Hindustan Times
Most political commentators seemed excited in writing the political obituary of the Left, which got a serious drubbing in the 15th Lok Sabha elections. The CPI-M, leader of the four-party front, ended up with 16 seats, winning merely four seats in Kerala and nine in West Bengal. The defeat of the Left has been celebrated as the defeat of the obstructionist attitudes it followed in the past. Read more
(6 votes, average: 4.33 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Varghese K George on Saturday, May 30, 2009 at 8:23 pm
Filed under Policy and Politics · Tagged 15th Lok Sabha elections, CPI-M, Left, Left parties, Left story
The splendid victory of the Congress has been interpreted by many as the death of regional and caste-based parties. The logic for this argument is as follows.
1) Congress is recovering in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar
2) Congress defeated TDP in Andhra Pradesh Read more
(5 votes, average: 4.4 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Varghese K George on Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 6:42 pm
Filed under Policy and Politics · Tagged Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Congress, lok sabha, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, TDP, Uttar Pradesh
A hung verdict is what dealmakers like. Results of the 15th Lok Sabha elections have disappointed them all.
Busybodies in the capital had been salivating at the opportunities that a fractured verdict would provide. Read more
(2 votes, average: 4 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Varghese K George on Saturday, May 16, 2009 at 11:49 pm
Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged BJP, Congress, India, lok sabha
When this election season started, To the Point said Lalu Prasad and Narendra Modi would be the best orators in the campaign.
At the end of the campaign I am revising my positions substantially. Read more
(2 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Varghese K George on Saturday, May 9, 2009 at 9:27 pm
Filed under Policy and Politics · Tagged Chidambaram, Lalu, leadership, Narendra Modi, political campaigns, politicians
A bunch of candidates and activists from urban India, who organized campaigns to get more people to vote, gave us journalists enough to write about in this election. As it happens often, journalists went overboard to hail these initiatives as the redemption of democracy. Read more
(6 votes, average: 4.33 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Varghese K George on Saturday, May 2, 2009 at 7:09 pm
Filed under Policy and Politics · Tagged candidates, Facebook, India, journalists, Mumbai, Orkut
