Arun Nehru, who sought to be Court Chamberlain in the Rajiv Gandhi-era, argued to continue with Indira Gandhi’s policy of playing the Hindu card in a subtle way that did not alienate Muslims.
The Congress in Chhattisgarh did fail to protect the interests of the minorities, but it’s deceptive to assume that the voter wanted hard Hindutva and rejected soft Hindutva.
Okhla MLA Khan was arrested by Delhi Police over a protest against 'anti-encroachment drive' Thursday. AAP MLA & lawyer Somnath Bharti was sent to court where Khan was produced.
Sharad Pawar has 'snubbed' nephew Ajit Pawar's assertion that NCP will use saffron flag with Shivaji emblazoned on it, a move seen as toeing soft Hindutva line.
Congress manifesto promises monthly honorarium for imams, salary for temple priests on par with state staff and efforts to get SC status for Dalit Christians.
The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.
IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.
What a superficial analysis – as always!
Rajiv then was like his son today – clueless about Indian history, economics and sociology. His stance on the Shah Bano judgement was the root cause of the current scenario. It proved to educated, middle of the road Hindus that politicians will never allow the Muslim community to place the Constitution over the Quran. The rest, as they say, is history.
What a superficial analysis – as always!
Rajiv then was like his son today – clueless about Indian history, economics and sociology. His stance on the Shah Bano judgement was the root cause of the current scenario. It proved to educated, middle of the road Hindus that politicians will never allow the Muslim community to place the Constitution over the Quran. The rest, as they say, is history.