So Mr Antulay has gone back on his promise to “take the nation into confidence” on his money collection activities as Maharashtra’s chief minister. This was not wholly unanticipated. The day after his announcement on July 30 we, for instance, expressed doubt, though discreetly, that he would in fact go … Read More
Mr. AR Antulay has won the “distinction” of being the first former chief minister to face prosecution under the provisions of the Indian Penal Code and the Prevention of Corruption Act. And the Maharashtra governor, Mr. IH Latif, that of becoming the first governor to have sanctioned such prosecution. Both … Read More
Mr. Sanjiva Reddy is the first former President of India who has sought to justify his conduct in that august office. The reason is obvious. His decision in August 1979 to deny Mr. Jagjivan Ram an opportunity to form the government and to dissolve the Lok Sabha had attracted a … Read More
India’s policy of non-alignment is inevitably the product of the East-West conflict, whatever its other components. As such, Indian leaders have formulated and articulated their policies in this context. This, too, has helped emphasise differences with the Unites States, since of the super-powers it has been stronger and more prone … Read More
The Union government has understandably been reticent on the issue of US willingness to sell arms, including the F-16 aircraft, to this country and even to allow co-production of F-5Gs here. India’s previous experience of trying to acquire US weapons has been far from happy. The conditions which Washington stipulates … Read More
Mrs Gandhi’s visit to the United States has inevitably provoked a great deal of discussion on Indo-US relations in both India and the United States where recently the Council on Foreign Relations, New York, and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace organised, in collaboration with the Indian Council of Cultural … Read More
It will be a long time, if ever, before we discover whether the timing of the Iranian decision to invade Iraq has been influenced by the earlier Israeli action in Lebanon. But the two developments have vastly complicated the task of policy makers in the United States and the generally … Read More
Next week, Mrs. Gandhi will be making her first state visit to the United States since 1971. She had then gone to Washington to urge President Nixon to use his influence with General Yahya Khan to negotiate a political solution of the Bangladesh crisis with Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. That meeting … Read More
India has once again reiterated its stand on the Palestinian issue. This is legitimate on several counts. Israel has been wholly intransigent in negotiations with Egypt on the issue of autonomy for the Palestinians on the West Bank and in the Gaza. It has capped it with an invasion of … Read More
The presidential election is once again on us. The country has to choose another occupant for Rashtrapati Bhavan next month. Opposition parties have already made some moves in this regard. They have sounded President Sanjiva Reddy whether he is willing to offer himself for second term and they have called … Read More
