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Monthly Archives: NOVEMBER 2019

THE DRAMA OF DEMOCRACY

After A Game of Musical Chairs: Many-Headed Hydra in Maharashtra

30.11.19 - Markandey Katju

SO AT LAST a coalition government, a Many-headed Hydra, has been formed in Maharashtra.

Uddhav Thackeray head of Shiv Sena has taken oath as Chief Minister, and persons of allied parties, NCP and Congress, have become Ministers. But do they have any principles in common ...

THE HIDDEN HAND

The reasons behind upsurge in communal polarization of Indian society

22.11.19 - Markandey Katju

ALTHOUGH THE Constitution of India declares India to be a secular country, the ground reality is very different. In recent years, particularly after the Hindu right wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power in 2014, Indian society has been considerably polarised on religious lines. ...

Is India headed to its own ‘French Revolution’?

15.11.19 - Markandey Katju

All indications are that some kind of French Revolution is coming in the Indian subcontinent. Consider the facts :

1. Everything has collapsed in India, all state institutions have become hollow and empty shells, and largely corrupt, while the Indian economy is tanking and the people's ...

ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES AND TENNIS COURT

Imposition of President's rule in Maharashtra is unconstitutional

12.11.19 - Markandey Katju

IN MY OPINION the recent imposition of President's rule in Maharashtra under Article 356 of the Indian Constitution was unconstitutional, and needs to be declared as such by the Supreme Court.

In the recent elections to the 288 member Maharashtra Legislative Assembly the BJP got 105 ...

WHY THIS HUE & CRY?

Withdrawal of SPG security cover for Sonia and Rahul

08.11.19 - Markandey Katju

A big hue and cry has been raised by Congressmen over withdrawal of SPG ( Special Protection Group ) security cover for Sonia and Rahul Gandhi (though they will still get Z+ security), alleging it is an act of political vendetta. Indian official sources say ...

Why are policemen scared of lawyers in India?

05.11.19 - Markandey Katju

RECENTLY some policemen in Delhi were said to have been physically assaulted in Tees Hazari, Karkardooma and Saket district Courts in Delhi, which instigated them to hold a demonstration of several hours before the headquarters of the Delhi Police Commissioner near the ITO building demanding ...

"You do not care if other people die"

Punjab's farmers get a certificate from Supreme Court

04.11.19 - S Pal

INDIA HAS FINALLY rewarded Punjab's farmers. And the pronouncement on the doings and character of Punjab's farmers have come an authority no less sublime than the Supreme Court of India.

Also, if the period of Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi was the worst that the country ...

550th PARKASH PURB

Punjab govt to institute Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji Award for promotion of peace and interfaith understanding

01.11.19 - Team PT

The Punjab Cabinet on Friday approved the modalities of the Special Session of the 15th Punjab Vidhan Sabha, to be presided over by the Vice President of India, Venkaiah Naidu, on November 6, to commemorate the 550th Prakash Purb celebrations of Sri Guru Nanak Dev ...

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Monthly Archives: NOVEMBER 2019

SO AT LAST a coalition government, a Many-headed Hydra, has been formed in Maharashtra. Uddhav Thackeray head of Shiv Sena has taken oath as Chief Minister, and persons of allied parties, NCP and Congress, have become Ministers. But do they have any principles in common ...