Ishrat Trail

Mafia Bosses are never known to transact any illegal activity in writing. This is the reason Al Capone had to be convicted for income tax frauds and not for mass-murders or bootlegging. This is also true for many other Mafia Bosses in the US who could escape law for long periods for lack of evidence. Many convictions were accomplished through Mafia foot-soldiers who turned approvers, became “Rats” and spilled the beans on their Bosses. They may not be the typical Mafia but are stupid enough to expect any kind of Boss or Super-Boss to put down instructions for conspiracies, crimes or misdeeds in writing? The Congis think Indians are stupid enough to swallow that nonsense.

The trick is quite obvious. The trick is cleverly engineered. Some Congi poodle and bootlicker files an RTI application with the Home Ministry to know if the MHA has any record to prove Sonia Gandhi interfered with the affidavits on Ishrat Jahan (The LeT operative who is popular as Bihar Ki Beti with Sickulars). And there’s a terse reply from a Deputy Secretary in the MHA which reads as under (See Economic Times):

“In his May 23 reply on behalf of the home ministry, deputy secretary in the ministry S.K. Chhikara “In this regard it is informed that the information sought by you (Poonawalla) is not available in the offices of which the undersigned is the CPIO”.

What was this duffer Poonawalla or Congis expecting? That SoniaG would type out or scribble a note to MMS to instruct P. Chidamabaram as follows?

Laughable! Even the worst idiot in India (If someone can actually be worse than RahulG on that count) knows that SoniaG was the ultimate Boss in the Congress-UPA govt. Not a leaf on any major issue would move without SoniaG’s nod. Major policies were in fact made by her coterie that made up the infamous NAC. HM Rajnath Singh has to be expected to monitor what reply flows out from his ministry on critical cases that have compromised National Security. Even Arun Jaitley is on record stating UPA was involved in “Anti-national” activities. I am reminded of the famous words of Deep Throat to Bob Woodward in the Watergate scandal:

This is what ModiSarkar needs to do – Work from the outer edges and get to the core. That’s how WoodStein got to Nixon in the Watergate crimes. The only foolish thing Nixon did was he kept tapes of all conversations in the White House. A practice he himself started. I don’t think the Congress was that dumb to keep such records. It is a known fact that many files commuted from 7RCR to 10JP for review and approval. We have had many problems with past PMs but at no time in our history was the PMO reduced to a mere poodle to a Super-Boss. Therein lies the key to the Ishrat Jahan case and the plot to eliminate Narendra Modi.

Take a case-study from the movie “A few good men” where Jack Nicholson (Col. Nathan Jessop) has ordered a “Code Red” to kill a worthless Marine, in his opinion, of the US Army under his command. Obviously, the Boss is not going to leave a written record or any kind of evidence that he ordered the murder. You have to work from the outer edges through the foot-soldiers to get a confession of the crime. You have to get “Approvers” to testify against the Boss! Watch this video from that movie (2.38 mins):

“You can’t handle the Truth. 

Especially Congis cannot!”

Yes, indeed! Many cannot handle the truth that the Congress wanted to screw Narendra Modi and Amit Shah and eliminate them from the political spectrum. This, so that they could happily ride to another cobbled and hobbled victory in LS2014. Unfortunately, the best laid plans can go wrong. It’s nature’s law. People saw through the hate-crimes of Congress and their bootlickers in the media and sympathy and respect for NaMo grew dramatically. They overwhelmingly voted for NaMo. I have always believed the Congress is an enemy of this country and must die for India to progress. Congress is a hindrance to this great country and a nagging nuisance at best. A party that still thinks RahulG is fit to be party president needs an asylum not our votes. This RTI application is a clever trick to get SoniaG distanced from the Ishrat trail and put only others in the dock. Here is what the ET article headlined and wrote:

Did the reply to the silly RTI application say anything like that? No Proof? No, it did not say anything like that but that’s how Congress and their slobbering media morons want to imply it. Not everyone is dumb like Pappu. The Deputy Secretary just said the information being sought is not available. His reply is politically correct but equally dumb. This is where a senior minister like Rajnath Singh must keep tabs on very critical cases. A better and prudent reply to that stupid RTI application would be:

“Sir, this is a matter of ongoing investigation and at this point of time we cannot confirm or deny”

That is where ModiSarkar is screwing up. The Ishrat conspiracy against Modi and others simply cannot be the handiwork of Little PC. He could have been one of the "Ideators" though. And poor MMS is not even capable of thinking up such nonsense although he is politically clever. The conspiracy against Modi and others had to come right from the top. As simple as that. Rajnath Singh even told Arnab in a recent interview on May 28 that the Ishrat case is under investigation and he would not like to hinder it by commenting on it. Why should a Deputy Secretary in his ministry say anything different?

I am confident that the Ishrat conspiracy will be established with proof and “Approvers”. ModiSarkar must just show the guts to find the “Rats” and make them sing on the Ishrat trail. Grant immunity to such Rats. We will know where and who it will lead to.  

NaMo Interview – Sardesai’s Sheer Incompetence

I haven’t seen too many gaffes from Narendra Modi while speaking to reporters. But it only proves he is as much a “mango man” like any of us. In his interview to Rajdeep Sardesai (at 15.58) NaMo called Rajdeep: “Sarkardesai” or “Sarkadardesai”. The audio cackles but I’m positive it’s one of those two words. That’s a welcome gaffe though. Rajdeep Sardesai (RS) is often fondly called “Turdesai”, “Slurdesai” or even “Sardardesai”. What is serious, though, is his interview with Modi is disappointing. Why? Because despite what borders on hate-campaign against Modi, be it when Rajdeep was in StarNews, NDTV or now in CNN-IBN, Modi has spoken to him quite often. It’s disappointing, also because RS had a great chance to ask some very valid and probing questions to Modi. He screwed up! Like a third rate reporter RS landed up in Modi’s campaign bus without much homework, without much fact-checking. He could get away with any other politician with this but when you get a rare chance to interview Modi you need to make the most of it. FAIL. (View the full interview and transcripts here).

RS, you see, is too used to mindless and meaningless debates and frequently interviewing guttermouths like Digivijay. In the process he has neither discovered nor practiced the skill of good interviewing. RS has for too long been talking to politicians full of trash and nonsense that makes Rajdeep look intelligent; people who dish out “Zero Loss” or “mother earth”. However, Modi, like a well-informed auditor seems to have facts, data and information on everything in Gujarat, including small districts, at his finger-tips. In contrast Rajdeep brings the same foolish style of interviewing as he would employ with a Diggy, Sibal, RenukaC or Teesta. I stated in an earlier post: “Those who are used to crumbs are not likely to possess the nose of a hound”. You can guess what RS is used to. So come along with me, let’s look at some bits and pieces from this shoddy interview (edited excerpts in blue).

RS: But Modiji, Swami Vivekanand was a saintly person… You are using his name to garner support amongst the people, that's what your opponents say.

NM: As I told you already, we are celebrating this year as the Yuva Varsh. And it was not I who decided that the 150th anniversary of Swami Vivekanand would fall this year. It was decided 150 years ago. So it's not my fault that it fell this year.

Peddling some “personal” rant as a question is the serious problem with our media crooks. This is a nation inspired by saints. So what exactly is Rajdeep’s problem? Morons who cannot raise a single question to the issue of over 450 schemes, projects, roads, monuments, metro stations named and used for electoral gains by the Nehru-Gandhi clan are so worried that Swami Vivekananda’s name is being used for political gains. See homework?

RS: But I am talking about now. Now that the elections are imminent, aren't you focusing more on Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh than on Swami Vivekanand?

Is Sonia Gandhi or MMS Rajdeep’s aunty or father in law that worries him? Umm.. let’s see is there an appropriate time or place to rake up issues on SoniaG or MMS? Will Rajdeep decide when the right is time to raise the questions? Who gave such a right to this divine comic? Incompetence!

RS: The PMO did clarify that only Rs 3 lakh were spent on Sonia Gandhi's foreign trips. You had offered to apologise if the figure you quoted - that of Rs 1880 crore - and the newspaper reports were proven wrong. That’s right, RS and his gang is so used to crumbs thrown to them by PMO or the govt (like zero loss or mother earth) that they don’t bother to check the accuracy of their statements. Would anyone really believe only 3 lakhs were spent on SG travels? Is RS such an irredeemable idiot? Has he ever asked which airline she uses, who provides her aircrafts for travels? In any case this is not interviewing, this is "phishing" for sound-bites and headlines.

RS: Modiji you have said that your election campaign will revolve around Swami Vivekanand and focus on development. So what made you attack Sonia Gandhi, nearly three months after the reports on expenditure incurred on her foreign visits were published? Question is, what stopped the media asking these questions. Why should it even take Modi to ask them? Cowards who prostrate in front of the Gandhi family now also want other parties and politicians to stop asking questions of SoniaG. Isn’t that lovely? The Vivekanand campaign ended on October 11, so should Modi stop his campaign? Does campaign on development mean not asking any question on wasteful expenditure or non-disclosures by the centre? Incompetence!

RS: SoniaG, during her rally in Saurashtra, raised the issue of water supply. She said that the water of Narmada was yet to be made available to that region….

NM: You should be aware of a show that your channel ran two years ago on the amazing methods of water conservation and usage in Gujarat.

RS: Yes, yes… It was on dry land farming.

Again, SoniaG raised the issue… Sonia this, Sonia that! What is this guy? SoniaG’s broker or PR agent? Doesn’t he have any questions of his own? And even when he asks the question he forgets homework on a report his own channel had done. Incompetence!

RS: The Congress government leveled some charges regarding land allotments against you for which you set up the MB Shah Commission.

NM: See, Justice Shah is a respected SC judge. And he found out that one of the land allotments, that the Congress alleged was a Rs 65,000 crore scam, was made in 1983, when the Congress was in power. So the Shah Commission said that if this former Congress chief minister were to know the allegations leveled against him by his own party, he would be really disappointed.

Now, every time Manish Tiwari or Sibal screamed about land scam in Gujarat did RS ever ask them that this particular scam was under a Congress CM? Did he even read the Justice Shah report at all before asking such a stupid question? Stupid, because the Shah Commission has already cleared Modi of any wrong-doing. No homework, Incompetence! Slapped again!

RS: Sir how do you perceive SoniaG's attack on you in 2007 when she called you 'maut ka saudagar' referring to 2002 riots. You are still targeted because of this. How do you perceive such attacks?

NM: I give my best wishes to the RS, that he has been harping on this issue for the past 10 years, that he gets his daily bread by harping on this issue.

RS: No, there is nothing like that…

NM: You have to listen.

This is where Modi told RS:“Sunna padega bhai.. tumhari roji roti mujhe gaali dene se chalti hai" . Translated: You have to listen.. you earn your daily bread by abusing me. Slapped, again!

RS: My final question. I know you don't like it but it is something that your opponents feel and talk about. I know you see me as your opponent. But I am a political analyst. (Haha! He forgot to add Numero Uno). My question is that people feel that Narendra Modi must apologise for the 2002 riots if he has to become the Prime Minister of the country. Your message to them… What would you like to say to those people?

NM: I said that those people who earn their daily bread out of criticising me, and are awarded for the same, they have my best wishes.

RS: I did receive the Padma Shri but that was for journalism. So you are not going to answer that question of mine? Regarding your apology for the 2002 riots.

Haha! I wish that were true. Yeah.. even Barkha Dutt has received a Padma Shri. Oh even Shekhar Gupta (the Army coup guy) has received one. What about that DLF guy? DLF is so much in the news lately. Even the head of DLF Kushalpal Singh received a Padma Bhushan. His terminology for bribing: “facilitate speedy disposal” to Shekhar Gupta is actually worthy of a Nobel Prize. RS received Padma Shri for journalism! Poonam Pandey is more honest about her pursuits. Post the interview RS held a debate, as usual, over his monumental achievement. One of the panellists said Narendra Modi holds many important portfolios and doesn’t delegate. RS should think about that, it actually applies more to him. Any given day, Anubha Bhonsle or Suhasini Haider would have conducted a much better interview. But the media celebs too live under the notion that only they are qualified to conduct such interviews. A miserable RS who can’t speak one coherent sentence without stuttering, stammering and without homework is hardly the right guy to interview a sharp politician.

In the entire interview RS had nothing to really ask, especially nothing that was not already discussed in the media for days and months. Not much about Gujarat, not much about development. Nothing! All he wanted like a broken record was talk about 2002, his personal wet dreams of “apology” and, of course, acting a broker for Sonia Gandhi. In a 23-minute interview (excluding other visuals) Sonia was mentioned 21 times because of RS’s questions. That’s almost once every minute! Was RS from CNN-IBN or Sonia’s stable? Students of journalism should definitely watch this interview video to learn what stupid things they should not do. To do their homework and to ask questions that really matter and not poke around with some personal agenda. In 10 years Rajdeep hasn’t been able to fool Narendra Modi. Worse, he hasn’t been able to fool the public either. I have modest advice for him: Stick to interviewing Digvijay and Teesta, you won’t get slapped and won’t have your moronery exposed. 

Rajdeep Sardesai's open letter to PM on scams..

Rajdeep Sardesai of CNN-IBN has written a very passionate and wonderful open letter to the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh. It is well-intended, timely and I recommend everyone to read it. The full text is available on IBN -Live, but here are some passages from the letter: 

"..Frankly though, one is weary of reducing corruption to a zero sum UPA versus NDA political battle. The average Indian citizen is not interested in knowing who is more corrupt - the Congress-NCP government in Maharashtra or the BJP government in Karnataka. The Left may have a better track record, but let us not forget that their prime ally in Tamil Nadu is Jayalalithaa who still faces serious corruption cases against her. Taking the moral high ground may work in a television studio debate, it's unlikely to attract cynical voters. What the aam admi seeks (and presumably the UPA still claims to be an 'aam admi' government) is a readiness to act against the corrupt and make examples of them. Your leader, Sonia Gandhi, claims to her parliamentary party that the Congress has 'acted' against corruption. Can the notion of 'action' be defined please? Forcing a minister to resign is not action, prosecuting him would be. Handing over a case to the CBI is not action, ensuring that the investigation is taken to its logical conclusion would be. The nation is not a set of gullible MPs who will be taken in by rhetorical flourishes. We don't need to become a lynch mob, but the fact is an alert and enraged Indian citizenry will no longer settle for fine words alone.."

Now that Rajdeep has taken one right step, I urge him to take another. Eminent RTI activist Afroz Alam Sahil has demanded that media be brought under the purview of the revolutionary RTI Act in order to bring transparency in the fourth pillar of democracy. Here is what Sahil had to say on Twocircles.Net.

“Bringing the media under the domain of RTI will only strengthen the democratic structure and bring about transparency and accountability in the media. Now when the same media advocates transparency and accountability in executive, judiciary and legislature then why it should isolate itself from the same standards of transparency and accountability?” questioned Sahil.“Media is hardly accountable to anybody, and that’s why many journalists and media houses have excelled in the art of corruption,” said Sahil adding: “RTI will, to a large extent, curb corruption in media.”

Rajdeep Sardesai is the President of the Editors' Guild of India. It should be clear that citizens are also now concerned about corruption in the media and desire firm action. Will Mr. Rajdeep Sardesai please also champion this cause to bring the media under RTI with the same concern for corruption in the media?