In an exclusive interview with ThePrint, senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram slammed Modi for his style of governance and said he feared he would change the Constitution if voted back to power.
The byelection follows the death of MLA Rajendra Dholakia, a Gujarati businessman-turned-politician of the BJD who also served as a minister in the previous government.
Cooperation Ministry takes a step towards financial inclusion with Sahkar DigiPay and Sahkar DigiLoan. They will enable faster and seamless access to financial services in small towns.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
The first phase of voting, in 91 constituencies, has gone off well. That is the core function of the ECI. The sheer logistics of enabling 900 million Indians to choose their next government. On being seen as a neutral umpire, the record is a little uneven. The point to be noted is that the game it is meant to referee is not being played by truant teenagers. On both – actually three – sides of the political divide, the participants are senior figures from our public life, many holding high constitutional office. They should be regulating themselves most of the time, not waiting to be called out by an outraged ECI. Would Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru really require the ECI to tell him what was permissible, what was not. 2. Second, all institutions should pick up their share of the weight. The apolitical nature of the armed forces is known to all. Truly one of our sacred cows. So why should Nirvachan Sadan alone show the card. The letter sent by 150 retired officers will stop this now in its tracks. Three serving chiefs could have been equally effective.
The first phase of voting, in 91 constituencies, has gone off well. That is the core function of the ECI. The sheer logistics of enabling 900 million Indians to choose their next government. On being seen as a neutral umpire, the record is a little uneven. The point to be noted is that the game it is meant to referee is not being played by truant teenagers. On both – actually three – sides of the political divide, the participants are senior figures from our public life, many holding high constitutional office. They should be regulating themselves most of the time, not waiting to be called out by an outraged ECI. Would Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru really require the ECI to tell him what was permissible, what was not. 2. Second, all institutions should pick up their share of the weight. The apolitical nature of the armed forces is known to all. Truly one of our sacred cows. So why should Nirvachan Sadan alone show the card. The letter sent by 150 retired officers will stop this now in its tracks. Three serving chiefs could have been equally effective.