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[Total Members Voted:]

Manmohan Singh

5 (29.4%)

Advani

6 (35.3%)

Mayawati

1 (5.9%)

Someone else

5 (29.4%)

Total Members Voted: 17

Voting closed: April 06, 2009, 03:48:50 AM

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[dhruvdeepak]

I am happy with the picks so far:

I'm not sure any congress leaders would make you unhappy?

dude. this is getting to be trolling/baiting now.

[vincent]

Karunanidhi wanted cabinet positions for his daughter, Kanimozhi, son, Azhagiri, and grand nephew Maran. And to think I have an issue with Shivlal Yadav!

I guess it is good this Daddy of Stalin wears dark glasses so he does not have to look anyone in the eye.

Congress wanted only Maran in the cabinet. He actually is the only good guy. Other two are crooks and they will get now some important posts.

BTW, TC which said it would provide "unconditional" support to the UPA Govt, has now taken the same stance as the Communists : No Privatisation, No Foreign companies in Retail/Insurance etc.

[keep-it-cool]

Karunanidhi wanted cabinet positions for his daughter, Kanimozhi, son, Azhagiri, and grand nephew Maran. And to think I have an issue with Shivlal Yadav!

I guess it is good this Daddy of Stalin wears dark glasses so he does not have to look anyone in the eye.

Congress wanted only Maran in the cabinet. He actually is the only good guy. Other two are crooks and they will get now some important posts.

BTW, TC which said it would provide "unconditional" support to the UPA Govt, has now taken the same stance as the Communists : No Privatisation, No Foreign companies in Retail/Insurance etc.

I think the TMC is manageable. Mamata needs the Congress for the 2011 polls in WB. Plus the UPA is not as dependent on TMC this time as it was on Left last time around.

In any case, I dont think this government will do too much on higher FDI in retail / insurance or even privatisation. The Congress itself is a left of centre party and those policies have brought it back to power. The focus is likely to be more on social sector, rural and education reforms. Whatever happens on privatisation or FDI would be more in the nature of tweaking rather than full fledged relaxations.

[justforkix]

Karunanidhi wanted cabinet positions for his daughter, Kanimozhi, son, Azhagiri, and grand nephew Maran. And to think I have an issue with Shivlal Yadav!

I guess it is good this Daddy of Stalin wears dark glasses so he does not have to look anyone in the eye.

Congress wanted only Maran in the cabinet. He actually is the only good guy. Other two are crooks and they will get now some important posts.

well he is good if the comparison is against stalin/azhagiri

cong wants maran not because he is good but because he owns sun network

the street rowdy azhagiri should have been made LS speaker - if anyone raises his/her voice, he will unleash the soda bottle and cycle chain 

Since Maran, Stalin, and Azhagiri don't even see eye to eye with each other, i'm sure they will split if/when Karuna dies.

[keep-it-cool]

Karunanidhi wanted cabinet positions for his daughter, Kanimozhi, son, Azhagiri, and grand nephew Maran. And to think I have an issue with Shivlal Yadav!

I guess it is good this Daddy of Stalin wears dark glasses so he does not have to look anyone in the eye.

Congress wanted only Maran in the cabinet. He actually is the only good guy. Other two are crooks and they will get now some important posts.

well he is good if the comparison is against stalin/azhagiri

cong wants maran not because he is good but because he owns sun network

the street rowdy azhagiri should have been made LS speaker - if anyone raises his/her voice, he will unleash the soda bottle and cycle chain 

Since Maran, Stalin, and Azhagiri don't even see eye to eye with each other, i'm sure they will split if/when Karuna dies.

Well, unless these guys get wiped out in TN, they will be present in whichever government is formed at the centre. If they get wiped out, Amma will be part of the government. So whatever happens, one leg of the government formation exercise will always be in TN.

[dextrous]

im sure india will get some great publicity after a guy named stalin becomes minister...i think we may be the only country left who still use the name...it isnt even a real russian name!!

[keep-it-cool]

http://election.rediff.com/report/2009/may/27/loksabhapoll-59-new-ministers.htm

The Prime Minister has recommended the following names to the President for inclusion in his Council Of Ministers.

Cabinet Ministers

1. Virbhadra Singh

2. Vilasrao Deshmukh [Images]

3. Farooq Abdullah [Images]

4. Dayanidhi Maran

5. A Raja

6. Mallikarjun Kharge

7. Kumari Selja

8. Subodh Kant Sahay

9. M S Gill

10.G K Vasan

11. Pawan Kumar Bansal

12. Mukul Wasnik

13. Kantilal Bhuria

14. M K Azhagiri [Images]

Ministers of State with Independent Charge

1. Praful Patel

2. Prithviraj Chavan

3. Sriprakash Jaiswal

4. Salman Khursheed

5. Dinsha Patel

6. Jairam Ramesh

7. Krishna Tirath

Ministers of State

1. E Ahamed

2. V Narayanasamy

3. Srikant Jena

4. Mullappally Ramachandran

5. D Purandeswari

6. Panabaka Lakshmi [Images]

7. Ajay Maken

8. K H Muniyappa

9. Namo Narain Meena

10. Jyotiraditya Scindia [Images]

11. Jitin Prasada

12. A Sai Prathap

13. Gurudas Kamat

14. M M Pallam Raju

15. Mahadev Khandela

16. Harish Rawat

17. K V Thomas

18. Saugata Ray

19. Dinesh Trivedi

20. Shishir Adhikari

21. Sultan Ahmed

22. Mukul Roy

23. Mohan Jatua

24. S S Palanimanickam

25. D Napoleon

26. S Jagathrakshakan

27. S *hiselvan

28. Preneet Kaur

29.Sachin Pilot [Images]

30. Shashi Tharoor [Images]

31. Bharatsinh Solanki

32. Tusharbhai Chaudhary

33. Arun Yadav

34. Prateek Prakash Patil

35. R P N Singh

36. Vincent Pala

37. Pradeep Jain

38. Agatha Sangma

[dextrous]

are the bold names bolded for a reason

[keep-it-cool]

I was hoping that those names make it.

[ramshorns]

are the bold names bolded for a reason

For a minute after looking at the names in bold I thought they were wanted in the Mumbai Terror attacks.   Good thing KIC clarified above.