Who would have thought Arvind Kejriwal’s hit and run allegation on Purti, would lead to Nitin Gadkari’s downfall and BJP’s trouble? Or for that matter the humble aloo would figure in parliament over the hot debate on FDI retail? BJP’s opposition leader Sushma Swaraj alleged fast food-chains don’t buy small…

The government had already won a vote on retail reform in the Lok Sabha two days earlier. The policy will allow global retailers to set up shop in the country’s $450 billion retail sector, and is aimed at drawing more overseas investment and taming inflation. Under threat of losing India’s…

With Mulayam Singh and Mayawati walking out, the UPA government won in the Lok Sabha voting on FDI. 253 MPs voted for the government policy and 218 voted against. Again it was a game of numbers, which had the opposition stumped and tearing its hair out after it lost yet…

After the logjam in parliament and yesterday’s debate on FDI, showed it had nothing to do with FDI but it is a tool for show of strength between the UPA and the opposition led by BJP. The UPA is on a fast forward mode on reforms delayed by appeasing the…

The most worrying thing at the moment for BJP is not whether Narendr Modi should be Prime Minister or not but that it is in a deep crisis in Karnataka which it chooses to ignore; it’s stronghold in south and perceived to be the gateway to southern India. The powerful…