Hindustan Times
I was yet at college when Mrs Indira Gandhi split the Congress to form her own faction of the party. The Congress symbol of cow and calf, which until then had probably been very popular, got permanently frozen. She chose the ‘Hand’ instead. Read more
(4 votes, average: 4.75 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Sujata Anandan on Friday, September 4, 2009 at 7:23 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Communist, Congress, cow and calf, Dr Shrikant Jichkar, hammer and sickle, hand, Indian politics, Indira Gandhi, Madhavrao Scindia, ndira Gandhi, OP Jindal, professor, Rajesh Pilot, Rajiv Gandhi, symbol, YS Rajashekhara Reddy
Some years ago, when Sitaram Kesri had pulled support from the Deve Gowda government in New Delhi, I called Sharad Pawar to ascertain what he would do – would he split the Congress to support Gowda, would he go along with Kesri (whom he abhorred) or would he make a bid for the top job himself? Read more
(5 votes, average: 3.4 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Sujata Anandan on Friday, May 8, 2009 at 8:15 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Balasaheb Thackeray, Congress, Deve Gowda, Pramod Mahajan, Sharad Pawar, Sitaram Kesri
