Hindustan Times
The first thing that needs to be said about the Cabinet-making exercise is that it took far too long. The results came in on a Saturday and by the following Saturday there still was no government in place. We had to wait a further six days — something like 12 days after Manmohan Singh had been re-elected to know who the new ministers would be. Read more
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Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Saturday, May 30, 2009 at 8:48 pm
Filed under counterpoint · Tagged Congress ministers, Dayanidhi Maran, government, M. Karunanidhi, Maharashtra political family, Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister, vir sanghvi
So, how well did you sleep when you read that Behenji wanted to be our next Prime Minister? How did you feel when you saw the BSP spokesman declare that his party had a single-point agenda: to make Mayawati Prime Minister? And did your hair stand on end when the leaders of the BSP informed the Third Front that their party would only agree to sign up on the condition that Behenji was officially declared as the Front’s prime ministerial candidate? Read more
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Saturday, March 14, 2009 at 9:07 pm
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Those sections of the commentariat who urged the government to get into a confrontation with its allies over the nuclear deal had predicted that the popularity of the deal would lift the government’s own standing. India would be so thrilled, we were told, by the sight of a regime that fought bravely for the right to be allowed to buy uranium that the Prime Minister would be hailed as a hero and the government’s own image would be secured.
(1 votes, average: 2 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Saturday, August 2, 2008 at 10:52 pm
Filed under counterpoint · Tagged Advani, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, BJP, CNN-IBN, Congress, Manmohan Singh, Nuclear Deal, Prime Minister, Rahul Gandhi, Sonia, SP
