52 Muslim countries but only India Provides Haj Subsidy 52 Muslim countries but only India Provides Special Rights 85% Hindus craves for indulgence of 15% minority Show one Muslim country, which has a Non-Muslim as its President or Prime Minister Show ONE Mullah or Maulvi who declared a Fatwa against terrorists Maharashtra, Kerala, Bihar, Pondicherry had muslim CM can U ever imagine Hindu CM for J&K In 1947 Hindu population in Pakistan was 24% today it is 1% In 1947 Hindu population in Bangladesh was 30% today it is 7% Muslim population in India has gone up from 10.4% to 14% Whereas Hindu population in India has come down from 87.2 to 85% Do Hindus Human Right activists r Hindus Fundamentalist?? If Hindus R Fundamentalist how come Madarasas N Masjids R thriving When uniform is compulsory for school children why No Uniform Civil Code for the Citizens?? Abdul Rehman Antulay ws made trustee of Siddhi Vinayak Temple Can Laloo OR Mulayem dream of becoming a trustee of Madarasa or Masjid
RE:Are English News Channels Biased towards Congress? Lies, Lies, More Lies
by Godfather on May 01, 2008 02:04 PM Permalink
abe congressi agent ....go nd lick the boot of ur lefti boss....its not west begal...bengali manus.....Karnatka me apna agenda mat chala....
Jnata Dal secular is aprty of thief and criminal and thier head is Gowda nd his family...It was unfortunate for India to have an incompetent person like Gowda becoming PM....All the TV surveys r biased...CNN IBN Rajdeep sardesai is a congressi boot licker....NDTV is run by Pranab and his gangs
The survey showed what we Kannadigas knew all along. While it succeeded in establishing the trend - Congress coasting to victory, it failed to grasp the scale.
The BJP has termed Karnataka Assembly polls as their Gateway to South India. It will turn out to be the Graveyard and with that, whole of South India will be purified from the evil force - BJP
RE:BJP can be Reduced to a Single Digit
by Tathagata Mukherjee on May 01, 2008 01:38 PM Permalink
The Deccan-Herald pre-poll survey that BJP is not only a Lingayat party but that too confined to Mumbai-Karnataka region, where they are expected to sweep. This is the region where Lingayats concentrate in high numbers.
The Congress is main challenger to the BJP in this region. Consequently if all non-Lingayats in that region consolidate their voting around Congress than BJP will be practically wiped out from Karnataka competing with minor parties like SP, JD(U), BSP for third place.
RE:RE:BJP can be Reduced to a Single Digit
by Tathagata Mukherjee on May 01, 2008 01:38 PM Permalink
Why even 70 seats is too much. They can be reduced to single digits.
The CNN-IBN survey has showed that the BJP lacks a pan Karnataka character. It is mainly supported by Lingayats concentrated in the Mumbai-Karnataka region (50 seats)where it is poised to sweep. In all other regions, BJP is wiped out or trailing a distant second.
So two steps is all that is required to reduce BJP to single digits:
1. Informal election understanding among secular parties like they did in the case of Yediruppa - JD(S) not fielding a candidate and Congress fielding a very weak candidate - the combined impact consolidates the anti-BJP votes. This has happened already.
2. Tactical voting by non-Lingayats against BJP to counter the Lingayat consolidation behind BJP
This way, the Congress wins and the JD(S) becomes the main opposition party - the good old days of decent politics without riots
RE:RE:RE:BJP can be Reduced to a Single Digit
by Tathagata Mukherjee on May 01, 2008 01:39 PM Permalink
by srikanth hegde on Apr 30, 2008 06:12 PM | Hide replies
Part I continued:
5. with the entry of war horse Bangarappa, the situation is becoming dramatic in the home constituency of Yeddi. Here is a piquant situation. Of the voting population here (around 1, 60,000), you can see the following caste domination:
Lingayats and Veershaivas: 55,000 Idigas: 30,000 Kurubas (Siddaramaiah's caste): 20,000 Lamabanis: 15,000 OBCs and Dalits: 30,000 Muslims, Christians and others: 10,000
Congress and JDS are not contesting and together they have about 25,000 votes.
Now, assuming that (with a voter turnout of 80%)
25% of Idigas, 75% of Veershaivas, 25% of Kurubas and Lambanis vote for Yeddi, the total votes come to around- 65,000
Likewise, Bangarappa may get 75% of Idigas, 25% of Veershaivas, 75% of Kurubas and Lambanis vote for Yeddi, the total votes come to around- almost close to 65,000
It seems that there is a tough fight for Shikaripur seat. If all Non BJP votes solidify as one, there may be a cliffhanger of a result!
Something really wrong with the memory of Mr. Nanaiah or the interviewer!
Do you think people are fools? When did Ramakrishna Hegde work under Devegowda in JD-S? It was JD, not JD-S. JD split in to JD-U and JD-S. If I remember correctly Ramakrishna Hegde stayed with JD-U.
It is quite well known the bitter animosity shown by Devegowda towards Hedge. Devegowda used all dirty tricks to crush Hegde and they never saw eye-to-eye after Devegowda's personal ambitions crushed inner party democracy.
RE:Ramakrishna Hegde, SR Bommai, JH Patel in Devegowda's JD-S?
by anti sycophant on May 01, 2008 01:05 PM Permalink
I just moved devegoda,congress, communists, TDP, NTR,Laloo all to the trash of the indian computer
RE:BJP can be Reduced to a Single Digit
by anti sycophant on May 01, 2008 11:23 AM Permalink
cnn ibn,ndtv,times now all were wrong, "rather manipulated" pre-poll,post poll surveys during himachal,gujarat, meghalaya,punjab, nagaland.wat happened after that is everybodys knowledge. bjp formed govt. in all states n congies bite dust.
RE:BJP can be Reduced to a Single Digit
by Tathagata Mukherjee on May 01, 2008 11:09 AM Permalink
The Deccan-Herald pre-poll survey that BJP is not only a Lingayat party but that too confined to Mumbai-Karnataka region, where they are expected to sweep. This is the region where Lingayats concentrate in high numbers.
The Congress is main challenger to the BJP in this region. Consequently if all non-Lingayats in that region consolidate their voting around Congress than BJP will be practically wiped out from Karnataka competing with minor parties like SP, JD(U), BSP for third place.
RE:RE:BJP can be Reduced to a Single Digit
by Tathagata Mukherjee on May 01, 2008 11:10 AM Permalink
Why even 70 seats is too much. They can be reduced to single digits.
The CNN-IBN survey has showed that the BJP lacks a pan Karnataka character. It is mainly supported by Lingayats concentrated in the Mumbai-Karnataka region (50 seats)where it is poised to sweep. In all other regions, BJP is wiped out or trailing a distant second.
So two steps is all that is required to reduce BJP to single digits:
1. Informal election understanding among secular parties like they did in the case of Yediruppa - JD(S) not fielding a candidate and Congress fielding a very weak candidate - the combined impact consolidates the anti-BJP votes. This has happened already.
2. Tactical voting by non-Lingayats against BJP to counter the Lingayat consolidation behind BJP
This way, the Congress wins and the JD(S) becomes the main opposition party - the good old days of decent politics without riots!
RE:RE:RE:BJP can be Reduced to a Single Digit
by Tathagata Mukherjee on May 01, 2008 11:10 AM Permalink
by srikanth hegde on Apr 30, 2008 06:12 PM | Hide replies
Part I continued:
5. with the entry of war horse Bangarappa, the situation is becoming dramatic in the home constituency of Yeddi. Here is a piquant situation. Of the voting population here (around 1, 60,000), you can see the following caste domination:
Lingayats and Veershaivas: 55,000 Idigas: 30,000 Kurubas (Siddaramaiah's caste): 20,000 Lamabanis: 15,000 OBCs and Dalits: 30,000 Muslims, Christians and others: 10,000
Congress and JDS are not contesting and together they have about 25,000 votes.
Now, assuming that (with a voter turnout of 80%)
25% of Idigas, 75% of Veershaivas, 25% of Kurubas and Lambanis vote for Yeddi, the total votes come to around- 65,000
Likewise, Bangarappa may get 75% of Idigas, 25% of Veershaivas, 75% of Kurubas and Lambanis vote for Yeddi, the total votes come to around- almost close to 65,000
It seems that there is a tough fight for Shikaripur seat. If all Non BJP votes solidify as one, there may be a cliffhanger of a result!
How reliable are opinion polls? Psephology is a science and subject to errors.
The biggest goof-up including NDTV had been the 2004 Lok Sabha polls where most polls indicated a clear win for the NDA. NDTV gave NDA 230-250 seats to UPA's 190-205. Almost all the English news channel predicted similarly. The knickerwallahs then used to cite these polls to bloster BJP's chances.
Contrary to BJP and its supporters insinuations that CNN-IBN got Gujurat wrong, the naked fact is that the channel was spot on. This can be verified by refering to their past predictions published in both print media or internet. The Times of India published CNN-IBN Gujurat exit polls giving - BJP 92-100 Congress 77-85
Misgivings if any was that their survey failed to project the real magnitude of BJP's win in Gujurat. An analysis of all past opinion polls show that this is more a reflection of methodological failure to convert votes into seat shares.
Opinion polls are accurate pointing the direction the wind blows but seems unable to capture the magnitude of impact of voter's mood precisely in terms of seats. In Gujurat (a 10% vote lead) this led the BJP to get more than their predicted seat share. The Congress in Karnataka holds a 10% vote lead and accordingly on the way to a much larger victory than predicted by CNN-IBN
RE:Are English News Channels Biased towards Congress? Lies, Lies, More Lies
by anti sycophant on May 01, 2008 11:23 AM Permalink
cnn ibn,ndtv,times now all were wrong, "rather manipulated" pre-poll,post poll surveys during himachal,gujarat, meghalaya,punjab, nagaland.wat happened after that is everybodys knowledge. bjp formed govt. in all states n congies bite dust.
JD-S has given only HDK as CM. Rest all were Janata Dal or Janata Party CMs. Further there is no mention of H.D. Devegowda. Was not he a CM of Karnataka once? Or M C Nanaiah believes that that was a black phase for the state, so lets not even talk about
