Massive Win for Pawan Kumar

Bansal

The great verdict is out, and the victory has gone to Pawan Kumar Bansal’s name.
Pawan Bansal, Congress has secured  161,042  votes to emerge WINNER defeating his nearest rival Satya Pal Jain by a whopping margin of 58967 votes in a multifaceted election which included Harmohan Dhawan of Bahujan Samaj Party, and Anwarul Haque of Rashtriya Janta Dal, Janta Dal (U) and nine independents.

Though every party did their best to remain a front-runner, yet Pawan Bansal had an edge over the others right from the beginning because of his agenda. Dwelling highly on developmental plank and resolving GPA holders’ transfer policy, Bansal always remained the front-runner. Other factors that led to his victory were the Man Mohan Factor and the involving the youth on the image of Rahul Gandhi.

The rivals did not have any such agenda in their campaign. They resorted to  so low tactics and mud slinging personally of Bansal and his members of the family ;that the same was highly  disapproved by the people at large

It is pertinent to point out that Bansal has won the Chandigarh seat for the fourth time; and for the third time in a row. He had won it in 1991, lost to Mr. Jain in 1996 and 1998, and won consecutively in 1999 and 2004. Again,  Bansal had won in 2004 polling 139,880 votes while Jain had polled 94,632 votes and Dhawan only 17,762 votes.

In the Chandigarh Votes 2009: UT Chandigarh has a total electorate of 522,650. Of this, Bansal polled 161,042 votes while Jain got 102,075 and Dhawan 61,434. The remaining 11 candidates including the Rashtriya Janata Dal and the Janata Dal (U) forfeited their security deposits.

Pawan Bansal has shouldered many responsibilities in the national polity. He was Minster of State for Finance and Minister of state for Parliamentary affairs. During the campaign, Smt. Sonia Gandhi, Chair Person UPA, while addressing a massive rally at Chandigarh, to elect Pawan Bansal from Chandigarh and had promised to elevate Pawan Bansal as a Cabinet Minister in the UPA Government. .

It is pertinent to point out that Chandigarh Social Welfare Council extended its total support to Pawan Bansal and its relentless campaign in the third phase southern sectors got translated into votes for him. Council shall continue to support his vision to make Chandigarh a World Class City.

Satish Chandra Sharma

General Secretary, Chandigarh Social Welfare Council,

Email: sharma.ambakripa@gmail.com

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The Great Indian Verdict

The much awaited verdict has come and the country has reposed its faith in the Congress led UPA. UPA has already made it known that the Government shall be headed by Shri Man Mohan Singh. Smt Sonia Gandhi has reposed her faith in him to steer the country clear  from the ill effects of the economic meltdown and to ensure development takes place in the country as has been penned in the UPA manifesto,

A clear signal emerged during the elections that all who have been clamouring to be kingmakers are not favourites of the voters. People are not interested in the sloganeering and politics of blackmail. Lalu, Ram Vilas Paswan, Mayawati,Jayalalitha, Chandra Babu Naidu, BJ{, Left have been shown the ground.

UPA is in a position to make the government on its own and all those who would wish  to support it  shall be screened by the UPA and support  shall be unconditional. The voter has implied that he is interested in development taking place in the country. For this the faith has been reposed in the leadership of Dr. Man Mohan Singh.

People were wary of the disruptionist programmes of the BJP. The mud slinging campaign launched by Lal Krishan Advani terming Prime Minister Man Mohan Singh as weak Prime Minister is also backfired. Nor did Hindutva remained a forceful agenda. The people were wary of BJP progrmmes as it did not want any divide on caste or communal basis.

When in Sri Lanka and Pakistan are facing internal disturbances in their country, people feared our country would also face similar conditions if BJP is voted to power. The intelligentsia which never bothered to reach the polling booth was seen rushing to it in great numbers to put support to the agenda of the UPA.

In Chandigarh, Pawan Kumar Bansal won with a massive margin. Factors that went to favour Bansal was his stress on the development of the city and his vision of making the City World Class got the approval of the Constituents. Resolving The GPA muddle in the Cooperative House Building Societies created a favourable impact and GPA holders not only voted for Bansal but were also instrumental in getting their friends, relatives and neighbours also to Vote for him. Man Mohan factor also played a crucial role as the sikhs constitute a sizeable population in the City. The Rahul impact was also noticed. The youth Voted for Congress in bulk.

In fact the mandate has been in favour of clean and honest governance. Congress led UPA has to work in tandem with this motto. This mandate is also for a CHANGE for youth is now to play a big role under the leadership of Rahul Gandhi. BJP must learn that rhetoric alone is not going to work now. If it wants a place in the country’s polity, it should shun from the types of Varun Gandhi and Narendra Modi who have slurred the secular character of Indian Political system and also played havoc on the aspirations of Lal Krishan Advani to let him remain a “Prime Minister in Waiting” forever.

Satish Chandra Sharma

General Secretary

Chandigarh Social Welfare Council, email: sharma.ambakripa@gmail .com

email: sharma.ambakripa@gmail.com

Chandigarh dated 17th March, 2009.

Chandigarh Administration having mooted transfer policy for transfer of the flat/share in the name of General Power of Attorney holders is acting one step forward and two steps backward. The policy has empowered the existing management committees in the societies to take action of the course of transfer.

A few of them have come forward and have taken steps whereby the flats till now standing in the names of the original allottees are being transferred in the name of the holders of the GPA. This is beig done was desired by me in my representations to the high ups of the administration and Local MP and Minister of State for Finance, Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal.

However, some black sheep management committees are yet sitting on the transfer policy and denying the transfer on the name of the GPA holder on one pretext or the other. The matter that has since been brought to the notice of the Secretary Cooperative and the RCS Chandigarh for giving directions to such of the society management to expedite the process.

This has been sought as the administration has put a cut out date i.e. 30 May for whereby societies should inform the RCS of the transfer process and change of flats on the names of the GPAs. Names of such transferees so received shall be included in the electoral list of the societies. This will enable such transferees to participate in the managing affairs of the Society. On transfer of flat in the name of the GPA he shall be eligible to vote and contest in the election to the managing bodies.

Such black sheep managing committees in the societies are either reluctant to induct new members to play shots in the society on the basis of old electoral rolls that constitute majority of allottees who have since sold flats on the GPA instrument or simply avoid process to keep the GPA holder in a hapless situation as he was earlier in.

Shocking viewpoints are advanced by such managing committees, which are against the soul of the notification of 2nd March, 2009 and are being strongly resisted by the GPAs of the respective society.

Administration should initiate immediate steps to check such societies and evolve a working solution for hassle free transfer in the societies, otherwise administration would be going one-step forward and two steps backward. Providing relief by notification (One-step forward), and taking no precautions to ensure proper implementation of the policy (two steps backwards).

Satish Chandra Sharma

General Secretary

Chandigarh Social Welfare Council

Email: sharma.ambakripa@gmail.com

Cell: 9888 255 128