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  1. BJP’s Laxman rekha on Laxman

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    / April 29, 2012 / 1 Comment
    Staying untrue to its tagline of `party with a difference’, the BJP acted no differently on Bangaru Laxman. Washing its hands off its former national president, the party said “the jail term awarded by the court in a bribery case is part of a legal process which does not involve...

  2. SC panel recommends CBI probe against Yeddy

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    / April 20, 2012 / Leave a comment
    The Supreme Court’s appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC) has recommended a CBI probe against B S Yeddyurappa  for his alleged role in the mining scam. The CEC said that there were gross irregularities in allotments of mining leases by the former Chief Minister and his relatives. Sources said that the...

  3. I am a Brahmin but he is not a Reddy

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    / April 18, 2012 / 2 Comments
    “I am a Brahmin and I am the Congress general secretary,” said Rahul Gandhi during a review meeting of the abysmal results in the Uttar Pradesh elections, after the Brahmin lobby reportedly tried to pin the blame the debacle on the party’s aggressive wooing of the minorities and other castes....

  4. Minority is in majority in Kerala

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    / April 12, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Last year around this time, I spent a day with Oommen Chandy while he was campaigning for himself in his Puthupally constituency in Kottayam district. Chandy is an affable man, has no airs, is very approachable and unlike politicians of other states who flaunt their black cats as a status...

  5. Chandy inducts `minority’ ministers, BJP calls for Kerala hartal

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    / April 12, 2012 / Leave a comment
    It is dawn-to-dusk hartal in Kerala today. Why? Because the BJP does not approve of the UDF “succumbing” to IUML pressure and giving the party a fifth berth in the Cabinet. The Hindu Nair community also has protested against “bowing to minorities”. IUML MLA M Ali will be sworn in...

  6. Sadananda Gowda pokes Yeddy

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    / April 3, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Karnataka chief minister Sadananda Gowda has decided to give it back to his predecessor and thorn in his flesh, B S Yeddyurappa. Amidst reports that Yeddy has floated a `benami’ party, which he could join later, Gowda took a swipe at the numberous felicitation programmes organised for Yeddy. He said...

  7. Gowda rises like a phoenix to snub Kumaraswamy

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    / March 30, 2012 / Leave a comment
    The self-proclaimed humble farmer father and his not-so-humble film producer son are at it again. Speaking in different voices. This time over being approached by middlemen lobbying for defence deals. Kumaraswamy said when dad was PM in 1996-97, an offer of a bribe was made to him to influence defence...

  8. `Land’ing in Wakf scam

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    / March 27, 2012 / Leave a comment
    The controversial report on the Wakf board scam will be tabled in the Karnataka Assembly. Chief minister Sadananda Gowda has said he will take action and retrieve all land that was acquired by private players. Politically, the report may help the ruling BJP in Karnataka as the report apparently names...

  9. 7 down, 17 to go in Andhra Pradesh

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    / March 21, 2012 / Leave a comment
    For a party that did not even have a candidate initially to winning the seat by 1800 votes is certainly an achievement. By winning an assembly seat which forms part of K Chandrasekhar Rao’s Mahbubnagar Lok Sabha constituency, the BJP has punctured the TRS claim of being the sole spokesperson...

  10. Yeddy revolts, once again

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    / March 19, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Here’s a politician truly in love with his former job. B S Yeddyurappa along with some 50-odd MLAs has raised the banner of revolt against Sadananda Gowda and set a 48-hour deadline for the BJP to change the CM of Karnataka. The MLAs were reportedly taken to a resort on...