Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi asked to appear in Delhi Court on 7th of August 2014...

Delhi court has summoned Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi, to apper in court on the 7th of August, in a case accusing them of cheating and criminal breach of trust. The case had been filed by Subramanian Swami, who is a leader of BJP. Mr. Swamy, has claimed that Gandhi's have taken advantage of their position to acquire prime properties in Delhi at throw away prices, the property that has come in question include the office of the National Herald, the Newspaper that closed down operations in 2008. The paper was started by the first Prime Minister of India in the year 1938.

The metropolitan magistrate Gomati Manocha, said "I found prima-facie evidence against all the accused. The court has directed them to appear before it (the court) on August 7"

Rahul Gandhi, had retaliated and said that he will sue Mr. Subramanian Swamy for defamation in 2012, when the case was first filled. Congress vice-president had described the acquisitions as baseless, defamatory, false and scandalous in nature.

In a statement, the Congress said, "In the National Herald matter, the persons named have not received any papers or information from the Court so far. They will seek legal advice and do the needful."

The claims by the BJP leader mention that a private company floated by Mr. Rahul Gandhi by the name of Young Indians, which inturn accuired a public limited company Associated Journals, which had a portfolio of properties worth around Rs. 1600 crore in Delhi alone, at a shockingly megre price of Rs. 50 lakhs only. Associated Journals was also setup by Jawaharlal Nehru.

The case presents another angle of gross misuse of power if proven right in the courts, in the past also there are several charges against Robert Vadra, the son-in-law of Mrs. Sonia Gandhi, accusing him of acquiring properties in Haryana at throw prices and then selling them at huge premium to developers. Not sure of Ache Din promise by the BJP led government, but it seems that tough days are ahead for the Congress President and vice-president.

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The Real Story Behind the Hike in Rail Fares....

The incumbent BJP led government has been under fire since the announcement of the Rail Fare hike, and why not the railways are the life lines of India. commodity prices are directly linked to railway freight rates. But is this a decision by NDA or is it a price being paid for policy paralysis that had gripped the nation for most part of the last decade, in which Mr. Manmohan Singh decided to remain tight lipped and rule the nation.

As per reports on Times Now, television news channel, the actual rail fare hike had been suggested back in February, but since the then Prime Minister Mr. Singh was concern more about the upcoming elections, the decision was pushed forward to be implemented from May. The overall loss that Indian Railways has faced due to this election related reason is more than Nine Hundred Crore Rupees, with daily losses amounting to around thirty Crore Rupees per day.

The Indian railways is already under tremendous pressure due to huge subsidies (amounting to around Rs. 26,000 Crore per annum) on pricing as Railways Pricing directly effects the public in general and most of the Railways Ministers have decided to hold back the fare hikes and have resulted in paralysing the expansion and up-gradation plans of Indian Railways. There are many projects which are lying on the back burner for decades due to non-availability of funds. We all know what happens to a system which is not upgraded it can keep on rolling due to the inert momentum for a long while disguising the effects of breakdowns and low maintenance but the day of complete annihilation can come any-time.

The opposition is shouting foul on the price hike, but what one needs to look into is why such a steep increase is required, the increased fares will bring in around Six Thousand Crores of additional income every year, it will still leave a lot of subsidy burden on the Railways. But this additional fund would also be utilised for up-gradation of railways infrastructure, which inturn will result in better services and faster trains that will help people in general.

Now the decision lies with you of whether the price hike is justified or not one needs to see who designed and who is getting blamed for it...

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NDA, goes behind the scenes asks 6 Governors to resign....

In a move that can lead to escalation in tension at the centre, the NDA led central government has asked six UPA appointed governors to vacate their positions. The action is happening behind the scenes right now and seems to be something very similar to what UPA did when it came to power in 2004 and moved on for removal of appointees in the Raj Bhavan, done by the NDA government then.

If sources in the government are to be believed, NDA regime is not going after governors who are nearing the end of their term, but the following governors have been suggested by the Union Home Secretary to put down their papers, through telephonic calls:

• M K Narayanan, West Bengal
• Sheila Dixit, Kerela
• Margaret Alva, Rajasthan
• Kamla Beniwal, Gujarat
• K Sankaranarayanan, Maharashtra
• Devendra Konwar, Tripura

The actions that seem to be a replications of deeds done by the UPA in 2004, are bound for the courtroom, as the NDA back in 2004 had also done the same and the court had ordered in 2010 that government can not remove Governors just on the basis of loss of confidence, since they are not employees of the union government.

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