lungi anna ki......."FUNNY POLITICS"

" PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee's mother and father share the same name- Krishna, His father's name is Krishna Bihari Vajpayee and mother's name is Krishna Devi!"

"Designed by Electronics Corporation of India Ltd. and Bharat Electronics Ltd, Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) were first used in Kerala. The highest number of candidates that an electronic voting machine can support is 64. If the number exceeds this, then manual ballot is used!""

"The word candidate comes from the Latin `candidatus` meaning `one clad in white` and most, till this day carry on with this white!"

" `Ballot` and `bullet` are both derived from words for `balls`. The Greeks dropped a white ball when they favoured a candidate, and a black when they were against. The term `blackballed` comes from this too!"

" Ever heard of 1033 candidates for a single seat? Believe it or not, it did happened for the Modaurichi assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu in 1996. The ballot paper was in the form of a booklet!"

" From its days of glory in Uttar Pradesh, the Congress in 1988 won exactly zero seats!""

" Mayawati`s BSP and George W Bush`s Republican Party both have the same electoral symbol-the elephant!"

" A B Vajpayee is the only parliamentarian to be elected from four different states- UP, Gujarat, MP and Delhi!"

" The lowest voter turnout in a polling station is three! It happened in Bomdila district in Arunachal Pradesh!"

" Elections in 1950s were carried out using different ballot boxes for each candidate, rather than voting on ballot paper! Different coloured boxes represented different parties!"

" The Election Commission of India has seen many firsts, but here`s another first -- it now has two election commissioners who are fluent in Gujarati. The latest to join, N Gopalaswamy, is an IAS officer from the Gujarat cadre and, therefore, speaks Gujarati. That 63-year-old Chief Election Commissioner Taruvai Subbayya Krishna Murthy also speaks fluent Gujarati!"

" Lakshadweep has the largest presence of Muslims of all the states/UTs including Jammu and Kashmir!"

" Chhindwara in Madhya Pradesh is the only constituency in the Hindi belt which has always returned Congrss during the general elections!"

" Atal Bihari Vajpayee is the only politician who has won from six different constituencies: Balrampur - 1957, 1967, Gwalior - 1971, New Delhi - 1977, 1980, Vidisha- 1991, Gandhinagar - 1996, Lucknow - 1991, 1996, 1998 !"

" BJP won Lok Sabha seats for the first time in the states of Tamil Nadu and West Bengal in 1998!"

" Rajnandgaon in Madhya Pradesh has a unique feature- father, mother and son have represented this constituency at different times!"

" The highest voting percentage in any general elections has been 62.2 per cent in 1957, the lowest was in 1967 when only 33 per cent cast their vote. In the last general elections in 1999, 59.99 per cent had cast their votes!"

" As the country goes to polls, the Women's Reservation Bill has been put on the backburner yet again. While only 4.4 per cent of the first Lok Sabha were women, the percentage only doubled to 9.02 per cent by the thirteenth Lok Sabha!"

" Country's 5 biggest and 5 smallest constituencies according to area: Biggest constituencies: Barmer (Rajasthan) : 71601.24 sq-km Ladakh (J&K) : 173266.37 sq-km Arunachal (East) (AP): 39749.64 sq-km Kuchh (Gujarat) : 41644.55 sq-km Arunachal(West) AP: 40572.29 sq-km Smallest constituencies: Mumbai South: 13.73 sq-km Mumbai South-central: 18.31 sq-km Delhi sadar: 28.09 sq-km Chandni chowk (Delhi): 10.59 sq-km Kolkata north west 13.23 sq-km

" Election Commission survey says 95% voters prefer EVMs!"

" 150 million votes to be targeted by the BJP`s campaign via-e-mail and SMS!"

" Number of EVMs required this election: 10.25 lakhs!" Who founded the Indian National Congress (INC) party? None of these. The Indian National Congress party was founded in 1885 thanks to the efforts of an Englishman (Scotsman) named Allan Octavian Hume. WC Bannerjee was the first president of the party. Mahatma Gandhi was the Congress President in 1924 and Pandit Nehru presided over the party in 1929 & 1930. The Vajpayee government was defeated in a historic vote on the floor of the Lok Sabha in 1998 by a margin of just one vote! Who was the one MP who violated his party whip and voted against the government thus probably being the one member who caused the fall of the government? Saifuddin Soz. The National Conference party of Farooq Abdullah had issued a whip to its members to vote in favour of the Vajpayee government, but Saifuddin Soz violated the whip and voted against the government bringing it down. This probably turned to be a blessing in disguise as Vajpayee came back to power with a more stable majority. The world's first democratically elected Communist Government was formed in which Indian state? Kerala. It was Kerala which first elected a Marxist government (which was the very first elected communist government in the world) with EMS Namboodripad as the Chief Minister. This was also one of the first states that was a victim of the draconian Article 356 of the Indian Constitution. The central government headed by Pandit Nehru dismissed it and imposed President's rule in 1959. Who was the president of India who had actually threatened to dismiss the prime minister and had (for some time) created a crisis? Zail Singh. In the late 1980s, the relation between Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and President Zail Singh had grown so bad, that he had actually threatened to use his constitutional powers and dismiss the government. The crisis was finally resolved after the Information & Broadcasting minister KK Tewary (who initiated the crisis) was sacked. Even in the 1960s, there was tension between President Radhakrishnan and Prime Minister Nehru, but it was resolved amicably and there was no crisis in the government. If the two chambers of the Indian Parliament (Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha) meet for a joint session, who is authorised under the constitution to chair this joint session? Speaker. The Speaker of the Lok Sabha is all powerful and enjoys immense power, including the right to chair joint sittings of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. If the President of India has to resign, to whom should he submit his resignation letter? Vice-President. If the president has to resign, he has to submit his resignation to the vice-president. This is as mentioned in Article 56 of the Indian Constitution. The preamble of the Indian Constitution 'We the people _____', contains some key terms. This preamble has been amended later. Which of the following words in the preamble was not present when the Constitution first came into effect? Secular. The words 'socialist' and 'secular' were not part of the original preamble of the Indian constitution and was inserted by the Indira Gandhi Government during the emergency period (Forty Second amendment). The preamble of the Indian Constitution reads 'We the people of India having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a Sovereign Socialist Secular Democratic Republic and to secure to all it's citizens JUSTICE, social, economic and political; LIBERTY, of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship; EQUALITY, of status and of opportunity; and to promote among them all FRATERNITY assuring the dignity of the individual and the unity and integrity of the Nation; .... in our constituent assembly this twenty-sixth day of November, 1949, do hereby adopt enact and give to ourselves this Constitution.' Prevention of cow slaughter is a fundamental duty of citizens as prescribed by the Constitution of India. f. Prevention of cow slaughter is mentioned not as a fundamental duty, but in the directive principles of state policy. These are not enforceable by law unlike the fundamental duties. What does the Tenth schedule of the Indian Constitution contain? The Anti-defection act. The list of states & union territories is in the first schedule of the Constitution, the eight schedule contains the list of languages recognized by the Indian constitution, the laws beyond court jurisdiction is in the ninth schedule and the anti-defection bill is in the tenth schedule. Which of the following prime ministers of India did NOT die in office? Rajiv Gandhi. Nehru and Shastri died while serving as PM and Indira Gandhi was assassinated while she was the PM of India. But when Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated, he was not the prime minister, but was the leader of the opposition in parliament. India will elect a new Lok Sabha through the general elections spread over nine phases beginning 7 April to 12 May 2014 and the results will be declared on 16 May 2014, making it the longest ever election in the history of India. Source According to the Election Commission of India, 2014 general election will see an increase of 100 million voters as compared to the election held five years ago. Source It will be the biggest election that the world has ever witnessed with about 814 million Indians eligible to vote, a number larger than the population of Europe. Source Indian youth can be game-changer in this election as half of India's population is under 25 and 10% of the electorate will be the young voters exercising their right to vote for the first time. Source For the first time an Indian voter can choose 'None of the Above' option in General Election, which means no candidate is suitable enough to get the vote. This provision was introduced first in November-December assembly polls in five states. Source For the first time in the history of Indian general elections, there will be photo voter’s slips to ensure only genuine voters get to exercise their right on the polling day. Not only have that, Election Commission will also video-graph all critica Source Transgenders can mark their gender as "Others" on the electoral rolls, a category that did not exist in 2009. 28,314 voters have listed their gender in this way. Source Polling will take place for 543 of the 545 Lok Sabha seats and two members are nominated by the president. A political party needs to secure at least 272 seats to form the government.