Punjab Governor Gulab Chand Kataria’s four-day “Nasha Mukti Yatra”, which was launched on February 9 from Tarn Taran and is scheduled to culminate in Abohar Thursday, has turned into a major political talking point in the state despite being projected as a social campaign against drug abuse. The Governor’s yatra, undertaken under the banner of…
(As Tamil Nadu gears up for the Assembly polls, every Thursday, Arun Janardhanan decodes the electoral trends, political signals, and campaign moves shaping the contest.) The coming Tamil Nadu Assembly elections may not be measured in decibels – not in vans with loudspeakers, cut-outs of leaders taller than coconut trees, rows of plastic chairs on…
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on January 28 notified the first set of protocols for singing Vande Mataram, the national song, directing that all six stanzas of the composition shall be sung during official functions. With this directive, the Centre has broken with the position taken by the leadership of the Congress from 1937…
The upcoming civic body elections in four districts of Haryana, likely to be held in March-April, are shaping up as more than routine local contests. For the Congress, they will serve as a litmus test of its organisational reboot, coming soon after the party moved to rebuild district-level cadre after over a decade. Elections are…
With BJP MP Nishikant Dubey giving notice to move a substantive motion against Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi for misleading the House, all eyes are on what the crucial instrument of a substantive motion means. “If I, as a responsible public representative – even with a small zone of influence and a humble…
For years, the decline of parliamentary standards in the country has been lamented. The passage of Bills without adequate or no discussion, the din during discussions, MPs rushing to the Well, the throwing of papers at each other, proceedings stalled for days on end, and allegations of partisanship against the presiding officers. All this has…
(As Kerala gears up for the Assembly polls, every week, Shaju Philip decodes the electoral trends, political signals, and campaign moves shaping the contest.) The coming Kerala Assembly elections will answer an important question. After a decade at the helm of the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) government, will Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan continue as…
In a shot in the arm for the A Revanth Reddy-led government, the ruling Congress seemed to be heading for a sweep in the elections to 116 municipalities and seven municipal corporations in Telangana, with the principal Opposition Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and the BJP facing setbacks. As the counting of ballot papers progressed Friday,…
A new political row has erupted in West Bengal over the Centre’s directive on the protocols for singing or playing the national song Vande Mataram, penned by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay. Several political parties in Bengal, including the ruling Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC), have slammed the BJP-led Central government’s move, alleging that it was an…
Ladakh defines India in more than one ways. It’s the land of the Lamas and most courageous and invincible people who border three countries- that many people are unaware of. Because of 1962 ‘s Chinese aggression , people think Ladakh shares borders with China- Tibet and Pakistan we have had serious conflicts with both. Ladakh…