One year of UPA-II: numbers without comfort
Vidya Subrahmaniam
Thanks to Left support, UPA-I faced no serious threats for much of its term. By contrast, UPA-II is dependent on fly-by-night supporters to stay in power.
— PHOTO: R.V. MOORTHY
IN FAR WORSE SHAPE: Opposition MPs staging a protest against the government at Parliament House
On April 27, 2010, courtesy of a historic ruling by Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, sections of the Opposition moved cut motions on the demand for grants which are not discussed in the House. However, as the division of votes showed — 289 for and 201 against — the challenge did not really stretch the government.
Yet as the second United Progressive Alliance Government completes one year in office, it must fervently hope that such tests do not come up more often. For, the final scores point as much to the disarray in the Opposition as to the government's precarious numbers. Take away the Bahujan Samaj Party's 21 MPs, and it is immediately apparent that UPA-II is a minority regime dependent on fly-by-night supporters to keep it in power.
The irony is difficult to miss. When the Congress breached the 200-mark in the May 2009 election, the consensus in the opinion-making class was that freed of Left support, UPA-II was assured of a trouble-free five-year term. As if to confirm the impression, the Congress was besieged by post-poll suitors. Smaller parties like the Bodoland People's Front and the Sikkim Democratic Front quickly signed up to be a part of the ruling alliance. Yet many more queued up outside 7, Race Course Road : the Samajwadi Party, the Rashtriya Janata Dal and the Janata Dal (secular) and the BSP. All four parties sent letters of support to Rashtrapati Bhawan, enabling Manmohan Singh to take the oath of office with numbers upwards of 300.
More make-believe than real
In truth, the numbers were more make-believe than real. All four external supporters had had a bitter falling out with the Congress. Besides, three out of the four, the SP, the BSP and the RJD, were from the heartland, where the compulsions of State elections would soon take over from the politics of Central give and take, rendering even a medium-term understanding with the Congress unviable. But that was in the future. For now, the Congress was happy to bask in the overwhelming show of hands. The illusion of strong outside support won over the hard reality of actual numbers.
As a consequence, Congress strategists opted for a minimalist government — not in terms of ministerial strength but in terms of party participation. Only five parties were sworn in with the Congress. They were: the Trinamool Congress, the Nationalist Congress Party, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, the National Conference and the Indian Union Muslim League. The combined strength of the five parties in government was only 51. Of course, there were members of the UPA who were not in government, among them the All-India Majlis-E-Itehadul Muslimmen, the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi, the SDF, the BPF, Kerala Congress (Mani) and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (no longer in UPA). But even with all of them on board, the UPA was short of a clear majority, and worse, without a steady and bankable external ally.
Contrast this situation with the real comfort of numbers through much of the UPA's first term. UPA-I started out as a pre-poll alliance of 12 parties which together won 219 seats — only a few seats more than what the Congress on its own picked up five years later. But in compensation the alliance got the rock-solid backing of the Left Front's 60-odd MPs. The Left cover rendered immaterial all other props. As in 2009, the SP and the BSP were only too keen to join the UPA-I bandwagon, but whether they did so or not had no bearing on the government's stability.
Over the next four years, the Congress had its share of troubles — both with its UPA partners and its external allies. The Telangana Rashtra Samithi quit the UPA in 2006 followed by the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in 2007. The Congress-BSP relations took a downturn in U.P. However, thanks to the overarching Left umbrella, UPA-I never once went into the danger zone. It was only in July 2008, when the Left finally withdrew support over the Indo-U.S. civil-nuclear deal, that UPA-I felt the heat of its dwindling numbers. The Congress' frantic search for a replacement brought the SP to its doors, and though Amar Singh and Mulayam Singh bailed out the government during the July 22 vote of confidence, their support came at a huge cost. Predictably the Congress-SP pact came undone before the April-May 2009 general election.
Data compiled by PRS Legislative research show that during the term of UPA-I, the Lok Sabha Speaker called for a division of votes on 21 occasions. Twenty of these were non-serious divisions, posing no threat whatever to the government. The only time division portended danger was after the Left's withdrawal. The division of numbers on July 22, 2008, the day Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tested his majority in the House, was: 275 for and 256 against. It was a close shave for the government, but fortunately for UPA-I, its first and only serious test came towards the end of its term — with just eight months left for the general election. As against this, the UPA-II government's first big test came within a year of taking office.
The Congress and the Left had a tension-filled relationship. But because the Left had a clear agenda and was upfront about the redlines, the Congress was spared nasty surprises. The Left was also committed to the Manmohan Singh government in a way its current external allies are not. The Left kept the government going for four years. On the other hand, the SP, the BSP and the RJD are fickle allies who will keep the Congress on edge if only to able to strike last-minute deals. The Congress-SP-BSP-RJD understanding, which was dramatically visible at the time of the formation of the UPA-II government, came unstuck inside of a year over the Women's Reservation Bill. Yet only a month later, with the cut motions slated to come up in the Lok Sabha, the BSP was ready with its rescue act. The SP and the RJD too staged a walkout, allowing the government to pull off an easy victory. What is the real story behind these intriguing moves? No one knows for sure. Will these parties stick around the next time division is called? No one knows for sure. But this much is obvious: The Congress can lower its guard only at its peril.
Within UPA-II, the odd behaviour of the Trinamool Congress and the strained relationship between the Congress and the NCP have added to the Congress' troubles. Mamata Banerjee is spoiling for a fight, and though logic strongly dictates a Congress-TC pact for the coming State election, she can never be trusted not to up and quit. She seems to have convinced herself that she can win that election all by herself. If that happens, the Congress' dependence on the SP-BSP-RJD trio will increase, making the party more vulnerable to pulls and pressures. The NCP, which was the target of much IPL-related mud-slinging, is looking to get back at its senior partner.
To be sure, the Congress' opponents are in far worse shape. The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance has been haemorrhaging so much, there is little left of it. The BJP has currently only three allies: the Shiv Sena, the Akali Dal and the Janata Dal (U). The Left has a tough election to fight in West Bengal while the other parties are scattered. More importantly, there is simply no one around who has the energy to fight a general election so soon after the last one. All of which suggests that UPA-II will have near fatal accidents, die many deaths, and yet survive for some time to come because of the sorrier state of its opponents.
Friday, May 14, 2010
Bill Gates on a sojourn in Bihar: Images
13/05/2010
Bill Gates on a sojourn in Bihar: Images
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates was on a mission of different sorts when he visited the poverty-stricken state of Bihar on Wednesday. A man on a humanitarian mission, Gates visited the Alauli block in Khagaria and the Katoria block in Banka district to review the Foundation's work on polio, Kala-azar and tuberculosis eradication programmes. He also reviewed the progress of schemes for alleviating maternal and infant mortality rates in these areas.
Bill Gates on a sojourn in Bihar: Images
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates (L) waves as he take a ride on a boat during his visit to a backward village of Khagaria in Bihar on Wednesday. Gates visited the Alauli block in Khagaria and the Katoria block in Banka district to review the Bill & Melinda Foundation's work on polio, Kala-azar and tuberculosis eradication programmes. PTI
Bill Gates on a sojourn in Bihar: Images
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates was on a mission of different sorts when he visited the poverty-stricken state of Bihar on Wednesday. A man on a humanitarian mission, Gates visited the Alauli block in Khagaria and the Katoria block in Banka district to review the Foundation's work on polio, Kala-azar and tuberculosis eradication programmes. He also reviewed the progress of schemes for alleviating maternal and infant mortality rates in these areas.
Bill Gates on a sojourn in Bihar: Images
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates (L) waves as he take a ride on a boat during his visit to a backward village of Khagaria in Bihar on Wednesday. Gates visited the Alauli block in Khagaria and the Katoria block in Banka district to review the Bill & Melinda Foundation's work on polio, Kala-azar and tuberculosis eradication programmes. PTI
Thursday, May 13, 2010
New law soon on honour killing, says Moily
New law soon on honour killing, says Moily
Smitha Nair Smitha Nair , CNN-IBN
Posted on May 11, 2010 at 16:19 | Updated May 11, 2010 at 19:40
New Delhi: Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily appeared a little defensive on khap panchayats, saying the government is against honour killings but is willing to listen to their demands. Moily said in an exclusive interview to CNN-IBN that the government recognises personal laws and would look into their demands. But he also warned of strict action against any honour killing.
"Each one has got his own opinion. We recognise personal laws in this country. I can definitely look at it, if someone petitions me from the khaps. But that doesn't justify honour killings," Moily said.
The UPA government will back khaps on social welfare programmes, provided they don't get involved in killing. The government will bring a new law on honour killings, Moily said.
"The bill is now with the Home ministry. Five clauses will be added to Section 300. Indian Evidence Act will be amended to shift burden of proof to the accused and we will amend the Special Marriage Act to take away the 30 days notice period to get married," added Moily.
The statement came a day after Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi said his party is against Khaps that violate the law.
"Congress' stand is no custom law or practice can be excused in any matter if it violates the law of the land or involves killing of any kind. But this is democracy. Any person or MP can keep their view. This is not a stand of the Congress party," Shinghvi had said earlier.
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda also said that khaps won't be allowed to take the law in their hands.
"Khap panchayat is not a legal body. We will support them if they work for social welfare of the people. But nobody can take law into their own hands," he said.
Smitha Nair Smitha Nair , CNN-IBN
Posted on May 11, 2010 at 16:19 | Updated May 11, 2010 at 19:40
New Delhi: Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily appeared a little defensive on khap panchayats, saying the government is against honour killings but is willing to listen to their demands. Moily said in an exclusive interview to CNN-IBN that the government recognises personal laws and would look into their demands. But he also warned of strict action against any honour killing.
"Each one has got his own opinion. We recognise personal laws in this country. I can definitely look at it, if someone petitions me from the khaps. But that doesn't justify honour killings," Moily said.
The UPA government will back khaps on social welfare programmes, provided they don't get involved in killing. The government will bring a new law on honour killings, Moily said.
"The bill is now with the Home ministry. Five clauses will be added to Section 300. Indian Evidence Act will be amended to shift burden of proof to the accused and we will amend the Special Marriage Act to take away the 30 days notice period to get married," added Moily.
The statement came a day after Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi said his party is against Khaps that violate the law.
"Congress' stand is no custom law or practice can be excused in any matter if it violates the law of the land or involves killing of any kind. But this is democracy. Any person or MP can keep their view. This is not a stand of the Congress party," Shinghvi had said earlier.
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda also said that khaps won't be allowed to take the law in their hands.
"Khap panchayat is not a legal body. We will support them if they work for social welfare of the people. But nobody can take law into their own hands," he said.
Tradition can’t justify honour killings: NHRC
Tradition can’t justify honour killings: NHRC
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, May 13
The National Human Rights Commission today slammed khap panchayats, saying honour killings violated an individual’s right to life and were not an excuse to uphold tradition.
In a statement, the commission said that no individual had the right to take the law in his hands. The human rights body has issued notices to public authorities on complaints and media reports that have alleged violence against Hindu couples who marry or want to marry either in the same gotra or outside their castes in Haryana and western UP. It has asked them to take action against those responsible for “acts violating human rights of the people”.
NHRC said that it had also taken note of the khap panchayats’ demand to amend the Hindu Marriage Act to ban same gotra marriages. “Amendment to the Hindu Marriage Act is a matter of wider debate, keeping in view the national perspective on the social, cultural and traditional aspects, as well as an individual’s Right to Liberty as enshrined in the Constitution,” it said.
The human rights body also asked Uttar Pradesh officials to inform it about action against the khap panchayat for preventing it from interfering in the criminal justice system. The statement comes after a slew of media reports highlighted how couples in parts of Haryana and western UP were being hounded by the draconian khap panchayats, often resulting in their killings or fleeing from home to save their lives.
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Tribune News Service
New Delhi, May 13
The National Human Rights Commission today slammed khap panchayats, saying honour killings violated an individual’s right to life and were not an excuse to uphold tradition.
In a statement, the commission said that no individual had the right to take the law in his hands. The human rights body has issued notices to public authorities on complaints and media reports that have alleged violence against Hindu couples who marry or want to marry either in the same gotra or outside their castes in Haryana and western UP. It has asked them to take action against those responsible for “acts violating human rights of the people”.
NHRC said that it had also taken note of the khap panchayats’ demand to amend the Hindu Marriage Act to ban same gotra marriages. “Amendment to the Hindu Marriage Act is a matter of wider debate, keeping in view the national perspective on the social, cultural and traditional aspects, as well as an individual’s Right to Liberty as enshrined in the Constitution,” it said.
The human rights body also asked Uttar Pradesh officials to inform it about action against the khap panchayat for preventing it from interfering in the criminal justice system. The statement comes after a slew of media reports highlighted how couples in parts of Haryana and western UP were being hounded by the draconian khap panchayats, often resulting in their killings or fleeing from home to save their lives.
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Dhoni's Record as Captain
Dhoni's Record as Captain
Overall
Format Played Won Lost Draw Tied N/R W/L Ratio Win %
Test 13 9 1 3 0 0 9.00 69.23
ODI 78 44 27 0 0 7 1.63 56.41
T20I 23 11 11 0 1 0 1.00 47.83
IPL 43 25 18 0 0 0 1.39 58.14
In India
Format Played Won Lost Draw Tied N/R W/L Ratio Win %
Test 10 7 1 2 0 0 7.00 70.00
ODI 29 15 12 0 0 2 1.25 51.72
T20I 3 2 1 0 0 0 2.00 66.67
IPL 28 16 12 0 0 0 1.33 57.14
Abroad
Format Played Won Lost Draw Tied N/R W/L Ratio Win %
Test 3 2 0 1 0 0 66.67
ODI 49 29 15 0 0 5 1.93 59.18
T20I 20 9 10 0 1 0 0.90 45.00
IPL 14 8 6 0 0 0 1.33 57.14
Men's One-Day International captains
This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Indian cricket team for at least one One Day International.
The table of results is complete to the Indian cricket team in West Indies in 2009 ODI matches.
Number↓ Name↓ Year↓ Played↓ Won↓ Lost↓ Tied↓ No result↓ Win %[11]↓
1 Ajit Wadekar 1974 2 0 2 0 0 0
2 Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan 1975-1979 7 1 6 0 0 14
3 Bishen Singh Bedi 1975/6-1978/9 4 1 3 0 0 25
4 Sunil Gavaskar 1980/1-1985/6 38 14 22 0 2 39
5 Gundappa Viswanath 1980/1 1 0 1 0 0 0
6 Kapil Dev 1982/3-1992/1993 74 40 32 0 2 56
7 Syed Kirmani 1983/4 1 0 1 0 0 0
8 Mohinder Amarnath 1984/1985 1 0 0 0 1 NA
9 Ravi Shastri 1986/7-1991/2 11 4 7 0 0 36
10 Dilip Vengsarkar 1987/8-1988/9 18 8 10 0 0 44
11 Krishnamachari Srikkanth 1989/90 13 4 8 0 1 33
12 Mohammad Azharuddin 1989/90-1999 173 89 76 2 6 54
13 Sachin Tendulkar 1996-1999/2000 73 23 43 1 6 35
14 Ajay Jadeja 1997/8-1999/2000 13 8 5 0 0 62
15 Sourav Ganguly 1999-2005 146[12] 76 65[12] 0 5 54
16 Rahul Dravid 2000/1-2007 79 42 33 0 4 53
17 Anil Kumble 2001/2 1 1 0 0 0 100
18 Virender Sehwag 2005 5 3 2 0 0 60
19 Mahendra Singh Dhoni 2007/8-2009/10 78 44 27 0 7 56.41
Total 720 349 336 3 32 49
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* M.S.Dhoni has the highest win rate (56.41%) for Indians who have captained more than 20 matches. Kapil Dev comes in with 56% win rate.Ganguly,Azhar India's two most capped captains come close with 54% win rate.[13]
* Kapil Dev is the only Indian captain to lead the side to Cricket World Cup victory, in 1983.
* Tendulkar's score of 186* against New Zealand in 1999/00 season bettered Viv Richards' record (181 against Sri Lanka) for the highest score by a captain in ODI cricket. Tendulkar's record was broken by Sanath Jayasuriya who scored 189 against India in 2000/01 season. Prior to Richards, Kapil Dev (175*) was the owner of the record when he broke Glenn Turner's score of 171*.
* Ganguly has the best bowling figures returned by an Indian captain in ODI cricket, which he recorded against Zimbabwe (10-1-34-5). Kapil Dev is the only other Indian captain to have taken a five wicket haul (12-2-43-5 against Australia)
* Ganguly has scored the most number of centuries while captaining India (11). Only Ricky Ponting (15) from any country has more centuries in ODI cricket than Ganguly while captaining. Tendulkar (6), Azharuddin (4), Dravid (2), Dhoni (2), Jadeja (1), Kapil Dev (1), Shastri (1) are the other cricketers who have scored a century when captaining the Indian ODI team.
* Azharuddin has the most number of runs as India's ODI captain (5165 runs at 12) while Ganguly has 5104 runs (ave:38.66). Tendulkar (2454 runs at ave:37.75), Dravid (2313 runs at ave:42.83), Dhoni (1808 runs at ave 58.32), Kapil Dev (1538 runs at ave:29.57) are the only other captains who have scored more than 1,000 runs when leading the side
* Azharuddin (2) and Tendulkar (1) are the only two captains with tied-ODI matches.
* M.S.Dhoni is the first & only wicket keeper to captain any team for more than 50 matches.
(I BELIEVE THE NEWS OF CHANGE OF CAPTAINCY IN ODI AND 20-20 MATCHES ARE FLOATING IN NEWS. ITS BCCI'S PREROGATIVE, BUT I THINK THEY MUST PONDER AND THINK IS IT RIGHT TO CHANGE IT OR TO GO INTO ROOT CAUSES IN TOTALITY AND AND RECTIFY IT BEFORE OTHER INTERNATIONAL MATCHES....IPL MATCHES SCHEDULE AND PARTIES ARE DEFINITLY ONE OF THE REASONS OF OUR DEBACLE....ITS A TEAMWORK, ALL OF THEM NEED TO PERFORM COLLECTIVLY...DHONI'S ROLE IN PUTTING CONFIDENCE IN ALL OF THEM IS IMPORTANT,WHICH HE HAS DONE EXCELLENTLY IN PAST, BUT ALL OF THEM NEED TO IMPROVE THEIR SELF BELIEVE....BATTING LINE COULDN'T NOT MADE RUNS AS MUCH THEY NEEDED TO....THIS IS MY VIEW AS A AVID CRICKET VIEWER AND A LAYMAN !!!
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vibhushan: Indian women crash out of WC T20. Lose to Aussies. Well played ladies, you were certainly better than red-light-area-weary Dhoni & Co.
(I THINK HE WAS TALKING ABOUT CERTAIN GENDER ISSUE WHICH HAS BECOME A JOKE, HE NEED TO BE BIT CAREFULL IN FUTURE IN REACTING ...."HOW WHEREEVER HE GO, PEOPLE KNOW HIM AND WAVE AT HIM"....WELL BUT THEN ITS PEOPLE'S/FANS CHOICE HOW THEY INTERPRET ANY COMMENT BASED ON ANY ISSUE!!!)
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twiternair: @sardesairajdeep You mean ur cousin Times of India tabloid "Sehwag may replace Dhoni as ODI, T20 captain" :-) Nice Masala morning tea :-)
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archanavijaya: Dhoni to go as T20 and ODI captain!!!- well I guess their purpose is being served- we talkin abt it!!
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twiternair: @sardesairajdeep You mean ur cousin Times of India tabloid "Sehwag may replace Dhoni as ODI, T20 captain" :-) Nice Masala morning tea :-)
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archanavijaya: Dhoni to go as T20 and ODI captain!!!- well I guess their purpose is being served- we talkin abt it!!
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agrawalsanjeev: RT @kvpops: Each time we loose a world championship, we sharpen kniefs!!! All are in readiness aiming at MS Dhoni ...
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iampraween: Shame.We can party like Watson, Warner, Nannes & Tait but what a shame we can't play like them.Dhoni should have said that like Andy Murray.
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KLKANTH: Sehwag may replace dhoni as ODI, T20 captain.
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I_AM_MS: Changing Captain is not the solution...as dhoni is still better than any other player as captain..!!
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jennytava: @sardesairajdeep if dhoni loses captaincy then for the 1st time i will blame the media coz he was misquoted terribly.
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jessifa: dhoni is the best captain ever... and now they are gonna take away his position.. WTF.. idiots
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nareshkumarhk: RT @cricketwallah: to sack Dhoni as captain of ODIs and T20 wud be nonsenical. ?Like throwing the baby out with the bathwater
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srikanthvaradan: It will be the most idiotic decison ever made in the history of cricket, if Dhoni loses his captaincy...
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silentswami: @cricketwallah if at all dhoni has to go, why not srikanth, as chairman its his moral responsibility to resign too.
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Overall
Format Played Won Lost Draw Tied N/R W/L Ratio Win %
Test 13 9 1 3 0 0 9.00 69.23
ODI 78 44 27 0 0 7 1.63 56.41
T20I 23 11 11 0 1 0 1.00 47.83
IPL 43 25 18 0 0 0 1.39 58.14
In India
Format Played Won Lost Draw Tied N/R W/L Ratio Win %
Test 10 7 1 2 0 0 7.00 70.00
ODI 29 15 12 0 0 2 1.25 51.72
T20I 3 2 1 0 0 0 2.00 66.67
IPL 28 16 12 0 0 0 1.33 57.14
Abroad
Format Played Won Lost Draw Tied N/R W/L Ratio Win %
Test 3 2 0 1 0 0 66.67
ODI 49 29 15 0 0 5 1.93 59.18
T20I 20 9 10 0 1 0 0.90 45.00
IPL 14 8 6 0 0 0 1.33 57.14
Men's One-Day International captains
This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Indian cricket team for at least one One Day International.
The table of results is complete to the Indian cricket team in West Indies in 2009 ODI matches.
Number↓ Name↓ Year↓ Played↓ Won↓ Lost↓ Tied↓ No result↓ Win %[11]↓
1 Ajit Wadekar 1974 2 0 2 0 0 0
2 Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan 1975-1979 7 1 6 0 0 14
3 Bishen Singh Bedi 1975/6-1978/9 4 1 3 0 0 25
4 Sunil Gavaskar 1980/1-1985/6 38 14 22 0 2 39
5 Gundappa Viswanath 1980/1 1 0 1 0 0 0
6 Kapil Dev 1982/3-1992/1993 74 40 32 0 2 56
7 Syed Kirmani 1983/4 1 0 1 0 0 0
8 Mohinder Amarnath 1984/1985 1 0 0 0 1 NA
9 Ravi Shastri 1986/7-1991/2 11 4 7 0 0 36
10 Dilip Vengsarkar 1987/8-1988/9 18 8 10 0 0 44
11 Krishnamachari Srikkanth 1989/90 13 4 8 0 1 33
12 Mohammad Azharuddin 1989/90-1999 173 89 76 2 6 54
13 Sachin Tendulkar 1996-1999/2000 73 23 43 1 6 35
14 Ajay Jadeja 1997/8-1999/2000 13 8 5 0 0 62
15 Sourav Ganguly 1999-2005 146[12] 76 65[12] 0 5 54
16 Rahul Dravid 2000/1-2007 79 42 33 0 4 53
17 Anil Kumble 2001/2 1 1 0 0 0 100
18 Virender Sehwag 2005 5 3 2 0 0 60
19 Mahendra Singh Dhoni 2007/8-2009/10 78 44 27 0 7 56.41
Total 720 349 336 3 32 49
[edit] Records and highlights
* M.S.Dhoni has the highest win rate (56.41%) for Indians who have captained more than 20 matches. Kapil Dev comes in with 56% win rate.Ganguly,Azhar India's two most capped captains come close with 54% win rate.[13]
* Kapil Dev is the only Indian captain to lead the side to Cricket World Cup victory, in 1983.
* Tendulkar's score of 186* against New Zealand in 1999/00 season bettered Viv Richards' record (181 against Sri Lanka) for the highest score by a captain in ODI cricket. Tendulkar's record was broken by Sanath Jayasuriya who scored 189 against India in 2000/01 season. Prior to Richards, Kapil Dev (175*) was the owner of the record when he broke Glenn Turner's score of 171*.
* Ganguly has the best bowling figures returned by an Indian captain in ODI cricket, which he recorded against Zimbabwe (10-1-34-5). Kapil Dev is the only other Indian captain to have taken a five wicket haul (12-2-43-5 against Australia)
* Ganguly has scored the most number of centuries while captaining India (11). Only Ricky Ponting (15) from any country has more centuries in ODI cricket than Ganguly while captaining. Tendulkar (6), Azharuddin (4), Dravid (2), Dhoni (2), Jadeja (1), Kapil Dev (1), Shastri (1) are the other cricketers who have scored a century when captaining the Indian ODI team.
* Azharuddin has the most number of runs as India's ODI captain (5165 runs at 12) while Ganguly has 5104 runs (ave:38.66). Tendulkar (2454 runs at ave:37.75), Dravid (2313 runs at ave:42.83), Dhoni (1808 runs at ave 58.32), Kapil Dev (1538 runs at ave:29.57) are the only other captains who have scored more than 1,000 runs when leading the side
* Azharuddin (2) and Tendulkar (1) are the only two captains with tied-ODI matches.
* M.S.Dhoni is the first & only wicket keeper to captain any team for more than 50 matches.
(I BELIEVE THE NEWS OF CHANGE OF CAPTAINCY IN ODI AND 20-20 MATCHES ARE FLOATING IN NEWS. ITS BCCI'S PREROGATIVE, BUT I THINK THEY MUST PONDER AND THINK IS IT RIGHT TO CHANGE IT OR TO GO INTO ROOT CAUSES IN TOTALITY AND AND RECTIFY IT BEFORE OTHER INTERNATIONAL MATCHES....IPL MATCHES SCHEDULE AND PARTIES ARE DEFINITLY ONE OF THE REASONS OF OUR DEBACLE....ITS A TEAMWORK, ALL OF THEM NEED TO PERFORM COLLECTIVLY...DHONI'S ROLE IN PUTTING CONFIDENCE IN ALL OF THEM IS IMPORTANT,WHICH HE HAS DONE EXCELLENTLY IN PAST, BUT ALL OF THEM NEED TO IMPROVE THEIR SELF BELIEVE....BATTING LINE COULDN'T NOT MADE RUNS AS MUCH THEY NEEDED TO....THIS IS MY VIEW AS A AVID CRICKET VIEWER AND A LAYMAN !!!
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vibhushan: Indian women crash out of WC T20. Lose to Aussies. Well played ladies, you were certainly better than red-light-area-weary Dhoni & Co.
(I THINK HE WAS TALKING ABOUT CERTAIN GENDER ISSUE WHICH HAS BECOME A JOKE, HE NEED TO BE BIT CAREFULL IN FUTURE IN REACTING ...."HOW WHEREEVER HE GO, PEOPLE KNOW HIM AND WAVE AT HIM"....WELL BUT THEN ITS PEOPLE'S/FANS CHOICE HOW THEY INTERPRET ANY COMMENT BASED ON ANY ISSUE!!!)
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twiternair: @sardesairajdeep You mean ur cousin Times of India tabloid "Sehwag may replace Dhoni as ODI, T20 captain" :-) Nice Masala morning tea :-)
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archanavijaya: Dhoni to go as T20 and ODI captain!!!- well I guess their purpose is being served- we talkin abt it!!
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twiternair: @sardesairajdeep You mean ur cousin Times of India tabloid "Sehwag may replace Dhoni as ODI, T20 captain" :-) Nice Masala morning tea :-)
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archanavijaya: Dhoni to go as T20 and ODI captain!!!- well I guess their purpose is being served- we talkin abt it!!
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agrawalsanjeev: RT @kvpops: Each time we loose a world championship, we sharpen kniefs!!! All are in readiness aiming at MS Dhoni ...
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iampraween: Shame.We can party like Watson, Warner, Nannes & Tait but what a shame we can't play like them.Dhoni should have said that like Andy Murray.
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BCCI thinking of replacing MS Dhoni with Virender Sehwag as ...
India's exit from T20 World Cup might come hard on MS Dhoni, whose gaffes with team selection and IPL parties have not gone well with BCCI. ...
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KLKANTH: Sehwag may replace dhoni as ODI, T20 captain.
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I_AM_MS: Changing Captain is not the solution...as dhoni is still better than any other player as captain..!!
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Is Dhoni the right man to lead India in t20 format? | The Asian Age
Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni is running out of excuses to defend his side. The inaugural World T20 champions looked inexplicably jaded and lethargic in ...
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jennytava: @sardesairajdeep if dhoni loses captaincy then for the 1st time i will blame the media coz he was misquoted terribly.
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jessifa: dhoni is the best captain ever... and now they are gonna take away his position.. WTF.. idiots
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13 May 2010 ... Virendra Sehwag may replace Dhoni in ODI & T20 Format ... But Mahendra Singh Dhoni may be about to suffer the first major setback of his ...
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nareshkumarhk: RT @cricketwallah: to sack Dhoni as captain of ODIs and T20 wud be nonsenical. ?Like throwing the baby out with the bathwater
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srikanthvaradan: It will be the most idiotic decison ever made in the history of cricket, if Dhoni loses his captaincy...
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silentswami: @cricketwallah if at all dhoni has to go, why not srikanth, as chairman its his moral responsibility to resign too.
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Saturday, May 8, 2010
Jharkhand to have new BJP-led government
08/05/2010
Jharkhand to have new BJP-led government
(AFTER HAVING 8 GOVTS IN 9YRS AND CONSISTENTLY HAVING PRESIDENT RULE, I THINK THIS POOR AND BACKWARD BUT OTHERWISE RESOURCFULLY RICH STATE DO DESERVE A STRONG,EXPERIENCED,SELFLESS CHEIF MINISTER WHO UNDERSTANDS PULSE OF LOCAL PEOPLE AND KNOW REMEDIES FOR LOCAL PROBLEMS ROOT CAUSE AND DEDICATELY TAKE THIS STATE OUT OF THIS MESS...GOOD WISHES JHARKHAAND FOR STABLE AND STRONG GOVERNMENT....JANTA OF THAT STATE DO DESERVE SOLUTIONS AND ITS TIMLY IMPLEMENTATIONS ...VIBHA TAILANG)
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is to head a new coalition government in Jharkhand, bringing to an end the lingering political crisis in the state, a party spokesman said Saturday.
Jharkhand to have new BJP-led government
The development came after a meeting Saturday morning between BJP president Nitin Gadkari, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader Hemant Soren and the All Jharkhand Students Union's (AJSU) chief Sudesh Mahato here.
BJP leader Ananth Kumar told reporters after the meeting that the three coalition partners have unanimously decided to form the new BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in Jharkhand.
The new chief minister will be chosen by the BJP. This will be the eighth government in the state in nine years.
The political crisis was triggered when the BJP threatened to withdraw support after JMM chief Shibu Soren voted in favour of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) in parliament April 27 against the BJP's cut motion.
Shibu Soren, who has not completed even six months in office, is expected to step down as chief minister. He was elected to the Lok Sabha and continues to be its member.
'Our state has been in crisis for the last nine years... We have decided to form the new government and the new chief minister will be decided by the BJP. It is their decision,' Hemant Soren, Shibu Soren's son, told reporters.
Mahato said the meeting was 'fruitful' and the crisis has been resolved.
'We have decided to form a new government led by the BJP for a stable and strong government in Jharkhand,' Mahato said.
The decision, he said, was taken to let the coalition complete its full term. 'Other terms and conditions are yet to be decided. We will form a common minimum programme.'
In the 82-member Jharkhand assembly, the JMM and the BJP have 18 members each and the AJSU five. The Congress has 14, the Jharkhand Vikas Morcha-Prajatantrik (JVM-P) of former chief minister Babulal Marandi has 11, while the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has five and the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) two. The others are mainly Independents.
This will be the third BJP-led government in Jharkhand where shaky coalitions have been the norm ever since the state was carved out of Bihar Nov 15, 2000.
No party has been able to get a clear cut majority in any assembly election.
Babulal Marandi was the first BJP chief minister. He formed government with support from the JD-U and the then Samata Party. The Marandi government lasted till March 2003 when dissent forced him to quit and he was replaced by his own partyman Arjun Munda.
Source: IANS
Jharkhand to have new BJP-led government
(AFTER HAVING 8 GOVTS IN 9YRS AND CONSISTENTLY HAVING PRESIDENT RULE, I THINK THIS POOR AND BACKWARD BUT OTHERWISE RESOURCFULLY RICH STATE DO DESERVE A STRONG,EXPERIENCED,SELFLESS CHEIF MINISTER WHO UNDERSTANDS PULSE OF LOCAL PEOPLE AND KNOW REMEDIES FOR LOCAL PROBLEMS ROOT CAUSE AND DEDICATELY TAKE THIS STATE OUT OF THIS MESS...GOOD WISHES JHARKHAAND FOR STABLE AND STRONG GOVERNMENT....JANTA OF THAT STATE DO DESERVE SOLUTIONS AND ITS TIMLY IMPLEMENTATIONS ...VIBHA TAILANG)
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is to head a new coalition government in Jharkhand, bringing to an end the lingering political crisis in the state, a party spokesman said Saturday.
Jharkhand to have new BJP-led government
The development came after a meeting Saturday morning between BJP president Nitin Gadkari, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader Hemant Soren and the All Jharkhand Students Union's (AJSU) chief Sudesh Mahato here.
BJP leader Ananth Kumar told reporters after the meeting that the three coalition partners have unanimously decided to form the new BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in Jharkhand.
The new chief minister will be chosen by the BJP. This will be the eighth government in the state in nine years.
The political crisis was triggered when the BJP threatened to withdraw support after JMM chief Shibu Soren voted in favour of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) in parliament April 27 against the BJP's cut motion.
Shibu Soren, who has not completed even six months in office, is expected to step down as chief minister. He was elected to the Lok Sabha and continues to be its member.
'Our state has been in crisis for the last nine years... We have decided to form the new government and the new chief minister will be decided by the BJP. It is their decision,' Hemant Soren, Shibu Soren's son, told reporters.
Mahato said the meeting was 'fruitful' and the crisis has been resolved.
'We have decided to form a new government led by the BJP for a stable and strong government in Jharkhand,' Mahato said.
The decision, he said, was taken to let the coalition complete its full term. 'Other terms and conditions are yet to be decided. We will form a common minimum programme.'
In the 82-member Jharkhand assembly, the JMM and the BJP have 18 members each and the AJSU five. The Congress has 14, the Jharkhand Vikas Morcha-Prajatantrik (JVM-P) of former chief minister Babulal Marandi has 11, while the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has five and the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) two. The others are mainly Independents.
This will be the third BJP-led government in Jharkhand where shaky coalitions have been the norm ever since the state was carved out of Bihar Nov 15, 2000.
No party has been able to get a clear cut majority in any assembly election.
Babulal Marandi was the first BJP chief minister. He formed government with support from the JD-U and the then Samata Party. The Marandi government lasted till March 2003 when dissent forced him to quit and he was replaced by his own partyman Arjun Munda.
Source: IANS
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