There are several differences in the election manifestos of India’s two largest parties, the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Indian National Congress. The only time Indian voters were offered a real economic alternative was in the early years of the Republic when Chakravarti Rajagopalachari walked out of the Congress to form the Swatantra Party. Even in Delhi, a prosperous city …
Aditya Balasubramanian’s book Toward a Free Economy is a meticulously researched documentation of a very special, albeit short, period of India’s political history, in which a viable opposition to the then all-pervading Congress rule was envisaged and given shape to. The Swatantra Party has been described in various platforms as a party of rajas and maharajas, supported by big businesses, …
New Delhi: Rastriya Swatantra Party in Nepal has decided not to join the government immediately. Rastriya Swatantra Party decided to quit the Pushpa Kamal Dahal-led government. According to a report in the Kathmandu Post, the party decided to leave the government after Prime Minister Dahal refused to re-appoint party president Rabi Lamichhane as the Home Minister. The conflict arose after …
New Delhi: Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal met CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli at the latter’s residence in Balkot. Rastriya Swatantra Party quit government Rastriya Swatantra Party has decided to quit the Pushpa Kamal Dahal-led government. According to a report in the Kathmandu Post, the party decided to leave the government after Prime Minister Dahal refused to re-appoint party …
Post-Independence, the Congress ruled most Indian states, and Gujarat was no exception. Jhagadia: Congress’s Revadasbhai Limjibhai Vasava defeated Janata Party’s Vasava Chhotubhai Amarsang. Bhiloda: Congress’s Upendra Trivedi defeated Janata Party's Khemabhai Hirabhai Patel. Vyara: Congress’s Punabhai Dhedabhai Gamit defeated BJP’s Gamit Pratapbhai Babubhai. THE 2012 POLLS Borsad: Congress’s Rajendrasinh Dhirsinh Parmar defeated BJP’s Solanki Naynaben Ramanbhai.
Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party president Swatantra Dev Singh on Friday said the party would contest the next year’s assembly polls on the issue of nationalism. Speaking at the Panchayat Aaj Tak event, he said, “Uttar Pradesh election will be contested on the issue of nationalism.” When asked if nationalism is the issue why caste calculation is being done in …