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Sunday, April 28, 2024
TopicIndira Gandhi

Topic: Indira Gandhi

Those opposed to Indira Gandhi were a special target of Emergency & so was I

"The rule of law was sought to be replaced by a politically dangerous principle that Indira Gandhi was indispensable. A situation was created for the party to rally behind her."

How Sonia Gandhi kept Maneka from entering politics after Sanjay’s death

Sources close to Sonia said she felt Maneka Gandhi's inexperience and haughty behaviour would become a liability for Indira Gandhi.

The grand opposition alliance will not work because it doesn’t have a Modi

The alliance is also unlikely to have a strong anchor party to act as the glue or a sufficiently comfortable majority

BJP-linked think tank blames Indira’s nationalisation for today’s bank crisis, wants probe

Blames decision for banking crisis; alleges that nationalisation enabled Congress to consolidate both political and economic power.

Why the fuss over Pranab? A previous RSS chief called Indira ‘India’s greatest politician’

In a 2005 Walk The Talk, then RSS chief K.S. Sudarshan praised Indira Gandhi, saying she had a good understanding of the people, their needs, and the country.

Congress’s loss in Karnataka assembly election reflects on Rahul Gandhi’s power as the high command

Gandhi should ask himself if his grandmother would have allowed a chief minister to dictate the terms of an electoral campaign.

Why people compare Modi with Indira, and why they shouldn’t

The BJP’s line of defence in the K.M. Joseph issue raises two questions. Does the law minister mean that ‘irregular’ appointments are justified because there is precedent?

Rajiv Gandhi played both ways and lost, now Rahul is trying his hand at soft Hindutva

Some in the Congress party ask why the voters in Karnataka have to choose between various flavours of Hindu identity.

New book claims Indira Gandhi wanted to recapture Pak-occupied Kashmir after 1971 war

A. Parthasarathi’s book claims Indira Gandhi received a secret telegram from then Soviet President Brezhnev who pledged military support if she decided to ‘re-take’ PoK.

The Left is dying, but Leftism is alive and kicking

If the two principal parties have turned away from the “neo-liberal” agenda, they must agree the electorate isn't interested in those ideas.

On Camera

America’s out-of-control militarised police forces are a threat to democracy

The world watched aghast as police armed with tasers, tear-gas masks—and in one case backed up by snipers—arrested hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters at universities across the United States.

Government allows export of onions to six countries, sets buffer stock target

The government had imposed an export prohibition in order to ensure adequate domestic availability of onions in the country.

Germany removes restrictions, India can now buy small arms from its firms

Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

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.