A good friend of mine, who has watched Indian politics from the inner circles of more than one political party, once told me, “The nature of the people in this country is such that they never endorse anyone who openly expresses the desire to become the Prime Minister of India. Read more

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Posted by Sujata Anandan on Friday, April 5, 2013 at 10:23 pm
Filed under India, politics · Tagged Atal Behari Vajpayee, Babri Masjid, bjp prime ministerial candidate, congress prime ministerial candidate, Indian politics, LK Advani, Manmohan Singh, Narendra Modi, Prime Minister, Rahul Gandhi, Sharad Pawar PV Narasimha Rao, Sujata Anandan
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

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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