Re: Theos-World Elections in India - Can theosophists learn from it?
May 16, 2009 02:56 PM
by Drpsionic
Oh, politicians always say that while they are planning the assassination.
Chuck the Heretic
In a message dated 5/16/2009 2:04:57 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
mkr777@gmail.com writes:
India just completed a massive general election which lasted a month. In
many places, the competition was intense. In the end, the ruling party won
the election as quoted from a CNN report below.
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What is significant is that the leader of the losing party, came out and
stated that +We respect this mandate and accept it+, which simply indicates
that the politicians are interested in the welfare of the people of India.
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I hope that theosophical politicians open up their eyes and learn from the
behaviour of political politicians and put the interests of TS and
theosophy
ahead of everything else.
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MKR
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NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh appeared set
for a second term as his Congress party and its allies scored a decisive
lead over their opponents on Saturday in a vote count after the country's
monthlong general elections.
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The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance surged ahead in more than 255
of the 543 federal parliamentary boroughs, outpacing the main opposition
composed of a grouping led by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata party
(BJP).
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BJP <_http://topics.http://topics.http://tophttp://topic_
(http://topics.cnn.com/topics/bharatiya_janata_party) > leader Arun
Jaitley conceded defeat, stating that the ruling party will win the
election.
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"We respect this mandate and accept it," Jaitley said.
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