Was the ‘Aman ki Asha’ dialogue with Kashmiri separatists and peaceniks in India, which was promoted by Pakistan’s Jang Group of newspapers in concert with a leading Indian newspaper group, a covert Track II gambit by the Pakistan Government and the ubiquitous ISI, or did the latter two merely support … Read More
Narendra Modi’s stunning outreach to political parties that refused to join the NDA coalition, first broadly hinted at in a television interview on May 9, and reiterated on May 12 after the near unanimity among pollsters and analysts of a certain BJP victory, reflects his sagacity and farsightedness. The development … Read More
Climaxing eight months of nationwide campaigning from the time he was declared the BJP’s official Prime Ministerial nominee on September 13, 2013, topped with a gruelling 46-day segment dubbed Bharat Vijay Rally, Narendra Modi gave a clarion call for a strong Government with a robust majority at the Centre at … Read More
Stung by Narendra Modi’s aggressive campaign in Amethi on May 5 and undermined by persistent rumours that its low profile Varanasi candidate Ajay Rai had virtually withdrawn in favour of Arvind Kejriwal, the Congress vice president conducted a four hour road show in the city on May 10 morning, in … Read More
Drinking deep from his secret fountain of energy, an indefatigable Narendra Modi fired a fusillade of charges against the ruling UPA and particularly the Congress president Sonia Gandhi for a relentless campaign of vilification and defamation against him from the time he was anointed Prime Ministerial nominee of the BJP … Read More
Thundering against the Election Commission, the father-son regime in Uttar Pradesh, and the mother-son rule in the National Capital for denial of permission to him to address a rally in Varanasi city on Thursday, the BJP’s Prime Ministerial contender charged that this was the handiwork of those who have lost … Read More
The BJP’s Prime Ministerial contender was given the ‘unwelcome’ mat by the Varanasi administration which on Wednesday denied him permission to hold a rally at Beniya Bagh on May 8, refused to approve a luncheon meeting with 150 eminent citizens at a city hotel, and forbade ‘Ganga aarti’ at the … Read More
Unbelievable as it may have seemed till only the other day, Amethi has eclipsed Varanasi in terms of dramatic value in the general election of 2014. In Varanasi, the people know they are going to elect the primus inter pares of the new regime; given the unparalleled response to his … Read More
As the long drawn parliamentary election meanders to a close, it would be churlish to deny that Narendra Modi gambled well in his choice of Varanasi as the wellspring of his plans for rejuvenating India, economically and civilisationally. It is equally evident that the people of Gujarat realise he will … Read More
A chain is as strong as its weakest link. When a hard-working and tenacious politician like Smriti Irani, one of the few BJP spokespersons to prepare before speaking on any issue, was chosen to give Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi a fight in the family pocket borough of Amethi, this … Read More
