DMK working president M.K. Stalin Sunday demanded the immediate withdrawal of the proposal, calling it a move aimed at nullifying reservation for Dalits and backward classes.
The Modi Govt has instructed the Finance Commission to use 2011 census figures instead of the 1971 figures, to apportion revenue from taxation between the states.
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.
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’.
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.
Comrade Stalin has had everything delivered to him on a platter, although that can be a mixed blessing, as the sons of many great men have discovered. Neither national party has a snowflake’s chance in Tamil Nadu. The two film stars have left their entry into electoral politics too late in their – dare one say fading – careers. The AIADMK was not designed to be seaworthy after JJ, and that is showing up. So M K Stalin must look deeply into his soul, rustle up some greatness. As much for the state as for himself.
Comrade Stalin has had everything delivered to him on a platter, although that can be a mixed blessing, as the sons of many great men have discovered. Neither national party has a snowflake’s chance in Tamil Nadu. The two film stars have left their entry into electoral politics too late in their – dare one say fading – careers. The AIADMK was not designed to be seaworthy after JJ, and that is showing up. So M K Stalin must look deeply into his soul, rustle up some greatness. As much for the state as for himself.