Hindustan Times
In the news has been Kanimozhi, DMK chief M Karunanidhi’s daughter. Her arrest sent shock waves within the DMK which had banked on Congress’ support on the issue. Read more
(15 votes, average: 4.4 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, May 31, 2011 at 7:43 pm
Filed under India · Tagged 2G Scam, bail, Congress, DMK, Gender, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Kanimozhi, M Karunanidhi, Mumbai blast case, Sanjay Dutt, sonia gandhi, Tihar jail, VIP prisoner
Thanks to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his government, social activist Anna Hazare emerged a national figure overnight. Read more
(18 votes, average: 1.94 out of 5) Loading ...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
There are four issues on my mind: three on which I want to seek answers from the government and one which I want to comment on: Ajmal Kasab, Commonwealth Games scam, Joint Parliamentary Committee on the spectrum scam and BJP’s L.K. Advani respectively. Read more
(46 votes, average: 4.37 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at 11:40 pm
Filed under India · Tagged ajmal kasab, CWG scam, Delhi government, Jaipal reddy, Joint Parliamentary Committee, LK Advani, MS Gill, sonia gandhi, Suresh Kalmadi
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
(2 votes, average: 1 out of 5) Loading ...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
The other day Congress’ Janardhan Dwivedi hosted a dinner for the media: perhaps to mark what was perceived as a successful completion of the Congress session in Burari recently. Read more
(2 votes, average: 3 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, December 28, 2010 at 9:52 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Ghulam Nabi Azad, hindustan times, Janardhan Dwivedi, Mamata Bannerjee, news, pranab mukherjee, sonia gandhi
You pat my back and I yours seems to be the Congress philosophy as far as the leadership is concerned. Read more
(6 votes, average: 4.17 out of 5) Loading ...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
It has become a trend to dismiss Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as a “weak Prime Minister”. It was a line formally adopted by the Opposition, mainly the BJP, and one which others parrot. Read more
(8 votes, average: 4 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, August 31, 2010 at 9:17 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Atal Behari Vajpayee, BJP, bureaucrat, Commonwealth games, Congress, HT Leadership Summit, Indo-US Nuclear deal, Kashmir issue, Left, LK Advani, Mamata Bannerjee, Maoists, Narasimha Rao, Opposition, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Rahul Gandhi, rising prices, Sita Ram Kesari. Babri Masjid, sonia gandhi, Telangana issue, UPA, US President Obama
Two people, both in the Government, have been upset with me for some time now. One a friend and another a professional contact. The first, Election Commissioner Shahabuddin Yaqoob Quraishi and the other Union Sports Minister MS Gill. Let me deal with Gill first. Read more
(4 votes, average: 3 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 11:10 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Akbar Road, booth mismanagement, Chief Election Commissioner, constituency, Doordarshan, election, Election Commissioner Shahabuddin Yaqoob Quraishi, gender barriers, Government, guitars, Indira Gandhi, Mother Teresa Crescent, motormouth, music, Parliament, Prasar Bharati, Rajiv Gandhi, Sharon Prabhakar, sonia gandhi, un-Islamic, Union Sports Minister MS Gill
Jaya Bachchan is in the news again. Yet again. This time not because of Congress President Sonia Gandhi but because of her family’s relationship with Amar Singh: the estranged Samajwadi Party leader. Read more
(9 votes, average: 4.11 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Wednesday, June 2, 2010 at 12:08 am
Filed under India · Tagged Aishwarya Rai, Allahabad, Amar Singh, Amitabh Bachchan, bandwagon, financial crisis, Gandhi family, Indira Gandhi, Jaya Bachchan, mentor, MP, Mulayam Singh Yadav, National Integration Council, Rajiv Gandhi, rajya sabha, Samajwadi Party, Snajay Dutt, sonia gandhi
Actually no party wanted the women’s bill securing 33 percent seats in the lower House of Parliament and the state legislatures. There was resentment even within the Congress but none dared to speak.
The Opposition parties including the BJP and CPM while backing the government and promising it support secretly wanted to see a red faced Congress rather than triumphant women. Read more
(21 votes, average: 4 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at 8:31 pm
Filed under India · Tagged BJP, Congress, CPM, Lok Sabha, Parliament, rajya sabha, sonia gandhi, women quota bill, women reservation bill
