LK Advani’s Blog

A recent addition to my personal library is a glossy, picture book titled – “100 CITIES OF THE WORLD : A journey through the most fascinating cities around the globe.”

As I glanced through the Contents listing the hundred, Continent-wise, I was struck by the fact that India’s capital, Delhi, was not included in this list. The two Indian cities mentioned in the Asian tally of twenty two were Kolkata and Mumbai.

For Indian readers, a more interesting addition to my library this week is a thought Click to Read More

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इस सप्ताह का सर्वाधिक चौंकाने वाला समाचार नई दिल्ली से प्रकाशित ‘इंडियन एक्सप्रेस‘ ने गत् बुधवार (4 अप्रैल) को अपने प्रथम पृष्ठ पर प्रकाशित किया है। इस समाचार रिपोर्ट पर छ स्तम्भों में फैला बैनर शीर्षक यह है: ‘दि जनवरी नाइट रायसीना हिल वाज़ स्पूकड‘। उपशीर्षक इस प्रकार है: सेना की दो यूनिटों ने सरकार को बगैर बताए Click to Read More

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The most shocking news of this week has been the front page story carried by New Delhi’s Indian Express last Wednesday (April 4). This news story had a 6-column banner headline: THE JANUARY NIGHT RAISINA HILL WAS SPOOKED. The sub-heading reads: Two Army Units moved towards Delhi without notifying Government.

If one reads the April 4 report thoroughly, and the several follow-up stories published on April 5, one would have to concede that the reports are extremely alarming and, as BJP spokesman Ravi Shankar Prasad has commented, reveal “Government-Army ties at an all time low”. The Indian Express story this week does highlight how deep is the trust deficit pervading the Click to Read More

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झारखण्ड राज्य में इस वर्ष राज्यसभा के चुनावों को रद्द करने के लिए मुख्य निर्वाचन आयुक्त डा. एस.वाई. कुरैशी का अभिनन्दन।

भारतीय चुनावों के इतिहास में यह पहली बार हुआ होगा कि किसी राज्य में राज्यसभा के चुनावों को चुनाव आयोग ने, Click to Read More

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Kudos for Dr. S.Y. Quraishi, Chief Election Commissioner, for scrapping this year’s Rajya Sabha elections in Jharkhand State.

This is the first time in the history of Indian elections in any state that the polling to the Rajya Sabha in that state has been halted midway by the Election Commission itself, even before the votes have been fully counted.

The inputs that made the Commission take this decision were as follows :

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