Next Prime Minister of India - Page 8

Originally posted by: return_to_hades

I was under the assumption that St. Xaviers Mumbai was a private college.

If it is a govt. aided college, then full legal action should be taken against the principal for expressing political views on govt. funds. If there are no such legal provisions, one should be made.

However, sad but true I have seen several govt. run schools in Bombay do such things.

I was under the assumption that St. Xaviers Mumbai was a private college.

If it is a govt. aided college, then full legal action should be taken against the principal for expressing political views on govt. funds. If there are no such legal provisions, one should be made.

EC's legislation has certain regulations, the problem is they are too soft  to send a collective message. 

It is a govt aided autonomous, state university affiliated  college and gets its grants from UGC. 

However, sad but true I have seen several govt. run schools in Bombay do such things.

Well that just doesn't provide an excuse to overlook this incident, rather provides an opportunity to use this as an example.  I think since the laws are soft, the previous incidents were lightly looked upon, St Xaviers is a top end college of India and has an  incredible history and prestige associated with it, hence this incident might have gathered such momentum , but like any start , let this be a moment to overlook our rules and regulations. 

Originally posted by: return_to_hades

I don't think it is dictating', everyone still has free will. It definitely is influencing. Perhaps it is unethical for an educational institution to influence its students this way when their duty is to objectively impart knowledge only. However, I think we would be hard pressed to avoid or restrict influence of this kind. It is but natural for people and institutions to share opinions and influence all the time. Businesses are always stating which politicians they support and sending messages to employees. It is just a lot more jarring for a school to do so as unlike businesses they are not supposed to have such agendas. It is not just Xaviers alone. In Bombay, over the years I have seen several educational institutions express support for all kinds of political beliefs. I don't think it is ethical because when schools do so, it is stripping away the students ability to make their informed personal choices. However, until we pass laws limiting political speech in private institutions it will be unavoidable.

Originally posted by: mr.ass

depends: here are the following cases:

modi wave completely fails and bjp gets 120 - 140:

congress supported by third front , RaGa as PM (ugh)

modi wave not really there, but anti congress wave is present  bjp gets 150 - 160 :

third front by congress support, with nitish kumar as PM.
 or
bjp with lots of allies without modi as PM, probably sushma or jaitley or advani

modi effect is there, but not mega wave , bjp gets 170 - 190 :

either modi(unlikely) or sushma/jaitley/advani as PM

mini wave for modi is there - bjp gets 200 -220:

modi will most likely be PM, with support from jayalalitha. outside support from bjd possible.

modi wave is confirmed - bjp gets 230 - 240:

modi for pm virtually GUARANTEED, only a few more seats needed, very possible with just jayalalitha and some north east parties and independents.

MODI MEGA WAVE : bjp gets a whopping 250 seats:

modi AUTOMATICALLY becomes pm with just pre poll allies who have already confirmed their support for him as PM. this is very unlikely, they'll need to get 45 in up and 28 in bihar which is tough. and they'll need to do VERY well in karnataka and maharashtra and mp, etc.

allies : tdp - 10 shiv sena 14, akali - 5 ljp -1 raju shetty- 1, hjc - 1 , tamil nadu parties - 1 , giving modi 283. jaya may give 20 seats as well, giving him 303.

MODI TSUNAMI! - bjp gets 273, ABSOLUTE majority:

mission 272+ achieved! this is 99.99% impossible. they'll need to do superbly in orissa , tamil nadu, and will need to win 65 seats in up and 30 out of 30 seats in bihar  no point in asking who the pm will be if this happens though😆