Tuesday 29 April 2014

Pullarao Pentapati - Narendra Modi's First Challenge

This is purely speculation and it might never come to pass that Narendra Modi will become Prime Minister. But if he does form a government, the first problem will be his Cabinet formation.

There are about 40 people who were Ministers in Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s government of 1998- 2004 vintage still around. They will expect to become Ministers. Then there are other seniors like Kalyan Singh who will expect to be made Ministers.

Narendra Modi's first challenge 

Monday 28 April 2014

Pullarao Pentapati - Both Gujarat Model and Congress Model are Useless

The media has been carrying all kinds of views from nondescript people that the Gujarat model is not good. This could very well be so. Narendra Modi is no redeemer. Neither can one predict whether he can manage Delhi. Time will tell.


Thursday 24 April 2014

Pullarao Pentapati - Challenges Before Narendra Modi

The Worst part of a Journey is when you finally reach the destination.  The election survey machinery in India says Narendra Modi will form the government.  Assuming that happens, then the most difficult part of the Journey begins for Narendra Modi.  His own party leaders will be seething with Jealousy and rage.  Every BJP  leader knows that they are dwarves before Narendra Modi.  Even Atal Bihari Vajpayee did not pull off such a Victory.  The BJP leaders would like to see Narendra Modi cut to size.  To that end, they will definitely try to sabotage the Narendra Modi Government in every way.


Tuesday 22 April 2014

Polavaram Dam is anti -people Project

Polavaram Dam across the River Godaveri in Andhra Pradesh, is perhaps the best example of the worst type of public waste. Such a dam was conceived nearly 80 years ago. The site for the longest dam in India was imagined or vaguely contemplated at Polavaram , keeping in view the level of science and technology of that time. Dams took decade to be built.



Monday 21 April 2014

A Little Knowledge is Dangerous Said Einstein the Greatest Scientist of Our Time

A little knowledge is dangerous said Einstein the greatest Scientist of our time. But a little knowledge is enough for our politicians to be firm on how to develop the country. If you look at the way India has veered from prosperity to poverty in the last 10 years, the rulers should at least admit they made some mistakes. Instead, they stress that the only mistake they made was that they did not properly market their “successes”. Repeatedly we hear Congress leader’s state that if only they had launched intense advertisement campaigns they would have won the 2014 elections hands-down.



Thursday 17 April 2014

Andhra Political Parties Focusing on New Capital For Personal Gains

The political parties in the residual Andhra Pradesh and politicians want to take advantage of the disaster which has happened in Andhra due to the bifurcation of the State. The people are still shocked and not sure what t does and how their lives will be affected. But the politicians are up and running…they are running fast to locate a new Capital right where they have invested huge sums on barren lands over the last 4 years.



Tuesday 15 April 2014

Pullarao pentapati - The next governments will be unstable in both Telengana and Andhra Pradesh

Whatever the administrative liabilities of large states, they have one enduring and critical asset and that is stability. Large states usually enjoy stability since it is very difficult to dislodge them mid-stream by defections. Small states on the other hand are inherently much more unstable since even a minor change of allegiances will result in governments becoming cortical.

Friday 11 April 2014

Pullarao Pentapati - April 10, 2014: Important Day For Aam Admi Party

The Lok Sabha election for Delhi state was completed on April 10, 2014. Whatever be the results of the 7 Lok  Sabha seats in Delhi, the BJP and Congress party can live with them. But for the Aam Admi party, April 10 is extremely important.  How it fared today will determine its future. In politics, as in most things in life, perceptions are more important than reality.



Chief Ministers Will Face Consequences - Pullarao Pentapati

There are many Chief Ministers who are taking the 2014 parliament elections very seriously. They are ambitious and have made the 2014 election into a referendum on themselves. Sensing that the Congress party has gone down and that the BJP might not form a government, many Chief Ministers have fancied a situation whereby they will have a major control in the 2014 government. Every chief Minster dreams of a situation like 1996 when Deve Gowda became the Prime Minister and both the BJP and the Congress were not part of the government.



Wednesday 9 April 2014

Pullarao Pentapati - Major Causes For UPA- Congress Failures

a. People remember how bold Dr. Manmohan Singh was to put his government on the line for the nuclear agreement with the USA. He felt that such an agreement with USA was necessary and only then will India   get the diplomatic advantage. People may disagree with this view. But there is no doubt that Dr. Manmohan Singh showed courage to enforce his view and got the agreement approved in parliament. However after 2009, Dr.Manmohan Singh was not given a free hand.


Tuesday 8 April 2014

Why blame Dr. Manmohan Singh for Congress Electoral Problems

In the last week, Indian media has carried stories slyly blaming Dr.Manmohan Singh for the electoral problems of the Congress party.   The thrust of the argument is that if only Dr. Manohan Singh had been more active and aggressive, then everything would have been different. The other whispers coming out of the Rahul Gandhi camp are that Dr.Manmohan Singh really did not put his heart in the   second UPA government from 2009. The obvious inference is that though the Gandhi camp was aware of this flaccid performance they were generous and did not show the door to Dr.Manmohan Singh.



Congress Party 2014 Manifesto: Main Promises

a. Economy: The Congress Party assures India that it will ensure it will ensure   8% growth of the economy. It has belatedly realized that without a strong economy, it cannot implement infra-structure and welfare schemes. In the last 5 years, Congress party and government resorted to deficit financing and borrowing to meet expenditure .This has let loose the severe inflation which resulted in high price rise. What it did not go in the last 5 years, Congress party has promised to do in the next 5 years. The Congress party does not explain why it did not ensure 8% economic growth in the last 5 years.



Wednesday 2 April 2014

Pullarao Pentapati - ArunJaitley Facing A Tough Election in Amritsar

The un-expected always happens. Amritsarparliamentary constituency was represented by cricketer and TV celebrity Navajot Singh for 3 terms on behalf of the BJP. Siddhu was always easilyelected as the BJP had an alliance with the Akali Dal. Amritsar had always a painfulmemory of the Congress since this was the place where the Army had to enter the famous Golden temple in 1984, the most holiest of shrines for the Sikhs.