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Assam-Tripura information gap

By RK Rishikesh Sinha, New Delhi Lok Sabha Election 2009 Special VIII The participation of The Bishnupriya Manipuri in the largest exercise of democracy is indeed a matter of prestige and a milestone set in its journey. Its involvement in the 15th Lok Sabha election hasn’t been exclusive; it can’t be. However, the series of special seven power-packed articles do carry weight and uniqueness. Not only all the articles were timely released but it was published with some special objectives. The objectives were: (1) Self-reliance: The so-called media group national and regional, it has been seen, utterly fails to cater to a particular segment like us that has a divided population cutting across states/ constituencies. Here with these articles we have been able to cater content to the respective constituencies where we have a sizable population like in Guwahati, Silchar, Karimganj and in the state Tripura. (2) Content-monotony: The articles break a sort of prevailing myth that only media hou...

Tripura East constituency: Cash-rich Vs Cash-less

Lok Sabha Election 2009 Special - Part VII T otal 9 candidates are contesting from the Tripura East constituency. Out of these, financial and educational profiles of the 5 contestants have been taken. From the 5 contestants, the fight is absolutely between cash-rich and cash-less contestants. B aju Ban Riyan (Age 67) Communist Party of India (Marxist), Tripura East Cash: Rs. 3,000 Spouse: Rs. 3,000 Financial instruments: Rs. 2, 83, 345.28 (SBI Parliament Branch) Rs. 3, 07,107.27 (SBI Agartala Branch) Rs. 2, 00, 000 for 729 days (Special Term Deposit, SBI Agartala Branch) Rs. 10, 00,000 for 4 years (Special Term Deposit, SBI Agartala Branch) Rs. 5, 00, 000 for 4 years (Special Term Deposit, SBI Agartala Branch) Rs. 5, 93, 627.01 (PPF, SBI Agartala Branch) Rs. 10, 000 (KVP) Rs. 1, 00,000 (LIC, Rs. 12,178 yearly premium) Rs. 1, 00,000 (LIC, Rs. 14,768 yearly premium) P ulin Behari Dewan (Age 69) Bharatiya Janata Party, Tripura East Cash : Rs. 10, 000 Details of immovable assets: Agricultu...

Tripura West constituency: Count number of digits

Lok Sabha Election 2009 Special - Part VI O f the total 10 candidates participating in the election marathon from the Tripura West constituency of the state, here is a quick preview of the financial assets (and many more) of the 6 contestants which are in the fray. The number of digits presumably speaks a lot about them. A run Chandra Bhaumik (Age 63) All India Trinamool Congress, Tripura West Cash : Rs. 15, 000 (self) Spouse : Rs. 10, 000 Financial instruments: Rs. 10 lakh (LIC), Rs. 3, 50,000 (Fixed Deposit) Deposits in banks, financial institutions and non-banking financial companies: Rs. 98, 801 (UCO Bank), Rs. 4,102 (SBI), Rs. 14, 780 (Tripura Gramin Bank), Rs. 7890 (T.Co-op) Details of immovable assets: Agricultural land: 0.33 acres Current market value: Rs. 75,000 Non-agricultural land: NIL Current market value: NIL Buildings (commercial/ residential): Rs. 30,00,000 Houses/ Apartments : Rs. 1,85,000 Government dues: NIL Educational Qualification: School Final from Julaibari Cla...

What stand the national political parties are taking on insurgency, infiltration and on minorities/ OBC?

Lok Sabha Election 2009 Special - Part V THE INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS The Indian National Congress became the nation's dominant political party after independence in 1947. It returned to the 14th Lok Sabha as the single largest party after 8 years in the opposition. The party is currently the chief member of the ruling United Progressive Alliance coalition. It is the only party to get more than 100 million votes in the past two general elections (1999, 2004). The manifesto of the Indian National Congress for the 2004 Lok Sabha elections provided the foundation for the National Common Minimum Programme that formed the basis of governance during the past five years. Party 2009 Manifesto  On Terrorism/Insurgency: The party stands for zero tolerance policy and for an intelligent foreign policy It has already initiated the process of equipping the police and other specialist security forces with the latest weapons and technology to meet terrorism threat Will raise specialist battalions ...

MapmyIndia’s elections website helps voters take informed decisions

Interactive maps, information and analysis about the elections helps users vote in the coming elections New Delhi, April 14, 2009: MapmyIndia has just launched public service website http://elections.mapmyindia.com to help voters in India make an informed choice on issues that matter to them during the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, states in a press release sent to www.bishnupriyamanipuri.com. Combining the power of MapmyIndia’s detailed and highly accurate India maps with exhaustive data on constituencies, like population, literacy ratio, area amongst others and information on parties, candidates and their track record, the elections website places a wealth of information and analysis for voters to refer to. For example, with the click of a button voters can view constituencies where candidates with cases pending against them are contesting elections on a digital map – red markers showing up against these on the map versus green markers for the others. With the analysis page, vis...

List of contesting candidates from Gauhati Lok Sabha Constituency

Lok Sabha Election 2009 Special - Part III Candidate of Recognized National and State Political Parties (1) Akshay Rajkhowa (Nationalist Congress Party) (2) Bijoya Chakravarty (Bharatiya Janata Party) (3) Capt. Robin Bordoloi (Indian National Congress) (4) Sonabor Ali (Assom United Democratic Font) Candidate of Registered Political Parties.(Other than recognized National and State Political Parties) (1) Ambu Bora (Revolutionary Communist Party of India (R.B.)) (2) Deepak Kalita (Samajwadi Party) (3) Shimanta Brahma (Rastrawadi Sena) Independent Candidates (1) Amit Barua (2) Kazi Nekib Ahmed (3) Dr. Deva Kanta Ramchiary (4) Brijesh Roy (5) Rina Gayary Das Next: Financial crisis, Indian economy, Goods & services, small & medium enterprises: where do national parties stand? Please subscribe to the blog: receive email. Get Free alert on your mobile! Click here . Subscribe: The Bishnupriya Manipuri E - World English Grammar

3 candidates from registered parties and 11 independents contesting in Karimganj (SC) Parliamentary Constituency

Lok Sabha Election 2009 Special - Part II Karimganj (SC) Parliamentary Constituency (1)Name of Candidate: Rajesh Mallah Party affiliation: Assam United Democratic Front (2)Name of Candidate: Lalit Mohan Suklabaidya Party affiliation: Indian National Congress (3)Name of Candidate: Sudhangshu Das Party affiliation: Bharatiya Janata Party Independent Candidates: Uttam Nomosudra Joy Das Debasish Das Probash Ch.Sarkar Bijan Roy Bijoy Malakar Malati Roy Milon Singha Ranjan Namasudra  Rajesh Chandra Roy Sital Prasad Dusad Himangshu Kumar Das Next: List of contesting candidates from Gauhati Parliamentary constituency Please subscribe to the blog: receive email. Get Free alert on your mobile! Click here . Subscribe: The Bishnupriya Manipuri E - World English Grammar

List of contesting candidates from Silchar Lok Sabha constituency

Lok Sabha Election 2009 Special - Part I Total number of candidates: 16 Candidates of recognized National and State Political Parties: 4 (1) Name of Candidate: Kabindra Purkayastha Party affiliation: Bharatia Janata Party (2) Name of Candidate: Dipak Bhattacharjee Party affiliation: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (3) Name of Candidate: Badruddin Ajmal Party affiliation: Assam United Democratic Front (4) Name of Candidate: Sontosh Mohan Dev Party affiliation: Indian National Congress Independent Candidates: Kantimoy Deb Chondan Rabidas Jayanta Mallick Jay Sundar Das Nagendra Chandra Das Nabadwip Das Pijush Kanti Das Manish Bhattacharjee Yogendra Kumar Singh Subir Deb Sumit Roy Nazrul Haque Mazarbhuiyan Next  List of contesting candidates from Karimganj (SC) constituency Please subscribe to the blog: receive email. Get Free alert on your mobile! Click here . Subscribe: The Bishnupriya Manipuri E - World English Grammar