Sanjay Baru, formerly media adviser to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, says that Dr Singh lacks the political authority that he needs to be Prime Minister. Read more

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Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at 8:27 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Congress, hindustan times, Kumkum Chadha, LK Advani, Manmohan Singh, Mayawati, news, Prime Minister, Rahul Gandhi, Sanjay Baru
BJP President Nitin Gadkari’s call to revive the mandir agenda could not have been more ill timed. Read more

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Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, July 5, 2011 at 8:44 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Arun Jaitley, Babri masjid demolition, BJP, Just People, Kumkum Chadha, LK Advani, Manmohan Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Parliament, Ram Lalla, Ram mandir, Sushma Swaraj
I agree with Congress leader Digvijay Singh calling Baba Ramdev a thug. I have always suspected his credentials and the latest CID report only substantiates my thinking. Read more

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Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at 7:47 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Acharya Balakrishna, Anna Hazare, Baba Ramdev, BJP, black money, Digvijay Singh, Janardhan Dwivedi, Just People, Kapil Sibal, Kumkum Chadha, Manish Tewari, Manmohan Singh, National Commission for women, Rajghat, Ramlila ground, RSS, Sushma Swaraj
The Congress may be feeling a bit smug but the mandate of the elections to five states has fallen short of the expectations of the Congress Party. The Congress had hoped to win at least three, if not four out of the five states. Read more

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Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at 6:30 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Assam, Assembly Elections, Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP, Congress, Corruption, Kerala, Mamata Banerjee, Manmohan Singh, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, trinamool congress, UPA, West Bengal
Thanks to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his government, social activist Anna Hazare emerged a national figure overnight. Read more

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Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, April 26, 2011 at 7:32 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Anna Hazare, Baba Ramdev, Congress, Group of Ministers, L K Advani, Lok Pal Bill, Maharashtra, Manmohan Singh, National Advisory Council, Parliament, Sharad Pawar, sonia gandhi, Veerappa Moily
Will he? Won’t he? Should he? Should he not? It is like a game of hide and seek. The guessing game has been on for more than a year but the situation remains unchanged. Read more

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Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, January 18, 2011 at 7:57 pm
Filed under India · Tagged 10 janpath, A Raja, cabinet reshuffle, Congress, IPL, Manmohan Singh, P. Chidambaram, pranab mukherjee, Prithviraj Chauhan, Rahul Gandhi, S.M. Krishna, Shashi Tharoor, sonia gandhi
One more death in the Capital allegedly because of PM’s security jam. Read more

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Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at 4:31 pm
Filed under India · Tagged ambulance, Capital, cavalcade, Chandigarh, Delhi Police, Manmohan Singh, MLA, PM, PM's security jam, PMO, President, traffic blockades, VIP syndrome
You pat my back and I yours seems to be the Congress philosophy as far as the leadership is concerned. Read more

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Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, December 14, 2010 at 3:48 pm
Filed under India · Tagged 2G spectrum scam, budget session, Congress, Congress Parliamentary Party, JPC, Manmohan Singh, Opposition, PAC, Parliament, sonia gandhi, winter session
Development without corruption is an ideal situation in Indian politics. Corruption and development is acceptable. But corruption without development is unacceptable. Read more

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Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, November 30, 2010 at 6:58 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Bihar election, Corruption, development, governance, indian politics, Lalu Prasad, Manmohan Singh, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, Nitish Kumar, Sheila Dixit
Last week some newspapers carried a picture of Sachin Pilot, a young minister in Manmohan Singh’s government. While one newspaper showed him seated on a charpoy and shaving, another captured him milking a buffalo at a village in Ajmer. The strap-line read: grassroot politics. Simply put this means that the current crop of ministers are making a beeline for rural areas and attempting a people-connect. Read more

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Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, October 19, 2010 at 9:14 pm
Filed under India · Tagged aam admi, common man, Congress, Congress leaders, Government, government policies, grassroot politics, Manmohan Singh, ministers, Rahul Gandhi, rural India, Sachin Pilot, urban India