Uttar Pradesh figures on top of the Congress agenda as the state is going to polls early next year. While a section of party leaders, including some of its MPs, feels the Samajwadi Party could be the post-poll ally of the party, the high command is yet to formulate a strategy on whether to fight the electoral battle on its own or not.

Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot, a known fighter against communalism and corruption, gives full credit to the RTI Act brought by the Manmohan Singh government for more exposes on corruption. He feels that the Lokpal Bill alone would not be able to check graft and new variety of measures, especially the five-point plan unveiled by Congress chief Sonia Gandhi for transparency in governance.

The impact of Gandhian Anna Hazare’s campaign against corruption could be seen on April 13, feel political leaders, who say that the feedback from Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry, which are going to the polls on Wednesday, is that local issues and candidates dominated the campaigning. On the other hand, issues in Assam and West Bengal are different.

Confrontation between the government and the civil society could intensify following Gandhian Anna Hazare’s plan to follow late Jayprakash Narayan’s total revolution programme .

At least half a dozen Maharashtra ministers have had to resign because of Mr Anna Hazare’s crusade against corruption over the past few years while senior political leaders and bureaucrats are extra cautious about their image ever since the former soldier has taken up the cause against corruption.

Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar has not taken any view on the controversy over jurisdiction of the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament (PAC) and the joint parliamentary committee constituted to probe the 2G spectrum allocation scam.

Ministerial hopefuls are waiting anxiously for May-end amid talk that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will go in for a major reshuffle of his council of ministers at that time.
According to well-placed sources, Dr Singh could go in for this exercise once the results of the five state Assembly elections are announced on May 13. The terms of the

Ministerial hopefuls are waiting anxiously for May-end amid talk that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will go in for a major reshuffle of his council of ministers at that time.
According to well-placed sources, Dr Singh could go in for this exercise once the results of the five state Assembly elections are announced on May 13. The terms of the

After silencing the BJP in Parliament, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will train his guns on the Left while campaigning in West Bengal and Kerala for the Assembly polls in the two states.

Indicating t

After silencing the BJP in Parliament, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will train his guns on the Left while campaigning in West Bengal and Kerala for the Assembly polls in the two states.