AbhiSays.com

Category: Politics

  • President Pratibha Patil and her foreign junkets

    A record 17000 farmers committed suicide in India in last year when India’s first woman president Pratibha Patil was flying around the world in her chartered aircraft, Boeing 747-400, with 100 people including family members, friends, butlers and cooks.  I think it is shame for Indian democracy to allow such a reckless waste of money. …

  • The life and times of Dinesh Trivedi

    Last week, while presenting the rail Budget, Dinesh Trivedi, the Rail Minister of India, took a bold step and for the first time in last 10 years, announced the hike in passenger fares, ranging from 2 paise to 30 paise per kilometre. He said that this hike is necessary to implement safety features in Indian…

  • Is Sonia Gandhi 4th richest politician in the world?

    According to Business Insider, Congress President and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi is the fourth richest politician in the world. Her assets are expected to be worth $2-19 billion (Rs 10,000-95,000 crore). She is at the fourth place after the Saudi king, the Sultan of Brunei and Michael Bloomberg, New York’s mayor. Pakistan’s president Asif Ali Zardari is…

  • The return of Yadava dynasty in Uttar Pradesh

    Samajwadi Party has registered a thumping victory in 2012 UP Assembly elections by winning record 224 seats. This is the best performance by any political party since 1985. Mayawati is now out of power. Her party Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has managed to get only 80 seats. The Congress, which was hoping to do miracles…

  • 20 Old and Rare Photos of Mahatma Gandhi

    Mahatma Gandhi does not need any introduction, at least in India. He was the pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement. He was the first man in the world history who used the method of non-violent resistance against the tyrannical foriegn rule. Gandhi not only led India to its independence…

  • Sometimes Right can be also right

    When I was in my teens, I used to be fascinated by the stories of Independence movement, nehruvian and post-liberalisation era. I have had great respect for Congress Party and the Gandhi family. But gradually I lost my soft corner towards India’s oldest political party and the first family. Now I no longer admire Congress…

  • Lokpal! Do you mean Jokepal?

    It is one of the saddest days for Indian democracy, the master plan of Indian Government has succeeded as the Lokpal bill has been deferred till next session. In the end, the whole nation seems to be dumbstruck with the betrayal of their leaders. I don’t know what is the purpose of the whole exercise,…

  • Reservation on the basis of Religion

    With an eye on 18.5 % Muslim voters in Uttar Pradesh, the UPA government has decided to provide sub-quota of 4.5 % to minorities within the 27% quota currently reserved for the Other Backward Classes (OBC). By offering reservation to the minorities, the Congress hopes to split the MY (Muslim-Yadav) equation, the main political weapon…

  • Rahul Gandhi :: Next Prime Minister of India?

    65 years back when Pandit Nehru addressed the nation at the historical Red Fort and became the first prime minister, not a single person, who witnessed that golden moment, would have thought that the nation would be going to be ruled by him and his relatives for the next 4 decades. Unfortunately, it happened. My…

  • Threats to Freedom of Speech in India

    The entire nation is criticizing the Government for trying to control the flow of information in world’s biggest democracy. For a nation that has close to 120 million users, of which 43 million users are on Facebook, 3.6 million on Google plus and 3.5 million on Twitter, the move to screen user content is complete…