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इस बेबसाइट और मंच के माध्यम से भारतीय जनता पार्टी से संपर्क बनाए रखने वाले सभी मित्रों और शुभचितंकों को नव वर्ष की हार्दिक शुभकामनाएं। आप द्वारा हमको भेजे गए बहुमूल्य सुझावों को देखने का अवसर मिला। इस गणतंत्र दिवस के अवसर पर मैं फिर से अपने ब्लॉग को सक्रिय करने की शुरुआत कर रहा हूँ जैसाकि वर्ष 2009 के पूर्वाध्द में करता था।

भारत का संविधान 26 जनवरी, 1950 से लागू हुआ। गणतंत्र दिवस की पूर्व संध्या यानी 25 जनवरी से निर्वाचन आयोग अपने हीरक जयंती समारोहों की शुरुआत कर रहा है। स्वतंत्रा के पश्चात् जब भारत ने संसदीय लोकतंत्र को अपनाया था, तो अनेक पश्चिमी पर्यवेक्षकों ने इसकी Click to Read More

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Hearty greetings for the New Year to all friends and well-wishers who have kept in touch with the BJP through this website and the forum. I have been going through the many valuable suggestions you have been sending to us. Commencing with this year’s Republic Day I propose to resume blogging as I used to do in the first half of the year 2009.

The Constitution of India came into force from 26th January 1950. The Election Commission is to launch today, a day prior to Republic Day, its Diamond Jubilee Celebrations. I well recall how cynical many western observers were when India adopted parliamentary democracy after independence. How can a country with such a large population of totally illiterate citizens run a successful democracy? This used to be the main thrust of criticism.

While in most other developing countries which became liberated from colonial rule about the same time as India, and which at the outset adopted democracy as we did, their option did not survive for long. They became victims either of army rule, or some other form of authoritarianism. India can be legitimately proud that despite the many disadvantages with which we started we have functioned as a vibrant and vigorous democracy for all these six decades - the nineteen months Emergency (June 1975 to March 1977) being the only bad patch.

I remember discussing this issue once with late Benazir Bhutto and asking her as to why in the matter of democracy, our two countries - both of Click to Read More

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