulf. When the Gulf is war struck, we demand to be rescued and brought home by the Indian government. Everybody is out to abuse and rape the country. Nobody thinks of feeding the system. Our conscience is mortgaged to money.

Dear Indians, The article is highly thought inductive, calls for a great deal of introspection and pricks one’s conscience too…. I am echoing J. F. Kennedy’s words to his fellow Americans to relate to Indians…..

‘ASK WHAT WE CAN DO FOR INDIA AND DO WHAT HAS TO BE DONE TO MAKE INDIA WHAT AMERICA AND OTHER WESTERN COUNTRIES ARE TODAY’




Lets do what India needs from us.
Thank you,
Dr.. Abdul Kalam

Oh the fake chain mail that floats around in internet. What next: Taj Mahal was a temple, giant skeleton near gujrat shows our past and NASA is full of Indians?

 

[Boson]

Pranab is better suited to be president, as of now. He has earned the position with his hard work ... though he lacks certain things - but his intentions have been always positive.

APJ Abdul Kalam can do more, freed from responsibilities as a president. We don't need to tie good people like him in titular places, which are largely ceremonial in nature.

He's best left to guide people around the country .. as a visionary, as he is.

 

[Hello_10]

who wanna vote for him

but he keeps a good note on his website as below, but we aren't sure how much he values the respect his father gained while fighting for freedom of India....

His father was active in the Congress party from 1920, was a member of AICC. His father was also a respected freedom fighter who had been sent to prison for more than 10 years for his opposition to the British rule.

Personal Website of Sri Pranab Mukherjee

 

[LaBong]

who wanna vote for him

Well he is supposed to sleep at 2 am and wake up at 6 am.

 

[Rajaraja Chola]

Pranab is better suited to be president, as of now. He has earned the position with his hard work ... though he lacks certain things - but his intentions have been always positive.

APJ Abdul Kalam can do more, freed from responsibilities as a president. We don't need to tie good people like him in titular places, which are largely ceremonial in nature.

He's best left to guide people around the country .. as a visionary, as he is.

Pranab is a good honest politician, no doubt.. But still he as a president, he cant question laws drafted by Congress.. Last time Kalam sent 2 bills back to the parliament, cos he found loopholes in it... Will pranab do the same for the nation?

 

[Boson]

Pranab is a good honest politician, no doubt.. But still he as a president, he cant question laws drafted by Congress.. Last time Kalam sent 2 bills back to the parliament, cos he found loopholes in it... Will pranab do the same for the nation?

Kalam's capabilities do not need to wasted in a ceremonial post .. !

In fact, BJP should not have made him president.. but Minister of Science and Technology or even Education Minister.

A cabinet minister has more power than the President !!!!!

 

[Rajaraja Chola]

Kalam's capabilities do not need to wasted in a ceremonial post .. !

In fact, BJP should not have made him president.. but Minister of Science and Technology or even Education Minister.

A cabinet minister has more power than the President !!!!!

Agreed.... But u want a Bharat Ratna awardee to be a cabinet minister?
Moreover he as a scientist, he dont have any experience in politics...

 

[Boson]

Agreed.... But u want a Bharat Ratna awardee to be a cabinet minister?
Moreover he as a scientist, he dont have any experience in politics...

I mean he will be under utilized as a president ... and right now his scientific capabilities are much less utilized than his leadership and visionary aspects, which are more important.

How much does he help being a president.. when he has nil role in policy making. Returning a few bills to parliament is still under utilizing him.

In fact, as a president he won't be able to openly speak out his views ... by constitution, he has speak what the cabinet approves. A president can't speak against the whatever he's "advised" by the council of ministers. !!!!

"Advised" is a polite word, which actually means "ordered" .. as per the constitution.

 

[cloud_9]

who wanna vote for him

We! We!......but after a power nap :yawn::yawn:

 

[mayankmatador]

If there be righteousness in the heart, there will be beauty in the character.
If there be beauty in the character, there will be harmony in the home.
If there be harmony in the home, there will be order in the nation.
When there is order in each nation there will be peace in the world.
-Dr Kalam..
You will always be missed.

Salute

 

[Royan]

who wanna vote for him

Better that these jokers