A FEW INTERESTING THINGS ABOUT ELECTION 2009

A FEW INTERESTING THINGS ABOUT ELECTION 2009




-India will hold general elections to the 15th Lok Sabha in 5 phases in April & May 2009, starting from 16 April upto 13 May. The results of the election will be announced in single phase on May 16, 2009.

-714 million people are eligible to vote in 2009, up 6.4% (43 million) from 2004.

-This time, there are many who are vying for the post of Prime Minister, as Bal Thackeray has said- "People should enjoy 'Grand show' for PM's post. The Prime Minister candidate for Congress being Dr. Manmohan Singh and for the BJP being Lal Krishna Advani and many others like Sharad Pawar, Ram Vilas Paswan, Lalu Prasad Yadav, Mulayam Singh, Mayawati etc are interested; though some are now denying it.

- The Congress party has bought the rights for the Oscar winning soundtrack 'Jai Ho' from the movie Slumdog Millionaire and this song will be used as the official campaign tune by the party. To counter this, the BJP coined the phrase Kushal Neta, Nirnayak Sarkaar which translates to 'Able leader, decisive government' specially using Advani as their main leader and trying to brand Manmohan Singh as a weak P.M.

I could not help but notice the use of internet as a medium for L.K.Advani. His blog page, the websites, the advertisements everywhere on the internet etc. This is a conscious effort and a Marketing strategy I feel to reach out to the youth and to project the image as someone moving with the times and to give a youthful feel which many feel is their answer to the challenge from the young Rahul Gandhi with even pictures of Advani lifting weights in a gym! No doubt that Advani seems to have taken a cue from Obama's highly successful campaign using technology and internet and having various IT related things in their vision including 10 million laptops at Rs 10000!

Narendra Modi- A different picture

Narendra Modi- A different picture

The Indian general elections are just round the corner making this a good time to write about this topic.

First of all, let me tell you that as far as I am concerned, I am a completely 'a-political' person. I cannot understand politics; just like Amitabh Bachchan confesses. And that's why I myself am surprised that I am writing on something related to Politics which I could never have thought!
I don't particularly care for politicians either, whom I consider to be a different species altogether. But still there are a few people in there who do seem to be different from the rest and do seem to be nice people indeed!

Narendra Modi, Raveena Tandon open Ahmedabad chapter of FICCI's FLO

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi with Sonal Ambani, Raveena Tandon at inagural ceremony of FLO - Women branch of FICCI

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi with Sonal Ambani, Raveena Tandon at inagural ceremony of FLO - Women branch of FICCI

Entrepreneur and author Sonal Ambani has become first chairperson of FICCI’s ladies organisation’s (FLO) Ahmedabad chapter which was inaugurated today by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and film actress Raveena Tandon.

Ahmedabad is FLO’s eighth chapter in the country and the first in Gujarat. The main task of FLO will be to promote enterpreneurship in women. Other team members include Vice-chairperson Pooja Agarwal, treasurer Shubha Bhandari and secretary Rachita Parekh.

FLO was established in 1983, as a division of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). FLO endeavours to enhance the various skills of women through its educational and vocational training programmes, talks, seminars, panel discussion and workshop on a wide range of subjects like information technology, taxation, insurance, venture capital, stock market operations, accountancy, marketing, mutual funds, investment planning and entrepreneurship development programmes.

FLO also focuses on women-related legal and social issues like uniform civil code, domestic violence among others. FLO also has a business consultancy cell for potential women entrepreneurs to provide consultancy services and extend help in setting up their units. It also helps in providing appropriate guidance for running the units.

As an All India Organisation for women, FLO has chapters in Mumbai, Chennai, Coimbatore, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Guwahati and Kolkata with its head office in Delhi. The members comprise entrepreneurs, professionals and corporate executives.

Muslims moving towards Narendra Modi : Babi Sama

Muslims moving towards Narendra Modi : Babi Sama
Gujarat's first Muslim woman corporator, Babi Sama, has claimed today that the Muslims in Gujarat are slowly but steadily moving away from the Congress party and moving towards the BJP!

She revealed that when she first sided with the BJP few years back, many of her relatives slammed her.

"But I stood by the BJP since only Narendra Modi has the ability to develop Gujarat" she said.

Babi Sama defeated her Congress rival by 2000 votes! In fact Babi Sama is now seen as the BJP's Muslim face in Gujarat!

CM Narendra Modi talks with IIMA alumnis, says Gujarat will be global capital for solar yenergy

CM Narendra Modi talks with IIMA alumnis, says Gujarat will be global capital for solar energy

Gandhinagar: Chief Minister Shri Narendra Modi today at IIMA conclave said that Gujarat is heading towards being a global capital for solar energy.

IIMA conclave was organized today jointly by IIMA alumni association and government of Gujarat, as a part of celebration of IIMA's golden jubilee and promotion of forthcoming Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors' Summit. Chief Minister participated a question-answer session besides delivering keynote address on the occasion.

Shri Modi said that Gujarat government, by exploiting all possible natural means of energy is trying show a way-out in the time of energy crises. He said that world's largest solar energy park is being setup on the land of Gujarat and many countries are now eager to partner the state in the field of solar energy. Gujarat is also open for a global participation in the field of solar energy equipment manufacturing and is already done with the solar energy policy, he said.

Chief Minister called upon young intellects to chip in their skills for the development of the state in the newer directions. He said that Gujarat has formed an Innovation Commission. A world-class incubation centre is also going to be established in the state and government will assist the young minds having innovating ideas, with a venture fund.

Shri Modi appreciated IIMA alumni's eagerness for contributing in Gujarat's development and said that IIM has given a huge contribution in the progress of the state.

Chief Minister said that the state government is putting emphasize on P2G2 (Proactive Pro-people Good Governance) and development friendly atmosphere in the state. Government wants to provide a 'pragati ni sidi' (ladder of progress) to industries instead 'subsidy', he said.

IIM alumni Shri S.B.Dangayach and Pro. Atanu Ghosh described Shri Modi as an extraordinary leader and manager and said that Gujarat has scored a high position in the world due to his farsighted leadership.