Now that the Parliamentary elections are over and the result is before us, it is time to introspect and recall the words and conduct of our politicians, specially all those who contested and won or lost. There was hardly anyone who did not spit fire and brimstone against his or her opponent. If the 2014…
Congress leaders demand sacking of Venugopal
June 7, 2019Bengaluru: Even as the Congress is struggling to put its house in order post the drubbing in the LS polls, senior Congress leaders have demanded the sacking of Congress Party in-charge of Karnataka, K.C. Venugopal. Maintaining that Venugopal had little knowledge on the ground realities of politics in the State, the leaders accused him of…
State Cabinet expansion put on hold as internal bickerings escalate in Congress
June 6, 2019Bengaluru: With the Congress mired in a battle between old and migrant party leaders, the much anticipated State Cabinet expansion has been put on hold by the Congress Central leadership. Even as speculations began gaining ground that independent legislators and migrant party leaders were set to be included in the expansion of the Coalition Government,…
H.K. Patil calls for meeting of senior Congress leaders
June 6, 2019Bengaluru: Even as the recent outbursts of senior Congress legislators and former Ministers Ramalinga Reddy and Roshan Baig has rattled the State Congress, another veteran party leader H.K. Patil has urged the party high command to immediately convene a meeting of senior congress leaders to resolve issues haunting the party. Speaking to press persons here…
“It’s the Leadership, Stupid”: Taking a peek into Modi Magic
May 25, 2019Narendra Damodardas Modi, India’s first Prime Minister to be born in Independent India, on May 23rd also became the first Prime Minister since 1971 to secure a single party majority twice in a row. The BJP patriarch, L.K. Advani in 2014, after being relegated to the Margdarshak Mandal, while congratulating Modi, turned it into a…
Opposition thinks of Modi, Modi thinks of Country
May 22, 2019Congress Party must go back to the People from the Dynasty At a time like this where Indian Democracy is put to severe test of credibility and its future destiny as a Democracy because of the frustrated Opposition Parties, numbering 21, fearing losing the just concluded Parliamentary Elections as indicated by the Exit Polls, it…
Who will be the King and who will be the King-maker ?
May 22, 2019NDA rule or UPA rule is not a matter of concern. For a common man, it does not make any difference. Both are two sides of the same coin. Their only aim is to make their cadre rich. Election promises are best forgotten after elections. Of course, both Congress and bjp have some experience of…
Now, sad things about democracy
May 21, 2019By T.J.S. George Two days from today, India will change. That change will affect the country’s fundamentals. If the BJP wins a majority, the ongoing attempts to recast the soul of India will be triumphantly accelerated, altering the original DNA that was configured by the nation’s founding fathers. If a non-BJP coalition gets control, our…
Vijayapura woman Congress leader found dead
May 18, 2019Vijayapura: A 36-year-old woman Congress leader of Vijayapura was found dead under mysterious circumstances under a Krishna River Bridge in the district early on Friday. Reshma Padekanur of Vijayapura is the deceased. Resham, who was the Vijayapura District JD(S) President for years, had joined the Congress ahead of last year’s Assembly elections, after the JD(S)…
How the Modi-Shah combine is like no adversary the Congress has ever encountered before?
May 16, 2019By Shashank Gouri from New York Rahul Gandhi must be ruing the day his party coined the phrase ‘Chowkidar Chor Hai.’ In a bid to counter the ruling BJP’s strategy to transition Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Chaiwala to Chowkidar, the Congress might have finally met its match in Modi-Shah as they are left grappling…
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