Tag: democracy
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Saturday said that the new Parliament building launched with much fanfare actually realises the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's objectives, and that if architecture could kill democracy, the Prime Minister has already succeeded even without rewriting the Constitution.....
US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller has said that India is the world's largest democracy and an important strategic partner of Washington.....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that discussions on simultaneous polls to the Lok Sabha and state Assemblies are a "healthy sign" for democracy.....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday stressed that dialogue in a democracy and political system is necessary and the BJP owes its victories to its grassroot-level workers.....
The BJP on Monday cried foul over the murder of its councillor in West Bengal and questioned if there was any democracy in the eastern state. ....
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday sharpened his attacks on Narendra Modi and the BJP-led government at the Centre over the three contentious farm laws and said there was "no democracy" in India as anyone who dared to stand up against the Prime Minister are either labelled "terrorists" or "anti-social", even if that person "be (RSS chief) Mohan Bhagwat". ....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday indirectly targeted the Congress. He said: "Some people in Delhi teach me lessons in democracy morning and evening. These are the people whose government did not allow the Panchayat elections in Puducherry despite the Supreme Court's order while three-tier Panchayati Raj elections were conducted in Jammu and Kashmir within one year of it being made a Union Territory." ....
The Supreme Court on Friday said the Central and the state governments should not appoint persons holding government office as election commissioners. ....
The controversial Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2021, was passed by Parliament on Wednesday, with the Rajya Sabha clearing the provision amid pandemonium, in a major setback to Delhi's ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)....
The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) has sought President Ram Nath Kovind's intervention to 'Save Agriculture and Save Democracy' on the occasion of the 47th anniversary of the Emergency and the completion of seven months of the ongoing farmers' agitation, a top farmer leader said here on Thursday. ....