Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Are the gloves off for the Battle of 2024? Not yet…
1 year, 4 months ago

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Are the gloves off for the Battle of 2024? Not yet…

Deccan Chronicle  

It is going to be a mean half-year and more to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, and the people by and large are generally not interested in it, nor are they invested in it. If the Opposition is keen to nail the Narendra Modi government, it has to conduct a focused and forceful election campaign, and speak directly to the people. The Opposition attack on the Modi government over Manipur will be muted because none of the Opposition political parties would want to alienate the majority Meiteis in the state. The general view is that the no-confidence motion has blurred the focus on Manipur, and the Opposition will be left to attack the record of the Modi government in its nine years in power. The BJP’s supporters want the Opposition to bite the bait and launch a wide-ranging ineffective attack on the Modi government so that the issue of Manipur would get lost in the general din of charges and counter-charges.

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INDIA Alliance Rattles Modi Government: Rahul Gandhi, Mahua Moitra Lead Fierce Parliamentary Debates
5 months, 3 weeks ago

INDIA Alliance Rattles Modi Government: Rahul Gandhi, Mahua Moitra Lead Fierce Parliamentary Debates

The Hindu  

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Parliament Session Live: PM Modi expected to address Motion of Thanks debate tomorrow evening
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Parliament Session Live: PM Modi expected to address Motion of Thanks debate tomorrow evening

Firstpost  

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FROM THE SIDELINES | Results of the 2024 election is a seismic moment for Muslims that restores faith in democracy.
6 months, 2 weeks ago

FROM THE SIDELINES | Results of the 2024 election is a seismic moment for Muslims that restores faith in democracy.

The Hindu  

Published : Jun 10, 2024 15:56 IST - 7 MINS READ “Love has illuminated my body My inner self has brightened My words now have the fragrance of musk” —Kabir, 15th-century poet-philosopher from Varanasi In the past decade, there appeared to be no limits to the exclusion-cum-violence, real and psychological, against India’s Muslims that the Narendra Modi regime and its …

India elections: Modi and his Hindu nationalist BJP have another five years in power. What does it mean for the world?
6 months, 2 weeks ago

India elections: Modi and his Hindu nationalist BJP have another five years in power. What does it mean for the world?

CNN  

CNN — Narendra Modi has raised India’s stature on the global stage like no other recent leader of the world’s most populous country. Paul, author of “The Unfinished Quest: India’s Search for Major Power Status from Nehru to Modi.” “This idea of India pushing its weight around may be much less feasible for the time being, given that foreign policy …

‘Humbling moment’: What will Modi 3.0 look like for India?
6 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Humbling moment’: What will Modi 3.0 look like for India?

Al Jazeera  

As Modi prepares to be sworn in with a reduced mandate, analysts and critics say allies he depends on could serve as a check on his government. New Delhi, India – Vishal Paliwal, a 57-year-old worker of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party, spent Tuesday afternoon sleeping at home as India counted over 640 million votes cast in its …

Letters to The Editor — June 8, 2024
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Letters to The Editor — June 8, 2024

The Hindu  

The message of 2024 A truly federal structure should be evolved to avoid any possibility of majoritarian or dictatorial governance and tendencies in India in the future. India has had a narrow and providential escape from such a situation, thanks to an alert electorate and experience of the central governance of the last 10 years. V. Rajan, Thiruvananthapuram The long …

India elections: Modi declares victory but party faces shock losses in parliament and will need coalition
6 months, 2 weeks ago

India elections: Modi declares victory but party faces shock losses in parliament and will need coalition

CNN  

New Delhi CNN — India’s transformative yet divisive Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared victory in national elections on Tuesday evening, but his goal of winning an unassailable majority was left in tatters after voters delivered a shock result that reduced the extent of his party’s grip on power. Rahul Gandhi, the leader of India’s National Congress, said early election results …

Fear of defeat has caused Modi’s tongue to falter: Rahul Gandhi
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Fear of defeat has caused Modi’s tongue to falter: Rahul Gandhi

The Hindu  

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav addressed a joint rally in Varanasi on Tuesday. The fear of defeat in his Lok Sabha seat has caused “his tongue to falter.” “The media says Ajay Rai is fighting the Prime Minister of India. “A list of all the poor families of India will be made, the name of …

Rahul Gandhi accepts invite for debate on polls: 'If and when PM agrees...'
7 months, 1 week ago

Rahul Gandhi accepts invite for debate on polls: 'If and when PM agrees...'

India Today  

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Saturday formally accepted the invitation to a public debate with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Lok Sabha polls. àä¸àåàäµàä¸àåàäå àä²àå‹àä•àääàä‚àääàåàä° àä•àå‡ àä²àä¿àä àäªàåàä°àä®àåàä– àäæàä²àå‹àä‚ àä•àä¾ àäàä• àä®àä‚àäš àä¸àå‡ àä àäªàäèàä¾ àäµàä¿àäœàä¼àäè àäæàå‡àä¶ àä•àå‡ àä¸àä®àä•àåàä· àä°àä–àäèàä¾ àäàä• àä¸àä•àä¾àä°àä¾àääàåàä®àä• àäªàä¹àä² àä¹àå‹àä—àå€àåä àä•àä¾àä‚àä—àåàä°àå‡àä¸ àä‡àä¸ àäªàä¹àä² àä•àä¾ àä¸àåàäµàä¾àä—àää àä•àä°àääàå€ àä¹àåˆ àä”àä° àäšàä°àåàäšàä¾ àä•àä¾ àäèàä¿àä®àä‚àääàåàä°àä£ àä¸àåàäµàå€àä•àä¾àä° àä•àä°àääàå€ àä¹àåˆàåä àäæàå‡àä¶ …

Modi will not return as PM after 2024 polls, says Rahul Gandhi
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Modi will not return as PM after 2024 polls, says Rahul Gandhi

The Hindu  

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said Narendra Modi will not become the Prime Minister again after the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. “Take it in writing, Narendra Modi will not become the Prime Minister of India,” said Mr. Gandhi, addressing a joint rally of the INDIA bloc in support of Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav in Kannauj. Mr. Gandhi said …

View: Belligerent PM Modi puts Congress in a fix over Muslim empowerment
7 months, 4 weeks ago

View: Belligerent PM Modi puts Congress in a fix over Muslim empowerment

Hindustan Times  

After a relatively staid first round of polls, the campaigning for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections was fired up with the opposition Congress firing salvos of wealth distribution, inheritance tax, and including Muslims in the OBC category for reservation in Karnataka to protect its minority vote bank, which is key to defend its 15 seats in Communist-ruled Kerala and increase …

Mohan Guruswamy | Elections 2024: Modi up a steep & slippery slope?
8 months ago

Mohan Guruswamy | Elections 2024: Modi up a steep & slippery slope?

Deccan Chronicle  

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Standing on cusp of history, PM Modi says NDA ready for polls
9 months, 1 week ago

Standing on cusp of history, PM Modi says NDA ready for polls

The Hindu  

The schedule for the 2024 Lok Sabha election was announced by the Election Commission on Saturday, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking a third term in office, declaring that the National Democratic Alliance led by him was fully prepared for the election. Mr. Modi claimed that 10 years ago, before the BJP came to power at the Centre, the people …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Keeping up with UP | Modi juggernaut, INDIA dreams and the power of number 80

Hindustan Times  

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Letters to The Editor — March 4, 2024
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Letters to The Editor — March 4, 2024

The Hindu  

The Bharatiya Janata Party has gone into overdrive in its quest for a third term in power. It seems to be unmindful of the danger of an overkill if a political party, however invincible it may seem, plans and does everything too early, too carefully and too professionally. But they ought to realise that India’s political diversity and a host …

The opposition alliance that aimed to oust Modi appears to be cracking just before India’s elections
10 months ago

The opposition alliance that aimed to oust Modi appears to be cracking just before India’s elections

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Last year more than two dozen opposition parties in India came together to take on Narendra Modi, one of the country’s most popular prime ministers in generations. Riven by rivalries, political defections and ideological clashes, the INDIA alliance, formed to unseat Modi and defeat his Bharatiya Janata Party’s electoral juggernaut, is in shambles, analysts say. Meanwhile the …

Five reasons why Modi's BJP should not take 2024 election victory as foregone
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Five reasons why Modi's BJP should not take 2024 election victory as foregone

Firstpost  

Every time a buoyant BJP under Prime Minister Narendra Modi goes to elections, a reference to the party’s 2004 ‘India Shining’ debacle comes up. The BJP of 2004 under Atal Bihari Vajpayee lacked the aggression and electoral determination of the Modi establishment, had failed to grow the organisation in uncharted areas, and was heavily dependent on coalition partners like Chandrababu …

The Guardian admits that Modi 3.0 is inevitable, but continues to peddle the same false fears and speculations against India
11 months, 3 weeks ago

The Guardian admits that Modi 3.0 is inevitable, but continues to peddle the same false fears and speculations against India

Op India  

Western media has long been painting India as the country of all the bad things. British media outlet The Guardian, in a recently published article on India’s next elections, has done exactly what the entire Leftist cabal, and the Western media have been doing for decades. Article by The Guardian The article ‘BJP win in India’s 2024 general election almost …

BJP eyes to ‘stun’ Opposition with overwhelming show in 2024 polls, aims bigger victory than 2019
1 year ago

BJP eyes to ‘stun’ Opposition with overwhelming show in 2024 polls, aims bigger victory than 2019

India TV News  

BJP meeting: The Bharatiya Janata Party is eyeing to win an “unprecedented majority” in next year’s general elections, as part of which Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked the key organisational leaders to work towards bolstering the party’s vote share by 10 per cent, sources said on Saturday. PM Modi's 'mantra' to BJP leaders PM Modi has called for raising …

Despite facing persecution elsewhere in world, Muslims living happily in India: PM Modi
1 year ago

Despite facing persecution elsewhere in world, Muslims living happily in India: PM Modi

Firstpost  

PM Modi, in an interview to Financial Times, said, ‘The Indian society itself has no feeling of discrimination towards any religious minority’ “Despite facing persecution elsewhere in the world, Muslims have found a safe haven in India, living happily and prospering,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in an interview when he was asked about what future the Muslim minority has …

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Bharat vs India: Don't create new fault lines
1 year, 3 months ago

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Bharat vs India: Don't create new fault lines

Deccan Chronicle  

Turkiye is the old/new name for Turkey that Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had adopted for his country. President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi sent out invitations in the name of Bharat, Ms Murmu as President of Bharat and Mr Modi as Prime Minister of Bharat, instead of the customary President of India and Prime Minister of India …

Can BJP’s 3-pronged attack win in 2024?
1 year, 4 months ago

Can BJP’s 3-pronged attack win in 2024?

Hindustan Times  

With an astute political communicator such as Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the message often lies in deliberate wordplay. In 2014, Modi was the archetypal outsider, a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh pracharak turned chief minister who was a chaiwallah’s son and not part of the privileged Lutyens’ elite. The kaamdar versus naamdar binary narrative worked perfectly, especially as Gandhi did little to …

2023 No-Confidence Motion Rahul Gandhi Hug And Wink PM Narendra Modi 2023 Prediction Revisiting 2018 No-Trust Motion Debate
1 year, 4 months ago

2023 No-Confidence Motion Rahul Gandhi Hug And Wink PM Narendra Modi 2023 Prediction Revisiting 2018 No-Trust Motion Debate

ABP News  

The Narendra Modi-led Union government faces a no-confidence motion in Parliament, which is set to be debated on Tuesday. 2018 No-Confidence Motion — Rahul Gandhi's Hug & Wink, PM Modi's 2023 'Prediction': Rahul Gandhi began his address by mocking PM Modi over what he termed as a "21st-century political weapon" of "jumla-strike" saying the TDP was only among many victims …

Viral video: When PM Modi 'predicted' no-trust motion in 2023 in speech 4 years ago
1 year, 4 months ago

Viral video: When PM Modi 'predicted' no-trust motion in 2023 in speech 4 years ago

India Today  

As the Opposition parties on Wednesday submitted notices seeking a no-confidence motion in the Lok Sabha against the Centre, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's reply to such a motion in 2019 has gone viral wherein he mockingly told the parties behind it to prepare to table a similar exercise in 2023 as well. Responding to an opposition member, PM Modi said …

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Opposition needs a credible face to counter Modi in 2024
1 year, 5 months ago

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Opposition needs a credible face to counter Modi in 2024

Deccan Chronicle  

It would be useful to remember that Bihar chief minister and Janata Dal ’s old warhorse Nitish Kumar had taken the initiative to arrange for the meeting of the major Opposition parties opposed to the BJP and its leader Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Mr Kejriwal is not yet the big leader in the Opposition ranks that he would like to …

Rahul Gandhi in US: Affirmative and Astute; His Message to Modi Fans, With Love
1 year, 6 months ago

Rahul Gandhi in US: Affirmative and Astute; His Message to Modi Fans, With Love

The Quint  

Three weeks before Modi’s state visit to Washington, Gandhi has managed to stir the beehive, talking to audiences about issues that are bound to make official hair stand on end. While he criticised the Modi government, he pointedly stayed away from "pre-judging” Modi’s upcoming visit on 22 June and avoided needless controversy. The Congress leader expounded on the religious polarisation …

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Karnataka poses challenge to BJP's Hindutva strategy
1 year, 8 months ago

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Karnataka poses challenge to BJP's Hindutva strategy

Deccan Chronicle  

The Narendra Modi-Amit Shah domination of the BJP seems to have taken a beating in the run-up to the Karnataka Assembly elections next month, with the inner party turbulence revealing that the Hindutva party cannot enjoy the meek obedience that it is used to in the Hindi-speaking states like Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Madhya Pradesh, and of course in Gujarat. …

Indian opposition lawmakers rally against Modi government
1 year, 8 months ago

Indian opposition lawmakers rally against Modi government

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy More than 100 Indian opposition lawmakers, including members of the …

DC Edit | Why this spectre of foreign hand'?
1 year, 8 months ago

DC Edit | Why this spectre of foreign hand'?

Deccan Chronicle  

Does Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s allegation that his political enemies are giving out bounties to malign him and that the “foreign hand” and its local collaborators are out to get him by hook or by crook somehow bring back memories of an Indira Gandhi smelling an international conspiracy at every step? The image of Mr Modi that his party, the …

Political storm leaves Rahul Gandhi’s Wayanad voters dejected: ‘What was the need to attack him like this’
1 year, 8 months ago

Political storm leaves Rahul Gandhi’s Wayanad voters dejected: ‘What was the need to attack him like this’

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Naming the fugitive diamond tycoon Nirav Modi, banned Indian …

Four Decades On, Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Tapasvi Mode’ May Recreate Opposition Unity
1 year, 8 months ago

Four Decades On, Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Tapasvi Mode’ May Recreate Opposition Unity

The Quint  

If Rahul Gandhi plays it right and deals himself out of the leadership battle with an unambiguous statement to that effect, he will have removed two major obstacles to resetting the electoral battlefield for 2024. It is no secret that the negotiations with regional leaders failed in 2019 because of the Congress party’s insistence on Rahul Gandhi leading an opposition …

PM Modi's veiled swipe at Rahul Gandhi: 'Unfortunate, some people in London…'
1 year, 9 months ago

PM Modi's veiled swipe at Rahul Gandhi: 'Unfortunate, some people in London…'

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday took a veiled swipe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi without naming him as he said some people in London questioned India's democracy -- the same land where there is a statue of Guru Basaveshwara. I was fortunate enough to be invited to London to unveil the statute of Bhagwan Basaveshwara," PM Modi said as …

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Dreams left undisturbed in Budget amid economic lull
1 year, 10 months ago

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Dreams left undisturbed in Budget amid economic lull

Deccan Chronicle  

It is a curiously different Union Budget statement that finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. Ms Sitharaman made it clear that this year’s Budget is the second part of last year’s exercise, delineating the goals of “Amrit Kaal”, the 25-year period running from 2022, the 75th year of India’s Independence, till the 100th in 2047. …

A long march offers a glimpse of a post-Modi India
1 year, 11 months ago

A long march offers a glimpse of a post-Modi India

Al Jazeera  

In a deliberate emulation of India’s revered independence hero Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the country’s main opposition leader at present is on the final leg of a mammoth public walk across the length of the subcontinent. In walking so long, Gandhi — the face of the Indian National Congress — is offering the world’s largest democracy a new political vision and …

‘It's advantage Modi if…’: Owaisi on Opposition's PM face for 2024 LS polls
1 year, 11 months ago

‘It's advantage Modi if…’: Owaisi on Opposition's PM face for 2024 LS polls

Hindustan Times  

Making a sharp observation on the upcoming general elections, All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday indicated that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party-led government will have a clear edge over the Opposition if only a particular face is pitted against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2024. If a single opposition face fights against BJP, the latter will benefit,” …

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Govt has it easy in Parl session as Opp. miss their mark
2 years ago

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Govt has it easy in Parl session as Opp. miss their mark

Deccan Chronicle  

In the curtailed Winter Session of Parliament, what was seen was yet another clash between the government and the Opposition, which did not convey any substantial meaning even as important legislative work got done like the passing of the supplementary demands for grants of the finance ministry. What the Opposition failed to point out was that the people suffered enormously …

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Gujarat, Modi’s home base, remains a testing ground
2 years ago

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Gujarat, Modi’s home base, remains a testing ground

Deccan Chronicle  

The relentless campaigning by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah for the coming Gujarat Assembly polls either reveals the seriousness with which these two leaders take the challenge of every election, or it shows even after all these years in power -- over a quarter-century -- they are still not confident about the support of Gujarat’s …

The Hindu top news of the day, November 8 2022
2 years, 1 month ago

The Hindu top news of the day, November 8 2022

The Hindu  

Ukraine conflict | India counsels a return to dialogue and diplomacy, says Jaishankar in Moscow External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov held talks in Moscow covering a range of bilateral, regional and global issues of mutual interests. U.S. votes with Biden agenda at stake — and Trump in the wings Mr. Biden’s Democrats are facing …

India's Religious Polarization Is Seeping Into The US Diaspora
2 years, 2 months ago

India's Religious Polarization Is Seeping Into The US Diaspora

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING In Edison, New Jersey, a bulldozer, which has become a symbol of oppression of India’s Muslim minority, rolled down the street during a parade marking that country’s Independence Day. On the other hand, many Hindu Americans feel vilified and targeted for their views, said Samir Kalra, managing director of the Hindu American Foundation in Washington, D.C. “The …

Modi rules like the British; divides Indians, loots wealth: Rahul
2 years, 3 months ago

Modi rules like the British; divides Indians, loots wealth: Rahul

Deccan Chronicle  

Kanyakumari: Surpassing the expectations of the most ardent of his followers and belying disparaging criticism from rivals, Rahul Gandhi launched his life’s biggest political activity — a walk from Kanyakumari to Kashmir that will stretch non-stop for 200-odd days, to try to change the opinion of a majority of Indians about their biggest current political icon, Prime Minister Narendra Modi. …

Ahead of Bharat Jodo Yatra, Rahul Gandhi targets PM Modi
2 years, 3 months ago

Ahead of Bharat Jodo Yatra, Rahul Gandhi targets PM Modi

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is weakening the country by spreading hate and fear and that can only help Pakistan and China, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi claimed on Sunday as he set the tone for his upcoming Bharat Jodo Yatra that will be launched on September 7. ‘Modi is taking India backwards’ Targeting the Prime Minister, the former Congress chief …

Opposition must understand PM Modi's work, should think about 2029 polls not 2024, says Javadekar
2 years, 3 months ago

Opposition must understand PM Modi's work, should think about 2029 polls not 2024, says Javadekar

Firstpost  

Senior BJP leader Prakash Javadekar asserted the BJP is getting electoral success repeatedly only because people like Modi work. Thane: Senior BJP leader Prakash Javadekar has said the opposition should understand the personality of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the work being done by him for the people of the country. After Modi became prime minister in 2014, the atmosphere …

‘Attack on a dream’: Muslims in fear as Indian democracy turns 75
2 years, 4 months ago

‘Attack on a dream’: Muslims in fear as Indian democracy turns 75

Al Jazeera  

India’s democracy is under pressure like never before as dreams of an ethnic Hindu nation leave its minorities sleepless. Critics say Hindu majoritarianism has become a de facto state policy under Modi, with Hindu supremacist groups ratcheting up their demand to turn the country into a “Hindu Rashtra” or an exclusive Hindu state. Across the country, Muslims are facing blatant …

PM Modi lays down agenda for India@100, asks for people's support in decisive war against corruption
2 years, 4 months ago

PM Modi lays down agenda for India@100, asks for people's support in decisive war against corruption

India TV News  

Highlights PM Modi earlier today paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat He unfurled the national flag at the Red Fort and addressed the nation PM Modi also examined the inter-services and police Guard of Honour as he arrived at the Red Fort Independence Day 2022: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday addressed the nation on the 76th Independence Day. …

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | India@75 mood: Uneasy sense of triumphalism…
2 years, 4 months ago

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | India@75 mood: Uneasy sense of triumphalism…

Deccan Chronicle  

So, what’s the mood? It is a tricky issue indeed because the mood could change quite quickly, and one could look slightly foolish to have stuck one’s head out and say: “This is the mood”. Or shall we say: “How’s the josh?” If we go by the speeches of politicians like Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union home minister Amit Shah, …

At 75, India’s democracy is under pressure like never before
2 years, 4 months ago

At 75, India’s democracy is under pressure like never before

LA Times  

Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi, center in blue mask, and other lawmakers participate in a protest in New Delhi, India, Friday, Aug. 5, 2022. “And now, 75 years on, to witness it being dismantled systematically and in shockingly violent ways is traumatic.” Modi’s ministers say India’s democratic principles are robust, even thriving. Then he promised: “To the nations and peoples …

At 75, India’s democracy is under pressure like never before
2 years, 4 months ago

At 75, India’s democracy is under pressure like never before

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — The Aug. 5 demonstrations by India’s main opposition Congress party against soaring food prices and unemployment began like any other recent protest — an electorally weak opposition taking to the New Delhi streets against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s massively popular government. “And now, 75 years on, to witness it being dismantled systematically and in shockingly violent ways …

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Why Modi’s reaching out to minorities, not just Hindus
2 years, 5 months ago

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Why Modi’s reaching out to minorities, not just Hindus

Deccan Chronicle  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his speech at the BJP’s national executive session in Hyderabad earlier this month, had exhorted party workers to reach out to the backward sections of the minorities, and not confine themselves to the Hindus, as he also asked them to take out “Sneha Yatraa”, or friendship rallies. Most admirers and critics tend to overlook Mr …

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Govt’s surprise moves: The lack of transparency visible
2 years, 6 months ago

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Govt’s surprise moves: The lack of transparency visible

Deccan Chronicle  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi seems to believe in the surprise element in all of his policy announcements. The Prime Minister thinks that surprise moves will keep his government on its feet, and the unpreparedness of the government is not a matter of concern at all. In January 2018, when Nirmala Sitharaman was the defence minister, an emergency purchase order for …

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