M.L.Fotedar’s time bomb? Now, the Bihar’s Assembly election results had suddenly changed the Indian political landscape. With Nitish Kumar-Lalu Yadav’s sweep of Bihar, the assertive and even aggressive Narendra Modi seems beatable in the next general election. This is too short a time in which Mr.Modi’s historic 2014 Lok Sabha election seemed to be a…
Category: Politics
Prime Minister Modi has done well so far!
Confidence high, hopes positive! But the atmosphere is vitiated by contradictory forces from within the ruling alliance Lack of a coherent modern ideology leads to lawlessness, violence and criminality in public behaviour on the part of various levels of leaders? The PM could do more, especially at the grass-roots and at the many institutional levels!…
Prime Minister’s powers under the Constitution
Peoples’ faith in democratic processes should not be undermined! In a year and so Mr.Narendra Modi has transformed India from a distraught nation into a very vibrant and optimistic country. There is a hope and expectation on a wider front. India’s profile on the international front is now perhaps at the highest point since the…
Advani’s Bombshell!
Another Emergency, now under Modi possible? L.K.Advani, 87, is no ordinary voice. He is perhaps the senior most BJP leader, next only to Vajpee. Old timers, intellectuals like Jaswant Singh were shunted out unceremonially. Now, with Mr.Narendra Modi as the all-powerful Prime Minister, with the BJP party and the government under the tight control of…
Modi’s one year
What are the assessments by the supporters and critics? Supporters many, few critics are no ordinary persons. Yes, Modi’s one year is being celebrated over much geography. Press conferences and other publicity means. Mr.Modi who has been very much on the international stage all these months and also playing to the theatrical style performances and…
Time for PM Modi to build a national consensus!
On a range of issues! One year performance review of the Indian government. There is a mixed sense of elation as well as criticism over one-year of Modi government. It is time we make a fresh new debate on Indian political and economic ideologies. Our economic future depends upon how our people look forward to…
Land Acquisition Bill politicised?
Who is pro-poor: BJP or the Congress? Prime Minister Mr.Modi, after his very path-breaking 10-day, three nation tour to Europe and Canada has come to find himself fighting a battle of sorts, this time; it is all about the, public perceptions of his government. All his strenuous efforts so far, from the day he took…
National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC)
Notified hardly 48 hours as the Supreme Court takes up hearing the batch of petitions challenging the Act! Confrontation or conciliation ahead? The Modi regime is surely doing things about the independence of judiciary in unusual ways. Much more explicit language might not be appropriate for this journal! There is a batch of petitions challenging…