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Srivatsava - 5-APR-2010
I just went across the profile of the candidate whom has won the BBMP election from my ward. I 'shamefully' admit to have voted for this person. Given that I had little info on the three candidates contesting, I just went by the party. Now, I do realise that this great person is a 2nd PUC failure!! Do you have any better luck, corporators that you be proud of? And, considering that we have pushed ourselves in the levels of education since the Constitution was drafted in 1950, and considering that the urban electorate is a little more educated than the semi-urban or rural parts - Isnt it the time for us to review the minimal educational requirements of our candidates, atleast for urban local bodies? With only such candidates on offer, can we ever expect them to understand the various issues of administration, let alone solve them? Your thoughts, rants, and solutions appreciated!! -Srivatsava V |
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Elections over, time for Regional bill, and State Finance Commission silkboard - 29-MAR-2010
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murali772 - 29-MAR-2010
The poor turnout in the posh areas of the city and the general voter apathy was cause enough for several politicians to spit fire at Bangalore, and to hint that if people did not turn out to vote they had no right to criticise the ruling class. For the full report in the New Indian Express, click here |
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BBMP Elections - Who could be in the driver’s seat? psaram42 - 28-MAR-2010
When there is a low turn out the party in power looses. So BJP may be facing the music. This is the conclusion of the TV News-9 program that had in the days evening live. This was done by “CVOTER” for the TV-9 channel. Mr. Prakash, Narayan swamy of JDS BJP and Cong were in the debate along with two more participants, whose name I could not get. Out of 229 seats the magic number to win is 150. The forecast is
So is it that Operation Lotus part II will be enacted? The exit polls gave the following result. Politics |
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bikram satpathi - 27-MAR-2010
SAKRAMA SCHEME WILL COME IN NEXT 10 DAYS OR 4 YRS. Ten days since govt needs money. Four yrs since their will be objections (Carlton Fire Bangalore / Park Street fire Kolkata). But you cant just wish it away. Unauthorised Bldgs are there for ages. Penalising BBMP is not a possibility. More practical sol would be to read Bldg Bye laws , chapter on Fire Safety. Let the users of the bldg be aware of the issue. Any better suggestions .. Courts maybe... |
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Whats really ahead after BBMP election vmenon - 26-MAR-2010
dear all, Its time to start redefining in our own minds, on who is responsible for what after the BBMP elections. In the vacuum these last few years, MLAs’ filed the space for citizen grieviences.The BBMP engineers started to come directly under them. Task forces were set up to almost run the city. The parstatals (BDA, BWSSB etc) became more a law unto themselves. (The elections themselves will not change the parastals; a governance bill is required for that) .And citizen direct invovelement, even thro a badly run and set up ward committee disappeared (Again a governance reform issue). First thing, is to realize that a MLA’s job is to provide and monitor the laws and rules of the State. He should have nothing to do with how or where a road is built in a ward. The councilor is responsible for ward priorities and resource allocations, through direct interaction with citizens or ward committees. He has nothing to do with the engineering aspects or the actual commercial tendering decisions. Some of them have moral and positional oversight over others, but not direct interference in the others jurisdiction. |
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psaram42 - 26-MAR-2010
"Electioneering for the BBMP polls virtually concluded on Thursday late night with the 66.19 lakh Bangalore electorate getting set to vote on Sunday. Technically the candidates had time till Friday 7 am to end their campaign, but with the ban on using the public address system after 10 pm, the candidates had to close shop on Thursday night." See the TOI article here. The campaign has been very vigorous. The door to door campaign has been very good with distribution of election ID of each voter in a house hold. I have got this info from both BJP and the congress. |
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Why I will not vote for JD(S) in this election, or ever. murali772 - 23-MAR-2010
With state JD(S) chief H D Kumaraswamy on Monday brazenly saying that he saw nothing wrong in fielding criminals if they looked like winnable candidates, the comfort that Bangaloreans enjoyed, compared to those living in the cow belt, has evaporated. In an exclusive interaction with TOI ahead of BBMP polls, Kumaraswamy said that his criteria for giving tickets to criminals is simple: he/she should have the support of party workers and people of the area and should be able to win. Obviously a case of political arithmetic trumping morals and scruples. But, is it right to bring criminals into politics? “What’s wrong? It’s a chance for them to reform. If they change, isn’t it an achievement and better for the society?” |
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The dry leaves disposal problem. psaram42 - 22-MAR-2010
As the spring season comes every year there is the dry leaves season preceding it. The street sweepers have hectic work gathering the dry leaves by sweeping them into big mounds. It is really funny that the regular garbage collectors are no way responsible for the leaves final disposal. |
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Report on 'Suvarna Bengaluru Pranalike' murali772 - 20-MAR-2010
This was organised by Janaagraha's Jaagte Raho campaign at 6 PM on Friday, the 19th Mar, at the Town Hall, Bengaluru, in the background of the BBMP elections being held on the coming Sunday (28th March,'10) |
Good riddance. With the local election drama over, it is time to focus on things that will really empower a local government for Bangalore. And they are?