We The State - Issue 14 Vol 2

8/13/2019 We The State - Issue 14 Vol 2

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We DECEMBER 30,2013 TO JANUARY 05, 2014

Online edition available at wethestate.com and wethestate.blogspot.in

Samantha Voted Best Telugu ActressOf 2013: Beats Anushka, Kajal

Mere coincidence that Kejriwal

sworn-in as Delhi Chief Minis-

ter on Friday 28th Dec and Con-

gress Celebrated its 128th Foundation

day . Arvind Kejriwal do not have a mag-

ic wand to solve all the problems but he

believes that nothing was impossible if

honest bureaucrats joined hands.

Kejriwal reminds us of Anil Kapoor ofNayak Hindi Movie. The Hero who do

not compromise to those who are cor-

rupt. News channels are also playing

Nayak clips and equating Kejriwal with

Anil Kapoor.

Anna Hazare set the ball rolling

against corruption. This is the practical

result of that movement. After AAP's

victory, it's going to be extremely hard, if

not impossible, for the political parties

to offer candidates for Lok Sabha, known

to be crooked, corrupt or with criminal

record. It will also not do anymore to

give tickets to spouse or progeny of the

discredited candidates. No more Rabri

Devi for Lalu, or Akhilesh for Mulayam.Mercifully, the dynastic era finally

seems to be coming to a close. Hopefully,

to an ignominious end. The country

would rejoice if through its success in

Delhi, AAP can help jumpstart the elim-

ination of rotten regional actors in the

state and metropolitan governing bod-

ies.

Many people on the other hand believe

that Kejriwal took advantage of Anna

Hazares movement and got political

Mileage. Veteran Gandhian Anna Haz-

are was not present the swearing-in cer-

emony. Kejriwal who is believed to be a

former disciple of Anna Hazare is upset

with his arrogant behavior. Few daysback Anna Hazare and General VK

Singh ordered AAP Leader Gopal Rai to

leave his fast venue and Village.

Kejriwal's political approach and

Anna's apolitical approach have com-

mon purpose, a purpose of clean gov-

ernment and empowerment of common

man. In this, as Kejriwal often puts it, in-

dividuals are not important but the pur-

pose is important. Kejriwal is a purpose-

driven individual where sacrifice every-

thing self for the cause is primary. This

is rare in a world of politics and people's

movement will emerge around this. Del-

hi government will set an example to the

central government and march is on.

NRI who supported AAP is pleased to see

the early transformation of India.

Lets see whether Kejriwal as a CM will

be able to deliver what he has promised

to the people. We have seen AGP Govt. inAssam in 1985, the party came to power

with public support and failed miser-

ably.

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he State

Why Arvind Kejriwal ordered

audit of discoms?

How WE look it

Cartoon by K G OJHAkgojha@rediffmail com

The CM who wantshonest Bureaucrats

Published simultaneously from Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh

It is reel to real. Arvind Kejriwal is playing Anil Kapoor of Nayak fame

Samantha Voted Best Telugu ActressOf 2013: Beats Anushka, Kajal


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WE THE STATEChhattisgarh Explore2 Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh December 30, 2013 to January 5, 2014

Raman Singh trying to cheat farmers: CongRAIPUR

Newly-appointed Chhattisgarh state Congress chief,

Bhupesh Baghel, has alleged the Raman Singh gov-

ernment has not fulfilled its election promise of pro-

viding a minimum support price (MSP) of Rs 2,100 per

quintal for paddy to farmers in the state.

Baghel said the BJP government was not keen on ful-

filling its promise. He said during the six years of

NDA rule, the MSP was raised by merely Rs 60, from

Rs 490 to Rs 550 per quintal. In contrast during the

rule of the UPA II, the MSP was raised by Rs 430 from

Rs 900 to Rs 1,330 per quintal, he said adding the gov-

ernment can cut down its own expenses and extrava-

gance to raise money to meet the commitment of

higher MSP.

Baghel said, by writing a letter to the prime minister

for raising MSP to Rs 2,100, chief minister Raman

Singh was trying to mislead the people. "BJP govern-

ment is trying to cheat the farmers", said Baghel

while adding that he had written a letter to the chief

minister to fulfill the promise made by him. He said

the CM should decide about the payment of higher

MSP in his first cabinet meeting and find out ways

and means to fulfill the commitment made to the

farmers.

Govt scheme to benefitChhattisgarhs farm labourers

RAIPUR

Chief Minister Raman Singh launched the 'Atal

Khetihar Mazdoor Yojana' that will benefit

Chhattisgarh's 17 lakh farm labourers. Ac-

cording to the scheme, on the accidental death of a

farm labourer, his nominee will get Rs 75,000. For nat-ural death, the next of kin of the dead will get Rs

30,000. Similarly, for permanent disability due to ac-

cident Rs 75,000 and for loss of one eye or fracture of

one hand or leg Rs 37,500 would be given. A maxi-

mum of two children of the insured person will get

scholarship of Rs 100 per month during their educa-

tion from 9th class to 12th class and those enrolled in

the ITIs.

The Chief Minister said the Government has pro-

vided financial security to over 17 lakh poor families

of farm labourers of the State. Singh asked the offi-

cials of Panchayat and Rural Development Depart-

ment to implement the scheme immediately and in

an excellent manner and to provide its benefits to the

affected within the prescribed time limit.Singh further said the government is committed to

protecting the interests of the poorest in Chhattis-

garh. All the major schemes of the Government have

been prepared for the poor and the farmers.' The 'Atal

Khetihar Mazdoor Yojana' is the biggest scheme of

the new Government, which would help the poorest

and Antyodaya scheme-covered people in the time of

their crisis, he said.

Survey in Chhattisgarhto access demand of

generic medicines

RAIPUR

The Chhattisgarh government has decided to conduct a

survey soon at Medical College, Raipur, Durg District

Hospital and Abhanpur Community Health Centre to as-

sess the demands of generic medicines.Health Commissioner Pratap Singh said the purpose of

the audit is to get an idea of the requirement of generic

medicines in 2014-15, so that they could be tendered well

in time. The survey would enable the state health de-

partment to know what medicines are not available and

the data would be used to streamline the procurement

process. The state government had decided to distribute

free generic medicines free of cost to patients in all gov-

ernment hospitals and health centres.

However, the scheme is yet to be implemented in full as

majority of the 700 odd generic medicines, which are to

be given free, are not available in hospitals. According to

insiders only 300 drugs are available so far. Besides, ma-

jority of doctors in bigger state run hospitals like the

Raipur Medical College are still prescribing branded

drugs to their patients.

Meanwhile, Health and Family Welfare Minister AmarAgrawal has instructed all chief medical and health of-

ficers (CMHOs) to ensure distribution of generic medi-

cines to patients in all Government hospitals. Display

boards showing availability of generic medicines should

be placed in all hospitals. It should also be ensured that

all doctors prescribe generic medicines to patients.

Availability of generic medicines should widely be pub-

licised, the minister added.


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3 Bhopal WE THE STATEMadhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh December 30, 2013 to January 5, 2014

4 Lok Sabha seats fall vacant in MPBHOPALT

he Balaghat, Sagar, Gwalior and Hoshangabad

Lok Sabha seats in Madhya Pradesh have fall-

en vacant as the MPs representing them had

resigned in the wake of assembly polls.

Three of MPs resigned to contest assembly polls,

while the fourth defected to the BJP in the run-up to

the assembly elections. However, as the next Parlia-

ment polls will be held in the next four to five months,

there is hardly any likelihood of by-elections to be

held for these seats. There are 29 Lok Sabha seats in

the state.

MPs KD Deshmukh, Bhoopendra Singh and

Yashodhra Raje Scindia resigned to contest assembly

polls and were elected to the state assembly. They rep-resented Balaghat, Sagar and Gwalior respectively.

Singh and Scindia have found a place in the Shivraj

Singh Chouhan cabinet. The MP from Hoshangabad

Rao Uday Pratap Singh defected to the BJP and was

already facing disqualification of his member status

under the anti-defection law. He resigned on Decem-

ber 10.

BMC to seek Central

funds for protectionof water bodies

BHOPAL

While Bhopal is known as the city

of lakes, most of its water bodies

are in a state of neglect and fac-

ing severe threat from pollution and en-

croachments

Bhopals famous Upper and Lower lakes

are also threatened although lot of money

has been spent over the years for their con-

servation. The Bhopal Municipal Corpo-

ration (BMC) is likely to receive the de-

tailed project report for protection and

conservation of city's ten water bodies in

the first week of January. The civic body

will then seek necessary clearance from

the state level body. Following the ap-

proval, it will seek funds from Centre. The

conservation efforts are then likely to be

started

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) had

recently directed the state government to

chalk out a rehabilitation plan to free en-

croachments from all water bodies in the

state including the Siddique Hassan Khan

Talab in Bhopal. Of the 11.99 acres of landof the Siddique Hassan Khan Talab,

around 7 acres of land is encroached upon

comprising around 158 houses, 14 hospi-

tals, 20 shops, hotels etc. The NGT has also

directed MP government not to allow con-

structions in the catchments areas of the

Upper Lake. The tribunal asked the gov-

ernment to completed the demarcation of

the lake and stop sewage of any kind flow-

ing into it.

The NGT took serious cognisance of the

unmindful exploitation of various water

bodies in state and asked the state govern-

ment to take up strict conservation meas-

ures and submit action taken report.

The BMC will have the Master Plan of

Ahmedabad-based CEPT within fewmonths, which will act as guide for the de-

velopment around water bodies in Bhopal.

BMC has hired a consulting agency for

protection, conservation and beautifica-

tion of ten water bodies. The project in-

cludes Upper Lake, Lower Lake, Shahpura

lake, Motia Talab, Siddiq Hussain Talab,

Munshi Hussain Khan Talab and Sarang-

pani Talab, Laharpur reservoir, water

body at Char Imli and Hathaikhera reser-

voir.


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WE THE STATERaipur Trail4 Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh December 30, 2013 to January 5, 2014

Sirpur Dance & Music Festival from Jan 4RAIPUR

Sirpur Dance & Music Festival will begin

from January 4, 2014 at Sirpur in Ma-

hasamund District in the famous Laxman

temple premises in Chhattisgarh. This pres-

tigious festival is organized by Chhattisgarh

Tourism Board (CTB). The sole aim behind

this festival is to bring in many artistes into

its cultural family and creating of interna-

tional cultural amity and brotherhood. It is

an initiative to bring together various dance

and music forms of the country on one plat-

form. This grand festival showcases the di-

verse art forms of the country, bringing to-

gether artists from across the nation in a cul-

tural celebration.

This festival has established its own unique

identity in the sense that eminent artistes of

national and international repute

participate and perform Indian Classical,

folk & tribal dances and music of our

country as well as our state on the

enchanting stage of the Sirpur in the monu-

mental and archaeological place, Sirpur.

Preparations for the national dance and

music festival have been taken up at a war

footing. Managing Director of Chhattisgarh

Tourism Board Santosh Kumar Misra and

Mahasamund District Collector R Sangeetha

reached Sirpur and reviewed the prepara-

tions. Mishra, while reviewing the stage and

VIP seating arrangements for the national

dance and music festival, collected informa-

tion about lighting arrangements, parking

place and drinking water facilities.

Collector R Sangeeta said that food stalls for

the visitors of the festival would be opened at

three places and arrangement for drinking

water tankers would be made available at ten

places, besides two 108 ambulances. Houses

in the villages situated from Kuhri turn on

NH-53 to Sirpur would be decorated with at-

tractive Rangoli, she said.

Manendragarh MunicipalCouncil chieffaces recall

RAIPUR

T

he Manendragarh Municipal

Council president received a

setback as the Chhattisgarh

high court directed Koriya districtcollector to forward the application

to the state government, moved by

18 corporators, seeking recall of the

president. 18 of 21 corporators of

Manendragarh Municipal Council

had moved an application against

council president Dharmendra Pat-

wa, seeking to initiate proceedings

under the state's right to recall law.

However, the district collector

called a meeting to decide on a no-

confidence motion against the pres-

ident, instead of initiating proceed-

ings for re-call. Thereafter, two cor-

porators moved the high court stat-

ing that they had applied for rightto recall, but the collector convened

to discuss it like a no-confidence

motion. They argued that it was

ethically and legally wrong to con-

vert an application for right to re-

call as a no-confidence motion.

Corrupt civic employees will face

action Meanwhile, the government

has decided to act tough against

Chhatisgarh civic employees who

demand bribe. Citizens of Raipur

can lodge a complaint against them

by calling the municipal corpora-

tion's toll free number 1100. The de-

cision comes after a series of com-

plaints were lodged by people

against corruption at municipalbody. Chief minister Raman Sing

said all complaints would be looked

into. Talking about the pending

payments of municipal workers of

Kiwar Environ, CM said their

salaries would be paid at the earli-

est.

CRPF launches drive

against Maoists, statepolice not involved

RAIPUR

The Central Reserve Police

Force has launched massive

anti-Naxalite operations in

eight states including Chhattisgarh.

Around 40,000 CRPF personnel havebeen deployed.

Other states, where the operation is

underway include Jharkhand, Ma-

harashtra, West Bengal, Odisha, Bi-

har, Andhra Pradesh and Madhya

Pradesh. This is for the first time

that a co-ordinated operation be-

tween state and CRPF has been

launched simultaneously in various

states. The ITBP (Indo-Tibetan Bor-

der Police), BSF (Border Security

Force) are also a part of the opera-

tion. BSF and IAF helicopters have

been positioned for air droppings

and evacuation.While the officials of the state po-

lice were not informed about the op-

eration, Chhattisgarh director gen-

eral of police Ram Niwas said the

state police will give all possible as-

sistance to CRPF at respective

places. Senior officials of the Chhat-

tisgarh police said state police must

have been involved in such opera-

tions. Information on correct routes

and affected areas is available with

the state police. But an absence of co-

ordination with the state police, in-

telligence wing and Naxalite opera-

tion wing is clearly visible.However, an official said that such a

stand is usually taken when the

paramilitary force is gripped with

imminent security concerns. After

76 CRPF personnel were killed in a

2010 attack in Dantewada, the force

has become more cautious, the offi-

cial claimed.


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WE THE STATEPolitics5 Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh December 30, 2013 to January 5, 2014

Congress walks into

trap it laid for AAPCongress has walked into the trapit had laid for AAP. The party of-fered to provide unconditionalsupport to a young rival after Rahul

Gandhis public pronouncement that

his party needed to learn a lot from the

nascent AAP. Kejriwals tactic to go for

a referendum enhanced his public

standing. Kejriwal's strength lay in the

simple wisdom that he wins both ways -

- if Congress continues to offer support

he could function like leader of the par-ty which had absolute majority and

where he could take decisions without

caring for presence of other parties in

the Assembly, and secondly, if the Con-

gress pulls the rug then he would go out

as a martyr claiming he was always so

right about the Congress's treachery

and corruption.

The Congress too knows the follies of

any misadventure at this stage, at least

till parliamentary elections are over. So

the party is saying that since the sup-

port has already been given it has to

continue like that. Sonia Gandhis polit-

ical secretary Ahmed Patel too reiterat-

ed support to AAP. Off record, senior

Congress leaders are now blaming

Sheila Dikshit for first voicing an un-

conditional support to AAP. Other party

leaders followed suit thinking that was

Rahul Gandhis line because he had spo-

ken highly of AAP.

This also fitted perfectly in Congresss

approach to do anything that might put

roadblocks on Modis onward march.

Kejriwal came as a force that could act

as spoiler in some areas to risingprospects of BJP.

But since then Congresss script has

gone awry and even their leader Rahul

Gandhis wisdom is being questioned by

leaders and workers lower down the or-

der in the party. There is also a great

deal of resentment over initial use of

word unconditional. They have now

been trying hard to attach conditionali-

ty to their support. There is strong a

view that the party should have called it

unilateral than unconditional. The

term unilateral stated a factual position

and could have been construed to be

guided by some strategy.

Will AAP be able to make impact in other states?A

fter its success in Delhi, the AAP is setting its

eyes on other states including Gujarat, Mad-

hya Pradesh and Rajasthan. In Madhya

Pradesh, the party has already expressed its intention

to contest. The AAP has formed its state committee

and all 45 district-level committees in Madhya

Pradesh. The state committee has eight members and

they have been given different works for strengthen-

ing the party. In Gujarat the party says it plans to con-

test all 26 Lok Sabha seats, though a final decision has

been left to the national executive. The party will hold

jhadhu yatra across Gujarat to highlight what they

call the Modi governments corrupt practices ahead

of general elections.

Kejriwal has indeed generated a wave. In the run up

to general elections the wave may gather further mo-

mentum. After thrilling Delhi performance, AAP has

a definite chance of scaling up to the national level. So

many incumbent voters who voted for Modi in the

state elections could switch to more radical alterna-

tive, the AAP, in the general election.

With the Congress party already on a weak wicket,

the AAP may pose a challenge to the BJP and under-

cut the votes of the saffron party as seen in Delhi State

Assembly election. Kejriwal, now the chief minister,

has very limited time to deliver change, he has prom-

ised to the people of Delhi. It may be just two-and-half-

months before the model code of conduct comes into

effect prior to general elections. If the new CM gets

lost in government work, his partys plans to open

units in more states to contest Lok Sabha election,

many go topsy-turvy. If he chooses party work over

state affairs, his government may end up annoying

Delhis voters who have high expectations from him.

BJP however claims that the AAP is a limited Delhi

phenomenon, not scalable nationally. BJP national

vice president Prabhat Jha has said Arvind Kejriwal

will not last long as a politician with influence. He

said Kejriwal's win is the outcome of social activist

Anna Hazare's movement of India Against Corrup-

tion.

Some analysts say the AAP doesnt have enough time

to organise and spread before Lok Sabha polls. Yes,

time is short. But the AAP is able to raise funds and

volunteers very quickly. Major political parties pay Rs

500-1000 per day to supposed volunteers, whereas the

AAP is flooded with unpaid volunteers.


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WE THE STATEPolitics6 Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh December 30, 2013 to January 5, 2014

Queer as it may sound the result

of recent assembly polls has

left some of the senior func-

tionaries of the Congress smiling.

They had felt marginalised and ig-

nored by Rahul, complaining he rarelylistened to them and ignored their sug-

gestions at the meetings. When they

had recommended alliances in Bihar

and Uttar Pradesh, he had rejected the

suggestion and spoken of the Congress

going alone.

Far from providing answers to the

Narendra Modi surge, Rahul and the

Congress are left with question marks

in their eyes. The national stature of

Rahul isnt helping the Congress while

that of Narendra Modi has certainly

helped the BJP. If Rahul leads the Con-

gress to defeat in 2014 he cant blame

everything on Manmohan Singh and

the UPA Government and save theGandhi family from blame.

In the recent state elections, his man-

ner of candidate selection and cam-

paign pitch talking of himself and

his family, in a local, state campaign

was criticised in muted voices and left

many in the Congress uncomfortable.

Rahul made serious strategic mis-

takes. The Congress washout in state

polls has left Rahul looking silly.

After years of rebuilding the party,

after a year as vice-president and after

handling a succession of high-profile

State elections, he has just not deliv-ered. As a result, he has had to do

many things. First, he has had to put

his weight behind the Government.

Second, he has had to make himself

more accessible, say, while addressing

the media to make the case for the Lok-

pal Bill. Third, he has had to accept

that he can no longer play hide-and-

seek with the leadership of the party

and will have to play the commanders

role in 2014, for whatever its worth.

Fourth, he has had to accept the neces-

sity of alliances, even if this means

compromising with high-minded prin-

ciples.

Sonia and Rahul have been runningthe Government by proxy, but now

they have run out of options. Rahul

has to carry the baton, even if he

knows defeat in May 2014 is inevitable.

His best bet is to ensure the Congress

does not fall below the 100-seat mark

and hope his leadership puts some co-

hesion back in the ranks.

Rahul cant escape responsibility anymore

Cong parliamentarians worried,

BJP confident of increasing LS tally

BHOPAL

The Congress parliamentarians

are a worried lot following the

partys worst-ever defeat in the

Assembly elections. The party fared

good only in the parliamentary con-

stituency of Scindia during the assem-

bly elections, while it suffered humiliat-

ing defeat in the constituencies of other

parliamentarians.

On the other hand the ruling BJP is

quite confident of increasing its tally in

the Lok Sabha elections from the pres-

ent 16.

In the constituencies of Mandsaur MP

Meenakshi Natrajan and Khargone MPArun Yadav, the Congress could win

only one Assembly seat while worst was

the condition of constituencies of De-

was MP Sajjan Singh Verma and Ujjain

MP Premchand Guddu where Congress

failed to even open account. Guddus

son also lost the Assembly election. The

partys performance in the constituen-

cies of Kamalnath and Congress gener-

al secretary and former chief minister

Digvijay Singh was quite disappointing.

The party only got good news from the

stronghold of former leader of Opposi-

tion in the State Assembly Ajay Singh.

MPCC president and Jhabua MP Kanti-

lal Bhuria has changed three district

presidents coming under his con-

stituency in order to set his parliamen-

tary seat as per his wishes. Party lead-

ership has also issued instructions to

Chhindwada MP Kamalnath and Sajjan

Singh Verma, to start camping in their

respective constituencies.

Meanwhile, out of power for two terms

at the Centre, the BJP is desperate to re-

gain power under the leadership ofNarendra Modi. Now, having estab-

lished his leadership in assembly elec-

tions, Chouhan's prestige would be at

stake in 2014 Lok Sabha elections.

Chouhan knows it well. That's why he

has gone on record several times after

winning the assembly elections that the

party has to win at least 27 seats in the

Lok Sabha elections.

Essay contest on Sardar

Patel part of BJPs missionto popularise Modi

BHOPAL

About 50 lakh students belonging to

over 5,500 schools from all over the

country are expected to take part in the

world's biggest essay competition on life

of former union home minister Sardar

Vallabh Bhai Patel to be organised by

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The par-

ticipants will have the option to writethe essay in one of the 12 prescribed lan-

guages.

The BJP is not leaving any stone un-

turned in promoting its prime ministe-

rial candidate Narendra Modi, and the

essay competition on Patel is seen as

part of partys initiative to build the

statue of Patel in Gujarat which will be

world's tallest statue and has been de-

scribed by the BJP as the statue of uni-

ty.

State and national level awards worth

Rs 2.50 crore will be distributed to win-

ner students. Besides special efforts are

being made to reach out to farmers and

urge them to participate in the initia-

tive. This will ensure that the party and

its prime ministerial candidate reachevery household. According to party

sources, the BJP will cover about 50

crore Indians through this drive as the

wave in favour of Modi has to be en-

cashed and further pushed till the up-

coming Lok Sabha polls. As a part of

this drive, the BJP had organised run

for unity with a motto `One India, Best

India' in the state recently.


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WE THE STATEEditorial7 MadhyaPradesh & Chhattisgarh December 30, 2013 to January 5, 2014

ASTROLOGY

01-01-2014- Wednesday - Paush Mah

Krishnapaksh- Amavsya

Positive directions - North and East

Bad time - 12:25 pm to 1:45 pm

Good time - 7:05 am to 9:45 am

and 3:05 pm to 5:45 pm

02-01-2014-Thursday - Paush Mah

Shuklapaksh-Ekam

Positive directions - South and East



and 11:05 am to 1:44 pm and 4:25 pm

to 5:45 pm

03-01-2014- Friday - Paush Mah

Shuklapaksh- Dwitiya (Tratiya tihti

kshay)

Positive directions - East and South

Bad time - 11:05 am to 12:25 pm


and 1:45 pm to 3:05 pm and 4:25 pm to5:45 pm

04-01-2014- Saturday -Paush Mah

Shuklapaksh-Chaturthi

Positive directions - South and West

Bad time - 9:45 am to 11:05 am


and 12:25 pm to 4:25 pm

05-01-2014- Sunday - Paush Mah

Shuklapaksh-Panchami

Positive directions - West and South


Good time - 8:25 am to 12:25 pm

and 1:45 pm to 3:05 pm

06-01-2014- Monday -Paush MahShuklapaksh-Shashthi

Positive directions- West and North

Bad time - 8:25 am to 9:45 am


and 9:46 am to 11:05 am and 1:45 pm

to 5:45 pm

07-01-2014- Tuesday -Paush Mah

Shuklapaksh -Saptami

Positive directions- West and North


Good time - 9:45 am to 1:45 pm

By AACHARYA SARVESH

E-Mail: [email protected]

Mobile: 9826609192

VASTU TIPS FOR GOOD LUCK

Place a laughing

Buddha facing front

door.

Dont place a mirror

in front of the main

door.

Dont hang date

calendar on front

side and back side of

your door. Hang small bells with

red ribbon tied

together on your

main door (Outside)

to bring good luck.

Road ahead is not easy for AAP

While the AAP has formed gov-

ernment in Delhi with Con-gress support, the road ahead

for it is not easy. Other political parties

dont want it to succeed. Congress lead-

ers have already clarified that their

support won't be unconditional. But

failing to deliver on promises will not

only deplete AAP's political capital but

also lead to disenchantment among its

core voters.

AAP has established that honesty,

ethics and idealism can fuel political

success. The new political paradigm

espoused by the party has caught the

imagination of the erstwhile cynic and

emerging India. But the question wor-

rying them is can the party deliver? Is

restructuring of the extant political

system possible to be made by a bunch

of honest sincere and zealous but ab-

solutely inexperienced political party?With less money than the Congress or

the BJP, and driven by volunteer ener-

gy, the AAP has stolen the thunder

from an otherwise quite impressive

BJP performance. It has rattled the

Congress and planted doubts in the

BJP's mind, making it unsure of what

lies ahead. However, there is consider-

able difference between electoral suc-

cess and running a government. While

AAP emerged as the second largest

party in the Delhi election, some of its

poll promises are simply unfeasible.

Take for example its promise of audit-

ing private electricity distribution

companies and slashing power bills by

50%. While an audit is welcome, a mas-

sive reduction in power tariffs is im-

probable given rising coal and gas

prices.Similarly, some of its promises relat-

ed to devolution of power to mohalla

sabhas, regularisation of unautho-

rised colonies and bringing police, mu-

nicipal corporations and Delhi Devel-

opment Authority under the state gov-

ernment will require constitutional

amendments or support from the

Union government. In such a scenario,

AAP must tone down its populist poli-

cies and adopt a pragmatic approach. It

must realise that all policies cannot be

decided through referendums. It has

already displayed commendable flexi-

bility by accepting Congress's support.

The idea is to provide clean gover-

nance but not at the cost of ef fective

governance.

Cong, BJP must understand reasons behind AAPs riseN

ow that AAP has spread itself

on the electoral map of Delhi,

both the national parties need to

understand the reasons for the rise of

this party, which is neither based on

caste or religion or region, as most new

political entities are in the country, nor

is it an outfit with deep pockets. In fact,

after many decades, the AAP is the first

party which has ensured transparencyin regard to party funds. The UPAs im-

age and that of the Congress took a beat-

ing beginning with the scandalous sto-

ries of corruption in the conduct of the

Commonwealth Games. Thereafter,

many more skeletons tumbled out of its

cupboards including the 2G scam and

Coalgate.

Apart from corruption, non-gover-

nance became yet another malady af-

flicting the UPA Government at the Cen-

tre. As the recent election results show,

the people have rejected Congress. How-

ever, the BJP also failed to corner the

Government and take the initiative for a

strong anti-corruption law. It allowed

the advantage to slip away and fall intothe hands of Anna Hazare and the AAP.

The voters have rebuffed the Congress

and it will take that party a long time to

recover lost ground. Meanwhile, the

BJP will have to guard against compla-

cency and take immediate steps to

counter the influence of the AAP if it

wishes to replace the Congress at the na-

tional level.

Narendra Modi will now have to take

the next big step to once again make the

BJP the party with a difference and en-

able it to recapture public trust. This

can be done by taking a firm stand

against corruption. Modi has the moral

aura to assert himself on these issues

and he must do so quickly. If he does

not, the AAP will continue to be an at-

traction for citizens in Delhi and be-

yond.


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Must Read10 MadhyaPradesh & Chhattisgarh December 30, 2013 to January 5, 2014 WE THE STATE

Bounty to vote banks wont helpT

he voting pattern in the recent as-

sembly polls has highlighted a

clamour for radical change

against the ruling parties and their con-

ventional norms of operation based on

bounty to particular vote banks in com-

bination with electoral manipulations

at the expense of good governance. So

much so, that the result in Delhi has

shown that voters are prepared to back

a convincing and viable third option,

however untested, rather than support

the national party. If the Modi-factor

has worked in the State polls, it should

make an even greater impact in the Lok

Sabha election.

Voting patterns also reveal a departure

from traditional trends which might

benefit the BJP. Earlier, the party drew

its support primarily from the urban ar-

eas. But in 2013, it received almost equal

support from the rural voters. The nu-merically-strong young group of voters,

below the age of 45, was also drawn to-

wards the BJP. In Madhya Pradesh, the

BJP overwhelmed the Congress even

though the Rajputs voted, as they tradi-

tionally do, for the Congress possibly

because of the influence of many Con-

gress leaders hailing from the Rajput or

Thakur community. The credit for these

new voting trends goes primarily to

Narendra Modi.

The BJP must take the required steps

towards positioning itself effectively in

potential constituencies across the na-

tion, with Modi as its leader.

The assembly polls have established a

rejection of Congress rule. Generally,

State elections are won and lost on local

issues and candidate selection rather

than non-State factors except when

there is a wave. The recent elections

have demonstrated a distinct wave in

favour of the BJPs prime ministerial

candidate Narendra Modi. This has ben-

efitted the party in Rajasthan, Chhattis-

garh and Madhya Pradesh. In Delhi, the

Aam Aadmi Party wave upset the poll

forecasts.

Proper care can reduce sepsisdeaths at hospitals, says expert

Aleading medical expert hs expressed concern at the

large number of deaths due to sepsis in hospitals, in-

cluding Bhopal hospitals. Sepsis is a potentially fatal

whole-body inflammation caused by severe infection.

Chirayu Medical College director Dr Pradip Bhat-

tacharya said at a programme here recently that sepsis

can continue even after the infection that caused it is

gone. Severe sepsis is sepsis complicated by organ dys-

function. He said sepsis is caused by the immune sys-

tem's response to a serious infection, most commonlybacteria, but also fungi, viruses, and parasites in the

blood, urinary tract, lungs, skin, or other tissues. Dr

Bhattachaya said proper care, hygiene and use of ap-

propriate antibiotics can reduce sepsis deaths.

Mostly delayed diagnosis of sepsis leads to mortal-

ity, according to preliminary trends of more than

4,000 patients who were treated for sepsis at the

hospital.

According to Dr Bhattacharya, the situation in

Bhopal is no different from the national trends.

He said sepsis can lead to multi-organ failure

and is globally a prime cause of death by in-

fection. It arises when the body reacts to in-

vading organism such as bacteria, fungus

and injures its own tissues and organs. In-

crease in sepsis is due to ageing popula-

tion, riskier surgeries and longer stay inhospitals. Dr Bhattacharya said in devel-

oping nations, sepsis accounts for 60-

80% of deaths in children. The expert

laid stress on early diagnosis of sepsis

saying if diagnosed and treated in the

first one hour, survival rate of patient

rises to 80%.


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The PM who taught SycophancyT

elegraph newspaper reported

that Manmohan Singh is likely to

resign on 3rd January . Manmo-

han Singh quitting or not quitting does

not make any difference. His presence

was never felt in this country. Unfortu-

nate for India,but then, it is for the peo-

ple of India to decide their future PM

and those days are gone when we as a

nation expected someone from the royal

lineage to rule us. Leaders like Anna

Hazare ,Kejriwal has revolutionised the

political scenario in India.As a result of

this revolution, 2014 will answer series

of "Scams" & "Scandals", especially the

latest "Adarsh Scam" and its develop-

ments afterwards indicate that the

countdown for exit of an old Political

Party , founded and formed by Political

Luminaries like Lokmanya Tilak, Sar-

dar Ballabh Bhai Patel, Dr. Rajendra

Prasad, Lal Bahadur Shashtri etc. etc.,128 years back, has started . The party

was constituted with a vision to serve

the people of India but with all these

corruption cases project their weak

moral values and vested interest in

serving the nation . 'Sycophancy' is like

'Cancer' and when it creeps into an 'Or-

ganization' - it finishes it ! The 128 years'

old Organization with thousands of Ac-tive, Educated, Qualified and Experi-

enced Members, spread all over INDIA,

they do not find a "Suitable Person" for

PM, other than one from Amethi , U.P.

When congress is forced into withdraw-

ing the ordinance all credit was bagged

into Rahuls court. An individual is pro-

jecting himself bigger than the party.

What a joke they have made of this

country!!

In the third and perhaps the last press

conference during his 10-year tenure,

Prime Minister Manmohan singh told

that "For me Mrs Gandhi's support has

been an enormous help in dealing with

complex issues. Does Manmohan

singh lack bureaucrats in his team?

This is a kind of devotion, excessive and

insincere praise which a PM is not sup-

posed to do. According to him , Rahul

Gandhi has all the credentials to be

nominated as the next PM candidate.

But, Why Rahul Gandhi ? Why no other

political leader from Congress party isnot capable of handling PM post?

His speeches are now filled with frus-

tration against his opponents. Through-

out his speech and even during ques-

tions time he prevented himself from

taking any blame for anything that took

place during his 9 years of service as

Prime Minister of India. He missed no

opportunity to attribute 2002 Gujarat

carnage to Narendra Modi and to ma-

lign his image! If PM was an upright

man, he should have equally spoken and

also pointed out the person behind hu-

manitarian disaster that was organized

in 1984 Sikh riot (massacre). Which po-

litical compulsion stopped him from

naming the person behind such gory

massacre? Again he did not speak a

word on n number of scams during last

4 5 years! Why? He did not justify nor

gave convincing reasons for increasing

price rise on consumables (vegetables,

fruits, food grains, domestic gas, etc.!)

Why? For very sure, his name will downthe history just not to remember him

anytime hence forth!

Why Arvind Kejriwal ordered audit of discoms?

Kejriwal said he

requested CAG

Shashi Kant

Sharma to do the au-

dit in three months

but Sharma said it de-pends on the "coopera-

tion" of power distri-

bution companies.

The auditing of

three power distribu-

tion companies -

BSES Yamuna Power

Ltd., BSES Rajdhani

Power Ltd. and Tata

Power Delhi Distribu-

tion Ltd. - was one of

the major poll planks

of the Aam Adami

Party, which has al-

leged fudging of ac-

count books by thecompanies to show

losses as a pretext to

hike tariff.

One can imagine

what will happen

from here. If audit

finds that discoms are

running major fraud,

AAP will market it ag-

gressively prior to

elections (but won't be

able to take

immediate action)

and if it is found that

discoms are not over-

charging to the effect

of 50%, AAP willclaim that discoms

are not cooperating in

audit so that AAP

doesn't have to face

embarrassment right

before the elections.


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Modi keeping Rajasthan under control,

wants all 25 LS seats in BJP basketNarendra Modi wants Vasundhara Raje to put all the25 Lok Sabha seats in Rajasthan in his basket. In2009, the BJP won just 4. With the Congress in disar-ray, Raje is expected to succeed in Mission-25, the favourite

phrase within the BJP these days. Anything less than 20 seats

would be a disaster, 22 a consolation and 25 the expected re-

sult. Ironically, by giving her everything she wants, Modi may

also be keeping Rajasthan under his control and reducing the

partys reliance on a single leader. For those watching Ra-

jasthan, it is apparent that Rajes stature as the only BJP

leader in Rajasthan has diminished. Though Modi comes

from adjoining Gujarat, he has acquired a huge following in

Rajasthan.

On 8 December, when Raje reached the BJP headquarter inJaipur after the landslide victory in Rajasthan, those watch-

ing the melee were stunned by chants of 'Modi-Modi'. Even

earlier, at rallies addressed by both the leaders, the clamour

for Modi always drowned Rajes voice. Till a few months ago

it was believed that the BJP would die in Rajasthan without

Raje. But this has changed now with Modi becoming the par-

tys mascot and the cadres voice. Nobody is indispensable

now. The Modi effect would also be seen on governance. Rajes

previous tenure was tainted by numerous allegations.

Though none of the charges could be proved, her government

was never considered a model of honesty and transparency.

It is unlikely that Modi would tolerate the taint of corrup-

tion again. The government will have to walk the straight and

narrow path. Raje has made the right moves so far. Unlike

Shivraj and Raman Singh, who are sometimes seen as Modis

contemporaries, Raje has positioned herself as a Modi fol-

lower. She has praised him profusely, given him credit for the

win in Rajasthan and maintained a safe distance from her

erstwhile mentors who are seen to be in the anti-Modi camp.

Though her supporters claim someday she could be a con-

tender for the PMs job, Raje has refused to look beyond Ra-

jasthan.

The end of the Congress has turned Rajasthan unipolar, cre-

ating a huge political and ideological vacuum in the state.

BJP and Vasundhara Raje would monopolise politics for

some time.

Modi in search of new supporters for post-poll period

MUMBAI

BJPs prime ministerial nominee,

Narendra Modi, launched a

scathing attack on the ruling

Congress alliance for Maharashtras

backwardness. Modis speech was nothis routine rhetoric against the Con-

gress rule and but a well-calculated

move, keeping in view the possibilities

after the coming general elections for

the Lok Sabha. While launching an at-

tack against the Congress, he sparedthe Shard Pawar-led NCP and avoided

any reference to unease within the Shiv

Sena BJP alliance.

Modi charged the Congress with us-

ing every possible tactic to ensure the

division of votes and a victory for itself

in the coming Lok Sabha elections.

Modi is already in search of new sup-

porters for the National Democratic Al-

liance (NDA) in the post-election peri-

od, apart from contacting parties likely

to tie up with the NDA during the elec-

tions. Anticipating the possibility that

the NCP could also support the NDA

from outside, in case the latter needs

additional support to form the govern-

ment, Modi has avoided talking againstthe NCP or criticising Pawar personal-

ly. Pawar has already blamed the weak

leadership of the Congress for its rout

in the recently-concluded assembly

elections.

Modis Mumbai rally was aimed atwooing Maharashtra voters by high-

lighting the failure of Maharashtra to

maintain its prime position, as the

most advanced and progressive state in

the country. He targeted Congress vice

president Rahul Gandhi for his recent

speech in Delhi by attacking the party

for talking against corruption, given

that the Congress-led UPA at the Centre

is saddled with several cases of cor-

ruption.

Obviously, Modi who is known as a

strong leader is happy with this de-

scription of the Congress leadership

and the possibility of support from

Pawar in future. The NCP, which is not

very happy with the Congress andaware of the anti-Congress mood of the

people, is not very keen to show its

cards at this early stage. As a result, the

party leaders have been criticizing the

BJP and its leadership.

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