The Congress Thread: Tracking India's Grand Old Party

[ravishingravi]

I don't know. To me, if this was intentional then it is a master stroke by the strategist.

[Clarke]

Be happy fellow minions, our next emperor is against corruption :hatsoff:

[Number]

[asterix]

I don't know. To me' date=' if this was intentional then it is a master stroke by the strategist.[/quote'] If Pronob babu had not returned the bill, it would've been a law by now.... #Pappu's "strength of conviction" would've gone tel lene...

[ravishingravi]

If Pronob babu had not returned the bill' date=' it would've been a law by now.... #Pappu's "strength of conviction" would've gone tel lene...[/quote'] That is true. Of course we know Pronob babu also. But I think it was a master stroke, in the sense that, RG now is promoting himself as a non establishment guy within the establishment. Bit like Modi, an outsider.

[someone]

I don't know. To me' date=' if this was intentional then it is a master stroke by the strategist.[/quote'] Thinking similar, the reactions, effects seems a bit scripted. Making MMS a scapegoat while pappu gets some credit.

[zumi]

Raul Vinci is mentally retarded. He needs help.

[someone]

Rahul’s totalitarianism is dangerous

Critics accuse the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi of this sort of totalitarianism. But within the BJP, dissent is open (LK Advani’s letters, for instance), it is discussed (behind closed doors, leading to tremendous speculations) and when found to stand against the majority views, it and its rigid author are discarded. What we are seeing in the Congress, instead, is a reversal of that dissent, showing how just one man, one voice, one opinion — and ironically, its leader — can change the party line. And with it, the national agenda. Nothing could be more dangerous.

Good point especially for Congress members

[South_Paw]

Rahul’s totalitarianism is dangerous Good point especially for Congress members

I don't understnad why people are commenting over the dumb guy's action and its effect over the party. Everyone know this is one of the lamest drama ever played by Congress to raise the image of Rogul Gady. The talk should only be over this unethical attitude of Congress and not over the statement made by that joker or its implications.

[someone]

I don't understnad why people are commenting over the dumb guy's action and its effect over the party. Everyone know this is one of the lamest drama ever played by Congress to raise the image of Rogul Gady. The talk should only be over this unethical attitude of Congress and not over the statement made by that joker or its implications.

Of course, through the reaction, it seems it has been well scripted. But the point is in India, Congress is run by one person or family and thus everyone follows that one voice You also all these parties, Congress, or SP or even Shiv Sena, things are all basically preordained. This form of dynasty rule is dangerous for India democracy.

[someone]

AND YOU'RE GOING TO VOTE FOR HIM??!! Selection of Rahul’s best – the Rahulisms ( Congress choice of PM Candidate) CII summit, New Delhi (April 2013) There is a tendency to look at India as a country. If you go back 1,000 or 2,000 years, India is actually energy. It is a force. It came from Ganga, Yamuna, Saraswati. As this energy goes abroad, you are our people who will tell everyone what this energy is all about. It’s this energy that’s driving us. Interaction with professionals, Ahmedabad (Feb 2009) Gujarat is bigger than the United Kingdom, to give you an idea. In fact, India is bigger than Europe and the United States put together. Speech on nuke deal in Parliament (March 2009) I spoke about two poor families - one of them was called Mrs Kala. Mrs Kala said she had diversified her income sources and used that to bring up her nine children. Nuclear energy acts as Kala’s main crop. The problem is the way our nuclear industry is positioned. Our scientists are tied because they do not have fuel, investment and technology. I’m proud to say Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has recognised the problem as well as the potential solution. Interaction with media, Kolkata (Sept 2013) Politics is everywhere. It's in your shirt, your pants. Politics is everywhere. That is the problem with youngsters these days. This is a fundamental problem and we are trying to solve this problem A reaction to Anna Hazare’s agitation at Ram Lila Maidan, New Delhi (Aug 2011) The real question is can we take up the battle against corruption? There are no simple solutions. It requires a firm political will. Annaji has expressed the same sentiments. The question before us is whether we are prepared to take corruption head on. Lokpal Bill cannot be a substitute to fighting corruption. Chairing a talk on future of the Internet, JNU campus, New Delhi Jan 2013) Stop asking politicians what they would do. Start asking yourself what you would do. That’s how the country will move forward A meeting with students of LN Mishra university, Darbhanga, Bihar (Aug 2011) If the country has to change, Gujarat has to change - a comment that sparked an uproar and resulted in his exiting the meeting midway. His correction: ‘Galti se Gujarat bol diya Bihar ke bajaaye’ (By mistake I said Gujarat instead of Bihar). Indian Institute of Information Technology convocation, Amethi (Nov 2011) I would like to talk about the big picture. Here’s the big picture. When we started 60 years ago, we were not connected. No roads, no schools and no healthcare. Villages were not speaking to each other. The energy of India, which lies within people, was not talking to each other. We’ve been able to connect Indians. We started out as a poor nation where everybody was poor CII summit, New Delhi (April 2013) There are people doing yoga in New York and dancing around, that’s Indian power. You go to a night club somewhere in Spain and there’s Amitabh Bachchan on the screen there, dancing around. That’s the power of India. That’s the power of Indian people. Congress workshop on social media, New Delhi If India is a computer, Congress is its default program. Congress comes natural to India’s ethos. Here, anger and aggression are not appreciated CII summit, New Delhi (April 2013) Optimism for me is like India. It is bursting with dreams and fearless ideas, brave ideas. Millions and millions of youngsters are struggling every day with optimism. CII summit, New Delhi (April 2013) We have to provide the roads on which our dreams are paved. And these roads can’t have potholes. They can’t break down in six months. They have to be big roads because they are going to carry strong people, strong forces A reaction just after the Mumbai attacks (July 2011) It is difficult to prevent every single terror attack. If the US can’t prevent terror attacks, how can we? The war is taking place. Not in the US, but on them. The war has moved. They are losing people in Afghanistan. We can stop 99 per cent of attacks, but one per cent may get through. Chairing a talk by Internet founder Vint Cerf, JNU, New Delhi (Jan 2013) Every situation that Indian person finds himself in is extremely complex. We have to deal with the red lights. As young leaders here have to deal with senior with senior leaders, suddenly someone disrupts your entire life. Everything happens, sort of, according to your karma, it’s all random CII summit, New Delhi (April 2013) We need to empower everybody, not one person, not almost everybody, but everybody. CII summit, New Delhi (April 2013) I went to University in 1991. I remember nobody thought of India. I remember conversations where people would laugh and say, ‘Do you have elephants on the road?’ Nobody is saying that today. A huge part of it is because of you people During a talk in Allahabad on ‘Culture, Deepening Democracy and Most Marginalised Communities’ (Aug 2013) Poverty is a state of mind. It does not mean the scarcity of food, money or material things. If one possesses self-confidence, then one can overcome poverty

[asterix]

A Dalit needs Jupiter's escape velocity to achieve success: Rahul Gandhi New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi reached out to the Dalits on Tuesday and urged for more representation for the community in the Congress party. He attacked Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Mayawati, saying she was not allowing other Dalit leaders to rise. The Congress vice-president said the Dalit community "needs the escape velocity of Jupiter" to achieve success. :blink: He dwelt on astronomy to explain the phenomenon of escape velocity -- or the speed that an object needs to be travelling to break free of a planet or moon's gravity. :blink: Addressing a function on National Awareness Camp for Scheduled Castes Empowerment at Vigyan Bhavan, Rahul Gandhi said BR Ambedkar was the first Dalit to attain escape velocity and after him Kanshi Ram channelised "the energy that was created due to reservation" and helped many Dalits attain escape velocity. But he said Mayawati, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister, had captured the Dalit leadership and was not allowing others to rise. The Congress leader said if the movement for escape velocity has to be taken forward it needs the participation of lakhs of Dalit leaders. He said he has asked prominent Dalit leaders in the Congress to systematically develop leadership at "panchayat, MLA, MP and policy level". At another function at Talkatora Stadium to mark Dalit Adhikar Diwas (Dalit rights' day), Mr Gandhi described the Dalits as the "reed ki haddi" or spine of the Congress party. To loud cheers of "Rahul Gandhi zindabad", "Rahul Gandhi is the messiah of the downtrodden" and the "India's rising star", he said the Congress party would do everything to empower the Dalits. "Congress is the party for the poor, our opposition does not understand the problems of the poor. They don't go to their homes and hold their hands or discuss their problems. And then they speak of India shining. And lose the polls. They lost it in 2004, in 2009 and will lose again in 2014," he said. http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/a-dalit-needs-jupiter-s-escape-velocity-to-achieve-success-rahul-gandhi-429421?pfrom=home-lateststories

[FischerTal]

When will Indians escape from your family, pappu?

[diga]

so pappu wants nobel prize (physics+ economics) on his theories correlating dalit upliftment & jupiters escape velocity

[diga]

Escape Velocity from Jupiter: 59.5 km/s Escape Velocity from The Sun: 617.5 km/s Escape Velocity from The Son: Nope, you can't escape.

[asterix]

http://www.theunrealtimes.com/2013/10/09/in-pictures-the-story-behind-rahul-gandhis-escape-velocity-of-jupiter-remark/

:hysterical:

[diga]

[coffee_rules]

http://www.theunrealtimes.com/2013/1...upiter-remark/ :hysterical:

:cantstop:

[adi B]

escape velocity WTF :hysterical:!!! @ fake accounts by jairamesh :haha:

[ravishingravi]

You almost feel sorry for the lad. He might not be a bad guy in traditional sense but he really shouldn't be there