Sonia Gandhi Archive

  • Given the media’s preferences, Anna Hazare will, in the foreseeable future, obscure other stories which may be equally important.

    Anna, home-grown terror, Sonia’s health and other stories

    Posted on August 21, 2011 | No Comments
    Given the media’s preferences, Anna Hazare will, in the foreseeable future, obscure other stories which may be equally important.

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  • It should be understood that the cabinet colleagues want the Prime Minister out of the Lokpal ambit for their own safety.

    If Sibal is right then a deal on Jan Lokpal should be possible

    Posted on June 19, 2011 | 1 Comment
    It should be understood that the cabinet colleagues want the Prime Minister out of the Lokpal ambit for their own safety.

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  • Your leader Sonia Gandhi understands the power of civil society because she has to fight an election.

    ‘Who represents civil society’

    Posted on April 9, 2011 | 4 Comments
    Your leader Sonia Gandhi understands the power of civil society because she has to fight an election.

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  • Congress Party's troubles are increasing with each passing day as new revelations from whistleblowing websites suggest the party spent around Rs 50-60 crores (about $25 million) in buying the MPs' support for the crucial Indo-US Nuclear Deal vote in the Lok Sabha in 2008.

    Wikileaks expose UPA’s cash-for-votes deal

    Posted on March 17, 2011 | 1 Comment
    Congress Party's troubles are increasing with each passing day as new revelations from whistleblowing websites suggest the party spent around Rs 50-60 crores (about $25 million) in buying the MPs' support for the crucial Indo-US Nuclear Deal vote in the Lok Sabha in 2008.

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  • In a meeting between then Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon and then US Ambassador to India David Mulford, the former told the US not to tell India who to meet or not to meet. This was regarding Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's brief visit to New Delhi.

    Leaked cables and Indian policy in Myanmar, Iran

    Posted on December 18, 2010 | 2 Comments
    In a meeting between then Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon and then US Ambassador to India David Mulford, the former told the US not to tell India who to meet or not to meet. This was regarding Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's brief visit to New Delhi.

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  • BJP's strategists believe that if a JPC probe is ordered then they can use the issue for a longer period of time (Assembly Polls in certain states next year and General Elections in 2014). Also, the members of the JPC can keep on widening the scope of the inquiry, and can even summon the Prime Minister to appear before it.

    2G Spectrum Scam: Why is BJP demanding a JPC?

    Posted on December 3, 2010 | 2 Comments
    BJP's strategists believe that if a JPC probe is ordered then they can use the issue for a longer period of time (Assembly Polls in certain states next year and General Elections in 2014). Also, the members of the JPC can keep on widening the scope of the inquiry, and can even summon the Prime Minister to appear before it.

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  • The Congress party on Thursday served a legal notice to The New Indian Express for publishing what it called "wild allegations and sly insinuations" on the educational qualifications of party General Secretary Rahul Gandhi. "Deeply distressed by your wild allegations, sly insinuations and self-serving innuendos, all premised on complete falsehoods and steeped in malice, a notice is being issued," party spokesman Abhishek Singhvi told reporters at the AICC headquarters in the capital.

    Controversey surrounds Rahul Gandhi’s MPhil

    Posted on April 15, 2009 | 3 Comments
    The Congress party on Thursday served a legal notice to The New Indian Express for publishing what it called "wild allegations and sly insinuations" on the educational qualifications of party General Secretary Rahul Gandhi. "Deeply distressed by your wild allegations, sly insinuations and self-serving innuendos, all premised on complete falsehoods and steeped in malice, a notice is being issued," party spokesman Abhishek Singhvi told reporters at the AICC headquarters in the capital.

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