Slammed for being diligent

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Forgery :How Congress-Mulayam Crminal media forged the tapes against Shanti Bhushan
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This is an expose on the Congress-Amar Singh peddling media. These guys are worse than dirty rodents and vermin. Here is their story.

http://blogs.outlookindia.com/default.aspx?ddm=10&pid=2484#iframetimelinechronologicalmainpostname

In a press conference today Mr Prashant Bhushan rubbished the CD by pointing out that it was examined by two of the top-most forensic labs specialising in this kind of audio analysis — US expert George Papcun and Hyderabad-based Truth Labs — who confirmed that it had “multiple gaps and signs of electronic editing at very very critical places”.

How brazen this whole attempt at discrediting the Bhushans was is demonstrated by the fact that “virtually all portions” of the conversations of Mr Mulayam Yadav in the doctored CD have been “bodily lifted” from the 2006 tapes, which have purported conversations of Amar Singh with various personalities, as was evidenced by playing sections of the 2006 tapes and the 2011 doctored CD. Ironically, it was possible for Mr Bhushan to do so only because he himself had been fighting in the Supreme Court for these conversations to be made public and had access to these tapes.

In the absence of these give-away lines, the mud-flingers would perhaps have succeeded in having some of it stick on the Bhushans, as their critics would have argued that it was a case of one lab versus another.

Mr Bhushan said that he would also be filing a case against Congress leader Mr Digvijay Singh for saying that the Bhushans evaded stamp duty for a property they bought in Allahabad: “I will file a defamation suit against Digvijay Singh in the next two days.”

Mr Bhushan also asked that the two publications that claimed to have had the CD independently forensically examined — by a well-equipped laboratory by experts and an agency that specialises in such examinations — to name the agencies that had declared that “the conversation was continuous — without any break and (the) said audio file appears to be not tampered” and that “the CD was not spliced and ran as a continious conversation”.

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Postscript: Rushed transcript of the English portion of the Press Conference by Mr Prashant Bhushan:

You are all aware that the copies of a CD have been circulated to the media over the last 4-5 days which purport to contain the conversations between Mr Shanti Bhushan, Mr Amar Singh, Shri Mulayam Singh Yadav. The purport of this conversation is to suggest that Mr Shanti Bhushan is telling Mr Mulayam Singh that I can get some work done for him for the payment of some 4 crores. 21 That is the purport of the conversation.

Some sections of the media have also run stories saying they have verified the authenticity of these conversations, of this CD, from some forensic lab which they have not named, experts that they have not named.

Well, at least we have now got this CD subjected to forensic examination from two of the top-most forensic labs specialising in this kind of audio analysis. One is a lab based in the United States and the expert who has done that analysis is not merely a PhD in accoustic phonetics, he has been employed by the Los Alamos National Laboratory, the Aerospace Corporation and the University of Phonetics laboratory. He has subjected the CD to a very, very intensive analysis, though he has only had a little over a day — a day and a half to do that and therefore the further work on that is still in progress.

But the other lab which has examined the CD forensically is a laboratory called Truth Labs whose headquarters are in Hyderabad and which has been examined by a former director CSFL, CBI. This lab called Truth Labs is one of the leading independent labs in the country. They have also subjected the CD to a detailed analysis.

But what is most interesting is the finding that actually virtually all the portions of Mr Mulayam Singh’s speech in this purported conversation between Mr Amar Singh and therafter between my father and Mr Mulayam Singh have been bodily lifted from a conversation between Mr Amar Singh and Mr Mulayam Singh which was recorded sometime prior to February 2006 and which had been filed in the Supreme Court by me in a CD in March 2006. Since then that CD as well as the transcript of the CD have been in the Supreme court and at least three critical part of Mr Mulayam Singh’s speech which is essentially all that he speaks in that fabricated CD are just bodily lifted from that CD of Mr Amar Singh which was filed in Supreme Court in 2006! And from one conversation of 3 minutes 22 seconds which Mr Amar Singh had with Mr Mulayam Singh has been just spliced and inserted into this purported conversation between Mr Shanti Bhushan and Mr Mulayam Singh.

Not only that, both these laboratories have confirmed with full spectrographic analysis — detailed spectrographic analysis — that there are large number– multiple gaps and multiple signs of electronic editing in these conversations at very, very critical places.

In Mr Shanti Bhushan’s speech itself, Mr George Papcun, who’s the expert from the US, he has opined that in his speech itself there are at least six clear signs of doctoring — of either electronic editing or gaps in the conversation suggesting that these are different conversations recorded at different points of time, and some words of different conversations have been put together in a digital audio file in order to create an impression that it is one conversation. You will get all the reports — both the forensic reports of both the labs as well as the transcript of this fabricated CD and as well as the transcript of Mr Mulayam Singh’s conversation with Mr Amar Singh which had been filed in the Supreme Court.

So this confirms the initial impression that I had, that I had expressed in the press conference day before yesterday that though the voices appear to be genuine, the CD appears to have been prepared by splicing different conversations obtained from different places and different parts and having put them together in a purported conversation.

Even more ominous…now, what this shows is that there was a clear conspiracy on the part of some people which appears to have the blessings of many, many powerful people in this country, not only to discredit me and Mr Shanti Bhushan and the civil society membership of the Lokpal Drafting Committee but even more ominously an attempt appears to have been made through the fabrication of this CD and its circulation to try and interefere and derail judicial proceedings in two very important cases which are pending judgement in the Supreme Court. If you .. those of you have heard the cD will recall that in this CD initially when Mr Amar Singh speaks, there is a reference to a particular judge of the Supreme Court and a suggestion that I can influence that particular judge, that I have very good relationship with that judge and that I can influence the judge. That judge happens to be the presiding judge dealing with two very important cases in which hearing has been concluded and judgements have been reserved.

The first is the Amar Singh tapes case itself where we had filed an application in the Supreme Court, saying that the tapes should not be restricted, should be allowed to be released to the media because they show evidence of all kinds of conspiracies between Mr Amar Singh and various other people including businessmen etcetera.

The other case is the 2G Spectrum Scam case where judgement has been reserved by this bench on our petition filed by me for cancelling all the licences. This CD, by purporting to suggest that I have some links with the presiding judge in that case and that I can influence him appears to be an attempt to derail the judicial proceedings and interefere with the judicial proceedings in that case which to my mind amounts to very serious contempt of court.

This conspiracy to first fabricate the CD and thereafter to disseminate it in the media clearly involves a large number of people. And the manner in which some sections of the media have reported that they have verified the forensic authenticity of these tapes and have found them to be genuine without even reporting which lab, which expert etc seems to suggest that some persons and some sections of the media are also involved in that conspiracy.

As I said, it is a very, very serious conspiracy involving several very serious offences, that is forgery, with the intention of defaming people, punishable under section 469 of the Penal Code, which is a very serious congnisable offence, apart from that it involves contempt of court. Since a very large number — or at least several — very influential people appear to be involved in this conspiracy it is absolutely essential that one goes right to the root and the bottom of this conspiracy in order to find out who all were involved — whether they are involved in the fabrication of the CD or whether they are involved in the knowing and malicious dissemination of the CD to media… all those are the persons who are involved in this conspiracy.

We are going to file a contempt petition in the Supreme Court within the next day or two about this and we hope that the Supreme Court will ensure that a credible investigation is conducted because the Delhi Police where the FIR was registered as far back as on Thursday have been reported to have said that till yesterday — in fact, I spoke to that IO [Inspecting Officer] myself yesterday — and he said that till yesterday he had not even been able to procure a copy of the CD, though the CD had been circulated to every part of the media. He said that he went to the office of the Indian Express. They told me that it is with that reporter, who has gone away, that when I contacted the reporter, then the reporter said that no, it is with my lawyer, when I contacted the lawyer, the lawyer said that he was ill and therefore he had not even been able to procure a copy of the CD. Of course, this shows the Indian Express in very poor light that they have not co-operated with a proper police investigation by seeking to evade and avoid even giving a copy of the CD, seeking to evade and avoid the questions of the Delhi Police as to how they got the CD, who gave it to them etcetera.

So now, we will play for you… first, I will ask Arvind to say a few words and then we’ll play the CD.

Later, after the introduction in Hindi, Mr Bhushan plays part of a 3:22 long file of conversation between Amar Singh and Mulayam Singh from the CD filed in Supreme Court in 2006 in which Mulayam Singh Yadav is heard saying:

in ko kaun samjhaayeN, ye chaahe griha mantri hoN, chaahe koii ho, aeraa gairaa, inko kyaa samjhaayaa jaaye…

[This is also part of the 2006 transcript filed in the Supreme Court, in which, incidentally Mr Abhishek Manu Singhvi was defending Mr Amar Singh]

Then he plays the 2011 CD:

in ko kaun samjhaayeN, chaahe griha mantri hoN, chaahe koii ho, aeraa gairaa, inko kyaa samjhaayaa jaaye…

Mr Bhushan also mentions two other passages from the same 3:22 audio file of 2006 which seem to have simply been copied and pasted into the 2011 CD.

In response to a question, Mr Bhushan then explains that the Truth Lab report also corroborates the gaps and editing at exactly these points, just as there is a cut before where Mr Shanti Bhushan’s voice is heard saying 4 crores:

So the whole thing is a cut and paste job and even 2-2, 3-3, 4-4 words have been cut and pasted in this conversation

When asked if there is any difference between the two lab reports where Mr Bhushan got the CD examined, Mr Bhushan said:

No, they are very similar. Of course the laboratory in the US has only done a spectrographic analysis so far in order to determine…. see, there work is still work in progress…they have identified 5 critical places where there are clear signs of editing or splicing in my father’s speech. Then the Truth Labs here has also identified here several evidence of editing and splicing and in particular, they have identified a cut just prior to the word “four crore”… a gap.

When asked to name the powerful people who could be behind the whole thing, Mr Bhushan said:

It seems to me that the first part of this conversation clearly appears to be Mr Amar Singh’s voice in which he says: ‘Shanti Bhushanji mere paas baithe hain’. Now my father has said that he has never, ever, physically met Mr Amar Singh. Therefore the question of his sitting next to Amar Singh does not arise. Now, that appears to be his voice. That appears to be a continuous conversation that will be objected to further forensic analysis. If there is no evidence of editing in that part of the conversation where Mr Amar Singh starts by saying ke “Shanti Bhushanji mere paas baiThe hain, unke beTe Prashant Bhushan haiN vo PIL vagerah karte hain” — if there is no editing in that, then it will become crystal clear that Mr Amar Singh has made himself, has involved himself, in the fabrication of the tape. That will become absolutely clear.

Feb 2011 File Photo

As I said, the timing of this release and the kind of statement that Mr Digvijay Singh made recently, not about the tape but about a house property that we have in Allahabad, seems to suggest that there are political forces– perhaps even corporate forces — behind this. As I said, this is also an attempt to derail the 2G case where the validity of these licences is pending judgement in the Supreme Court.

On being asked how one could trust these lab reports and not those of the two newspapers who claimed [See above for links, as also in the previous blog post] that their forensic analysis had shown no tampering in the CD, Mr Bhushan pointed out that unlike those two newspaper reports, which were anonymous, here the labs concerned were not only giving an opinion but also the detailed spectroscopic analysis of the CD.

Mr Kejriwal added:

We called them up and asked them: Can you tell us the lab? They refused. Can you tell us the expert? They refused. So why are they anonymous and why are they secretive about it? [A question your blogged also asked yesterday while linking the HT report]. Why aren’t they publishing their reports? Why aren’t they at least telling us the names of the labs in their own reports. And the experts?

And then Mr Bhushan underlined once again:

No, no, not only this. You see the first thing that proves that these tapes are fabricated is irrespective of any labs, you just have to listen to these two — you see this tape of 2006 has been in the Supreme Court since 2006. I had filed it in Supreme Court in 2006 along with their transcripts which I showed you. Now how is it possible that a conversation between Amar Singh and Mulayam Singh has exactly these words spoken by Mulayam Singh exactly in the same tone and exactly in the same sequence as the labs have shown as appear in the purported conversation that appears between Mr Shanti Bhushan and Mr Mulayam Singh? I mean, it is absolutely, crystal clear that this tape has been fabricated. And these two labs, they are not saying it on a [], they are saying it on a detailed spectrographic analysis of every micro-second, one thousandth of a second they have analysed. And after a full spectrographic analysis of the audio file they have been able to make out that there are clear signs of multiple editing signatures and gaps in this.

On investigations by the Delhi Police: Delhi Police claims that instead of accepting a CD from the Bhushans, since Mr Shanti Bhushan’s FIR had named Indian Express, they would rather summon the Indian Express for the CD, though in four days so far they have not been able to get the CD. Mr Kejriwal added that the intent seemed to be very clear:

It was not just to get the Bhushans resign from the Lokpal Drafting Committee, but perhaps also hope that this would put pressure on the Supreme Court judge presiding over the 2G and Amar Singh cases to recuse from the case, judgements on which are going to hurt the interests of very powerful lobbies in the country.

On how the 2006 CD conversations were found, Mr Bhushan said that when his son contacted the US expert and the Truth Lab:

…they wanted some voice samples of these persons. And then we realised we had the Amar Singh tape. So we dug out this file and brought these tapes out….

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~~ ~~ ~~ VINOD SHARMA JI THE ISSUE IS LOOT BY PIMPS AND DALALS ~~ ~~ ~~

A scared Congress is using all its Mafia henchmen, dalals, courtiers, handboys, toadies, bum cleaners etc etc to prevent a Lok Pal bill from coming in.

I hope you dont want to be counted among them

The whole world is seeing thru the congress game. Whenever there is talk of 2g, talk Yeddy. When it is about Lok Pal, get in Modi. When farmers commit suicide say… NDA shasan mein jaide thi !!!

Because Anna has stirred India, the world’s top dalal, Amar SIngh- ex employee HT, along with his guru, DIGVINASH — want to label everybody corrupt like the Congress men.

You have become their messenger Sorry to say !

Ho HO HO !!! Sharmaji. The game is up Surrender. And instead genuinly care for the minorities. Your fellow Congressman and member minorites commission, H S Hanspal was bribing an amount of 3 crores to protect the killer of minorities, Congress boss Sajjan Kumar.

But you have no words for him!!
Let me again sing

Aaye Hai So Jayenge Raaja Rank Fakir
Ek Sinhaasan Chadh Chale Ek Bandhe Janjir

Durbal Ko Naa Satayiye Jaaki Maati Hoye

One day we all have to go Vindoji. Let the world remember you for a fight against corruption. NOT FOR FIGHTING FOR THE CORRUPT

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Mr. Sharma,

It is not just the Bhushans. Your own readers felt betrayed by your actions. Here is why -

1. You failed to publish the name of the forensic lab that did the analysis. Let us for a moment agree with your claim that you wanted to protect them. You could still have published the procedure they followed to arrive at the conclusion that the audio was continuous. As an experienced journalist, you should have known that this case needed advanced expertise in audio analysis, not merely any IT forensic analysis. The report appeared to be extremely premature and childish, expecially the part how CD was burnt. CD burning statistics have nothing to do with digital content.

2. Having a pro Congress idealogy in itself is not a crime. All of us are humans and have personal leanings. But when you are in a journalist’s shoes you need to rise above these leanings. Suppose I work in a govt job and always favor a contractor who happens to be my friend. I do not accept any bribe from the contractor but always favor him, overlook weakness in his product, while highlighting the same from other contractors. Is that fair??

3. You should think why you have such a serious disconnect with your readers. You do not have to sing bhajans of Modi or BJP. But how do you explain that there was not a single blog from you with a scathing criticism of the Congress leadership in the wake of unprecedented billion dollar scams in the country. Are all your readers people of questionable integrity? Are they all trolls? Are they all prejudiced?? Remember, you have the moral right to criticise the leadership of party A only if you do the same for party B (for similar cirmes) Are 99% of your readers wrong? You should ask yourself , for whom do you write the blogs??

4. You show your eagerness to blame the Bhushans, your own readers ( many times you have abused them). Have you shown the same eagerness to take the Congress leadership to task for the rot in the nation? After all isn’t Sonia heading the ruling party ? Your silence raises serious questions.

5. And if you happen to meet some corrupt netas , pelase advise them to learn some technology before messing up with it. This is not an area that illiterates should try to experiment.

As always I have held one thing in your favor, that you publish our comments.. and I would do that again.. Thanks for not censoring my comments!!

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Let us look at the actors in this episode-
1. Bhusans – Known Maoist sympathisers. They are with Anna’s movement for vested interest. As far as their honesty is concerned, their integrity is beyond doubt based on reports in media.

2. Amar Singh – A freelance broker (Dalal) who works for Congress & other allies based on requirement. The congress hired him to win confidence vote few years back where he skillfully managed to lure some MPs to congress camp. This time he has been hired to sabotage the Anna and his activists. He is more like Therik-e-Taliban of Indian politics. He too is darling of pro-congress media.

3. Digvijay Singh – He heads dirty tricks department of Congress. He obviously has blessing of Rahul and Sonia and have even taken on Chidambaram on maois issue. He has been father of 26/11-RSS conspiracy theories. He has virtually given clean chit to ISI-LeT on 26/11 deflecting all blame on RSS. He has been going around giving ‘PAID’ interviews in different channels, especially ‘Devil’s advocate’ in CNN-IBN.

4. Compromised Media – Most of our media is pro-congress, pro-maoist, pro-kashmiri terrorism. Vinod Sharma is just a pawn and that too a foolish one. He is not able to answer technical problems in this site but vouches for authencity of CD. He has allowed himself to be used by Congress.

5. Sonia/Rahul – They are the one who run this circus behind the scene. A lokpal with teeth can mean an end to their dynastic politics in a decade or so. All the above 4 characters are working to save their bosses.

Let us look at the similarities between 5 characters-

1. Digvijay and Bhushans – Pro-Maoist, Pro-Kashmiri terrorism, Anti-BJP, Anti-RSS
2. Digvijay and Amar Singh – Masters of deception, both come from MP congress. Both have indulged in smear campaigns.
3. Digvijay-Media-Amar SIngh – Media gives both cartoons ample time to spread their propaganda.
4. Digvijay-Amar-Media – All three want to make sure dynasty is insulated from all mess.
5. Bhushans-Media – Both share their absolute hatred for BJP and RSS.

When all of them are on one side, why are they fighting? Are Bhushans part of the circle who want to demolish anti-corruption movement? I am pretty sure they have totally different agenda in their mind.

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Can Shri Vinod Sharma answer the following question ?

( from the Outlook Report I quoted earlier )

We called them up and asked them: Can you tell us the lab? They refused. Can you tell us the expert? They refused. So why are they anonymous and why are they secretive about it? [A question your blogged also asked yesterday while linking the HT report]. Why aren’t they publishing their reports? Why aren’t they at least telling us the names of the labs in their own reports. And the experts?

If Mr Vinod Sharma, cannot disclose the lab and the expert , which he uses as a basis of the report then how can he base his arguments on it ? Who paid for the lab report ? Is the lab ready to defend its finding in the courts as its ‘alleged’ findings have been held to be ‘fraudulent’ by two reputed independent labs, who are named and not secret ?

Its looks like Mr Vinod Sharma, in his zeal to defame the Bhusans and serve the agenda of Sonia-Mulayam, forgot the basic ABCD of journalism.

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Mr Sharma’s bizarre argument..
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” I was appointed a member of the NCM vide a gazette notification— exactly the way Prashant Bhushan and other civil society members were put on the joint panel to draft the Lok Pal bill. Does that make them an appendage or a willing extension of the government? I don’t think so and would never make such insinuations. ”

@Mr Sharma ,
Mr Bhusans, Anna Hazare were forced by the public agiation to be appointed to the commission. They represent the civil society and are the adversary or counter weight to the government ministers on the commission. They were not appointed to the commission because they championed government or Congress party cause.
On the other hand, what locus standi do you have to represent the majority community ( Hindus ) in the minority commission ? That clearly is a largesse provided to you by the Congress party in power and you insult your own intelligence ( if any left ) when you try to equate the two.

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The author has to break hi silence and give the name of the ’specialized organization’ and the names of the experts.This movement was flawed from the begining there are to many groups with divergent agendas,all hell has broken loose when Anna did not go along with the prepared script.

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Hindustan Times is a news paper which when asked by Congress to bend, it will start crawling….and same holds true for the journalists employed by them. (there are more absuvie/uncivilised ways to put it, but I am avoiding that) Look at the illustrious record they have got…disgraced Vir Sanghvi…even their earlier editor quit in disgrace over plagrisim scandal…..

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Just heard mr vinod sharma shed crocodile tears on Arnab Goswami show on Times Now….”I am professional journalist….trust my judgment and dont question my sources”…profesional journalist….well he is one who is objective and un biased…and if he has biases, states them upfront….Look at Swapan Das Gupta and Chandan Mitra –they are totally open about their bias for BJP. Each time Mr Vinod Sharma is accused as being defacto spokesperson of Congress, he raises his voice….

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Well bloggers , barkha dutt takes backhanders for promoting aamir khan film (25 lakhs) on NDTV , god knows how much she got from nira radia.mayank sekhar from his reviews it appears he is also on the payroll of khans . So Vinod Sharma , HOW MUCH DID YOU GET.
Pimps and prostitutes are not only to be found in the political arena , their LAPDOGS the journalist are no better.

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Regarding the fraudulent, manufactured CD’s peddled by anti-LokPal bill criminals through HT times , the question being asked is

“Is Pappu ( CD ) ka Papa kaun hai ” ?

The answer
“Is Pappu ka Papa Amar Singh or Mummy Congress hai. Our is Papu ko subah morning walk pay hamaray, Vinod Sharma Ji lay kay niklay thai. Par is Pappu nay unki pant geeli kar di”

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@B.V. Shenoy

The question you should aks is why did those who have fabricated this CD to malign the commission tasked with framing the lokpal bill choose to send the so called sting CD ‘Vinod Sharma Ji to peddle their fabrications and falsehoods ? Why did they not send the fabricated CD to
say journalists like Swapan DasGupta or Chandan Mitra ?
The crooks were absolutely right in thinking that they would find a sympathetic hearing and airing from Mr Vinod Sharma, whom they could count as one of their own. Mr Sharma’s so far farcical defense and bizarre arguments have only condemned him further.

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Question No 2:

Does Mr Sharma, know who the source of this now fraudulent and fabricated ( as per two reputed audio labs ) CD is ?
Does he air and report on any CD received anonymously ?

That answer I think, should come after Mr Sharma is subjected to a lie-detector test.

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Mr. Vinod Sharma,
Your credibility is seriously at stake. You need to disclose where you had the tape examined.. This cause is too big , to be frittered away. Hindu, Muslim, silk and Christians all have united to fight against corruption, please awaken your soul. You can do something good here. You don’t want to be remembered for putting a spanner in India’s fight against corruption

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So when has “:specialised organisation” morphed into a “source?” The general thought is that you had a professional organizstion that had certified the CDs. But now, you claim that some source has whispered in your ear.. Can you explain this subtle change of words?

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Amar Singh and the ilk are the scum of the earth and you too Mr Journalist, with all your,Oh so pure!! persona sickens us Indians. So just do not write, let us all just stop reading and do for once what our hearts believe is right, for our hearts are the BEST guide post and right now the path Mr Hazare is showing appeals, so let us do it!

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Guys ,We should stop this **** jeneralism of HT .People should stop buying HT and TOI.Our only question is timing.Why now Vinod sharma. Be afraid of God as you guys trying to stop this anti corruption movement.People of India knows everybody who is right and who is wrong.Jai hind

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~~ ~~ ~~~ WILL WE LET OUR VILLIANS WIN? ~~~ ~~~ ~~

There is Mahabharata on right now,,, and pitted against the good people of India are the Yuvraj/ Yamraj, Digvinash, International dalla= Amar and similar corrupt frauds.

They use the CBI, police, court journalists with dreams of kursi and what not as their battle soldiers.

LET US ALL UNITE AND PUNISH THE CORRPUT, THE DALLA-S AND KICKBACK TAKERS !!

Even if they succeed in round one by destroying the Lokpal bill, we have the deciding round to play– the vote.

Haum honge kamyaab !!!

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Mr Vinod Sharma
Discussing the story done by HT carrying Mr Vinod Sharma’s byeline , within the four corners of the functioning of a free but responsible Press , I would like to submit the following questions to Mr Vinod Sharma

1. The CD contained conversation between three persons i.e Mulayam Singh, Amar Singh and Shanti Bhushan, Whereas reactions of Shanti Bhushan and Amar Singh were taken , why no reaction was taken of Mulayam Singh?
Shanti Bhushan denied it outright and Amar Singh’s reaction is as under

“Amar Singh refused to comment on the plea that he had no memory of it. “I don’t remember anything. I didn’t make the CD,” he told HT. At another point, he mocked Bhushan’s advocate son Prashant Bhushan, who is seeking vacation of the SC stay to bring into public domain some earlier tapes in which Singh figures. ”

Now with one denying it and the other expressing lack of memory , it was all the more neccessary to get the reaction of Mulayam Singh . It would not have been difficult for the Political Editor of HT to speak to Mulayam Singh or his representative. Now Mulayam Singh’s complete denial is also on record.

2. The other question is ofcourse why the name of the Agency which did the scan has still not been disclosed. I think at some stage later he has mentioned about some govt agency doing it. If true that makes it all the more curious .

3. Is it not puerile to argue that HT did the best due diligence as compared to other newspapers. But did any other newspaper make the allegation which HT story did that the CD is not doctored?

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~~ ~~ THOSE WHO FORGET HISTORY ARE BOUND TO REPEAT IT ~~ ~~

Remember 1988-89 ??

Mr VP Singh had invoked Mr Q and Bofors and won the sympathy of India. Today Anna and the kickback fighters are loved by all.

Then a fraud document was created from St Kitts. Today the COngress is using multiple frauds and multple Dalla-s to hoodwink Indians.

Let us repeat that electoral buttock- kick on kickback taking Congress !!

But make sure we dont get a weak weepie Singh type of ruler…

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@ Shenoy

U R right about the S.H.I.T.T.Y part !

As a corollary I propose that any newspaper which defames the fighters against the corrupt should be officially used as a TOILET PAPER !

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select any one

1 HINDUSTAN TIMES
congress Mouth piece

2. PAKISTAN TIMES
based in delhi

3. CORRUPTION TIMES
we are secular

4. MODI BASHING
most of the time we do that

5. HINDUSTAN TIMES
favour corruption

now i know this guy vinod will not respond, but he will ask agency to find my ip adress

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@ vinod sharma

can u plz explain me wht is communal and secular

wht i undestand is, killing 10,000 sikhs is secular (not even one from other camp died)

torching the train full of ram bakts is secular

for every action there is reaction : communal

u reply or not does not matter, gud night have a nice day tomorrow

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The Bhushans appear to be too much of a good thing, perhaps more than this country deserves. And two members from the same family on the committee is a little rich even by our lax standards.

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BVinodji,

you said, “@BV Shenoy
You are at times most irresponsible in what you say. In fact your self-righteous ways are no different from the Bhushans. I wrote on the CD like most other papers (but under my name unlike others). I got the CD examined before using the contents (unlike others) and even got the reaction of Shanti Bhushan on the forensic report. And despite all this you accuse me of conspiring against the anti-graft movement.
You do this because you are used to swimming with the tide. You don’t have the guts to be counted in a minority of one. And mind you, you don’t, given your leanings, empathise with most issues the Bhushans espouse. My position on those issues is closer to theirs.”

Vinodji,

you are being rather unfair to me. If you peruse the comments here, I am the only one who has consistently agreed with your position as far as due diligence goes.

You have said you have a problem about disclosing the identity of the lab which helped you in the due diligence. I have gone along with that position of yours too.

My point was and still is: Why have you not exercised the same due diligence when the issue was taking up a CD for publication which had undeniable foot-prints of Amar Singh’s on it?

All through the correspondence here, you have maintained studious silence on your position about Amar Singh, the dalaal, Amar Singh, the fixer, Amar Singh the purchaser of MPs, judges, journalists and witnesses. What about your journalistic ‘dharma’?

Your action in siding with the likes of Amar Singh, Digvinash Singh and similar other despicable characters has wittingly or unwittingly (I am prepared to grant you the benefit of doubt that it was mostly unwittingly) put spokes in the otherwise fast turning wheel of the civil society on the issue of corruption.

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Very evasive..
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Among many things that Mr Sharma is evasive on this issue of propogating the fraudulent tapes is the issue of
1. Does Mr Sharma have any opinion or idea about the source of the tape ??

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Dear Mr Vinod Sharma,

I once defended you on Twitter about some some points you made in a TV debate. I found your arguments very rational and sensible.

But what you have said and your actions regarding the CD controversy is…very unlike you or what I thought you were.

Wasn’t it very obvious and suspicious about the way the CD appeared, its timing and distribution…all annonymously…that something very sinister was taking place!?

And you missed the woods for the trees. We all want a strong Lokpal Bill. You could have waited till 30th June when the final draft of the bill is likely to be ready? You could have thoroughly scrutinized the draft for any anomalies. Then, if convinced, you could have waited for another couple of months for the bill to be presented and hopefully passed in the parliament.

After this if you felt that the personal integrity of the drafters of the bill was such a big issue you could have gone ahead confronted them and maligned them from head to toe with the contents of the CD.

But no you were too impatient. You wanted a scoop for you paper!

Small man. Small thinking. Feel sorry for you.

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Dear Vinod,

I am in agreement with your opinion about Mr Narendra Modi.

But dont you think the same is applicable to the Gandhi family in the hindsight of 1984 riots. Its just there is always a focus on Gujrat riots and not on 1984 riots. Dont you think the same has to be condemned in the same vein ?

Thanks,
Yash.

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yash says

‘I am in agreement with your opinion about Mr Narendra Modi. ‘

congress is responsible for all communal riots sice 1947 including 1947 when half a mill were killed….

now u agree after 55 years about only 1 riot in bjp stae…

do u know how may riots took place in congress states..since 1947…with congress instigation
even here train was done by congress councillor..

mdia keeps u ignorant and u remain so…

what about congress cms and gandhi nehru for 1947 and being responsible for all riots by their incomplete exchane of populations for votebankk

do ignorants like u know kashmir..all hindus left…but muslims r remaining in gujarat…

1984 was congress goons sikh riots….never happened before
and elmedia never talks about that and godhra train and kashmir…

and innocents like u ask sharma why???/

god save india from people like u who wil not even know that modi did his best and his police
killed 250 hindus..

but to u hindu lives r not important because u a slave hindu with no self respect..just big ego
no sense of identity…u will not even learn from history and minorities

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@ Vinod Sharma

ARE YOU GOING TO BE SILENT NOW ?????

Sir, a few postings above you had chided the bloggers of India saying that actual civil society can only be represneted by Harsh Mander and Aruna ROy and they had not endorsed Anna !!

Well I find it funny that secularism, democracy and indian thought can only be certified by three chosen indviduals as if they are BIS (bureau of Indian standards ) !!

But the funny part is that these individuals have today ENDORSED the LOK PAL movement and REJECTED the opponents trying to derail nailing the corrupt rulers !!!

So Sharmaji, aapke chahte bhi aap se door ho gaye !!

Ab kya jawab hai aapka??? OR IS SILENCE GOLDEN ???

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Mr. Sharma,

You are a very well known face and therefore can not hide behind scurrelous pretexts. I have been following you very closely since the time you started apprearing strategically in TV discusions to save the govt of the day from absolute embrassment. Be it your spirited defence of the CWG scam or the 2G probe, you have acted more as a loyalist than an INDEPENDENT minded journo.

This is no personal opinion of your credibility, look at the web and you will know how you are perceived. In this case your so called forensic report is just laughable stuff. Right click and you get all the information that you have written in your column. I assume no lab worth his salt is going to support you in this slander campaign, albeit a govt. one might just do that.

You must be doing all this for some purpose, just as you have mentioned for the car that you might require when your own driver is absent or some other which you donot like to say and we donot like to know, but journalists like you who are survivors and favoured are the bane of our society. People like you will try their level best to scuttele the anti-corruption movement because that directly affects your masters and ultimately you as you will not be able to get the so called small favours.

Keep trying and keep failing, you are in the mouth of a revolution, I just wish you survive enough to see the fate of you r brethern.

As by now the CD is proven to be doctored, please go ahead and at least say sorry to the civil society for this misdemeanour. Albeit take permission from the MASTERS.

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On day- 1 of the conterversy, all that Vinod Sharma said was that the C.D.. had been declared authentic by a government agency. PERIOD. Not a word was then said about its being even partially , merginally,even slghtly forged or spliced. That came later as a counter to Prashant producing a report from another forensic lab.
So, neither Vinod Sharma nor H.T. has covered itself with glory by (1) dealing with stuff like this dodgy C.D.and (2) playing into the hands of a politician like Amar Singh and the shadowy group of people he may be fronting for.
It is no business of a respectable paper to get into shenanigans like this one.
I’m afraid that H.T., with irs name already besmirched by the vir Sanghvi- Radia link-up, has once again lowered its standards by this Vinod Sharma- Amar Singh marriage of convenience brokered by a scheming UPA. We thought HT lived by some principles.

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Shenoy Saab

The CD story has gone awry.
The due diligence was not diligent enough.
Mr Sharma has been taken for a ride by those who were not diligent enough.
Mr Vinod Sharma it appears is not keeping good company.(Buri Sohbat mein hain).

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1) I watched the video interview of Director, Truth Labs.

The gentleman refused to say that the CD was “doctored”. He kept saying that few portions in the “source” CD and the “said CD” were same. He kept repeating this even after repeated questioning.

Who defined which was the source CD ? Mr Bhushans?

Mr Bhushan claimed that Truth Lab said that the CD was “doctored”.

Now, that’s subtle manipulation of public psych.

2) When one checks the CD is doctored or not, one would normally send the CD for the forensic test and the tests would be done for continuity of speech, natural phonetic variations and contextual use of words are tested to know whether the said CD is doctored or not.

Mr Bhushan claims that Amar Singh’s tape copy was sent as the Lab asked for “voice sample”.

Whose voice sample was actually needed?

Mr bhushan’s or Amar Singh’s?

Who was under scanner? Mr Bhushan or Amar Singh?

Who mattered most at this moment ? Mr Bhushan or Mr Amar Singh?

Mr Bhushan needed to prove that his speech was “doctored”. Did Mr Bhushan sent the audio tapes where his own conversation were recorded. No.

Mr Bhushan sent Mr Amar Singh’s conversation with “others”.

[ I am yet to figure out how did he manage to "dig" those tapes out so quickly if they were in Supreme Court's custody ! ]

The lab was “instructed” ( in legal parlance “leading” ) to check if the voices in CD “B” were same as in CD “A” ! The lab surely proved that few segments were same/similar.

The lab was right.

But it did not prove “conclusively” that CD “B” was doctored.

3) Let’s take a hypothetical situation :

Amar Singh says that portions of CD “A” ( Amar Singh’s telephone recording ) looks like having been picked up from CD “B” and from other sources. So CD “A” is doctored, not CD “B”.

Well, the debate would go on. Till it’s conclusively proved that Bhushans are innocent.

But do we wait till then? Do we wait Supreme Court to declare Bhushans to be innocent and then proceed with Lok Pal Bill discussion?

Then how can we catch the Monsson session ?

How can we have persons with “taint” in anti-corruption committee? It will certainly dilute Anna’s position.

So my suggestion is that let Bhushans step aside and Anna should bring in fresh talent as competent as Bhushans into the group.

And I repeat again. Bhushans should step aside.

On their own. For larger interest of the country. Else, we will be stuck up with this side show and miss the main show.

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Dear Vinod Sharma ji

Since the beginning of Jantar Mantar agitation by Anne Hazare and subsequently the government surprisingly accepting all his demands within four days was indeed a big surprise and mystery for a common man. Was it a nightmare of Tehirr square which made the govt. panicky or the results of the five state elections? It was for sure that this decision of the govt. will hardly be digestible with the political class as well as the corporate world together with some self styled activists, especially when father and son both were on the drafting committee of the Lokpal bill. This has come all true with the sudden appearance of the CD to malign the father and son to start a smear campaign in order to derail the whole process and to shift the focus.
The question is who suddenly produced this CD and circulated it in the media? The media, especially the HT, lapped ferociously on the CD. How the CD was dug out and made public still remains the mystery. Who indeed circulated it and why so much importance has been given to make it subject of public discussion in an effort to unseat the Bhushans fom the drafting committee?
Though you pretend the other way but surely under the camouflage of the CD getting examined by supersonic speed in some govt. forensic lab.( less tan 12 hours time), the HT has indeed shown unwittingly its intentions. Never before, the HT has acted as fast to uncover the facts and put it before the public. After all, the credibility of govt. labs. is well known to be believed.
While Amar Singh is a well known power broker in the bazaar of politics, it is unlike the nature of the HT to be seen to be leading this smearing campaign in a smart way so as not to give any impression of being a partner with Amar Singh in this project.
While Prashant Bhushan appeared very logical and divulged on the national Tv ( Times Now)all the information as to where he got CD forensically examined and the head of the lab., a Ph.D in spectrographic examination of the software database, fully defending the results of forensic examination on tv, the HT is yet to name the lab. where the CD was examined. Prashant Bhushan showed courage and resilience on Tv last night an seemed determined to fight it out. He has fought many such battles before. I am sure even if this controversy of CD settles down, many more cases are likely to crop up to malign both father and son.
I am sure all this unnecessary tirade is doomed and the Bhushans will come out with flying colours.
Regards
BNA

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Mr. Vinod sharma

Slammed for being diligent ?

but directly opposite to that is

hastening, hurrying, pushing, rushing

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@ Vinod Sharma

~~ I TOOK A DRIVE IN NOIDA AND DISCOVERED THE HINDUSTAN TIMES OFFICE ~~

As instructed by you I took a drive in Noida and discovered that the Hindustan Times too had a huge office and priniting press there !!

Now how can you say that the land allotment to HIndustan Times was genuine and to the Bhushans fraudulant ?????????????

Maybe HT was alloted land cheaper than the BHushans !! Has to be checked out !!

There is a smear campaign against the lokpal and said to say that the Express has joined the campaign. Even as its own partner CNN IBN too hnas a land allotment here!

IS SILENCE GOLDEN NOW????

Waiting for your words of wisdom — if any !

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~~~ ~~ WILL CHETAN BHAGAT BE THE NEXT ANNA HAZARE ???? ~~ ~~~

Chetan Bhagat the rockstar of Indian writing has feted MOdi for being an honest and efficient Chief Minister.

Let us all vote now.

Will all the woves charge at him now????

VOTE Y for Yes

VOTE N for NO

Winner gets an all paid trip to Satish Sharma’s Italian tiled house with a suitcase money !

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Correction. WOVES= Wolves and jackals !

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Vinod Sharma, you are very quick to hail trouble-makers as “civil society” and paragons of virtues. Ever questioned Javed Anand on the shady, criminal activities of his wife?

Prime witness was ‘coerced’ by Teesta
April 20, 2011 1:39:59 PM

Navin Upadhyay | New Delhi

The prime witness in the Best Bakery case was “manipulated” and “coerced” to give false evidence before the trial court in Mumbai. This startling disclosure has emerged from an affidavit sent to the Chief Justice of Bombay High Court on June 17, 2010 by Sheikh Yasmeen Banu, whose father-in-law Habibulla owned the ill-fated Best Bakery. Yasmeen’s husband Nafitulla was injured when rioters set Best Bakery ablaze. Nafitulla later died due to illness. In all, 14 persons were killed in the blaze.

In her affidavit dated June 17, 2010, Yasmeen, whose eyewitness account of the carnage played a crucial role in the conviction of the alleged accused persons stated that her deposition before the trial court was made under duress and she regretted that the innocent persons have been convicted on the basis of her testimony. She has implicated social activist Teesta Setalvad for her “fabricated deposition.”

Yasmeen stated that after the carnage she went to her parents’ home at Chhotaudepur along with her maternal uncle. After sometime, she went to Baroda along with her daughter and mother and started living in Best Bakery house after getting it repaired.

That is when Yasmeen was approached by Setalvad’s trusted right-hand man Rais Khan. Incidentally, Khan has separately accused Setalvad of fabricating the affidavits of the riot witnesses.

Yasmeen stated that one day, Rais Khan, who is associated with Teesta Setalvad, visited her along with local Muslim leaders and said that there was a danger to her (Yasmeen) life here and she must come to Mumbai where Best Bakery case was contested. “Rais Khan connected me to Teesta Setalvad from his cell phone. Teesta Setalvad also persuaded me to come to Mumbai along with him and promised me to help from every point of view,” Yasmeen said.

Yasmeen said she and her mother were forced and threatened, even assured by Rais Khan that he and Teesta Setalvad will fulfill all her needs throughout her life.

“After getting assurances from Muslim leaders, Rais Khan and Teesta Setalvad, I along with mother and my daughter left for Mumbai with Rais Khan by locking my house and leaving all the household articles there, which I brought from my widow mother’s house from Chhotaudepur.”

In Mumbai, Yasmeen was kept at Ashok Guest House in Bhindi Bazaar for one month. Yasmeen said Rais Khan daily took her to Setalvad’s house at Nirant Bungalow, Juhu Tara Road, Santacruz (West), Mumbai, which is her office also. “Teesta Setalvad used to explain to me about the case there. From there she used to take me to the office of Public Prosecutor Manjula Rao and thereafter she used to drop me at the guest house,” she points out.

She further added that during this period, she was paid by Teesta through her staff Dhyansingh and Pradip. Yasmeen was kept for 11 months in Room No. 102, at Mariam Apartment, Ismile Katre Road, Bhindi Bazaar.

Indicating that all the witnesses were kept under Setalvad’s supervision, Yasmeen said when she was shifted there, the same day other witnesses of the Best Bakery case, namely Taufel, Rais, Shezad, Selon, Ashraf, Shahjahan, Zahira Sheikh and her grandmother also came to stay there.

“Rais Khan and Teesta Setalvad kept strict observation on the flat in which we were residing, we were not able to go out and no one was allowed to meet us. Neither were we having mobile nor were we allowed to talk to anybody, even if we requested. We were not permitted to open the window of the room. Dhyansingh or sometimes Pradip, working in the office of Teesta Setalvad, used to stay for 24 hours there. They used to fulfill our requirements as well as keeping watch on us,” Yasmeen states and adds whosoever was called for deposition in the court used to leave the house and did not return.

Yasmeen said the witnesses were kept in a Government guest house during the period of deposition. “They used to get mobile phone from Teesta’s men in which outgoing calls were barred. Teesta used to explain on mobile on what they have to depose,” she said.

She revealed that Public Prosecutor Manjula Rao where Teesta Setalvad used to be present “everybody was tutored what to speak against whom in the court.”

Claiming that the depositions, which she gave against the persons, on the advice of these people, were unknown to her, Yasmeen said Teesta, Manjula Rao and Rais Khan used to take the witnesses to show their (accused) photographs to her on computers to identify them.

“She took my signatures on a few papers about which she (Yasmeen) had no knowledge,” Yasmeen said, adding that Rais Khan and Teesta Setalvad visited them till the trial continued and assured them that they will fulfill all commitments made to them after the completion of the deposition. Yasmeen was sent to Ahmedabad after the trial and was kept in a house for four months in Shaper Mill Compound.

“I was removed from the house the very next day of the pronouncement of judgement. I came to know that in the name of Best Bakery Case and for arranging deposition of persons like us, Teesta has collected lakhs of rupees and nothing was given to us,” she said.

With nowhere to go, Yasmeen returned to her uncle’s house. The Best Bakery was now out of her reach because her husband’s second wife lived there. After her maternal uncle refused to support her, some people took pity and contributed money to buy her a hut. Her misery did not end. She re-married, got pregnant and was then dumped by her husband. Yasmeen now lives with her mother and two children.

Accusing Rais Khan and Teesta Setalvad of cheating her, Yasmeen said, “By giving false deposition in this case, I have not only lost my ancestral property Best Bakery, which was in my possession and where I started leaving and earning my livelihood, but also on the basis of false assurances, so many innocent persons got convicted. Because of this, I am feeling guilty and probably due to this reason I am leading poor and sorrowful life. I always repent why I did the wrong thing on the advice of a person like Teesta.”

She added that since the judgement of the Best Bakery Case has been delivered on the basis of false testimonies, due to this reason her affidavit be treated as a petition, and the case be re-heard so that now no poor person can be bribed and misled by such people and no innocent person is wrongly punished and “the persons like Teesta Setalvad and Rais Khan be tried as per law, who by misleading and bribing poor, weak and unsupported persons like us, are managing false testimonies.”

Yasmeen sent this affidavit by post in June’2010 not only to the Chief Justice of Bombay High Court, but to Chief Justice of India, Chairman NHRC and Director General of Police, Gujarat. But, despite passing of 10 months no action has been taken against Teesta Setalvad and Rais Khan.

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Attacking Bhusan’s and mud slinging won’t hide the thuggism of criminals like Amar Singh..
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or the sheer cowardice of Mr Sharma, who has evaded answering many questions , I repeat one of them.

What does Mr Sharma know about the identity of the person/s is behing the fabricated tape that he is peddling ??

If he refuses to answer, I hope he is taken into custody and subjected to a narco-analysis to get to the people who fabricated this tape.

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In delight, Vinodji does squeal
and smile with unusual zeal
accusing his readers of taking to their heel

Look, he says, at Bhushans’ land deal
how they conceal more than they reveal
you may, he says beg, borrow or steal
but, an under-hand land deal?
No way, righteously he does feel.

But, We may ask him, over a meal
At that price, the land is a steal
what, then Vinodji, is the big deal?

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Mr. Sharma,

You seem to be so glad to hear about the land deals!! Isn’t it ? Perfect timing. You ask the readers about the land deals of Bhushans? Please read my first post. Did you answer any question that was raised about you?? I was not merely refering to the CD. I can see how evasive you are.

I have been following Hazare’s team for the past 4 months. And there was not a word from you. The peope who are in the committee are those who deafted the bill. You knew about them, some how waited on the sidelines hoping that the movement would never pick up. But alas, your hopes crashed!! I can see the ****** pleasure you derive from all those news about Bhushans popping up. People here are not supporters of Bhushans. They are coming in support of them largely because they know the govt is fearful of them. And even you are !!

This is how you addressed your readers in your earlier post-
“Such double standards can be variously described as cowardice, hypocricy, deceit, duplicity and dishonesty. Choose an appropriate description for yourselves dears. ) )
”

Don’t even dare question my integrity. I and my family’s integrity is something that your favorite party leaders can never equal. I am sure there are many readers here are on the same side. Go set up an IT raid against my family !! That is the best you and your favorite party can do. Are rest of the ministers in the committe absolutely clean ?? What about Sibal, Moily and others? Why no report from you on them??

My nation’s cause is bigger than anyone unlike yours!! First look into your own soul.

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@Mr Sharma,

How about the heading
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“Slammed for being a fraud and a coward” ?
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Who is the person that manufactured the tape ?

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u think vinod will be able to sustain so much happiness at this age ? he must be ROFL

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I really don’t like Bhushans but this smear campaign against them is sickening, This entire episode is enough proof that there is Politicians-Babu-Media nexus to hide and cover up their corruption, at the same time defame their critics by digging dirt.
Bhushans are taking two corrupt Tahkurs to court. They should also not spare the paid media. It is time corrupt media is fixed first because they are the enablers of corruption.

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Looks like the thieves have joined forces
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Senior Congress leaders Digvijay Singh and Salman Khursheed shared the dais with Amar Singh at a public function here, triggering speculation of the former SP general secretary inching closure to the national party.

While Digvijay termed Amar as his “brother, friend and an associate”, the Lokmanch chief said despite being political opponent he learnt a lot from the Congress leader.

“Today, some people are duping public with false claims. Now, I and Dijvijay have taken out sword against them,” Amar said at a college inauguration function yesterday.

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@Congress paid thugs
If allottment of land to Bhushans was flawed or illegal, it would be in the interest of the nation that legal luminaries of Congress challenge it in the court of law. What prevents the Singhvis and Tiwaris and Sibals from initiating legal action ?

Here is a relevent report
http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?719453

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Prabhat,

Even if you really meant it to be some kind of a crude joke or a mean jibe, it is OK, because like George Bush, I too have a reasonably thick Teflon coating. You should ask your “leaders” now to scheme what next to bring out, now that the NOIDA land deal has fallen flat.

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Though I am very critical of Hindustan Times and Vinod Sharma…..I must complement Vinod Sharma for being open to receive reponses from public and give back his views…This is in marked contrast with what happend on NDTV when Radia tapes issue came up. NDTV simply blocked any comments critical reference to Barkha Dutt. But here on this blog, I find a refreshing difference in this regard. This is despite the fact that 99.99% of commets on this blog are very critical to Hindustan Times and Vinod Sharma. I think it takes some doing. So, Mr. Vinod Sharma, for once, take a bow…

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The difference is, while what Mr Sharma writes ( sometimes meaningless and often in service of the very corupt and thugs in Congress party and SP ) gets published in the paper while what the readers write in response, is only in the online section. Anyway, thanks for that.

Getting back to facts, Mr Sharma and other Congress thugs have started the campaign to have the Bhusans renmoved from the Lokpal panel by levelling allegations . However if you look at the charges , there is no substance to them, except insinuations and mud slinging.

On the Noida land purchase, the Bhusans paid 3.5 crore and are subject to pay anathor 8 million or so every year as rent. There is no evidense that they paid less than the asked/advertized price by the government or any evidense of them having bribed anyone for it. That is not even being alleged !

So as you can see, Mr Sharma , is indulging in lot of mud slinging without any actual charges. Its shameful but then if Mr Sharma had any shame he would not act as a peddler and chamchas to the very corrupt from the Congress to the Samajwadi party.

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It seems that the ghost of Bhushan family is haunting not only the corporate world and the politicians but the media also. It is certain that at least corporate world is not going to forgive Prashant Bhushan as it was because of his activism in 2G cases, that five top MDs and CEOs of the corporate world are in Tihar jail. That is indeed unprecedented..
The media indeed presents amusing logic to befool the public. On one hand, it is after the blood of Yedi for making some land allotment from discretionary quota with no questions asked to the recipient. On the other hand, no one questions Mayawati for the allotment of land to Bhushas and the recipients are o being targeted.
Indeed, double standards of the media in running the smear campaigns.
BNA

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~~ ~~ ~~ HOW SHALLOW IS THE MEDIA !!! ~~ ~~ ~~

Amar Singh is the guy who made the maximum money out of land allotments in Noida, Greater Noida and rest of UP. He had formed a company along with the Flex Chairman to route all kickbacks of the discretionary quota and money taken before interviews for allotment of industrial and institutional plots.

Even when a public draw was held in 2004, the temptation of making money was so huge that Dalla-s were openly soliciting money for getting you a plot thru the draw !! And when it was found out that choice plots were distributed to the elite politicos, judges, (including the infamous Justice Sabharwal, the demolisher of Delhi) bureaucrats etc, the Supreme Court had to step in and cancel the draw!!…

But our beloved Vinod Sharma and the rest of the media will NEVER NEVER NEVER REVEAL THIS SIDE OF AMAR SINGH BHAIYA>>>

Instead teh world’s top dalal will be presented as a protector of seculairsm, honesty, Congress etc etc…

Wah WAH WAH Wah

Wah re Congress. Mahatma Gandhi ki party aaj DALAL SALAAM KEH rahi hai !!!

HA HA HA HA

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~~ ~~ ~Wah re Congress. Mahatma Gandhi ki party aaj DALAL SALAAM KEH rahi hai !!!

@ Vinodji, Praveen, Pankaj, rajeev and our poet friend Shenoy Sahab.

I am composing a new anthem for those Congressis, Digvinash who are saying DALAL SALAAM !!

Here it goes

Saare jahan se achcha
Yeh Dalal hamaara

HUm shukarguzar hai iske…
Yeh Gul hai hamara

Dalal ha hum !! Dalal hai hum
Yeh ratan hai hamaara !!!

Enjoy and Laugh at the truth !!

Ha !!! HA HA AHA !!!

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@ Vinod Sharma

Ik Din mit jaayega
Maati ke mol..

Jag mein reh jayenge
Pyaare tere blog

Iss liye

Kalam mein jab josh aaya
Dalaalon ka kar diya safaya

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Karnataka Lokayukta Santosh Hegde today said he was reconsidering his decision to be on the joint drafting committee on Lokpal Bill.

this congi goons with the help of deshdrohi’s in media will never allow the drafting

its time we shud take to streets

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Frankly speaking, I am kind of both happy and sad that Bhushans are in trouble. I am happy because they are known terror sympathisers and should not be in this group. I do not buy AMar-Digvijay-Vinod’s allegations against them. The CFSL lab just like CBI works under the govt. and can give false report on govt. directives. The congress has destroyed all the institutions in India so I have no trust in any govt. lab etc.
This civil group should take services of Bhushans from outside and at the same time step up their attack on Sonia-Rahul and their media. These Digvijay and Amar Singh are just minions. Once Sonia is on backfoot, all her pet dogs too will be on backfoot. Attack the Queen and Prince and everything will fall in place.

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Bunch of baseless insinuations ( lies ? ) from Mr sharma….
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From what I gather as facts from the media

The Noid land purchase was as per norms advertized by the Govt of UP.
The land parcels were priced about 3.5Crore and they have a additional annual fee of about 9 lakhs or so too. Many people applied. Many people got the land parcels along with Bhusans, who were fighting the Mayawati Govt on charges of corruption and nepotism and had fild PIL against the Maywati Govt.

So when the Bhusans applied for a land parcel for parcels that were advertised by Mayawati govt, the Maywati government most likely did not want any trouble and additional lawsuits
So yes you may accuse Bhusans of someone whom people like Mayawati dont want to mess with.

However Mr Sharma and other Congress corrupt thugs have taken this situation and are having a field day making every wild allegations and insinuations.

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@ All

Are we reaching any common ground?

Or, we will keep stretching this discussion till Mr Vinod Sharma comes up with another blog?

It would be nice if few regulars here reach some common ground or near-consensus.

I think these scandals about Bhushans have surely tainted the credibility of the drafting panel.

Mr Kejriwal has started refusing taking any questions on Bhushans, after his initial defence. Now he says ” ask Prashant. I have no comment.”

And somebody just pointed out that Justice Hegde is reconsidering his decision about being on the panel.

I genuinely think Mr Kejriwal should take the lead. He has enough credential.

Bhushans should step aside on their own and invite Ram Jethamalini to provide the ” legal consulation and backup” on behalf of the civil society.

Since Mr Jethamalini will represent the civil society in his professional capacity, any taint in his personal life will not impact the credibility of the panel.

We must move on if we have to catch the monsoon session.

Any comment?

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IF PRABHAT IS VINOD SHARMA>…… !!

Does it not prove that deep inside he too knows that Congress is harming India by destroying this public movement. THat he too wnts an end to corruption….

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I am surprised to see Vinod Mehta has clear idea about this Bhushans episode. He knows what congress is upto.
http://www.timesnow.tv/Debate-First-CD-now-land—2/videoshow/4370993.cms

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@Rajeev
Why don’y you summarize what Vinod Mehta ( of Outlook ? ) has to say.

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Why does Congress want the Bhusans to quit the Lokpal panel ?
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Cong hints it wants Bhushan to go but won’t mouth it ( from TOI )

( @Congress : Don’t worry, your agent in the media have been mouthing it pretty well )

In a veiled message to Shanti Bhushan to quit the Joint Committee on Lokpal Bill, Congress today (April 21) said that people measuring society according to certain moral yardsticks should measure up to them. “If you do attempt to measure society and individuals by certain moral yardsticks, then obviously there is a need to very seriously introspect whether you measure up to that yardsticks,” party spokesperson Manish Tewari told reporters.

Now the question is , why does Congress+AmerSingh want Bhusans to quit the Lokpal Panel ?

Is it that the Bhusans know too much about the current bunch of gutter corrupts in Congress and SP and may help craft a bill that may not leave wiggle room for them or is it because Amar Singh and Congress are champions of probity in public life ?

Mr Vinod Sharma , the Congress/Amar Singh mouth piece can perhaps shed some light.

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Shenoy while walking out of his bath tub in kakhi shorts suddenly started yelling eureka ..and see the glee and merriment in the Modi camp.
Are these internet hindus so stupid and derailed ..they can not figure out A from B?
Prabhat was poking at your collective inertia ..
Till yesterday the Bhushans were anti national ,maoist sympathizers..Now they are the new avatars of a corruption free society ..These internet hindus sitting in their bunkers always greasing the palms for their self petty gains are coming out as messiahs to liberate this country..what a joke..
Mr. Vinod Sharma..your readership is wide..Go and hit where it hurts..Tell the truth..we are with you..
To the guy who uses so many smilies …it is an eye sore…you are not sure about yourself.whether it is a joke or not…..go and get some medical help.

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Mr Vinod,

Ciao…(i am sure namaste you no longer understand:))
Few question which are not discussed here…
1)Why did the CD come out now ?
2)Why did Mr Vinod forget even his morning rituals and ran to get a certificate from government lab?
3)Can Mr vinod print the governement lab certificate?
4)Can Mr Vinod load the CD on internet so readers can get it verified themselves.?
5)Why Mr Vinod never has written on the other panelists?
Kapil sibal- represented 2G scam cheaters and became telecom minister
Chidambaram- his son bribed the voters in daylight and he was party for selecting thomas.
6)Where were you in the fight against corruption??Washing utensils like pratibha patil at the Gandhy family house and hoping to be the next president?
7)Why are people like you and dilip padgaonkar chosen for all creamy positions by UPA?Kya keemat dete ho madamji ko??

Tu idhar udhar ki na baat kar, yeh bata ki qaafila kyon loota; hamein rahzanon se gila nahin, teri rehbari ka sawaal hai…

Here are the supari killers or hit men of the congress
1)Vinod sharma- Print media -congress hit man
2)Barkha dutt– Tv media supari killer
3)Digvijay singh- He is man of all seasons for all kinds of crime
4)Amar singh- Special projects supari killer
5)Abhishek singhvi and sibal — lash ko thikane lagane wale..

and we all know who phoolan devi is…..
Oops forgot Manmohan singh —- Actually nobody remembers him-Good for nothing.

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Battle is on ,People are divided in to two sides.

Side A- Corrupt people & there supporters
Side B- People against corruption & there supporters.

lets watch who will win,
the fight between two will decide India’s future

If side A wins – Corrupt people will continue to rule & loot will be continued.
If side B wins – Good people will take charge & India will become super power within 20 year.
God please help side B.to win.

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as soon as congis came to to know that they have to give it to the demands of civil society, they called all deshdrohis in media for informal chat, they were expecting 10 – 15%, but to there surprise more than 95% of them turned out. you all know who was leading

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Shenoy Saab and all friends who wish to fight for an effective LokPal
Let us go back to the days when the cedibility of the Rajiv Gandhi led Congress Govt was at its lowest and he had risen in the Parliament to state that neither he nor any family member had take bribes in the purchase of Bofors guns .HIs govt was tottering and surviving on a day to day basis, the Digvijay Singhs and the Amar Singhs of that time had resorted to similar shenanigans. Effort was made to take the country for a ride .Those were similar times and one scandal after another of his govt was tumbling out almost every day.( fodder machine , then CBI Chief doing business with an accused company etc etc.
What was the defence strategy of the Congress and Mr clean, throw muck all around. and we were witness to the St Kitts and the Fairfax forgeries /hoaxes . At that time also important sections of the Media were more keen on helping the corrupt govt of the day and tried to make those forgeries look credible.
Personally I see history repeating itself. The Congress Party always keeps some dalaals to do their dirty work. The only difference between now and then is that often times now it appears that
Har shaakh pe dalla baitha hai……..
It is going to be a long haul Sirjee.

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@Vinod Sharma

Sir

I just wanted to know your comments with respect to my views but it still begs your response. May be your silence is enough to indicate that you are not comfortable with this and that you are avoiding.
Mr. Digvijay Singh is changing his targets of attack every day. While one day it is the Lok Ayukt of Karnataka, Mr. Hegde, the next day it is the Bhushans.. Well no one asks him what he has to say about the sorry plight of Delhi Lok Ayukt. This gentleman has recommended that a minister of Delhi govt. ( most probably, it is the PWD minister) be removed because of his having been found following corrupt practices. The Delhi CM is hardly bothered and the recommendations of the Lok ayukt are in the dustbin. Mr. Digvijay has also to explain about the findings of Shunglu committee report. This committee formed by the PM himself with fanfare to investigate CWG has named Mrs. Sheila Dikshit as one of the persons who have been held responsible for various acts of omissions and commissions. The CM met the PM and has rejected the report.. Is n’t it a funny situation that she is rejecting the report of a committee appointed by the PM himself. The media and the PM are both quiet.
It is no surprise to see the UPA govt. and the sponsored agenda of the media losing credibility in public with every passing day.
BNA

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From what BN Anand wrote
“.. This committee formed by the PM himself with fanfare to investigate CWG has named Mrs. Sheila Dikshit as one of the persons who have been held responsible for various acts of omissions and commissions. The CM met the PM and has rejected the report.. Is n’t it a funny situation that she is rejecting the report of a committee appointed by the PM himself…”

Bravo. The indictment of Congress for putting corruption on a super-fast track runs all the way to the top : Sheila dixit-Manmohan-Sonia.

Corruption would not be so brazen and wide spread if the Manmohan-Sonia regime did not survive on the mutual support that these corrupt groups ( including Digvijay, Amar etc ) that offer each other.
These groups have also co-opted large sections of their media. Its for all to see at HT.

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Now that MP High court has asked to file charge sheet against corrupt Digvijay Singh and 11 others regarding their involvement in shopping complex scam, what have Vinod and minions like Prabhat have to say?
Or are they going to yell “YEDDY YEDDY”?

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I am waiting to hear from political Dalal Amar SIngh and media dalal Vinod Sharma on their master Digvijay Singh’s antics in Indore…
Is Vinod SHarma going to pull out a CD out of Amar SIngh’s arse to defend Diggi? Time will tell.

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@Vinod Sharma
Vinod Sharma to Rajiv : “By your logic all newspapers – Indian Express, Times of India, and HT – are stooges in the hands of the government.”
Vinod, by bracketing HT with Times of India and Indian Express, you have neither been fair to TOI nor to your own paper.
Not fair to TOI for two reasons. One, TOI will not touch the likes of Amar Singh – HT’s “man of the moment” – even with a six-metre long pole. Two, the TOI has never allowed , nor ever will, the long-in-power Congress party to have a hotline to it .On the other hand, the less said about the close and historic HT-Congress nexus, the better.
Not fair for HT because the other paper you mentioned (Indian Express) has touched record lows in the history of Indian journalism in terms of ethical standards, lack of credibility, total subservience to the party in power, i.e. Congress and allies.

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@Shenoy

Your Posting :

“…Digvinash actually said that despite having the best Lokpal law in Karnataka, the corruption in the state is increasing and Justice Hegde, the Lokpal, is not doing anything about it. He also said that Hegde is shielding the corrupt CM….”

I did bit of back-dated research and this is what I found :
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1) “Justice Hegde is the Lokayukta of Karnataka, has corruption stopped there?” said Singh.

2) “I am not challenging anyone and neither am I accepting any challenges. I’m just saying that Karnataka has the best Lokayukta bill. They have the best Lokayukta. So why haven’t they been able to stop the corruption in Karnataka,” said Singh.

“Why are they unable to stop the CM’s corruption, why are they unable to stop the Reddy brothers’ corruption?” he asked.
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As I see Digvijay is trying to point out that just bill will not help stop corruption. The corrupt persons will indulge in corruptions INSPITE OF Lokayukta and Lokaykta Bill.

The world believes that Lok Pal bill is the all-problem solution and there would be NO corruption once the bill is introduced.

The expectation is sky high. Once this bill is implemented and we still see corruption around us, the fall would be earth-shattering.

But negotiation must be on.

I am sure the members would find a common ground.

My point of view is that Digvijay Singh just telling the world that “let’s not treat this one one-shot solution to corruption”. He did not say that Justice Hegde was shielding the corrupt CM of Karnataka !

I think Justice Hegde should not take it personally. He has a definite role to play in the panel. And he must stick to the original plan.

Everybody wanted a public debate. Let this be treated as a public debate ! If a member of the society raises a point, counter that with logical statement.

Anybody in the panel could raise this question during discussion / debate in the formal panel meeting. The other member should be objective enough to counter that point with logical statement(s) and not take it as a personal attack.

I assume Justice Hegde has high EQ and enough court experience to deal with situation like this. He should not show withdrawal symptoms. We have much larger issues are at stake.

Hope Justice Hegde stays on and play a constructive role that we all expect him to do.

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~~~ ~~:D ~~ PAKISTAN SE AAYI AAWAZ …. DIGVINASH SINGH ZINDABAAD !! ~~ ~~

Here is an excerpt from the JEHADI TIMES published from Rawalpindi

DELHI 22 April

After supporting the terrorists of 26/11 along with A R Antulay, the COngress foot and mouth disease sufferer Digvinash Singh is furthering the Pakistani agenda of destroying the Indian economy and success story by villifying the fighters of corruption. Agent Digvinash has been instructed by the ISI and Pakistan army to destroy India internally like a termite and thus serve Pakistani goal of fomenting discontent and terror in India….

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One reason why the Bhushans are getting negative press is that they exposed some journalists who took rishwat and crumbs from Niira Radia… That is the MOTHER OF ALL TRUTHS !!

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@ SHenoy

This whole drama is so funny. Mayawati wants the panel changed, citing Dalits– of course she is scared that her statues may be replaced by that of Gandhi and Patel and her fees for land allotment recovered; Sonia Mata is scared that the panel may want to probe Mr Q links; The Yuvraj is scared and has unleashed his henchman and mafia mobster, Digvinash.

If all these guys had there way they would appoint all crooks as LokPals. There choice would be

–> International Dahla– Amar Singh
–> Fodder chor Lalu
–> G string star Raja
–> Clumsy Clown and sycophant Mani Silencer
–> Master of corruption, Digvinash

Once these guys manage to get the corrupt to man the LoK Pal, they will contiue to loot and cheat…:)

Basically all party corruption is what satisfies them… Thum bhi chori karna… hum bhi karenge.,..

Wah Wah WAH !

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@Shenoy

Shenoy! Your Post ”

“…….you are trying to prove what Digvinash Singh said about Hegde was right. He also said the state has the best law, but Hegde is not prosecuting anybody, including the CM whom he is shielding. (This is what Hegde said on TV quoting Digvinash Singh)…..”

1) As I pointed out in my earlier posting, Digvijay talked about “CORRUPTION HAPPENING IN KARNATAKA ” INSPITE ” OF THE BEST LOKAYUKT AND LOKAYUKTA BILL .

He did not talk about Justice Hegde.

Justice Hegde said ” I will not act against Karnataka CM, because Congress wants me to act !”

That’s not a neutral stance ! That’s a loaded political statement !!

Imagine what would happen when we entrust all pervasive power in the hands of a Lokpal, the highest authority having “slightly” or “latent political bias” ! There will be no recourse ! I think that is what everybody is worried of.

[ I watched one episode of a serial called khichdi. A small scene -

( The wife was trying to provoke her husband. )

Wife : I will die of shame now, because of your brother.

Husband : What did he do? he is a nice guy. He can not do anything that you will be ashamed of !

Wife : I can not tell you what all he said. He does not have an iota of respect for you !.

Husband : But what did he say?

Wife: I am completely shattered I just can not take it anymore!!

Husband : Did he really did that? What did he say?

Wife : I can even tell you what all he said. You can not take it.

Husband : He said all that bad things about me? I am going to thrash him. What does he think of himself !!! I paid all his bills. Now, he has done this me ! I am going to kill him. that B***...what does he think of himself...that bloody.........are you sure he said bad things about me?

Wife: You mean to say I am lying ! You do not believe me ?

Husband : Call that man ! Hey ! you bloody rascal......... ]

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@Prabhat,
Anyone trying to justify or find any sense in the numerous gutter utterences of a corrupt, political thug like DigVijay singh is a self-proclaimed idiot or thug himself. There are few politicians as dirty as Digvijay Singh, Amar Singh etc. Thats the most charitable thing that can be said about lackeys to such dirty men.

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@ every one;
it is funny, no sorry not funny but tragic to read, now, digvijay supporting mayawati for inclusion of a Dalit in Lokpal panel.
SP says, no need for hazare in UP, We, the SP, are fighting corruption. These virtuosos, epitome of corruption, mayawatis, Mulayams, and Digvijays are feeling threatened that their days of loot are coming to end hence the reaction. What a breath of fresh air.

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@Rajeev

Your Posting :

“To me it looks like Prabhat is some HT staff hired by Vinod to post on his behalf. …..”

Rajeev!

I am a Ht staffer and Vinodji has hired me !!!!!!!!

You surely live in a cocooned world and see your little world through a coloured glass. Your vision is so myopic, ears so stuffed and brain so autistic that you can not think beyond few parroted lines to describe or justify anything in this world.

Do you think Vonodji is so incompetent and helpless that he would need help of a political bystander like me?

Or, do you think he is as petty and crooked minded person like that famous politician/deputy prime minister who would ignite the fire and then sit quiet and enjoy the world on fire !

I know you can not think independently. You can only parrot few lines and sing a chorus.

In last 2 days, your team leader has covered a long distance and now gives Vinodji his due respect.

Shenoy says “……..Leave these things to Vinodji, he is a veteran editor; he knows how much to take to heart and how much to laugh off…..”

Now, take the cue from your team leader Shenoy.

Stop undermining Vinodji’s intelligence.

Vinod Sharma does not need to outsource his defence. He is a very capable and veteran journalist.

Even your team leader this Shenoy says so.

Now, parrot !!!

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@Prabhat,
“Do you think Vonodji is so incompetent and helpless that he would need help of a political bystander like me?”

YES

“Or, do you think he is as petty and crooked minded person like that famous politician/deputy prime minister who would ignite the fire and then sit quiet and enjoy the world on fire !”

YES

“Vinod Sharma does not need to outsource his defence. He is a very capable and veteran journalist.”

Nice Joke…

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Vijay Kumar,

yesterday, oyu had written about Mayawati’s demand for inclusion of an SCmember on the drafting committee. Perhaps her hope is that the SCmember would insert provision for exemption from prosecution for SC CMs (like herself) and SC ministers in cases of corruption.

I have a solution.

W

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Incomplete post.

I have a solution:

why not appoint A.Raja as a member on the committee in place of Sibal?

In fact, Raja is the original, Sibal is the duplicate. Why have a duplicate when the original is available?

Karunanidhi had earlier demanded that Raja should not be prosecuted, because he belongs to the SC; now what MMS can do is to bring him to the meetings in the jail van, remove his hand-cuffs (and also chains, if any) and when the meetings are over, take him back to the cell.

Or else, they can convert the basement of the now defunct Akbar hotel into a jail and have the meetings of the committee on the 3rd or 4th floor. How is this idea, Sirjee?

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सरकार उल्फा को दे रही है 40 लाख रुपये ‘जेबखर्च’ ; NAVBHARAT TIMES 24TH APRIL 2011
नई दिल्ली।। असम के अलगाववादी उल्फा नेताओं को उनके रोज के खर्चों और परिवार चलाने के लिए केंद्र सरकार की ओर से 40 लाख रुपये दिए जा रहे हैं। गृह मंत्रालय ने उल्फा के अरविंद राजखोवा, प्रदीप गोगोई और अन्य नेताओं तथा संगठन के करीब 400 कैडरों की वित्तीय सहायता के लिए पहली किस्त जारी कर दी है।

मंत्रालय के एक अधिकारी ने बताया असम सरकार के माध्यम से उल्फा को पैसा दिया गया है। यह पैसा उल्फा सदस्यों के दैनिक खर्च और उनके परिवार की जरूरतों को पूरा करने के लिए दिया गया। केंद्र आने वाले दिनों में प्रतिबंधित समूह के लिए और पैसे जारी कर सकता है।

उल्फा पर हथियार और गोलाबारूद खरीदने तथा अपने कैडरों को ट्रेनिंग देने के लिए असम में करोड़ों रुपये की वसूली करने का आरोप है। इस समूह पर समीपवर्ती बांग्लादेश में कई कारोबार चलाने का भी आरोप है

WAH RE HAMAARI SARKAR . UPA SARKAAR , CONGRESS SARKAAR

FIRST IT WAS LTTE , AN IMPORTED TERROR ORGANISATION , NOW PURE INDIGINEOUS
TERROR ORGANISATION BEING FUNDED BY OUR MANNU BHAI & CHIDDU BHAI’s GOVT.

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Pankaj ji,

Just as the phrase ‘Prabhat Pheri’ evoked nostalgic memories in you, I too was taken six decades back, when it was a common occurance in our place. You will be interested to know that Karnataka too was fully involved in the freedom struggle, though my district, South Kanara joined the state only after 1956. In our school and elsewhere, we used to enthusiastically sing another national song, now long forgotten-Jhanda ooncha rahe hamaara.

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are not Ahmedabad: Parsi community here showered praises on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today with one of the high priests wishing him to become the Prime Minister of India, while a Bollywood actor described him as protector of sacred fire ‘Atash Behram’.

Modi was chief guest at a function organised to celebrate the 1290th Anniversary of Shreeji Pak Iranshah at Udvada, a world renowned pilgrimage centre for Paris community.

“On the 1300th anniversary of Shreeji Pak Iranshah, ten years later, I wish it to be celebrated in presence of ‘prime minister’ Narendra Modi,” High Priest Dastur Kurshedjee Kekobad said during his address.

He said that Parsi people were secure in Gujarat and ‘Foundation for development of Udvada’ is the result of Chief Minister’s farsightedness. Even the Zoroastrian Information Centre has also been developed with the help of Chief Minister’s funding, he added.

Noted film actor Boman Irani who was present on the occasion described Modi as the protector of the sacred fire ‘Atash Behram’ and of pilgrim place Udvada, second after King Jadav Rana of Sanjan who gave shelter to people of Parsi community on their arrival in India.

Irani also thanked Modi government for initiating efforts to preserve the sanctity and solemnity of Udvada.

Modi has come in for praise from different sections of people, of late, including Anna Hazare. However, Modi’s critiques in Gujarat had said it was misplaced.

P.S
parsis and sikhs are not minorities and neither r hindus in kashmir …YEAH

MODI HATES MINORITIES….his gujarat has regular riots…congress rule was so peaceful

1985 and 1969 etc etc riots did not happen …all started by congress including 2002..started by a congress councilor and gang who burnt train…

this is the level of the reporting of our mafia media

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@ Shenoy & Pankaj

Do you know that Digvinash and Yuvraj have penned down a new song for the COngress

and that is

” Dalal hameesha Rahe AMAR hamaara…”

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Without dwelling deeper into whether “Prabhat’ is a clone or a “next friend” of Mr Vinod Sharma , but some striking similarities ,which could simply be co-incidental ,are quite evident.
Apart fom sharing a common love for the Congress , defending its prevarications and lies , its corruption and inherent hypocricy and on the CD episode trying to muddy the waters , both have alleged at some time or the other , that many of us who visit this Blog are part of an organized gang , that we meet in some hidden chambers of Shaolin etc etc.
As for Shenoy Saab being our team leader , rightly said ,we do have a considerable respect for him. That this gang respects Mr Vinod Sharma inspite of differing with him on most issues, should also be taken on record .

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@ Prabhat

Vajpayee was too much of a gentleman and that is why he let the Bofors issue untouched.

His heart bled for a widow called Sonia and her children. Since Rajiv was dead he thought it was best not too insult the Gandhi family by taking out the truth.

However, the unethical Congress is repaying this favour by unleashing false cases against the BJP top brass.

Wah re Digvinash … ab toh thum duniya ke top Dala ke pujari ban gaye ho… aur Congress Tumhari…

At this pace, Digvinash will one day stage a palace coup and present hiumself for the PM kursi by blackmailing the Rajmata that he will reveal the truth about Mr Q and kickbacks…

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Kalmadi arrested by CBI in CWG scam case

poor guy, he gave most of the loot money to foreigners sitting in india

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@ Praveen

You forgot to add “rape.. rape… ”

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With Karunanaidhi’s daughter and wife also charged by the SC ( and not Manmohan Singh )monitored CBI will Kapil Sibal and Montek Ahluwalia eat crow. UPA ’s two much touted acclaimed economist and lawyer duo , had loudly proclaimed that no finacial loss had occurred in allotment of spectrum by Raja.

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In the end, it seems that some sanity has dawned on both Digvijay Singh and Amar Singh. Is it a lull before the storm or because of following the “HUKUMNAMA” issued from the top brass?
BNA

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@ Dr Anand

Digvinash and Amar– the laural and hardy of corruption, the chort chor mausare bhai of loot were too oily for the Indian Janata to swallow. Nobody believed them. THe Congress vote share kept falling !

Only our innocent Vinod Sharmaji, who seems gullible and child like naive when it comes to the Congress fixers, believed Amar Dalla and Digvinash joker.

hey VInodji… please shed the innocence and become worldly wise. You may believe that Uncle Amar Dalla made his money by hardwork and Digvijay is doing all this for the good of Mahatma Gandhi’s ideals… But I think YOU are the only person in India who believes this !!!

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~~ ~~ THE NEW MISSION OF INTERNET BLOGGERS ~~ ~~

Due to the onslought of nthe internet bloggers and the people of India, the Supreme court appointed CBI probe has come to the DMK door.

Congrats to all of us and arnab who led the charge !!

But… We have to be careful now.

The probe is not looking into Congress corruption and is focused only on that of the allies like the DMK. We all should…

–> Focus on Congress loot as in Rajasthan where fresh dakaiti and chori is stumbling out of Gehlot’s cupboards.

–> Focus on the 15% Tapan Mitara mentioned in the Radia tapes on Higway contracts.

–> Focus on Digcinash and his chori

–> Amar dalal, champion of kickbacks who can beat Zardari handsdown needs to be unclothed !!

Hum hoge Kaamyaab !!

Ek din… man mein hai Vishwaas…

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@Vinod Sharma

Vinodji ! I guess you have a group of real admirers !

It does not matter what topic you choose, what day or month you blog, their response would be same.

They have a pre-determined tone,tenor and language to respond on your blog.

It’s almost as fashionable as lighting candle at India gate, these days.

Walk in silence candle in hand, spend few moments and think ” when next ? ” !

You should feel good, that this group of your admirers spend considerable amount of their waking hours on your blog .

They want to make their presence felt on your blog.

They love their moments on your blog. If nobody debates or argues with them, they even scratch each other a bit, once a while, to let each other know that they are alive on the blog !

I guess the stickiness is just enviable !

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DMK’s 2nd wife under scanner ?
What about DMK’s first wife called Congress ?

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wah kya bath hai, being minority commission member you have got reservations for anna’s praise of modi, but you got no reservation to rub the shoulders and some thing else with yasinmalik the rapist of poor hindu pandits, razakar in owaisi, terrorist madani, shahbudding of bihar, azharuddin the match fixer etc., persons of your ilk really disgusting secularist

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Dinesh 2 hours ago
DON’T BLAME CONGRESS. Congress is as innocent as SNAKES, because they don’t feel pain of Snake bite to Victims. We Indians are addicted to SNAKE BITES.
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With the CFSL (Chandigarh) report out, I presume that it tears to bits your biased & deceptive evidence. Is this the type of journalistic ethics you practice? Now with a load of egg on your face, i think it is time that you give an unconditional apology to the father / son Bhushan duo. With due diligence let me say that for a journalist, you unashamedly take sides with the party in power. You sure are wise to the fact on which side your bread is buttered. Surely not your readers.

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COME ON Mr VINOD SHARMA,TELL US HOW COULD YOU MANAGE TO GET CFSL,DELHI REPORT IN SUCH A QUICK TIME,ALMOSZT IN A JIFFY.WHAT MAGIC WAND YOU ARE USING.

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CFSL Delhi is in trouble for declaring the Bhushan CD as authentic. Why is Mr. Vinod Sharma quiet on this issue? Is it not time for him to reveal the source of his report? If he just keeps quiet, his credibility will be severely dented.

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Great article.

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Woow Bunny, you sure have a point there. We always think everyone out here has to have an ulterior motive to suit their case.
Its taken to a supreme level….but you sure gotta have faith to hang in their, amidst everything!

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Kushal,
Firstly there is no comparison between both shows, as you already may know this. Secondly, have you ever been behind the curtains of any of these shows? Talk to me, i can enlighten you with some info.
Cheers,
Rhea

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So, after watching “Satyamev Jayate” , what did you do other than question it? I hope you give your time and money to the cause. Even if you question the emotions (tears here) in the show, I hope you do believe that all the problems raised in the show do exist in India, and we all have to work towards solving it.

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So true!! We have become lemon sucking cynics I tell you!! Where’s the optimism people? Nowadays even doing someone a favour makes them think that you have some ulterior motive. Granted our life is not as simple as before and manipulation is the name of the game, but is it fair to tar everybody with the same brush?
Once in Ahmedabad, the autowallah deviated from my usual route (I am rather fanatical about my routes, a little OCD even) and as usual I started berating the autowallah for taking a longer route. Imagine my surprise and red faced embarrassment when the fare came to 5-6 rupees less than usual.. I guess a little trust in the autowallah would have saved me some face..

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So true!! We have become cynics I tell you!! Where’s the optimism people? Nowadays even doing someone a favour makes them think that you have some ulterior motive. Granted our life is not as simple as before and manipulation is the name of the game, but is it fair to tar everybody with the same brush?

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My louely comments are being hidden due to abuse reports.. There were no bad words I swear!!

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I absolutely adore Junior Masterchef Australia. The things that strike me most about this show, apart from the amazing kids, are all the judges…they’re amazing. They don’t talk down to the kids, terrify them or yell at them – which is what would happen here – and they are constantly encouraging them. So very heartening to watch! Kudos to them.

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Kushal,
The last para sums it up all…….its a matter of faith. We have faith in God even if we haven’t seen Him……. but as times are rapidly changing, words like faith, belief, honesty et. al. have lost (quite some) significance……you may call me a cry baby as Sonal Kalra would…but mistrust is the order of the day… and mind you, it is not misplaced too.
With changing times we have become very argumentative…..why this? why that?
and the argument says, if Aamir was truly a human being par excellence and interested in the overall interest of the nation and its public and their personal state of affairs etc. etc…… would he have dumped his wife and two kids to fend for themselves ……. and the guy fell for a much younger woman…or may be as per Islam he cud marry n number of times…??????
But then……..like to believe that he is doing all this for the sake of his genuine concern.

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”
Thinking makes life difficult. Not questioning things makes life easier…” Nicely said!

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The innocence of thought and belief is lost indeed. And I think part of the reason again is something very human. We are fed with images and conjectures on a daily basis by scores of channels and internet, with little credibility and context. So in light of this, its become fashionable to question everything as form of standing up for something or being an “opinionated” person almost sounding like an intellectual. As you rightly pointed out, there is a thin line of difference between constructive criticism and rampant questionism. I guess we are still evolving. As a nation, we have only been exposed to a dialogue on social issues on a national level for about two decades. theres many more churns to go through. ~Ishmart Alec

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Within a few days of taking charge of the Finance Ministry, the Asian Indian Aryan, Dravidian, Mongolian & Australoid Hindu, Sikh, Shinto, Tao, Confucian, Buddhist & Jain PM Manmohan Gurmukh Amrit Kaur Singh has proved that he is a quick action taker, a decisive leader & a good performer. Dr. Singh delivers spectacular results if he is in total control & others are not micro-managing him or placing roadblocks. When the fish, chicken & mutton eating RSS Brahmin Atal Bihari Shyam Krishna Vajpayee was the PM, BJP stood solidly behind him & allowed him complete freedom both in the government & the party. When PV Narasimha Rao was the PM, he too called all the shots in the administration & Indian National Congress party. Likewise, Jawaharlal Nehru, the son of the chicken, beef & pork-eating Motilal Nehru was the PM, he faced no internal dissensions either in the government or in the party. Of course, the Non-Aryan European British Greek Christian Edwina Mountbatten kept a tight control over Jawaharlal with the help of Remote Body Area & Mind Control Networks & made him to write to her every day about the affairs of India. Likewise, the converted Christian & fish, pork, chicken & mutton eating Rajiv Roberto Iranian Parsee Shia Muslim Firoz Jehangir Nawab Khan Ghandi faced no challenge to his powers, both in the administration & party from any of the Indians; however, the role played by Edwina Mountbatten when Jawaharlal Nehru was India’s PM, was played by the Non-Aryan European Italian Roman Catholic Christians Sonia Edwige Antonia Albina Roberto Maino, Mascali Ottavio Quattrocchi & Swedish AB Bofors Howitzer Corruption Commission Paying Gun in Rajiv Gandhi’s PM & personal lives. In the case of fish, chicken & mutton eating Indian PMs – Jat Charan Singh, Vokkaliga HD Deve Gowda, Kshatriya Chandra Shekhar, Pakistant-export IK Gujral & Kshatriya VP Singh, the Indian National Congress constantly breathed down their necks, never allowed them to breathe freely & under-cut their powers in decision making, appointments & administration. The fish, chicken & mutton eating Kayastha Brahmin Lal Bahadur Shastri took complete control of the Indian mind & administration with his clean, effective & Jai Jawan & Jai Kisan administration until he was poisoned to death by bad & malignant elements. The ablest, strongest, most patriotic & meat eating PM Indirani Priyadarshini Gandhi had complete control over both government administration & party management but her closest & ablest son Sanjay Gandhi was cruelly killed by her detractors. Similarly, his own urine drinking Gujarati Brahmin Morarji Desai stood his ground well, though he was a little weakened because Nanaji Deshmukh refused to become the Industry Minister & opted out of politics because of his differences with AB Vajpayee & LK Advani & because Madhu Limaye constantly attacked RSS support to his government. It is time the eggs, fish, chicken & mutton eating Manmohan Singh is made the Indian National Congress President & allowed to serve India as an able, amiable, honest & results-giving Indian PM. Jai Azad Hind! Jai Hind! OM!

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One of the lovely hotels in bhubaneswar with very good hospitality and glorious accommodation….

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Please do not give space to terrorists. They should be a part of the mainstream.
Else, they should go to a Muslim country.

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http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/hum-log/video-story/256052?hphin

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UK becoming multi cultural is a good thing. Global acceptance of all forms of Islam including athiestic Sufi Islam is welcome. However they should take care not to bend to Mullas and get Sharia in their legal system. Neither should the fair minded British abandon the hapless Muslim women in name of multi faith.

It would be in fitness of things if Saudi Arabia also learns from Britain and encourages mutli faith churches and temples.

I would love to hear the peal of Church bells or the cry of “Jo bole so nihal…” in the streets of Riyadh, Jeddah and Mecca…

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engrich– ‘whereas, the Persians, Ottomans and Moghul empires encouraged coexistance wherever they ventured’ NOT COMPLETELY TRUE.

IT IS TRUE.MUSLIMS ENTERED INDIA BECAUSE THEY WERE POWERFUL.BEST CITIES,BEST TEMPLES BEST MOSQUES UNDER THEIR COMMAND AND RULE.CHRISTIANITY ANNIHILATED ENTIRE LOCAL POPULATION OF EUROPE AMERICA NEWZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA.IN VEDIC PERIOD LOCAL POPULATION WAS NOT ALLOWED TO GO SCHOOL.U GO TO ISTAMBOUL U WILL FIND SYNOGOGUE MOSQUE AND CHURCHES SIDE BY SIDE BUILT DURING KHILAFAT.IN LAHORE BEST SIKH TEMPLE STILL EXIST WITHIN 50 YARDS OF BADSHAHI MOSQUE.GURUDWARA SEES OF DELHI WAS ALWAYS IN RANGE OF MOGHUL CANNONS.MALAYSIA HAS BEST HNDU AND BUDHDHIST TEMPLES.IN JERUSALAM,CHRISTIANS KICKED OUT JEWS,HAZRAT OMAR BROUGHT THEM BACK AND CLEANED JEWISH HOLY PLACES WITH HIS OWN HANDS.DURING SPANISH RULE MOST OF TOP EXECUTIVES WERE JEWS.CHURCH KILLED THEM ROBBED THEM AND KICKED THEM OUT OF SPAIN.

in dubai idgah,2 hindu temples nad gurudwara are in same compound.

tipu palace was within few yards of main temple of that area.

ayodhya was owned by persian nawabs,they donated land to present temples.land for golden temple was donated by muslims.muslims were great asset whereever they go.muslims built the best cities and road.our arrival on indian sucontinent was a gift to indians.for the first time all indians were equal before law…………………………………………………

Onus is on us muslims to integrate and adapt everywhere- will take our quom 25 years to improve image after 7/7, 9/11

sept 11 &7/7 were zoinist act.building with 20000 tonnes of steel cannot fell in 57minutes.a passenger plane cannot dodge 62 best fighters of world on pentagon,walk on runway and disapeared with passengers after killing 400 working inside.use your mind.regarding 7/7 owners of courier companies in london are mostly jews.poors young lads were not knowing what they were carrying,one of them was recent convert had 3 months baby.26/11was joint operation of rss and cia.

islam is peaceful religion muslims are victims of international terrorism.
power is only awnser.weak is always bad.ghussa hamesha weak par ata hai.now isreal is defeated by arabs for 3rd time.their tone has changed.

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True and well said. Now how about Islamic countries also Show tolerance and allow other religions to flourish in their lands. Please stop preaching to the civilized nations about how to practice tolerance. Please direct your comments to the uncivilized nations I.e which have Islam as the state religion. While you are at it please also command the Muslims to take back the religion from the extremist Mullahs

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Chutiya — aur koi kaam nahe hai bhosdike ?

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