The Congress must not give in to any presures from DMK, NCP and from TMC. Bring in well educated, cultured, non-villagers to head all ministries. Pawar can at best be made Cricket Minister. DMK had constantly threatened UPA to withdraw support and had asked its ministers to resign, for LTTE/ Mamata may handle Railways but only if she forgets for ever any talk of CMP. Please, do not let Lalu even be seen in proximity of govt. A Railway Minister shamelessly spitting before camera, chewing paan, moving about in oily underwear, then talking how he earned money for govt. and finally acting trecherously against the UPA, the Congress and against the PM, must be taught a good lesson. He must be persuaded to go back and do what he knows best - looking after cattle. The cleanliness level in Railway toilets, in pantry cars, in food quality have been brought down to the level of cattle feed by Lalu. All because he is incapable of raising the standards. Away with Lalu.
Re: New govt.
by Vikram Raj on May 21, 2009 01:43 AM
what makes you think that urbanites are prodigies and villagers are fools? how many villages do we have, and how many cities do we have?
Re: New govt.
by BALA R on May 21, 2009 12:27 AM
Don't worry...Cong is ruthless...corrupt to core and are running mmany phd courses in corruption, horse trading, murder and violence. They will take care of DMK Pvt Ltd and Fodder Lalu..
Re: Re: HEHEHAHAH
by aam aadmi on May 21, 2009 12:18 AM
it is all about accounting game and numbers play. What did he change in railways that made it profitable?
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: HEHEHAHAH
by TechieFromNorth on May 21, 2009 01:53 AM
Any Ministry is run by IAS officers not the Illiterate "Neta Ji", problem starts when "Neta Ji" starts interfering in the "babu's" (IAS officers)work in addition to being their usual self (eating money).Now what Laluwa did was to just keep eating money and not bothering too much about the work which resulted into better/no better railways.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: HEHEHAHAH
by Loan Shark on May 21, 2009 12:38 AM
passenger fare reduction was possible dur to increased profitabilty from freight business
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: HEHEHAHAH
by aam aadmi on May 21, 2009 12:43 AM
the improvement was only in numbers and accounting. There is no improvement in services in terms of sanitaion, safety, travel time, etc.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: HEHEHAHAH
by aam aadmi on May 21, 2009 12:49 AM
then what's the point of government running it and monopolizing the industry for the profit of the babus and politicians. If govt. wants to run it as a monopoly then it must improve services for the commuters
Re: Re: HEHEHAHAH
by rmagesh on May 21, 2009 12:18 AM
dude, lets be clear on onething.... lalu was only the mask... he was just the front face of railways because he was the minister.... planing and actions were done by some civil services officers, who are instrumental in railways profit... lets not give the credit to the wrong person
Re: Re: Re: HEHEHAHAH
by Loan Shark on May 21, 2009 12:29 AM
maghesh, the babus were there before, someone needs to approve what they want to accomplish and take that risk. lalu did that.
obviously, lalu didn't make the changes, but he led the changes. that's what is expected of a leader
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: HEHEHAHAH
by Loan Shark on May 21, 2009 12:38 AM
no numbers were cooked up ... do you have an auditor complain? is CAG compalining? oh, so CAG has been bribed! LOL
Re: Re: Re: HEHEHAHAH
by TZ on May 21, 2009 01:21 AM
I disagree what you are saying, if he has not done this and as per your message it was done by some civil services officer, so dude where were they before Lalu joined as railway minister? why their mind not worked befor lalu came in power? so dude we have to respect what he did for railway, we have all seen reduction in railway fare in each year, all minsters only hiked the fare but Lalu proved that without increasing in fare the railway could be in profit to concentrate on other things.
Re: Re: Re: HEHEHAHAH
by brajeshwar nath on May 21, 2009 12:35 AM
HAng on, dont jump the gun yet.Its not profit per se but cash flows which emanated from huge depreciations on account of huge amont of CApex in earlier years.Now yes, Railways in India, being a monopoly services used by all have the potential to become a star or cash cow.It does not require much brain storming either, just plain common sense approach to running an organisation in a near monopoly environ(passenger or freight) profitably and with some good planning. Nevertheless, Lalu and his coterie deserve kudos for media management and showcasing it as a miracle and also selling it across to planners and management gurus all over the globe as a unique achievement, which it certainly was not. Just see the management of railways in country and you know how mismanaged it still is. But who cares? Media is always sold on stories which are gift wrapped and this weakness has been exploited by LAlu time and again.HAts off to him for atleasst knowing this trait in media and publicity hungry academicians.
Re: Mukerjee for finance is a good choice
by Calspadeaspade on May 21, 2009 03:06 AM
Chidambaram hates HOme. He wanted to be FM. Sharad Pawar must be given Home. He i sruthless and a good administrator. In otherwords you need a dog that eats adog for this portfolio.
Re: Mukerjee for finance is a good choice
by brajeshwar nath on May 21, 2009 12:38 AM
Tharoor only deserves a kick in the .ss. He is really good for anything except for looking presentable all the time, a trait perfected by all babus in the country especially the Foreign services guys.
Re: Re: Mukerjee for finance is a good choice
by Loan Shark on May 21, 2009 12:41 AM
LOL ... I think he is the best MP we have .... right for being the top diplomat
Well, Andhra gave 33 MPs to Congress, most from any State. However, when Ministries are allocated, I am sure Andhra will be Ignored. All Major Ministries will be given completely overlooking Andhra.
Re: Ministries for Andhra
by Guest on May 21, 2009 12:22 AM
In the previous govt. andhra was given 1 cabinet positon for 40 MP's . The heights of stepmotherly treatement
Re: Ministries for Andhra
by Loan Shark on May 21, 2009 12:13 AM
DK boss, what makes you so sure that andhra will be ignored and if they are indeed ignored, wont your andhra MPs be considered stupeeed to not demand a place in the cabinet?
Re: Re: Ministries for Andhra
by brajeshwar nath on May 21, 2009 12:40 AM
What do you mean " wont... .... ... be considered stuuuupeeed"? Ain't they already?
Re: Re: Ministries for Andhra
by aaaa on May 21, 2009 12:28 AM
We have X'stian moron called Samuel reddy who would lick Sonia's legs for keeping his CM ship. He already ensured all his detractors are eliminated in this election. So nobody will raise their voice even if we get only one ministership. Moreover, he does not want a second leader to rise in the state.
Re: Re: Ministries for Andhra
by Dinesh Kavuru on May 21, 2009 12:28 AM
You see all major ministries have names affixed, that leaves not so Important ministires for Andhra.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:...
by Subir Majumder on May 21, 2009 12:31 AM
still quarreling with the old weapon of provinciakism of the divisive forces? who r the indians then ?
Indira Gandhi led India to nuclear test in 1974 at Pokhran and made sure that Pakistan did not do such test. AB Vajpayee led India to nuclear test in 1998 and encouraged Pakistan to do such test. Now Pakistan has stockpiles of nuclear arsenal and has become a headache for the whole world especially India. I wish AB Vajpayee had acted more smartly and pressurised Pakistan to not conduct the nuclear test. All their stolen nuclear technology would have gone useless, had they not tested it then. Now AlQaeda and Taliban are close to acquiring these nuclear weapons, What could we do as a responsible country ?
Re: AB Vajpayee's achievement
by Loan Shark on May 21, 2009 12:09 AM
we say we denotate some of ours and they detonate some of theirs ... we mutually reduce the stock piles
i am not getting proper answers to my posts..any constructive comments are welcome..
i am not basically against congress but..
in all this cacophony of who lost why, one important factor is forgotten is that whenever anti-congress votes are divided, congress does well..
the day anti-congress parties get together, congress loses..
when voting percentage is high, even then, congress is at a losing end..
even now, congress has not gained vote percent by more than 3 percent, but tally of seats has gone up significantly..
congress lost during morarji desai's time-janata party, during v.p.singh's time-janata dal and vajpayee's time-NDA because of this factor..
but, all other parties are trying to be congress under other name and there are so many netas among them that they would never sit together..
even if they are forced by someone (like jayprakash narayan) or by circumstances, they cannot remain together and fall out..
the day they get together, they will win..but they do not understand that they can get a small piece of the pie if they remain together and lose the whole if they try to get a larger piece..
Re: i hate to repeat..
by White Tiger on May 21, 2009 12:16 AM
what you told is right.. In politics you should be like chanakya rather than shatriya.. you can win, by splitting the vote of oppositions..
eg.. Maharashtra - Anti congress votes are split by MNS.. Andhra Pradesh - Anti congress votes are split by Praja Rajyam Party (Chiranjeevi) TN - Anti congress & DMK, votes are split by DMDK(Vijayakanth).. Uttar Pradesh - Anti BJP, votes are directed towards Congress, instead of SP or BSP.. West Bengal - Avoided the split of Anti Communist vote by rightly having alliance with Mamata..
whether you like or not.. We have praise the politics of Congress..
Re: Re: i hate to repeat..
by Sirdard kiGoli on May 21, 2009 12:23 AM
@ white tiger
you are right..whether you like congress or not, they have done well to preserve their votes..
and once they win, MMS is our PM of this country and should be respected as such..
in the present circumstances, MMS is the best person to be the PM..
before results, i used to shudder at the thought of having someone like mayawati, jaylalitha, chandrababu, prakash karat, sharad pawar, mulayam, laloo or someone from third or fourth front beoming PM for even a few days..
that would have been disaster..
nothing against them, but they are regional leaders and not of national caliber..
