Dr. Manmohan Singh took oath today as the PM for the second time. He had taken oath as the PM for the first time on the same date, May 22, five years back.
In addition to Dr. Singh, Pranab Mukherjee, Sharad Pawar, A K Antony, P Chidambaram, Mamata Banerjee, S M Krishna, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Sushilkumar Shinde, [...]
Flush with the success of the Lok Sabha elections, the four pre-poll allies of the Congress have begin negotiating for their share of the pie.
UPA allies battle for their share of the spoils, Hindustan Times, May 20 2009
The DMK has already asked for seven cabinet positions. I guess their logic is that if they ask [...]
Dr. Manmohan Singh has become the Prime Minister for the second consecutive term. He was appointed as the PM by the victorious UPA alliance. UPA was also able to show support of 322 MPs in the letter it presented to the President Pratibha Patil. Given this strong show of support, the President has not asked the [...]
With 261 seats in it’s bag, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), is confident of getting support of 11 additional MPs to cross the magic number of 272 needed for a majority in the parliament. Speculation is rife in main stream media that the parties that constituted the fourth front (RJD,SP and LJP) will not [...]
Congress leader, Rahul Gandhi said today that he was sure of left’s support of Congress PM after the elections. This indicates intense negotiations behind closed doors between the Congress and the left parties.
Rahul Gandhi reaches out to Left to form Govt after polls, Hindustan Times, May 5 2009
Rahul woos Left, confident of their support for [...]
Past appears to have caught up with the two main national parties. The Bofors case and the Godhra/Gujarat riots were in news again this week embarrassing leaders of the two parties. In the former case, all charges were dismissed by CBI against a key accused Mr. Quattrochi.
Bofors allegations are a complete lie: Rahul, Times of [...]
Third phase of the Lok Sabha elections will be conducted on Thursday, April 30. Canvassing for this phase of the election ends today.
This phase will decide the fate of key candidates like L K Advani, Sonia Gandhi. hectic last minute canvassing by all parties was reported.
In this phase polls will be conducted [...]
The betting market in India is predicting that Dr. Manmohan Singh will return as the next PM of India. Congress is expected to emerge as the single largest party after elections.
Bookies predict Manmohan Singh as PM again, Times of India, Apr 20 2009
Belgaum bookies bet on UPA doing a 2004, Express Buzz, Apr 13, 2009
UPA [...]
Flip-flopping has become the hallmark of this election. Politicians are contradicting themselves everyday and the final coalition structure remains a mystery for all - the media and the voters alike.
The latest to flip-flop are the Left parties and the Congress who hinted yesterday that they could form a coalition post the results.
Congress-Left could come together [...]
While the Congress has “officially” denied that Rahul Gandhi will be their PM candidate instead of Mr. Manmohan Singh, the sound bites have been the opposite in the past few days. Top Congress leaders, including Priyanka Gandhi and PM Manmohan Singh himself, have made statements promoting Rahul Gandhi as the future PM.
Rahul has [...]
