10/03/08
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Honb’le Km. Mayawati
Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh
Future Prime Minister of Jambudvipa, that is the Great Prabuddha Bharath
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Write Down on the Wall was Dr. Ambedkar’s Sign !Two Thousand Nine !Will Be Mine !- Says Ms Mayawati Bahen !
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Mayawati is a Original Inhabitant of Jambudvipa, that is the Great Prabuddha Bharath, with Mighty Great Mind
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Mayawati Kumari is an icon for millions of India’s Original Inhabitants of Jambudvipa, that is the Great Prabuddha Bharath, or “Scheduled Castes” as they used to be known.
Normally called simply Mayawati, she is Original Inhabitant of Jambudvipa, that is the Great Prabuddha Bharath.
Hoping to become a district magistrate, she studied law and worked as a teacher before embarking on her political career.
Her mentor, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) President Kanshi Ram, was keen to pass on his political mantle to her.
He is believed to have told his protégé she was destined to become a queen who would control the fate of many district magistrates rather than be one of them.
The dream became a reality in 1995, when she took over as the first Original Inhabitant of Jambudvipa, that is the Great Prabuddha Bharath, chief minister to head any of India’s state governments.
At the age of 39, the unmarried Mayawati was also the youngest politician to become the chief minister in Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state.
Although her government did not last more than four months the first time, her political journey had begun.
Symbol of dignity
Mayawati’s support base comes mostly from the Original Inhabitants of Jambudvipa, that is the Great Prabuddha Bharath, for whom she became a symbol of their dignity and political aspirations after centuries of oppression by the Hindu upper castes.
“Behenji”, or sister, as she is endearingly called by millions of her supporters, returned as chief minister two years later at the head of a BSP coalition government with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), this time for six months.
It was not until the state assembly elections in 2002 February that her political acumen came to be recognised by even her fiercest critics.
She was given complete charge of the party by Kanshi Ram and she formed a government once again in alliance with BJP.
But her fragile coalition government broke up 18 months later amid recriminations over plans to build a massive shopping complex near the Taj Mahal.
Mayawati was accused of approving the project in violation of laws protecting the famous monument.
She denies any wrongdoing.
Broadens appeal
In her years out of power, Mayawati has consolidated her position and worked to broaden her base.
Her new slogan invited everyone, including the higher castes, to “come ride the elephant”, her party’s election symbol.
In the latest elections, she fielded more Muslim and upper-caste candidates than ever before to try to win more votes.
But now she got a clear majority helped her to last a full five-year term.
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SPONSORED BY INDUSTRIALISTS UPA & NDA MADE THEM RICHER!
AND THE COMMON PEOPLE POORER!
NOW THE VOTER HAS DECIDED TO THROW THEM OUT OF POWER!
AND TO ELECT BSP TO RULE BETTER FOREVER!
BSP gears up for Lok Sabha polls
Bahujan Samaj Party at its representatives’ decide to hold “janahita chaitanya sabhas” shortly and also ‘jeep jathas’ all over India from October 1 with an objective to enlighten people on price rise, nuclear deal and anti-people policies of the UPA government. At the same time to go for membership drive and form booth and sector level committees during the months of November and December to ensure majority in the comming Lok Sabah Elections
Much ahead of its political adversaries - Congress and Bhartiya Janta Party, the third biggest party in Uttarakhand assembly, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has geared up for Lok Sabha polls. BSP has announced names for the three Lok Sabha seats including Almora, where it has decided to field relative of Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
“BSP’s strategy is clear, we intend to win 3 Lok Sabha seats in the state,” said Ram Achal Rajbhar, in charge of Uttarakhand BSP and transport minister in Uttar Pradesh Cabinet. He added that the party would contest all the five Lok Sabha seats in the state.
Rajbhar was in Dehradun on Wednesday to lead “Chetna Aandolan” aimed at galvanising BSP organisation at grassroot level. As per the revised delimitation, Almora parliamentary seat has been reserved for schedule casts.
“The party has named V.R. Dhoni as their candidate, who hails from the same village as that of the Indian cricket team captain, M.S. Dhoni and happens to be his relative,” Ramachal Rajbhar told the Hindustan Times. Likewise in Haridwar, the BSP has decided to field its candidate Mohammad Shehzad, MLA from Bahadarabad.
In Nainital, Narayan Pal, MLA from Khatima reserved segment would flex his muscles. Though the party has not yet finalised names for their Tehri and Pauri Parliamentary seats, but it has settled on giving tickets to upper cast candidates with an aim to dent vote share of the BJP and Congress.
“One Brahmin and Rajput each will be contesting from these two seats” said Rajbhar.In the last assembly polls, BSP has gained sizeable political ground in Uttarakhand with 19 per cent votes of the total votes polled.
BSP is considered strong predominantly in two districts - Haridwar and Udham Singh Nagar, which shares there boundaries with UP. The party has 8 MLAs in state assembly, 6 coming from Haridwar and two from Udham Singh Nagar district. Rajbhar told that “Chetna Aandolan” was being conducted in UP and Uttarakhand with an endeavor to crown BSP chief Mayawati as the next prime minister
10/01/08
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Thursday, Oct 02, 2008
BSP’s ‘jeep jathas’ from October 1
VIZIANAGARAM: Bahujan Samaj Party at its representatives’ meeting here on Wednesday decide to hold “janahita chaitanya sabhas” shortly and also ‘jeep jathas’ from October 1 with an objective to enlighten people on price rise, nuclear deal and anti-people policies of the UPA government, L. Raja Rao, Paderu MLA, who participated in the meeting, said in a release.
UP steps up security for festivals
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| Rapid Action Force deployed in six districts |
Anti-sabotage teams of the police activated
PAC also place at disposal of district police chief
LUCKNOW: Rapid Action Force has been deployed in six districts of Uttar Pradesh, including Lucknow, Kanpur and Meerut, and anti-sabotage teams of the police have been activated in view of the festivals of Id-ul-Fitr, Navratras and Durga Puja.
Id will be celebrated in the State on Thursday. Strict directives have been given to the district police chiefs and I-Gs to keep a watch on rumour-mongers and mischief-makers.
Two companies of RAF have been deployed in Lucknow and one each in Kanpur, Aligarh, Moradabad, Meerut, Allahabad and Varanasi.
ADG (Law and Order) Brij Lal said here on Wednesday that in addition to the eight companies of RAF, 46 companies of Provincial Armed Constabulary have also been placed at the disposal of the district police chiefs with 1,000 personnel from the police training centres also requisitioned for maintaining law and order.
Mr. Lal said 22 companies of PAC have been kept in reserve for sensitive districts: Azamgarh, Aligarh, Meerut, Moradabad, Lucknow, Kanpur, Mau, Basti, Bahraich, Varanasi and Allahabad. Strict vigil would be kept at places where Id prayers are offered and where the images of Goddess Durga are kept during the Puja festivities.
The security measures were detailed to the zonal I-Gs by the DGP, Vikram Singh, and the ADG (Law and Order) by video conference. Mr. Lal said “quick reaction teams” of the police have been kept in reserve for deployment in areas with mixed population.
Muslims tilt towards BSP
Muslims in Uttar Pradesh appear to have heavily voted for the Bahujan SamajParty(BSP), deserting the ruling Samajwadi Party, assembly election trends Friday showed.
According to political pundits, BSP had made major gains in 22 constituencies heavily populated by Muslims — 12 more than in the outgoing assembly.
The Samajwadi Party was in the lead only in 13 such constituencies, 11 less than the previous election in 2002.
Political analysts attributed Mayawati’s gains in Uttar Pradesh, where her party could end up with 207seats in the 403-member assembly, to Muslims and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) on top of the existing Original Inhabitants of Jambudvipa, that is the Great Prabuddha Bharath support base.
“It looks like Mayawati has made considerable gains in places where Muslims and non-Yadav OBCs dominate. A smaller percent of Brahmins have also helped BSP,” Congress general secretary B.K. Hariprasad told IANS.
BSP rubbishes SP charge on terrorising Muslims
LUCKNOW: BSP on Sunday reacted sharply to Samajwadi Party allegations that Uttar Pradesh police harassed and terrorised Muslims in Azamgarh and sought to pass the blame to Congress and UPA government at the Centre.
“Police from Delhi where there is a Congress government had come here earlier this week and requested help to carry out searches and if anyone has to be blamed it should be the Congress and UPA government,” a BSP spokesman here said.
The Samajwadi Party had charged the BSP government with harassing and terrorising Muslims in Azamgarh in the name of searching terrorists.
Terming the SP’s allegations as a bundle of lies and irresponsible statements, the spokesman said they were aimed at provoking Muslims.
“The fact is that, ever since the it had sided with the UPA government over the nuclear deal issue, both the SP and the Congress have lost confidence of Muslims and had been resorting to gimmicks to woo them,” he claimed.
Interests of all sections of society including Muslims are safe under the current government, he said, adding that Muslims are aware the SP “designs”.
The spokesman maintained that there was no additional deployment of security personnel in Azamgarh.
09/30/08
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Mayawati
The late Kanshi Ram may have been the soul of the Bahujan Samaj Party but it was Mayawati, his chosen heiress, who was its face. (born January 15, 1956) is a Indian politician and the current Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. She has been the Chief Minister on three other short-lived tenures but her party holds the absolute majority in the state on this occasion.Kumari Mayawati was born in Delhi. Her father Prabhu Das was a clerk in the telecommunications department in Delhi. Her mother is Ram Rati. She graduated from Kalindi College in Delhi and holds a Bachelor of Education degree, and was a teacher in Delhi (Inderpuri JJ Colony) until joining full time politics in 1984. At one point she also studied for the Indian Administrative Service examinations. However, after meeting Kanshi Ram in 1977, she gradually came under his patronage, and was part of his core team when he founded the BSP in 1984.In 1984, Kanshi Ram founded the BSP as a party to represent the Dalits, and Mayawati was one of the key people in the new organization. In 2001, Kanshi Ram named her as his successor.
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Kathmandu, Sep 30 (IANS) Nepal’s debutant Terai Madhes Loktantrik Party (TMLP), which emerged as the fifth largest party in the April general election, has been able to wrest a major tax relief for Indian vehicle owners, especially transporters, plying along the border.
The TMLP, formed by former ministers and lawmakers from national parties to espouse the cause of Madhesis - people of Indian origin living in the Terai plains, paralysed the interim parliament Monday and relented only after Finance Minister Baburam Bhattarai agreed to withdraw the new cess imposed on Indian vehicles entering Nepal even for a very brief period.
Last year, the then finance minister Ram Sharan Mahat had waived tax on Indian vehicles that entered Nepal provided they returned within 24 hours. India also reciprocates the gesture for Nepali vehicles entering India for a day.
However, this month, the first Maoist budget unveiled by Bhattarai slashed the waiver, partly in a bid to raise funds for the ambitious budget and partly to regulate traffic in the border areas.
Soon after the diktat, protests erupted on the Indian side of the border, with the ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) of India’s Uttar Pradesh state and other Indian organisations demonstrating against it.
The TMLP took up cudgels on behalf of the protesters, obstructing the constituent assembly - Nepal’s interim parliament - and demanding that the decision be revoked.
Hridyesh Tripathi, a former minister and powerful Terai MP, said the tax would hit the passage of goods from India and would affect people living along the border, creating red tape and additional complexities.
Also, people living in the border areas have relatives in both countries and are wont to travel across the border for education, work and medical treatment oftener than travelling to Kathmandu.
Finally, the finance minister gave an undertaking in writing late in the evening, agreeing to withdraw the levy on Indian vehicles that entered Nepal only for a day.
Transporters on both sides of the border have also been complaining of lack of security and extortion by both security and customs officials as well as political parties.
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 29 (IANS) Neither the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) nor the opposition National Democratic Alliance (NDA) would have a clear majority in the next Lok Sabha elections, noted psephologist Yogendra Yadav predicted Monday.
‘No single pre-electoral alliance will have a clear cut majority and the worst losers will be the Left parties. While the Congress party will be able to hold on, its allies will be badly hit. Likewise, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will lose badly in states like Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Orissa,’ Yadav said at a seminar organised by the Kerala University’s political science department here.
‘It is only one way the tally of the Left will go and it will go down. From a historic high in the May 2004 polls, it would reach a historic low in the next polls. In Kerala, the performance of the Left will be poor,’ he said.
As far as the performance of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is concerned, the psephologist said it may not get the around 50-60 seats they are expecting to win.
‘But they will play an important role and a government can be formed only with the outside support of two big parties,’ Yadav said.
Yadav has been in Kerala for the past few days and is doing an in-depth study on the prospects of various political parties.
Online edition of India’s National NewspaperWednesday, Oct 01, 2008
Cyber cafes, phone booths under surveillance in U.P.
| Asked to install CCTVs, keep a log of calls made from their numbers |
Cops instructed to inspect these places regularly
People requested to guard against rumours
Allahabad: The recent spurt in terrorist activities and links connecting many of the suspects to Uttar Pradesh have brought cyber cafes and telephone booths across the State under police surveillance with the former asked to install CCTVs.
“Police officials across the State have received instructions from the Director General of Police to keep a tab on the cyber cafes and PCOs, which have become an integral part of modus operandi of terrorist groups,” Allahabad Zone Inspector General of Police Pramod Kumar Tiwari told PTI.
He said instructions to this effect were given by the DGP Vikram Singh last week after a meeting, headed by the Chief Minister Mayawati, called to discuss strategies to thwart any possible terrorist strikes in the State.
Uttar Pradesh has been hit by a number of terrorist attacks in places such as Ayodhya, Varanasi, Lucknow and Gorakhpur, he said.
“As a part of the administration’s anti-terror mechanism, cyber cafes have been asked to install CCTVs to keep a record of visitors…Keeping a record of the names and other details of the users had been a practise earlier, though it turned out to be deficient as a person involved in a big conspiracy is unlikely to divulge his true identity,” Mr. Tiwari said.
“Besides, PCO owners have been asked to keep a log of calls made from their numbers. They have especially been directed to keep a record of overseas calls and make the details available to the police whenever required,” the IGP said.
“Directions to this effect have already been given to cyber cafes and PCOs owners. Police stations in-charges also have been instructed to regularly carry out inspections of cyber cafes and PCOs within their respective jurisdiction and ensure compliance with the directions and report any development that arouses suspicion,” he added.
The Inspector General of Police also said that cops were making special arrangements “to prevent subversive elements from fomenting communal tension during the upcoming festive season.”
“We have undertaken an extensive public awareness campaign in view of the festivals of Id, Durga Puja, Dussehra and Diwali. Our stress is on improving communication between police and public and on instilling a sense of confidence in the masses. People have also been requested to guard against rumours and report immediately to police whenever they come across any matter that threatens peace in their localities,” Tiwari added. — PTI
09/29/08
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Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 29 (IANS) Neither the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) nor the opposition National Democratic Alliance (NDA) would have a clear majority in the next Lok Sabha elections, noted psephologist Yogendra Yadav predicted Monday.
‘No single pre-electoral alliance will have a clear cut majority and the worst losers will be the Left parties. While the Congress party will be able to hold on, its allies will be badly hit. Likewise, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will lose badly in states like Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Orissa,’ Yadav said at a seminar organised by the Kerala University’s political science department here.
‘It is only one way the tally of the Left will go and it will go down. From a historic high in the May 2004 polls, it would reach a historic low in the next polls. In Kerala, the performance of the Left will be poor,’ he said.
As far as the performance of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is concerned, the psephologist said it may not get the around 50-60 seats they are expecting to win.
‘But they will play an important role and a government can be formed only with the outside support of two big parties,’ Yadav said.
Yadav has been in Kerala for the past few days and is doing an in-depth study on the prospects of various political parties.
BSP to join Left protest in parliament, says Yechury
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Wednesday agreed to send some of her MPs to join the protest called by Left parties in parliament Thursday, when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meets US President George W. Bush. Left sources told IANS that it needed a lot of persuasion by Communist Party of […] … read more »
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New Delhi: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Wednesday agreed to send some of her MPs to join the protest called by Left parties in parliament Thursday, when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meets US President George W. Bush.
Left sources told IANS that it needed a lot of persuasion by Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leaders for Mayawati to change her mind. She had earlier turned down an invite from the Left to join the protest.
“A joint protest of MPs of Left parties, BSP, Telugu Desam Party (TDP), Janata Dal-Secular and others will be held in parliament Thursday from 12 noon,” CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury said in a statement.
Earlier, Mayawati refused to sign a joint statement issued Sep 19 by the Left parties, TDP and JD-S to observe a protest day Thursday. “The dharna to protest against the non-convening of parliament when the country is faced with serious developments such as the serial terrorist blasts, relentless price rise as well as the attacks against Christian minorities,”
Yechury said in the statement. “On the same day, Manmohan Singh will be meeting Bush in Washington to seal the nuclear deal, violating his assurance to come back to parliament before finalising the deal,” Yechury added.
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09/24/08
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Write Down on the Wall was Dr. Ambedkar’s Sign !
Two Thousand Nine !
Will Be Mine !
- Says Ms Mayawati Bahen !
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Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh
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Bahujan Samaj Party - KarnatakaPROTEST AGAINST THE ANTI-CHRISTIAN COMMUNAL ATTACKSOn 25-09-2008 at 11 am at Town Hall, Bangalore
People of Karnataka are known for peace and harmony, have been witnessing for the first time the most heinous ceimes and cowherdly acts perpetrated against Christians by Bajrang Dal supported by RSS Parivar including the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party!
Statues of the Messenger of Peace is crucified once again by the communal bigots!
The nuns who always engage themselves in praying for the world peace in their secluded prayer halls are being dragged out and beaten brutally!
75 year old senior nun and children of 10-12 years too are not spared!
Walls and floors and roofs of the places of worship and school buildings are stained with the marks of blood spilled out from their bodies!
Those who came out to streets to protest these violent attacks have been lathi-charged by the police!
This communal aggression was started on Sep.14, 2008 and is still continuing un abated!
Why this hatred against Christians ?
The communal outfits such as Bajrang Dal and their leaders allege that the Christians are forcibbly convertinng the poor people. These so-called Hindu leaders have defended the attacks openly and also declared they would continue to support such attacks!
Look at thjeir audocity! How can they arrogate themselves the responsibility to protect Hinduism and authority to attack other religious followers?
Did the Indian Constitution gave them the authority to punish others by taking law into their own hands?
Are we living in the land governed by the civil government or hijacked by the goondas?
What prompted these evil forces to raise their heads?
It is the BJP Govt. of Karnataka and its Chief Minister and Home Minister who are directly responsible for the communal carnage. If the Chief Minister declares in public that he would not ban Bajrang Dal and Sre Ramasena, then who can control such social criminals? And it is but naturalthe police officials under such Chief Minister behave like RSS activists!
It is now the part of history that the Uttar Pradesh, the country’s largest state, was engulfed in communal violenceduring the time of Babri Masgid demolition. Uttar Pradesh was the headquarters of RSS. But what has happened today there? Bajrang Dal, Vishva Hindu parishad and all such communal outfits are on their death bed today! Hoe it happened? It is the result of effective and powerful administration of Iron Lady Bahen Kumari Mayawati Ji! Whereas look at Karnataka which is thriving on Ventilators! The Chief Minister and Home Minister are themselves the senior activists of RSS who obediently follow orders of RSS! If this is the plight of Karnataka, who can save religious minorities, the original inhabtants of Jambudvipa, thet is the Great Prabuddha Bharath and the helpless poor?
There can be only one alternative. All the oppressed and deprived people must come together under the banner of Bahujan Samaj Party, the one and the only national party of SC/ST/OBC and Religious Minorities who are the Original Inhabitants of Jambudvipa, thet is the Great Prabuddha Bharath, to put an end to communalism and casteis. Please get out of manuvadi parties and petty organisations who believe in first, second, third , fourth and nth rate souls. They believe that they could do anything they wish to the people who have no souls.So join the biggest national party that never belives in soul but all are equal, under the leadership of Bahenji, the iron lady. As an effective stop in this direction, all the victims of communalism and casteism join this protest program on September 25th 2008
OFFICE BEARERS WHO TAKE PART IN THE PROGRAM ARE:
State General secretaries: Gopinath, Bulla Subbarao, Kamalanabham, Jigani Shankar
State Treasurer: Koramangala Muniappa
TJ Abraham, State Office Secretary
Mariydas Mandadhi, President, Christian Brotherhood Committee
State Secretaries: V. Muniswamy, Laskhmi Gopinath, Velu, Ramanath Hegde, Venkatesh Mourya, Ismail Shariff, Nahida Salma.
Chikknna, President BBMP, Eeranna Mourya, President Bangalore (U), Purushothama, President Bangalore (R) andOther Office Bearers of Districts and Assembly Constituencies
J Chandrasekharan, District Offoce Bearers in Charge CV Raman Nagar Assembly Consttuency
BT Srinivas,President CV Raman Assy.Const.
Balasubramani, Gen Sec.
Shivanna, Sec.
B.Chandrakanth, Treasurer
Gangadhar, Org.Sec.
Chandramohan Singh, President Bahujan Volunteer Force
Ethiraj, BAMCEF Coodinator
Kesvelu, BAMCEF co-coordinator
Shivaraj, Office Sec.
Jayaram Reddy, President Brotherhood Committe
Suresh, Sec. Brotherhood committe
Church attacks dent Karnataka’s civilised image
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GB Atri, a former wing commander in the Indian Air Force and now the Brahmin face of the Bahujan Samaj Party in Karnataka, was of the view that the ‘level of patience in the society is coming down. Goondas (thugs) should not be allowed …
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)
chief and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has rejected the Left
parties’ call to join their stir Thursday, the day Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh is scheduled to meet President George W. Bush in
Washington.
‘We invited her for a joint stir on
Sep 25. But she told us that her party MPs would be busy that day with
some other engagements,’ a senior Left leader, who did not want to be
named, told IANS here Tuesday.
Mayawati’s
refusal indicates she may not join the Left leaders’ efforts to form a
‘viable third alternative’ to the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) before the general elections next year.
Mayawati’s
refusal to go along with the Left parties reportedly came after the
Left parties, particularly Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M),
conveyed its unwillingness to contest the next general elections under
her leadership.
The
senior Left leader said there was a dispute within the Left parties on
Communist Party of India (CPI) general secretary A.B. Bardhan’s
‘unilateral’ announcement that ‘the third alternative’ would face
elections under Mayawati’s leadership.
‘When
comrade Bardhan unilaterally announced that the third front would face
elections under the leadership of Mayawati, many of us were stunned,’
he said.
The Left parties discussed the matter and rejected Bardhan’s announcement, he said.
The
Left parties, Deve Gowda’s Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) and Telugu Desam
Party (TDP), the lone member of the United National Progressive
Alliance (UNPA), would stage protest Sep 25.
They will protests the India-US nuclear deal and the Manmohan Singh government’s foreign policy.
Moreover,
the relations between the BSP and the Left parties are reportedly
strained after Mayawati said she would not allocate a single seat to
the Left parties in Uttar Pradesh in the coming Lok Sabha elections.
G.B. Atri, a former wing commander in the Indian Air Force and now the
Brahmin face of the Bahujan Samaj Party in Karnataka, was of the view
that the ‘level of patience in the society is coming down. Goondas
(thugs) should not be allowed a free hand’.
Online edition of India’s National Newspaper
Thursday, Sep 25, 2008
Crush terror but hands off innocents: Mayawati
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U.P. Chief Minister’s direction to police and district officials |
Photo: Subir Roy
Taking stock: U.P. Chief Minister Mayawati
LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Monday directed
the police and district officials to strictly enforce the anti-terror
mechanism. She, however, cautioned the officials against taking action
against innocent persons.
The security agencies should have enough evidence before suspects were hauled up.
A terrorist did not belong to any religion or caste; he was, in
fact, a threat to society. As such, action should be taken purely on
the merit of the case and no other factor should be taken into
consideration, she said.
The Chief Minister, who reviewed the law and order situation in the
State in the light of the recent arrests of suspected terrorists
hailing from the State, stressed proper implementation of her
directives in her nearly three-hour address to district magistrates,
Senior Superintendents of Police, DIGs, IGs and senior government
officials. Under no circumstances should the officers succumb to
pressure from the “top” — the Cabinet Secretary, the Chief Secretary or
the Director-General of Police — while handling a case.
In a clear departure from the past, the district officials were
allowed to speak directly to the Chief Minister directly on the phone
should an issue which required her immediate attention arise.
Ms. Mayawati warned the officials of strict action if her directives were not followed.
On the simultaneous need to curb communalism, the Chief Minister
said there should be no “balancing act” in handling a situation fraught
with the possibility of a communal riot.
Only the guilty should be arrested, and trivial issues, which could lead to communal violence, should be nipped in the bud.
Vijay Shankar Pandey, Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister,
told journalists that orders were issued to district police officials
to convene a meeting of the police station in-charge, circle officers
and ASPs within the next three days to explain to them Ms. Mayawati’s
directives.
Do not look at Muslims suspiciously: Mayawati
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U.P. Chief Minister alleges that Christians are feeling insecure in
BJP-ruled States |
Photo: Subir Roy
U.P Chief Minister Mayawati addressing a press conference in
Lucknow on Sunday.
LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Sunday derided the attempts to target Muslims in the name of terrorism.
The community should not be held responsible for the recent terrors
acts in Delhi and elsewhere, she said at a press conference.
The Muslims in the State were being looked upon with suspicion. The
community should not be harassed on the basis of a dubious
(intelligence) report.
While reiterating her resolve to end terrorism in the State, if full
cooperation was extended to the State government by the Centre, she
warned the officials that strict action would be taken if she received
complaints of harassment of innocent persons belonging to the minority
community or any other caste.
Ms. Mayawati also took up the cause of Christians. They were feeling
insecure in the BJP-ruled States, she alleged. Referring to the
incidents in Orissa, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh, she said it showed
that the communal forces had become strong.
Disrepute
Accusing the Centre of playing politics on the issue, Ms. Mayawati
demanded the UPA government to exercise a tight leash on the activities
of the outfits aligned with the BJP, as well as other organisations, in
a bid to maintain communal harmony.
The Chief Minister, who has called a meeting here on Monday for
discussing the law and order scenario in the background of the recent
incidents and terror-links with U.P., said the Samajwadi Party regime
had brought disrepute to the State, vis-À-vis terrorist activities.
Terrorist activities in U.P. started with the Sankat Mochan bomb
blast followed by the Ayodhya incident and the blast in the Shramjeevi
Express, all under the SP regime. Ms. Mayawati was of the view that had
the SP government crushed terrorism, U.P. would not have earned a bad
name.
Police praised
Compared to the previous regime, priority was accorded to the rule
of law, she said and lauded the police for nabbing the accused named in
the attack on the Rampur Group Centre of CRPF and the Indian Institute
of Science, Bangalore. The Anti-Terrorist Squad recently arrested an
ISI agent in Bahraich.
The Chief Minister further referred to the arrest of Abu Bashar,
main suspect in the Ahmedabad serial blasts, on August 16, 2008 and
Shahbaz Husain, suspect in the Jaipur serial bomb blasts here on August
25, 2008, by the State police. On July 25, 2008, the Special Task Force
took the lid off the fake currency racket in the State.
Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid Syed Ahmed Bukhari, SP leader Abu Aasim
Azmi, Tariq Bukhari and Teesta Setalvad visited Azamgarh and protested
against the arrest of Abu Bashar, she pointed out.
Extending cooperation to the Union government in fighting terror,
she said that stern directives had been issued to the police officers
against staging fake encounters.
At the same time, no leniency would be shown to the terrorist elements, she added.
Special cell for handling labour disputes soon
Greater Noida: The Uttar Pradesh police will set-up a special cell here exclusively for tackling industrial disputes.
“This Industrial cell will be headed by an official of DySP rank.
The officers engaged in this cell will solely be responsible for
industrial issues,” SSP R. K. Chaturvedi said.
“Police does not get training to handle industrial disputes which
are of very different nature from the normal law and order situations
that we are accustomed to handle. We will set this cell by the month
end,” he added.
Mr.Chaturvedi admitted that there were some mistakes in the
handling of the Sunday’s incident in which Graziano Trasmissioni Indian
CEO was killed.
09/17/08
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14 September 2008By Vicky(Vicky) Ten members of
Bahujan Samaj Party
were the first to turn up at Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital to donate blood
for the victims and help the families to locate their missing members.
Meditation at Global Pagoda
From:
“vinaya rakkhita”
DEVOTION IN BUDDHISM
The
devout Buddhists life is one in which they devote themselves to the
teaching and the Teacher. Apart from the teachings they also follow
certain traditional and devotional practices, which may or may not be
consistent with the teaching. Yet it is their way of expression of
love, respect, regard and gratitude to the All Compassionate
Teacher-The Buddha without whom they would not have found the solace
and the Noble eight-fold path-The way out of suffering.
In
the earliest period in the avsence of images of Buddha or Bodhisattvas,
reverence was paid mainly to relics, ie stupas, Bodhi trees, footprints
of Buddha and other sacred symbols. These were constantly represented
in the sculptures against a background of beautifully carved figures of
men or animals. The commencement of the second period of Buddhist
religious art in India is associated with the district of Gandhara in
the far north of Indian subcontinent. The characteristic feature of
this phase of Buddhism is that the figure of Buddha came to occupy the
cells. Gandhara created the conventional type of Buddha, which soon
spread from this part to other parts of Asia.
Buddha
in the Anguttara Nikaya says, ” When a noble disciple contemplates upon
the Enlightened One, at that time his mind is not enrapped in lust nor
in hatred, nor in delusion. At such a time his mind is rightly
directed, it has got rid of lust, is aloof from it, and is free from
it. Lust is here name of the five sense desires. By cultivating this
contemplation, many beings become purified”.
Furthur
the Vissuddhimagga says ” If by practicing this devotional meditation
one endeavours to live as it were in the Master’s presence, will feel
ashamed to do or speak or think anything unworthy, one will shrink back
from evil; and as a positive reaction one will feel inspired to high
endeavour, in emulation of the Master’s great example”.
The
devotees during the days when Buddha was alive went to meet Him and pay
their respect. But in the absence of the Buddha, the devotees who used
to bring flowers lay them at the entrance of the fragrant chamber of
Buddha and departed. The chief lay devotee Anathapindaka came to hear
of it and requested Venerable Ananda to inquire of the Buddha whether
there was a possibility of finding a place where devotees might pay
obeisance to the Buddha when He was on His teaching tours.
So
Venerable Ananda approached the Buddha and asked: “Is it proper,
Blessed One, to construct a cetiya (stupa) while you are alive?” The
Buddha replied “No, an object of reverence appertaining to body is
proper to errect only after the passing away of Buddha. An object of
reverence reminiscent of the Buddha has no physical basis; it is purely
mental. But the great Bodhi tree, used by the Buddha, whether He is
alive or dead, is an object of reverence.” Then Venerable Ananda said,
“Blessed One, when you go on your teaching tours, the monastery of
Jetavana is without refuge, and people find no place of reverence. So
may i bring a seed of Bodhi tree under which you got Enlightenment and
plant it at the enterance to Jetavana?” Buddha replied “Very well,
Ananda plant it. It will then be as if I constantly abide in Jetevana.”
This tree, which sprang up, came to be known as Ananda Bodhi tree.
It
is keeping with the practical wisdom and organising genius of the
Buddha, that while during his life time he discouraged any form of idol
worship, nevertheless realized that in order to provide the laity with
some object and symbol of veneration some concession had to be made to
the simple faith of the devout and earnest. Hence he permitted to pay
respect and regard to the Bodhi tree as a symbol of his enlightenment.
Finaly
before His passing away in the Mahaparinibbana Sutta He addressed
Ananda saying, “there are four places the sight of which should arouse
emotion in the faithful”. Which are they? “Here the Tathagata was born”
(Lumbini) is the first. “Here the Tathagata attained Supreme
Enlightenment” (Bodhgaya) is the second. “Here the Tathagata set in
motion the wheel of Dhamma” (Saranath) is the third. “Here the
Tathagata attained the Nibbana without remainder” (Kusinara) is the
fourth. And Ananda, the faithful monks and nuns, male and female
lay-followers will visit those places. Anyone who dies while making the
pilgrimage to these shrines with a devout heart will, at the
breaking-up of body after death, will be born in heavenly world.”
Thus
there came to be establishment after the Buddha’s passing away, the
traditional places of reverent worship to which hundreds of millions of
human beings to this day pay their homage, adoration and gratitude to
that exalted being who showed to so many the way out of the darkness,
misery and despair of earthly existance.
Vandaami cetiyam sabbam – I venerate all relic stupas
Sabbathanesu patitthitam – Wherever they are established
Saririka dhaatu Mahaabodhim – Bodily relics, Great Bodhi tree
Buddharupam sakalamsadaa – Images of Buddha always
with metta,
Bhanteji
Dear Milind,
Thanks
for the information you have given. Now if you know history Buddhism is
the world’s first organized missionary religion. It is the only Indian
religion to become world religion. The whole of India for outsiders is
known as land of Buddha .
Buddha
is the only Guru to be Jagat Guru (world teacher). So how can the land
given to pagoda and where Buddha’s relics are enshrined be illegal.
Yes
Lands have always been in dispute and they will remain like Tirupati,
Shabrimalai, Jaganath puri, Buddha Gaya etc. which have been occupied
by others. So do people so called dalits or other Indians stop going
there? Most of the Indians are Hinduvadi, christianvadi, muslimvadi,
dalitvadi etc. If now some do something for Buddha and become to that
extend Buddhavadi what is wrong in it.
Most of our people (not
all) in name of Ambedkarite buddhists are fighting in viharas to become
President, secretary but do not fulfill the duties of Upasak, Upasika,
or Dayak, Dayika. The monk’s affairs are no better. You being in
Maharastra know very well. The RPI is broken the BSI is broken the
educated are broken so should we say that the term dalit which means
broken people really fits them. Can these people then be called
Buddhists.
Thus let us not go into
negativities but see the practical work on the ground. Poverty and
Defilements have always been there and they will be there what makes
the difference is the Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha, and the structures
dedicated to them to inspire and guide us for the practice of noble
eight fold path. Babasaheb Ambedkar himself wanted such huge Buddhist
structures in the major cites to inspire humanity. So
let us not find excuses or other negative reasons for not attending our
own Indian Buddhist Meditation Centers. Thus finally I repeat the pali
verse:
Vandaami cetiyam sabbam – I venerate all relic stupas
Sabbathanesu patitthitam – Wherever they are established
Saririka dhaatu Mahaabodhim – Bodily relics, Great Bodhi tree
Buddharupam sakalamsadaa – Images of Buddha always
with metta,
Bhanteji
Idol worship is not an ideal Buddhist practice yet it inspires the humanity. Cultural programmes, Rituals
like offering fruits, food, robes and flowers this is not spiritual but
yet the way of faithful to express their gratitude and develop positive
and pious attitude. To some extend the act of bowing before Buddha
statue is a practice to break one ego so that later on he can bow to
parents, elders ,teachers, and Monks. Through rituality one enters
spirituality and through spirituality one enters the actuality.
Propagation
of whatever religion must be on the bases of rituality ,sincerity and
finally leading to reality. Not of trickery, boastfulness, blustering
and insult which are the practices of barbarians.
A mere
theoretical or academic knowledge of dhamma, no matter how deep or
profound, is no substitute at all, for the realization comes through
actual practice of dhamma. Here applies the principle of ‘Learning by
doing”. There are only two rules for the successful spiritual practice:
“Start and keep moving” and in this moving only is reaching. This is
the teaching. The start is through ritual to develop saddha or so
called devotion.
Dr.Ambedkar
said: “When our father recited the devotional songs of kabir and other
saints the atmosphere was filled with holiness and seriousness,
following him, when my sisters also started singing bajans in their
sweet voice, I felt convinced that the religion and the religious
instruction were essential for the man’s life”.
Bhajan
is also a ritual like chanting though it may not be that enchanting.
For beginners and childrens saddha (devotion) is developed through
rituals.
Saddha
has spiritual dimension. It does not expect anything in return nor
bargains in the name of prayer. Saddha is something out of which one
respects the other to express gratitude and gratefulness remembering
the qualities and service of that person to humanity. This gratefulness
and gratitude is the moving element of saddha but its essential element
is Trust that becomes more and more confident as one progress in study,
practice and realization, till at last, it becomes the supreme
unshakeable assurance of the one who knows- A Arahant.
Though
not all but most of the Indian Buddhists think that they don’t need
saddha-devotion but only wisdom and that has lead them to arrogance and
lack of etiquette, manners and culture. Wisdom with out saddha is like
eyes without legs and thus one cannot progress on the path to
liberation. Buddha himself has said in Kasibharadvaja sutta:
Saddha Bijjam – Devotion is seed
Tapo Vutti – Striving is rain &
Panya me yuganangalam- Wisdom is my yoke & plough.
When it is so with Buddha what to speak of his followers Can they deny Saddha-Devotion.
But we
find many (not all) Ambedkarite people who do not devote through their
body speech and thought to Buddha Dhamma Sangha and shrines or
Meditation centers built in the name of Buddha. On the other hand find
tactical and lame excuses for not doing so. May be because this the
first or second generation that has come in contact for the first time
with religions or religious practices. We expect at least the third
generation wont lack in this devotion to Buddha Dhamma and Sangha for
their own good for their own happiness.
In Alavaka Sutta we find the following statement of Buddha on devotion.
Saddhidha vittam purisassasettham – In this world devotion is the best wealth to man.
And
Saddhaya tarati ogam – with devotion one crosses the current (tides).
So finally I would like to say that without devotion there cannot be any promotion on the path to liberation.
With metta,
Bhanteji
09/15/08
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Two Thousand Nine !
Will Be Mine !
- Says Ms Mayawati Bahen !
14 September 2008By Vicky(Vicky) Ten members of
Bahujan Samaj Party were the first to turn up at Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital to donate blood for the victims and help the families to locate their missing members.
09/13/08
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Write Down on the Wall was Dr. Ambedkar’s Sign !
Two Thousand Nine !
Will Be Mine !
- Says Ms Mayawati Bahen !
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Uttar Pradesh power plant trespasser held, terror link suspected
Lucknow, Sep 14 (IANS) A youth who trespassed into the National
Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Unchahar plant in Rae Bareli district
has been arrested and is being interrogated by officials of the
intelligence department and the local police who do not rule out terror
links.The suspect, whose I-card mentioned his name as Aftab Ansari, was
nabbed Saturday evening by officials deployed for the plant’s security.
“We have also recovered a list of mobile phone numbers from his
possession,” superintendent of police, Rae Bareli, Tarun Gaba told IANS.
“His I-card mentioned that he was a member of the Muslim United
Front (MUF), Bhagalpur, Bihar, and a letterhead of the same
organisation was also recovered from him,” Gaba said.
“We have contacted the police of Bhagalpur district and are awaiting further information,” Gaba added.
The police have not ruled out possibilities of his having terror
links and Ansari is being interrogated by officials of the intelligence
department besides the local police, he said.
“He is changing his name quite often during interrogation and
revealed that he boarded a goods train entering the plant to trespass
inside the premises,” Gaba said.
High alert sounded in Uttar Pradesh following Delhi blasts
Lucknow, Sep 13 (IANS) A high alert was sounded Saturday by the
Uttar Pradesh government following six serial blasts in Delhi in which
at least nine people were killed and over 80 injured, a police official
said here.All the district superintendents of police have been directed
to beef up security in important markets, bus stations, railway
stations, shopping malls and other crowded places, said an official at
the director general of police office.
Special directives have been issued to step up security in religious
cities of the state, including Varanasi, Ayodhya and Mathura.
In Lucknow, the police have begin intensified checking at malls and markets in Gomti Nagar and Hazratganj area.
High alert sounded in Uttar Pradesh following Delhi blasts
LUCKNOW:
A high alert was sounded on Saturday by the Uttar Pradesh government following
six serial blasts in Delhi in which at least nine people were killed and over 80
injured, a police official said here.
All the district
superintendents of police have been directed to beef up security in important
markets, bus stations, railway stations, shopping malls and other crowded
places, said an official at the director general of police office.
Special directives have been
issued to step up security in religious cities of the state, including Varanasi,
Ayodhya and Mathura. In Lucknow, the police have begin intensified checking at
malls and markets in Gomti Nagar and Hazratganj area.
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Dr. Ambedkar- Man of the Millennium
Very well said Dr. Ambedkar is indeed “Man of the Millennium”,
Dr.B.R.Ambedkar was the purest ore of character produced from the
hottest furnace of striving (struggle). He was the brightest
thunderbolt of intellect elicited from the darkest storm of castism.
with metta,
Bhanteji
— On Fri, 12/9/08, Chakradhar Hadke wrote:
From: Chakradhar Hadke
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Date: Friday, 12 September, 2008, 4:59 PM
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