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- A G Noorani
- Sonia's politics - III The Statesman
- January 31, 1998
>>>Sonia Gandhi herself did not do too badly in Sanjay's Maruti, as
justice A C Gupta's Report shows (pp 76 and 81). By a formal
agreement dated 26 February 1973 between her 'and Maruti
Technical Services Private Ltd, she was appointed its Managing
Director, with Sanjay as its only other Director, for five years
...
- Sonia's politics - I The Statesman
- January 29, 1998
>>>Khoob purdah hai ke chilman se lage baithey hain/ Saaf chupte bhi
nahin, saamne aate bhi nahin (A strange purda is it that you
cling to the blind/ Neither concealing yourself fully, nor
appearing in the open). The couplet belongs to the genius of
Daagh; the magic of Begum Akhtar's voice made it immortal. It is
...
- Sonia's politics - II The Statesman
- January 30, 1998
>>>V P Singh became P M on December 2, 1989. On December 30 he made
a definitive statement quoting from the records. On 22 January
1990 the CBI filed the FIR. Only four days later a Geneva court
froze six bank accounts and a Zurich court froze the AES account
by 30 April 1990 the Courts had received all the documents. If,
...
- A. N. Dar
- Arati R. Jerath
- The foreign hand worries them not The Indian Express
- February 17, 1998
>>>If voters in the New Delhi constituency can be used as a
yardstick to judge the public mood, Sonia Gandhi need not worry
about her foreigner tag. With wisdom born from the collective
consciousness of a race long used to assimilating outsiders, they
have chosen not to hold her Italian origins against her. They are
...
- Arun Shourie
- Curiosity? Myopia? Servility? The Asian Age
- February 13, 1998
>>>onia Gandhi endeared herself to women and the youth in Udaipur
today," said a gushing TV reporter, by taking up issues close to
their hearts - price rise, and unemployment." In another report
of the same day, she was reported to "have taken up the issue of
corruption."
...
- Ashfaque Swapan
- Chandan Mitra/New Delhi
- Defeat this conspiracy The Pioneer
- Feb 22, 1998
>>>This is undoubtedly the darkest hour in the history of the cradle of
Indian civilisation, Uttar Pradesh.
The State has been witness to the systematic devaluation of every norm
of civilised behaviour in politics over the last decade, but what
...
- Cho S Ramaswamy
- Secularism, India style The Times of India
- February 6, 1998
>>>As a citizen of India, I am terribly agitated. The Marxists warn
me that the nation is facing the risk of turning communal. Sonia
Gandhi reminds me about the secular traditions of this country
and alerts me to the dangerous prospect of seeing it wrecked. All
the regional, district and municipal parties owing allegiance to
...
- Dina Nath Mishra
- A mendacious campaign The Observer
- February 12, 1998
>>>Sonia Gandhi started the Congress campaign about a month back.
The drum-beaters of Sonia Gandhi include not only Congressmen,
but the whole range of 'Stop BJP brigade'. Even Leftists are
happy to think that Sonia would stop BJP's march to power. All
the anti-BJP forces are praying for a hung Parliament m this
...
- Making its mark in the south The Observer
- February 5, 19980
>>>In the fourth general election, when the Congress lost
substantial ground to its opponents in the north, it retained its
hold over the south. Even in the sixth general election in 1977,
when the entire north India was lost to Janata Party and both
Indira Gandhi and Sanjay Gandhi were defeated, the Congress hold
...
- Visions of a Hindu India Sunday
- January 2-8, 1993
>>>Shocked by the events. in Ayodhya on 6 December last year and the
subsequent political developments. both the communist parties
demonstratingly came out lecturing the sangh parivar about the
real Hinduism through booklets, one by Sitaram Yechury, the
CPI(M) Politburo member, and another by the CPI secretary, A.B.
- Diwakar
- Heads we win, tails you lose The Economic Times
- February 1, 1998
>>>One cannot have his cake and eat it too, goes the saying. Its
validity is universal. The Congressmen, however, seem to think
otherwise. They think that they are above the limitations that
lesser mortals suffer from and seem to be absolutely confident
about their ability to defy everything and get away with that.
- Editorial
- Message of UP The Free Press Journal
- February 25, 1998
>>>If the horrendous events of the last couple of days in Uttar
Pradesh fail to stir the collective conscience of all thinking
Indians, the future of the Republic is indeed bleak. It is not
necessary for anyone to pour out on the streets to protest the
ugly assault against the Constitution by that evil Romesh
...
- Democratic mysteries The Afternoon Despatch and Courier
- February 25, 1998
>>>The staging of parliamentary elections in India has become a
logistical marathon. At 605.3 million, the number of eligible
voters far outstrips India's total population at Independence,
making it necessary to stagger the voting process over five
phases. Even with 4.5 million election officials and substantial
...
- No escape, Mr Gujral The Indian Express
- February 26, 1998
>>>For the Prime Minister to expect Romesh Bhandari to do the decent
thing and quit rather than himself straightforwardly rid the
country of a man who has set new lows in Indian political life is
an act of distasteful ambition. Running from a problem has long
been Inder Kumar Gujral's talent, but this time the buck must
...
- Democracy trampled The Hindu
- February 23, 1998
>>>BY DISMISSING THE Kalyan Singh Government and swearing in Mr.
Jagadambika Pal as Chief Minister in a late-night ceremony, the Uttar
Pradesh Governor, Mr. Romesh Bhandari, has trampled upon democratic
conventions and misused the Governor's office for partisan ends. After
Mr. Kalyan Singh had made it clear to Mr. Bhandari that he was willing
...
- Standing disgrace The Hindustan Times
- February 23,1998
>>>Thanks to Governor Romesh Bhandari, Uttar Pradesh has attained the state
of ultimate absurdity. Never in the short history of parliamentary
democracy in India had one man so comprehensively disgraced the high
constitutional office of Governor in so short a time as Mr Bhandari.
Article 156 of the Constitution says that Governors hold office at the
...
- Oozing nationalism The Financial Express
- February 5, 1998
>>>Editorial comment on the BJP economic policy
As a statement of intent, the BJP's pre-poll economic manifesto
oozes nationalism from every pore. To that extent, it will be
seen as out of tune with reality. Nationalism in this age of
...
- For Sunnis only The Hindustan Times
- January 19, 1998
>>>First the Hindus, then the Ahmediyas, then the Bengalis, and now
the Shias are in danger of being ostracised in Pakistan. But for
their good only, if a prominent Sunni leader is to be believed.
For the safety of the Shias, he wants Pakistan to be declared a
Sunni state. In an argument which may sound familiar in India,
...
- Discreet UF The Economic Times
- February 3, 1998
>>>The manifesto of the United Front is far less inspiring than its
performance in office has been. It is more compromised than the
Front's Common Minimum Programme ever was. The reasons are not
far to seek there is no unanimity within the coalition on the
strategic vision of development to be pursued by the Front, and
...
- Greek gift for BJP The Times of India
- February 2, 1998
>>>The ISI has stamped its approval on the BJP - no, not the Indian
Standards Institution which certifies products for quality, but
the Pakistan-based Inter-Services Intelligence which is behind
much of our misery in Kashmir and elsewhere. A recent article by
a retired director-general of the organisation, general Asad
...
- Express News Service
- Firoz Bakht Ahmed
- Muslims safe under the BJP fold The Observer
- January 3, 1998
>>>Being the grandson of Maulana Abulkalam Azad, I greatly feel
aggrieved at the political fluidity and quagmire this great
country has, of late" been thrown into by the pseudo-secularist
Congress. What is still more ironic and tragic is the fact that
at a time when Indians are basking in the glory of their 50th
...
- G. Sreedathan
- Peole will say sorry to Congress Organiser
- February 15, 1998
>>>"Smt Sonia Gandhi is not setting up the agenda for the BJP. The
criticism that the Congress campaigner is setting up the agenda
for the BJP is a creation of the Trustrated elements in the media
that cannot digest the emergence of BJP as the ruling party",
says Shri Venkaiah Naidu. G. Sreedathan of organiser spoke to him
...
- H K Dua
- What the President can do The Times of India
- February 25, 1998
>>>The current Lok Sabha election is unlikely to decisively resolve
the political situation in the country. Although the third phase
of polling involving around 140 constituencies is yet to take
place, reports from different parts of the country, various
opinion polls and private assessments of political parties
...
- Dynasty vs democracy The Times of India
- February 13, 1998
>>>The Congress party has done a great disservice to the country and
itself by asking Mrs Sonia Gandhi to lead its election campaign.
The nation which has fought for over 100 years to win freedom and
savoured it for 50 years is unlikely to forgive it for what it
has done in its desperation to come back to power. Not only the
...
- Harinder Baweja
- Dynastic Perks India Today
- February 16, 1998
>>>It is not normal for political campaigners to be put up at Raj
Bhavans during election tours. But when the VIP happens to be the
Congress party's star campaigner Sonia Gandhi, the governors are
only too happy to accommodate her at their official residences.
Indeed, as others rough it out on their campaign trails, the lady
...
- Hasan Suroor
- Muslims go affron in Rae Bareli The Hindu
- February 12, 1998
>>>A visitor to Rae Bareli is immediately struck by the radical
change in the Muslim mood since the last elections. Far from
showing any sign of nervousness about the prospects of the BJP
coming to power, as they did in the last elections, many are
openly declaring their preference for it.
- J. N. Dixit
- Run of the mill, bar one The Indian Express
- February 13, 1998
>>>At the time of writing this, the election campaign is in its last
and intense stage. The manifestos are all out. The first point of
significance is that campaign speeches have no cohesive or linear
correlation with what has been said in each party's manifesto.
Second, while the manifestos have comparatively more substance on
...
- J.T.
- Does the Sphinx have it in her? The Free Press Journal
- January 19, 1998
>>>The shouts of joy that rent the sky when the lady of 10 Janpath
finally said Yes almost made it seem as though the dying 112-yearold Congress party had suddenly become young and vibrant. It was
more a comment on the party's spineless and doddering leadership
that had brought the Congress almost to the point of extinction.
.
- Jayaditya Gupta
- So tell us, Priyanka The Indian Express
- February 20, 1998
>>>It's all so much fun. And so easy. Just hitch a ride on one of
those jets your mother uses, take cover behind her steely visage,
lap up the adoration of the crowds and then, with flashlights
popping, walk up to the mike and say a sentence or two in
whatever language they speak out there.
- K V Lakshmana
- Kay Benedict
- Kuldip Nayar
- BJP bares its fangs Sunday
- February 16, 1998, Karachi
>>>So the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has decided to blaze it out.
Its ideologues make no pretence, its rhetoric is categorical. And
its election manifesto does not show a bit of accommodation,
which its alliance with some 12 parties was expected to reflect.
Probably, the party has come to realize that even the semblance
...
- The dynasty's artful dodging The Indian Express
- February 17, 1998
>>>The polling is over in 222 constituencies covering 40 per cent of
India's total electorate. There is no wave in favour of any
party. Nor is there any way whereby any of the three formations the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Congress and the United Front can reach the magic figure of 273 in the 545-member Lok Sabha on
on
...
- M D Nalpat
- Jinnah revisited The Times of India
- February 26, 1998
>>>Sometimes, the nature of the fight so destroys the prize that it
is not worth winning. Several prosperous businesses have been
ruined by litigation, leaving the "victor" only a shell. While
elections are, by their nature, contests, there are limits beyond
which a healthy campaign should not go. The style and substance
...
- M Gautham Machaiah
- M.V.Kamath
- Manoj Joshi
- Playing with fire India Today
- February 16, 1998
>>>On January 31, Major-general Yogesh "Yogi" Behl retired from
service. He need not have, but for Defence Minister Mulayam Singh
Yadav. Behl, a former chief of the Delta Force in Doda and till
recently a staff officer at the strategic Northern Command of the
Army, had been cleared for promotion as It-general in April 1997
...
- Murli Manohar Joshi
- Modernising the Mindset The Times of India
- February 2, 1998
>>>In recent times, the Bharatiya Janata Party has been accused of
throwing principles to the wind in order to win allies. We have
certainly not done anything of the sort, but we found ourselves
in a situation where the more we played by the rules, the more
others were violating them. During the Mahabharat war, the
...
- N K Singh in New Delhi
- Congress shows lack of legal knowledge Newstime
- February 7, 1998
>>>It appeared to be a response of an infirm warrior when the
Congress produced the photocopies of a statement of Bharatiya
Janata Party leader Atal Behari Vajpayee's reported confessional
statement recorded by a court 56 years ago and sought to brand
him as anti-freedom struggle.
- Neeraj Mishra
- Neerja Chowdhury
- Observer Political Bureau
- UF pulled down to scuttle Bofors probe The Observer
- February 18, 1998
>>>Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate Atal Behari
Vajpayee asserted on Tuesday that the Congress owed more than an
apology to the nation in view of Prime Minister I K Gujral's
confirmation that the party had pulled down the United Front
Government after a letter rogatory was sent to Isle of Mann
...
- Observer Political Bureau / Agencies
- P R Ramesh
- Political Bureau
- Walking (A)tall: Vajpayee mesmerises The Economic Times
- February 3, 1998
>>>If Sonia Gandhi has imitated Indira Gandhi's high-pitched mode of
address, A B Vajpayee only reiterated the consummate artistry of
oratory. The thinning crowds at Ambedkar Stadium retraced their
steps into the rally ground as he rose to speak even though the
star speakers were fashionably late by several hours.
- Posted By Krishnakant Udavant
- Prajanan Bhattacharya
- Prakash Nanda
- Muslims must not Shun the BJP The Times of India
- February 18, 1998
>>>They live in four different regions, but G A Munshi of Surat,
Syed Jani Mirza of Calcutta, Din Mohammad Cheetah of Srinagar and
Bashir Ahmed Syed of Hyderabad share one thing in common. They
may not even know each other; but, going by press-reports, all
the four have, for the first time, decided to vote for the BJP in
...
- Rahul Singh
- Strange timing Mid-Day
- February 25, 1998
>>>There is an intriguing, full-page article in one of the national
dailies of last Tuesday. I am going to make it the subject of
this column, since there is a lot of explosive material in it,
relevant to the ongoing election.
...
- Rajat Sharma
- An unfair comparison The Indian Express
- February 15, 1998
>>>If one goes entirely by media reports, the present election has
become a contest between Atal Behari Vajpayee and Sonia Gandhi.
But the differences between the two are striking.
Vajpayee has been in public life for 50 years. Sonia hasn't
...
- Ramesh Patange
- BJP on the threshold of power Organiser
- February 15, 1998
>>>Election to the 12th Lok Sabha has brought about a radical change
in the electoral responses of the parties and People to the
hitherto untouchable BJP, the undisputed front-runner in the race
to Parliament House. The, more people and parties align with the
BJP the more shrill goes the cacophony of committed and
...
- S. S. Banyal)
- It was Azad, not Kesri, behind show The Hindustan Times
- February 23,1998
>>>Congress President Sitaram Kesri was having his afternoon siesta
yesterday when he was abruptly woken up and told about the dismissal of
Kalyan Singh Government in Uttar Pradesh.
His first reaction was a blank face.
Either he may not have expected the toppling of the BJP government so
...
- Sabina Sehgal Saikia
- Sankar Ray
- BJP is against Hindus too: Jyoti Basu The Observer
- February 19, 1998
>>>West Bengal Chief Minister Jyoti Basu in his first election
campaign meeting in Murshidabad district here on Wednesday
branded the Bharatiya Janata Party as "basically against the
Hindus too, not Muslims only." The party talks of Hindutva, but
work against Hinduism, he said.
- Seema Mustafa
- President within his rights, say lawyers The Asian Age
- February 26, 1998
>>>In his quiet and scholarly fashion, President K.R. Narayanan has
clearly decided to assert his role as the conscience-keeper of
the nation. This has brought him into direct conflict with
political leaders, including CPI(M) general secretary Harkishen
Singh Surjeet and former Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar, who have
...
- Sharat Pradhan
- Terms of endearment Sunday
- February 15-21, 1998
>>>Muslims have been treated as a major vote-bank by all political
parties in India. And in Uttar Pradesh, where caste, creed and
religion have traditionally played major roles in the making and
unmaking of governments, Muslim voters have been targeted by all
political parties other than the Bharatiya Janata Party, whose
...
- Shivani Singh
- Sudheendra Kulkarni
- A duo's anti-republican roadshow The Pioneer
- February 6, 1998
>>>Does the Congress party have the right anymore to observe
Republic Day? The question may sound outlandish. After all, who
can deny that the Congress made the maximum contribution not only
to the struggle for India's freedom but also in the endeavour to
give this ancient nation a republican Constitution? Almost all
...
- Sultan Shahin
- Suman Guha Mozumder
- Swapan Das Gupta
- Wounds from the past India Today
- February 9, 1998
>>>In last year's British general election, the conservative Party
put out a telling advertisement. It showed a black man alongside
a simple message: "Labour says he is black. We say he is
British." in this season of political iftar parties and contrived
pre-election apologies, it may be pertinent to consider the
...
- T R Ramachandran
- India will never be a theocracy Newstime
- January, 1998
>>>Why should give a chance to the BJP to govern at the Centre?
This is a good question. People want stability. The BJP is the
only party which can ensure stability and (provide) good
governance. Congress was responsible for withdrawing support and
...
- T.V.R. Shenoy
- Remember nemesis The Indian Express
- February 14, 1998
>>>By the grace of God and the Election Commission, the political
cannons fall silent in New Delhi and 221 other constituencies on
Valentine's Day. On a day dedicated to mending broken
relationships, Harkishen Singh Surjeet can use the leisure to pen
a valentine for 10, Janpath with a view to post-poll
...
- Rajmata's rulebook The Indian Express
- January 31, 1998
>>>ou can fool all of the people some of the time," Abraham
Lincoln mused, "and you can fool some of the people all of the
time. But you can't fool all of the people all of the time."
Sonia Gandhi should be content if she succeeds in fooling all of
...
- Tapash Ganguly
- Building spree The Week
- February 15, 1998
>>>Few centenarians will be in such a robust state. The Al-MahadusSalafi mosque at Lalgola, a small town in Murshidabad district
near the Bangladesh border, conceals its age thanks to the facelift it got when the madrasa, the mosque's centre for Islamic
studies, added two sprawling wings recently.
ly.
- Tilak Rai
- Times of India News Service
- UNI
- Vandana Shiva
- Yogesh Pawar
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