Monthly allowance for women, housing for the poor, subsidised gas cylinders, increased pensions, and 2 lakh govt jobs feature in both the Congress and BJP manifestos.
Congress highlighted internship programme, employment-linked incentive scheme and abolition of angel tax as examples of ideas Modi govt ‘copied’ from its Lok Sabha polls manifesto.
The politics of fear impacts voting behaviour and has consequences on marginalised communities, particularly Muslims and Dalits. It hurts them in terms of long-term policy measures.
Words like 'ghuspethiye' or 'tushtikaran' resonate very little in West Bengal, nor do phrases like 'mangalsutra' or Amit Shah's distortion of Mamata Banerjee's 'Maa, Mati, Manush' slogan into 'mullah, madrasa, mafia'.
Her remarks come days after Modi claimed Congress wants to confiscate people's jewellery, savings by doing X-ray of their properties. Dismissing it, Priyanka asks, 'is that even possible?'
The issue of the Muslim quota has the potential to polarise SCs, STs, and OBCs along religious lines in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. It benefits the BJP.
From Sam Pitroda talking about inheritance tax to Goan candidate saying the Indian Constitution was 'forced' on Goa, Congress has been having its own foot-in-the-mouth moments.
In a two-page letter, the Congress chief said his party has always served to empower the poor while the Modi government has looted the money of the poor through demonetisation.
The chairman of overseas Congress had given example of US inheritance tax & suggested a debate on this in India. BJP has called it Congress’s 'destructive' intention if voted to power.
Speaking at Samajik Nyay Sammelan in Delhi, the Congress leader also said that 'as soon as our government is formed, the first thing that would be done is caste census.'
With his cameo in Bads of Bollywood, Emraan Hashmi, who has long shifted away from his signature bold image, got the chance to revive his boyhood charm.
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.
There were no plans to have Mk1A version. However, compromise was reached between HAL & IAF in 2015 since original plan for getting Mk2 would've been time-consuming affair.
Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.
A sort of rat race, making several all-alluring pre-poll promises, seems to be going between the main political parties contesting the ensuing Haryana assembly elections. But where will the money come from to upkeep the same after coming into power here? There should be some constitutional provisions to honour all such vote centric commitments. The Hon’ble SC may kindly like to take suo motu note thereof.
A sort of rat race, making several all-alluring pre-poll promises, seems to be going between the main political parties contesting the ensuing Haryana assembly elections. But where will the money come from to upkeep the same after coming into power here? There should be some constitutional provisions to honour all such vote centric commitments. The Hon’ble SC may kindly like to take suo motu note thereof.