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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NDA, CPM stage boycott of oil panel meeting
Subodh Ghildiyal | TNN The political repercussions of a fuel hike were visible within hours of the announcement, with BJP-led NDA and the CPM coming together to boycott the consultative committee meeting chaired by petroleum minister Murli Deora. The boycott of Deora, which included a protesting band of MPs from BJP, Akali Dal and CPM, only buttresses the fears in Congress that the fuel price hike would have serious political costs.
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Govt bites the bullet: LPG up Rs 50, petrol Rs 5, diesel Rs 3
Left, RJD, NDA Condemn Hike; Govt Too Will Tighten Belt If you drive 36km daily
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Minister's words not important
The Trinamul Congress and the LF junior partners today lambasted the CPI-M for "trying to be wise after the event by letting the state urban development minister' announce the state government's decision today that land would be acquired for any industrialisation project only after setting up land procurement committees that include local representatives. Trinamul chief Miss Mamata Banerjee said the CPI-M-led LF government had lost its credibility and there's no need to attach any importance to the words its individual ministers say from time to time.
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Hogenakkal may be first challenge for Yeddy as CM
The newly elected BJP Government in Karnataka will face its first major crisis in resolving the sensitive Hogenakkal issue with the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Muthuvel Karunanidhi announcing the revival of the controversial drinking water project in the Cauvery basin. The two neighbouring states went on the offensive after the Chief Minister-elect BS Yeddyurappa visited Hogenakkal last March and protested against the implementation of the drinking water project to cater to Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri districts in Tamil Nadu.
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Govt throws up hands as inflation hits 8.1%
With the inflation curve's relentless ascent touching a new high of 8.1% on Friday, the Manmohan Singh government virtually threw in the towel, admitting that inflationary pressures were beyond control and that it could only hope food prices would moderate.
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PR companies give public face to corporate agenda
at the fag end of the monsoon session of Parliament last year, 28 parliamentarians and politicians, including veterans like Motilal Vohra and Natwar Singh, sent a letter urging human resources
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PR is legit
Regulation on lobbying a dream According to Jayoti Lahiri, secretary general, Public Relations Consultants Association of India, "There is very little literature on the functioning of public
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Under the influence
Lobbyists crawl around legislators An Action Aid report on lobbying, released on January 25, 2006, highlights privileges enjoyed by corporate lobbyists in framing global trade rules under the
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Minority rule
<font class="UCASE">the common </font> wisdom of electoral democracy might call for politicians, specialising in arithmetic, who can identify the biggest number. But the post-modern understanding of electoral politics may demand integrating a small number of voters whose limit to power is tending towards infinity! Let us look at how a few road dividers on a stretch of 19 km in Delhi have completely divided the urban classes (see page: 32-38).<br>
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Sign of things to come? Left-UPA meet on 123 agreement postponed again
IN what could further dampen the spirits of the nuclear deal enthusiasts, the government has put off the meeting of the Left-UPA panel on the Indo-US nuclear agreement to June 18. This is the second shocker for the pro-deal quarters in the past two days. Their hopes about the government going ahead with the deal were revived when the media came out reports about the prime minister planning a meeting of senior officials involved with the nuclear agreement. Government leaders have already denied any plans for such an exercise.