The Dark Side of the upcoming President

         Pranab Mukherjee, the upcoming President of India might enjoy support even in Opposition, but several controversies surround him making him easily vulnerable to the Criminal charges. While no one can Question his honesty, but few past events may hinder his road to Rashtrapati Bhawan.

1. His name appeared in Hawala Scam. An old Report suggests that Mr. Mukherjee’s name was involved among others in getting money through Hawala from Jain Brothers. As per the Jains’ explanations of the diary notations, then External Affairs Minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee allegedly got Rs 10 lakhs.

2. According to Dr. Subramanian Swamy he was involved in providing confidential Data used to rig the stock market. The tapping of Finance Minister Mr. Pranab Mukherjee and his close associate in the Ministry, enabled Mr.Robert Vadra the son-in-law of Ms.Sonia Gandhi and Mr. Karthik son of Mr.P.Chidambaram, to use the data thereby collected to manipulate and rig the Mumbai stock market. Earlier these data were directly provided by the then Finance Minister Mr.Chidambaram.

3. According to Dr. Subramanian Swamy, Mr.Mukherjee has been a long time money launderer for Ms. Sonia Gandhi. His frequent trips to Chittarajan Park, New Delhi, over the last two decades was to arrange for money transfers for Ms.Sonia Gandhi through hawala operators.
Hasan Ali was a conduit for Mr.Pranab Mukherjee—athrough Ms.Sonia Gandhi, Political Secretary Mr.Ahmed Patel MP. Mr.Patel has met Mr.Hasan Ali many times according to the interrogation records with the Maharashtra Police.

4. Mukherjee was a Minister in Indira Gandhi’s Cabinet during the infamous Emergency and was held by many to be personally responsible for some of the excesses. He was summoned before the Shah Commission but followed Mrs. Gandhi’s lead in refusing to resign before it. A police case was registered against him which was withdrawn when Mrs. Gandhi returned to power.

5. S. Gurumurthy and Arun Shourie exposed how Pranab Mukerjee, the then Finance Minister of India helped Reliance Industries against Bombay Dyeing through differential taxation by influencing the Income Tax Department in textile industry. As a result Bombay Dyeing was almost decimated.

6. Mukherjee was involved in handling Taslima Nasreen’s house arrest in Delhi, as the Foreign Minister. Dealing with a situation involving her expulsion for Kolkata, anger from Islamic radicals, and her protection in a safehouse, Mukherjee received criticism for actions leading to Nasreen’s eventual departure from India in March 2008.

7. He has also been accused of threatening banks if they invest in Gujarat by sending the Income Tax Department sleuths after them, a state governed by the Bharatiya Janata Party

Kejriwal mentioned that Mukherjee was involved in the 2007 Ghana rice export scam when he was the external affairs minister. "That was the first time when Mukherjee's name was involved in a controversy surrounding a scam. This was a huge scam to the tune of Rs 2000 crore to Rs 2500 crore in which the then Union commerce minister Kamal Nath was also involved. Twenty lakh tonnes of rice was exported to a third country under the pretext of supplying it to African nations as part of hunger alleviation projects,'' Kejriwal said.

"Ghana government had recommended an inquiry against Mukherjee and Kamal Nath then by writing a letter to the Indian government. But nothing happened," he said.

Referring to another matter, Kejriwal talked about the controversial Scorpene submarine deal, signed between India and France. He said the presidential candidate was the defence minister the when four per cent commission was received on the deal and did not order any investigation despite voices being raised in protest.

"Mukherjee is also involved in the infamous Navy war room leak scam, in which three key persons were saved but in what can be termed as an eye wash, three Navy commanders were suspended. In this case, a pen drive carrying important strategic information had disappeared from the Navy war room and was later found with a wing commander, which was shared with three persons including Abhishek Verma associated with the Scorpene submarine deal,'' he alleged.

Kejriwal said it was ironic that Mukherjee on one had denied that the pen drive contained any information of serious or strategic nature whereas CBI had admitted that the pen drive have the information of serious nature. "It will be injustice if a tainted person sits on this seat of the President," Kejriwal said, demanding an unbiased inquiry against Mukherjee.

Horse in the President’s cavalry

Pranab Mukherjee’s Sister had predicted 40 years back in 1969-70 that he would be the President of India . It was revealed by his nephew.

It was around 1969-70. The young Mukherjee, then a first time Rajya Sabha MP, was allotted a flat on South Avenue close to Rashtrapati Bhavan, the 340-room British-era presidential mansion.

The red boundary wall of Rashtrapati Bhavan and the stable where the horses were kept and attended to were visible from the flat’s balcony.

Once during an idle chat there, Mukherjee told his elder sister Annapurna Banerjee: “See how much these horses are pampered. How well fed they look. I want to be reborn as a horse in the president’s cavalry”.

Mukherjee’s nephew Tarun Banerjee, who recounted the incident to Media, said: “My mother replied ‘Why do you wish to be reborn as a horse? Mark my words, you will become president of India one day and that too in this life’”.

“We are very happy for two reasons. One my maternal uncle is set to become president and second, my mother’s forecast has come true,” added Banerjee.



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சென்னை: வெள்ளி கிரகம் சூரியனை கடக்கும்போது சிறு புள்ளியாக தெரிந்ததை பொதுமக்கள் பிரமிப்போடு கண்டு ரசித்தனர். பூமிக்கும் சூரியனுக்கும் இடையே வெள்ளி கிரகம் கடக்கும் போது வெள்ளி கிரகம் சூரியனில் சிறு புள்ளியாக தோன்றும். 121 ஆண்டுகளுக்கு ஒரு முறை நடக்கும் இந்த அற்புத நிகழ்வு இன்று நடந்தது. சென்னை மாநகரை பொறுத்தவரை அதிகாலை 3.40 மணிக்கே சூரியனின் விளிம்பை வெள்ளி தொட்டு விடும் என்றும், அதிகாலை 3.58 முதல் சூரியனை கடக்க தொடங்கி விடும் என்று அறிவிக்கப்பட்டிருந்தது. ஆனால் சென்னையில் அதிகாலை 5.40 மணிக்குத்தான் சூரியன் உதயமானது. எனவே சூரியனின் விளிம்பை வெள்ளி தொடுவதையோ, நகர்வதையோ பொதுமக்கள் அதிகாலையில் காண இயலவில்லை. காலை 6 மணிக்கு மேல் 10.21 வரை சூரியனை வெள்ளி கிரகம் கடப்பது சிறு புள்ளியாக பொதுமக்களுக்கு தெளிவாக தெரிந்தது. தமிழ்நாடு அறிவியல் இயக்கம், வானியல் கழகம் போன்ற பல்வேறு அமைப்புகள் சார்பில் சிறப்பு ஏற்பாடுகள் செய்யப்பட்டிருந்தன. மெரினா கடற்கரை, பெசன்ட் நகர், எலியட்ஸ் கடற்கரை, தாம்பரத்தில் மாணவ, மாணவிகள், பொதுமக்கள் இந்த அரிய நிகழ்வை கண்டுகளித்தனர்.