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| Bofors in limbo | |
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| Opinion polls gimmickry continues | |
 Even
though the former chief of the Press Council of India, P. B. Sawant
had categorically suggested a ban on opinion polls, the Gujarat
Assembly elections has witnessed a barrage of such polls being
conducted by magazines and TV channels like India Today,
Outlook, Aaj Tak and Zee TV. The veracity of these
survey polls which are engineered to influence the voters has already
been questioned by people from different walks of life. These survey
polls done on the basis of surveys of a few people in a few areas have
been as outrageous in their projections as anything else. If Outlook-cFor
polls predicts something else for the Congress and the BJP,
IndiaToday-Aaj Tak- ORG predicts something other. There is no
co-relation in their projections. They are methodically schemed to
suit a particular outfit. As such there has not been a single occasion
when the seat tally predicted by one opinion maker could tally with
reality. However, it has been seen that these projections have
tendentiously influenced voters who are not able to decide whom to
cast their votes for. It was in this situation that Justice Sawant had
advised against newspapers, periodicals and TV channels to resist
showing any opinion polls. Debate after debate took place in
connection with this.
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The main allegation against these judges is that they "misused" their official position to get higher marks for their candidates, including their children, to obtain jobs in the Services Commission. |
There
has been no major progress in the Bofors guns case though 13 years
have passed since the case was filed in the Delhi courts. In the
intervening period, as much as six prime ministers—V P Singh,
Chandrashekhar, Narasimha Rao, H. D. Deve Gowda and I. K. Gujaral came
and went. Now Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee is at the helm of
affairs in the country. Despite his promise to actively pursue the
much talked about case in the courts, there are no hopes that its
riddles will be solved. Lack of proper evidence is still tantalising
the authorities. On the other hand, all the major prime accused,
including Rajiv Gandhi, are dead. Italian businessman Ottavio
Quattrochi is sitting unruffled in Malaysia. His extradition from that
country in the absence of suitable dossiers appear to be near
impossible. The Malaysian High Court has already made it clear that
the Indian government will have to fulfil all obligations before
Quattrochi’s extradition could be done. Malaysia’s political
establishment has not been able to cast its influence on the
proceedings despite its best efforts. Now the question is what the
Indian investigative agencies have been doing all through these 13
years. Or that, is it a tacit understanding between the Congress and
the BJP
The