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This is History (2397) By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower.           Will farmers agitation lead to political upheaval ? Veteran politicians feel the Government should not take farmers agitation lightly. They say farmer movements have resulted

By Whispers in the Corridors June 16, 2021 2 min read

This is History (2397)

By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower.

Will farmers agitation lead to political upheaval ?

Veteran politicians feel the Government should not take farmers agitation lightly. They say farmer movements have resulted in political upheavals in the past. They site the example of the pagdi sambhal agitation of 1907 and the Champaran Satyagraha of 1930s.

Rahul Gandhi runs party like “Friends Club” ?

Old timers have a grudge against the working of Rahul Gandhi in the Congress Party. They feel that Rahul Gandhi is running the Party like a “Friends Club” of young leaders.

What would be the vote share of BJP in TN ?

In Tamil Nadu, experts are keen to see the vote percentage of BJP in this year's assembly elections. In 2016 polls , BJP got 2.8 per cent votes but experts think this time it could be around 5 per cent.

DEBATE : – Is ‘Political patronage’ of corrupt police officers playing havoc with the system ?

The present crisis of credibility faced by the Mumbai Police over its former CP levelling corruption charges on the Home Minister and its handling of the Antilia bomb scare and Mansukh Hiran murder case has once again brought to the fore patronage of corrupt police officials by the politicians for their vested interests. This has also raised a question mark over ‘police professionalism’. Given the present scenario, more or less same in all the states regardless of the party in power, should it be deemed that ‘Political patronage of corrupt police officers is playing havoc with the system’: