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ELECTION 2009

OUR MISSIONWE HAD 3 DAYS PLAN AT SURENDRANAGAR (9) FOR STUDY

VISIT ON FORTH COMING ELECTIONS.

By, Spruha Joshi

SURENDRANAGAR (9)

9 - SURENDRANAGAR PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCY

18/4/09

SATURDAY

• WE TRAVELLED 385 KMs

• OUR ROUTE : VIRAMGAM (8:30-9:30) NAVRANGPURA (10:00-10:30) KHARAGODA (11:00-12:30) MALVAR (2:30-3:00) HALVAD (3:45-4:15) DHRANGADHARA 4:50-6:00)

• WE MET: BJP CANDIDATE, MLA DASADA, CHAIRMAN TALUKA PANCHAYAT, DISTRICT EDUCATION COMMITTEE MEMBER, STANDING COMMITTEE MEMBER, MEMBER OF SALT INDUSTRY, SARPANCH KHARAGHODA, SARPANCH RAJGADH, EX. MINISTER GOVT. OF GUJARAT, PRESIDENT NAGAR PALIKA DHRANGADHARA, OPPOSITION LEADER DHRANGADHARA, BJP AND CONGRESS PARTY WORKERS, PUBLIC

• WE TOOK INTERVIEW OF THE BJP CANDIDATE LALJIBHAI MER AND COVERED HIS PUBLIC SPEECH.

19/4/09 SUNDAY

• WE TRAVELLED 362 KMs

• OUR ROUTE : SAYALA (10:00-10:30) SOMASAR (10:55-11:51) SEKHPUR (12:00-12:30) JASAPAR (1:10-1:35) SURENDRANAGAR (2:50-6:00) VITTHAL GADH (7:00-7:30) • WE MET: CONGRESS CANDIDATE, MLA HALVAD, SARPANCH SOMASAR,

RET.DIG, EX. DISTRICT PRESIDENT, EX. TALUKA CONGRSS PRESIDENT, INFORMATION DEPT.AND PUBLIC

• WE TOOK INTERVIEW OF CONGRESS CANDIDATE SOMBHAI GANDABHAI PATEL AND COVERED HIS PUBLIC SPEECH.

20/4/09 MONDAY

• WE TRAVELLED 511 KMs

• OUR ROUTE : CHOTILA (8:00-9:15) VASTADI (10:00-10:55) CHUDA (11:05-11:30) BHRUGUPUR (11:40-12:10) RANPUR (12:28-1:55) KUNDAL (3:00-3:15) DHANDHUKA (3:30-4:00) RAIKA (5:45-6:00)

• WE MET : SARPANCH RAIKA, BJP WORKERS AND PUBLIC

LALJIBHAI MER : SPEECH HIGHLIGHTS

• HE STARTED HIS SPEECH BY ATTACKING ON THE SITTING MP OF THE CONSTITUENCY.

• HE SAID THAT HE CAN UNDERSTAND THE FEELINGS OF THE SALT PAN WORKERS AS HE HAS EXPERIENCED HIS WORKING DAYS.

• THE PROGRESS OF THE STATE WAS HIGHLIGHTED (WATER, LIGHT).

• HE ENDED HIS SPEECH WITH THE WORDS “I ASSURE YOU THAT I WILL NOT LET YOU AND YOUR VOTE DOWN”.

“ I WORKED FOR BJP FOR 48YRS AND HAVE CHEATED THE PEOPLE”.

• AFTER KHAJURIA-KHAJURIA DISPUTE BJP RECALLED HIM.

• ADVANI IS NOT SHOWING HIS TRUE SIDE.

• DR. KATHARIYA CAME BACK IN THE PARTY, BUT I WILL NOT GO BACK TO THEM ONCE I WENT OUT OF THEM.

• HE TALKED ABOUT THE PROGRESS OF CONGRESS.

SOMABHAI GANDABHAI PATEL : SPEECH HIGHLIGHTS

CANDIDATES FOR SURENDRANAGAR P C.

• THE CANDIDATES OF SURENDRANAGAR ARE: SATUBHA KANUBHA VAGHELA – ABJ NARAN KEHAR BHATIA – INDEPENDENT BHARAT RAMNIKLAL MAKVANA –

INDEPENDEN PATEL SOMBHAI GANDABHAI – CONGRESS LALJIBHAI CHATURBHAI MER – BJP KORDIA ALTAB VALIBHAI – INDEPENDENT PATEL MOHANBHAI DAYABHAI – BSP NAYAKPARA HYITESH BHAGVANBHAI – INDEP. DABHI MOHANBHAI TULSIBHAI – INDEPE. DERVADIYA MEGHA KALUBHAI – IN DEPE. RABA HARSHUKHBHAI RABABHAI – INDEPE. JADAV BHAGVAN MATHURBHAI – INDEPE. UKA AMARABHAI MAKWANA – INDEPE. GADA JAGRUTIBEN BABUBHAI – MJP PATDIYA KHIMAJI HARJIVANBHAI – KJS SOLANKI KARSHAN JIVABHAI – INDEPE. PATEL ASHOKKUMAR CHIMANBHAI – INDEPE. DHAVANIYA BACHUBHAI CHAGANBHAI – LSP SAVUKIA LALJI MOHANBHAI – INDEPE. MER MAVAJIBHAI KUKABHAI – INDEPE.

• THE CANDIDATES WHO CAN MAKE A CHANGE ARE :-

• PATEL MOHANBHAI DAYABHAI – BSP ON BASIS OF SC VOTES

• GADA JAGRUTIBEN BABUBHAI – MJP ON BASIS OF MAHAGUJARAT PARTY

• PATDIYA KHIMAJI HARJIVANBHAI – KJS ON THE BASIS OF MONEY POWER CAN INFLUENCE THE VOTERS.

COMPARISIONS BETWEEN BOTH CANDIDATES

LALJIBHAI MER

• SHAMBHU MAHARAJ WAS ACTING AS A FILTER WHEN WE WERE TAKING HIS INTERVIEW.

• DON’T SPOIL THE “BHAGVA”

• SOMBHAI IS A TRAITOR

• HIS SPEECH WAS NOT VERY STRONGER. THE OTHERS WHO DELIVERED SPEECH WERE MORE STRONG THEN HIM.

SOMABHAI GADABAHI PATEL

• HE USED MANY ABUSING WORDS DURING THE INTERVIEW.

• I WAS SUSPENDED ON 23/12/07

• HIS REASON TO CHANE THE PARTY WAS CHANDNI MURDER AND RAPE CASE.

• SOMBHAI’S SPEECH WAS MORE STRONG THEN THE OTHER SPEAKERS.

VISIT TO SURENDRANAGAR(WE MET SOME SENIOR PEOPLE)

• INFORMATION DEPARTMENT: HETAL DAVE, INFORMATION OFFICER :- WE GOT SOME INFORMATION ABOUT ELECTION COMMISSION WORK

• RET. JOINT DIRECTOR, BHUPENDRA DAVE JOURNALIST AND WRITER, GAURANG DAVE :-

WE GOT INFORMATION ABOUT SURENDRANAGAR PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCY LIKE:

HISTORY OF SURENDRANAGAR POLITICAL SCENARIO CONSTITUENCY HISTORY SOCIAL PICTURE

• EDITOR AND OWNER OF SAMAY PAPER, BHANUBHAI SHUKLA :- DISCUSSION OF PARLIAMENTRY CONSTITUENCY AND GOT SOME TIPS

OTHER STORIES

• MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED CHILDREN STUDYING WITH NORMAL STUDENTS IN NAVARANGPURA.

• UNEDUCATED OLD COBBLER’S VIEW ON THE ELECTION

• SPECIALITY OF SOMASAR: PATOLA

• DIAMOND WORKER TURNED TO ANIMAL HUSBANDYR

• DISPUTE BETWEEN DARGAH AND HOUSE OWNER (ILLEGAL CONSTURCTION)

• JAIN TEMPLE OF VITTHALGARH (250 YRS OLD)

• IRREGULARITIES AND CORRUPTION IN INDIRA AVAS YOJNA

• TEMPLE OF MELDI MAA IN VASTADI (450 YRS OLD)

• UNTOUCHABILITY AND SOCIAL TABUS FOR HARIJANS.

• KHODIYAR TEMPLE (INVOLVEMENT OF HINDU AND MUSLIMS)

• FULCHAB HOSPITAL

• NO ZAVERCHAND MEGHANI’S STATUE OR ANYTHING RELATED TO HIM IN RANPUR

• BHIMNATH MAHADEV (WHICH BHIM MADE IT)

• ATROCITY TOWARDS GIRL CHILD, RAIKA

• KIRITSINGH RANA, LIMDI

SHIVLINGPHISICALLY CHALLENGED STEDENTS

SOMASAR PATOLA

OUR OBSERVATIONS

• THE PEOPLE VOTE ACCORDING TO CAST, INDIVIDUAL AND THE PARTY.

• VILLAGERS ARE MUCH AWARE FOR VOTING. THE REASONS MAY BE:- ILLEGAL LIQUOR MONEY POLITICAL INFLUENCE THREATS RATION CARD CANCELLATION THREAT RELIGIOUS (SUPERSTITIONS) FAMILY PRESSURE (MORE IN CASE OF LADIES)