Monday, April 30, 2007
Jailed politicians use cell phones to woo voters from jail
Six politicians awaiting trial on murder or abduction charges in lawless northern Uttar Pradesh state have been using "cell" phones to campaign for re-election from prison, police said yesterday.
All six will be moved to prisons with equipment to jam mobile phone calls, said Mahesh Chand Sinha, a deputy inspector-general of state police.
Uttar Pradesh is considered one of India's most lawless provinces. According to the independent poll monitoring group Uttar Pradesh Election Watch, at least 100 members of the outgoing legislature are facing criminal charges - 73 of them facing trial on murder and kidnapping charges.
Rahul Gandhi today said that the migration of youth from Uttar Pradesh needs to be curbed He said: “UP is in a pathetic condition. In the last 15 years, India has progressed while the state went backwards."
On Sunday, Rahul said the State is a perfect example of 'gundaraj' or thievery.
IMO: That is certainly true, but the electorate have to be careful that they make the right choices. After Rajiv Gandhi, the corruption and the Tamil wars, it is clear that that a careful choice has to be made.
Naxals have called for a boycott of polls in parts of Uttar Pradesh, but the lesser evil may be Rahul.
"These elections are meant for capitalists and their goons. The rights of the common people are being overlooked. None of the democratic parties are bothered about the common man then why should we be concerned about it. We want elections that are meant for the common people and would work for them," Rakesh, a Naxal activist with an assumed name, said somewhere in a remote area in Nagwa village of Sonebhadra District.
IMO: After Buddha in Kolkata, who is to doubt that they have a point.
All six will be moved to prisons with equipment to jam mobile phone calls, said Mahesh Chand Sinha, a deputy inspector-general of state police.
Uttar Pradesh is considered one of India's most lawless provinces. According to the independent poll monitoring group Uttar Pradesh Election Watch, at least 100 members of the outgoing legislature are facing criminal charges - 73 of them facing trial on murder and kidnapping charges.
Rahul Gandhi today said that the migration of youth from Uttar Pradesh needs to be curbed He said: “UP is in a pathetic condition. In the last 15 years, India has progressed while the state went backwards."
On Sunday, Rahul said the State is a perfect example of 'gundaraj' or thievery.
IMO: That is certainly true, but the electorate have to be careful that they make the right choices. After Rajiv Gandhi, the corruption and the Tamil wars, it is clear that that a careful choice has to be made.
Naxals have called for a boycott of polls in parts of Uttar Pradesh, but the lesser evil may be Rahul.
"These elections are meant for capitalists and their goons. The rights of the common people are being overlooked. None of the democratic parties are bothered about the common man then why should we be concerned about it. We want elections that are meant for the common people and would work for them," Rakesh, a Naxal activist with an assumed name, said somewhere in a remote area in Nagwa village of Sonebhadra District.
IMO: After Buddha in Kolkata, who is to doubt that they have a point.
# posted by uv : 5:01 AM
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