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PM the ‘power centre in governance’, says Digvijaya
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh maintained today that party President Sonia Gandhi has not interfered in the functioning of the government even once and that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was the "power centre in governance." Singh made this remark while seeking to clarify the "perception" of two power centres #Congress #Digvijaya Singh #India #Janardan Dwivedi #Manmohan Singh #NewsTracker #NREGA #Politics #Sonia Gandhi
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From 88 witnesses to none: The imploding cases against Varun Gandhi
Varun Gandhi had three cases against him for hate speech, inciting riots, and destruction of public property with 88 prosecution witnesses. Not only was he exonerated. Every single witness turned hostile. “Just this is enough to raise suspicions,” write Rahul Kotiyal and Atul Chaurasia in Tehelka. “Surely, the higher #BJP #GoodRead #hate speech #Politics #Samajwadi Party #Varun Gandhi
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CBI will be given functional autonomy: Chidambaram
London: Finance Minister P Chidambaram has said the Group of Ministers(GoM) headed by him will work towards giving CBI "functional autonomy" but at the same time asserted that accountability is "important". Chidambaram's comments yesterday came three days after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh approved the constitution of the high-powered Group of Ministers #caged parrot #CBI #Chidambaram #GoM #NewsTracker #Supreme Court
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The ‘incestuous relationship’ between Congress and media
At the height of the drama last week over the resignation of Law Minister Ashwani Kumar and Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, the media was abuzz with reports, evidently planted by sections within the Congress, suggesting that the credit for the resignations ought to go to Congress president Sonia Gandhi. According #Congress #GoodReads #MediaCrit #PoliticsDecoder #Radia Tapes
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Lessons from Imran Khan: Charisma, social media won’t win you polls
If not in politics, certainly in cricket Pakistan’s world cup winning captain Imran Khan has always been larger than life. My favourite Imran story dates back to a Sharjah match in the late 1980s. On the eve of the game, Imran was told of reports that some of his players were #ConnectTheDots #Elections #facebook #Imran Khan #India #Nawaz Sharif #Pakistan #social media #Tehreek-e-Insaaf #Twitter
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Congress’ MP strategy should be different from Karnataka: Congress leader
Bhopal: The Congress strategy in Karnataka of not projecting any leader for the post of chief minister will not work in Madhya Pradesh due to the different social and political dynamics of the state, party leaders say. "The situation in Karnataka is quite different from Madhya Pradesh as there the people #Aslam Sher Khan #BJP #Digvijaya Singh #Karnataka #Madhya Pradesh #RSS #Shivraj Singh Chouhan #Yeddyurappa
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Visit to Sulatanpur is like homecoming: Varun Gandhi
Sultanpur: Amid speculations of him contesting the next Lok Sabha elections from Sultanpur, BJP MP Varun Gandhi today said his visit to the district is like a homecoming and a new politics should start in the region. "Today I have come home. I was blessed with a daughter on 19 March #BJP #NewsTracker #Sultanpur #Varun Gandhi
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Congress reshuffle on the cards?
New Delhi: As Congress prepares for the fourth anniversary of UPA-II on 22 May, the buzz of a reshuffle in the AICC has once gained momentum. Top party sources said a reshuffle in the party is "on the cards". The appointment of eight spokespersons in the first week of this month is #AICC #Congress #India #Mohan Prakash #Politics #Rahul Gandhi #Shakeel Ahmed #UPA #Youth Congress
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Snap polls only option to UPA government’s policy failure: BJP`
Hyderabad: Senior BJP leader Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday said holding mid-term elections was the only option for the country as the Congress-led UPA dispensation is suffering from "policy paralysis" which is affecting every sector. "UPA government has become synonymous with corruption and the governance has become a casualty. UPA is suffering #BJP #Congress #NewsTracker #Politics #UPA #Venkaiah Naidu
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PM Manmohan Singh has no cash, owns only a 1996 Maruti car
Guwahati: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh does not have any cash in hand and owns a 1996 Maruti car, unlike many of his colleagues. This was revealed by the affidavit he submitted to the returning officer in Assam Wednesday while filing his nomination papers for the forthcoming Rajya Sabha elections. Manmohan Singh stated #Manmohan Singh #NewsTracker #Rajya Sabha
