TV WATCH
November 2011. Week 1
Mumbai 227 to take on Political parties |
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With few months left for BMC elections in Mumbai, division of votes is certain
with new parties, new alliances being formed. But, now the latest news on TV is
that a
group of citizens in Mumbai have formed a Forum i.e. Mumbai 227, which is a
platform to launch clean and genuine independent candidates for the civic polls
in February 2012. The group has already unveiled their strategies and the
process for selection of candidates. Few of them spoke about their plans to
fight elections, almost on the lines of Anna Hazare's movement.
Mumbai 227 group representatives will personally contact all the registered
housing societies, NGOs and slums in the city, asking them to send their
representatives to be part of the voter representative council (VRC). These
members of the VRC will later decide on potential candidates, after ascertaining
his or her details from Police record and then their details will be posted on
the website. www.mumbai227.com Almost like applying for a job, the candidates
will have to submit recommendations. Isn't that a biggest challenge for the
Political parties, since this group will be contesting all 227 seats as
independents?
Recently, there was some controversy over Anna Hazare's blog writer. Some news
channels reported that Anna's blogging controversy was a Congress plot. It was
also quoted that Congress leaders used Anna's blogger to disturb team Anna.
There were also allegations that Mr.Vilasrao Deshmukh and Balasaheb Thorat had
a plan to disturb Anna, with their agents visiting Ralegan very often. Sources
also pointed out that the NCP politicians were also at work. Anna Hazare has
also suggested that his blogger had cheated him. In marathi, he used the term 'Vishwasghat' to describe the person. It was also alleged that the blogger used
Anna's unsigned letter; which was a kind of fraud.
Latest news at the end of the first week was about the clashes between the
workers of Nilesh Rane MP of Congress party and Mr. Bhaskar Jadhav of NCP and
MOS of Urban Development Govt of Maharashtra. A police complaint was lodged by
Mr. Bhaskar Jadhav's group against Mr. Nilesh Rane for directing his workers to
attack the office of Mr. Jadhav. The TV news also reported that Mr. Jadhav's
supporters retaliated. It was a show of strength before the local body
elections, the channels reported.
On the sports front there was a good news for India, as Ashish Sakharkar from
Maharashtra won a Bronze medal in the Mr. Universe Bodybuilding competition.
Speaking to the news channels, Ashish aimed at winning the Gold in the next Mr.
Universe Bodybuilding championship. The news also reported the daily diet of
Ashish, which comprised of 50 eggs, 1 kg of Chicken, 1 kg Bananas besides other
supplements which amounted to an expenditure of Rs. 2500/- per day. But, that
was worth his requirement, said his proud mother.
In the entertainment section, there isn't much to report as some of the variety
entertainment programmes continue to dominate the serials, except for 'Lakshya'
on Star Pravah twice a week and 'Guntata Hriday Hey' on Zee Marathi from Monday
to Saturday late night, which continue to progress on popularity graph.
by Ulhas Shirke © MMW
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