BJP Leader Shri Tathagata Roy on present situation (chit fund scam) in West Bengal

I was in Delhi for a day for professional work and had a lot of tweeting time on my hands. i made full use of it. The result was that I unearthed a bunch of blind Mamata supporters who kept saying things like 'Jodi keu onnay kore thake Didi nishchoyi take shasti deben'. Can you beat it? This bunch has gone to the extent of deifying Mamata and imagining her to be an all-powerful, all-knowing, all-seeing demigod. When I confronted this bunch with facts they started abusing the BJP in West Bengal. Fair enough-one can do that, but nothing in defence of Mamata. Some others said I was a closet Communist, because according to that person criticising Mamata is equivalent to bringing in the CPI(M). Yet another accused that BJP-ruled states had done nothing to outlaw this kind of cheating, so I had no right to speak. What impeccable logic! Anyway, I thought this one needed answering in detail, so I did it on twitlonger.com. An abridged version of what I wrote is below:
"Does W Bengal have a law against slot machines used in gambling? No,because there are no slot machines in West Bengal. Similarly, most other states, BJP or Congress or third party ruled states do not have laws against Ponzi schemes because such schemes have never been a problem there. But in West Bengal there has been a problem since 'Sanchayita' and 'Overland' of the 1980s. So West. Bengal shd have had a law since Sudipto and others started operating abt 10 yrs back. But CPI(M) didn't enact any law because a lot of their party people were mixed up in it. Eventually they made a law in 2009 and sent it for President's assent, but Sonia's choice President Pratibha Patil was too busy seeing the world at govt expense. Then came Trinamool and they got mixed up with it upto their neck. Kunal Ghosh, Mamata's favourite newsman became its CEO at a salary of Rs 18 Lakhs per month. Mamata's painting was bought by Sudipto at more than Rs 1 Crore. Would a thief like Sudipto spend such money only for his love of the party? The truth is, 'Shototar Protimurti' has been finally exposed. One should not try to obfuscate the issue by bringing in any other party. Her chamchas now say she had no law with which to catch Sudipto -- but did she need any law to arrest Ambikesh or Shiladitya"?
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We are getting ready. BJP gears up for greater performance

Posted in Facebook by Krishanu Mitra, VSK Kolkata
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SPECTACULAR achievement is always preceded by spectacular preparation. Various State Assembly elections and general elections are fast nearing. Recently the Election Commission has announced May 5, 2013 as the date for the Karnataka Assembly elections. Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Rajasthan and Delhi Assembly elections are going to take place in the month of November, 2013. We are in favour of conducting elections for Jharkhand Assembly during the same period clubbed with other states instead of extending the President’s rule. Sixteenth Lok Sabha elections can take place anytime due to the prevailing political uncertainty.
Congress led UPA-II is sinking and stinking everyday by getting involved in corrupt practices, scams and open public loot. Aam aadmi is terribly annoyed over the misrule of the Congress party. The stress and sufferings of common people is increasing day by day due to unchecked price rise of essential commodities and food inflation.

On the ground level;

BJP is focusing its attention to highlight the painful miseries of underprivileged and poverty stricken people. Karyakartas of BJP echo the public anger by series of agitational programmes.
Thousands of rallies are being organised in different parts of the country from time to time. Jail bharo, Bharat bandh drew the attention of the masses at the grass root level. The same public agony and hardship was expressed by our elected representatives in the various State Assemblies of the country. In total, BJP has 924 Legislative Assembly and Council Members. There are 164 Members of the Parliament, both in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha together. There are 53 Mayors in various city corporations and 95 district panchayat presidents.

Inside Parliament;

BJP has done a valuable role on several issues like the Bill against women harassment, land acquisition, communal violence, FDI in retail sector, miserable migration of the Hindus from Pakistan and Bangladesh, tragedy of Tamils in Sri Lanka, failure of economic policies, inflation, Telengana, brutal killing of Indian Army soldiers by Pakistan, violence in Assam and other places. BJP is raising it’s voice for the causes of farmers, poor, youth, scheduled castes and scheduled tribes. It is continuously fighting for Ganga-Yamuna purification and linking of major rivers for the benefit of village people mainly the farmers.

The strength of BJP;

BJP is making special initiative to reach all sections of the people by taking the message of value based politics. It is enlarging it’s base to bring all sections of our people, with the concept of Sarva Vyapi and Sarva Sparshi. It is evident in the latest membership campaign programme. Membership of BJP, at the national level as on March 15, 2013 has crossed 3 crore, 12 lakh, 24 thousand and one hundred and seven. BJP has good organisational functioning in all the 35 states and 633 districts. Out of 8,30,866 polling booths in the whole country, BJP has got booth level functioning committees in 6,82.069 polling booths. At present BJP is ruling in five states and with coalition partners two states are governed by BJP.

There are only 370 days left for the coming 16th Lok Sabha elections and even lesser time left for different State Assembly elections. BJP is preparing itself to go to people with policies and programmes of the party. Karyakartas of BJP are going to personally contact lakhs and lakhs of people through this Maha Abhyan, mass contact programme. They intend to inform the people about the wrong economic policies and the corrupt practices of the Congress rule.

Karyakartas;

The new team of the BJP at the all India level has taken up the work. Ideological conviction, discipline, organisational skills, reaching all sections of people specially lower strata of society, encouraging good people with talents, motivating the younger generation, clarity of vision, innovation, effective communication, democratic style of functioning etc. are some of the qualities that needs to be cultivated for successful functioning of the party. There are huge number of karyakartas committed to serve the party for their entire life.

The way forward;

Thoughts expressed recently by prominent leaders of the BJP are very important for the electoral victory of the party. In one of the recently concluded all India meet, Smt. Sushma Swaraj said, “We have a good number of capable people in our party and they have legitimate political ambitions. But there are only limited number of seats and we can give the ticket to only one person in a seat. So those who do not get the ticket to contest, must remember that they also should work hard with the party candidate and win the elections. Once the BJP forms the government and then there will be many posts to offer those who could not contest. The active participation of every one will make BJP to come to office and for that each member, specially the youth, should visit maximum villages and meet people and maintain regular personal contact. Unity of mind at every level and active participation of all is the need of the hour.”

BJP chief Rajnath Singh, said that party members, including himself, should resist from speaking about their grievances to the media. BJP should rebuild it’s image as the most disciplined party. LK Advani is repeatedly telling that there should be zero tolerance to corruption. Arun Jaitley often says that the institution of an effective Lokpal and an autonomous and accountable CBI are important institution to check corruption and the BJP stands committed for the same. ‘Nation first, Party next and Self last’ is a slogan given and practiced by Nitin Gadkari. In another context, Narendra Modi said that his idea of secularism is India First. Nothing less than India’s wellbeing should be our goal.

Positive support from many sections of people;
Success always comes when thorough preparation meets opportunity. There are some positive indications from some of the regional players. In the recent times different political party chiefs have expressed their opinions in favour of BJP. Sincere effort and contact with various like minded political parties will bring more coalition partners and make NDA more stronger. India should be recovered from the cynical, sinking and stinking Congress led UPA rule. India needs to be regained by the NDA rule to make it more energetic, enthusiastic and vibrant.

SUSASAN SANKALP , BJP VIKALP

Bangla Bachao Rally by BJP Kolkata unit was held yesterday

Following the recent unrest in West Bengal, the State B.J.P. has decided to observe “Bangla Bachao” from 14th April to 28th April throughout West Bengal to plead for restoration of peace. To start the campaign, a rally was organized by Calcutta District BJP on Sunday the 14th April at 4 P.M. from the State Office which was led by the State President Shri Rahul Sinha. The procession was end at Metro Channel.
"We have condemned the attack on chief minister and finance minister. But the attack on CM doesn't mean that Trinamool has the right to usher in violence in Bengal and vandalise the hallowed Presidency University," Shri Rahul Sinha, BJP state president, said.

HT reports: Social media may play decisive role in 2014 polls

Zia Haq, Hindustan Times  New Delhi, April 12, 2013 
Social media is likely to influence politics and elections in 160 of India’s 543 Parliament constituencies, making Facebook and Twitter users the nation’s newest voting bloc, a new study suggests.

In these mostly urbanizing constituencies, social-media usage is now “sufficiently widespread” to influence the outcome of a general election slated for 2014, the study by IRIS Knowledge Foundation and supported by the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), indicates.
On April 4, Congress scion Rahul Gandhi’s high-profile address to the Confederation of Indian Industry, a leading business forum, was trending topmost on Twitter in India that day, some posts by rivals mocking him.
A series of lectures by Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, a presumptive PM, this week too garnered strong social-media attention, with his and Gandhi’s supporters competing online to run the other down.
A deeply polarizing figure still, Modi is often accused of watching over a carnage that killed nearly 2000 people in 2002, mostly Muslims. Yet, he has pulled off a stunning online strategy to showcase Gujarat as India’s Guandong, a south China province with top GDP rankings and investment.
Research shows that social media is more persuasive than television ads. Nearly 100 million Indians, or more than Germany’s population, use the Internet each day. Of this, 40 million have assured broadband, the ones most likely to have at least one social media account.
“Unlike Obama, who used social media directly for votes, Indian politicians have tended to use it more to mould public discourse,” says Sunil Abraham, the CEO of The Centre for Internet and Society.
That is likely to change in 2014. Not surprisingly, Modi became the third politician globally, a fter Obama and Australian PM Julia Gillard, to host a political conference on Google+ hangout. 
Chief ministers in states are also leveraging social media. Bihar has unveiled a re-branded campaign called, “Bihar ka haq” or Bihar’s Rightful Cause, on Facebook.
Social-media-impacted constituencies, according to the study, are those where Facebook users are more than the victory margin of the winner in the last Lok Sabha election, or where such users account for over 10% of the voting population.

Shri Narendra Modi in Kolkata: Vini,Vidi,Vici

(Written by Shri Tathagata Roy)
Yesterday what Narendra Modi did at Kolkata can very well be summarised by the cliche "Vini,Vidi,Vici" (I came, I saw, I conquered). His oratory was unsurpassed; moreover he adopted a droll,easy style of speaking liberally laced with humour,reminiscent of Atal Bihari Vajpayee,instead of the power speaking he normally does. He floored the audience,won over the middle classes of Kolkata by his positive attitude,his mastery of facts and figures,his advocacy of the Gujarat model. I am sure a lot of people were mentally comparing him to the #BeehiveBuddhu - and there can really be no comparison. The success of his visit was more manifest from the fact that a bunch of his detractors - among them one @DEBKANCHAN - were frantically tweeting tales about why his statistics were not believable,how the joker Katju has reacted to him,etc. and finally,beating the tired old 2002 drum. In fact the exchange of tweets with these johnnies gave me an insight into how their minds work,which I shall deal with in another tweet. His speeches are available on youtube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=316c6KBZj6w and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=316c6KBZj6w and you must all listen to the full speech (in the first one you can cut out the introductory lectures by others). They are inimitable, and I shall not try to summarise them or point out highlights. But,once you listen to them,you will understand that the spin the media was trying to put on his speech,that he was extending an olive branch to Mamata is simply not true. All he did was to commiserate with Mamata for her task in undoing all the damage that the Left had done over 34 years; and to concur in Mamata's statement (made by other non-Congress CMs also) that the Central UPA government was discriminating against non-UPA state governments. These do not constitute an 'olive branch'.

Narendra Modi boosts BJP's morale in its weakest link

Kolkata, April 10: Narendra Modi, the poster boy of the BJP for the next Lok Sabha polls, boosted the morale of party workers in a state where they have been a weaker force traditionally.

The Gujarat chief minister greeted the supporters for the upcoming New Year and asked them to work so hard till the next New Year that the people of the state were compelled to hear what the BJP had to say in West Bengal. The party currently has no MLA in the state and just one MP in the form of Jaswant Singh.

He encouraged the party workers, saying a day will come when their hard work will pay off and the people of Bengal will attach more importance to the saffron party over the political power houses in the state. The Trinamool Congress (TMC), Left Front and the Congress are the main political players in the state. 

Modi addressed the party supporters at Mahajati Sadan, a venue which was fixed after the state government refused to make a bigger Netaji Indoor Stadium available for the occasion.

Although the state BJP criticised the TMC government for not allowing to organise the programme at Netaji Indoor, the Gujarat CM never said a word against the state government led by Mamata Banerjee. Rather, in the preceding speech before the state's industry captains, Modi was seen wooing Banerjee and trying to win over her in a common tirade against the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre.

Modi said earlier as a party worker, it was his duty to expamd the party's base and strengthen its organisation acroiss the nation but after taking over as the Gujarat chief minister, he has to spend more time in looking after his own state. He said still whenever he gets time to attend party workers ' meets in his own state, he asks his supporters not to look down upon other political parties for all parties have equal rights in a democracy.

According to party sources, it was a message for Banerjee who is often found targetting her opposition in the state. Coincidentally, it was on Tuesday when the state witnessed a violent retaliation by the TMC against the Left supporters after SFI protesters attacked Banerjee and some of her ministers in Delhi when they had gone to meet the Planning Commission authorities over the death of a young Left leader in police custody in Kolkata.

The SFI supporters expressed had their anger against Banerjee for she had refused to acknowledge the youth leader had died in police brutality and also termed it as a small and petty matter.

BJP workers also believed that Modi's statement was a reaction to the Banerjee administration's refusal to allow the Netaji Indoor Stadium to host the party meeting. Many BJP workers were seen standing outside Tuesday's venue because of scarcity of space, said a report published in Anandabazaar Patrika.

(OneIndia News, Posted by: Shubham Ghosh Updated: Wednesday, April 10, 2013)

33th Foundation Day celebration of BJP at State Office, Kolkata

Hosting of Party Flag in front of State Party Office

Garland to statue of Dr. Shyamaprasad Mukherjee, founder

Speaking before party leaders and workers by Shri Rahul Sinha, State President

BJP State unit has celebrated party’s 33 th Foundation Day today around 12 Noon in front of State office. The State President Shri Rahul Sinha hosted party flag and garland the statue of Dr. Shyamaprasad Mukherjee along with other state and district leaders were present on the occasion. On this occasion Shri Sinha said “BJP has become largest party in our country in 33 years and when Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee was become the first President of the party one senior leader said that he could be future Prime Minister of this country. So we have got the best Prime Minister of the BJP under leadership of Shri Vajpayee. The Party will form next Government in Delhi again, but still we have not able to make strong base in our home state West Bengal. So when we could do that it will be true respect of our founder and great leader Dr. Shyamaprasad Mukherjee.”

Ritesh Tiwari, Secretary BJP, WB. filed a Writ Petition at High Court Kolkata

(https://www.facebook.com/ritesh.tiwari.969)

That the people in the State of West Bengal for the last few days has been witnessing the conflicts as aforesaid between the respondent no. 1 and 2 in the matter of holding Panchayet election 2013. Your petitioners believe that such controversy should be resolved for upholding the democracy and the constitutional scheme as has been provided in the Part IX of the Constitution of India. Unless this Hon’ble court the immediately intervenes the time bound Panchyet Election will not be held and democratic rights of the citizens will be at peril. That the people in the State of West Bengal for the last few days has been witnessing the conflicts as aforesaid between the respondent no. 1 and 2 in the matter of holding Panchayet election 2013. Your petitioners believe that such controversy should be resolved for upholding the democracy and the constitutional scheme as has been provided in the Part IX of the Constitution of India. Unless this Hon’ble court the immediately intervenes the time bound Panchyet Election will not be held and democratic rights of the citizens will be at peril.

That Article 243K(3) also recognizes the independent status of the State Election Commission. In the matter of conduct of elections, the government concerned shall have to render full assistance and cooperation to the State Election Commission and respect the latter’s assessment of needs in order to ensure that free and fair elections are conducted.

That it is amply evident that section 42 of the West Bengal Panchayet Elections Act, 2003 in effect curtailed the power of the State Election Commission to make notification for appointment of date or dates and hour or hours of poll for any election or bye election and thereby offend Article 243K(1) of the Constitution of India.

That it is crystal clear that the Constitutional scheme provides for primacy of State Election Commission over the State government in the matter of holding election whereas the Section 42 and 43 of the West Bengal Panchayet Elections Act, 2003 provides for the contrary.

OUR PRAYER

A declaration that Sections 42 and Section 43 of the West Bengal Panchayet Election Act, 2003 are violative of Article 243K(1) of the Constitution of India and therefore void ab initio, inoperative and accordingly be struck down.

A writ of and/or in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondent no. 2 to make the notification for appointment of the date or dates and hours of the poll for Panchayet Election in the State of West Bengal scheduled to be held in the year 2013 following the Article 243K(1) of the Constitution of India;

A writ of and/or in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondent no. 1to make available to the respondent no. 2 such staff as may be necessary for the holding of Panchayet election scheduled to the held on in the year 2013 following the Article 243K (3) of the Constitution of India.

WEST BENGAL PANCHAYAT ELECTIONS IMPASSE

Written by Shri Tathagata Roy

BJP filed a separate appeal in the High court on poll dates.

While poll panel's appeal has sought dismissal of state government notification on Panchayat poll, BJP in its plea has asked fundamental question and appealed to struck down the rule in the West Bengal Panchayat Act that empowered the government to fix the dates.

"Article 42 of Panchayat Act says state can fix the poll dates. Article 43 of the same Act says if state election commission has objection the schedule, it should initiate consultation with state government.

Although these articles talk about consultation with state election commission, it is not clear." "The current government is shielding behind the faulty Act. We have filed a separate appeal asking this section of the Act to be declared unconstitutional," West Bengal state BJP president Rahul Sinha said.