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Doublespeak on electoral reforms -
N Gopalaswami, Hindu
The paid news case is no longer just about Ashok Chavan. It concerns every individual and institution opposed to the sway of money power in elections. Politicians everywhere are known to indulge in doublespeak and our politicians are no exception. But some recent pronouncements of our Law Minister only show that our politicians may have very few serious rivals in this sport.Not long ago, the Minister was all praise for the Election Commission of India’s real time and effective monitoring of election expenses.
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The six that matter most -
Rahul Verma & Pradeep Chhibber, Indian Express
Since the results of the Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh assembly elections were declared in December last year, the countdown for the 2014 general elections has begun. The assembly polls in 2013 — held earlier in March in three northeastern states, in Karnataka by May and in Delhi, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram by November — are presented as a curtain raiser to the national elections. The value of these elections for the general elections is due to the commonplace...
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Narendra is an idea whose time has come -
Swapan Dasgupta, Pioneer
Vishwanath Pratap Singh may have ended up as a false prophet who disappointed many who reposed faith in his ability to emerge as a wholesome alternative to the dynastic Congress. However, it can hardly be denied that between 1988 and 1989, he was at the heart of a massive realignment that challenged Rajiv Gandhi’s steamroller majority. Yet, it is instructive to remember that VP Singh’s position as the focal point of the rising anti-Congress...
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Why corruption isn’t a poll issue in Karnataka -
Prithvi Datta Chandra Shobhi, Indian Express
As the stage is set for the state assembly elections in Karnataka, former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda recently made a surprising admission: corruption is not an issue in the upcoming elections, and the precipitous decline in political morality can only be arrested by the voting public. That realism is the source of Gowda's frankness, and not cynicism, is clear to any keen observer of Karnataka's politics. But the veteran politician was also stating another essential truth: that the decline in political morality is a broader social phenomenon and not unique to the political class.
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Namo vs Raga -
Rohit Bansal, Pioneer
It’s time India Inc gave us a real US-style pre-election debate. Two speeches, one by Rahul Gandhi and the one soon after by Narendra Modi, are proof of our appetite for informed content. Imagine, if the two leaders came face to face! Moderate voters would benefit. So would the “undecided,” seeking deeper debates on policy and economic issues. CII and FICCI, who did a good job getting Gandhi and Modi to speak at their respective functions, should see this as a fit case for collaboration.
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Karnataka: Reaping the whirlwind -
Parvathi Menon, Hindu
As Karnataka readies for the elections on May 5 to the 225-strong state assembly, popular expectations of the poll outcome are vastly different from what they were on the eve of the last elections. In 2008, the Bharatiya Janata Party under the leadership of B.S. Yeddyurappa, surfed the crest of a sympathy-cum-anti-incumbency wave following the termination of the coalition arrangement with the Janata Dal (Secular) — JD(S).
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To win, Modi has to sell a dream -
Swapan Dasgupta, Times of India
Leafing through a bundle of yellowed newspaper clippings of the 1984 general election, I was struck by the remarkable extent to which the editorial class failed to read the clear writing on the wall. Those were the days before the public was inundated with opinion polls and, consequently, were over-dependant on journalistic assessments. But in fixing their gaze on caste equations, factional rivalries and local grievances, they failed to gauge a simple fact: that a people traumatized by Indira Gandhi’s assassination...
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Pre-election political scene in Karnataka -
Aamod Hegde, CentreRightIndia
Karnataka is going to polls on May 5, 2013. The state assembly elections have gained national importance in the context of a possible general election in November along with elections to state assemblies of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Delhi and Chhattisgarh. It has also become a point of national interest because it comes right after the possible Prime Ministerial candidates from BJP and Congress have been elevated to high positions...
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Did Muslims vote for Modi-led BJP out of fear? -
Madhu Purnima Kishwar, Manushi
In the 2012 Gujarat Assembly elections, 31% of Gujarati Muslims voted for Modi led BJP despite media and NGOs launching a high voltage campaign against Modi for being a “divisive” force in Indian politics. The enormous increase in Muslim vote for BJP was dismissed by Modi-Haters, including reputed political scientists , by saying that Muslims had voted for Modi out of fear. Those who hold this view need to hear Asifa Khan of Bharuch who joined the BJP a few weeks before the 2012 election after spending 4 years...
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The two sides of Modi divide -
Aditya Menon And Soudhriti Bhabani, Mail Today
With her government denying permission to Narendra Modi's programme in Kolkata, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has made it clear as to which side of the 'Modi divide' she is on. The reception for Modi was scheduled for April 9 at the state-run Netaji Indoor Stadium in Kolkata but at the eleventh hour government officials denied permission for the event.
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