The four-page section that appears in the second part of the Social Science textbook under the chapter Democracy: An Indian Experience, describes the governor not as an elected authority, but a 'nominal figure'.
Both UDF & LDF claim Arlekar is trying to convert Raj Bhavan into 'RSS office' by insisting on paying tribute to Bharat Mata holding saffron flag, widely used symbol of nationalism by Sangh.
Latest episode comes just weeks after Agriculture Minister P Prasad boycotted another Raj Bhavan event on World Environment Day objecting to presence of Bharat Mata portrait.
Kerala Agriculture Minister P. Prasad boycotted the event, saying that the picture displayed at the Raj Bhavan is typically used by the RSS in its functions.
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.
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