Lok Sabha elections 2019 has quite a few former IAS and IPS officers turning to politics — some who joined after retirement and others who dumped their careers midway.
In every general election in Chhattisgarh, BJP has won 10 seats and Congress just 1. However, the 2018 assembly polls may just have turned the tide for Congress.
Shiv Sena said Modi should give no space to those talking of dividing the nation in his Modi cabinet or the NDA no matter what the math on govt formation is.
Local residents are furious after BJP chief Amit Shah compares Wayanad to Pakistan over green flags at Rahul Gandhi’s rally. Analysts say Shah's remark will help BJP beyond Kerala.
Observers say Modi & Nitish have similar approaches to governance & their party colleagues, but couldn’t be more different in the contents of their campaigns.
Congress took a jibe at the BJP by referring to 'Operation Kamala' from 2008 when it attempted to "poach-all" MLAs to stake claim to form the government in Karnataka.
Sanyal, an economist & member of the Economic Advisory Council to PM, also suggests that if India is to import parts from China, why not allow Chinese companies to manufacture in India.
Referring to current situation, General Upendra Dwivedi says it is stable but not normal; instead, sensitive. He adds the diplomatic side can only come up with certain options.
How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?
One has mixed feelings about this development. These are highly educated, talented individuals, they have practical experience of governance, some would say they will enrich politics. However, the political neutrality / impartiality on which a permcivil service is based will be weakened, undermined if officers – either post retirement, or by resigning – begin to enter electoral politics. 2. A not unrelated aside. Some of the lateral entrants who have been selected by the UPSC – the earlier proposal was an in house selection panel headed by the Cabinet Secretary – are now found to be ideologically aligned to the ruling party. One way or another, politics is permeating administration.
Congress desperately wants its chair back. For this they will support anybody to fight election for the purpose of vote cutting. But aaega to Modi hi.
One has mixed feelings about this development. These are highly educated, talented individuals, they have practical experience of governance, some would say they will enrich politics. However, the political neutrality / impartiality on which a permcivil service is based will be weakened, undermined if officers – either post retirement, or by resigning – begin to enter electoral politics. 2. A not unrelated aside. Some of the lateral entrants who have been selected by the UPSC – the earlier proposal was an in house selection panel headed by the Cabinet Secretary – are now found to be ideologically aligned to the ruling party. One way or another, politics is permeating administration.