Hindustan Times
The arrest of former telecom minister A Raja by the CBI was more a message to the larger world than a necessity for the investigations into the scam. Read more
(8 votes, average: 3.25 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Varghese K George on Saturday, February 5, 2011 at 10:42 pm
Filed under Policy and Politics · Tagged A. Raja, CBI, hindustan times, Indian middle class, license-quota Raj, news, taxman, UPA, UPA-2
Opposition parties in the country – the Left, the Right and the rest – are united, for a noble cause we are told, of fighting corruption of Congress. Read more
(14 votes, average: 1.14 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Varghese K George on Saturday, December 25, 2010 at 9:39 pm
Filed under To The Point · Tagged A. Raja, BJP, Congress, corruption, India, Indira Gandhi, JP movement, JPC, Left, Maoists, Opposition, Rajiv Gandhi, RSS, Shiv Sena, SIMI, V P Singh
A Raja’s name has been added to an exclusive list of politicians Indian middle class love to hate. Others on the list include Lalu Prasad, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Shibu Soren and Mayawati. Read more
(10 votes, average: 3.3 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Varghese K George on Saturday, December 18, 2010 at 7:39 pm
Filed under India · Tagged 2G spectrum scam, A. Raja, lalu prasad, Mayawati, Mulayam Singh Yadav, NREGA, public distribution system, Shibu Soren
Disrupting parliament is the worst infliction on democracy. The opposition parties, by not allowing parliament to function, are running away from their most fundamental duty of holding the government accountable. Read more
(12 votes, average: 2.25 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Varghese K George on Saturday, November 27, 2010 at 8:28 pm
Filed under To The Point · Tagged A. Raja, Ashok Chavan, BJP, democracy, India, Japan, JPC, Minoru Yanagida, Opposition, Parliament, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Supreme Court
“The media went after Lalit Modi, then A Raja, then Sharad Pawar and now they are after Bhopal. It will just pass,” said an official whose job it is to manage the perception about the government. He does not think Bhopal would have any long-lasting negative impact on the image of the UPA government. Read more
(11 votes, average: 3 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Varghese K George on Saturday, June 12, 2010 at 9:22 pm
Filed under India, Policy and Politics · Tagged A. Raja, Bhopal tragedy, collective conscience, cost-cutting, culpable homicide, hindustan times, IPC, Lalit Modi, news, nuclear liabilities, Salman Khan, Sharad Pawar, UPA government
Tamil Nadu chief minister M. Karunanidhi is on a wheelchair. The 86-year-old DMK patriarch took an early morning flight to Delhi earlier this week to meet Congress president Sonia Gandhi. Read more
(11 votes, average: 4.82 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Varghese K George on Saturday, May 8, 2010 at 8:44 pm
Filed under Policy and Politics · Tagged A. Raja, Lalu Prasad Yadav, M. Karunanidhi Tamil Nadu, P Chidambaram, Praful Patel, Pranab Mukherjee, Shashi Tharoor, Sonia Gandhi DMK, women’s reservation bill
