The media is obsessed these days with the great austerity drive by Congress. Everyone is flying economy, Dumping private jets and travelling by train to save money (show off??) for the drought hit nation. Until today I thought though it is a populist move its still good and beneficial for the "common man" until I got to know how much money is actually saved by these acts. Certainly another move by congress aiming at the MH and HARYANA assembly elections. Read the article below------------------------------
Is the great austerity drive by the Congress actually taxing the nation? Sometimes you need a lot of money to keep some people poor. Look at the economy class flights of Sonia Gandhi and some ministers. The Congress president flew economy class from Delhi to Mumbai in a commercial airliner and again on economy class from Mumbai to Bangalore on Tuesday, this time flying the King of Good Times.
But look at the great economy measures:
When Sonia Gandhi flies economy, two rows of seats are blocked. Nobody can sit next to her. For example, on the Delhi-Mumbai IC 887 flight, she occupied seat 3A as it had more leg space. But 3B,C, D, and E were deliberately left vacant for security reasons. On 3F was Defence Minister A K Antony. Behind the party president were security personnel occupying six seats.
This mean 10 seats were occupied by the entourage. This could have been given to the aam admi who cannot afford flying Business Class. Moreover, the front seats are kept for the handicapped or aged people who need to stretch their legs.
A quick calculation has shown that the savings could not be more than Rs 10,000.
In the Mumbai-Bangalore flight, a British national was found sitting on the same row of Sonia Gandhi and this has raised security concerns. Moreover, another flight goes in advance taking the Congress party president's car and belongings. On landing, Sonia Gandhi is accompanied by a fleet of cars and SUVs.
The same is the case with Rahul Gandhi's rail yatra to Ludhiana. The passengers were inconvenienced due to the high security measures and at the end of the taxing journey, Rahul saved Rs 445.
But does the money saved actually go to the people affected by drought? What should be done is that if Sonia saved Rs 10,000 and Rahul Rs 445 in one trip, that amount should be given to the worst affected families in drought-hit areas so that these poor people could live for another day.
In the austerity loop is External Affairs Minister S M Krishna who announced on Sunday that he will not take private aircraft and travel on commercial flights for his overseas trips while his colleague Sharad Pawar after some initial resistance flew economy class in a private airline.
But Krishna raised a crucial issue: He said it has to be kept in mind that ministers should be able to attend meetings after long journeys. "The austerity steps need to be looked into in a larger perspective. If a Cabinet minister has to travel for 15 hours, it needs to be kept in mind that after such a long journey he should be able to attend immediate meetings," Krishna told Star News.
Aware of the fact that the austerity drive is becoming a tamasha, the Congress on Monday cautioned against "trivialising" the party's emphasis on austerity by limiting its scope to travel only."The Congress president's simplicity is not a new thing for this country, neither for the people, nor for you. There is nothing to be surprised at (her travel in economy class). To be austere should not be reduced to one line of travel. It is a way of thinking, a way of living and an approach. In difficult times, it is necessary," AICC spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi said at a press briefing in Delhi.
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Is the great austerity drive by the Congress actually taxing the nation? Sometimes you need a lot of money to keep some people poor. Look at the economy class flights of Sonia Gandhi and some ministers. The Congress president flew economy class from Delhi to Mumbai in a commercial airliner and again on economy class from Mumbai to Bangalore on Tuesday, this time flying the King of Good Times.
But look at the great economy measures:
When Sonia Gandhi flies economy, two rows of seats are blocked. Nobody can sit next to her. For example, on the Delhi-Mumbai IC 887 flight, she occupied seat 3A as it had more leg space. But 3B,C, D, and E were deliberately left vacant for security reasons. On 3F was Defence Minister A K Antony. Behind the party president were security personnel occupying six seats.
This mean 10 seats were occupied by the entourage. This could have been given to the aam admi who cannot afford flying Business Class. Moreover, the front seats are kept for the handicapped or aged people who need to stretch their legs.
A quick calculation has shown that the savings could not be more than Rs 10,000.
In the Mumbai-Bangalore flight, a British national was found sitting on the same row of Sonia Gandhi and this has raised security concerns. Moreover, another flight goes in advance taking the Congress party president's car and belongings. On landing, Sonia Gandhi is accompanied by a fleet of cars and SUVs.
The same is the case with Rahul Gandhi's rail yatra to Ludhiana. The passengers were inconvenienced due to the high security measures and at the end of the taxing journey, Rahul saved Rs 445.
But does the money saved actually go to the people affected by drought? What should be done is that if Sonia saved Rs 10,000 and Rahul Rs 445 in one trip, that amount should be given to the worst affected families in drought-hit areas so that these poor people could live for another day.
In the austerity loop is External Affairs Minister S M Krishna who announced on Sunday that he will not take private aircraft and travel on commercial flights for his overseas trips while his colleague Sharad Pawar after some initial resistance flew economy class in a private airline.
But Krishna raised a crucial issue: He said it has to be kept in mind that ministers should be able to attend meetings after long journeys. "The austerity steps need to be looked into in a larger perspective. If a Cabinet minister has to travel for 15 hours, it needs to be kept in mind that after such a long journey he should be able to attend immediate meetings," Krishna told Star News.
Aware of the fact that the austerity drive is becoming a tamasha, the Congress on Monday cautioned against "trivialising" the party's emphasis on austerity by limiting its scope to travel only."The Congress president's simplicity is not a new thing for this country, neither for the people, nor for you. There is nothing to be surprised at (her travel in economy class). To be austere should not be reduced to one line of travel. It is a way of thinking, a way of living and an approach. In difficult times, it is necessary," AICC spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi said at a press briefing in Delhi.
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This is my 3rd attempt at blogging. Actually its 2nd as I have now revamped my old blog and discarded the other one. People get to know things with experience. I discarded my 1st blog because it was too casual to post some serious stuff and then I had to discard the 2nd one as I realized it was too political to post anything other than politics. So I decided I needed a blog where I can post anything and everything without the hassle of maintaining multiple blogs. Thus I Renamed, Revamped and Revised my old blog which had quite a few page hits and readers and transformed it into its current avtar.
Though this blog is not a category specific blog its content will be mainly serious in nature. The main topics of discussion shall be Politics, Media, Spirituality, Religion, Govt etc and the side topics would be Movie reviews, Tech/entertainment news, Random posts and a little column to share my personal thoughts which would come under a separate "label" so you have the option of skipping those ;)
The main aim would be to discuss/highlight important things related to India which often goes unreported or unnoticed due to selfish interest of people which can cause great harm to India in future. Other than that it would be a platform to share things with people which I hope will be useful for them in their routine life such as important links, information etc.
Ultimately Vu-point will offer a completely different and sometime shocking view to common stories and having seen both sides you can decide who's right and who's wrong.
Vu-point- Different views Different points........
There was a lot of hue and cry when Congress increased OBC quota in premier institutes such as AIIMS. The basic reason is that you are compromising on the quality of the doctors that will treat the patients that is "aam aadmi" in congress terminology.But why dont politicians care about the quality of doctors being affected? For the simple reason that they dont take treatment from them!! Why did the doctor was called from another institute to perform surgery on PM? Dont the govt trust the quality of doctors in AIIMS?
Food for thought!!
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Congress is all set to pass a bill that will censor free flow of news on websites over the net. Barely four months after dropping its proposal to force tv channels to show only "authorized" feed during security emergencies, the govt is now seeking to sensor news portals and other websites, that too even at normal times.
So next time if quottrochi flees away with our money, or sajjan kumar or jagdish tytler and allowed to go scott free, you and i have no way to know it. The govt shall decide what we can know and what not.
With most of the news channels already towing the congress line (many of them get large revenues from advertisements from the central govt), this new bill will make the flow of information almost impossible.What more we cannot even get info on net. We all know how unpopular congress is over internet because there is a free flow of info here.
On 1 hand Govt "boasts" of passing RTI act..........and on other hand it is planning to introduce such laws! Congress have already modified history and remove traces of Lal Bahadur Shastri, Subhash Chandra Bose, Sardar Patel, Bhagat Singh etc so that people have the impression that it was only "gandhi" and "nehru" who got us freedom! Now what do they plan to do by Gagging every citizen??
There is a famous saying "Chor ki dadhi mein tinka". The Honest shall not fear anything while the culprit is always busy in hiding things. If the govt is so clear why does it want to take away our constitutional right of "Freedom Of Speech" that too in normal time!!
Chances are that this blog and many others like this maybe close very soon because it seems Speaking TRUTH in India would be considered as a crime from now on!
Amost all people are tired of both BJP and the congress. Everyone wants the alternative to them which is good. Few people and parties have the courage to stand up to them and even then they dont stand a chance to win because of these reasons-1.) Apathy of educated people towards voting- Educated people doesnt care about voting and poor and illiterate dont know the advantage of these parties.
2.) Gross flouting of norms by influential parties- Influential parties openly flout the EC norms and there is no surprise that they are let away easily!
3.) Media biasness- Media is not really interested in advocating the case of these parties and people as it doesnt generate much TRP but truth cant be suppressed. Check the below article-
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Accusing both BJP and Congress candidates for the New Delhi parliamentary constituency of violating electoral laws, the Youth For Equality (YFE) on Friday lodged a written complaint with the Election Commission of India (EC) calling for rejection of their candidatures.
YFE president, Kaushal Kant Mishra alleged that Congress candidate Ajay Maken and BJP’s Vijay Goel had put hoardings and advertisements in gross violation of the election code of conduct.
Accusing both the candidates of spending money beyond the stipulated expenditure of 25 lakhs, YFE leader asked the Election Commission to look into the evidences submitted by them and take appropriate action.
To support their argument, YFE leaders also submitted a Compact Disc containing pictures of hoardings and advertisements put up by both candidates across New Delhi constituency.
YFE has demanded that both candidates must account for the money spent on the large number of hoardings and asked the Election Commission to cancel their candidature if they have spent beyond the limit.
Mishra called for removal of the hoardings in twenty four hours in case the candidates claimed that they were not responsible for putting up these advertisements.
YFE claimed that both Congress and BJP were misusing official position to further the political agenda. “On every lamp post and street light and public convenience, the faces of Vijay Goel and Ajay Maken are conspicuous by their presence”, said YFE spokesperson, Jiten Jain.
The Election Commission was also asked to get those private hoardings removed, where the agreement copies have not been submitted with the Returning Officer. Either these hoardings have been put up by the candidates themselves or their sponsors, which is against the law, claimed YFE.
YFE spokesperson Jiten Jain alleged hoardings and posters put up by Maken and Goel did not carry the name of publisher and the serial numbers, which was also against EC rules.
He also wanted to know, who was funding the promotional package of Congress candidate Ajay Maken, comprising a diary and a calendar, which is being distributed to each and every household by a courier agency.
The youth organisation also alleged that while no action was being taken against the political parties for violating poll laws, YFE activists were being stopped from distributing even pamphlets.
Citing an instance, president Kaushal Kant Mishra, said that one of their worker was roughed up at the Karol Bagh Metro station, while he was giving handbills to commuters.
Calling for action against those violating poll code, YFE activists said that they will sit in front of the Election Commission office till some action was initiated on their complaint.
Chandigarh: Bittu and Danny, the two young Lok Sabha candidates handpicked by AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi to contest the forthcoming elections, have become an embarrassment to the party in Punjab.
Twenty-nine-year-old Ravneet Singh Bittu, grandson of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh and the party's candidate in the Anandpur Sahib Lok Sabha constituency, has never been to college. Bittu is facing the Akali Dal's Diljeet Singh Cheema, who has an MBBS degree and has been a practising doctor for more than 10 years.
A political novice, Bittu's only qualification is his proximity to Rahul Gandhi, and this does not seem to be helping him. Though his candidature was preferred over many senior Congress leaders, he has become an embarrassment to the party as the Akalis, as part of their election ploy, have decided to "start a literacy movement in the constituency".
Cheema said the movement, called 'Jago Bittu school chalo', would target school dropouts. He said his party proposed to make his Congress rival a model for the movement, adding that it was surprising that Rahul Gandhi had picked a school dropout as the new youth icon in the constituency.
He said he would appeal to his voters to tell Bittu to first "complete his school and college education, instead of going to Parliament".
The second Congress candidate handpicked by Rahul is Sukhvinder Singh Danny, who is contesting from the Faridkot Lok Sabha seat. The son of a former Punjab cabinet minister Sardool Singh, Danny is making things awkward for party workers after his selection on compassionate grounds as a police inspector was cancelled for producing the "wrong certificate".
Danny faces Akali Dal nominee Paramjit Kaur Gulshan, who earlier represented the Bathinda Lok Sabha seat. In her campaign, she has often highlighted how her rival earlier "chose to join the police through fraudulent means". She said it was surprising that the Congress was trying to send "such elements to Parliament".
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