Hindustan Times
Anna Hazare’s anti-corruption encore at Jantar Mantar was riddled with contradictions the mainstream media failed to catch. There’s a lot for which the UPA has to answer. Read more
(45 votes, average: 3.29 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, March 26, 2012 at 7:32 pm
Filed under india · Tagged Anna Hazare, Baba Ramdev, hindustantimes, Jantar Mantar, Lokayukta law, news, ombudsman, Team Anna, Vinod Sharma, whistleblowers
The Dinesh Trivedi episode has again driven home the grave administrative and constitutional shortcomings that bedevil mixed regimes. The arrangement devolves disproportionate powers to parties with tiny numbers in parliament, dwarfs the office of the Prime Minister and makes political allegiance more inviolable than allegiance to the Constitution. Read more
(9 votes, average: 4 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, March 19, 2012 at 7:18 pm
Filed under india · Tagged Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Bal Thackeray, Charan Singh, coalition government, Deve Gowda, Dinesh Trivedi, Inder Gujaral, Jayalalithaa, Lalu Yadav, Mamata Banerjee, Morarji Desai, Mulayam Singh Yadav, sharad yadav, Sitaram Kesri, SP, Trinamool Congress, UPA-2, VP Singh
The possibility of a mid-term poll in the country is remote— no matter who says what. I’ve held this view and even written about it in the aftermath of the poll results that shocked the Congress and had a sobering influence on the BJP. Read more
(24 votes, average: 2.21 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, March 12, 2012 at 10:51 pm
Filed under india · Tagged Akalis, congress, hindustan times, Mamata Banerjee, mid-term poll, news, saffron parivar, Samajwadi Party, UPA, Vinod Sharma, West Bengal
If the exit polls come true, the Samajwadi Party will either have the numbers or shall be tantalizingly close to the magic figure of 202 to form a government in Uttar Pradesh. Read more
(9 votes, average: 2.78 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, March 5, 2012 at 7:58 pm
Filed under india · Tagged bjp, BSP, hindustantimes, Mayawati, Rajya Sabha elections, Samajwadi Party, seperated at birth, Uttar Pradesh, Vinod Sharma
Predicting the outcome of elections in Uttar Pradesh hasn’t ever been as difficult as it is this time around. The four-way fight for most of the 400-odd assembly seats has left pollsters and politicians as much confused as clueless. Read more
(17 votes, average: 2.18 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Friday, March 2, 2012 at 7:41 pm
Filed under india · Tagged BSP, hindustan times, Mayawati, Mulayam Singh Yadav, seperated at birth, SP, UP polls, Uttar Pradesh, Vinod Sharma
