LK Advani’s Blog

In the unenviable record of the UPA Government, more and more events are taking place which are totally unprecedented in these 65 years of independence. It started with the series of stinking scams and the consequential back-breaking inflation for the aam admi, issues that have dominated several parliament sessions in recent years.

Never in any earlier central regime were cabinet ministers first removed from Government on charges of corruption, and later, after being indicted by courts, actually incarcerated   in the Tihar Jail, Delhi.

In my last blog which had highlighted how the U.P. elections were being shamelessly communalised by the Congress Party, I had listed three Click to Read More

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भारतीय चुनावों के इतिहास में, पिछले सप्ताह घटित तीन घटनाओं का अतीत में कोई साम्य नहीं मिलता।

पहली, भारतीय जनता पार्टी की ओर से चुनाव आयोग को की गई शिकायत पर आयोग ने विधि, न्याय एवं अल्पसंख्यक मामलों के केंद्रीय मंत्री सलमान खुर्शीद की आदर्श Click to Read More

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In the history of Indian elections, three events have occurred last week which are totally without precedent.

Firstly, the Election Commission, following a complaint made to it on behalf of the Bharatiya Janata Party, has publicly censured the Union Minister of Law and Justice and Minority Affairs, Salman Khurshid, for violating the Model Code of Conduct.

Secondly, the Law Minister has reacted defiantly to the Election Commission’s order.  The Commission has noted:

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समाचारों के कवरेज के अनुसार, बहुसंस्करण वाले अधिकतर दैनिक क्षेत्रीय समाचारपत्र बनते जा रहे हैं। चेन्नई से प्रकाशित होने वाला दि हिन्दू ऐसा समाचारपत्र है जिसके बारे में मेरा मानना है कि देश के किसी भी क्षेत्र की महत्वपूर्ण घटनाएं उसमें पढ़ने को मिले, जरूरी नहीं है। अत: उसका ‘कवरेज‘ वास्तव में राष्ट्रव्यापी है।

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In their coverage of news, most dailies with multiple editions are becoming regional newspapers. The Hindu of Chennai is one paper about which my impression is that important developments in any region of the country are seldom missed.  Its coverage is thus truly nation-wide.

I remember when before independence, I first saw this paper, it seemed to me a unique daily, whose page- one carried no news, only advertisements.  Banner headlines used to be taboo even on inside pages.

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