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Karnataka Elections and role of BSP

May 25th, 2008 · No Comments

So the election results for Karnataka assembly were kind of as predicted as well as surprising. BJP finally got almost a majority and they probably would peacefully run a government for next five years. But most of the analysts on TV were (without looking at the data) saying that congress lost because of BSP. So [...]

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Love hate relationship between BJP and PM

April 16th, 2008 · No Comments

BJP and PM seems to have an strange love hate relationship. Yesterday, BJP jumped to the defense of PM.
Rubbing salt on Congress’ wounds, the BJP on Wednesday alleged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been “insulted” because of the “make Rahul Gandhi Prime Minister” chant by a section of the ruling party leaders.
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Ram Sethu

September 17th, 2007 · No Comments

There seems to be a whole lot politics going around the Ram Sethu. I am not sure if it was made by vanar sena or somebody else. But I think the fact that we want to clean-it up is bizzare.
Even Archeological Survey of India which filed the affidavit that resulted in the political mess, agrees [...]

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Communists and their self-proclaimed national interest

August 20th, 2007 · No Comments

The communists and their drama is on again. They show up on TV and claim to be only people interested in national interest when in the past their behavior has suggested time and again that they should not even try. Except in WB and Kerala, nobody falls for their theatrics. See this story. To quote [...]

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