In UP, the names have it- Political Parties Campaigning

Amar Singh (one time friend of Mulayam Singh Yadav) is campaigning with an empty bucket (his election symbol), Indu Singh (fighting on a Lok Karamchari Morcha ticket) is telling her electorate how she would fit in various castes on the charpai which is her election symbol while Ghamalu Chaudhary, the Prajatantrik Congress Party candidate in Basti Sadar has chosen to use a buffalo to travel to draw attention to the rising price of fuel.

This is the colourful sub text of UP’s make or break election where the quirks draw as much attention as weightier debates on caste calculations and voter projections.

Consider these unique nicknames that candidates are using—Gurujee (Lakshmi Narayan Pandey, BJP, Pratapgarh), Babbe Bhai (Zahid, Meydha Party, Pratapgarh), Monu Baba Bakshi (Surendra Pal Singh, Peace Party Lucknow) and Babloo Neta (Brij Mohan Singh, independent, Lucknow). For greater variety, there is Vidhayak (Ram Kishor Yadav, independent from Deoria), Netaji (Dev Nath Yadav, JD (U), Varanasi), Kaviji (Rajendra Prasad Sonkar, independent, Kushinagar), Virodhi (Nandlal Gupta, independent from Kushinagar), Belan (Ramapati Yadav, independent, Jaunpur), Befikra (Ram Sajeevan, BSKP, Unnao) and Collector Pandey (Anand Kumar, BSP, Allahabad).

Given our penchant for godmen and gurus, it is only fitting that candidates should model themselves on these. Thus there is Balti Baba (Jagdish Mishra, BJP, Kushinagar), Arthi Baba MBA (Rajan Yadav an independent in Gorakhpur), Bade Guruji (Munishwar Singh, RMSP, Allahabad) and Guddu Maharaj (Chandra Kumar Mishra, BSP, Varanasi).

Bollywood also finds representation. Thus while Gulzar and Raj Kapoor are independent candidates from Azamgarh and Deoria respectively, Talat Aziz is fighting on a Congress ticket from Maharjganj, Javed Akhtar is a Lok Jan Shakti Party candidate from Mau and Madhubala has a Samajwadi Party (SP) ticket from Sant Ravidas Nagar.

For one of a kind names choose from Lock Bahadur Gond (independent from Allahabad), Ghar Bharan (Independent from Sant Kabir Nagar, Doodhnath (NCP candidate in Mirzapur), Bhikhari (independent from Gorakhpur), Vakil (Kisan Sena, Kushinagar), Achchey Lal (Independent, Allahabad) and Sevak (IJP, Azamgarh).

Cities and nations are also in the reckoning. Thus while America is a BSP candidate in Ghazipur, Haridwar is trying his luck on a Rashtriya Lok Manch ticket from Gorakhpur from where Ayodhya is a JD(U) nominee.

Some are hoping to cash in on the popularity of the greats they have been named after. Thus Jawahar Lal is contesting on a Congress ticket from Deoria, while two Lal Bahadurs are in the fray as candidates from Ghazipur and Deoria. Rana Pratap (Rashtriya Lok Manch, Ballia), and Vivekanand (NCP, Kushinagar) are also trying their luck.

History and mythology are also in the field what with Birbal contesting on a Lok Dal ticket from Gorakhpur, Tulsi Das fighting for the BJP in Allahabad and Dashrath trying his luck on a SP ticket in Gorakhpur.

And with candidates so interesting, political parties can justly be expected to follow. Thus there is the Patriotic Party of India, Meydha Party, Most Backward Classes of India, Naitik party, Moderate Party, Best Class Party, Indian Oceanic Party, Jwala Dal and the mouthful Bhartiya Rashtriya Bahujan Samaj Vikas Party.

Lastly, if names are meant to be indicators of personalities then Danpati (RLM, Azamgarh) and Ghar Bharan (independent, Sant Kabir Nagar) give us clues to what kind of netas they will turn out to be.

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Courts Can't decide poll dates: Supreme Court

NEW DELHI: Dismissing a petition seeking rescheduling of elections in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, the Supreme Court Friday declined to interfere in the conduct of assembly elections in the two states.

Petitioner C.P. Vyas, who is the president of Indian Oceanic Party had sought quashing of the Election Commission's notification of Dec 24, 2011, announcing the election schedule of five state assemblies of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa and Manipur.

An apex court bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, Justice A.K. Patnaik and Justice Swatanter Kumar said it was not for the court to decide on the election schedule. As counsel for the petitioner Vyas pressed his plea, the court retorted saying: "We don't want to be educated on the election laws."

Petitioner Vyas had sought rescheduling on grounds that it clashed with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) exams and Uttar Pradesh School Board exams as well as municipal elections in Uttar Pradesh on Feb 18 besides severe cold in Uttarakhand.

Describing the Election Commission decision to hold elections in the two states as "arbitrary, whimsical and actuated by malafide intentions", the petitioner wondered as to why the poll panel was in hurry to hold election despite the objections.

Uttar Pradesh will have staggered voting in February, while Uttarakhand will hold election Jan 30.

The date for elections to the municipal bodies in Uttar Pradesh to be held Feb 18 was fixed by the apex court, the petition said.

The petition said the teachers, who are normally engaged for conduct of elections, would find it difficult to hold fair examinations in school boards. Electioneering, coupled with consequent heated political atmosphere, would not be conducive for the preparation of students appearing in the board examinations.

On Uttarakhand, the petitioner said that both the Chief Election Officer of the state Radha Raturi and Chief Minister B.C. Khanduri had asked the Election Commission to hold polling in the last week of February as on Jan 30 the cold conditions would be too severe for polling.

They had informed the Election Commission that 35 percent of the 9,744 polling stations in Uttarakhand would be in snow-bound areas.

The petition said the decision of the Election Commission to hold elections in the two states is vitiated by the "hurdles and problems likely to be caused to the people of the said States".

This information is given by the Source : Sakal Times

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C.P. Vyas Replied for Ayodhya Verdict

The Indian ocean party has appealed for the peace on the backdrop today's Ayodhya verdict. Speaking to the media, national president CP Vyas and general secretary Maulana Raza said their party will respect any verdict pronounced by the Lucknow bench of Allahabad high court. "We request all people of the country to remain united," they said.

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''IOP to provide maximum opportunity to youth''

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Indian Oceanic Party (IOP) was launched here today, promising that youth power will be used for development of the country.
Every party has used youth of the country for their vested interest and the opportunist politicians only misguided them, but our party would use youth power for development of the country, claimed IOP.
''Our country has the biggest youth population in the world. Yet we have not succeeded to utilise it. Our party would give maximum opportunity to the youth to contribute in the development of the country,'' C P Vyas, national president of IOP said at a press conference.
''The main agenda of the IOP would be betterment of education facilities for youth and opening of new employment opportunities for them,'' he added.
The IOP president said his party will serve for the needs of the poor, uplift of the starving masses, rescue of the oppressed class and reduction of wide economic disparity.

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