It would be a disservice to the women of Hassan to look at Prajwal Revanna’s alleged abuse of power as a ‘sex scandal’. Allegations against him show what ‘absolute power corrupts absolutely’ actually means.
Companies are borrowing more from banks and public. Economists say high capacity utilisation & growing new orders could set stage for renewed investment push by India Inc.
New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
The talk about Rafale is not likely to stop anytime soon. Just as in the case of Bofors, the discussions/protests go on even today, though JPC and judiciary explorations did not reveal any wrongdoing. In the case of Rafale, no investigative process has even been attempted as yet. In such a situation it is likely that the parliamentarians will not stop at raising the issue only 50% of the time. Similarly for other instances, when they believe they deserve to be heard but are being shouted down by the majority party.
Think of MPs – like MLAs in the states – as docile sheep, herded at will by the party whip. There are reports that 50 sitting MPs from UP will be denied tickets. It is not really that there is anti incumbency against them. They play no role in governance, count for next to nothing in the overall scheme of things. The only difference is that it will not be possible to get lampposts elected this time round. Had each MP been an effective building block of power, things would have been different.
The talk about Rafale is not likely to stop anytime soon. Just as in the case of Bofors, the discussions/protests go on even today, though JPC and judiciary explorations did not reveal any wrongdoing. In the case of Rafale, no investigative process has even been attempted as yet. In such a situation it is likely that the parliamentarians will not stop at raising the issue only 50% of the time. Similarly for other instances, when they believe they deserve to be heard but are being shouted down by the majority party.
Think of MPs – like MLAs in the states – as docile sheep, herded at will by the party whip. There are reports that 50 sitting MPs from UP will be denied tickets. It is not really that there is anti incumbency against them. They play no role in governance, count for next to nothing in the overall scheme of things. The only difference is that it will not be possible to get lampposts elected this time round. Had each MP been an effective building block of power, things would have been different.