I am rather tempted to write on this topic after seeing some surveys on Telengana elections, purportedly carried out by an unknown Bengaluru-based agency. It was time to nail these fakeries. The Congress party’s sweep of the Karnataka assembly polls, held a few months ago, was a fluke. The Congress rode to power not on…
As they say, there are no murders in politics, only suicides. Two major developments that surfaced in the Indian political arena, that too coming close to the Lok Sabha elections, aptly applies this adage. If a partner of the newly formed 28-party Indian National Democratic Inclusive Alliance (I.N.D.I.A.) has stirred a hornet’s nest with its…
Former Chief Minister and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) President Nara Chandrababu Naidu is in serious trouble. He was arrested by the state crime branch in the multi-crore Andhra Pradesh Skill Development Corporation funds scam, which runs a little over Rs 350 crore. It appears to have come as a lethal blow, even before he could…
Telangana Chief Minister and founder of the new national party Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) appears to have stirred a hornet’s nest. His decision to release the first list of 98 candidates sparked dissidence within the party, which is becoming uncontrollable as the day passes. Those who figure in the list are also not confident of getting the B-form knowing…
With the state assembly elections around the corner, all principal parties are bent upon to play out all that tricks in their bags to lure the electorate. And the ruling party, Bharat Rashtriya Samiti (BRS), which is making a bid to come back to power for the third consecutive time, looks more desperate than the…
