Hindustan Times
Arvind Kejriwal is proving to be an astute politician. He has hijacked the plank central to the Congress’s electoral strategy by naming his fledgling party after the aam aadmi. Read more
(11 votes, average: 3.73 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, November 26, 2012 at 10:26 pm
Filed under india · Tagged Aam Aadmi Party, Arvind Kejriwal, bjp, congress, corruption, Delhi assembly elections, IAC, Parliament, Vinod Sharma
The year 2012 will be the year of the Lokpal and a slew of other legislations to combat corruption. Politicos may not want it. But they’re destined to have it. Read more
(26 votes, average: 3.62 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, January 2, 2012 at 6:49 pm
Filed under india · Tagged Anna Hazare, corruption, hindustan times, Kiran Bedi, Lokayuktas, lokpal, news, Prashant Bhushan, Rajya Sabha, Team Anna, Vinod Sharma
Having known Kiran Bedi for nearly three decades, I can put it down on an affidavit that she’s a person of high integrity. As a police officer, her bravery outshone some of her male peers at the prime of her career. Quite fresh in my mind are her 1978 images of single-handedly taking on a bunch of Akali swashbucklers with just a baton near India Gate. Read more
(22 votes, average: 3.32 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, October 24, 2011 at 6:44 pm
Filed under india · Tagged Arvind Kejriwal, congress, corruption, India Gate, India Vision Foundation, IPS officer, Kiran Bedi, police officer, Ramlila Maidan, Team Anna
My respect for Parliament is anchored in my commitment to parliamentary democracy. For that reason, I’m convinced that citizens should be deferential towards elected bodies — from the gram panchayat to the Lok Sabha. Read more
(15 votes, average: 2.87 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, September 5, 2011 at 7:03 pm
Filed under india · Tagged Anna Hazare, Arvind Kejriwal, corruption, gram panchayat, Kiran Bedi, Lok Sabha, Lokpal Bill, Parliament, parliamentary democracy, Prashant Bhushan, Team Anna, Vinod Sharma
The UPA Government is stumbling from one crisis to another at a time India needs political stability, clean governance and robust policy making. Read more
(8 votes, average: 2.38 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, July 11, 2011 at 6:59 pm
Filed under india · Tagged bipartisan, corruption, economy, hindustan times, IAS, Lok Pal, Manmohan Singh, national security, news, Opposition, parliamentary democracy, UPA, Vinod Sharma
Anna Hazare’s campaign against corruption isn’t significant as much for the fact that he made the government bend. Read more
(29 votes, average: 1.79 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, April 11, 2011 at 6:54 pm
Filed under Uncategorized, india · Tagged Anna Hazare, corruption, hindustantimes, HT blogs, Lokpal Bill, news, Separated at Birth, UPA, Vinod Sharma
Chief Vigilance Commissioner P J Thomas has indeed become an albatross around the UPA’s neck. Read more
(16 votes, average: 1.81 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, January 31, 2011 at 6:34 pm
Filed under india · Tagged Apex Court, Chief Vigilance Commissioner, corruption, Home Minister, Kerala, oil scandal, P J Thomas, President, Sushma Swaraj, UPA
Pardon me for repeating the issue on which I’ve already shared my views. I’m doing so because I am startled really by the intensity of public outrage over the Radia tapes. Read more
(23 votes, average: 1.78 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, December 6, 2010 at 6:55 pm
Filed under india · Tagged 2G scam, A Raja, business, CAG, CBI, civil servants, corruption, Kapil Sibal, politicos, public outrage, Radia tapes
