For all the sanctimonious claptrap, there is little doubt that the house of elders has morphed into a money-making machine for political parties as all manner of industrialists, corporate chiefs and moneybags book their seat in the most exclusive club in India to promote their business and other vested interests.
On Monday, it was the turn of United Breweries (UB) group chairman, Vijay Mallya, the “doctorate of philosophy in business administration from the University of Southern California“, to pay the reservation fee plus some change for the upcoming Rajya Sabha poll as an “independent candidate” .
Helpfully filling up the frame on the right, JDS state president H.D. Kumaraswamy and his elder brother, former minister H.D. Revanna, to show that the party of humble farmers does not ignore those who make secular use of water from barley.
Photograph: Karnataka Photo News
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churumuri 
Was expecting this to be a post on our Churumuri.
No wonder if sons of soil go and start nominating Kheni.
all is good with money!!
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The last time around, the King of Good Times was mentioned by the press as having paid anything from Rs. 50 lacs to Rs 1.5 crore per vote. Considering inflation, multiplied by his awesome prosperity and factoring in the Rs. 10,000 crore scams on average nowadays, it is anybody guess as how much black money will change hands this time in these ridiculous upper house pools.
The poor farmer Gowda clan has always benefitted from the endless coffers that the UB chest has, thanks largely to massive excise evasion, unpaid arrears and of course money laundering through IPL, various derby’s and blade companies across the country and abroad!
One simple question any helpless kannadiga must ask:
What has this liquor baron ever done for the poor in the state? Why has he not even asked a single query or participated in a single major debate ever while he was in the parliament, earlier?
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during Global Investors Meet in Bangalore, Mallya said in his speech “i am Mannina Maga”, so all are sons of soil
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News going around the Vidhana Soudha in Bangalore is that the BJP and Yeddi have again ‘successfully negotiated’ peace with the all powerful Bellary mining Gali tycoons, Karunakara Reddy, Somashekar Reddy and Janaradhan Reddy.
The Reddy’s trusted family cook called Mokkapati Venkatapati Garu originally from Kadapa with a ‘Honorary Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science’ from Yogi Vemana University and speaks only Telugu will be guaranteed of nomination and election from Karnataka in the next RS polls.
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A Good set of Jokers!!
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fine writing, churumuri.
clearly, karnataka’s politicians do not respect the intent of the nomination process. they do not, either, respect the intent of the rajya sabha itself.
repeatedly nominating moneybags such as mr. mallya, for obvious quid pro quos, is not only unethical, it defeats the purpose of a rajya sabha and also demeans the legislative branch.
karnataka is one of few states with an upper house. a case may be made to abolish the vidhana parishat, given the way the politicians are abusing it.
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Mysore Peshavan!
Clearly you are wrong! What do you mean when you say …”repeatedly nominating moneybags such as mr. mallya, for obvious quid pro quos, is not only unethical, it defeats the purpose of a vidhana parishat and also demeans the legislative branch…”?
That the Soiled Sons and other MoneyBag politicians are any different? Going by your logic, we don’t need a Vidhana Soudha as well. Politicians in Karnataka and elsewhere have no respect for anything. Simply attacking Son of the Oil for his wealth is a cheap shot. At the least we must applaud the King of Drinks for being interested in the proceedings of a legislature whatever grasp he may have about its actual usage:)
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We will see a day when some of Mallya’s girls will be dancing in the Legislature and Parliament so that the attendance is 100%!
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Very nice heading.Money is everything.No one is different in Indian poitics.But The ub group has captured most of european markets we should be proud about this.
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son of oil !!! hahaha hats-off to the one who titled this!
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Mannina (maru)Maga joining hands with Enne Maga.
Can they pull off Yeddi’s Cheddi and get him off his Gaddi. Will the Reddis join the Akaddi? Churumuri becoming Kabab me Haddi. Everything Muddy Muddy!
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@DB – Agree that this action should not surprise us. However, from your comments it seems you have mellowed down. Considering that this involved your favorite political family, one expected some more fireworks :)
@Dharma LOL. Well at least the noise level is no less than some of the bars where they serve his brand of oil. Who knows if they add music and start serving the special stuff, the honorable representatives might be inclined to be more disciplined.
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Splendid caption. Enne mansa meets mannina mansa and his family.
When our Gowdru sent M. A. M. Ramaswamy to the RS, his kappa was about thirty crore. I believe every JDS MLA recieved a gift of five lakh out of this largesse. Our witty MP Vishwanath has said that Gowda was going to pick the Congress candidate for the RS and Congress MLAs had no choice. Somebody please tell me how much kaanchanna Kupendra Reddy was going to heap on the platter for DG.
What price Malya?
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DB, in all probability, he must be going there to save some chiLre kaasu being spent on a lobbyist for many trivial things.
Also doesn’t he get to “develop” Karnataka with his Area Development Fund?
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I too don’t understand DB’s tortuous logic.
Gaby, (if you are reading this comment), why are there no women in the picture, not even the image of the woman balancing rice in the husk on her head?
All of us here seem to agree that the loathsome moneychangers are not thinking about us. Is there so much money in the country that we cannot even keep track of it?
Did I read somewhere today that the Chief Minister gave a crore in taxpayers’ money to some obscure temple in Tamil Nadu?
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Very funny title!
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