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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Amarnath land row: Jammu shuts down
JAMMU: A day after the J&K government decided to scrap the controversial land transfer to the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB) which sparked off protests across the valley, the saffron brigade forced a complete shutdown in Jammu on Monday. The bandh call was given by BJP and its allies against what they called "the politicization and surrender of the state government to separatist forces on the issue of allotment of land to SASB". Shops, schools and colleges were closed while roads were deserted. There was thin attendance in government and private offices.
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Amarnath row: J&K govt may revoke transfer order
SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir cabinet is likely to revoke the order to transfer land to the Amarnath shrine board besides allocating key portfolios that fell vacant after resignations by PDP ministers. A meeting of the cabinet under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad is scheduled for Tuesday during which a discussion will be held on the order to hand over 39.88 hectares of land to Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) and a decision taken on it, official sources said here.
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Lalu meets Sonia amid standoff on nuke deal
NEW DELHI: As the standoff over the Indo-US nuclear deal between the Left parties and the government continued, RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Tuesday met Congress President Sonia Gandhi here. Prasad refused to talk to journalists waiting outside Gandhi's residence after the short meeting. The meeting came in the backdrop of reports that the Railway Minister was in touch with the Samajwadi Party for backing the UPA in case the Left parties withdrew support to the government in the event of forward movement on the nuclear deal.
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Half measures won't do, says PDP
A day after withdrawing support to the Congress in J-K, the PDP on Sunday said the reported decision of the state Government to take charge of the logistics arrangements of the Amarnath yatra was only a half-way measure which would not help in resolving the grave situation that had engulfed the state. The statement came after a party meeting presided over by its president Mehbooba Mufti here.
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J-K Govt's move on yatra will become a poll issue: Advani
Suman K Jha Slamming the Ghulam Nabi Azad Government's decision to take over the arrangements of the yatra which will pave the way for the revocation of the transfer order of 40 hectares of land to Shri Amarnath Shrine Board, the BJP has said it will become a major electoral issue. "It's a serious issue. First the UPA Government brought the obnoxious affidavit on the Ram Sethu (questioning the existence of Lord Ram) and now this. The state Government has succumbed to vote bank politics,' BJP's prime ministerial candidate L K Advani told The Indian Express.
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To end row, Vohra drops land transfer move, asks J&K to take over Yatra
Muzamil Jaleel Ending three weeks of controversy over the transfer of forest land to the Amarnath shrine board, Jammu and Kashmir's new Governor N N Vohra today stepped in and, in his capacity as chairman of the board, asked the state government to take over the Yatra arrangements. The Ghulam Nabi Azad government, reduced to a minority after partner PDP walked out of the coalition, promptly agreed and the board withdrew its request for the transfer of forest land.
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Karat spells it out: Will pull out if Govt goes to Vienna
N-Deal CPM asks UPA partners to stop Govt; Mulayam tells party to get ready for polls, Advani says will press for trust vote on deal NEW DELHI, JUNE 29: Battle lines were formally drawn today over the Indo-US nuclear deal standoff with CPM general secretary Prakash Karat announcing that the Left would withdraw support to the Government if it went ahead with the deal.
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J-K Govt's move on yatra will become a poll issue: Advani
Suman K Jha New Delhi, June 29: Slamming the Ghulam Nabi Azad Government's decision to take over the arrangements of the yatra which will pave the way for the revocation of the transfer order of 40 hectares of land to Shri Amarnath Shrine Board, the BJP has said it will become a major electoral issue. "It's a serious issue. First the UPA Government brought the obnoxious affidavit on the Ram Sethu (questioning the existence of Lord Ram) and now this. The state Government has succumbed to vote bank politics,' BJP's prime ministerial candidate L K Advani told The Indian Express.
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Left will pull plug if govt goes to IAEA
Deal And Govt Will Survive: Lalu A day after Sonia Gandhi asked the Congress to get ready for elections, CPM announced that it would withdraw support to the UPA government if it took the
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Amarnath row hots up, PDP pulls out of govt
M Saleem Pandit | TNN Srinagar: The Congress-led government in J&K was on the brink of collapse on Saturday after PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti marched to governor N N Vohra's office in Srinagar and handed in a letter withdrawing support to the government. The move came amidst spiralling violence over the decision to build facilities for Amarnath pilgrims near Sonmarg and Pahalgam and transfer of land to the shrine board. The PDP and separatistbacked protests have led to mobs taking over streets in Muslim-majority areas, attacking yatris.