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  • Support for Joshi from Singapore

    The Congress chief in Uttar Pradesh - Rita Bahuguna Joshi, who finds herself in the midst of a raging political controversy, found support from an unexpected quarter on Monday. Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh held a video conference in New Delhi (he is admitted in a hospital in Singapore) to pledge...
    Posted to Have you Heard... (Weblog) Posted by Ruhi Tewari on 07-20-2009
  • Wedded to politics!

    If you see women wearing the traditional mangalsutras with symbols of various political parties etched on them, admiring themselves in hand mirrors bearing party stickers, don't be surprised. This is just Indian politics at its imaginative best! Political parties in the country have found new, innovative...
    Posted to Have you Heard... (Weblog) Posted by Ruhi Tewari on 05-04-2009
  • The criminal face of the second phase, Part II

    An update on the NEW study of the second phase of the Lok Sabha election. As expected, the all-India figures are as gloomy. In this phase, the total number of candidates with criminal records is 288 (17.63 % of 1633 candidates), compared to 222, i.e. 16% of 1425, candidates in phase I. Most major political...
    Posted to Have you Heard... (Weblog) Posted by Ruhi Tewari on 04-20-2009
  • The criminal face of the second phase

    The second phase of the Lok Sabha election 2009 kicks off on 23 April, when twelve states (while some face their first phase, others their second) would go to polls. National Election Watch (NEW), an umbrella group of more than 1200 NGOs, on Sunday released details of candidates contesting in the second...
    Posted to Have you Heard... (Weblog) Posted by Ruhi Tewari on 04-20-2009
  • Have you claimed your share of “moral responsibility”?

    It’s election time. It’s also time to feel guilty, and to wash off all your past ‘sins’ by owning “moral responsibility” and expressing “regret”. And here comes another one! Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh on Friday said he regretted not being able to prevent the demolition of the Babri...
    Posted to Have you Heard... (Weblog) Posted by Ruhi Tewari on 04-17-2009
  • What is the Congress ideology?

    "Do you believe in the Congress and its ideology? Do you think Congress is the most deserving party to lead the country? Be a part of network of friends and well-wishers of Congress...Log on to http://www.friendsofcongress.com to join HANDS," a message in my cell phone inbox read. Sent out...
    Posted to Have you Heard... (Weblog) Posted by Ruhi Tewari on 04-14-2009
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