RS Elections and Vasanthi Stanley
The Rajya Sabha elections that heated up Tamil Nadu's political scene for the last few weeks ended up in an anti-climax.
Paataali Makkal Katchi (PMK) chief Dr. Ramadoss, who earlier created a big song and dance sequence over non-allocation of seats to his party meekly surrendered by quoting an 'alliance dharma' theory. The very obvious reason for his sudden unfurling of white flag was that his son Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss did not want a premature end to his tenure at the Health Ministry at the Centre. So, curtains came down fairly soon on this episode of 'self respect' drama.
Another interesting aspect of this Rajya Sabha elections is the way it was handled by Jayalalithaa Jayaram's AIADMK. Having observed PMK making lot of noise within the ruling coalition, Jayalalithaa, in a bid to irritate PMK offered her ally Vaiko's Marumalarchi Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (MDMK) an opportunity to contest for the possible second seat. It is to be noted that MDMK has in all six MLAs in the current assembly. Jayalalithaa's might have thought that Dr. Ramadoss will catch hold of the fact that if a party with six MLAs (MDMK) can field its candidate for the Rajya Sabha elections, why PMK with eighteen MLAs can’t be given a chance. This will only hasten PMK's exit from DMK led alliance.
Another reason for Jayalalithaa's generosity was the fact that she was fairly certain that a MDMK candidate can't win the elections, unless Vijayakanth casts his vote for MDMK (There was a fair bit of workout on caste equations here. Had Vaiko got himself nominated, speculation was that Vijayakanth might have supported him as both of them belong to Telugu speaking Naidu community. Vijayakanth might not have wanted to vote for Vaiko precisely for this reason as well. This might have been a good opportunity to test the caste equation with Vijayakanth). However, Vaiko who was aware of his party's chances graciously declined the offer, while thanking Jayalalithaa. With AIADMK not choosing to field any second candidate, the elections ended with all the candidates getting elected unopposed.
Out of the six nominees who got elected unopposed, one of them - Vasanthi Stanley of Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam deserves a special mention. In the run up to the announcement of nominees, quite a lot of names within DMK were doing rounds. But the party chief Muthuvelar Karunanidhi in a surprise move hand picked Ameer Ali Jinnah and Vasanthi Stanley as DMK nominees for the Rajya Sabha.
What is interesting about this Vasanthi Stanley is that the litany of cases she has got against her name. It starts with Stanley Rajan (Vasanthi's husband) obtaining a home loan of Rs 40 lakhs from Bank of Baroda - Anna Nagar Branch, placing his apartment in Chennai's Mogappair as collateral. He somehow prepares another set of documents for the same property, places that as collateral with State Bank of India - Mount Road branch and obtains a loan of Rs 25 lakhs. He repeats the above with Life Insurance Corporation of India, State Bank of Travancore, Vijaya Bank, Syndicate Bank, State Bank of Hyderabad, UCO Bank, Dena Bank and what not.
Simply put, Stanley Rajan prepared fake documents for his home and managed to get home loans ranging from Rs 25 lakhs to 40 lakhs from various nationalised and private banks. As he found the above process working smoothly, he purchased few more properties and managed to swindle money from few more branches of various banks. In many of these (illegal) transactions, Vasanthi has either been a co-applicant or has been a guarantor. Some of the above mentioned banks got wind of the fraud and filed complaints with the Crime Branch of Chennai Police. Stanley was arrested and was lodged in prison for few months before being granted bail. As many as fifteen cases are pending against Stanley and his wife Vasanthi on charges of cheating. About a year ago, Syndicate Bank placed adverts in leading news dailies with photographs of Vasanthi and Stanley informing the public about the fraud.
A politician facing cases in the court is a common occurrence in India . Some of the cases could be brushed aside as being politically motivated. Cheating few nationalised banks can not however be considered as a politically motivated case. It is also a fact that unless proven, an accused should be treated as innocent. But, one wonders why of all the persons in DMK, Karunanidhi chose Vasanthi as the party's nominee. May be, these were the qualifications he was looking for. If Vasanthi and Stanley could 'achieve' this much before gaining any level of prominence, think of what they could do after becoming a Member of Parliament.
Worst part in this story is that, none of the other parties including the opposition seemed to care about Vasanthi's background. If at all there were murmurs of protest, it was from within DMK - especially from those who were expecting to get nominated for the Rajya Sabha. Sadly, Vasanthi Stanley is not a sole example of this stink. The nation has a bigger example in the form of Pratibha Patil, who went on to occupy the Rashtrapathi Bhavan despite her shoddy background. Vasanthi will infact feel proud for having emulated the country's president.
Paataali Makkal Katchi (PMK) chief Dr. Ramadoss, who earlier created a big song and dance sequence over non-allocation of seats to his party meekly surrendered by quoting an 'alliance dharma' theory. The very obvious reason for his sudden unfurling of white flag was that his son Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss did not want a premature end to his tenure at the Health Ministry at the Centre. So, curtains came down fairly soon on this episode of 'self respect' drama.
Another interesting aspect of this Rajya Sabha elections is the way it was handled by Jayalalithaa Jayaram's AIADMK. Having observed PMK making lot of noise within the ruling coalition, Jayalalithaa, in a bid to irritate PMK offered her ally Vaiko's Marumalarchi Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (MDMK) an opportunity to contest for the possible second seat. It is to be noted that MDMK has in all six MLAs in the current assembly. Jayalalithaa's might have thought that Dr. Ramadoss will catch hold of the fact that if a party with six MLAs (MDMK) can field its candidate for the Rajya Sabha elections, why PMK with eighteen MLAs can’t be given a chance. This will only hasten PMK's exit from DMK led alliance.
Another reason for Jayalalithaa's generosity was the fact that she was fairly certain that a MDMK candidate can't win the elections, unless Vijayakanth casts his vote for MDMK (There was a fair bit of workout on caste equations here. Had Vaiko got himself nominated, speculation was that Vijayakanth might have supported him as both of them belong to Telugu speaking Naidu community. Vijayakanth might not have wanted to vote for Vaiko precisely for this reason as well. This might have been a good opportunity to test the caste equation with Vijayakanth). However, Vaiko who was aware of his party's chances graciously declined the offer, while thanking Jayalalithaa. With AIADMK not choosing to field any second candidate, the elections ended with all the candidates getting elected unopposed.
Out of the six nominees who got elected unopposed, one of them - Vasanthi Stanley of Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam deserves a special mention. In the run up to the announcement of nominees, quite a lot of names within DMK were doing rounds. But the party chief Muthuvelar Karunanidhi in a surprise move hand picked Ameer Ali Jinnah and Vasanthi Stanley as DMK nominees for the Rajya Sabha.
What is interesting about this Vasanthi Stanley is that the litany of cases she has got against her name. It starts with Stanley Rajan (Vasanthi's husband) obtaining a home loan of Rs 40 lakhs from Bank of Baroda - Anna Nagar Branch, placing his apartment in Chennai's Mogappair as collateral. He somehow prepares another set of documents for the same property, places that as collateral with State Bank of India - Mount Road branch and obtains a loan of Rs 25 lakhs. He repeats the above with Life Insurance Corporation of India, State Bank of Travancore, Vijaya Bank, Syndicate Bank, State Bank of Hyderabad, UCO Bank, Dena Bank and what not.
Simply put, Stanley Rajan prepared fake documents for his home and managed to get home loans ranging from Rs 25 lakhs to 40 lakhs from various nationalised and private banks. As he found the above process working smoothly, he purchased few more properties and managed to swindle money from few more branches of various banks. In many of these (illegal) transactions, Vasanthi has either been a co-applicant or has been a guarantor. Some of the above mentioned banks got wind of the fraud and filed complaints with the Crime Branch of Chennai Police. Stanley was arrested and was lodged in prison for few months before being granted bail. As many as fifteen cases are pending against Stanley and his wife Vasanthi on charges of cheating. About a year ago, Syndicate Bank placed adverts in leading news dailies with photographs of Vasanthi and Stanley informing the public about the fraud.
A politician facing cases in the court is a common occurrence in India . Some of the cases could be brushed aside as being politically motivated. Cheating few nationalised banks can not however be considered as a politically motivated case. It is also a fact that unless proven, an accused should be treated as innocent. But, one wonders why of all the persons in DMK, Karunanidhi chose Vasanthi as the party's nominee. May be, these were the qualifications he was looking for. If Vasanthi and Stanley could 'achieve' this much before gaining any level of prominence, think of what they could do after becoming a Member of Parliament.
Worst part in this story is that, none of the other parties including the opposition seemed to care about Vasanthi's background. If at all there were murmurs of protest, it was from within DMK - especially from those who were expecting to get nominated for the Rajya Sabha. Sadly, Vasanthi Stanley is not a sole example of this stink. The nation has a bigger example in the form of Pratibha Patil, who went on to occupy the Rashtrapathi Bhavan despite her shoddy background. Vasanthi will infact feel proud for having emulated the country's president.
posted by Indian Voter at 10:38:00 AM
4 Comments:
clearly Vasanthi's position has left the selection committee with a better position to negotiate on her contributions (to the makkal welfare :) )
//Vasanthi will infact feel proud for having emulated the country's president.//
Exactly...Hail the democracy !! Hail the politicians !!
IV, at this juncture of heated political activity at the centre, I am terribly missing your post here.
Vasanthi Stanley is a well educated person with qualifications M.A B.Ed B.L . She is an eloquent speaker and an extraordinary poet . She has a kind heart and follows noble principles . Impressed by her multi-faceted talents and hardwork of around 15 years in the party , she has attained this level of achievement . Be proud that a women with no political background has come to this level solely by hardwork and sacrifice . She is one of the best persons anyone ever meet . Please dont put false information about such a good innocnet person .Please !!
False information on her!! Its not other political parties are blaming her. Its national banks cry on what these two did to them. I wish vasanthi and her husband to get cancer and die within couple of years...
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