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Uk Visit Of Rahul Gandhi’s Under Cloud As Parliament Event Changes Hands
Congress president Rahul Gandhi is set for a two-day UK visit next week but the tour has been overshadowed by behind the scenes developments around one of his planned speaking arrangements. Gandhi will arrive in London on August 24 from Germany and was scheduled to address an event in the Houses of Parliament complex hosted by the Conservative Friends of India (CF India), a membership-led group that promotes links between the UK’s ruling Conservative Party and India. However, the event has now changed hands to be held in a differentRead More
The Former Prime Minister: Atal Bihari Vajpayee Whose Stories Always Had A Sting In The Tail
There are some impressions that persist. My abiding impression of Atal Bihari Vajpayee was that he was never in a hurry. The picture of him walking unhurriedly through the corridors of Parliament, lazily greeting admirers who rushed to him; ambling slowly to the microphone to address an election meeting in some distant small town in northern India. Vajpayee’s speeches were legendary. A visit to Shahid Minar in Kolkata as a 15-year-old to hear him address a Jana Sangh meeting. Vajpayee was late and I had to return, bitterly disappointed.He was seekingRead More
Ec’s Decision Rules Out Of Clubbing Assembly 2018 With Lok Sabha Elections 2019
The EC’s decision virtually rules out any possibility of clubbing these polls with the Lok Sabha elections due in April-May next year as was being suggested by some political quarters. The Election Commission has decided to go by the law as well as convention to hold assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Mizoram together before mid-December, ahead of expiry of the term of Mizoram assembly. The BJP’s call for simultaneous polls, outlined in party chief Amit Shah’s letter to the Law Commission, will be more an effortRead More