TamilNadu has a very strong personality Dr. Subramaniyam Swami, why people do not want a good, intelligent, able, highly educated, tough guy like swami?
01/01/2018
Sub : Tamil Nadu has a very strong personality Dr. Subramaniyam Swami, why people do not want a good, intelligent, able, highly educated, tough guy like swami?
Ref :-Tamil Nadu and its political decay, total corruption in politics, freebies voters corruption, dravidan groups, mannar- kudi mafia with a jail bird sasikala group, as many Tamil culture groups, as many caste groups, Tamil Nadu is slipping gradually into destability, Now Rajinikanth entry ?!
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Read the following and understand Swamy well and his capabilities, honesty, vision, etc
Member of Rajya Sabha
Subramanian Swamy is an Indian economist, mathematician, lawyer and politician who serves as a Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. He was the President of the Janata Party until it merged with Bharatiya Janata Party. Swamy has served as a member of the Planning Commission of India and was a Cabinet Minister.
1. Political Details :-
Subramanian Swamy
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office
26 April 2016
Constituency
Nominated, as a person of excellence in Economics & Academics
In office
1988–1994
Constituency
Uttar Pradesh State
In office
1974–1976
Constituency
Uttar Pradesh State
Minister of Commerce and Industry
In office
10 November 1990 – 21 June 1991
Prime Minister
Chandra Shekhar
Minister of Law and Justice
(Additional Charge)
In office
10 November 1990 – 21 June 1991
Prime Minister
Chandra Shekhar Singh
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1998–1999
Preceded by
A. G. S. Ram Babu
Succeeded by
P. Mohan
Constituency
Madurai
In office
1977–1984
Preceded by
Rajaram Gopal Kulkarni
Succeeded by
Gurudas Kamat
Constituency
Mumbai North East
President, Janata Party
In office
1990–2013
2. Personal details :-
Born
15 September 1939 (age 78)
Mylapore, Madras Presidency, India
Political party
Bharatiya Janata Party (2013–present)
Other political
affiliations
Janata Party (1977–2013)
Bharatiya Jana Sangh ( till -1977)
Spouse(s)
Roxna Swamy (m. 1966)
Children
Gitanjali Swamy
Suhasini Haidar
Alma mater
University of Delhi
Indian Statistical Institute
Harvard University
Occupation
Lawyer, politician, activist
3. Introduction :-
Subramanian Swamy (born 15 September 1939) is an Indian economist, mathematician, lawyer and politician who serves as a Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. He was the President of the Janata Party until it merged with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Swamy has served as a member of the Planning Commission of India and was a Cabinet Minister in the Chandra Shekhar government. Earlier in November 1978, Swamy was member of the Group of Eminent persons and was called to Geneva, Switzerland to prepare a report of the United Nations (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)) on Economic Co-operation between Developing countries (ECDC). Swamy also simplified trade procedures and formulated a new export strategy which became the forerunner of trade reform adopted subsequently. In 1994, Swamy was Chairman of the Commission on Labour Standards and International Trade by former Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao.
He also serves as chairman of the Board of Governors of the SCMS Group of Educational Institutions in Kerala. He has written on foreign affairs of India dealing largely with People's Republic of China (PRC), Pakistan and Israel. He was nominated to Rajya Sabha on 26 April 2016.
4. Early life and education :-
Subramanian Swamy was born in Mylapore, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India to a Tamil Brahmin family which hailed originally from Madurai in Tamil Nadu. His father, Sitaraman Subramanian, was a bureaucrat and his mother, Padmavathy, was a homemaker. He has one younger brother, Ram Subramanian as well as two younger sisters.
Sitaraman Subramanian was an officer in the Indian Statistical Service who served as the director of the Central Statistical Institute in Delhi, and was a statistical adviser to the Government of India. The family, which hailed from Madurai in Tamil Nadu, moved to New Delhi when Swamy was only six months old. Due to his father's job and the family's Tamil roots, major national leaders like K. Kamaraj, C. Rajagopalachari and S. Satyamurti often visited Sitaraman.
Swamy attended Hindu College, University of Delhi, from where he earned his Bachelors Honours degree in Mathematics. He then took his master's degree in Statistics from the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata. He was later recommended by Hendrik S. Houthakker and went to study at Harvard University on a full Rockefeller scholarship, where he received a PhD in Economics in 1965. His thesis adviser was Nobel Laureate Simon Kuznets. In 1963, while he was a doctoral student at Harvard, Swamy worked at the United Nations Secretariat in New York City as an Assistant Economics Affairs Officer. He subsequently worked as a resident tutor at Lowell House at Harvard University.
While studying at Harvard University, Swamy met Roxna, an Indian lady of Parsi ethnicity who was studying PhD in mathematics at Harvard University. They were married in June 1966. Swamys have two daughters.
The elder daughter, Gitanjali Swamy, is an entrepreneur and private equity professional. She is married to Dr. Sanjay Sarma, a professor at MIT, who is the son of E.A.S Sarma, a retired IAS officer and former secretary Economic Affairs to the government of India.
The younger daughter, Suhasini Haidar, is a print and television journalist married to Nadeem Haidar, the son of former Indian Foreign Secretary Salman Haidar.
5. Academic career :-
In July 1965, immediately after obtaining his PhD in economics from Harvard, Swamy joined the faculty of economics at the same institution as an assistant professor, . In 1969, he was made an associate professor. As associate professor, he was invited by Amartya Sen for a professor’s to occupy the chair on Chinese studies at the Delhi School of Economics. He accepted the offer, and indeed he even travelled to India to take up the position, but his appointment was cancelled at the last minute due to his views on India's economic policy and also its nuclear policy. At that time, India was still partially oriented towards Socialism and the "command economy" model instituted by Nehru, and Swamy was a believer in free markets.
Thereafter, Swamy moved to the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and he was a full Professor of Mathematical Economics there from 1969 to 1991. He was removed from the position by its board of governors in the early 1970s but was legally reinstated in the late 1990s by the Supreme Court of India. He continued in the position until 1991 when he resigned to become a cabinet minister. He served on the Board of Governors of the IIT, Delhi (1977–80) and on the Council of IITs (1980–82). He also taught economics courses in summer session at Harvard until 2011.
Swamy now serves as Chairman of the School of Communication and Management Studies in Kochi.
6. Political career :-
I. Early politics :-
Swamy's career started with his involvement in the Sarvodaya movement, which was an apolitical movement but which formed the foundation of the creation of Janata Party later. Swamy during this time described Sonia Gandhi, Jayalalithaa and Mayawati as "three great ladies" and compared them with Lakshmi, Saraswati and Durga respectively.The real turn in his political career came after his sacking from IIT. Liberal economic policies put forward by him didn't go well with the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi who discredited him as 'Santa Claus with unrealistic ideas'. He was later expelled from Indian Institute of Technology. This marked the beginning of his active political career. Staunch opponent of Indira Gandhi and right wing political party Bharatiya Jana Sangh sent him to Rajya Sabha – the upper house of Indian Parliament.
He was elected Member of Parliament 5 times between 1974 and 1999. He has twice represented the city of Mumbai North East during 1977 and 1980, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu in the Parliament.
During the period of the Emergency, he fled to the United States, seeking haven with an Indian businessman in Michigan who had become the spokesperson of the opposition in the United States. In 1976, when the Emergency was still in force and an arrest warrant had been issued in his name, Swamy came to Parliament to attend the session and managed to escape India after the session was adjourned. This act of defiance was well received in the eyes of opposition parties.
Swamy was one of the founding members of the Janata Party and served as its president till 2013.
II. Electoral history :-
1974–76 - Member of Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh, elected on a Jan Sangh party ticket
1977-80 - Member of Lok Sabha from Mumbai North-East, elected on a Janata Party ticket
1980-84 - Member of Lok Sabha from Mumbai North-East, elected on a Janata Party ticket
1988–94 - Member of Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh, elected on a Janata Party ticket
1998-99 - Member of Lok Sabha from Madurai, elected on a Janata Party ticket
2016 - Member of Rajya Sabha, Nominated Category
III. Minister of Commerce and Law of India :-
During 1990 and 1991, Swamy served as a member of the Planning Commission of India and as Cabinet Minister of Commerce and Law. Albeit uncorroborated, During this period, Swamy claims to have provided the blueprint for the economic reforms in India under Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar which was later carried out in 1991 by Manmohan Singh,then Finance Minister under leadership of Prime Minister Narasimha Rao. In his book, Swamy asserts that Manmohan Singh acknowledges his role as well.
IV. Later years :-
Between 1994 and 1996, Swamy was chairman of the Commission on Labour Standards and International Trade (equivalent in rank to a cabinet minister) under Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao. He continued to be president of the Janata Party till 2013. On 11 August 2013, Swamy officially joined BJP when its president was Rajnath Singh. His admission to the party would mark the merger of the Janata Party with the Bharatiya Janata Party.
7. Court petitions :-
I. Petition to strike down anti-defamation laws
In Oct 2014, Swamy filed a petition in Supreme Court praying for declaring Sections 499 and 500 of the Indian Penal Code that deal with criminal defamation as unconstitutional.
8. Complaint against Jayalalithaa :-
In 1996, Swamy had filed a criminal complaint against Jayalalitha which led to her prosecution, conviction and sentencing to four years imprisonment by the trial court in 2014. Later, on May 11, 2015, a special Bench of the Karnataka High Court set aside the trial court order convicting former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha, who was acquitted of all charges in the disproportionate assets case. An Appeal against the High court verdict was filed in Supreme Court. However, keeping personal differences aside, he wished her a speedy recovery on her recent illness and advised she visit Singapore for treatment. The final verdict of Supreme Court came in February, 2017 that indicted Jayalalitha posthumously and upheld the trial court judgement in toto.
9. Phone tapping allegation :-
Swamy released a letter alleging that former intelligence chief had asked DoT to tap the phone of many politicians and businessmen in Karnataka, the then Chief Minister, Ramakrishna Hegde resigned in 1988. Hegde then filed a case against him in 1989 and 1990.
10. Hashimpura massacre :-
In 1987, when Muslim youths were killed under police custody, Swamy spoke against it and sat on a fast for more than a week in Jantar Mantar demanding the institution of an inquiry. After 25 years he started pursuing the case once again in court.
Rebecca John, a counsel for the Hashimpura complainants, told Additional Sessions Judge Rakesh Siddhartha who is conducting the trial in the case, that "there is no other motive than politics behind Swamy's plea for further investigation and it would only further delay the trial".
11. Role in exposing 2G spectrum scam :-
In November 2008, Swamy amongst others wrote the first of five letters to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking permission to prosecute A. Raja in regard to 2G spectrum scam. After not receiving any response, Swamy decided to file a case on his own in the Supreme Court of India regarding the matter, which then asked the Central Bureau of Investigation to produce a detailed report on it. He further called on the Indian government to re-auction the 2G spectrum without the involvement of Communications Minister Kapil Sibal.
On 15 April 2011, he filed a 206-page petition with PM Singh seeking permission to prosecute Sonia Gandhi on charges of corruption. He also raised doubts regarding her acquisition of Indian citizenship. Swamy filed documents in the court to prosecute Minister of Home Affairs P. Chidambaram by including a 15 January 2008 letter written by Chidambaram to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Swamy also placed on record the certified copy of the minutes of a meeting between Chidambaram, Raja and the prime minister during the tenure of Raja as the MOC&IT. Since criminal charges were filed against the accused, but no evidence was given by Swamy or the CBI, all the respondents have got bail as of July 2012.
12. Sanction to prosecute telecom minister A. Raja :-
On 31 January 2012, the Supreme Court of India accepted Swamy's petition against the Prime Minister's Office in the 2G case, saying that all public authorities should give a sanction within three months against any public official if a request is made for prosecution.
The Supreme Court said that Swamy had the locus standi to seek sanction from the Prime Minister for the prosecution of A Raja in the 2G scam. Sanction by a competent authority for the prosecution of a public servant has to be granted within a time frame, the apex court said. Justice AK Ganguly said that the sanction would be deemed to be granted if competent authority failed to take a decision within four months.
Swamy's arguments were that he wrote to the PMO on 29 November 2008, but it was only on 19 March 2010 the PMO replied that the plea made by Swamy was "premature" as investigation was being carried out by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Raja was arrested by the CBI in the case and got bail on 15 May 2012 after spending nearly 15 months in the Tihar Central Jail.
On December 21 2017, the special CBI Court Judge acquitted the accused including A Raja.
13. Petition to strike down "single directive provision" :-
In 1997, Swamy filed a petition in the Supreme Court of India to strike down a provision which barred CBI from investigating corruption charges against officers of the rank of joint secretary and above without prior permission of the Govt of India called as "Dr. Subramanian Swamy Versus Director, Central Bureau of Investigation & Anr." On 6 May 2014, a five-judge constitution bench held the single directive provision as invalid and unconstitutional. The court said that "Protection of prior approval for probing graft charges against officers at level of joint secretary and above has propensity of shielding corruption" Experts such as former CBI Director Joginder Singh praised the judgement as "Superb". Incumbent CBI Director Ranjit Sinha welcomed the judgement and said, "now a very heavy responsibility has been cast upon us to ensure that no innocent civil-servant is harassed."
14. Investigation on EVM :-
Swamy demanded that an independent committee should be formed to check the security and safety of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) to avoid any rigging or tampering. He argued that countries like US, Japan, UK, Germany and Netherlands have abandoned EVMs and are using paper-ballot system and demanded that a printed receipt should be given to every voter after casting the vote. His PIL to investigate the working of EVM was dismissed by the Delhi High Court on 17 January 2012. The court refused to give any direction to the Election Commission to bring back paper-ballot system or use of printed receipts. The Commission argued that the use of paper is not feasible due to the huge size of Indian electorate. The court further asked the Election Commission to "immediately begin a process of wider consultations" and the Parliament "to go into this question in depth and decide".
On 22 January 2013 the Election Commission informed the Supreme Court that it would include Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) system which is in the testing phase after the court agreed with some points raised by Swamy who was the contender, in the machines so that every voter will come to know who he/she is voting by getting a printed slip after pressing the EVM button.The voter paper audit trail has then been in use from 4 September 2013.
On 8 October 2013 the Supreme Court directed the Election Commission to implement audit trail system in 2014 general election in phases.
15. National Herald case :-
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"National Herald scam" -
1. Introduction :-
The National Herald scam is an ongoing case in a Delhi court filed by Indian economist and politician Subramanian Swamy against politicians Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, their companies and associated persons.As per the complaint filed in the court of the Metropolitan Magistrate, Indian National Congress granted an interest-free loan of ?90.25 crore (US$14 million) to Associated Journals Limited (AJL), owner of the National Herald newspaper which was established by Jawaharlal Nehru and other freedom fighters in 1938. It was alleged that the loan was either not repaid or repaid in cash, which is in violation of Section 269T of the Income Tax Act, 1961. A closely held company, Young Indian, was incorporated in November 2010 with a capital of ?50 lakh (US$78,000) and it acquired almost all the shareholding of AJL and all its properties (alleged to be worth ?5,000 crore (US$780 million)). Swamy alleged criminal misappropriation by both Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi. The courts have determined that a prima face case has been established in the matter.
2. Associated Journals Limited :-
Associated Journals Limited (AJL) is an unlisted public company limited by shares, incorporated on 20 November 1937, with its registered office at Herald House, 5-A, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi. It was the brainchild of Jawaharlal Nehru but it was never his personal property as it was started with the support of about 5,000 freedom fighters who became shareholders of AJL. The company's capital was ?5 lakh (US$7,800) divided into 2,000 preferential shares worth ?100 (US$1.60) each and 30,000 ordinary (equity) shares worth ?10 (16¢ US) each. Apart from Nehru, AJL's Memorandum of Association was signed by stalwarts such as Purushottam Das Tandon, Acharya Narendra Dev, Kailash Nath Katju, Rafi Ahmad Kidwai, Krishna Dutt Paliwal and Govind Ballabh Pant. The company did not belong to any particular person, nor did it want to be associated with any business except news. AJL had 1,057 shareholders as of 29 September 2010 as per the annual return filed by the company with the Registrar of Companies.
Motilal Vora has been the chairman and managing director of AJL since 22 March 2002. The company had incurred losses before its holdings were transferred to Young India in 2011.
AJL published the National Herald newspaper in English, Qaumi Awaz in Urdu and Navjeevan in Hindi until 2008. AJL also owns real estate property in various cities including New Delhi, Lucknow, Bhopal, Mumbai, Indore, Patna and Panchkula. The value of the real estate owned by AJL is estimated to be at ?50 billion (US$780 million). The properties of AJL include Herald House, a six-storey building with around 10,000 sq metre office space.
On 21 January 2016 the AJL in its meeting in Lucknow decided to relaunch the three dailies, National Herald and its sister publications, Quami Awaz and Navjivan.
3. Other shareholders allege their shares usurped :-
After the Delhi High Court dismissed the appeal of Sonia Gandhi and others against the summons issued by the trial court, many shareholders of AJL have alleged that no notice was served on them by AJL for any meeting of the shareholders and that the shares held by their fathers have been transferred by AJL to Young Indian fraudulently without their consent in December 2010. These include people such as former law minister Shanti Bhushan and former chief justice of Allahabad and Madras High Courts Markandey Katju.
4. Young Indian :-
Young Indian is a private company limited by guarantee, incorporated on 23 November 2010 with a capital of ?5 lakh (US$7,800) and its registered office at 5A, Herald House, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, Delhi. On 13 December 2010, Rahul Gandhi was appointed director of Young Indian while Sonia Gandhi joined the board of directors on 22 January 2011. The company's 76 percent shares are held by Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi equally and the rest are held by Congress leaders Motilal Vora and Oscar Fernandes (12 percent each). It is described by Rahul Gandhi's office as a "not-for-profit company" which does have commercial operations.
5. Case :-
On 1 November 2012, Subramanian Swamy filed a private complaint in a court in Delhi alleging that both Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi have committed fraud and land grabbing worth ?16 billion (US$250 million) by acquiring a publicly limited company called Associated Journals Limited (AJL) through their owned private company, Young Indian. He also claimed that, through this fraud, they had got the publication rights of the National Herald and Quami Awaz newspapers, with real estate properties in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. He alleged that the acquired place was given by the government only for newspaper purposes, but was used for running a passport office with rental income amounting to millions of rupees.
The hearing of the criminal proceedings case was taken up by the magistrate on various dates while the defendants opposed the petition and asked the magistrate to dismiss it. The court finally observed that prima facie evidence against all the accused was found. The court issued summons to the defendants to appear in the court to defend themselves against all the allegations made in Swamy's complaint.
On 26 June 2014, Metropolitan Magistrate Ms. Gomati Manocha summoned Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Motilal Vora, Oscar Fernandes, Suman Dubey and Satyan Pitroda to appear in the court on 7 August 2014. She said that according to the evidence so far, "it appears that YIL was in fact created as a sham or a cloak to convert public money to personal use" to acquire control over ?20 billion (US$310 million) worth of AJL assets. The court noted that all accused persons had allegedly acted "in consortium with each other to achieve the said nefarious purpose/design".
The defendants appealed in the Delhi High Court against the summons issued by the magistrate. On 1 August 2014, Swamy was served notice to file reply in the High Court. On 28 August 2014, the metropolitan court fixed 9 December 2014 for the next hearing of the case. On 12 January 2015, the judge of the Delhi High Court recused himself from hearing the case and directed that the petitions be directed before an appropriate bench.
On 27 January 2015, the Supreme Court of India asked Swamy to make out a case for the speedy trial in the Delhi High Court which was hearing the appeal of Sonia Gandhi and others against the summons issued to them by the trial court. On plea request of Sonia Gandhi and others the Chief Justice to assign the case to Justice Sunil Gaur again.
On 1 August 2014, the Enforcement Directorate initiated a probe to discover if there was any money laundering in the case. On 18 September 2015, it was reported that the Enforcement Directorate had reopened the investigation.
On 7 December 2015, the Delhi High Court dismissed the appeals of Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and five others which included Motilal Vora, Oscar Fernandes, Suman Dubey and Satyan Pitroda, and ordered them to appear in person before the trial court on 9 December. The Delhi High Court said in its 7 December 2015 judgment noted "criminal intent."
On 12 February 2016 the Supreme Court granted exemption to all the five accused in the case from personal appearances while refusing to quash proceedings against them.[42] Later on 12 July 2016 the Delhi High Court set aside the trial court judgement allowing examination of balance sheets and other documents of Congress party and other two companies, the AJL and Young Indian. The next hearing in the court is scheduled on 20 August.
7. Trial in the magistrate's court :-
On 7 December 2015, the Delhi High Court ordered Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and five others to appear in person before the trial court on 9 December. They did not appear in the court and, on their lawyers' request, the trial court ordered them to appear before him in person on 19 December. He disallowed their request for exemption from personal appearance. On 19 December 2015 the Patiala House court granted bail to all but one and ordered them to appear in the court on the date of next hearing 20 February 2016.
On 11 March 2016 the trial court allowed, after hearing Swamy's plea to examine balance sheets of INC, AJL and Young Indian from 2010 to 2013, which was later overturned by the Delhi High Court.
8. Related scams :-
Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi family are the trustees of National Herald and Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust. Several similar scams of ownership or land grab related to the entities and family members associated with National Herald and Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust are either already in court or being investigated by the CBI.
I. National Herald Panchkula land grab scam :-
National herald Panchkula land grab scam: In 1982 National Herald scam, in the related development the Congress government gave the National Herald 3,500 square meters of plot number C-17 of Panchkula in Haryana to publish a newspaper, but for ten years, there was no news published from here, hence as per the rules the land should have been returned to the government, but the ownership was illegally transferred to National Herald by Hooda government in 2013. This case and National Herald's possession of INR 2000 crores worth land are being investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (c. December 2017).
II. Gurugram Rajiv Gandhi Trust land grab scam :-
Gurugram Rajiv Gandhi Trust land grab scam: Between 2004-2014, Government of Haryana, then under the administration of Indian National Congress's Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, had handed over 1,400 acres of panchayat land to the Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust in the name of public interest use, resulting in this trust being sued by the gram panchayat in Punjab and Haryana High Court against the land grabbing of the Gandhi family by the Hooda government.
III. Amethi Rajiv Gandhi Trust land grab scam :-
Amethi Rajiv Gandhi Trust land grab scam: In 1983 Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Development Corporation had taken 65 acres land from farmers to set up a factory by Emperor Bicycle Company in Kauhar village of Amethi. After company failed to set up the factory, instead of returning the land to farmers as per rule, it was given to the Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust in violation of rules. The trust was sued. On 26 August 2015, the local court ordered the Rajiv Gandhi Trust to return the land to Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Development Corporation.
IV. Robert Vadra DLF land grab scam :-
Robert Vadra DLF land grab scam: It is a case related to 50-acre land grab in 2013 in Amipur village of Haryana during the Congress' Hooda government. Vadra, Hooda and DLF are being investigated by the CBI (c. December 2017).
V. Robert Vadra Bikaner land grab scam :-
VI. Robert Vadra Bikaner land grab scam: it is a 275 bigha 2010 land grab in Bikaner of Rajasthan being investigated by the CBI (c. December 2017).
VII. Shimla Gandhi family land grab scam :-
It is a case related to 4 bigha land grab in 2007 in Himachal Pradesh's Shimla. The case is pending in Himachal Pradesh High Court (c. December 2017).
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On 1 November 2012 Swamy alleged that both Sonia and Rahul Gandhi have committed fraud and land grabbing to a tune of ?20 billion (US$310 million) by acquiring a public ltd company called Associated Journals Private Ltd (AJPL) through their owned private company, Young Indian] which was formed on 23 November 2010.Through this they had got publication rights of National Herald and Quami Awaz newspapers, with real estate properties in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. The acquired place was intended only for newspaper purposes but were used for running a passport office, amounting to lakhs of rupees, it alleges. Swamy further added that Rahul Gandhi hid the facts in his affidavit while filing nomination for the 2009 Lok Sabha elections.
It further alleges that on 26 February 2011 AJPL approved the transfer of unsecured loan of ?900 million (US$14 million) from the All India Congress Committee at zero interest. Swamy argued that it is illegal for any political party to lend the loan as per violation of Section 269T of Income Tax Act 1961.On 2 November, the party responded that the loan was given only for reviving National Herald newspaper with no commercial interest. Swamy decided to approach the Supreme Court for de-recognising the Congress party, while the Election Commission ordered the probe on 17 November 2012.
The hearing of the case had been taken up thereafter on different occasionswith the court observing prima facie evidence against all the accused. On 1 August 2014 the Enforcement Directorate initiated probe to find any money laundering in the case while on the same day Swamy was served notice by the High Court. On 28 August the metropolitan court fixed 9 December for the next hearing of the case, while on 12 January 2015 the judge of the Delhi High Court recused himself from hearing the case stating that schedule of cases has been changed and directed that the petitions be directed before an appropriate bench. On 27 January 2015, the Supreme Court asked Swamy to make out a case for the speedy trial in the Delhi High Court since the petition cannot be heard directly.
On 18 September 2015 it was reported that the Enforcement Directorate had reopened the investigation. Following it, on 19 December 2015 Patiala House Court granted unconditional bail immediately on the hearing to all the five accused but one. On 12 July 2016 the Delhi High Court set aside the trial court order of 11 January and 11 Marchbased on plea by Swamy to examine balance sheets of Congress party, AJL and Young Indian from 2010-2013, and fixed the date of next hearing on 20 August.
16. Temple Cases :-
I. Nataraja temple case :-
Swamy had filed a petition in the Supreme Court with priests of the dikshithar sect challenging the decision of the Madras High Court on transferring the administration of the Nataraja temple to the then Tamil Nadu government in 2009.
Swamy on referring to the provisions of Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act, contended that Podu Dikshitars have right to administer the temple and argued on handing over the administration on mismanagement grounds of temple's wealth is violation under article 26 of the Constitution of India. On 6 January 2014 the Supreme Court ruled that the administration is to be handed over back to the priests of the temple from the state government.
II. Ayodhya temple case :-
i. Further information: Ram Janmabhoomi :-
On 22 February 2016, Swamy filed a petition in the Supreme Court allowing construction of Rama temple at the disputed site where Babri Masjid was demolished in 1992, and expediting the adjudication related to order of the Allahabad High Court on 30 September 2010, petition was accepted on 26 February to be later heard by the court.
17. Campaign against black money :-
Swamy has been the original campaigner against corruption by bringing into light the 2G scam. He founded Action Committee Against Corruption in India (ACACI) on 14 October 2011 and acted as a chairperson. ACACI's goal is to take specific action against corruption at very high places of government and Indian black money stashed abroad,Swamy had mentioned six simple steps in his letter which may recover the money stashed abroad easily.
18. Views :-
I. China :-
Swamy has worked towards normalising relations between China and India. According to Swamy, the re-opening of the Kailash Mansarovar pilgrimage route was announced at a meeting convened by the People's Republic of China paramount leader Deng Xiaoping in April 1981, in which Swamy was in attendance. This meeting was widely reported in the media, although such claims have been contested by supporters of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
II. Israel :-
In various speeches and articles, Swamy has expressed his admiration for, and solidarity with, the State of Israel and has credited its retaliatory capacity for its ability to survive as a nation in a hostile Arab environment. Swamy made pioneering efforts towards India's establishment of diplomatic relations with Israel. In 1982, Swamy became the first Indian political leader to make a well-publicised trip to Israel, where he met with several important Israeli leaders such as Yitzhak Rabin and then-Prime Minister Menachem Begin. His efforts at normalising relations with Israel have borne fruit with both India as well as Israels decision, in 1992, to facilitate the building of embassies in their respective countries.
III. Sri Lanka and LTTE :-
Swamy, on several occasions, has voiced support for the state of Sri Lanka in its role during Sri Lanka's protracted civil war with the LTTE, for which he was criticised as "pro Lanka" by his political opponents domestically. In an interview given to The Sunday Leader newspaper, Swamy stated that the Indian government should attend the CHOGM meeting held in Colombo despite stiff opposition from Indian politicians in Tamil Nadu concerned for the welfare and human rights of Tamils in Sri Lanka, placing the onus on the LTTE for human rights violations during the Sri Lankan civil war, he had favoured Mahinda Rajapaksa also during Sri Lanka 2015 election.
IV. Views on Kashmir :-
In September 2008, Swamy stridently retorted against the contentions of some Indian columnists who voiced their opinions in favor of "peacefully" surrendering Kashmir to Pakistan.
He said, "I would say that the silent suffering majority of India wants none of this. The 'Kashmir issue,' in fact, can no more be solved by dialogue either with the Pakistanis or the Hurriyat, leave alone the constitutional impossibility of allowing it to secede."
" Kashmir, in fact, is now our defining identity. It is a touchstone for our resolve to preserve our national integrity. The population of that State may be majority Muslim but the land and its history is predominantly Hindu. For our commitment to the survival of the ancient civilisation of India and the composite culture that secularists talk of, we have not only to win that coming inevitable war but also resolve never to part with Kashmir."
Pakistanis often cite the United Nations resolutions on Kashmir to argue for a plebiscite. This obfuscates the fact of accession of the State to India. The legality of the Instrument of Accession signed in favour of India by the then Maharaja of J&K, Hari Singh, on 26 October 1947 has to prevail anyway.
V. Views on Tamil Nadu politics :-
Swamy is well known for his critical views against the "Aryan versus Dravidian" politics of Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, calling it as the theory forwarded by the British. He has been a staunch opponent of the armed rebel group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. He also urged the Indian government not to support the US led resolution condemning war crimes in the Sri Lankan Civil War, citing it as one-sided and not in the interest of India. Swamy moved the court and got the order restoring quota for Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in colleges in the state.
Swamy obtained Supreme Court Stay against the implementation of Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project (SSCP). He believes that it would hurt the sentiments of people who believe that this shallow land connecting between Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka was built by the Hindu god Rama. He strongly opposes the implementation of SSSCP citing that implementing this scheme will be a criminal offence under section 295 Indian Penal Code. He wrote letters to Prime Minister of India in June 2009 asking him to stop the project and had informed the Supreme Court on 14 October 2015 that the government may not continue with the Sethusamudram Project.
19. Article on 2011 Mumbai bombings :-
In response to the 2011 Mumbai bombings, he wrote an editorial in Daily News and Analysis (DNA). Some of Swamy's suggestions in the article are : -
1. The Hindu is the target and that Muslims of India are being programmed by a slow reactive process to become radical and thus slide into suicide against Hindus.
2. Remove Article 370, and re-settle ex-servicemen in the Valley.
3. Create Panun Kashmir for Hindu Pandit community.
4. Look or create opportunity to take over PoK.
5. If Pakistan continues to back terrorists, assist the Baluchis and Sindhis to struggle for independence.
6. Enact a national law prohibiting conversion from Hindu religion to any other religion.
7. Only Muslims who "acknowledge that their ancestors were Hindus" be allowed to vote in India.
8. Propagate the development of a Hindu mindset.
9. Swamy had written a similar column in The New Indian Express after the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
10. As a result of his "reprehensible" views in the articles, Harvard University cancelled two economics courses taught at the university by Swamy.
20. On 3 August 2011 the National Commission for Minorities decided to file civil charges against Swamy for the article and promoting on the basis of religion. On 4 October 2011 the Delhi Police registered the case. Swamy was then granted police protection by the Delhi High Court. On 30 January 2012 Swamy was granted anticipatory bail by the court with the condition that he would not write such articles in the future.
21. Honours and awards :-
2012 Distinguished Alumni Award. Hindu College, University of Delhi.
2016 Tamil Ratna America Tamil Sangam
22. Books, research papers and journals :-
Swamy is a published author of several books, research papers and journals. A complete list of papers, books and journals is included below to which he is the author.
23. Books :-
Hindutva and National Renaissance (Publisher: Har Anand Publication; ISBN 978-81-241-1527-5)
Virat Hindu Identity - Concept and its Power (Publisher: Har Anand Publication; ISBN 978-81-241-1770-5)
Economic Growth in China and India, 1952–70 (Publisher: University of Chicago Press; ISBN 978-0-226-78315-4)
Indian economic planning: An alternative approach (Publisher: Barnes & Noble; ISBN 978-0-389-04202-0)
Building a New India: An Agenda for National Renaissance (Publisher: South Asia Books; ISBN 978-81-85674-21-6)
India's Labour Standards and the WTO Framework (Publisher: Konark Publishers; ISBN 978-81-220-0585-1)
India's economic performance and reforms: A perspective for the new millennium (Publisher: Konark Publishers; ISBN 978-81-220-0594-3)
Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi: Unanswered Questions and Unasked Queries (Publisher: Konark Publishers; ISBN 978-81-220-0591-2)
India's China perspective (Publisher: Konark Publishers; ISBN 978-81-220-0606-3)
Financial Architecture and Economic Development in China and India (Publisher: Konark Publishers; ISBN 978-81-220-0718-3)
Trade and Industry in Japan: A Guide to Indian Entrepreneurs and Businessmen (Publisher: Prentice-Hall of India; ISBN 978-81-203-0785-8)
Sri Lanka in Crisis: India's Options (Publisher: Har Anand Publications; ISBN 978-81-241-1260-1)
Kailas and Manasarovar after 22 years in Shiva's domain (Publisher: Allied Publishers)
Hindus Under Siege (Publisher: Har Anand Publications; ISBN 978-81-241-1207-6)
Rama Setu: Symbol of National Unity (Publisher: Har Anand Publications; ISBN 978-81-241-1418-6)
Terrorism in India: A Strategy of Deterrence for India's National Security (Publisher: Har Anand Publications; ISBN 978-81-241-1344-8)
Corruption and Corporate Governance in India: Satyam, Spectrum & Sundaram (Publisher: Har Anand Publications; ISBN 978-81-241-1486-5)
2G Spectrum Scam (Publisher: Har Anand Publications; ISBN 978-81-241-1638-8)
Electronic Voting Machines: Unconstitutional and Tamperable (Publisher: Vision Books; ISBN 978-81-7094-798-1)
Predictions and Meditations (Publisher: India International Centre Quarterly 36, no. 3/4 (2009): 202-22. https://www.jstor.org/stable/23006413.
24. Articles :-
"Can India make it? India's path to sustained growth" (Publisher: Harvard Asia Pacific review, Volumes 6–8 by Harvard University. Dept. of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, 2002)
"The response to economic challenge: A comparative economic history of China and India", 1870–1952 (Publisher: The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 93 by Harvard University by the MIT Press, 1979)
25. Research papers :-
Economic growth and income distribution in a developing nation (Publisher: Harvard University, 1965)
Nuclear policy for India (Publisher: Bharatiya Jana Sangh Publication, 1968)
Plan for full employment (Publisher: Bharatiya Jana Sangh, 1970)
Theoretical aspects of index numbers (Publisher: Harvard Institute of Economic Research, 1985)
Land reforms: an economist's approach (Publisher: Deendayal Research Institute)
Samuelson, P., & Swamy, S. (1974). Invariant Economic Index Numbers and Canonical Duality: Survey and Synthesis. The American Economic Review, 64(4), 566-593. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1813311
Swamy, Subramanian. "On Samuelson's Conjecture." Indian Economic Review, New Series, 5, no. 2 (1970): 169-75. https://www.jstor.org/stable/23294448
Swamy, S. (1965). Consistency of Fisher's Tests. Econometrica, 33(3), 619-623. doi:1. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1911757 doi:1
Swamy, S. (1963). Notes on Fractile Graphical Analysis. Econometrica, 31(3), 551-554. doi:1. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1909994 doi:1
Swamy, S. (1969). Optimal Allocation of Investment in A Two-sector Model with Foreign Aid. Indian Economic Review, 4(1), new series, 35-44. https://www.jstor.org/stable/23294380
Swamy, S. (1969). Systems Analysis of Strategic Defence Needs: A Sequel. Economic and Political Weekly, 4(18), 772-772. https://www.jstor.org/stable/40739578
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Opinion :-
1. People of Tamil Nadu must take advantage of very high vision of Swamy to their part of Bharatham,
2. This astonishing able Visionary change the face of Tamil Nadu,
3. So do not turn away, avail the opportunity, instead following clay heads.
4. Running after Cinema stars do not solve Tamil Nadu's politics,
5. Need of the hour is a Strong, Tough, Sincere, Honest, Dedicated, Visionary, who produce results by way reforms, Subramaniam Swami suits for the job,
6. Swami is a good man, highly educated, fighter,straight forward, away from corruption, many qualities add his suitability ..
7. Rajnikant drama, just fool the public, do not solve problems...
8. Like Sasikala became a curse to jayalaitha at the end of her life, this Fans of Rajni, may turned into trouble creaters in future,
9. Tamil people are not honest, very emotional characters, loud mouthed, ignorant of truth, adamant blind faith ON any stupid THALAIVAR;
10. Blind faith, and foolish temple goers, not matured, in realisation of TRUTH;
11. VERY HARD REALITY IS TAMILNADU IS DROWNING IN IGNORANCE DUE TO MAYA, UNABLE TO FIND A REAL LEADER ...
12. HERE IS THE ANSWER :- DR, SUBRAMANIAM SWAMI .
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