Posted on Monday, March 22, 2010 - 10:54 pm:

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Kamal:

enu unconventional politician ni .. state ki CEO ni ani Asia Times nunchi Andhra Jyothi varaku anni papers lo rayinchukunnadu CM ga unnappudu

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Posted on Monday, March 22, 2010 - 09:54 pm:

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Kamal:

He is no different than Congress

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Posted on Monday, March 22, 2010 - 09:25 pm:

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Telugu_times:

Enti? appudu assembly lo, kaneesam 8% ivvaali ani lolli jesinatlu gurthu.
ippudemo, no planning antunnaadu

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Posted on Monday, March 22, 2010 - 09:22 pm:

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Zulu:

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Posted on Monday, March 22, 2010 - 09:21 pm:

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Kamal:

the Congress government came up with ambitious 5 per cent and after realising its folly, reduced it to 4 per cent

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Posted on Monday, March 22, 2010 - 08:23 pm:

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HYDERABAD: Telugu Desam Party president N. Chandrababu Naidu on Monday blamed the government for the adverse court orders on reservation for Muslims in educational institutions and jobs.

Addressing the party's minority cell workers who staged a 'dharna' at Indira Park here in support of reservation for Muslims, Mr. Naidu said the government failed to do its homework and put forward its arguments effectively before the court. It did not do the ground work required for fighting the case resulting in the court quashing the quota thrice.

Mr. Naidu said the government's half-hearted attempts exposed its insincerity. "Anticipating legal hurdles we had promised three per cent quota before 2004 Assembly elections but just to beat us, the Congress government came up with ambitious 5 per cent and after realising its folly, reduced it to 4 per cent. Thanks to its poor preparation and weak argument, it is unable to implement even the reduced quota raising doubts over its intentions," he said.

Reiterating the TDP's commitment to reservation for Muslims, he said it would implead before the Supreme Court and support any move made in Parliament to ensure quota for them.

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Posted on Monday, March 22, 2010 - 08:05 pm:

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HYDERABAD: Akbaruddin Owaisi, MIM floor leader, has spoken of non-implementation of many policy decisions taken by the government for the welfare of minorities due to what he called "judicial activism and interference".

Participating in the resumed debate on the demands pertaining to welfare departments in the Assembly on Monday, Mr Owaisi contended that minorities, especially Muslims, invariably suffered under various judgments of courts. The latest were the quashing of the government's orders providing for four per cent reservation to Muslims and subsidy to Christians to undertake pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Even as Deputy Speaker N. Manohar repeatedly advised him to exercise restraint while making remarks on judiciary, Mr Owaisi continued the criticism, saying that what was presently witnessed in the country was "hyper judicial activism", undermining the decisions taken by the elected government. He brushed aside Mr. Manohar's advice and said "Sir, let me speak out at least here, using my Constitutional right and make suggestions to the judiciary". Mr. Owaisi said the public interest petitions were normally filed by members of the Sangh Pariwar whenever the government took policy decisions favouring minorities. At the same time, he said the government's failure in the Courts to stand by its policy decisions, was also due to "failure" of the legal experts to defend the decisions properly.

He regretted that the Rosaiah's government allocated only 7.4 per cent of the funds of the budget for the welfare of SCs, STs, backward classes, minorities, the differently abled and others, amounting to Rs. 8,400 crore, even though they constituted a major chunk of the population. The projections made in the budget were such that many schemes of the minorities were simply discontinued. No allocations were made to Wakf Board, Urdu Academy and for repairs of mosques and churches.

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