Earlier this year the elections in Egypt, Russia, Colombia, Venezuela and several others have not been able to rise above censure. The recent elections in Pakistan and Zimbabwe have come under serious criticism and their credibility has been questioned. According to experts, True democracies around the world seem to be on the decline. Electoral democracies […]
Eminent Indian writer and journalist Mr. Kuldip Nayar commenting on the issue of Kashmir wrote, “The Kashmiris’ protest, more or less peaceful, is Islamic in tone and tenor. But it seems as if it is a way of expression, not the content. The content is that the Kashmiris want a country of their own.” He […]
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Assam is experiencing relative peace during last few years. With several of its important militant groups indulging with the center in peace talks, the incidents of violence had come down to some extent. The public opinion however is that no meaningful solution has reached through the several rounds of talks between insurgent groups like United […]
Apart from the hullabaloo over Sheena Borah murder case and elections in Assam, one important trend that needs to be pondered upon at the present time is the growing number of cases of defection in Indian politics and Assam politics specifically. Of late, there has been a wave of many prominent members joining Bharatiya Janata […]
Suspended BJP MP Kirti Azad claims that he has evidence of the corruption in DDCA and he expects Prime Minister Narendra Modi to support him, since he is just fighting corruption. Hours after the winter session of Parliament concluded, the BJP issued a one-line statement: “Kirti Azad, Darbhanga MP, is suspended from party with immediate […]
The Supreme Court on Monday, December 07, refused to entertain a petition by BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyay seeking a direction to the Center and Parliament to enact a uniform civil code to put an end to alleged discrimination being faced by Muslim women. A bench, headed by Chief Justice TS Thakur, said it was not […]
Many Assamese particularly those who have been supporting BJP and Narendra Modi, shared a post in Facebook and Twitter on Tuesday, where Modi extended his greetings on the occasion of Lachit Divas. Everything was fine. However, the so-called-patriotic Assamese for their love for Modi forgot for the time being, that Lachit Divas is observed every […]
Arvind Kejriwal led AAP sets a historical victory in Delhi assembly election 2015 – with victory over 67 seats of the 70 member house – leaving its main rival BJP trailing far behind. BJP won only 3 seats with defeat of it’s Chief Ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi. The Indian National Congress(INC) scored a zero this time. The Aam […]
The BJP’s vision document for Delhi assembly election that described people from the North East India as “immigrants” and “migrants” fired protests in the region on Wednesday, February 04, 2015. Tension prevailed at the State BJP headquarters for over an hour as hundreds of National Students’ Union of India activists staged a dharna blocking entry […]
BJP – on Thursday, January 15, 2015 – inducted Kiran Bedi amid strong sign that it could project the former lady IPS officer as its CM candidate in coming Delhi assembly election battle against former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. The former IPS officer, seems a breadth for BJP to fill the leadership gap. Going by political […]