Jammu and Kashmir election results 2008

Counting begins at 8 AM on December 28

Parties Leads Results PDP 21 0 Cong 13 0 NC 28 0 BJP 15 0 Others 10 0 Total 87 0

6 state Election results

Chhattisgarh Results Results 90 BJP 49 Cong 38 Oth 3 Delhi Results Results 69 Cong 42 BJP 23 Oth 4 Mizoram Results Results 40 Cong 32 MNF 4 Others 4 Madhya Pradesh Results Results 230 BJP+ 142 Cong+ 71 Ind & Oth 17 Rajasthan Results Results 200 Cong 96 BJP 78 Oth 26

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Parties Leads Results PDP 18 3 Cong 12 1 NC 21 6 BJP 13 3 Others 9 1 Total 73 14

Why J&K will remember the 2008 polls ?

The 2008 assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir [Images] will be remembered for a host of reasons. Post 1996, it is the first election which has passed off peacefully, without any major untoward incident marring the process. In the wake of the election boycott call given by the separatists, the voter turnout, particularly in the conflict-ridden valley of Kashmir, has been much higher than expected.

There are certain aspects about this election that cannot be brushed aside. Even those who braved the bitter cold and waited for hours outside polling stations, reiterated that they were casting their vote for the development of the valley and that ‘Azaadi’ runs through their veins.

Over 1,354 candidates, including 468 independent candidates and 67 women contestants, are in the fray for the 87-member Assembly. As many as 1,354 candidates, including 78 from the Congress, 85 from the National Conference, 64 from the Bharatiya Janata Party and 78 from the People’s Democratic Party are contesting this time.

Total assets declared by the candidates, in their affidavits filed before the respective returning officers, sum up to a whopping Rs 7,769,012,944. The NC has the maximum number of crorepati candidates (33), followed by the PDP (18), the Congress (17) and the BJP (8).

The PDP is fielding a number of young candidates, with as many as 22 candidates below the age of 35. The NC, with 18 candidates below the age of 35, is at number two, followed by the BJP and Congress with 15 each.

The 2008 assembly election has also witnessed unprecedented participation by women — as voters and as candidates.

There were only 29 women candidates in the fray for the 2002 assembly elections. The number has more than doubled this time.

In 1972, four women candidates were elected to the state legislature, and that remains the highest number of women legislators in the state. The record is likely to change this time.

The PDP has fielded nine women contestants, followed by the BJP (5), the Congress (4), and the NC (2).

Like all other poll-bound states, J&K also has its share of candidates with criminal cases registered against them. The NC has fielded five such candidates, followed by the PDP (2), the BJP (2), and the Congress (1).

Source: rediff.com

Maharashtra Deputy CM RR Patil resigns

Maharastra Deputy Chief Minister R R Patil, who was in the cross hairs in the wake of the Mumbai terror attacks, resigned on 1 December.

"We have taken our own decision. It is for them to take their decision," the NCP supremo said when asked whether the chief minister, who belongs to Congress, had also quit.

A Congress leader, who declined to be named, said if either the CM or the deputy CM goes, "the other will have to go because the issue is the same".

A beleaguered Deshmukh landed himself in a fresh controversy yesterday as he visited the terror-hit Taj Mahal hotel along with film producer Ram Gopal Varma and Deshmukh's actor son Reitesh.

The issue was raised at the all-party meeting convened by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh last night which was also attended by Sonia Gandhi with some parties criticising the CM for his "casual" attitude.

Deshmukh recently completed four years in office. The names of union ministers Prithviraj Chavan and Sushil Kumar Shinde are doing the rounds to replace the chief minister and sources say a decision on the successor's name was delaying Deshmukh's resignation.

“I have submitted my resignation letter to Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh. I have gone by my conscience and decided to take this step,” Patil told PTI.

“I pondered over the issue the whole night yesterday. Finally, I have decided to quit as per my conscience,“ Patil said.

Patil’s resignation follows the exit of the Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil, who put in his papers to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday, after the Congress Working Committee spoke disapprovingly of the Home Minister, in light of the Mumbai carnage and other terror strikes in the country.

The Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister, who was also in charge of the state Home Ministry, was under severe criticism following the terror attacks with opposition Shiv Sena and BJP demanding his resignation alleging that he failed to handle the situation.

Patil belongs to the Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party and hails from Sangli district in western Maharashtra.

Who are these people? Patils, Modis, Thackereys, Deshmukhs etc etc. We need a tough person to lead the state and country at this time, someone who stands tall and proud under extreme pressure and give it back as good as it gets. Someone like Kiran Bedi or KPS Gill should be the home minister and not these next to nothing politicians who are just crooks and know only how to divide India on the basis of region or religion..

The problem will not be solved tendering resignation by RR Patil. Mere resignations/change of guards will not solve the problem. They should be made held accountable for the present chaos. In my opinion, the best solution at present is, that President should dismiss the present Government and put the state under President's rule and hand over the Mumbai City administration to security forces with clear mandate to hunt down the terrorists and their local sympathizers, if any. I am tired of seeing people shouting and screeming in front of the TV cameras and bashing the politicians. Who is responsible for these chaotic conditions? We the people are responsible for having elected such leaders. Now the time has come that people should think and collectively force the Government to bring changes in the People's Representation Act according to the present requirement and make the politicians accountable for their misdeeds.

Politicians like these selfish people should be Shutdown