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Amid the Ruins of Scams and Corruption, Karnataka Brings Some Cheers for a Beleaguered Congress Vol 21 I No 5 May 2013 l Rs 20 www.opinionexpress.in A MONTHLY NEWS MAGAZINE COVER STORY SOUTHERN PUSH Amid the ruins of scams and corruption, Karnataka brings some cheers for a beleaguered Congress RNI UP-ENG70032/92, Vol 21, No 5 Non performance EDITOR PRASHANT TEWARI ASSOSIATE EDITOR Dr RAHUL MISRA or Corruption was POLITICAL EDITOR PRAKHAR MISRA BUREAU CHIEF GOPAL CHOPRA (DELHI), VEELAAS No 1 issue? KENJALE (MUMBAI), SOUMEN ACHARYA (KOLKATA), DIVYASH BAJPAI (USA), KAPIL arnataka elections results are along pre- DUDAKIA (U.K.) RAJIV AGNIHOTRI (MAURITIUS), ROMIL RAJ (DUBAI), HER- dictable lines, many opinion polls and exit MAN SILOCHAN (CANADA), YASHWANT polls have scored right on seats predic- AMIN [AUS/NZ] tion. Congress has emerged as the win- CONTENT PARTNER K ner, BJP has been demolished and Janata Dal Pratham Pravakta (Secular) refuses to be written off. The national LEGAL ADVISOR parties were eying big in Karnataka primarily to ASHOKA KUMAR THAKUR,GAURAV consolidate platform for up coming Lok Sabha BHATIA MARKETING DIRECTOR elections, off course Congress won and BJP DIWAKAR SHETTY facilitated the victory. First, there is no sweeping ADMINITRATION DIRECTOR sentiment; Congress has won by a slim margin in the 224-seat house and BAL MUKUND GAUR that is therefore no endorsement of its brave assertion of 'we survive CORPORATE COMMUNICATION everything'. QUEENIE SINGH Second, national issues had little bearing, and like most states GRAPHICS & DESIGN GREY CELLS Karnataka voted on the basis of factors that affect the daily lives of the ONLINE PRESENTATION people - things like governance and civic amenities. BJP state leadership AMIT SONI and its central leadership has messed up the government right from on PHOTOGRAPHER set of its formation of its first government in any K P SINGH southern state. Yeddyurappa, Reddy brothers in Karnataka OVERSEAS MARKETING Bangalore and Anant Kumar and Venkya Naidu in OEMCL(Mauritius), OEHCL (DUBAI) collaboration of their god father's in Delhi has Assembly delivered worst BJP government of the many ADVERTISEMENT / PR / CIRCULATION Elections VINAY GOYAL states ruled by BJP in India. DHRUV JANAK & CO. R -51 BASEMENT, Interestingly, while an indicted Yeddyurappa, who also bears the RAMESH PARK,LAXMI NAGAR,DELHI-92 ignominy of being the first chief minister of India to go to jail, had the abil- TELE: +919871232631FAX: 011-22056817 ity to dent his former party, the tainted Reddy brothers have received a drubbing in Bellary. Overall, despite the victory, Congress should ideally VIJAY KALANTRI - ADVISOR not be in a celebratory mood and there is no reason for them to gloat NEW EXCELSIOR BUILDING, 6TH FLOOR, A.K. NAYAK MARG, about their triumph in the south. What they must accept is that Karnataka FORT, MUMBAI - 400 001 (INDIA). elections are neither a positive verdict on the scam soiled government at PHONE : 91 - 22 - 2201 9265 / 2201 9160 the Centre nor a defeat of the BJP ideology, as asserted by PM Manmohan FAX : 91-22- 2201 9764 / 2201 9760 Singh. If anything Karnataka elections are about what factionalism can do to The magazine is published and printed by a corruption riddled party, which cares little for governance issues. And if Rajiv Agnihotri for Opinion Express that is the reading, Congress better watch the wall for results in 2014 Communications & Entertainments Pvt though with a rider that Congress despite corruption allegations has Ltd, from 2 Ashok Nagar, Lucknow And printed at Kumpu Graphic Press. looked a unit under Sonia Gandhi. But scams has destroyed UPA I clean governance impact as 2G, CWG, Coalgate, Rail-gate plus serious law & EDITORIAL & CORPORATE OFFICE order breakdown specially crime on women, handling of China misadven- OPINION EXPRESS HOUSE ture has firmed up the believe that there is a huge disconnect of govern- 24 - A Clyde Road, Lucknow-226001 (India) Ph: 91-522-4045728/4060880 ment with public. Anna & Baba Ramdev agitations are gradually dying but Fax: 91-522-2208242 the spontaneous people participation on every outcry indicates that peo- 24x7 mobility +91 9984437000x Email: [email protected] ple by and large are restless. Karnataka BJP is punished for corruption, non performance and now 2014 general elections would be acid test for UPA II lead by Congress All content published may be subject to copyright, party to face the public ire. Thankfully, UPA II looks a better performing unit seek written permission to re-produce. Opinion than miserable Karnataka BJP unit. Express is trade mark brand of Opinion Express Communications & Entertainment Prashant Tewari Private Limited. (Editor-iin-CChief) O P I N I O N E X P R E S S May 2013 03 MAY 2013 COVER STORY Finally - Cheers of Congress Party at last Voters Kept It Simple Son of the soil P 7-15 WOMEN MUST DISCOVER ECSSR - INNER STRENGTH TO EXCEL P 50 INTELLECTUAL IN LIFE - SANDHYA SHETTY POWER HOUSE OF UAE P 30 NARENDRA MODI & P 16 INDIA'S FUTURE Can we have waterless agriculture P 23 too Mr PM? GOLD DRIVES OUR TRADITIONAL ECONO- PTPL: UK'S ADULT P 28 MY, MUST NOT BE CURBED Success Story GLAMOUR P 46 P 47 MODEL SHANTI DYNA- P 34 Why the Boston Bombers MITE SET TO STAR IN Succeeded BOLLYWOOD MOVIE Korean crisis reaching the eye-ball P 39 to eye-ball stage Korean crisis driven by P 44 US intransigence 04 May 2013 O P I N I O N E X P R E S S A new dawn in Pakistan? inally, the much anticipated elec- tions for the National Assembly along with four Provincial FAssemblies got over last week. While the results are clear in terms of who won and how many seats, it would take few weeks to identify the major trends in 2013 elections. This commen- tary focuses on eight major trends/out- comes that could be identified, as a preliminary analysis. First and foremost, the election process and the polling, was by and large free and fair, especially in a South Asian, and in particular Pakistani con- text. Though there was violence, it did not totally disrupt the election process. And more importantly, there are no rea- sons to believe that either the military or the intelligence agencies tried to change the outcome of the results. Invariably, every political party, perhaps except the ANP (Awami National Party) had a level playing field in terms of free- ness and fairness of the election process and polling. Zardari deserves a big applause for not only his deft handling of internal national political parties in Pakistan. Those who have been following the political issues and external issues in Though it is generally being voiced both performance of the religious political such a manner that there was no disso- inside and outside the region, that parties in Pakistan would agree that in lution of the elected assemblies, but Pakistan has voted Nawaz Sharif to any free and fair elections, the Right did also for conducting elections as per the power, an analysis of the seats that the not have much of a success. They may schedule. And perhaps it deserves spe- PML-N has won, clearly projects that the have a strong street power, but it never cial applause for the smooth transition, seats for the National Assembly has materialised into seats, if the elections through the appointment of caretaker been primarily from the constituencies remained free and fair. governments – both at the national and in Punjab. Of the 123 seats that the If the religious political parties did provincial levels. It is unfortunate, that PML-N has won, except for a few seats not perform well in the elections, nor did the PPP lost badly, despite its success from KP, the rest had come primarily the liberal and secular parties, such as in completing the term, amongst from Punjab. For the PPP, almost all its the PPP, ANP and MQM, which could be threats from the TTP, failing economy seats that it has won for the National identified as the fourth major outcome and huge foreign policy and security Assembly have come from Sindh. of this election. For the PPP, it was challenges. Similarly, for the PTI of Imran Khan, almost a complete disaster. From being Second major outcome that could majority of the seats it has won for the the ruling party for the last five years, all be identified is the regionalization of all National Assembly has come from that the PPP could manage was 31 Khyber Pakutunkhwa. Third major outcome, which could be easily identified, is the failure of reli- gious political parties to make any sig- nificant impact. Though the last two general elections witnessed a decent growth in their contribution to the National Assembly, 2013 elections should have been a disappointment for the religious political parties. While the JUI (Fazlur Rahman) and Jamaat-e- Islami (JI) could manage to win ten and three seats respectively, rest of the reli- gious parties could not capture a single seat. Perhaps, this election has cremat- ed whatever was left of the MMA. O P I N I O N E X P R E S S May 2013 05 seats, that too only from Sindh. The Though the MQM could manage 13 of the centre in terms of ideology. Both implications of this election for the PPP seats, mainly from Sindh, more data is are not exactly liberal political parties, should be a larger discussion; with no needed to find out in which regions it and that could be the sixth major out- Benazir Bhutto and with a corrupt image has performed well and whether it has come of this election. for Zardari, the PPP will need nothing been able to retain the vote bank.
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