BJP targets government over new CAG -
Business Standard
The BJP Wednesday targeted the UPA government over appointment of Shashi Kant Sharma as the new Comptroller and Auditor General of India, and said there was "institutional conflict of interest" as he will be auditing defence deals which were finalised during his term as defence secretary. |
With Modi as leader, BJP will sweep UP in LS polls: LensOnNews survey -
K Balakrishnan, LensOnNews
WITH NARENDRA MODI moving to the forefront of national politics and receiving accolades for every speech and every public appearance that he makes, it’s only a question of time before the BJP announces that it will fight the next Lok Sabha polls under his leadership as its PM candidate. Possibly the announcement will come as early as at the two-day national executive meet at Goa on June 8-9. Against this backdrop, a poll has been conducted by the popular news website LensOnNews.com to gauge the right-wing party’s prospects in the heartland state of UP – which sends the largest contingent of 80 MPs to the Lok Sabha. |
Kanimozhi to Raja: the RS elections will hold the key to future alliances in TN -
G Pramod Kumar, FirstPost
Poll alliances are hard to predict in Tamil Nadu, where the situation is still amorphous except for the gravitation of some small parties towards the DMK. But, by mid-July, there will be clear indications on the main formations because that’s when DMK’s Kanimozhi and CPI’s D Raja would need the support of the MLAs of other parties for their re-election to Rajya Sabha. Both their terms expire on 24 July. |
Gujarat connection in UP: Gambit may pay -
Rajesh Singh, Pioneer
There are many ways to analyse the appointment of former Gujarat Home Minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Amit Shah as the party’s prabhari (in-charge) of Uttar Pradesh. But all of them will point to one holistic view: The party has decided to ‘Look North’ in the run-up to the Lok Sabha election. This is the first time in recent years that the BJP has given Uttar Pradesh the attention it deserves, because until now it appeared to have given the State up for good. |
Only NaMo can swing it for BJP: Poll -
Mail Today
The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) is set to be ousted from power at the next general election, according a new opinion poll. And so is the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), unless it projects Narendra Modi as the leader of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA). |
An India Story gone wrong -
Smita Gupta, Hindu
In 2004, the Congress gave its decades-old slogan “Congress ka haath, garib ke saath” a new look: it replaced the word garib (poor) with aam aadmi (common man) in the hope, a party spin doctor told this writer, of enlarging the party’s catchment area in the upcoming general election to include the middle class, especially those who, thanks to liberalisation, were just entering its ranks. |
Manmohan a failure: Urban Indian voters’ verdict on UPA 2 -
FirstPost
Euphoria is ephemeral. On the threshold of its final year in office, this is the hard lesson that the United Progressive Alliance must have surely learnt as the Congress-led coalition crosses its fourth year of power in its second term, clinging to power on a Samajwadi Party-operated life support system. The other hand on the government’s windpipe is that of Mayawati. In 2009, UPA stormed back to power and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was touted as one of the reasons for the Congress’ strong... |
Shashi Kant Sharma appointment as CAG illegal: Prashant Bhushan -
DNA
The appointment of defence secretary Shashi Kant Sharma as the next Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India is “illegal and unconstitutional”, eminent lawyer and Aam Aadmi Party member Prashant Bhushan said on Tuesday. Sharma’s appointment can be challenged in court on the ground that it would violate the principle of ‘institutional integrity’ that the Supreme Court had laid down in 2011, Bhushan said. |
Frail UPA pulled down by corruption, bad economy: survey -
FirstPost
According to a survey conducted by research firm GFK for CNN-IBN, more than one-third of the respondents thought the government to be weak. Nearly 50 percent respondents in Mumbai believed that the government lacked courage and political maturity. The survey showed that about 60 percent of the sample in Lucknow did not find capable leaders in the coalition. Around one-third of respondents in Bangalore came up with an interesting view that UPA 2 lacked the communication skills needed to govern India. |
Manmohan should be replaced as PM, UPA has lost credibility: Poll -
CNN-IBN
New Delhi: As Congress-led United Progressive Alliance completes four years in office on May 22, what is the mood in urban India? In a 12-city poll conducted by CNN-IBN in age group of 18 years or more, the verdict is emphatic and overwhelmingly against the current regime. The poll reveals that UPA government has lost credibility and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh no longer enjoys confidence of urban India. |
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