Posted by sanjaykaul on August 20, 2011 · 3 Comments
How a Gandhi-capped octogenarian is spinning webs around the Congress in a bid to squeeze out the poison of corruption from the system, and how the 150-year party recoils at the idea and how its leaders refuse to give up their old ways. The UPA Government’s faux bravado and final capitulation in the face … Read more
Filed under Politics · Tagged with Anna Hazare, Arun Jaitley, Baba Ramdev, Chhatrasal Stadium, Chidambaram, Congress, corruption, democracy, impeachment of Judge, Jan Lokpal Bill, Kapil Sibal, Lokpal Bill, Manmohan Singh, NJP, Parliament, protest, RSS, Sanjay Kaul, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Sushma Swaraj, youth against corruption in India
Posted by sanjaykaul on June 18, 2011 · 3 Comments
Just as we prepare to remember the 25th anniversary of the draconian event in free India’s history, a series of events and the government’s responses guided by 10 Janpath indicate what everyone always feared but never dared to suggest – the Emergency is back, it’s just in different colours. How do we commemorate what we … Read more
Filed under Politics · Tagged with 1975, 2-G spectrum scam, Anna Hazare, Baba Ramdev, BJP, Congress, corruption, JPC, Laokpal Bill, media in emergency, PAC Report, President Patil, Rahul gandhi, RSS, Sanjay Gandhi, Sanjay Kaul, Shiela Dixit, Sonia Gandhi
Posted by sanjaykaul on June 5, 2011 · 7 Comments
Did the Congress see Red when it saw saffron? Or is there more to hide, than seek from Switzerland? And, is this the first day of the last days of the Congress? New Delhi, 5th June, 2011: The gloves are off, the fangs are bared. The Congress has finally come into its own. The surreptitious, … Read more
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Posted by sanjaykaul on June 4, 2011 · 8 Comments
Baba Ramdev’s fast against corruption is riling the Congress high command even as it attempts to be seen as proactive on the issue. But now the Dayanidhi Maran revelations only proves what we always suspected – that the Congress has spawned a regime that protects, even encourages, black sheep. The events surrounding the spate of … Read more
Filed under Governance, Politics · Tagged with Baba Ramdev, civil society activists, Congress, corruption, CW Games, Dayanidhi Maran, Kalmadi, Lokayukta, Lokpal Bill, Ministers in UPA, President of India, Prime Minister fo india, Sanjay Kaul, secularists, Shahrukh Khan, Shiela Dixit, Shunglu Committee report, UPA-2