Sunday, July 22

Trekking to Triund from Mcleodganj Dharamshala - Where to stay in Triund, How to book rest house or tents

Trekking to Triund from Mcleodganj
Dharamshala
Mcleodganj in Upper Dharamshala is also know as Little Lhasa due to the presence of Tibetan Community and the Dalai Lama. The small hill town is located at an altitude of about 2000 meters. The amazing view of the gigantic Dhauladhar range on one side and the enchanting Kangra Valley on the other side makes Mcleodganj a perfect place of vacations in summers as well as in winters.
There are many breathtaking and panoramic places in and around Mcleodganj Dharamshala to cherish. Adventure loving people can go for trekking to TRIUND and can feel more close to the nature and the Himalayas. The 7 Km trek from Mcleodganj’s Dharamkot Village is completely enthralling and enjoyable. After reaching Triund at an altitude of about 3000 meters you will forget all your tireness and pain and will feel like in Heaven.

The close encounter with the giant snow-clad Himalayan Dhaula Dhar in Triund will mesmerize your heart. The track itself is so amazing between Mcleodganj to Triund that you will enjoy every bit of climbing the mountains. On the way to Triund you will findIn on the hill slopes blossom with thousands of varieties of wild flowers like the flame of the forest, number of flora and fauna, gladioli, holly hock, hydrangea etc.

Where to Book your Rest House and Rooms for Triund
If you are planning to stay at Triund and wish to go further from Triund towards Ilaka and Lumdal you need to book your rooms at the rest house in Triund. There is a Forest Rest House at Triund and the bookings for this must be done in advance to avoid any inconvenience.
The rooms at the Forest Rest House Triund are booked at the Divisional Forest Officer in lower Dharamshala. Either you can ask your Travel agent to do the bookings for you in the peak season or you can do it yourself.

Contact Details Divisional Forest Officer Dharamshala Kangra
Conservator of Forests

Dharamshala Circle
, HP

Phone Number - 01892-224887, 01892-228029

For free consultation and bookings please write to organicholidaysindia@gmail.com



Wednesday, July 18

Is Congress really a Muslim Party


What did Rahul say to the Muslim delegates

According to Inquilab Urdu Newspaper when Rahul met a delegation of Muslim Scholars he made a statement that Yes Congress is a Muslim Party. However many news portals have their own interpretation of this statement

According to AltNews, this is what the newspaper reported Gandhi as having said: “If BJP says that Congress is a party of Muslims, it is fine. Congress is a party of Muslims, because Muslims are weak and Congress always stands with the weak.”

The BJP got ammunition to target Rahul and Congress party and have come under attack. The BJP is saying that yes this proves that congress is an anti Hindu party.

Anil Baluni Tweeted

दैनिक इंक़लाब में 'जनेऊधारी' राहुल गांधी का बयान : कांग्रेस मुस्लिम पार्टी है।



Prime Minister Modi referring to this statement targeted Rahul Gandhi in his West Bengal Rally

 “I have read in newspapers that Congress naamdar has said that the Congress is a party of Muslims,” Modi said. “This debate has been on for the last two days. I am not surprised because during the Manmohan Singh government, the prime minister himself that said that Muslims have the first claim on the country’s resources…”

Shahid Siddiqui was the first to tweet this report from Inquilab Urdu Newspaper

Urdu daily Inqalab has quoted Rahul Gandhi saying “Yes Congress is a Muslim party”. Is the quote correct or party will contradict it? Muslims don’t want a Muslim party, they want a National Secular party, which doesn’t discriminate between citizens. @RahulGandhi @INCIndia

The Inquilab journalist Mumtaz Alam Rizvi, who had first published the story based on the sources, came up with another story next day with an interview of the person who actually attended that meeting verifying his claim

The general feeling among the masses is why Rahul Gandhi and Congress is hell bent on appeasing Muslims? By doing so aren’t they getting themselves distanced from the majority community? There is no rocket science required or you need Political Pundits to explain that Muslims in UP and other states are not going to vote Congress. In UP the Muslim vote is mostly divided among SP and BSP. 

In West Bengal it is Mamata Bannerjee who commands Muslim votes. In south Congress has no presence except for Karnataka. In Karnataka also the base is not that strong that it can sweep the entire seats by appeasing. HD devegauda’s party will come in between now.

By appeasing Muslims is Congress eying the next assembly elections in Rajasthan, MP and Chattisgarh? But the equation is not like UP in these states and the appeasement is not going to help. Then what do Congress do?
The think Tank of Congress should now understand that their recent tactics have fallen flat and they should now come up with some ideas that strike the chord of the general public.

The Public is already annoyed with anti Modi rhetoric of the opposition and now want solutions to the problems which they are highlighting. That is the big flaw in the opposition’s strategy against the government. You highlight the issues but give solutions as well is the need of the hour

Mayawati’s partymen have already declared her as the next PM candidate. Akhilesh Yadav is not willing to give more than 2 seats to congress in UP. For Mamata Rahul Gandhi doesn’t exist and can never be her choice as PM candidate. Sharad Pawar has already shown his inhibitions to accept Rahul as PM. South leaders like KCR and CBN have not opened their cards yet. So what are the options for Congress now? 

How can they prove to the Mahagathwandhan if it happens that they are the ones who can form the government under leadership of Rahul Gandhi
The Mahagathwandhan if happens then the only criteria will be the party with maximum seats will get the PM

Leaders of all the parties shaking hands and sharing the stage to announce their unity is very easy but when it actually comes to forming the Ganthwandhan it will be a hell lot of task for the parties

If we take example of Uttar Pradesh, Akhilesh Yadav, Mayawati are the two main opposition forces who can fight Modi, congress is distant 4th and will struggle even at Amethi and Rai Bareli. In such a situation Congress will not get enough seats. Mayawati and Akhilesh if really want to become PM have to get maximum seats from UP. Both have to share the maximum number of seats in UP

Mayawati has already hinted that if congress want seat shares in UP, then they have to share their seats in congress dominated states like Punjab, Karnataka or where congress has a good base in states like Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chatisgarh etc.

The congress is at loss in both the arrangements. By removing Digvijay Singh from the CWC congress will again face a wrath of the supporters of Digvijay who still has a good mass base in MP.

Tuesday, July 17

Cards Congress can play to make Rahul Gandhi PM in 2019

Mahagathwandhan Story 2019

Role of Rahul Gandhi in Grand Alliance of Opposition



Image result for mahagathbandhan opposition parties

It seems that Mahagathwandan is the only way out for opposition in 2019 elections. Can a Grand alliance be formed by the opposition in 2019 is still a question mark. 

The way ahead for opposition is not easy and there are many hurdles in forming the Grand alliance, the major being who will lead the alliance. The seat sharing is another big trouble for the alliance in 2019. How many seats will be shared between parties in each state? How will the leaders convince their grass root workers who were campaigning against each other in election after election in the past?

What will happen to the aspiring candidate of BSP in the seat which will be given to SP and vice versa?

TMC and NC has no presence in UP. Will they also get some share of seats in UP. Similarly SP BSP and others have no presence in Bengal. How many seats Didi will share with them?

We can anticipate lot of problems ahead for the opposition in the coming months unlike BJP which is confident of winning enough seats to form the government in 2019. Although they are aware that it might put an end to their winning spree in 2019

Assume that all the parties form a Mahagathwandan amicably before 2019 and are able to convince the public about their agenda and garner enough votes to defeat BJP. 

See below a hypothetical chart which shows how many seats each party will win in case of Mahagathwandhan,(the grand alliance of opposition parties) succeeds to stop Modi in 2019

Assuming that the opposition will get this kind of mandate, then Rahul's score is better than his partners

Rahul is at the top scoring 72 seats, while Mamata is second at 36 followed by Mayawati 32 and Akhilesh 30

BJPs total tally is 241 and need at least 31 more seats to form a government again. If say Shiv Sena with 9 seats and few other small parties support BJP then we can see Modi again.

However if the United Opposition with support of others want to form a government then who will be the PM candidate?

Are we going to see a Dalit PM in 2019?

Scenario 1-  Simple way to choose will be the party having highest number of seats and that is Congress in this case. Rahul will be the first choice for PM. But this will only happen when the opposition has agreed and declared before forming the grand alliance  that party with maximum seats will get the PM seat

Scenario 2 - The Alliance was formed without announcing PM candidate. In that case we can see some internal fights between the parties to make their leader PM. SP, BSP, TMC, Congress will all pitch in for their respective leaders. 

Scenario 3- Since Congress do not want to leave the power go from hands may propose a Muslim Candidate like Hamid Ansari as a PM candidate. It would be difficult for the alliance to oppose such a move as most of the parties are known to appease Muslim vote bank. The Sonia Rahul combine will be indirectly ruling the nation

Scenario 3 - Amidst confusion and difference of opinions between the parties for PM candidate, Sharad Pawar may propose Mayawati as the first Dalit Prime Minister of India, another move that may be acceptable to the alliance.

Scenario 4 -Seeing Amit Shah and BJP being active talking with some Independent MPs and fearing that BJP may try to form the government, Congress may propose a name from Tamil Nadu and the other parties sensing that Amit Shah's Blitzkrieg may immediately agree to their choice

All in all 2019 will be an interesting elections and it will not be a cake walk for BJP if the Grand Alliance is successfully formed

State
Seats
Mayawati
Akhilesh
Rahul
Modi
Mamata
KCR
TDP
AIADMK
CPI/M
DMK
Others
ANDHRA PRADESH/TELANG
42
1
2
3
10
1
17
7

1


ARUNACHAL PRADESH
2


1
1







ASSAM
14


2
10
2






BIHAR
40
1
1
1
22
1





14
JHARKHAND
14
1

2
9




2


GOA
2


1
1







GUJARAT
26
1
1
5
19







HARYANA
10
1
1
3
5







HIMACHAL PRADESH
4


1
3







JAMMU & KASHMIR
6


1
2






3
KARNATAKA
28
1
1
6
15






5
KERALA
20


1
5




14


MADHYA PRADESH
29
1
1
6
17






4
CHHATTISGARH
11


2
7




2


MAHARASHTRA
48

1
8
22






17
MANIPUR
2


1
1







MEGHALAYA
2


1
1







MIZORAM
1



1







NAGALAND
1



1







ORISSA
21


4
10




2

5
PUNJAB
13


7
6







RAJASTHAN
25


7
18







SIKKIM
1



1







TAMIL NADU
39


2
5



13
1
15
3
TRIPURA
2



2







UTTAR PRADESH
80
24
22
4
30







UTTARAKHAND
5
1

1
3







WEST BENGAL
42


1
4
32



5


ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS
1



1







CHANDIGARH
1



1







DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI
1



1







DAMAN & DIU
1



1







DELHI
7


1
4






2
LAKSHADWEEP
1



1







PONDICHERRY
1



1







Total
543
32
30
72
241
36
17
7
13
27
15
53