No-Opposition arrangement in Nagaland assembly has erased any scope for checks and balances that a democratic system offers, but legislators don't seem too bothered about its implications.
Modi likes to paint his political rivals as meat-and-fish-gobbling quasi-Muslims who present 'Muslim' manifestos, appease Muslims, and can’t hope to represent India.
No matter how much the proclivity of democratically elected populist leaders to centralise political power, they are bound to leave some institutional opportunities for oppositional politics.
Congress stuck to linking govt's move to 'electoral bonds scandal'. Meanwhile, Mamata said she would oppose the law 'if it discriminates against groups of people living in India'.
I’m glad the Chandigarh farce was called out. I’m pleased too that the SC went back to constitutional first principles in electoral bonds case. But don’t expect it to act as a force against the govt.
Making his pitch for upcoming LS polls, the PM said a majority govt ensures there is clarity in policies and decisions, added that people today talk about 'credibility not corruption'.
Former V-P was talking at launch of book by ex-law & justice minister Ashwani Kumar. Ansari described it as a 'set of writings depicting a contemporary vision of our democracy'.
India's projects related to BIMSTEC, Look-East-Act-East and Indian Ocean Rim Association could suffer a setback, impacting trade with South Asia and the South-South Cooperation agenda.
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
It is an insult to more than 100 crore Indians to say there is no alternative! Leaders will emerge given an opportunity. People probably thought there will be a vacuum after Nehru and then after India but the country moved on. There may be temporary inconvenience but having a strong leader with wrong ideology and divisive rhetoric is much more harmful than having a normal Leader/government with right inclusive ideology.
It is an insult to more than 100 crore Indians to say there is no alternative! Leaders will emerge given an opportunity. People probably thought there will be a vacuum after Nehru and then after India but the country moved on. There may be temporary inconvenience but having a strong leader with wrong ideology and divisive rhetoric is much more harmful than having a normal Leader/government with right inclusive ideology.