Sunday, June 30, 2013

Are we short of people?


Is this nation teeming with  121,01,93422, and still counting by minutes, short of people to represent our esteemed Rajya Sabha?
 
This must be the question that went through the minds of many Indians when 2G accused and now out on bail Kanimozhi was elected to the Rajya Sabha with the help of the Congress Party. She spared no time to thank her benefactor as soon as she was elected!

Kanimozhi thanks Sonia Gandhi for support in Rajya Sabha polls
 
NEW DELHI: DMK leader Kanimozhi on Friday thanked Congress president Sonia Gandhi for supporting her in getting elected to Rajya Sabha earlier this week. 
"I was here to offer my party's thanks to Sonia Gandhi for supporting us," she told reporters hereRajyaSabha and Lok Sabha are almost the same when it comes to The salary, allowances andpension for a member and also the qualification.
As you many know, the Rajya Sabha has equal footing in all areas of legislation with Lok Sabha, except in the area of supply, where the Lok Sabha has overriding powers. 

Now let us see the qualifications needed to contest the RS seat: The salary, allowances and pension for a member of Rajya Sabha are same as in Lok Sabha and so is the qualification too.
QualificationsAs per Article 84 of Indian Constitution, the Qualification for being a member of Lok Sabha is that he should be a citizen of India and has taken an oath given under Third Schedule of the Constitution. Also he must be at least 25 years of Age.
However ,as per Article 102 of Indian Constitution ,a member can be disqualified for being a member of parliament:-
  • if he holds office of profit;
  • if he is an undischarged insolvent;
  • if he is of unsound mind;
  • if he gives up as a citizenship of India or under allegiance or adherence to a foreign State;
  • if he is violating party discipline(as per Tenth schedule of the constitution).
Also under Representation of People Act 1951, he should not be criminally convicted, which would lead to disqualification otherwise.

The trial of 2G scam is still going on and she is yet to be acquitted: Does this mean that they have already influenced the court?

M. K. Kanimmozhi
·         Political career – Daughter of five-time Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, M. Karunanidhi. Political party DMK. She is a Member of Parliament, representing Tamil Nadu in the Rajya Sabha (the upper house of Indian Parliament).[49][50]·         Allegation – As per the chargesheet filed by CBI Kanimozhi has 20% stake in her family owned Kalaignar TV, her step-mother Dayalu Ammal owns 60% stake in the same channel.[51] CBI alleges that Kanimozhi was an "active brain" behind the channel's operations[51] and she worked along with former telecom minister A. Raja to get DB Realty promoter Shahid Balwa to circuitously route INR2 billion (US$34 million) to Kalaignar TV.[52] According to CBI, Kanimozhi was in regular touch with A Raja regarding launching of Kalaignar TV channel and its other pending works.[52] CBI alleges that A Raja was further pursuing the cause of Kalaignar TV not only for getting registration of the company from Ministry of Information and Broadcasting but also for getting it in the DTH operator TATA Sky's bouquet. She was also summoned by the Income Tax Department, Chennai for alleged tax evasion charges.[52]·         Charges – Criminal conspiracy to cause criminal breach of trust by a public servant, criminal conspiracy under section 120-B, cheating under section 420 & forgery under sections 468 and 471. Booked under the Prevention of Corruption Act.[28][40]·         Status – Taken into custody (arrested) by CBI on 20 May 2011.[53][54] Granted bail on 28 November 2011 after spending 188 days in judicial custody.[55][56] As of August 2012, trial is being conducted in Special CBI Court.[48]
The Lok Sabha is already teeming with those who have criminal background but the least Kanimozhi could have done was stay away from politics until her name was cleared. How much ever poetry she writes, in the hearts of many Indians she has lost even the little respect and sympathy that she gained.

15 comments:

  1. Ha ha, reason the simple. The Congress will have to keep the DMK within the UPA in 2014 elections. The omniscient and goddess of Tamilnad is sure to ally with the NDA. And both DMK and the Congress need the other.
    To hell with propriety, ethics and values.
    To anoint a person who WAS ARRESTED , arraigned by the court for criminal manipulation AND NOW OUT ON BAIL is endorsed by the Italian mafaiaso.
    We sure do not need the EAST INDIA Co to plunder us , we have more efficient people within..

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    1. To hell with propriety, ethics and values.Right! We have thrown away all this out our windows!

      The East India company only handed over to a better Eat India company!

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  2. It's time we stopped talking of ideology...Damn the ideology.
    With Amma seemingly not supporting congress and LS elections not far,DMK is needed by Congress..
    We are not short of people,we short of self respect,short of honest coming into politics,short of idea of Real India.

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    1. Yes..damn everything.

      Will the real India ever replace the fake India?

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  3. Why single out Kanimozhi?
    17 percent of Rajya Sabha members have criminal cases pending against them with the Congress party topping.
    25 per cent of Lok Sabha MPs had criminal cases against them.
    About 65 percent of Congress MPs are millionaires.
    Now the CWG scam tainted Suresh Kalmadi is contesting for a fourth term as the Asian Athletics Association's President.

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    1. Yes..this has been a norm..nd our judiciary keeps mum so does the Election Commission..rules need to change..let them first clear their names and then join these houses.

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  4. if we start thinking..all the politicians would have to go and total new people will come...we need some divine intervention to cleans our politics or administration..

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    1. That is the only hope..divine intervention..but even this is killing only the innocent..like the recent one in Uttarakhand.

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  5. We are indeed short of people -- those with self respect, those with ethics and those with ideology. So we end up with such people at the helm, polishing each other's apples. In India, all we need to be in power is to belong to a political family, the more influential the better, and everything else be damned. As Renu says, we need divine intervention to help us.

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    1. It is vicious cycle..politics has become for the family, by the family affair while the nation is quietly forgotten. The voters too have fallen for the gimmicks.

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  6. this will continue unless and until we reform 100% Indian Laws.

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  7. will modi be any better?
    or for that matter anybody else?
    till the psyche of the aam aadmi changes, not a hope!

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    1. ya i think modi will be better in this case
      i am writting some motivational thoughts too
      visit us at :- http://www.vichaarthethoughts.com

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  8. will modi be any better?
    or for that matter anybody else?
    till the psyche of the aam aadmi changes, not a hope!

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  9. SM: Yes..we need police and electoral reforms.
    Maddy: You are right..but this govt. needs to go
    Vichaar The Thoughts: A warm welcome to my blog. Will read you.

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