India's political parties
A study of democracy is incomplete without a study of one of its most fundamental components—political parties. In India, works on the country’s political parties so far have explored, among other things,
Political Parties
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For water, a vote for NOTA
75,000 residents in the eastern part of Chittur been demanding water from the Parambikulam Aliyar Project. On the premises of a few polling stations in the district, booths supporting an unusual ‘candidate’ sprouted on Thursday. They were rooting for NOTA (none of the above).
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Yadav village near Agra to boycott polls
AGRA: Around 20,000 residents of the Yadav-dominated Budhana village, 15km from Agra, have decided to boycott polls over the lack of development in their area. The village has around 2,500 families. Budhana
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Party manifestos mum on pollution in rivers
Pollution in Yamuna or Ganga do not figure in the manifestos of the capital’s three major political parties nor does any focused plan on addressing the crisis of rivers. Despite having its roots in Delhi, Aam Aadmi Party doesn’t talk about its plans for the extremely polluted Yamuna. With little progress made on the Ganga and Yamuna action plans, the Congress merely aims to “clean rivers on a large scale”. The BJP, meanwhile, continues to pitch its controversial pet project—interlinking of rivers. Environmentalists say little thought has gone into addressing urgent ecological concerns like the state of rivers or their position on dams.
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Support green candidates: Vedi
The Kerala Paristhithi Aikyavedi, an umbrella organisation of different environmental groups, has urged voters to take a strict stand against those who showed a callous attitude towards the protection of environment and compromised on important issues, including the protection of drinking water, paddy fields, and ecologically sensitive areas, in the Lok Sabha election on Thursday.
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A forest village still untouched by development
Basic Facilities Have Been Denied To 100-Odd Families In Wayanad's Chettiyalathur Village Kozhikode: For the residents of Chettiyalathur village in Wayanad, voting has remained a valuable right even if they have not received anything much in return over six decades since independence.
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No water, no vote’
Even as the candidates vie with each other promising to solve city's water crisis, as many as 1,000 households in Vidyaranapura in North Bangalore have been parched for 15 days. Not a single drop of water
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BJP plans to harvest solar energy
Sunny side up. That’s how the BJP plans to serve its menu to satisfy India’s hunger for energy, along with incentives for ramping up domestic production of coal, oil and gas. The party’s manifesto
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Political parties have ignored ecological concerns, say activists
Ahead of elections, all major political parties have made tall promises to eradicate poverty and make Odsiha a developed State. But most of these parties have failed to focus on ecological concerns, feel
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No party talking about environment: Green activists
Even as candidates belonging to major national parties woo voters with last minute promises of all-round development, issues related to wildlife, environment and animal welfare are not on agenda. Abhishek
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BJP, AAP promise farmers high returns
Congress harps on benefits from FDI in retail For Punjab's sagging agrarian economy, here is some good news. The meek voices of the farmers, agri economists and farmer unions seem to have been heard by at least two of the main political parties in the state which are now promising to ensure 50 per cent profit over cost of production to the farmers.