[Assam] The jewel in the Assam politician's cr own -The Statesman

[Chan Mahanta]

>They have the choice of NOT voting such people into power.


*** Brilliant Ram :-)!


But I don't believe you are as naive as you make yourself appear to 
be in this prescription. I am quite sure you know the right answer, 
but to touch that would  be sinning against your icon/s . Therefore 
you took the easier path of joining the 'gaon-burha' crowd .

Tsk, tsk :-)!


c-da






At 8:42 AM -0600 3/25/06, Ram Sarangapani wrote:
>C'da,
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>They have the choice of NOT voting such people into power. The media 
>can publish the names and the amount of wealth these politicians 
>have acquired and educate the voters where they stand.
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>The public can also demand (the AASU for example) that thorough 
>investigations be conducted on these politicians. The AASU is 
>powerful enough to bring Assam to a standstill, why are such issues 
>ignored. They have taken other issues and got results, what about 
>something like this?
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>  >When you can have control over that, THEN you can complain. 
>But >otherwise you are no different from the clueless voters you so 
>talk >down to!
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>If people point out things that are way wrong, they are accused of 
>'looking down'.
>It is only assuming that the voter is helpless, are we saying things 
>like 'Upai nai' or 'kopalot likha ase'.
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>--Ram
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>At 7:40 PM -0600 3/24/06, Ram Sarangapani wrote:
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>>"If an average candidate's wealth is calculated at Rs 10.12 lakh, 
>>his wife is presented as being in possession of some Rs 27 lakh. " 
>>- The Statesman
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>And yet, the voting public is extremely happy to re-elect these 
>scoundrels every election cycle.
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>The jewel in the Assam politician's crown
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>Statesman News Service
>GUWAHATI, March 24. - Assam is considered a poor state but its 
>politicians live lavishly - apparently because they are married to 
>wealth.
>These super-rich wives, not required to work for a living, are the 
>stay-at-home type, deigning sometimes to be associated with 
>voluntary organisations. Or, that is the impression which is being 
>sought to be created.
>If their husbands have power, they have money; oodles of it, going by
>affidavits submitted to the Election Commission by the more than 500 
>candidates in the first phase of the forthcoming Assembly polls.
>Mandatory declarations indicate that the combined assets of the 
>candidates' wives would be worth Rs 266 crore.
>The candidates' wealth adds up to a mere Rs 82 crore. And Mr 
>Badarudin Ajmal, perfume mogul who is also the president of the 
>Assam United Democratic Front (AUDF), alone accounts for Rs 16 crore 
>of it. The candidates claim to have an average of Rs 3 lakh in cash 
>to fight
>the elections but their wives are said to possess between Rs 6.3 lakh
>and Rs 43 lakh, apart
>from jewellery and other assets. If an average candidate's wealth is 
>calculated at Rs 10.12 lakh, his wife is presented as being in 
>possession of some Rs 27 lakh.
>The candidates' ornaments total Rs 3.10 crore in value; their 
>wives', Rs 35 crore. Most candidates have declared that their wives 
>own houses and land in many places.
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