Ms Jayalalitha deserves heartiest congratulations for eliciting welcome response to her appeal to the Prime Minister about the Reservation Bill. She has
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Phenomenal industrial growth, abolition of cheap liquor immediately after assuming office. social justice for the underprivileged, uplift of women. total eradication of LTTE menace, modernisation of the police force, mega scheme for Madras city’s development, and so on…
The reservation issue has once again risen its ugly head in Tamilnadu. For the Opposition parties which are starved of issues to browbeat the State government with, especially after their ignominious rout in the recent byelections,
The hunter is now being hunted. The self-annointed reformer of Indian politics Mr T.N. Seshan is on the run. In an effort to save his skin, the ‘all-powerful’ Chief Election Commissioner whose avowed purpose in life is to cleanse Indian politics is out in the open lobbying for support from the same political parties whom he claims to have cut to size.
The message from the byelections is loud and clear. The people of the State have once again reiterated their faith in the AIADMK and have clearly indicated that they are solidly behind Ms. Jayalalitha. The electorate of the two constituencies have voted for stability and the verdict is a certain endorsement.
The Centre has at last acted, though at the eleventh hour. The much-awaited extension of the ban on LTTE has become a reality, and the nation heaves a sigh of relief. The sense of relief is more pronounced because only two days back Minister of State for Internal Security Mr. Rajesh Pilot had stated in the Rajya Sabha that the ban could be imposed by the State itself without consulting the Centre
Union Minister of State for Home Afairs, Mr Rajesh Pilot, seems to have yet the proverbial cat out of the bag. Unfortunately, the cat that has made good the escape is not a tame pussy that but a blood thirsty tiger.
Mr Pilot’s statement in the Rajya Sabha
As the zero hour for the confidence vote is nearing, its movers and their supporters must be rueing over hav-ing pushed in their protest this way. The BJP must be as unready for the poits as the Janata Dal and Left Front
More and more evidence has sur-faced to prove the involvement of Pakistan’s Inter-Services-IntelligenCe (ISI) in the Bombay