Several unanswered questions remain as the Congress-JD(S) coalition government takes oath, including whether the grand old party is ready to play second fiddle at the national stage.
Nineteen states have NDA governments, but the partners have lost their bargaining power because the survival of Modi government does not depend on them.
Modi's decisive victory in 2014 upended one of the main postulates of coalition politics — that each alliance has some 'essential' allies, while others gravitate to the winning side.
Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities.
In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.
The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.
I want to compliment the author; he’s a finance man, and yet has made a very accurate statement that the RSS is totally a north Indian entity. Though we have more conservative Hindus in the south who more completely follow the entire gamut of Hindu rituals compared to their north Indian brethren, yet the RSS who claims to be the Messiah of Hindus hasn’t been able to cut much ice in the south.
And herein lies a great danger: if RSS driven politics gains currency in our country, the north-south divide is likely to get more accentuated. Who knows, it may come to a breaking point sometime in future.
Obviously,this Sharma has not heard of Karnataka in South India.In the present assembly BJP has 104 seats,Congress just 78 and JD(S) a measly 37.It is Hindutva all the way.In the last LS election BJP got 16 out of 26.
Modi has exposed himself as a dull and average leader, and even more mediocre reformer . He is NOT bold and his insecurity is now palpable. His demonetisation could become one of the finest examples of bounded rationality. However, he or any other leader who emerges from the democratic intra-party elections is still a better choice for a young democracy than a scion born with a dynastic silver spoon in the mouth. The coming GE will really test whether India is ready to become a mature democracy or still prefers the cosy embrace of dynastic rule that itself needs multiple crutches to survive.
The simple fact is that this world view resonates with very few Indians. See how swiftly the Ram Mandir issue has been wound up. Or how badly the CAB has played out in the north east. 2014 was not at all about religion, language, diet, all the other fads that are being imposed by edict. It was about good governance and economic development. 2019 will be a referendum on how much and how well these have been delivered.
I want to compliment the author; he’s a finance man, and yet has made a very accurate statement that the RSS is totally a north Indian entity. Though we have more conservative Hindus in the south who more completely follow the entire gamut of Hindu rituals compared to their north Indian brethren, yet the RSS who claims to be the Messiah of Hindus hasn’t been able to cut much ice in the south.
And herein lies a great danger: if RSS driven politics gains currency in our country, the north-south divide is likely to get more accentuated. Who knows, it may come to a breaking point sometime in future.
Obviously,this Sharma has not heard of Karnataka in South India.In the present assembly BJP has 104 seats,Congress just 78 and JD(S) a measly 37.It is Hindutva all the way.In the last LS election BJP got 16 out of 26.
Modi has exposed himself as a dull and average leader, and even more mediocre reformer . He is NOT bold and his insecurity is now palpable. His demonetisation could become one of the finest examples of bounded rationality. However, he or any other leader who emerges from the democratic intra-party elections is still a better choice for a young democracy than a scion born with a dynastic silver spoon in the mouth. The coming GE will really test whether India is ready to become a mature democracy or still prefers the cosy embrace of dynastic rule that itself needs multiple crutches to survive.
The simple fact is that this world view resonates with very few Indians. See how swiftly the Ram Mandir issue has been wound up. Or how badly the CAB has played out in the north east. 2014 was not at all about religion, language, diet, all the other fads that are being imposed by edict. It was about good governance and economic development. 2019 will be a referendum on how much and how well these have been delivered.