March 19th, 2009 
Girish Nikam By Girish Nikam A few months ago when the left parties were virtually out of the media gaze, following Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh dumping them, a non-congress southern satrap was in constant touch with the left parties hoping to revive the third front. The conversations would go on, with little hope of being able to [...]
March 13th, 2009 Girish Nikam By Girish Nikam Five years back when Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh was “hoisted” on the nation by the Congress President Sonia Gandhi after rejecting the demand for herself to occupy the throne, he had made it clear that the “mandate was for Sonia Gandhi, and not for me”. For some this statement was an act [...]
February 28th, 2009 Girish Nikam By Girish Nikam When the United Progressive Alliance was formed following the defeat of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance in the 2004 general elections, many did not give the newly cobbled up alliance much time for survival. The BJP leadership in particular in fact gave it only six months and later kept revising the fall-date, [...]
February 19th, 2009 Girish Nikam By Girish Nikam The countdown for the next Lok Sabha elections has begun in right earnest, and for the first time probably in the Indian elections, we have a happy situation where the voters are faced with two clear alternatives for the Prime Ministership. Despite the media’s penchant for creating confusion regarding the UPA’s choice, [...]
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