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
Mr. Charan Singh has given the call to arms and his battalions are ready to go into battle. His strategy too, is reasonably clear. He will fight the Janata leadership from within the party, charging it with having failed to live up to its promises on three key issues – … Read More
It will be a highly premature and harsh judgment to say that in acting against Mr. Charan Singh and Mr. Raj Narain the Prime Minister and the Union cabinet have taken a step which may help salvage the Janata government and party. But this may well turn out to be … Read More
The United States appears to have suddenly shifted its policy towards Angola. While so far it had held Angola guilty of involvement in the recent attack on Zaire’s Shaba province by Katangese rebels, it has now acknowledged that on its part President Mobutu’s government, too, has encouraged and supported armed … Read More
From time to time there have been reports in Western newspapers to the effect that relations between the Soviet Union and Iraq had begun to cool off. More recently the same sources have said that the ruling Baathists in Baghdad had fallen out with the communists and had tried and … Read More
