By refusing to be sworn in as minister of state on the ground that Sonia Gandhi has yet to contest from Amethi and get elected to Parliament, Rudra Pratap Singh has made history of sorts. In no democracy has a legislator perhaps ever taken up such a position. Regardless, however, … Read More
For the first time since independence, a challenger to the Congress, both in organisational and ideological terms, has appeared in the shape of the Bharatiya Janata Party following the present poll. That, indeed, is the central significance of the 1991 election. Regardless of whether one likes or abhors the BJP, … Read More
Regardless of the possible accuracy or otherwise of the MARG-Times of India poll published in the newspapers on June 12, coincidentally or otherwise the polling day for the second phase of the current election, one aspect of it deserves attention. This relates to answers to two inter-related questions: whether the … Read More
Despite all that happened in it and to it since the great split in 1969, the Congress remains a most valuable political estate. No one can possibly deny that much. It follows that with the sudden disappearance of the chairman-managing director, a bitter struggle for control over it has become … Read More
Rajiv Gandhi’s brutal assassination has thrown the Indian political scene into confusion. We have to wait for the election results before we can even speculate on the likely course of events. This is an eloquent tribute to the deceased leader and a testimony to the position he occupied in the … Read More
