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3 weeks, 1 day ago

Interview | How Chhattisgarh CM Vishnu Deo Sai aims to raise more funds needed for welfare, paddy bonus

Chhattisgarh has had a year of major successes against Left Wing Extremism that chief minister Vishnu Deo Sai credits to the ‘double-engine’ government’s zero-tolerance towards Maoists. He refutes the perception that this has impacted law and order management in other parts of the state and shares how the government is looking to raise finances to fund welfare schemes and pay …

Maoists State Bjp Minister Other Parts Direct Elections

1 year, 1 month ago

Enhancing representation, for a just electoral system

The Hindu

An Indian Member of Parliament is said to represent 2.5 million citizens, on average. Unlike India, the United States has a political system that seeks to engender malapportionment, with each State given two senators in the U.S. Senate, enabling a block on legislation. In India, with its heterogeneous political system across States, malapportionment can mean empowering select political outfits over …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Parliament Special Session Highlights: Rajya Sabha passes Women's Reservation Bill

Live Mint

Parliament Special Session Day 4 Highlights: After receiving a unanimous support in Lok Sabha, women's reservation bill, aka Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, was passed in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday. Sonia Gandhi speaks on Women's Reservation Bill in Parliament LIVE “Please include SC, ST and OBCs women into the women reservation bill," says Sonia Gandhi. Sonia Gandhi speaks on women …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Women's Reservation Bill introduces three new Articles, one clause in Constitution

India Today

The Women's Reservation Bill, introduced during the inaugural session in the new Parliament building on Tuesday, is a progressive step towards promoting and ensuring women's representation in politics. These are: New clause in 239AA: Seats shall be reserved for women in the Delhi Legislative Assembly, 1/3rd of the seats reserved for SCs shall be reserved for women, 1/3rd of the …

Women Reservation Lok Sabha Reservations Parliament Bill Legislative

2 years, 7 months ago

'Adequate Representation, Political Posts': What Karnataka Christians Want from Congress

News 18

Despite protests by Christian clergy and other organisations, the Karnataka government has managed to get Governor Thawarchand Gehlot’s nod to the controversial ordinance banning religious conversions on Tuesday. At this rate, we will soon be without even one MLA in the state,” said a Christian leader of the Congress, who did not wish to be identified. Some younger ones are …

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3 years, 1 month ago

UAW votes for direct election of leaders in wake of scandal

Associated Press

DETROIT — Members of the United Auto Workers union have overwhelmingly approved picking their leaders by direct ballot elections, rejecting a system that many blamed for a bribery and embezzlement scandal in the union’s top ranks. Peggy Jones, a worker at General Motors’ truck assembly plant in Flint, Michigan, said she voted to keep the delegate system but understands that …

Elections Scandal Election Union Detroit Leaders President

4 years, 5 months ago

Lee Teng-hui, former president who brought direct elections to Taiwan, dies at 97

Firstpost

Physically imposing and charismatic, former Taiwanese president Lee Teng-hui spanned Taiwan’s modern history and was native to the self-governed island Taipei: Former Taiwanese president Lee Teng-hui, who brought direct elections and other democratic changes to the self-governed island despite missile launches and other fierce saber-rattling by China, has died. “President Lee’s contribution to Taiwan’s democratic journey was irreplaceable and his …

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5 years, 1 month ago

MK Stalin flays govt on indirect election to mayoral posts

Deccan Chronicle

CHENNAI: DMK president M. K. Stalin slammed the AIADMK government for coming out with an ordinance for holding indirect election to posts of mayors of municipal corporations and chairpersons of municipalities, saying the “despotic” decision was made as the AIADMK government was unable to hold the local bodies elections in a democratic manner. Averring that the Edappadi Palaniswami government went …

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5 years, 1 month ago

No direct election of mayors in Tamil Nadu