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Articles 7921 through 8020 of 9764:
- Changing Priorities (Business Line, Sanjeet K. Jha, May 14, 2004)
The outcome of the General Elections 2004 has taken most, if not all, by surprise. In the last few days the possibility of a hung Parliament was gaining ground. However, the magnitude of reversal of fortunes of the Congress alliance was unexpected.
- How Did Sonia Manage The Near Impossible? (Rediff on the Net, Saisuresh Sivaswamy, May 14, 2004)
General election 2004 will be known as the Sonia Gandhi election, just as 1999 was Vajpayee's, 1989 was V P Singh's and 1984 was Rajiv Gandhi's.
- The Dynasty Continues (Guardian (UK), editorial, Guardian UK, May 14, 2004)
The result came as a complete surprise to everyone but the people who matter in an Indian election. Not online India, the India of software developers, the India that produces 2 million graduates a year, the India with a runaway economy widely . . .
- Gandhi Dynasty Set To Return (Boston Globe, Mannika Chopra, May 14, 2004)
Indian voters handed the government's ruling coalition a stunning defeat yesterday in national elections, setting the stage for a revival of the storied Gandhi political dynasty, led by Italian-born Sonia Gandhi.
- Vajpayee’S Gamble Fails (Arab News, Correspondent or Reporter, May 14, 2004)
Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee’s gamble to call early elections backfired as Indians voted his right-wing coalition out of power.
- Let Us Hope The Darkness Has Passed (Guardian (UK), Arundhati Roy, May 14, 2004)
For many of us who feel estranged from mainstream politics, there are rare, ephemeral moments of celebration. Today is one of them. When India went to the polls, we were negotiating the dangerous cross-currents of neo-liberalism and neo-fascism - . . .
- India's New Era (Washington Post, Salman Rushdie, May 14, 2004)
The fall of the Indian government is a huge political shock that strikingly echoes the only comparable electoral upset, the defeat of Indira Gandhi in 1977. Then as now, just about the entire commentariat was convinced that the incumbent would . . .
- Vajpayee Resigns After Poll Upset (CNN.com, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2004)
Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has resigned after a stunning election upset, ending his nearly six years in power and setting the stage for the return of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty.
- Indian Pm Vajpayee Resigns: Reports (CBC News, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2004)
Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee resigned on Thursday in the wake of his party's election upset, Indian news media reported.
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam accepted the resignation, and asked Vajpayee to stay on until a new government . . .
- India's Pm Expected To Form Coalition (The Scotsman, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2004)
INDIA’S prime minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, was expected to scrape back into power this week, after voting ended yesterday in the fifth and final stage of the country’s marathon election.
- India Election Enters Important Phase (CBC News, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2004)
Voting in general elections in India has hit a crucial round as voters cast their ballots in predominantly Hindu regions.
- Shining Example (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 23, 2004)
It is no longer enough to praise the Indian elections, which completed the first round of voting yesterday, merely on the grounds that they are being held in "the world's largest democracy".
- Supreme Court Ruling Applauded; Government Should Now Take Steps To Comply (Human Rights Watch, Editorial, Human Rights Watch, Apr 14, 2004)
The Indian government should promptly implement the Supreme Court's order to create an effective witness-protection program and conduct impartial investigations to determine who was responsible for the 2002 Gujarat riots, Human Rights Watch said today.
- Congress Contests Bjp's Secular Image (AL-Ahram, Editorial, Al Ahram, Apr 09, 2004)
Vajpayee hopes that a growing "feel good factor" in India will help him win a second mandate as the world's largest democracy heads to the polls later this month, writes Jaideep Mukerji from New Delhi
- Gandhis Pin Their Hopes On New Boy (The Scotsman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 30, 2004)
Sweeping through dusty hamlets and accompanied by drum-beaters, the heir- apparent of India’s Gandhi-Nehru dynasty made his political debut yesterday.
- Ban Outsourcing? Bad Idea (Business Week Online, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2004)
The uproar in the U.S. over the outsourcing of jobs to India is deafening. On Mar. 5, California state Senator Joseph Dunn greeted an application for a tax exemption by Infosys Technologies Ltd.
- Nehru-Gandhi Legacy On The Line (Asia Times, Sudha Ramachandran, Feb 25, 2004)
With Varun Gandhi joining the Bharatiya Janata Party recently, the BJP has got itself a true-blue Nehru-Gandhi to counter the Congress' immensely popular Nehru-Gandhi siblings, Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi.
- Opposition Can Still Do It (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jan 07, 2004)
Any Opposition party or a combination of Opposition parties that wants to displace the BJP-led Government will need to devise a strategy to exploit the thinness of the saffron spread.
- Chautala’s Inld Remains An Ally, Claims Venkaiah (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Jan 07, 2004)
Unlike its state unit, the BJP high command is treading cautiously on the issue of its alliance with Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) of Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala. Party president M. Venkaiah Naidu, when asked about the Haryana BJP
- The Great Thaw (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2004)
AS EXPECTED, THE SAARC summit in Islamabad became a show of India-Pakistan entente. Such concrete steps as the progress on the SAFTA (South Asian Free Trade Agreement) treaty were overshadowed by the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee's words and
- Alliance Arithmetic (Hindu, SURESH NAMBATH, Jan 07, 2004)
Electoral arithmetic, more than political chemistry, is the decisive factor in the realignment of political forces in Tamil Nadu.
- Kalyan At Home, Sp Moves To Block Bsp (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2004)
With former chief minister Kalyan Singh staying home due to toothache and fatigue and not talking to anyone except his party workers, the Samajwadi Party today made a move to block the BSP’s chances of joining the Congress-led alliance. Party general
- Pawar Flirts With Sena-Bjp, Meets Advani (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Jan 07, 2004)
The NCP in Maharashtra is keeping all its options open — toying with the idea of a tie-up with the Shiv Sena-BJP combine even as it has the Congress for an ally. Sources said today that the Shiv Sena-BJP combine has offered 10 of the 48 Lok Sabha seat
- Jogi Insists He Is In Congress (Indian Express, Ashwani Sharma, Jan 06, 2004)
Even as the Pranab Mukherjee panel report fans more doubts about the revocation of his suspension order, former Chhattisgarh chief minister Ajit Jogi today claimed that the Congress cannot write him off so easily. Jogi addressed a press conference at his
- Congress In Catch-22 Situation (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Jan 06, 2004)
NEVER before in its long history has the once venerable Congress party faced the crisis it is undergoing today. Because it is, in national terms, in danger of becoming the perennial second party. There are many reasons for the Congress predicament, but
- Sanjay Singh Next Cong Boss In Up? (Indian Express, Vrinda Gopinath, Jan 06, 2004)
If there is confusion in Uttar Pradesh about prospective political alliances before the Lok Sabha elections, it is going to be compounded soon. The Congress is planning to project one-time favourite of the Gandhi family and erstwhile Raja of Amethi ...
- Don’t Need Strategy For Friendship: Pm (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
In a rare interview given a few hours before his departure for Islamabad, Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee told Nasim Zehra of The News: ‘‘I think we can have a dialogue with President Musharraf and the dialogue will take us to some results.’’ A confident
- Movement Towards Peace: Parties Hoping For Results (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
The BJP promptly described the meeting between Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee and Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf in Islamabad today as a ‘‘positive step’’ in the right direction. Party chief Venkaiah Naidu said: ‘‘It is a positive step in the right...
- Mistrust Brushed Under Huge, Red Carpet (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Jan 06, 2004)
If ever Prime Minister A B Vajpayee wanted to contest elections from Islamabad rather than his beloved Lucknow, remarked a wag here, winning wouldn’t be difficult. ‘‘Welcome Ataljee,’’ said the headline of an editorial article in the mass-circulated
- Cong Surprise For Kalyan B’day: Invite (Indian Express, Amit Sharma, Jan 06, 2004)
After 12 days of avoiding Kalyan Singh and 4 days of hearing him openly complain about it, guess who Mulayam Singh Yadav found when he finally dropped in at the house of his Rashtriya Kranti Party partner to wish him on his birthday today? A beaming ...
- On A Home Run (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Jan 06, 2004)
The new year, 2004, will witness the fourth consecutive general elections in which Atal Bihari Vajpayee will lead the Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies into battle. No former Indian prime minister, save for Indira, the original Mrs Gandhi, has done
- Why Kusum Rai Feels Left Out (Indian Express, Amit Sharma, Jan 06, 2004)
This day six years ago, Uttar Pradesh first realised the importance of being Kusum Rai. At then CM Kalyan Singh’s birthday party, she called the shots, welcomed visitors and played the perfect hostess. Times have changed. Today as Kalyan was being ...
- Bjp Plans Stir, May Snap Inld Ties (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Jan 06, 2004)
After Tamil Nadu, trouble is brewing for the NDA in Haryana. But unlike Tamil Nadu, where the DMK and the MDMK abandoned the BJP, it is the state BJP which has resolved to end its uneasy alliance with INLD leader and Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala in
- It’s Time To Make New Friends (Telegraph, M.R. Venkatesh, Jan 05, 2004)
The BJP’s refusal to rein in Jayalalithaa as also contradictions inherent in their coalition drove the DMK and MDMK out of the NDA
- Lal Badshah (Indian Express, Ashok Malik, Jan 04, 2004)
IN the telegrammatic world of newspaper headline writers, a chestnut that resurfaces periodically, especially in the murky, confusing seasons before and after an election, when coalitions are simultaneously evaporating and solidifying is ‘‘Surjeet active
- 2004? It's So Predictable (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2004)
Tomorrow is yesterday by another name. This is not karmic philosophy. It is only cynicism, which seems to come just so easily if you’re Indian. So sitting down with a notional crystal ball, on a gloomy, sun-eclipsd day in January, to predict the rest
- A Prodigal Son All Set To Return (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Jan 04, 2004)
POLITICS is a weird game. A few years back former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh had turned into a bete noire of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and called him “a tired and retired leader”. Now he stands in the front row at a BJP workers
- Anti-Incumbency Will Help Cong In (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Jan 04, 2004)
Whether it was the National Front, the Janata Dal, the United Front and now the Congress, every political party or formation that Lok Sabha MP S. Jaipal Reddy has been associated with, he has always been its most visible face. He is also known for his ...
- Ideological Roadblocks On The Road (Tribune, Jasbir Singh Ahluwalia, Jan 04, 2004)
THE Hot Peace among different communities of the world, in the beginning of the 21st century, marked by its advent by the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre towers in New York, is, in a sense, more explosive than the earlier Cold War between nation
- Bypoll Ahead, Mulayam Complains To Ec About Poll Roll (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2004)
Just days before the by-election to the State Assembly from Gannaur constituency, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav today visited the Nirvachan Sadan here and complained to the EC about the huge discrepancies and mismanagement of electoral
- Cong Warms To Bsp, Cm In Cold (Indian Express, Kota Neelima, Jan 03, 2004)
With the BSP waiting in the wings and the Congress looking for a convincing excuse to drop out of the alliance in UP, Samajwadi Party leader and Chief Minister Mulayam Singh today moved cautiously stating that he would meet the Congress president Sonia...
- Join Nda, Lead The Front In Tn: Bjp To Admk (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2004)
The BJP came out today for the first time with an appeal to the AIADMK to join the NDA and lead the alliance in Tamil Nadu in the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls. BJP state president C.P. Radhakrishnan said his party had no other option but to revive its
- Looking Back, Looking Ahead (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Jan 03, 2004)
It is increasingly becoming clear that without a flow of funds to the farm sector, the Indian economy will remain haunted by periodic production declines.
- Kalyan Attacks Mulayam, Says He Has Followed Coalition Dharma (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2004)
Two days ahead of crucial meeting of Rashtriya Kranti Party, its president Kalyan Singh on Friday attacked the Mulayam Singh Yadav-led coalition saying he had nurtured it even after suffering humiliation and even after this if the coalition breaks, others
- No Permanent Enemies (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2004)
The art of the possible: this is the best known definition of politics. A more cynical view would define politics as the pursuit of interest masquerading as the contest of principles. Both views can draw enough support from the prevailing state of play in
- Left Unity Under Telangana Cloud In Andhra (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Jan 03, 2004)
The demand for a separate Telangana — that will include the premier cyber city of Hyderabad — threatens not just the unity of Andhra Pradesh but has cast a shadow over the prospects of ‘‘Left unity’’ in the state which is likely to witness simultaneous
- Polls Near, Govt May Hold Short House Session (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2004)
With elections round the corner, speculation is rife about the Government’s intention to convene a short Parliamentary session to pass a vote-on-account to help it conduct its business beyond March 31. While BJP president Venkaiah Naidu called it
- Cement Down The Spine (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Jan 02, 2004)
In early 1991, when the ramshackle Chandra Shekhar government was at the helm, a senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader hosted a small dinner for the then party president, L.K. Advani. For the BJP, those were heady days. The Somnath to Ayodhya rath yatra of
- Pawar Play: Each Of Them Has Got An Axe To Grind (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Jan 02, 2004)
At a time when everybody in the political scene is on the move, it comes as no surprise that NCP chief Sharad Pawar, whose political mobility stands little comparison, is the latest hit. Pawar’s possible alignment with the NDA has been a perennial issue
- Ready To Face Polls: Vajpayee (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2004)
With the air ringing with the talk of early Lok Sabha polls, Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee has said that he is ‘‘fit and ready’’ to face elections and confident that the people ‘‘are in a mood to give us another five years’’. The PM’s remarks, made in
- Mulayam Cold, Kalyan Fans Fire Under Tea Pot (Indian Express, Amit Sharma, Jan 02, 2004)
If silence speaks louder than words, Mulayam Singh Yadav’s is deafening. Despite all the noises by allies and rivals, the Uttar Pradesh CM has pointedly shied away from talking to partner Kalyan Singh since his open dalliance with the BJP. Now even Kalyan
- Worked Up (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2004)
Saving a coalition is not the same thing as making it work. Jharkhand’s chief minister, Mr Arjun Munda, may have managed to prevent his National Democratic Alliance government from disintegrating, but even he knows that it is not working. Mr Munda’s ...
- Patch-Up For A Return To The Past (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Jan 02, 2004)
The wheel has come full circle. The Congress, which last aligned with the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) in 1980, is now preparing to align with the party again. And the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which formed an alliance with the All-India Anna
- Roadblocks For Congress (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2004)
TWO grand alliances contesting against each other in the coming Lok Sabha elections is the stuff electoral dreams are made of. It was Congress chief Sonia Gandhi’s announcement about her party’s readiness to forge an alliance against the National ...
- Advancing Ls Polls (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2004)
WITH Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani giving ample indications of advancing the general elections because of the feel good factor for the BJP-led NDA, the stage is set for the party’s National Executive in Hyderabad on January 11 and 12. Andhra Pradesh
- Vajpayee's Challenge (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jan 01, 2004)
While Mr. Vajpayee may be able to lead the NDA back to power, this may not be enough for him to leave a permanent stamp on history.
- Come Clean (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2004)
If the time for poll alliances comes, Mr Harkishen Singh Surjeet’s season cannot be far behind. It is not easy, however, to make out what kind of alliances the general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) is striving to strike up this time.
- How To Win Allies And Form Fronts (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Jan 01, 2004)
With increasingly clear signals that general elections may be less than six months away, the cauldron of Opposition politics — simmering for the past five years — started bubbling with new vigour on New Year’s eve today. Congress president Sonia
- Congress Badly Bruised By Poll Defeat (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Jan 01, 2004)
POLITICS is like a game of cricket. A team could be cruising along comfortably but one fine bowling spell can prove devastating, converting a certain victory into defeat. Something similar appears to have happened to the Congress this year. It was riding
- Stepping Out (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2004)
Ideology, or even unease in partnership, can no longer be accepted as a convincing reason for exiting a power alliance. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam has offered the second for leaving the National Democratic Alliance and giving it “issue-based” support
- Dmk Gone, Bjp Opens Arms To Jaya (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Jan 01, 2004)
Abandoned by the DMK, the BJP began courting the AIADMK today. ‘‘We are prepared to align with the AIADMK for the Lok Sabha polls,’’ BJP national secretary L. Ganesan said. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa has not yet revealed her mind,
- Hanging Up On Past, Sonia Dials Dmk To Say Hello (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Dec 31, 2003)
On the defensive ever since its tri-state rout, the Congress today took a daring step forward towards an alternative coalition with party president Sonia Gandhi calling up DMK chief M Karunanidhi to congratulate him on quitting the NDA.
- Chop And Change (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2003)
At the cusp of an old year with the new, electoral engineering is the mood
- Now Advani Strikes Poll Iron Saying Assembly Results Hot (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2003)
Sending out the clearest signal yet of advancing Lok Sabha elections, Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani today said early polls would be good for the NDA, given the BJP’s impressive performance in the Assembly polls and the feel-good factor in the economy.
- Unfolding Political Alliances In Tamil Nadu (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 31, 2003)
With both the DMK and the MDMK opting out of the NDA, and the AIADMK and the BJP seen more as natural allies now, the stage is set for a dramatic shift in political equations both within Tamil Nadu and in its relations with the Centre. If the Lok Sabha
- Spread Of Saffron (Telegraph, RUDRANGSHU MUKHERJEE, Dec 31, 2003)
A civilized country is one where people don’t have to waste their time on politics. — Javier Cercas, Soldiers of Salamis
- Mdmk Follows Dmk (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2003)
THERE was speculation that the MDMK would quit the NDA when the BJP did not come to the rescue of its general secretary, Vaiko, arrested by the Tamil Nadu Government under POTA on charges of extending support to the banned LTTE. It has done so only now ..
- Sangathan Was His World (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Dec 31, 2003)
Kushabhau Thakre lived and died a dedicated pracharak
- A Cong-Dmk Alliance? Once The Unspeakable, Now The Probable (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Dec 30, 2003)
Extremely keen to sew up a ‘‘secular alliance’’ to take on an increasingly assertive BJP-led NDA, the Congress is working towards ‘‘forgetting the past’’ to explore a tie-up with the DMK, well placed sources confirmed today.
- Congress, Bjp And Coalition Politics (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Dec 30, 2003)
The Bharatiya Janata Party said today that the Congress ``had not learnt the correct lessons'' in conducting coalition politics. The party was reacting to the statements made by the Congress president, Sonia Gandhi, at a press conference in Mumbai on...
- Bjp Gains Ascendancy In Nda In 2003 (Tribune, Satish Misra, Dec 30, 2003)
THE last one year of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has been marked by an intense struggle between ideology and “realpolitik”, precipitating the beginning of the process of realignment of political forces.
- Can The Congress Recover? (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Dec 30, 2003)
Nationality is an artificial and irrational construct. The world is divided into nations, and nations have governments. They devise rules on nationality that they find politically convenient. But wherever there is a government, there must be the governed;
- Halfway House (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2003)
Politicians speak in code. Other politicians know how to decipher it. Thus the obvious has a significance which lies beneath the surface and literal meaning. When Ms Sonia Gandhi, the president of the Congress, says that the question about her being a ...
- Bjp Changes Tack (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2003)
BJP leaders in charge of assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh in particular insisted that they had made a conscious decision to steer clear of the Ram Mandir issue and other matters connected with Hindutva.
- ‘hindutva And Development Are Not Antagonistic’ (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Dec 30, 2003)
As the BJP seeks to exploit its victory in the recent state assembly elections and return to power in the 2004 Lok Sabha election, Neerja Chowdhury interviews HRD minister and senior party leader Murli Manohar Joshi to get an insight into the BJP’s mind.
- Politics Of Alliances (Tribune, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Dec 30, 2003)
THE Congress party is now facing up to an incontrovertible political fact. If it is to be a serious contender for power it will have to forge complicated political alliances across India, as it feels now. But crafting alliances is a delicate game, not ...
- Leaving Bjp To Flirt With Amma, Vaiko Walks Out (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2003)
Lok Sabha polls in mind and pointing at BJP overtures to AIADMK, little MDMK, more famous for its leader Vaiko who has been in a POTA jail for more than a year now, today moved out of the NDA, saying it would follow the DMK in lending ‘‘issue-based ...
- Coming: A Happy New Year (Telegraph, Shankar Aiyar, Dec 30, 2003)
“Writing,” wrote Hazlitt, “concentrates the mind wonderfully.” Defeat does so even more wonderfully. Even while those whom the gods wish to destroy, they first make mad, so as the Bharatiya Janata Party reels drunken with triumphalism over its upset ...
- Right To Protest: At What Cost? (Business Line, Pradeep S. Mehta, Dec 29, 2003)
TWO recent court judgments that relate to the right to protest have resulted in a raging public debate in the country. On September 29, the Calcutta High Court banned rallies and processions in the city during weekdays between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.
- Will Bjp’s Hype Turn Into Votes? (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Dec 29, 2003)
If hype is an indicator of victory, and the BJP has certainly managed to create it around its victory in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, then the party is on its way to notching up the 300 Lok Sabha seats that Venkaiah Naidu has been talking
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