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Category Archives: India Elections 2009
Hindutva And The Upcoming Indian Elections
The contrast between 2004 and 2009 is exacerbated by the accidental infamy that Varun Gandhi has gained in the last few days. It points to the fact that it has been left to a hitherto a very minor leader of the party to articulate what the Sadhvi Ritambaras during 1989- 1992 and then Narendra Modi and the late Pramod Mahajan took up later. Continue reading
India Votes: Muslim Leadership Problems
With the Sachar Committee report released about two years ago Muslims had assumed that most Muslim leaders in mainstream parties and the Muslim organizations will make sure that the implementation of this committee’s findings is an integral part of the election platform of all mainstream parties. But that is not what we find on the eve of the election. Continue reading
Posted in India Elections 2009
Tagged India Elections 2009, Parliamentary Elections 2009
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Varun And The Ghost Of Sanjay Gandhi
So what was Varun Gandhi thinking when he spew venom against Indian Muslims and Mahatma Gandhi, father of the nation? How can a man – who studied in the liberal tradition of London School of Economics and Political Science – be communal? Perhaps he was following in his father’s footsteps whose obsessive preference was to be always in the news. Continue reading
Aggressive Advani Or Meek Manmohan
M Shamsur Rabb Khan compares the personalities, politics and policies of two top contenders for the post of Prime Minister: LK Advani and Manmohan Singh. Both were born in Pakistan and later migrated to India and their careers have taken totally different trajectories as politicians. Continue reading
India Votes: Muslim MPs’ Performance In Lok Sabha
One way to measure performance of elected representatives is to look at their activities in the legislatures. Ayub Khan analyzes the performances the 36 Muslim MPs and finds that most of them approached their legislative duties with seriousness. Continue reading
Posted in India Elections 2009, Politics
Tagged AIMIM, Asaduddin Owaisi, Elections 2009, India Elections 2009
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India Votes: Varun Gandhi’s Anti-Muslim Remarks In Pilibhit
Varun Gandhi’s dangerous utterances and the subsequent denial-cum-defense by the BJP party has once again made the secular-minded Indians suspicious of its agenda. BJP would do well to cancel Mr Gandhi’s candidature from the Pilibhit constituency and nominate someone who, if elected, will fight for all the citizens of Pilibhit not just the Hindus. Continue reading
Posted in India Elections 2009, Videos
Tagged Elections 2009, India Elections 2009, Pilibhit, Varun Gandhi
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India Votes: Congress’s Jai Ho Campaign
Indian National Congress (INC) finally launched the widely anticipated election campaign based on Jai Ho song from the hit Oscar winning movie Slumdog Millionaire. The three 60 second spots are titled Leaders, Chandrayan and Schemes. Continue reading
Posted in India Elections 2009, Politics, Videos
Tagged Elections 2009, India Elections 2009, Parliamentary Elections 2009
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India Votes: Bihar Politicians In Catch-22 Situation Over Crucial Muslim Votes
The State of Bihar with its 40 constituencies will play a decisive role to help put in place a viable government at the Centre. And undoubtedly, it is the nearly 17 percent Muslim votebank in the state that will make or mar the fortunes of political parties, which in turn will significantly play their own respective roles in forming the Central government. Continue reading
India Votes: Whom Should Muslims Vote?
I don’t know that was or has been a general feeling of alienation or escapism among Muslims, but one thing is sure, no political party has done anything concrete for the Muslims except some lip service to arouse emotional appeal though the community has been wrongly accused by the BJP and its allies for what is called ‘minority appeasement’. Continue reading
Posted in Featured, India Elections 2009
Tagged Democracy, Elections, India Elections 2009, Issues 2009, Parliamentary Elections 2009
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India Votes: What Are The Issues Of Indian Muslims As Elections Approach?
As another election to the parliament in India approaches, the question comes up “What are Indian Muslims Thinking? What are the issues on the basis of which they will vote for various parties? Are their issues the same as those of other Indians or do they have some distinct issues of their own? Continue reading
Posted in DesiPundit, Featured, India Elections 2009
Tagged Democracy, Elections, Issues 2009, leadership-problems, Political Lea
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