Posted by sanjaykaul on February 24, 2012 · 1 Comment
In just one month of electioneering in UP, the Congress has all but revealed its expectations of the results in UP and in the process exposed its desperation, its delusion and finally its dejection in advance of the tally. This piece argues that the Congress’ unprecedented attacks on the EC are a result of acute … Read more
Filed under Politics · Tagged with 2012 state elections, BJP, BSP, Caste, Congress, Election Commission, mayawati, Muslims, Rahul gandhi, Sanjay Kaul, SP, Uttar Pradesh elections
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 January 12, 2011 · Leave a Comment
From being sold as India’s future to being lampooned for jeopardizing the future of his own party, it’s been a steady ride down hill for the Gandhi scion. However the real problem is not that he is incompetent or immature; the problem is that his party cannot tell him that and must actualize his hare … Read more
Filed under Politics · Tagged with 2010, bambino politics, Bihar elections, communal, Congress, Congress plenary, Digvijay Singh, dynasty, emperor's new clothes, Hindu extremism, Hindu terror, Hindutva, ISI, Islamic terror, Lok Sabha, Muslims, New Delhi, Politics, Rahul gandhi, Ratan Tata, saffron terror, SIMI, US diplomat, Varun Gandhi, youth icon, youth in politics
Posted by sanjaykaul on November 30, 2010 · Leave a Comment
A gallimaufry of events, notices and breaking [broking!] news of the past month – from the hot spots of New Delhi, Karnataka, Parliament and Bihar – not forgetting Radiagate - in a freshly packaged pocket edition of views and counterviews that attempt to aim for the soul of brevity – with or without the wit. The Dalal … Read more
Filed under Politics · Tagged with A.Raja, Barkha Dutt, Bihar, Bihar election results, BJP, Congress, corruption, CWG corruption, DMK, JDU, JPC, Kalawati, mediagate, N.K.Singh, NDA, Niira Radia, Nitish Kumar, Parliament, Radia Tapes, Radiagate, Rahul gandhi, Sanjay Kaul, Sonia Gandhi, Sushil Kumar Modi, telecom scam, Vir Sanghvi
Posted by sanjaykaul on May 27, 2010 · 1 Comment
The Khap Panchayat issue that blew up after an MP reportedly agreed to represent their views to his party, has a basis not in any social perversion but in the politics that the Congress spawned and the Lohia-ites perverted. But at a time when this country is acquiescing to caste based census – hey, what’s … Read more
Filed under Politics · Tagged with caste census, caste Council, Chautala, common civil code, community, Congress, Dalit, extra-judicial powers, Gujjars, Haryana, islamic clergy, islamic nations, Jat youth, Khap, Khap Panchayat, local politics, medieval, muslim support, Naveen Jindal, Politics, Rahul gandhi, Rajiv gandhi, Ram Manohar Lohia, Sachin Pilot, same gotra-marriages, sarv-khap, Shah bano case, village, young Jat
