Why such hue and cry over support to Pratibha Patil by Sena. If you look into the past, late NT Ramarao supported PV Narasimha Rao for Nandyal LS seat. Akalis extended their support to Zail Singh as President. This is routine politics by our great politicans.
Whatsoever the reason could be, this happens to be a wise decision by Balasaheb to support Pratibha. As each day rolling down, her chances are getting more brighter.
As regards various charges against her, they are all fabricated, invented out of jealosy in a single night, when her name was announced. She is totally innocent & even the courts have dismissed them. So forgot all the hatred and accept her as our Hon'ble President in the good spirit. Her tenure as the President will definately be at par with Abdul Kalam.
RE:Wise decision
by Suresh Menon on Jul 18, 2007 03:48 PM Permalink
Great! What a thought.
How can a person who talks to spirits and who have displayed her pathetic reading of history be on par with Kalam? Because she is a Maharastrian?
Its not a question of whether the charges against her are 'fabricated' or not. There is proof in front of the people. And by political ethics, she should abstain from aspiring for the high post until her name is cleared. But your Tai won't do it, because she knows this is a chance of a lifetime.
RE:Wise decision
by on Jul 18, 2007 06:13 PM Permalink
On one side we have APJ Abdul Kalam (the architect of India's missile program) of the 21st century and on the other side is a certain pratibha patil who claims to talk to the spirits of the STONE AGE!!! guess she would command the armed forces through the spirits !! what a shame !!
RE:Wise decision
by wani bhardwaj on Jul 18, 2007 03:31 PM Permalink
It is ridiculous argument. It was not a fabricated one and came after annouced her name as UPA presidential candidates. But it got much publicity after her name appeared as UPA candidate and it is natural. People have the rights to know the leaders in detail.
RE:Wise decision
by prabhat mohanty on Jul 19, 2007 02:05 PM Permalink
SOME EYE OPENERS FOR PRATIBHA BASHERS
1) Murder Charges : Rajani Patil tried to include G.N. PAtil's ( Pratibha's Brother) name in the accused list. The lower court, High court and Apex Court did not allow this. The widow asked for CBI enquiry. Nobody opposed it. 2) Bank Case : a) It's Ms Sonalkar who was the founder-chair person of the said bank in 1973. Patil was the chairperson only for one month ( March 16 to April 24, 1990). Patil also ceased to be even a director from 1994. b) The default amount is 32 lakhs. ( BJP made it to 17 crores) Loan was given to 2 persons ( BJP made it to 12) ( Source Dy. Director )
c) No part of RBI report directly/indirectly indicts or gives findings against Patil.
3) Patil's Poltical credential : a) 4 decades in Public life b) over 25 years as an MLa c) Almost all ministerial positions in Maharashtra in over 15 years except that of a CM d) She has been a Lok Sabha Member d) She has been a Rajya Sabha Member & deputy Chairperson e) 3 times head of MPCC f) Only sitting Governer of India.
Pratibha survived in her long political career under public scrutiny. I hope this would help the Pritibha bashers to think rationally and "independently" and refrain from foul,abusive languages and derogatory comments.
RE:RE:Wise decision
by prabhat mohanty on Jul 19, 2007 02:06 PM Permalink
Some pointers for Shekhawat :
Shekhawat's non-particpation in Indian Freedom Struggle is well known.
Shekhawat, as the Opposition Leader of Rajasthan Assembly, had written to then Chief Minister Harideo Joshi pleading for the release of a heroin smuggler who was operating on the Indo-Pakistan border and was caught in Barmer. Shekhawat even had to admit, when confronted on the floor of the House with the letter, that he did plead for the smuggler's release.
A drug smuggler, Ashwini Bharadwaj, who claimed publicly that he had provided 12 jeeps for Shekhawat's election campaign and also funded the entire election campaign of his son-in-law Rajvi.
The son-in-law also has been involved in more than a couple of land scams, one involving over 250 bighas. When the matter came up before Shekhawat when he was the Chief Minister, he covered it up saying that matter had been referred to CBI and it had given his son-in-law a clean chit.
But later it was found that no such matter had been referred to the CBI at all and no enquiry therefore had taken place.
A blade company Amfort which he had inaugurated, had gobbled up crore of rupees of deposits by ordinary farmers and disappeared. Several cases were filed across Rajasthan and one FIR even named Shekhawat in it on the orders of a court. However the dalit SP, Mahavir Prasad who had ordered the registration of the FIR, was harassed so much that he died of brain hemorrhage.
