I wonder how a Manmohan and a Chidambaram survive in India's politics! But survive they do.
In our country brilliant minds are not able to take reins or shy away from assuming top governmental responsibilities for fear of the nightmarish politics.
I suggest we adopt some a form of proportional representation with or without a list system to for our governance. In one version of that system an elector has two votes. He casts one vote for an individual candidate and another vote for a political party (party vote). Those individual candidates who get more votes than their rivals will sit in the Parliament. Each party nominates people of their choice to sit in Parliament from their lists (drawn up by that party without reference to the electorate)in proportion to the party votes they have received (List MPs). The sum of the Elected MPs and the List MPs makes the total strength of the Parliament in that system. In that system briliiant people who do not want to enter politics can get an opportunity to sit in Parliament and serve the country.
Our Rajya Sabha comes near that concept. But in electing MPs of Rajya Sabha state legislatures have the major role which may not always reflect people's wishes. Besides, Rajya Sabha is inferior in status in certain matters.
Re: An Idea
by mandook on May 08, 2009 10:03 PM
PC was a greedy FM. He taxed the middle and lower middle classes, with service taxes on a number of items which affect the common man, the aam aadmi. He left out Lawyers from service tax because he said that lawyers do not give any service!
Re: Re: An Idea
by j pocha on May 08, 2009 10:45 PM
HIS GREATEST CONRIBUTION WAS TO THE WEALTH OF STOCK EXCHANGE SPECULATORS AND REAL ESTATE LOBBIES.
WHY DO YOU THINK HE ALLOWED INVESTMENTS FROMM ABROAD UNDER P-NOTE SCHEME? ASK JAYALALITHA.
WHY DO YOU THINK HE FORCED BANKF FOR FOUR YEARS TO REDUCE HOME LOAN INTEREST? SO PPL WILL BE TEMPTED TO AKE LOANS AND BUILDERS COULD RAISE THEIR PRICES BY 500% BECUZ PPL TOOK LOANS RIGHT AND LEFT AND MADE BUILDERS RICH.NOW THEY WILL CRY BECUZ HEY CANT PAY THE EMI.
LUNGIWALA AND HIS FAVORED LOBBIES ARE LAUGHING ALL THE WAY TO THE BANKS (NUMBERED ACCOUNT BANKS?)
Re: Chettiar is a Baniya
by Jackson on May 08, 2009 06:12 PM
but his coterie is a Iyengar gang .. this guy is more than what meets the eye ..
but one thing he is not .. that is clean as a politician. enron, goldquest, vedanta and a few more a just a tip of the iceberg. how he held two of the most sensitive ministries in India .. no one will ever know.
Re: Re: Chettiar is a Baniya
by BALA R on May 08, 2009 06:55 PM
One must remember that he resigned from council of ministers of P.V. Narasimha Rao on stocks scandal!!! he too is corrupt. But Jayalalitha has beaten him in corruption in several folds....she must be kicked out.
Re: Re: Re: Chettiar is a Baniya
by Jackson on May 08, 2009 06:58 PM
it will be an interesting comparison and i am not sure jaya is more corrupt and i mean it. .. but the media is so biased ..look at the headline.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Chettiar is a Baniya
by abc xyz on May 08, 2009 09:33 PM
all are corrupted!!!! we don't have much options!!!!In India people vote not because they like the candidate but just the defeat the candidate they hate. in this process some rogue guy will go to parliament. i really wish the 13 Dec 2001 attack on parliament should have succeeded. few would have been eliminated!
Re: No young audience
by abc xyz on May 08, 2009 09:34 PM
he did a meeting at afternoon in sivagangai. there only 500 people or so turned up. pathetic. Rahul's body language was really a sad sight.
Re: Re: Re: Re: No young audience
by iyer on May 08, 2009 05:58 PM
just finished meeting in Trichy, Have seen Sarubala, Is she contesting in Trichy or Sivaganga??????
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: No young audience
by Akram on May 08, 2009 06:01 PM
this is the R*SS stratergy. Keep on telling lies and people will start beleiving it. I had confirmed this with a Tiruchy based friend who lives in Anna Nagar the meeting was not yet started.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: No young audience
by Akram on May 08, 2009 06:05 PM
your words proove well about the school you attended. for telling truth no smartness is required only. I beleive you are trying to replicate Joseph Goyabels.
Re: keep it up Rediff
by new user on May 08, 2009 05:53 PM
He made his wife committee member of so many finance company.How clean.... One of the company is Quest-I.
Re: Re: keep it up Rediff
by j pocha on May 08, 2009 10:48 PM
THATS JUST PEANUTS TO DIVERT ATTENTION.,
HIS REAL WORK WAS HELPING STOCK EXHCNAGE SPECULATORS AND REAL ESTATE LOBBIES FOR FOUR YEARS TO MAKE A KILLING AT THE COST OF INNOCENT INVESTORS WHO LOST BILLIONS AND BILLIONS
Mr P C's image is clean? Wait for one more year.If and when India gets the list of Black money stashers in swiss and German banks, Mr P C's name will be on the top of the list. In 4 yrs as a Part time finance minister and full-time Share broker, he has made hundreds of crores of rupees, which could have been placed in Swiss bank Accounts. Thet is the reason why he behaved in a manner he did when Mr L K Advani raised the issue.Mr Clean will be exposed. he is asClean as his mentor Mr Rajiv gandhi. People used to call him Mr Clean but he ended up becpming a Dalal( a Broker in Defence deals).
Re: Chidambaram's clean Image?????
by rajhoo rajhoovenkatesh on May 08, 2009 07:33 PM
u say in one year swiss banks will provide list of depositors.i tell u that even after 10 yrs u will never get the list whoever rule.all politicians are hand in glove and will never allow the public to know who is more corrupt or who has stashed more money etc.
This media is so biased calling Mr. Chidu clean. Even the toilets in his house should stink!
He is so corrupt and it is a known secret that he along with his son karthi rigged the stock market, got contracts from State Owned banks like Union Bank and Canara Bank.
How you call him clean? Because he bathes every day?
Re: Truth
by Sam Nath on May 08, 2009 05:28 PM
New York, Why do you agitate here in India when Bush is destroying Iraq Muzzies? For us, we should not stand behind our own Hndu brothers. What a logic. Keep it up, we all know your taquia
