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Rise of AAP is bad news for Modi, BJP? Think again
the AAP will trouble the BJP in the Lok Sabha elections much less than it did in Delhi.
In defence of Bedi: Arvind Kejriwal not a team man
He dumped his mentor; his relations with his colleagues in the Jan Andolan including Bedi, Anna and Ramdev Baba are fragile
Narendra Modi's mentor: Madhukarrao Bhagwat
In this chapter of his book Jyotipunj, Modi writes fondly about meeting him at age 20, and staying with him during his third year of RSS training.
Why is Modi dangerous for India? Mr PM, please elaborate
I think it was incumbent on Singh, who has been prime minister for a decade and finance minister for five years to elaborate.
Modi doesn't have the expertise to run a coalition govt
What does Modi know about running a coalition like NDA ? Dr Singh's legacy has to be measured in terms of two consecutive terms.
Modi's mentors: Kashinath Bagwade, the personal discipline guru
Narendra Modi has revealed his inspirations in a work he wrote after he became chief minister in 2001. The book, written in Gujarati, is called Jyotipunj. In this chapter from his book of short biographies, being translated for the first time, Narendra Modi profiles the man who offered him lessons in personal discipline, disaster management and administration.
AAP should go national: Voting for them is voting oneself into power
Also for those hung up on the fact that AAP has no experience in administration, what do the Congress and BJP have experience of? The art of stealing from treasury and making it sound like schemes?
Difficult to believe Kejriwal will be a success in the political arena
Delhi may be a one off exception and it is the reason why he is foisting himself on Delhi with Congress support.
Why bureaucrats won't back Kejriwal right away
Bureaucrats are not likely to come running to join Kejriwal.
Modi's mentors: Pappaji, the doctor who adopted Sangh-think, Sangh-action
In this chapter of his book Jyotipunj, Narendra Modi pays tribute to the dentist who first expanded the RSS in Gujarat, and took its cultural message to the tribals.
Why Congress' withdrawal threat akin to a bride's family mentality
A breakage of an alliance at engagement stage is better than a divorce after marriage.
Is Rahul Gandhi late in diagnosing India's key problems?
The degeneration of politics in this country is too grave and the morality has sunk to lowest depths beyond redemption.
What we learn from Maharashtra govt's handling of the Adarsh scam report
Had the commission's report been accepted, Sushilkumar Shinde, currently the Union Home Minister, would either have to resign or be sacked.
Can AAP fight the mighty politician-bureaucrat nexus?
Nowhere in the country, in fact, is the story different, since the wicked politician-administration nexus is universal all over India and pervades from top to bottom.
BJP needs to address issues faced by urban voters
If the BJP doesn't address real problems — price rise, inflated electricity bills, inflation — the middle class faces in cities, they would fare poorly with urban voters.
The mentors who taught Modi his management skills
According to Modi himself, his management training has come from a management school that he thinks is as good as Harvard and Stanford.
Why Anna Hazare should change his stand on AAP
Anna should change his stand soon and make everyone a winner in this battle against misrule and corruption. Otherwise the "aam aadmi" will be the loser.
Will corrupt clerks levy 'Lokpal charge' to get your work done?
AAP will find it tough to control internal corruption when it grows bigger in the days to come.
Well played: AAP has pushed BJP, Cong into a corner in Delhi
All criticism of AAP’s reluctance to form a government, if they are from the ordinary people arises from the fact that it is being seen from the conventional prism: government formation by hook or crook.
Sharad Pawar on Congress losses: Why his theories don't hold up
Let's try and look at Pawar's view from a critical perspective.
Delhi citizens foolish to have voted for Kejriwal, not Dikshit
I would like to say that Delhi people have done a very irresponsible voting this time. The first point is, if they were not happy with Sheila-ji, there is no way that they will be happy with BJP or AAP government.
I hope BJP does not become an AAP clone
The Congress of course is rudderless now and will try anything as Rahul said "we have to learn from the AAP".
AAP successful in Delhi, but can they play big role in national politics?
While one must not under estimate or ridicule what the AAP has achieved in the Delhi elections, I feel that the Party is still very immature and very inexperienced to play any significant role in the national politics (if they survive that is).
AAP has disproved the cynics, but lets not get swept away
As more statistics roll in, I cannot help but feel a little less cynical about the voters of Delhi.
Congress needs to be saved from Congressmen
How can a national party with 100+ years of history , great credentials in terms of contributing to India freedom's struggle be led by a person whose only claim to fame is he is his mother's son? The mother, in turn, is there only because of her husband.
Election result: Opinion polls win, get it right again
To be able to get it right from this small a number is quite remarkable. It is to the credit of India's polling agencies that they are able to consistently nail the result, as they have in the last few years.
Seven reasons why Arvind Kejriwal is not incompetent
Here are reasons why Arvind Kejriwal of the Aam Aadmi Party stands out from other politicians.
Article 370 debate is Modi's way of appeasing the hardline Hindu
The comment makes the point that the BJP seems to be mixing 'inclusive' chatter with steps clearly meant to appease the party's hardline Hindutva voterbank.