Needforspeed Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Surname has nothing to do with individual nature of a person, all people with Gandhi surname might not be 100% good...also I rate Lal Bahadur Sashtri as the best gutsy PM ever India had...the great man was absolutely clean when it comes to corruption. From wikipedia "On 17 September 1965, while the Indo-Pak war was on, India received a letter from China alleging that the Indian army had set up army equipment in Chinese territory, and India would face China's wrath, unless the equipment was pulled down. In spite of the threat of aggression from China, Shastri declared "China's allegation is untrue. If China attacks India it is our firm resolve to fight for our freedom. The might of China will not deter us from defending our territorial integrity" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lal_Bahadur_Shastri Agree with you about Surnames. After all Lal Bahadur Shastri and Ravi Shastri share the same surname. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Needforspeed Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 All credit to Kejriwal. He has a good marketing brain. Knows how to keep himself in the news all the time. How long before some of his own skeletons start tumbling out of the cupboard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diga Posted October 8, 2012 Author Share Posted October 8, 2012 I think there is an allegation from swami that sonia gandhi sisters got kickbacks for 2g deal ' date='This family should be shameful to what they have done with their great surname.[/quote'] There is more...The dassualt Rafale which won the fighter deal worth 15B$ is also supposed to have shareholding from Sonia's extended family, when Dassualt was initially not even in the shortlist of IAF Allegations against Dassault - IAF deal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crookbond Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 As expected' date=' this video has been pulled down & not viewable in India ... [b']Google complies with Govts orders From June to December 2011, Google complied partially or fully with only 29% of requests made by the government for content removal. https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/removals/government/IN/?p=2011-12&by=PRODUCT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger80 Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 All credit to Kejriwal. He has a good marketing brain. Knows how to keep himself in the news all the time. How long before some of his own skeletons start tumbling out of the cupboard? Why people are against Kejriwal? so far he attacked both Congress and BJP.What he is saying like milibhagat of opposition and congress is known by everyone but hardly anyone said it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jairamesh Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Clearly tired of all the public scrutiny that he is coming under, Sonia Gandhi‘s son-in-law Robert Vadra has shut his Facebook account. The move came hours after IAC activist Kumar Vishwas demanded that Vadra apologise for a statement that he had made on his Facebook page, saying ‘Mango people in banana republic’. :giggle: http://www.firstpost.com/india/live-vadra-shuts-down-facebook-account-cong-rush-to-defence-482615.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crookbond Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Saving Private Vadra: The Congress needs a new script The party has to make up its mind about who this is about — a private citizen like Robert Vadra or a public figure like Sonia Gandhi. Anyway it’s quite clear that Robert Vadra has always been happy to have his cake and eat it too. He is happy to walk through security checks without a patdown as if he is the Dalai Lama or the President of India. During the UP elections, this aam aadmi was leading motorcycle rallies and the IAS officer who dared stop him found himself coincidentally transferred out of Amethi. http://www.firstpost.com/politics/saving-private-vadra-the-congress-needs-a-new-script-482854.html Nice view on a PR disaster for Congress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crookbond Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Money for nothing: DLF-Vadra ‘alibi’ on land deals is hogwash But the alibi that DLF trots out on behalf of itself and Vadra to defend their land dealings rings untrue. It hardly seems ''standard business practic'' for DLF to pay up to nearly 90 percent of the property transaction value to Vadra’s company as an “advance” – and for that amount to remain listed on Vadra’s company’s balance sheet for two years and more as an ''advance''. Indicatively, even as of 31 March 2010, Sky Light Hospitality lists a Rs 50 crore payment from DLF as an advance on sale of Manesar land, and an additional Rs 10 crore from DLF as ''advance… (Land A/c)''. Despite the nature of this classication, in spirit, there is nothing to distinguish these payments from an interest-free loan to Vadra’s companies. In any case, Real Earth Estates Ltd, one of Vadra’s many companies, lists a Rs 5 crore loan from DLF in its balance sheet for 2009-10, which effectively knocks down DLF’s claim that no loan was ever proffered to Vadra’s companies. It is nobody’s case that the proximate family members of leading politicians must go into abject self-denial when it comes to charting their professional or entrepreneurial paths. But given the reality of our political culture, where typically anyone close to positions of power enjoys enormous clout, and the unnatural rise in Vadra’s business fortunes particularly pegged to what, despite DLF’s clarification, reeks of an interest-free loan, the bar for transparency must be set a lot higher than for ordinary businessmen who aren’t married to the First Family. http://www.firstpost.com/politics/money-for-nothing-dlf-vadra-alibi-on-land-deals-is-hogwash-482370.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSK Fan Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Karan Thapar grilling Kejriwal on the issue http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/298572/not-blackmailing-congress-by-levelling-charges-against-vadra-kejriwal.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crookbond Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 ^ Video posted on Post #45. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
someone Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Well, this topic has many dimensions. Not only, the actual question about Vadra's corruption. But more about the media have reacted to it. The media have not and never reacted properly to this news event. They don't talk about it much but rather question the accuser instead. Instead of finding answers from Vadra, they are talking about the grilling Kejriwal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diga Posted October 8, 2012 Author Share Posted October 8, 2012 Well, this topic has many dimensions. Not only, the actual question about Vadra's corruption. But more about the media have reacted to it. The media have not and never reacted properly to this news event. They don't talk about it much but rather question the accuser instead. Instead of finding answers from Vadra, they are talking about the grilling Kejriwal Talking about the first family is a complete no-no... check this Kejriwal breaks the 'omerta' code Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G_B_ Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 this man is a liability its time for the nehru-gandhis to make him disappear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sachin=GOD Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Robert Vadra calls India banana republic, activists mango people NEW DELHI: Congress president Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra and India Against Corruption members on Monday sparred on online social media after Vadra posted a contemptuous message about the anti-corruption activism in the country. Vadra wrote on his Facebook page: "Mango people in banana republic." The Facebook status update comes two days after the Indian Against Corruption (IAC), a newly formed political party, alleged that the son-in-law of the country's ruling party chief Sonia Gandhi had indulged in real-estate corruption. Lawyer Prashant Bhushan and activist Arvind Kejriwal on Friday alleged that Vadra had received interest free loan from DLF and purchased real estate property at throw away prices. Both Vadra and DLF have denied the allegations. On Monday, soon after Vadra posted his Facebook status, IAC member Kumar Vishwas demanded an apology from him. "Vadra's mother-in-law has been ruling the country so he should explain why India is being called a "banana republic," Vishwas said. Link His mother-in-Law is the de-facto leader of the country and he calls the country a banana republic :rofl: wonder why no Kanngresis commented on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diga Posted October 8, 2012 Author Share Posted October 8, 2012 this man is a liability its time for the nehru-gandhis to make him disappear just like Sanjay Gandhi :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diga Posted October 8, 2012 Author Share Posted October 8, 2012 Well, this topic has many dimensions. Not only, the actual question about Vadra's corruption. But more about the media have reacted to it. The media have not and never reacted properly to this news event. They don't talk about it much but rather question the accuser instead. Instead of finding answers from Vadra, they are talking about the grilling Kejriwal Talking about the first family is a complete no-no... check this Kejriwal breaks the 'omerta' code Ironically Burkha dutt takes a twitter sabbatical the day this story breaks out... CNN-IBN has a program today on the Indian media steering clear of the Gandhi family according to Sagarikha Ghose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crookbond Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Maadar Vadra ... at least I am not 2 takke ka dhum hilaata hua kutta like you. I earn and live honestly. :mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crookbond Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 http://www.firstpost.com/politics/how-kejriwal-broke-omerta-code-on-dlf-vadra-sweetheart-deal-481537.html On the contrary, it signals rather more that Vadra knew all along that no one would dare investigate it. Where did that cocksure arrogance spring from? When details of Vadra’s suspect business dealings first surfaced in March 2011, in Economic Times, it created something of a stir in political circles. Both the BJP and the Left claimed they would corner the Congress on Vadra’s meteoric rise (details here). But as columnist Swapan Dasgupta noted within days of the report coming out, there was resistance from within the BJP itself to raising the Vadra issue. Subsequently, the party chickened out completely from raising the issue – evidently abiding by the Omerta Code of politics. As contemporaneous media reports had it: “Differences were evident at a meeting of BJP leaders in Parliament… with some leaders advocating caution while some others felt Congress could be asked some questions on Vadra’s activities. Leader of Opposition in the Lok Saba Sushma Swaraj felt it would not be good form to target family members of political rivals.” The argument within the BJP, evidently, was that that “political battles would get out of hand if they got ‘personal’”; BJP president Nitin Gadkari too expressed himself in favour of “weighing the evidence carefully”. It is this that makes a mockery of the BJP’s enthusiastic embrace on Friday of Kejriwal’s and Bhushan’s allegations against Vadra. Whether they will be just as vociferous if Kejriwal and Bhushan target a high-profile BJP leader next, as is suspected, will be revealin :facepalm: Saare ullu ke patthe ek hi kashti mein hai - BJP, Congress or DMK - just one big pile of sh!t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diga Posted October 8, 2012 Author Share Posted October 8, 2012 on a side note, never seen Rahul Gandhi grilled on TV...never appears in any show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sachin=GOD Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 on a side note' date=' [b']never seen Rahul Gandhi grilled on TV...never appears in any show bechara abhi chota sa bachcha hai :giggle: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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