Rahul Gandhi would by now have realized that the standards opinion leaders, including the media sets for him are way stricter than those applied to the likes of Anna Hazare, Arvind Kejriwal or even Narendra Modi. Read more

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Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, November 5, 2012 at 6:38 pm
Filed under india · Tagged Anna Hazare, Arvind Kejriwal, congress, hindustan times, Narendra Modi, news, Nitin Gadkari, Rahul Gandhi, Shashi Tharoor, Vinod Sharma
The upsurge against corruption has acquired mind-boggling complexities. It has throw up serious questions but no ready answers. Rather than being an empowering experience, it has disempowered and divided public opinion. Read more

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Posted by Vinod Sharma on Thursday, October 18, 2012 at 7:46 pm
Filed under india · Tagged Anna Hazare, Arvind Kejriwal, hindustan times, India Against Corruption, Kiran Bedi, lokpal, news, Nitin Gadkari, robert vadra, Salman Khurshid, Separated at Birth, Vinod Sharma
Elections often leave behind abiding images such as those captured after the Congress’s stunning defeat in polls after the Emergency. Carried on the front page of a prominent English daily of the time, a photograph that said it all was of a dustbin stuffed with Congress posters with Indira’s face peering out. Read more

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Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, February 13, 2012 at 7:12 pm
Filed under india · Tagged akhilesh Yadav, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, hindustan times, LK Advani, Narendra Modi, news, Nitin Gadkari, priyanka gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Ram Janmabhoomi, sadbhavana mission, Sushma Swaraj, UP polls, Vinod Sharma
Will the poll outcome in Hissar prove Team Anna’s ability to swing elections on the Jan Lokpal issue? That’s what Arvind Kejriwal would have one believe, moving around in a Toyota Fortuner and exhorting people to banish the Congress for its refusal to accept Anna’s version of the proposed law. Read more

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Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, October 10, 2011 at 6:38 pm
Filed under india · Tagged Ajay Chautala, Arvind Kejriwal, Bhajan Lal, bjp, congress, Hissar, Indian politics, Jai Parkash, Jan Lokpal Bill, Kuldeep Bishnoi, lok ayuktas, Lok Pal bill, Nitin Gadkari, ombudsman, Parliament, Ramlila Maidan, RSS, Team Anna
Political parties talk the same lingo, dish out identical arguments and almost invariably cite political compulsions to explain graft and continuation of tainted leaders in high offices. Read more

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Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, May 30, 2011 at 7:36 pm
Filed under india · Tagged A Raja, Adarsh scam, Andhra Pradesh, Arun Jaitley, bjp, congress, CWG projects, Kanimozhi, Karunanidhi, Manmohan Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Political parties, Reddy brothers, Shobha Karandlaje, Suresh Kalmadi, Sushma Swaraj, Telecom Minister, Tihar Jail, Y S Yeddyurappa
One cannot in principle question the BJP’s right to unfurl the tri-colour at Srinagar’s clock tower on January 26. Read more

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Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, January 10, 2011 at 4:14 pm
Filed under india · Tagged Ajmer Sharif, Amarnath, bjp, kashmir valley, LoC, Malegaon, Mecca Masjid, Nitin Gadkari, Omar Abdullah, Pakistan, Pratibha Patil, Rajnath Singh, republic day, RSS, Samjhauta Express, Srinagar, tri-colour