Hindustan Times
Who would have thought it? Over two weeks ago, when I left the country, the BJP was busy explaining to the world why it had expelled Jaswant Singh, one of its most senior leaders for either praising M A Jinnah (this argument was quickly junked when people asked why L.K. Advani had not been thrown out five years ago, in that case) or for committing the cardinal sin of daring to be critical of a Congress leader who had banned the RSS and prosecuted Hindutva icon Veer Savarkar for the murder of Mahatma Gandhi. Read more
(5 votes, average: 4 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Monday, September 7, 2009 at 9:10 am
Filed under counterpoint · Tagged Congress, Hindutva icon Veer Savarkar, Jaswant singh, L.K. Advani, Mahatma Gandhi, Manohar Parrikar, Rahul Gandhi, Raman Singh, RSS, Shivraj Singh Chouhan
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
