It is difficult to disagree with the Prime Minister on some of the points he has made in his reply to a discussion on the question of nuclear explosions for peaceful purposes in the Lok Sabha last Wednesday. It just cannot be denied that Mrs. Gandhi was guided at least … Read More
There is not the slightest justification for the “Save India” agitation Mrs. Gandhi has decided to launch on August 9 a la Mahatma Gandhi’s “Quit India” movement 36 years earlier. The Janata government has done nothing in recent months which can lend credence to the charge that it has bartered … Read More
It is understandable that despite Mr. Morarji Desai’s strong objection, the executive of the Janata parliamentary party has once again decided to postpone the election of a new committee. Whatever the result, a trial of strength among the JPP constituents at this stage would have complicated the task of men … Read More
The central committee of the CPM is quite justified in taking the view that the earlier criticism of the emergency and Mrs. Gandhi by the CPI is “now muted”. But that is only a harsh way of saying that, unlike it, the CPI has not settled for Mrs Gandhi being … Read More
It is as easy to praise Mr. Sharad Pawar and his supporters as to condemn them. But neither would be in order, the first because they have defied the party leadership and failed to provide for their actions an explanation which is consistent with established norms of political behavior, and … Read More
No one interested in Maharashtra politics can be surprised over the latest turn of events in the state. Mr. Y.B. Chavan, once the dominant figure in the stale Congress, and his still faithful lieutenants headed by Mr. Sharad Pawar, had been less than enthusiastic about the coalition with the Congress … Read More
It is to the credit of the Janata leaders that they have been able to patch up their differences which only a few days ago threatened to tear the party apart. Given the sharpness and bitterness of the conflict between the Prime Minister and the former Union Home Minister, this … Read More
The statement issued by Mr. Karpoori Thakur, Mr. S.N. Mishra and Mr. Rabi Ray, three of Mr. Charan Singh’s leading lieutenants, clearly shows that so far the mediators have not succeeded in arranging even a proper truce in the Janata party. For, they have let it be known that their … Read More
As was only to be expected, Mr. Devi Lai has not resigned as the chief minister of Haryana in obedience to the Janata parliamentary board’s directive to him last Tuesday. He has not challenged the board’s competence to issue the directive. But he has ignored it and gone ahead mobilizing … Read More
Mr. Vasantrao Patil has taken a long time to discover that Mrs. Gandhi is not interested in the “unity” of the two Congress parties. He should have known it all along despite his own compulsions to work for it. Mrs. Gandhi split the Congress last January for a variety of … Read More
