POLITICS

This is History (1000)

Silence is a true friend who never betrays.

Bhopal Lok Sabha poll battle results will indicate future course of country’s politics !

The result of the Bhopal Lok Sabha seat poll battle – between Sadhvi Pragya of the BJP’s Hindutva brigade and Digvijay Singh of the ‘secular’ Congress, is all set to decide the future course of country’s politics. It will indicate, amply, which way the wind is blowing as far as survival of ‘secular’ politics in the country was concerned. It is ‘Dharmyudha’, if one was to go by the views of the Sadhvi.

Why was Sumitra Mahajan denied ticket ?

Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan was denied ticket. Insiders say that had she been given ticket, she would have been the consensus candidate for the post of Prime Minister. This is called politics.

Gen & Lt Col are MoS in GoI

At a gathering in Delhi topic of discussion was - Army officer as Ministers in Modi government. General (Retd) V K Singh and Lt. Col (Retd) Rajyavardhan Rathore are MoS. It means in Modi govt General and Lt Colonel were given same rank in the Union Minister of Council. Means from General to Lt Colonel, army officers are having equal rank in NDA govt.

Costliest election in TamilNadu

Real money flows in TamilNadu ? It is said that costliest election in the country is being held in TamilNadu.

DEBATE

Is ‘lateral entry’  in GoI a step in the right direction ?

Recruitment at Joint Secretary-rank posts through “lateral entry” mode, which means the appointment of specialists from outside, has left many a Civil Servants, specially IAS officers, jittery. They say that the newly appointed recruitees who are junior to them have been selected for a senior and responsible position which is bound to create hurdles in administration. How far the initiative, pegged by the Modi government as a civil service reform, a step in the right direction ?

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