Political

NREGA will work only when states implement it:Rahul

Thursday, 29 October 2009 12:51

The Congress-led government’s job guarantee programme under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) may be pro-poor but it will work only if state governments implement it well, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi said on October 15.“In Congress-ruled states like Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Assam and in other states, it is implemented well and there are others where it is not. Therefore, there is no chance of corruption eroding the scheme if the state government intends to implement it well,” Gandhi told reporters.

Last Updated ( Thursday, 29 October 2009 13:13 )

CPM chases mirage of Third Front

Sunday, 04 October 2009 18:16 Dr. Satish Misra

Battle for New Delhi’s throne has commenced. The two existing fronts and a third struggling to register its presence narrate the political story of 2009. The season of hard political bargaining rather of arm-twisting particularly by regional and smaller parties is going to be the flavor till the filing of nominations for the Lok Sabha polls. A non-Congress and a non-BJP front has been the talk of almost every general election after 1984.

Raje refuses to quit, summoned to Delhi

Wednesday, 09 September 2009 16:55

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on August 14, summoned to Delhi a defiant former Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje after she refused to step down as leader of opposition in the State Assembly, while over 50 legislators trooped into the capital in a virtual show of her strength. According to party sources, Raje was summoned to Delhi by party’s top leadership which was determined that she stepped down from her post after the BJP’s poor show in the April-May elections in the state.

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 23 September 2009 18:19 )

Chiranjeevi’s party gets new election symbol

Wednesday, 02 September 2009 11:58

The Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) of Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi allotted a new party symbol -- rising sun. The party had applied for new symbol as it was not happy with the “rail engine” symbol on which it fought the recent elections to the Andhra Pradesh assembly and the Lok Sabha. The party, which bagged only 18 seats in 294-member assembly and drew a blank in Lok Sabha elections, identified the confusion among voters over the symbol as one of the reasons for its poor show.

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 02 September 2009 12:13 )

I shall be vindicated: Varun Gandhi

Wednesday, 02 September 2009 11:53

Undeterred by charges filed by the Uttar Pradesh police against him for the alleged hate speeches he made in Pilibhit during the Lok Sabha poll campaign, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Varun Gandhi on July 15 said he “shall be vindicated”. “I welcome the case being taken forward as now I shall have the opportunity to establish my innocence,” said Gandhi in a statement here.