Congress may have taken advantage of the Hathras incident – the rape and subsequent death of a 19-year-old Dalit woman – but the party now faces the challenge of maintaining momentum in the politically important state of Uttar Pradesh, where it has been relegated. to the margins in the last …
Read More »When letters from Amnesty International gave strength and hope to move forward during the emergency
The global human rights organization Amnesty International may have been accused in recent years of interfering in internal affairs by the ruling central-government-led Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP), but there was a time when letters from its supporters across the world gave “strength, confidence and hope” to political leaders like LK …
Read More »From Indira to Sonia and Rahul, the checkered history of the Nehru-Gandhis in the handling of the rebellion
Congress plans to move into the party’s new office at Delhi’s Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Marg around its 136th founding day on December 28. Before these plans, two questions are circulating: would he have a new full-time party chairman and stay united. Both questions become important in the context of the …
Read More »Ghulam Nabi Azad, the ‘bread butter’ man who impressed Indira Gandhi, now struggles to ditch the ‘dissident’ label
The first thing that strikes you when you walk into Ghulam Nabi Azad’s residence in Delhi is a huge poster of Rajiv Gandhi and Indira Gandhi. He considers them his mentors and is also proud to have worked with all the Gandhis, from Indira to Rahul. Congressional reporters struck for …
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