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UP election results and the future of Congress and the UPA.

As the five state legislative assembly elections are out, the congress party came victorious only in the state of Manipur and could make a govt in uttarakhand if the local parties or the independent canidates support. In UP , though the election campaign was headed by Mr. Rahul Gandhi ,it could not make congress victorious [...]

Why Anna Hasare Scored aganist government

After getting independence from British in 1947, India witnessed many strikes and agitation against govt in many matters in various parts of the country.But none of these were a centralized movements and many had not even attracted peoples attraction.Both media and common man was not interested in any of these and most of it had [...]

Report Card for the ‘Anna Semester’

The enthusiastic ‘Iam Anna Hazare’ chants have died down victoriously with government bowing down to the demands of ‘the people.’ While the authenticity and relevance of such a movement in a democratic nation is debated, it was indeed a litmus test for the trio – Government of India, the main opposition party; BJP and the [...]

Erosion of credibility

Arun Jaitley gave a brilliant speech today in the Rajya Sabha. “We must also have the honesty of purpose to analyze where we have gone wrong. There is erosion of credibility as far as governance is concerned. People are losing faith that normal mechanisms will be adequate to tackle the prob. So it is extremely [...]

There is only thing to do. Dissolve Parliament and call for elections

Harini Calamur makes an interesting point. I agree. If government hangs on after this, whatever the outcome, it’s just awkward. Needless to say, not many believe these ministers or spokespeople. Their credibility has been shot to bits. The UPA’s biggest asset vis-a-vis the middle class, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, has also been tarnished by this [...]