Archive for May, 2009

Ministry Formation—A Thankless task competently handled

By Girish Nikam At the best of times the process of cabinet formation is a thankless exercise, and allocating portfolios is a much more complex work out. And when it is a coalition Government it makes it that much more difficult for any Prime Minister. Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh and the Congress chief Sonia Gandhi [...]

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Be it Bihar or Tamil Nadu—-for a change, it is development not caste

By Girish Nikam Has the latest Lok Sabha elections thrown up a new trend in this country? Will we see voters getting less and less enthused with the call for voting for their biradari and jat? Will the voters look up to parties and candidates and combines who they perceive as being best to push [...]

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Good Governance, clever strategy and some mavericksKey to the 2009 Mandate

By Girish Nikam The voters of India did what was considered by many if not most, as the unthinkable. It voted back a Government at the Centre which had completed five full years and with an astonishing mandate for the leading party in the UPA coalition, Congress, for the first time in 25 years, which [...]

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Has Manmohan Singh been the key factor in this election?

By Girish Nikam As the cacophony rises inversely proportionate to the countdown for the results of the marathon five phase Lok Sabha poll, amidst wild speculations, one thing seems to be clear if you cut out all the fluff—– BJPs Prime Ministerial aspirant, L.K.Advanis chances of achieving his ambition is becoming more and more distant. [...]

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My Final Tally of Lok Sabha Election-A Projection

Election Trail-Tamil nadu By Girish Nikam As the fifth and final phase of polling concludes today, the big question on the minds of everyone is what is going to be the result. The exit polls on various news channels will give some understanding of what we expect. Meanwhile, here is my own projection of the [...]

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The sad tale of the two poster boys of the Congress

Election Trail-Tamil nadu By Girish Nikam For this man who has held the centre stage in Indian politics for years, the whole world is an oyster. He has earned praise from some of the most prominent world leaders and institutions for his acumen as a finance minister. Lately even in his new job as the [...]

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Azhagiri rides on money and muscle powerstart of a new trend

By Girish Nikam After having been banished by his father for years to Madurai, and neglected, in comparison to Stalin, his younger brother, M.K.Azhagiri, the elder son of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK Supremo, M.Karunanidhi is desperate not to let go off this opportunity which he has got. Contesting elections for the Lok Sabha [...]

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Free TV, Gas Cylinder and Cheap Rice–No formula for success, in Tamil Nadu atleast!

By Girish Nikam Election TrailTamil Nadu What happens in a state where there is no paucity of sops showered on the people? They will look for more! Tamil Nadu has been one State where successive governments have not only offered free sops, but have also successfully implemented them. Right from the time, when the phenomenal [...]

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The Vijayakant and the Gounder factor – Why there will be no sweep

By Girish Nikam Election TrailTamil Nadu Why has the Tamil Nadu election scene got muddled up, and why is there this general feeling that there would be no sweep in favour of either of the two combines, led by DMK and AIADMK. It is not that there are no hopefuls who still predict, on both [...]

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The Politics of the Vanniyar belt – Tied in a tough battle

By Girish Nikam Election TrailTamil Nadu The politics of Tamil Nadu for a long time had been the story of the bitter rivalry between the two stalwarts of the Tamil film industry, friends turned foes, M.Karunanidhi and MG Ramachandran (MGR). Ever since MGR in the seventies walked out of the DMK, and decided to form [...]

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