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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Bellary Reddy now ready to save Yeddy
WITH the fate of the Yeddyurappa government hanging in the balance, following withdrawal of support by 19 MLAs, the BJP leadership threatened to use the anti-defection law to quell the rebellion and survive the trust vote. State tourism minister G Janardhana Reddy was leading the efforts to persuade the dissident camp to call off the rebellion.
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BJP to bring out NE vision document
Identifying poverty, lack of development, adequate communication facilities, floods and illegal migration from Bangladesh, as bane of the North-east, BJP national president Nitin Gadkari said that the party is brining out its own Vision Document North-east 2025 . A five-member team has been tasked to draft the report, he said, adding that experts and bureaucrats would be consulted while prepari
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Naveen failed to protect State interests: BJP
BHUBANESWAR: The BJP today slammed the Centre for showering favours on Andhra Pradesh like Polavaram project and blamed the ruling BJD for failing to protect the State interests. Addressing activists of the BJP Yuva Morcha who staged a dharna near Raj Bhawan protesting Polavaram, senior leaders of the party blamed Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for his failure to take up the issue with the Centr
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Chiru: Stop polluting projects
Srikakulam, Sept.
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Buddha will ask PM to remove Mamata hurdle
For West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, Union Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee is a spanner in the implementation of the Rs 4,847.58-crore East-West Metro railway line that will run from Salt Lake to Howrah.
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Centres nod to Polavaram irks BJD leaders
The Naveen Patnaik government on Sunday came down heavily on the Congress-led government at the Centre saying it was behaving like a party instead of maintaining its character as a responsible constitutional authority. Seven ministers, two Lok Sabha members and 25 MLAs, who addressed a gathering of party workers at Malkangiri protesting the Centre
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Ruling ally opposes suspension of Uttarakhand power project
DEHRA DUN: The temporary suspension of work at the 330 MW Alaknanda hydropower project near Srinagar by the Uttarakhand Government this past week has evoked loud protests from the coalition partner Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (UKD) and the local people. Work at the project was suspended by Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal
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No land will be given for Polavaram project: BJD
BHUBANESWAR: Biju Janata Dal leaders on Sunday slammed the Centre for giving final clearance to the controversial Indira Sagar Polavaram project by ignoring protests from Orissa where 20,000 tribal families of 29 villages are going to be displaced by the dam. Addressing the 'Malkangiri banchao, Polavaram hatao' rally, the BJD leaders, including seven ministers, announced that not an inch of lan
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BJP to oppose Govt move for alternative mines to
BHUBANESWAR: The BJP today warned the Government not to think of granting alternate mining lease to Vedanta Aluminium whose credential is doubtful. Reacting to Vedanta
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Dont politicise Polavaram: Congress
BHUBANESWAR: Maintaining that the Centre had given conditional clearance to Polavaram dam project, the Orissa Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) criticised the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) for trying to politicise the issue. BJD is trying to politicise the issue even after the assurance given by Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik that al