The Lok Sabha election for Delhi state was completed on April 10, 2014. Whatever be the results of the 7 Lok Sabha seats in Delhi, the BJP and Congress party can live with them. But for the Aam Admi party, April 10 is extremely important. How it fared today will determine its future. In politics, as in most things in life, perceptions are more important than reality.
Dr Pentapati Pullarao is an Economist, Columnist and Public Affairs Activist and has contributed over 650+ articles to periodicals and newspapers in the last 15 years.
Friday, 11 April 2014
Chief Ministers Will Face Consequences - Pullarao Pentapati
There are many Chief Ministers who are taking the 2014 parliament elections very seriously. They are ambitious and have made the 2014 election into a referendum on themselves. Sensing that the Congress party has gone down and that the BJP might not form a government, many Chief Ministers have fancied a situation whereby they will have a major control in the 2014 government. Every chief Minster dreams of a situation like 1996 when Deve Gowda became the Prime Minister and both the BJP and the Congress were not part of the government.
Wednesday, 9 April 2014
Pullarao Pentapati - Major Causes For UPA- Congress Failures
a. People remember how bold Dr. Manmohan Singh was to put his government on the line for the nuclear agreement with the USA. He felt that such an agreement with USA was necessary and only then will India get the diplomatic advantage. People may disagree with this view. But there is no doubt that Dr. Manmohan Singh showed courage to enforce his view and got the agreement approved in parliament. However after 2009, Dr.Manmohan Singh was not given a free hand.
Tuesday, 8 April 2014
Why blame Dr. Manmohan Singh for Congress Electoral Problems
In the last week, Indian media has carried stories slyly blaming Dr.Manmohan Singh for the electoral problems of the Congress party. The thrust of the argument is that if only Dr. Manohan Singh had been more active and aggressive, then everything would have been different. The other whispers coming out of the Rahul Gandhi camp are that Dr.Manmohan Singh really did not put his heart in the second UPA government from 2009. The obvious inference is that though the Gandhi camp was aware of this flaccid performance they were generous and did not show the door to Dr.Manmohan Singh.
Congress Party 2014 Manifesto: Main Promises
a. Economy: The Congress Party assures India that it will ensure it will ensure 8% growth of the economy. It has belatedly realized that without a strong economy, it cannot implement infra-structure and welfare schemes. In the last 5 years, Congress party and government resorted to deficit financing and borrowing to meet expenditure .This has let loose the severe inflation which resulted in high price rise. What it did not go in the last 5 years, Congress party has promised to do in the next 5 years. The Congress party does not explain why it did not ensure 8% economic growth in the last 5 years.
Monday, 7 April 2014
Wednesday, 2 April 2014
Pullarao Pentapati - ArunJaitley Facing A Tough Election in Amritsar
The un-expected always happens. Amritsarparliamentary constituency was represented by cricketer and TV celebrity Navajot Singh for 3 terms on behalf of the BJP. Siddhu was always easilyelected as the BJP had an alliance with the Akali Dal. Amritsar had always a painfulmemory of the Congress since this was the place where the Army had to enter the famous Golden temple in 1984, the most holiest of shrines for the Sikhs.
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