Amid the DMK wave across Tamil Nadu, the AIADMK won 9 out of 22 seats in the assembly bypolls, helping it reach a small majority of 122 out of 234 MLAs.
There are 65 seats across 12 states and two Union Territories that have over 25 per cent Muslim population. The BJP won in 36.9% of these seats on its own.
Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.
We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.
COMMENTS