Shame on BJP to stop media covering AKs roar

NCP making a supporting gesture by walking away; to help BJP prove majority and form government in Maharashtra. Well done. The pact was a settlement of not declaring the names of top cadre who hold bank account overseas. http://www.rediff.com/news/report/govt-may-reveal-to-sc-names-of-3-black-money-account-holders/20141027.htm more  

Not only politicians, but bureaucrats, businessmen, some even in the judiciary are also corrupt. Then there is also drug money, gold smuggling etc. Politicians, who have been in power for too long, deeply involved. The Supreme Court had constituted a SIT on black money on Ram Jethmalani's plea. He accuses the Modi government of protecting the culprits. Modi government is following the UPA path when it refused to divulge the names to the Supreme Court citing the treaty. There are two sets of names. In Liechtenstein Bank accounts, the German government announced that anybody could take the information, but the Government of India asked them to give it under the direct taxation avoidance agreement under which it is a secret. That's why the Supreme Court asked why did they obtain it under a secret clause what is available in the open? But the most important thing is the HSBC account particulars which we got from France. France got it from records stolen by a disgruntled employee in the HSBC bank in Switzerland. But the bank is in the Swiss jurisdiction. We got reportedly about 600 Indian names from France under the double taxation avoidance agreement. The government view is that under terms of the bilateral the details can be disclosed it only after prosecution is launched. This is the claim of the government saying this is the international practice. In public court proceedings, the government can disclose the names. The government seems to say that the Supreme Court cannot over-rule the DTAA. But no over-ruling is needed because the DTAA itself says that it can be disclosed in public court proceedings. When the court says the government has to disclose, it must disclose. The bureaucrats will take a view which is very defensive and conservative. The more serious thing is they have filed an application saying the original order the Supreme Court had passed must be modified. The original judgement says the government should not enter into any agreement with any country which says the information must be kept confidential and it is prohibiting the government from entering into inter-government agreement with the US for automatic and mutual sharing of financial information which is due in December. The government is wrong in filing this application because the DTAA with America specifically says you can disclose this information in public court proceedings. Signing the inter-governmental agreement with America will not violate the Supreme Court judgment. more  

Even if Modi is now PM, the big publicity stunts are falling short to cover the failures of Modi government. more  

AAP & AK are building up credibility, little by little; and in the same measure BJP is slipping. People in Delhi want an election, and the only party prepared for it is AAP! BJP & Congress are clearly reluctant. So far as live media coverage of AAP & AK goes, once they acquire a certain level of public support & consequent credible credibility media will be compelled to provide coverage, if only to criticize. For the untimely resignation & other mistakes, all the party can do is to beg repeated forgiveness and ask for a fresh mandate to prove themselves; and I am hopeful that the voters will support. more  

Yes, I fully agree with you B Khan ji. It is open dictatorship. more