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Sabrang Election Monitor Saturday, March 13, 2004 ______ Sabrang Election Monitor Saturday, March 13, 2004 ________________________________________________________ 1. PIL against Advani: Hearing deferred LUCKNOW: Hearing of criminal revision in high court filed against discharge of DyPM LK Advani in demolition of shrine at Ayodhya has been deferred to April 2. Justice YR Tripathi fixed April 2 for further hearing. The revision was preferred by one Haji Mehboob and another, against the order of special judicial magistrate Rae Bareli passed on September 19 last, discharging LK Advani from charges levelled against him in the Ayodhya case. It may be recalled that on September 19 last, special CBI court Rae Bareli had summoned HRD minister MM Joshi, Uma Bharti, Vinay Katiyar, Acharya Giriraj Kishore, Sadhvi Rithambhara and Vishnu Hari Dalmiya for framing of charges in the said case, but discharged Advani. [The Times of India]. 2. Others, too, made India Shine: PM NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Friday sought to defuse a political controversy over his government’s publicity campaign by acknowledging the contribution to the country’s achievements by the previous governments. “It cannot be anybody’s claim that India ’s achievements belong only to the recent past. As an Indian I am as proud as anyone else of India ’s achievements under previous governments,” Vajpayee said in a keynote speech at a media conclave. The opposition had slammed the Vajpayee government for its Rs 2.5 billion ‘India Shining’ advertisement blitz ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections, saying the foundation for the recent achievements was laid by the previous governments. “I have never looked at them (achievements) with jaundiced eyes and never been sparing in giving credit where it was due. However, few would deny that the progress we made in the past did not measure up to India ’s potential or to her manifest need,” he said. He said the difference between his government and its predecessors was that it had “started speeding up everything that is essential for making India a stronger and more prosperous nation.” 1 Apparently referring to the opposition Congress party’s criticism that the rate of employment had gone down under his rule, Vajpayee acknowledged that unemployment was a major problem facing the country but said this was not a recent phenomenon. [The Economic Times] 3. Mulayam gets NDA praise, Laloo calls him BJP agent NEW DELHI, MARCH 12: The engine trouble afflicting Advani’s quasi rath on the third day of his Bharat Uday Yatra was a minor snafu in face of the major snags that developed in the prospective ‘‘secular’’ juggernaut today, which signalled that a ‘‘grand alliance’’ to take on the BJP-led NDA was in the danger of being grounded well before the race had begun. The simmering battle between the two Yadav chieftains of the Indo-Gangetic plain came out in the open with Laloo Prasad Yadav labelling Mulayam Singh Yadav an ‘‘agent’’ of the BJP; NDA convenor George Fernandes adding grist to the accusation by showering praises on Mulayam; and senior Congress leader Arjun Singh hinting that the Congress may soon withdraw support to the Samajwadi Party-led government in Lucknow. The ‘‘intra-secular’’ shadow boxing assumed greater significance because of its timing—coming as it did on the eve of BSP chief Mayawati’s ‘‘historic’’ rally in Lucknow tomorrow. Mayawati may keep the Congress guessing tomorrow, but one of her demands has been that the party break ties with her arch enemy Mulayam. Arjun Singh’s comment that the ‘‘contradictions between the party supporting Mulayam Singh Yadav government on one hand and facing the Samajwadi Party candidates in the Lok Sabha elections on the other cannot continue for long’’ is thus a bait of a kind. [The Indian Express] 4. BJP roadmap: reforms in fast lane NEW DELHI, MARCH 12: For, the ‘‘Vision 2004’’ document of the BJP, expected to be released towards the end of the month, is likely to enunciate the party’s ‘‘philosophy of governance,’’ calling — for the first time in a formal political document in India — for the restriction of the state’s role to priority areas. The Vision document will also reflect the Sangh family’s core concerns — such as building the Ram temple in an amicable atmosphere, the status of Article 370 (Jammu and Kashmir), the uniform civil code, conversions by inducement. Yet it is understood that the thrust of the document will be economic, in keeping with the party’s recently announced ‘‘India Superpower’’ campaign. 2 Explaining that the document will mirror the aspirations of the ‘‘new India’’, one insider said, ‘‘People have moved on from just roti, kapda aur makaan. Today they want electricity on demand.’’ [The Indian Express] 5. Ram needed no rath, Ravana did: Sibal Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani's current rathniti on Friday invited a poetic twist from the Congress. Quoting poet Tulsidas: "Ravana rathi, neerath Raghuvira (It is Ravana who rides a chariot, Ram does not need one)", Congress spokesman Kapil Sibal asked whether Advani subscribed to this interpretation of Ramayana. The Congress warned Advani against making personal attacks on the Gandhi family, saying it would force the party "to come out with facts that will not be good for him." "He is totally panicked by the poor turnout for his yatra and overwhelming response to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's jan sampark abhiyan," Sibal claimed. If at all Advani was keen on undertaking a rath yatra, he should have done it as "repentance yatra", apologising for the killings in Gujarat, Sibal said. [The Times of India] · Yatra legitimate political activity: CEC HYDERABAD, MARCH 12. The Election Commission has said the DyPM, L.K. Advani's "Bharat Uday Yatra" was legitimate political activity. When asked at a press conference here today, the CEC, T.S. Krishnamurthy, and the two Commissioners, B.B. Tandon and N. Gopalaswamy, said the commission would come into the picture only if the activity was not legitimate. If the speeches made by the DyPM were "inflammatory and religious" as alleged by some, the State Government concerned would have to take appropriate action. [The Hindu] · Sangh outfit to make yatra a success NEW DELHI: The RSS leadership has directed its cadre to make DyPM L K Advani's Bharat Uday Yatra a huge success. Instructions have gone down the line to pull out all stops to ensure the smooth sailing of the yatra. This is a clear indication of the growing disconnect of the VHP, on the one hand, and the BJP as well as other Parivar affiliates, on the other. 3 This instruction from the RSS leadership comes soon after VHP leader Pravin Togadia's sharp criticism of Advani for publicly admitting that the Gujarat riots had been a blot on the NDA. Some VHP leaders like Acharya Giriraj Kishore had also come down heavily on Advani for diluting the Hindutva agenda this time around. But by throwing its weight behind the BJP, the RSS has made clear its priority to reinstate the Vajpayee government. [The Times of India] · Little sign of lotus bloom in God's own country KOOTAKUZHAN: The perfect political setting apart, it is clear - on Thursday morning as Advani's roadshow starts from Kottayam, wends its way north to Thrissur and on to Pallakad - that though his cavalcade is attracting interest in a state, where an impressive RSS network and the frequent RSS-CPM clashes have never to date translated into even an MLA's seat, it is not generating any enthusiasm. There may be curiosity and garlands, but not much excitement. With most stops in busy city centres, many of those who show up are those in the area for work. Advani is also clearly conscious that he is travelling through a state with a large minority population… As on the first day of his yatra, he repeatedly underscores the "Hindu-Muslim-Sikh-Isai, bhai, bhai" theme, even including the Jews for good measure, stressing that India is the only country where the community has never suffered discrimination. [The Times of India]. 6. J&K Bill atrocious: Advani COIMBATORE, MARCH 12. The DyPM, L.K. Advani, today described the Permanent Resident Status (Disqualification) Bill, 2004 moved in the J&K Assembly as "atrocious, and anti-women." "It will have repercussions not only within that State but also across the country. I do not subscribe to that (the Bill)," he told a press conference before continuing his road show, "Bharat Uday Yatra." Reacting to the title of the Congress "chargesheet" against the Vajpayee Government, "A saga of sin, scams and shame," he said "alliteration does not make an argument." [The Hindu] 7. SC admits Gujarat plea in Best case NEW DELHI: Acquitted both by the trial court and the Gujarat High Court, all the 21 accused of killing 14 people in Best Bakery in Vadodara two years ago were on Friday issued notices following a belated appeal filed by the state government in the Supreme Court. 4 Admitting the appeal challenging the high court order acquitting all the accused, a Bench of Justices Doraiswamy Raju and Arijit Pasayat said the fresh appeal will be heard along with the one filed by Zahira Shaikh, a key witness in the case, and an NGO headed by Teesta Setalvad. The court said that it could order retrial of the case only after hearing the arguments on the limited question. But it will not go into the merits of the case. [The Times of India]. 8. Vande Mataram: Parties make song and dance AGRA, MARCH 12: The excommunication of 54 Muslims from Islam by the local Mufti of Agra for supporting Vande Mataram as a patriotic song has begun to take on political colour with parties taking sides in the dispute.
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