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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Cong to corner Modi on development plank
Congress is set to hit the agitational pitch in Gujarat on
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Left loses in Singur, Nandigram
The Left Front won in Panchayat Elections in May 2008 but it came with a pinch of salt. The polls indicated that the industrialization drive has not gone down well with the rural electorate. The
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The Party and the Panchayats of West Bengal
Despite substantial decentralisation of power through panchayati raj institutions in West Bengal, the presence of an entrenched centralised party in power in the state has meant the use of such institutions as instruments of patronage. Violent battles have invariably taken place during panchayat elections, as these are seen as necessary by all political parties to capture or retain hold over the institutions.
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Buddha on land hunt on Mamata terrain
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has taken personal responsibility to find land in Trinamul Congress-ruled South 24-Parganas for a university promised to Muslims. The government had announced a year ago that the Calcutta Madarsa college would be upgraded to Aliah University, but all its efforts to acquire the required 50-odd acres have failed so far.
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Congress has no right to stay in power if it cannot control prices'
The Bahujan Samaj Party held a rally in the Sector 17 plaza today to protest against the rising prices of fuel and the cost of essential commodities. Beating thalis to
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View Point: Petro price hike
The hike in the price of petro-products announced by the UPA Government has led to agitations and bandhs all around especially in non-Congress ruled states. If we go by the version of the Govt. this hike had become necessary to save the Oil Companies from bankruptcy. Even the Reserve Bank of India has termed the hike in petroleum products as a step in the right direction. But the country is already facing an inflationary pressure of the worst kind which has touched a figure of 8.24%. Prices of essential commodities have shot up thereby making the life of the common man miserable.
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Kamal Nath kicks off MP campaign, promises free power to farmers
Attacking the BJP for not fulfilling poll promises, Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Kamal Nath on Monday announced free electricity to farmers if the Congress came to power in Madhya Pradesh. "If the Congress comes back to power in the coming Assembly polls, it will give free power to farmers for five horse power pumps and also single-point power connections to SC/ST and those living below the poverty line,' Nath told reporters before addressing a party rally here.
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N-Deal scores over price hike for Left
If the Left parties could successfully block the Indo-US nuclear deal by threatening in all seriousness to withdraw their outside support to the UPA goverment, why can't they adopt the same tactic to force the Centre to rollback the steep hike in the prices of petroleum products, including LPG? Is the worsening plight of the majority of the country's people, already reeling under the skyrocketing prices of essential commodities and whose miseries are now compounded by the rise in petroleum prices not as serious an issue for the Left as the nuke deal?
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CPM's Salim fear in South
CPM leaders from South 24-Parganas today reminded Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee the impact of the land row on the panchayat polls, two days after he assured the Salim Group of the government's commitment to implement its proposed projects. Bhattacharjee, who is in charge of the district party unit with Benoy Konar, met the leaders at the state party headquarters. State CPM secretary Biman Bose and panchayat minister Surjya Kanta Mishra also attended the meeting, part of the CPM's review of the rural poll setback.
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Mess in agriculture sector
Need to initiate corrective measures