Who wins Uttar Pradesh?
Election commission of India has announced the dates for the five state assembly polls in next year but the election of Uttar Pradesh has got more attention as the elections in Uttar Pradesh are called the mother of elections. Elections commission has surprised everyone with its program but the atmosphere in Uttar Pradesh is getting hot with every passing day. It is quite difficult to predict the outcome of the results in next year but few trends have started to emerge. Read more
What Fails team Anna?
Is it the right way to define the strength in democracy in the form of numbers and crowd only? This was the one potent question which arises in my mind when this leg of the movement of team Anna was almost declared as flop show because of the poor showing of people in MMRDA ground in Mumbai and at Ramlia Maidan in Delhi. In my opinion it is dangerous argument in any democracy as it is loaded with possibility of setting aside thoughts, suggestions on the cast of numbers and crowds but this theory does not apply to team Anna as they were relying heavily on crowds and in an debate in Kolkata with Times Now Arvind kejariwal categorically stated that any group who can mobilize 50,000 plus crowd can force government to bend on backward to negotiate with that group. Read more

