Land acquisition bill deferred! Coal and mines bills passed! These are surprising wins for the government. Given the first flush of enthusiasm and Sonia Gandhi leading a delegation of 14 Opposition parties, the Rajya Sabha or rather the Rajya Sabha ‘managers’ succeeded in pushing through two crucial bills. It looks that given the time and…
Author: V.Isvarmurti
What future for the Congress party?
Mixed signals point to more misfortunes! The Congress party can’t be in more dire straits! So many challenges, unprecedented crises! There are any numbers of signals that point to more troubles. The party heir is absconding. His whereabouts not known? No one in the party said a word! What doom had overtaken? How can a…
Land Acquisition Act needed!
Nitin Gadkari talks to All India Panchayat Parishad of village heads! Sonia Gandhi led a 14-Opposition parties delegation to Rashtrapathi Bhavan! Modi government is really in a bind.It is faced with the prospect of a deadlock over the much controversial Land Acquisition Act that was passed in the Lok Sabha but stuck in the Rajya…
There is the sociology of agriculture!
Let us listen to the farmers! Then frame a realistic agriculture policy! Who in the Modi government care for agriculture sector? The Modi government, as Arun Jaitley tells (in his NDTV interview) is a pro-business-friendly government. In telling about the need for government to acquire more lands, for some priority needs like industrial parks, infrastructure,…
Kejriwal, the flavour of the season politician!
Can he really sustain his newly-won credibility? Subsidised power and free water! Can this one more version of freebies last for sometime at least? Yes, this is not the time to ask such questions. No one would care for the same! Such is the flavour of the season politics. Even the great Modi, the otherwise…
Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi party will face more splits?
Very likely, if what the insiders revealed on the national meet are true! Kejriwal’s politics is no different from others? Congress, the oldest party! Aam Aadmi, the newest party! What is the difference between them? One is seen as one-person-centric. Kejriwal’s new party is also fallen into this trap? It seems so. Indian political scene…
Dr.Manmohan Singh served with a court summons!
Congress politics takes another beating! Rahul Gandhi extends his leave of absence from duty! Sonia Gandhi plays her role as a party president! So, all amount to what end? Indian polity is taking some curious turns lately. Of course, Mr.Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister, is showing some change of behaviour. He seems to have toned…
Where will Sonia Gandhi go from here?
I see this question as a milestone in the evolution and maturing of Indian democracy. There is a troublesome transition path for the Congress party, in the sort and the long-run. It has to overcome some difficult court cases and other sensitive questions to establish its credibility. People ask me why I still cling to…