The very folks who gave us RTI Act are screaming blue murder as political parties are brought under the transparency regime. Their apprehensions are misplaced and arguments misinformed. June 3, 2013 turned out to be very similar to July 8, 2002. How and why? On June 3, 2013, the central information commission (CIC) announced a […]
Elections are on us. We are all involved in the hustle and bustle of the election. While all political parties are in high gear convincing, even enticing voters to vote for them, the major question that is asked most often by voters is: Whom do I vote for? Actually it is not correct for any […]
Sharad Bailur’s ‘In Defence of Assertive Secularism’ and Seema Chishti’s ‘The Shoaib effect and Indian Muslims’ have a common thread: the intersection of religion, secularism and politics.
By resisting reforms and efforts to introduce transparency in their functioning, the political establishment is defeating the purpose of democracy Profile: Jagdeep S Chhokar is founder and trustee of Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). He has been central to ADR’s success in bringing political parties under the ambit of RTI and the Supreme Court ruling barring […]
Political parties must be made to account for the bulk of their funding Three actions of the government in the last couple of months seem to give a lie to its intentions on political and electoral funding. Lets start with the latest action. On March 26,it was reported that the government had blocked the Election […]
Suhas Palshikar (By the ballot alone,IE,August 6) presented an elegant case against internal democracy in political parties. How persuasive,though,was it? Suhas Palshikar (By the ballot alone,IE,August 6) presented an elegant case against internal democracy in political parties. How persuasive,though,was it? Professor Palshikar reminded us about the Congresss attempt to elect its leader by an internal […]
