21 Take Away from Elections 2023

The turnout in an election rally does not necessarily convert into votes. Public is intelligent, silent and knows which party they are going to vote for. Exit Polls are an exercise in futility. No one can read the writing on the wall. People supposedly closest to you are the ones that you need to beContinueContinue reading “21 Take Away from Elections 2023”

Rajya Sabha

Parliament of India Last week Rajya Sabha elections were held across various states in India. While the whole process of camping, voting and delayed counting was going on, a dear friend remarked, “What a waste of taxpayers’ money!! Why this whole process of complicated counting of votes? Why not just have one House where theContinueContinue reading “Rajya Sabha”

Proud Congressman

मुझे भारतीय राष्ट्रीय कांग्रेस का सदस्य होने पर गर्व है. मुझे गर्व है मैं उस दल से जुड़ा हुआ हूँ जिसने पंथनिरपेक्ष भारत की संरचना की. मुझे गर्व है पार्टी के शीर्ष नेतृत्व पर जिन्होंने हार के बावजूद कभी अपने मूल सिधान्तों को नहीं छोड़ा. आज के दौर में जहाँ शीर्ष नेतृत्व पर हार काContinueContinue reading “Proud Congressman”

सत्ता के साथी

पूर्व केंद्रीय मंत्री सुश्री गिरिजा जी व्यास अक्सर अपने भाषण में कहती हैं की किसी ज्योतिष या भोपा ने नहीं कहा था कांग्रेस पार्टी से जुड़ने के लिए. हम कांग्रेसी हैं क्यूंकि हम इस की विचारधारा में विश्वास करते हैं. हम विश्वास करते हैं उसके सिधान्तों और मूल्यों में. सब की अपनी विचारधारा होती हैContinueContinue reading “सत्ता के साथी”

66 Years Later

1954   श्री जयनारायण जी व्यास राजस्थान की राजनीती में शीर्षस्थानीय, सर्वोपरि अडिग चट्टान थे. लेकिन राजस्थान की राजनीती में उनके प्रयोग प्रदेश कोंग्रेस को न तो स्वीकार थे न सहन थे. इसलिए सन 1954 में राजस्थान प्रदेश कांग्रेस कमेटी की जयपुर में होने वाली बैठक में, जिसमें खचाखच भीड़ थी, श्री माणकयलालजी जी वर्माContinueContinue reading “66 Years Later”

DELHI 2020

Today’s resounding verdict in favour of Aam Aadmi Party is victory of good governance, smart social media outreach/public connect and consistent delivery over the past five years. I am not a citizen of Delhi (I doubt being a Son-In-Law would count) and the deliverable’s are gauged only from the media reports and the people IContinueContinue reading “DELHI 2020”

Enron & Political Corruption

Dabhol Power Project at Night Deep inside one of today’s newspaper pages was a small report about the closure of corruption case of Enron’s Dabhol Power Project. As per the report the case has been closed on an application moved by the BJP-Shiv Sena led Maharashtra State Government. What an Irony!! https://epaper.bhaskar.com/detail/300915/04120254190935/0/12042019/18/image/ I remember thisContinueContinue reading “Enron & Political Corruption”

Dear Mr. Kejriwal

Dear Mr. Arvind Kejriwal, I write this letter while you and some others are busy in back room maneuvering to have a tie-up with my party i.e. The Indian National Congress. I do not know what my party’s Central and State Leadership is going to decide on this tie-up but what certainly I do nowContinueContinue reading “Dear Mr. Kejriwal”

General Elections 2019

  Immediately after the stupendous success of the BJP led coalition in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections and the dismail performance of Congress, I happened to be at a social gathering. Knowing perfectly well where my political loyalties lay a dear friend walked up to me and said “अब तो हिंदूं की सरकार आ गयी,ContinueContinue reading “General Elections 2019”