IPA Special
Election Campaign In Madhya Pradesh Reaches Its Lowest Level In Terms Of Abuses
By L.S. Herdenia BHOPAL: Election propaganda in Madhya Pradesh has turned into highly polemical. Top party leaders are hurling abuses against each other. The language is not only unparliamentarily but is also derogatory. Every day new abuse is coined. Kamal Nath without naming Imarti Devi, now a minister,...
Bihar Assembly Poll Campaign Is Having Many Twists And Turns
By Harihar Swarup Bihar is set for an interesting, yet unpredictable contest. At the heart of the 2020 elections is a strong push to effect a generational change in the state dominated by Lalu Prasad, Nitish Kumar and the late Ram Vilas Paswan for the past three decades....
Stan Swamy’s Crime Is His Solidarity For The Downtrodden
By Annie Domini If you look at the bodypolitick of the country without saffron-tinted glasses, if you truly see, you will find a very, very sick organism indeed. An organism that’s cannibalising on its own heart, brain and lungs to feed a massive belly of unrestrained State power....
Time For Reality Check On Covid Management- Not Rhetoric
By Dr. Arun Mitra In his address to the nation on 20th October the Prime Minister warned the countrymen not to let loose the precautions against Corona Virus and that till there is a medicine we cannot be careless towards this virus. Therefore precautions like using masks, maintaining...
Changing Nature Of The Election Scenario In Bihar In 2020 Assembly Poll
By Arun Srivastava In the electoral political history of Bihar, this is for the first time the manifestos or “Sankalp Patra” of political parties have emerged as the most favourite issues for political discourses. The discussion is not confined to the living rooms of the rich or middle...
Many Challenges In Setting Up Virtual And Online Courts In India
By Yash Agarwal How do we integrate virtual courts and digital justice delivery into the broader legal ecosystem of India? The urgency for developing some methodology or procedure for this has gained new relevance in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Parliamentary Standing Committee (PSC) of...
In Pandemic, Billionaires Wealth Increases While Common People Suffer Most
By Prabhat Patnaik Wealth distribution data are notoriously difficult to interpret. This is because variations in stock prices affect wealth distribution, so that a stock market boom suddenly makes the rich appear much richer, while a stock market collapse makes wealth distribution less unequal overnight. In other...
BJP’s Campaign In Bihar Elections Has Turned Cynical
By Arun Srivastava The constitutional commitment of the Union government to provide “free coronavirus vaccination for all” was offered on Thursday in the form of bribe to the voters of Bihar. Narendra Modi led the BJP government is under Constitutional obligation to make available coronavirus vaccine...
A Grave Constitutional Impropriety By Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister
By Indira Jaising The letter addressed by the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, YS Jaganmohan Reddy, directly to the Chief Justice of India (CJI) raises issues of grave constitutional importance. Does such a direct approach interfere with the independence of the Judiciary from the Executive? A Chief...
Kerala LDF Produces A Political Quickie
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It was well and truly a quickie, to put in cricket parlance. The ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF)on Thursday formally inducted the Kerala Congress(M) Jose K Mani faction as an ally, making out a strong case for entry into the Guinness Book of World...
