It has been an odd practice, but Uttarakhand has rarely had a Rajya Sabha member from Uttarakhand. While Harish Rawat was elected to the upper house in 2002, and Bhagat Singh Koshiyari is currently still serving a term (incidentally, both were sent to the Rajya…
Read more »Harish Rawat is in a situation that recalls the saying, “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.” Despite being one of the most loyal and faithful Congress leaders of any state (or as Rawat himself put it, a “child bride”…
Read more »The Congress has finally pulled the trigger and selected the Tehri Garhwal MP Vijay Bahuguna as the next chief minister. Given that fellow MP Harish Rawat and State Congress President Yashpal Arya have long been seen as the top contenders, this is a surprising development…
Read more »The 2012-2017 assembly presents some unique opportunities for pushing forward pro-hill policies. Given that the Congress-led government will have a 3:1 ratio of MLAs coming from the hills, a change in policy orientation is a distinct possibility. The potential dangers of course are present as…
Read more »The results of the assembly elections have thrown up some unexpected results. Believed to be heading to victory in the plains, the Congress in fact underperformed, bagging only 9 to the BJP’s 17 seats. However, despite severe dissidence arising from improper seat distribution, the Congress…
Read more »The Uttarakhand assembly elections results have been much closer than the exit polls predicted, owing perhaps to anti-incumbency against the centre and postal ballots which have been more influenced by national politics than local issues. Khanduri’s shock loss owes much to BJP’s ongoing record of…
Read more »After a long illness, it is with great sadness to note that novelist and playwright Vidyasagar Nautiyal has passed on. Born in Tehri in 1933, he participated right away at an early age in the prajamandal movement that restored democracy to the Tehri Garhwal princely…
Read more »Team Anna’s decision to enter the fray in Uttarakhand’s state elections is fraught with risky political calculations that may adversely impact their anti-corruption campaign and tarnish their reputation as a self-proclaimed apolitical force. Chief amongst these is the group’s celebratory attitude towards the passage of…
Read more »Just as the BJP was pitching the judicious and decisive leadership of their chief ministerial candidate as its single point platform, the party released a manifesto full of fantastical economic projections and claims in an all out attempt to woo voters. Already delayed by the…
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