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	George Fernandes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		George Fernandes (born 3 June 1930) is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India.
		George Fernandes was born in the year 1930, in the coastal town of Mangalore, now part of Karnataka.
		George Fernandes' second tenure as Minister of Railways in the V.P. Singh's government, though shortlived, was quite eventful.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/George_Fernandes (1447 words)

	George Fernandes says graft allegations politically motivated
		Fernandes said that he was framed in the Barak missile scam case at the behest of United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Chairperson Sonia Gandhi.
		George Fernandes, he should face the proceedings with facts to defend himself instead of launching a vitriolic attack on Congress President," said Jayanti Natarajan, Congress spokesperson.
		Fernandes was hit by an arms scandal in 2001 when the Tahalaka website released video footage showing a string of officials apparently taking cash from journalists posing as arms dealers.
	news.webindia123.com /news/Articles/India/20061011/476844.html (418 words)

	Defence Minister George Fernandes, Indian Defence
		During the Kargil conflict, Fernandes set new standards as Defence Minister by braving the inhospitable Himalayan heights to visit troops on the battlefront, and rightly became the darling of the jawans and a good number of average citizens.
		Fernandes was brilliant as a railway minister during 1989-90 - the Konkan Railway, easily the most illustrious of railway projects in independent India, was his brainchild.
		Fernandes is perhaps the only defense minister of a nuclear power who hangs a picture of Hiroshima in his office.
	siafdu.tripod.com /fernandes.html (1228 words)

	Fernandes
		Fernandes was declaring that the personal relationship of all the partners in the coalition were excellent, the party he chairs was refusing to merge with the Janata Dal (U) and the Lok Shakti, two of the partners of the National Democratic Alliance, because neither Mr.
		Fernandes refers to the small territories of Goa and Pondichery, both with a majority of Christians since they were Portuguese and French territories until recently, no State has a real majority of Christians, although there are numerous pockets of Christian majority.
		Fernandes, who strongly reacted to the contents of the letter, said it was being made out that he was either "an over ground operator for underground LTTE of being a nit-wit".
	www.asian-affairs.com /India/fernandes.html (8017 words)

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		George Fernandes, a maverick if ever there was one, and a champion of lost causes, came to champion the cause of the convicted assassins of Rajiv Gandhi, the LTTE, from the Indian capital itself.
		Fernandes is also said to have inspired the LTTE's appeal, last October, to the Unlawful Activities Prevention Tribunal, to have the ban imposed on the LTTE lifted.
		Fernandes announced recently, that the BJP Government, would revive a project first proposed some one hundred and fifty years ago!-and never implemented even by the British, to dredge the Strait so as to facilitate shipping, between the two coasts of India.
	www.lankaweb.com /news/items/isl110499.html (2082 words)

	Interview of George Fernandes on CNN
		GEORGE FERNANDES, INDIAN DEFENSE MINISTER: Well, we have made the point that the troops will be withdrawn the moment we have the Pakistani president meet with the two principal demands that have been made.
		FERNANDES: Well, that may be the view of the U.S. government, but that's not the view of the government of India.
		FERNANDES: Well, I'm sure that the United States is capable of understanding it, because what we are saying is not something that is not visible on the ground.
	www.indianembassy.org /indusrel/2002/fernandes/cnn_jan_18_02.html (921 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Opinion
		Fernandes loyalist and general secretary Shiv Kumar believes that an effort is being made, by what he calls forces outside the party, to break it from within.
		That was one of the reasons the RSS rooted for Fernandes during his tenure as a defence minister in the NDA government at the Centre.
		Though close to George Fernandes, Srivastava is the Samata Party’s secular voice — he resigned as party general secretary on the issue of Gujarat four years ago — and has welcomed Sharad Yadav’s election as party president.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1060423/asp/opinion/story_6132010.asp (1882 words)

	The meaning of George Fernandes
		"George Fernandes (Janata Dal), in a dissenting note to the Joint Committee Report, objected that no change in the law was needed; rather, a political response to the challenge of communalism had to be worked out" - presumably the kind of response enunciated in his manifestoes.
		Fernandes defended the Government in the Lok Sabha on the motion of no-confidence in July 1979 and then deserted it.
		The latest episode, the clash with the Election Commission, reflects familiar disdain for proprieties a nd for institutions whether from the refusal to be frisked by securitymen at the Delhi airport in 1978 or the politicisation of the army.
	www.hindu.com /thehindu/fline/fl1622/16221030.htm (1801 words)

	George talks tough on terrorism
		Union defence minister George Fernandes said the duplicity and the complicity of Pakistan in the acts of terror have been thoroughly exposed in Afghanistan.
		Fernandes said our country has been facing terrorism for the past 10 to 11 years in Jammu and Kashmir, and in the Purvanchal areas for the past 40 years and we are aware of the extent of Pakistani complicity in terrorist acts in the country.
		Fernandes said the IAF strength was on display during the Kargil war when supersonic jets of the Indian Air Force pounded the heights of Kargil to retrieve the Indian land.
	www.ahmedabad.com /news/2k1/nov/26George.htm (733 words)

	Of leeches and leaders
		Turn to the image of George Fernandes, defender of the faith and all its myriad sects, desperately seeking the office he lost in the turbulence of shame.
		George Fernandes became a national hero in 1977 when he played a decisive role in ending the Emergency and defeating Indira Gandhi.
		Fernandes is a high-powered time bomb that takes around two-and-a-half years to explode upon himself, with serious consequences for both friends and enemies.
	www.ambedkar.org /News/Oflchndldrs.htm (1474 words)

	George Fernandes, Janta Dal, JD, Key Contenders for India Election 2004 (via CobWeb/3.1 planet03.csc.ncsu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		India's defence minister, George Fernandes, 74, is a colourful, outspoken politician whose political career has been as controversial as it has been long.
		Fernandes, an MP from Bihar, hails from Karnataka and has built his political career on his diehard opposition to the Congress party.
		The "tehelka scandal", as it has come to be known, badly dented Fernandes' carefully cultivated image of integrity, built on his long innings as a political activist, initially as a vocal socialist.
	www.indian-elections.com.cob-web.org:8888 /keycontenders/georgefernandes.html (332 words)

	D A I J I W O R L D
		Fernandes Sr., who was known for his integrity and hard work, was employed by the Peerless Finance group, and he headed their organizing office for south India for many years until his death in 1983.
		George, still fondly called "Gerry" in close family circles, is the eldest of the family of six boys.
		George was termed a giant-killer in the late 1960's when he defeated Sadobaji Kanhoji Patil, a powerful minister in the Indira Gandhi cabinet and an unrivalled fund-raiser for the undivided Congress party, in a keenly-fought parliamentary election from Mumbai.
	www.daijiworld.com /chan/achievers_view.asp?a_id=24 (2548 words)

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		Fernandes followed up this broadside while speaking to journalists after delivering the V.K. Krishna Menon lecture the same evening that the interview was telecast.
		Fernandes' allegations regarding a Chinese nexus with Pakistan, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhu Bangzao said, were "utterly fictitious and entirely baseless." "(They) have seriously sabotaged the favourable atmosphere for improving bilateral relations between China and India.
		Fernandes, in due course, claimed in an interview to a magazine that his statements had been blown out of proportion by "sub-editors", and that he had been "quoted out of context".
	www.flonnet.com /fl1511/15111050.htm (1728 words)

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		NEW DELHI: Former Defence Minister George Fernandes on Friday exposed the Government's Phukan cover-up by himself releasing the Phukan Commission's report on the Tehelka Tapes that Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee tabled in both the Houses of Parliament but not giving to the Media.
		Fernandes released the report at 4 PM and the Government quickly doubled up around 5 pm to give copies of the report to a select few journalists to escape the charge that it had tried to cover up the report just because it gives a clean chit to the former defence minister and NDA convener.
		Light Weight Binoculars: The Commission did not find any involvement of George Fernandes in the present transaction and at no point of time the files were placed before him as the decisions were taken at the level of Additional Secretary in Defence Ministry.
	www.angelfire.com /in/jalnews/2005/13052.htm (824 words)

	CNN.com - India's Fernandes calls for militant crackdown - June 3, 2002
		Speaking at the sidelines of a security conference in Singapore on Sunday, George Fernandes told CNN that the crisis over the disputed territory of Kashmir would de-escalate much faster if Pakistan hands over 20 suspected militants wanted by India.
		Fernandes said that Musharraf had talked "about exercising the nuclear option" until his comments this weekend.
		On Friday Fernandes told reporters in Singapore there is no immediate cause for concern in the tense standoff, and said he thought the situation was stable.
	edition.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/asiapcf/south/06/03/india.fernandes (575 words)

	BBC News \| SOUTH ASIA \| Fernandes: Popular but controversial minister
		Indian Defence Minister George Fernandes, who resigned on Thursday over a bribery scandal, is a popular figure among the military rank and file.
		Mr Fernandes, aged 70, was first elected to parliament in 1967 and founded his own Samata party in 1994.
		Controversy hit Mr Fernandes early in his ministerial tenure when he held a convention of organisations supporting Sri Lanka's Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on the lawns of his official residence.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/south_asia/1223625.stm (398 words)

	Devil's Advocate: Fernandes : devils advocate, karan thapar, george fernandes : IBNLive.com : CNN-IBN
		FERNANDES SPEAKS: George Fernandes says Nitish Kumar is worried about his chance at the coming polls.
		George Fernandes: Nitish was worried about his chance at the elections, which were coming.
		I think George is ill treated amongst his own party and he should look in for support from other secular...
	www.ibnlive.com /news/devils-advocate-george-fernandes/22382-4.html (457 words)

	George Fernandes cv
		George Fernandes is a Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) and President of the Samata Party, a State party whose stronghold is in the Bihar state and which secured twelve seats in the 1999 Lokh Sabha.
		As Industry Minister in the late 1970s, Fernandes kicked Coca-Cola out of the country for violating investment laws.
		As president of the All India Railway Men's Federation in 1973, Fernandes led India's largest railroad strike, which was brutally suppressed.
	www.asian-affairs.com /biographies/georgefernandesc.html (136 words)

	rediff.com: Savera R Someshwar meets George Fernandes's associates to find out what they think of the former defence ...
		Who was anointed 'George the Giantkiller' after he defeated Congress strongman S K Patil in the 1967 Lok Sabha election.
		Fernandes, it seems, had unwittingly taken over the vagrant's spot on the pavement.
		How, when many union leaders register union assets in their names, Fernandes made sure that all the MMU and Bombay Labour Union assets were only registered in the unions' names.
	www.rediff.com /news/2001/mar/15george.htm (1644 words)

	CNN.com - Apology over 'strip-search' saga - Jul 14, 2004
		Armitage, who arrived in India Tuesday, said he apologized to George Fernandes for an apparent breach of diplomatic protocol last year when the head of defense was searched by a security official as he entered the United States.
		Fernandes was not strip-searched, but he did have a security wand waved over him when the keys in his pocket set off the metal detector."
		"Fernandes regaled us with the story of how he had been strip-searched by officers of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service at Dulles Airport when he arrived for an official visit in early 2002, and again, in mid-2003, when he was passing through the U.S. on his way to Brazil," Talbot writes.
	www.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/asiapcf/07/14/india.us (536 words)

	Desicritics.org: George Fernandes - Winter Sets on a Giant Killer
		Fernandes has by now had completely turned against the very ideals which he once stood for as a follower of Jayprakash Narain and as he raves and rants against Sonia Gandhi, he is not even a pale shadow of the man who was once called the giant killer.
		The peak of his career perhaps was his being appointed the convenor of the NDA by when he had abandoned all of his socialist as well as secular leanings in the quest of what can only be described as a futile pursuit of relevance sans credibility.
		George Fernandes is one example of a man who began so well and seems to be finishing the race as a rootless political pilgrim.
	desicritics.org /2006/10/13/065334.php (944 words)

	INDIA'S TERRORIST MINISTER
		Samata Party leader George Fernandes, a devout Christian and a socialist whose previous claim to fame was that he led the effort to
		The company was denounced by Fernandes as a symbol of American imperialism and economic exploitation: today, he seeks a military alliance with the American "exploiter" against supposedly "pro-terrorist" Pakistan.
		As the governing coalition's chief foreign policy hawk, Fernandes is a key figure whose absorption into the BJP-led coalition was a triumph for those advocates of Hindutva who wanted to see their movement grow beyond its rather limited ethnic and religious constituencies.
	www.antiwar.com /justin/j010202.html (1665 words)

	Dealing with Fernandes
		George Fernandes' reinduction into the Union Cabinet turns out to be a major embarrassment for the government as the Opposition effectively boycotts him in Parliament.
		DEFENCE Minister George Fernandes has emerged as a major embarrassment for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in the current session of Parliament.
		The Opposition boycotted Fernandes when he rose to make a statement on the alleged violation of Indian air space by a helicopter from the U.S. naval ship John Young before it docked at the Chennai port.
	www.flonnet.com /fl1825/18250250.htm (938 words)

	J. Chacko : George Fernandes- Political RIP?, J. Chacko blogs on sulekha, Current Affairs blogs, J. Chacko blog from ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Up to this point, the political career of Fernandes was virtually proceeding in a vertical straight line though he had to undergo a lot of personal sufferings like struggle for survival, brutal police action, imprisonment etc. etc.
		Fernandes is again in one of these cyclical low points- his own Samata Party has virtually disowned him, his maneuverability for a political space is badly mauled and he is virtually in a
		Never a bystander, Fernandes had always liked to be in the thick of things, a quality which has brought him a lot of flak but hardly any praise.
	www.sulekha.com /blogs/blogdisplay.aspx?cid=100255 (1017 words)

	INDIA'S TERRORIST MINISTER... DEFENSE CHIEF GEORGE FERNANDES
		A key link in the BJP-led coalition government is Samata Party leader George Fernandes, a devout Christian and a socialist whose previous claim to fame was that he led the effort to send Coca-Cola packing – during his stint as a government minister from 1977-79.
		A Christian and a leftist who formerly campaigned against the "communalist" politics of the BJP, he is the jewel in the crown of the governing "National Democratic" coalition – and his rise to prominence points to an ominous development in the growth of a nuclear-armed Hindu-fascism.
		Another interesting fact about Fernandes is that the man who wants to nuke Pakistan in the name of India's "war on terrorism" was himself intimately involved with a known terrorist organization, the LTTE or Tamil Liberation Tigers, who seek to create a separate Tamil state in Sri Lanka, formerly Ceylon.
	www.etherzone.com /2002/raim010902.shtml (1267 words)

	George in J&K to inspect security situation
		Srinagar: Defence Minister George Fernandes on Thursday visited the forward areas across the Line of Control in Baramulla and Kupwara districts in Kashmir Valley and reviewed the security situation of the State during a special meeting of Unified Command in Srinagar.
		Mr Fernandes arrived here on a one-day visit to inspect the posts in forward areas where Army personnel are concentrated in strength since past three months following the rising hostilities with Pakistan.
		Fernandes'' visit came in the wake of Prime Minister''s proposed visit to Jammu and Kashmir, the date of which has not been announced.
	www.jammu-kashmir.com /archives/archives2002/kashmir20020404c.html (434 words)

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		In his parting kick to George Fernandes in a statement, Comrade Shambhu unhesitantly admitted that he has been slow on the uptake and said "it has gradually dawned upon me that he is a man without conviction and men without conviction are even worse than those with wrong convictions."
		Comrade Shambhu dashed off a resignation letter by fax to Fernandes, who is also president of Samata Party, accusing him of becoming "the most unapologetic and vocal supporter of divisive forces represented by the BJP, VHP and other members of the Sangh Parivar" instead of "reversing the dangerous trends" as ruling NDA convener.
		Bluntly telling George that "my disillusionment with you and NDA is complete," Comrade Shambhu who had drifted to Samata Party from CPI regretted that "instead of allies changing and sobering BJP, the BJP is changing and saffronising them," making it unethical for him to continue the association with the party.
	www.angelfire.com /in/jalnews/2003/12051.htm (428 words)

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