After Belchi, Bishrampur. Also in Bihar. And once again, the chief minister, Mr. Karpoori Thakur, would have the nation believe that the killing of the Harijans and the burning of their huts in that hamlet have nothing to do with any incipient caste warfare or even caste antagonism in that … Read More
While it is easy enough to ask the Janata leaders to compose their differences in order that they are able to give the country effective government and cope with the challenge Mrs. Indira Gandhi has begun to pose to their party, it is difficult to suggest how best they should … Read More
It is not quite clear why the Janata government has gone back on its earlier decision to provide for preventive detention in the criminal procedure code. The previous move was in a sense ill-conceived because incorporation of the necessary clauses in the Cr.P.C. would have made preventive detention a permanent … Read More
It is not at all surprising that Mr. Y.B. Chavan should have ruled out a merger of the two Congress parties. He and those of his colleagues who feel equally strongly have had enough of Mrs. Gandhi’s leadership and do not wish to be exposed once again to the kind … Read More
It is difficult to say whether the Bihar government’s proposal to amend its decision reserving 26 per cent of the jobs under its control for backward castes will pacify its critics. But on present reckoning this looks unlikely. The Chief minister Mr. Karpoori Thakur, has said that reports regarding the … Read More
