About Pankaj Vohra
If he hadn’t become a journalist, Pankaj Vohra could have been anything from a cop to a politician or even a musician, cartoonist or a sportsman. He has strong views on a number of subjects, which often rub people the wrong way because he does not conceal his real feelings while writing. Being a thorough bred Delhiite, he has tremendous love for the city he was born in and has seen its metamorphosis over the years. Pankaj Vohra is at present the Political Editor of Hindustan Times and has worked in all the three top newspapers of this country-The TOI, The Hindu and HT. He loves to travel but his heart is always in his favorite city- Delhi.
Now that former Union Telecom Minister A. Raja is out on bail and has started attending Lok Sabha, speculation has started as to whether he will give the reasons for his resignation in Parliament. [Read more]

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Posted by Pankaj Vohra on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at 8:17 pm
Filed under Capital Closeup, india · Tagged 2G scam, A Raja, Advani, bail, CBI, Indian Olympic Association, Jayalalithaa, Karunanidhi, lok sabha, MPs, Pankaj Vohra, parliament, Subramanium Swamy, Suresh Kalmadi, Telecom, Tihar
The recent revolt by a section of the BJP in Rajasthan to express solidarity with former chief minister Vasundhara Raje is something very similar to what has been going on in the Congress for the last several years. [Read more]

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Posted by Pankaj Vohra on Wednesday, May 9, 2012 at 8:27 pm
Filed under Media, New Delhi, india · Tagged BJP, BS Yeddyurappa, Capital Closeup, Congress, Hindustan Times, Jaganamohan Reddy, Kalyan Singh, news, Pankaj Vohra, Trinamool, Uma Bharti, Vasundhara Raje
With the elections to the offices of the President and Vice President just a few months away, speculation on who should be the chosen ones has already begun. [Read more]

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Posted by Pankaj Vohra on Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at 6:41 pm
Filed under Capital Closeup, india · Tagged Abdul Kalam, Abdul Kalam and Pratibha Patil, Capital Closeup, Fakhruddin Ahmed, Giani Zail Singh, Hamid Ansari, Hindustan Times, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Pankaj Vohra, Pranab Mukherjee, Presidential poll, Sushil Kumar Shinde
All is certainly not well in the Congress and a Cabinet Minister had in a letter stated that the party was in the ICU and the government was in coma. [Read more]

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Posted by Pankaj Vohra on Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at 6:59 pm
Filed under Capital Closeup, Media, New Delhi, india · Tagged Capital Closeup, Congress, Congress party workers, HT blogs, Jairam Ramesh, Manmohan Singh, Pankaj Vohra, Sonia Gandhi, UPA government
The results of the Muncipal Corporation of Delhi elections have reiterated that the Congress continues to be at the receiving end. The most significant factor in these polls has been that both party men and opponents have been holding Delhi Chief Minister and her performance as the reason for this debacle. [Read more]

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Posted by Pankaj Vohra on Wednesday, April 18, 2012 at 7:50 pm
Filed under Capital Closeup, New Delhi · Tagged BJP, CAG, Capital, Capital Closeup, civic body, Congress, Delhi, Delhi Chief Minister, elections, MCD, Muncipal Corporation of Delhi, NDMC, Pankaj Vohra, Poll, Sandeep Dikshit, Sheila Dikshit