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No AIADMK, no DMK in Indian delegation to Lanka
DMK chief M Karunanidhi has pulled out his party representative out of the Parliamentary delegation scheduled to visit Sri Lanka from 16-22 April to assess the resettlement and political process in the island nation. There was no use of such visits and therefore DMK would not be part of the... -
Operation successful, Patient dead
When Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh stepped out of the Rajya Sabha at 12:02 am on Friday, he noticed something red on his hands. Surprised initially, he discovered it was actually blood. He turned to Pranab Mukherjee, walking alongside and saw his hands were red too. A figure in white... -
Did India win in Parliament?
By T S Sudhir “Bhala uski kameez meri kameez se safed kaise”. All through the eleven-hour debate in the Lok Sabha on the Lokpal Bill on Tuesday, MP after MP held forth on the black soot of corruption but in reality seemed more interested in colour correcting the whiteness on Anna’s kurta. Typically,... -
Mera Naam Lalu
By T S Sudhir So Lalu Yadav is India’s Mohammed Asif who bowled the no-ball just the way the Congress wanted him to. Forget line and length. When Team UPA is trying to desperately save face, Lalu, the political freelancer has come to its aid. As always. Protesting against the... -
PC to Sushma : Why this Kolaveri?
By T S Sudhir Palaniappan Chidambaram may be tempted to ask Sushma Swaraj: “Why this kolaveri, kolaveri, kolaveri di?” Except that he has good reason to be worried that Sushmaji may break into a jig, like she did a few months ago at Rajghat. And blame it this time on... -
The absent Elders
By Priya V K Singh On 27th August, 2011, a historic debate took place in the Parliament. Bowing to the voice of the aam aadmi, Parliament discussed and debated the 3 issues referred to it by the government on the insistence of the people — inclusion of lower bureaucracy in... -
Dear MP, where were you on 27/8 ?
By Priya V K Singh On 27/8, when the Lok Sabha discussed and debated the three Lokpal-related issues, many political and social commentators described it a historic day in the nation’s history. Not all MPs agreed with that assessment, it seems. Why else would they have absented themselves from the Lok Sabha... -
Mind your language
By T S Sudhir “Picture abhi baaki hai mere dost”. That’s what Parliamentarians cutting across party lines seem to be telling civil society. And the `villains’ to these 750-odd self-proclaimed heroes and heroines are actor Om Puri and former police officer Kiran Bedi. Clearly here, no one is willing... -
Parliament, Lokpal and Civil Society
Posted by Ajay Gandhi August 16, 2011 2 CommentsBy Ajay Gandhi The government, the Congress party and some others say that Anna Hazare’s attempt to force consideration or adoption of the Jan Lokpal Bill is usurping the powers of the Parliament, that is it a threat to democracy, that it will undermine legislative process and result in...
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