No matter how hard political theorists try to convince, the modern nation-state system is essentially autocratic at the core. Whether you go to Germany, the United States or recent democracies like India, in whatever fabric the democracy is presented, certainly it is not close to anything like the textbook definition of democracy. As a system that has been in use for more than two hundred years with all the advanced ideas, it's the least perfect. One of the most fundamental differences between the various democracies lies not in their constitutional or legal arrangements but in the degree of autocracy they exercise visibly or invisibly.One can say that the army and the police are perhaps the most visible arm of the state in exercising their autocracy, but with limitations but what gets of...
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In an interesting set of development, ex Punjab Chief Minister Capt. Amarinder Singh met with BJP Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar, what he described as a "courtesy call". The Punjab elections are scheduled to be held in 2022, and the last few months have seen intense factionalism and jostling for political power. With Capt Amarinder Singh announcing to form a new party and his hints towards a pre-poll alliance with BJP and the breakaway Akali faction called SAD (samyukt), the upcoming Punjab elections are anyone's guess. Owing to its own making, Congress is reeling under intense pressure to keep its stock together. The Punjab Congress Chief (PCC) is at loggerheads with CM Charanjit Singh Channi over certain issues over the appointment and administration with the government. T...
Read MoreIn Uttar Pradesh 17 minor school girls sedated and molested by the school teacher and principal .This incident took place in Muzaffarnagar, U.P. These girls belongs to a private school , name not disclosed yet and asked to stay overnight in context of practical exam. Such incidents are not new in Uttar Pradesh. What is more critical is the way police functions. This heinous crime took place on 18 November but the local police did not lodge any complaint against the directors of the private school. The incident came into limelight when the local MLA met the police officials representing parents complaints on their behalf. After this intervention only the police of Purkazi came into action and filled the F.I.R . After filing the complaint one of the director of the schools involved has...
Read MoreAmbedkar’s Death Anniversary: Mayawati Said, Not By Taking To The Streets, It Will Be A Matter Of Change Of Power
BSP supremo Mayawati said that not by taking to the streets, but by changing the power, talk will be made and BSP will be in power this time. She said that by forming some organizations some people are trying to stop the mission of Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar, but after the elections, such organizations are neither in the house nor in the space. Mayawati addresses media persons in Lucknow on the occasion of Babasaheb Ambedkar's death anniversary. On this occasion, she said that Baba Saheb had suffered a lot but always fought to get legal rights for the people of Dalit and Muslim class. She said that if the rights given by him are to be taken full advantage, then people of this class will have to work unitedly. It was he who had told that this class of people would have to take th...
Read MoreCongress vs PK: “Leading The Opposition Is Not Your Divine Right,” Prashant Kishor’s Strong Attack On Congress
Questions are constantly being raised about the leadership of the opposition in the politics of the country. While TMC is staking claim in this political battle, Congress is citing itself to be the single largest party. Now the reaction of election strategist Prashant Kishor has also come to the fore. In a direct attack on the Congress leadership, Prashant Kishor has said that Congress has lost 90 percent of its elections in the last 10 years. In such a situation, the leadership of the opposition cannot be a divine right of the Congress. Let the opposition leadership decide democratically. Targeting Congress Prashant Kishor said, "Congress's leadership is not the divine right of an individual especially when the party has lost more than 90% elections in the last 10 years." The strategi...
Read MoreFormer Congress President Rahul Gandhi met 12 Rajya Sabha MPs during the winter session of Parliament. Rahul made this meeting during the protest of the suspended MPs. These 12 MPs were suspended from the current winter session for uproar and indiscipline in the Rajya Sabha during the last monsoon session. The Opposition demanded that the suspension of 12 MPs be revoked but M Venkaiah Naidu rejected this appeal by saying “The members who had committed the sacrilege against the house have not shown remorse. So, I think the appeal by the Opposition [to revoke the suspensions is not worth considering.” The suspended MPs are: Elamaram Kareem (CPM), Phulo Devi Netam, Chhaya Verma, R Bora, Rajamani Patel, Syed Nasir Hussain and Akhilesh Prasad Singh of the Congress, Binoy Viswam of CPI, Dola...
Read MoreIn a televised address on 19 November 2021, Prime Minister Modi announced repealing of the three contentious farm laws, an issue that divided the nation for year long. Despite the government's commitment farmers are digging in their tents to brace for the coming winter months and to continue to sit in protest to get their remaining six demands fulfilled, including, most importantly, a statutory backing for the Minimum Support Price (MSP). The tug-of-war continues but unlike the repeal of farm laws, legalising MSP will not be so easy. What is MSP and why are farmers demanding a law backing it?The history of MSP can be traced in the rationing system introduced by the British during the second world war. But it was in independent India, that it became a tool to address the issue of food...
Read MoreThere is no denying the fact that the standards of Indian public debate are on a slide, especially in the last decade. Pakistan and it's founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah is a common theme of debate on prime time television shows, an issue that features over and above other electoral issues. This exclusive focus on Pakistan and Jinnah is a result of decades of careful nurturing of a cadre of people who espouse muscular nationalism based on the argument that a Hindu Rashtra can only be an alternative to Muslim Jihad. The majority who happens to be Hindu is presented as holding the secular flag high; otherwise, India could have potentially turned into a theocracy. It serves two purposes, that the Hindus are temperamentally more tolerant and secular and that Muslims are temperamentally religious-...
Read MoreOn the first day of the winter session, parliament began on the same note as it has ended on the 11th of August 2021 with one difference. On Monday, 12 MPs from various opposition parties were suspended for their unruly behaviour during the monsoon session of the Rajya Sabha. The unruly scenes in the Rajya Sabha, in the monsoon session, brought the chairman of the Rajya Sabha to tears, in anguish and desperation he said "there is no act to convey my anguish as I have spent a sleepless night... I struggled to find our provocation,” referring to unruly members of the house. As this happened on the last working day of the house, it was logical to expect that the decision on the MPs conduct will be taken up in the upcoming winter session. A scene of disruption in Parliament The motion...
Read MoreDigital India Mission: The Precursor Of New Cryptocurrency Ban In India?
On 1st July 2015, the magnum project of the central government of India was launched by the P.M of India Shri Narendra Modi ji called the DIGITAL INDIA MISSION, to transform India into a empowered global economy. Now in 2021 the Central government is introducing cryptocurrency ban. Cryptocurrency is a type of digital currency which has gained immense popularity in last few years . This could happen only because of Digital India Mission. This mission was a test for BJP government. It was designed to go deep into the rural India and connect it the urban India. It also included giving better digital facilities in different departments. Railways, Education, Healthcare, Banking and many more comes under this mission. This...
Read MoreThe Agricultural Laws Repeal Bill, 2021, was approved by the Union Cabinet in a recent meeting after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's announcement on November 19, 2021, that the three unpopular farm laws will be repealed. Many were surprised by the Prime Minister's declaration, especially many in the governing dispensation who had previously opposed the farmers' demonstrations tooth and claw, resorting to abhorrent name-calling at times. However, the retreat is a good step after long demonstrations that saw more than 700 farmers die and many more endure severe pain and risk from an antagonistic administration, bad weather, and a pandemic. According to the letter sent to Prime Minister Narendra Modi by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), the three laws would not be abolished in Parliament un...
Read More‘Mehangai Hatao’ Rally: Congress To Organize Rally In Delhi On December 12 Against Inflation, Sonia-Rahul Will Address The Gathering
These days inflation in India is increasing day by day that is creating chaos in the country and making it quite difficult for people of India to lead their life normally. Due to the price rise people of the country are facing multiple issue of getting even bread on time. Against the rising inflation in the country, the Congress has made a strategy to surround the Modi government at the Center. Under this, the Congress is going to take out a 'Mehangai Hatao' rally in Delhi on 12 December. It is being told that during this time the party's interim president Sonia Gandhi and former president Rahul Gandhi will address the rally. Earlier, the Congress held an important meeting at 10 Janpath, at the residence of the party's interim president Sonia Gandhi, on the winter session of Parlia...
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