If the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) hopes to have a chance to win in the next General Elections under the leadership of Narendra Modi and Rajnath Singh, it must dissolve the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) without further ado. The party’s traditional allies like the Akali Dal and the Shiv Sena … Read More
Former BJP president LK Advani is set to remain as a millstone round the neck of the party, with the freedom to pursue, to the extent possible, his new mission to derail the growing eminence of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. Although Advani failed to reverse Modi’s elevation as the … Read More
One impact of the Gujarat Chief Minister’s elevation as the Bharatiya Janata Party’s campaign committee chief will be the quiet retreat of the Amethi MP as his main challenger; the Congress president will be forced to lead the electoral battle in 2014 and search for a new surrogate-PM should the … Read More
Now that the juvenile accused in the December 16, 2012, gang-rape in Delhi has officially come of age (June 4, 2013), it may be pertinent to examine if it was always open to the authorities to try him as an adult in the crime. If so, the logical corollary would … Read More
The Central Information Commission (CIC) on Monday, June 3, 2013, stunned the entire political spectrum by extending the ambit of the Right to Information (RTI) Act to cover six major political parties, namely the Congress, BJP, NCP, CPI-M, CPI and BSP. The Congress which dominates the UPA coalition at the … Read More
Amidst confusing, even contradictory, reports coming out of Syria, it is clear that the world is poised on the brink of a greater conflagration than previously envisioned – a regional war distinct from the US-NATO action in Iraq and Libya, with wider ramifications. Major world capitals have decided their stand … Read More
But the problem of corruption in cricket lies elsewhere Legalizing betting in cricket, the standard panacea each time a scandal erupts over match-fixing, and currently spot-fixing, fails to address the central malady of corruption in the game. Instead of suggesting ways to curb the stinking malfeasance, the ‘legalise betting’ lobby … Read More
Embarrassed over revelations that the May 25 Maoist attack that virtually eliminated its top leadership in Chhattisgarh occurred after an inexplicable last minute change in the convoy’s route (suggesting sabotage), the Congress has retaliated by demanding Chief Minister Raman Singh’s resignation. Hoping to unseat the BJP in Chhattisgarh’s polls this … Read More
The Congress which dominates the UPA coalition at the Centre, the rootless human rights group peopled by the likes of Binayak Sen and Arundhati Roy, and the Supreme Court which decided that the Salwa Judum campaign against the Maoist menace in Chhattisgarh was illegal, are collectively responsible for the May … Read More
The hullabaloo over the appointment of recently retired Defence Secretary Shashi Kant Sharma as Comptroller & Auditor General of India, succeeding Vinod Rai who bestowed enormous prestige on the post with his fearless auditing of serial scams of the ruling UPA, could have been avoided if the Opposition had been … Read More
