Tag: democracy
PM Hails Election Commission
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday hailed the Election Commission for playing a key role "in our democracy".....
Congress Protected Democracy, So Modi Could Become PM: Kharge
Congress leader in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday said the Congress should be thanked for protecting the democracy in the country because of which Narendra Modi, coming from a poor family, could become the Prime Minister of India.....
Congress Cries Foul Over Lost Opportunity To Rule Goa, Manipur
While the Congress is accusing the BJP of "subverting democracy" and "nullifying people's mandate" by staking claim to form new governments in Manipur and Goa before it could do so as the single-largest party, many, within and outside the Congress, are questioning its own failure to seize the opportunity.....
Jaitley Compares Indira Gandhi To Hitler
Union Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday compared former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, who imposed Emergency, to Hitler, stating that both used the Constitution "to transform democracy into dictatorship".....
Modi Calls Emergency 'dark Period', Wishes To Strengthen Democracy
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the 1975-77 Emergency was a "dark period" that the nation could never forget and called for making democracy stronger by "writing, debating, deliberating, and questioning" its vital aspects.....
Influence Of Dictatorship On Country's Democracy Rising: Sonia Gandhi
Taking a swipe at the Central government, interim Congress president Sonia Gandhi said on Saturday that anti-national and anti-poor forces were spreading hatred and "venom of violence" in the country, and the "influence of dictatorship" on democracy was rising. ....
'Where Is Democracy? Whoever Speaks Against Govt Is Anti-national', Says Rahul
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday came down heavily on the Modi government over the three farm laws that thousands and thousands of farmers have been agitating against at the borders of the national capital for almost a month now. ....
Contempt Case: Kunal Kamra Says SC Judges Powerful, But 'have No Protection From Jokes'
Stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra told the Supreme Court that his tweets were not published with the intention to diminish the faith of people in the highest court of the country. ....
Universities Must Be An Ideal Version Of Democracy: Shashi Tharoor
"In a democratic society, universities must evolve into spaces where an ideal version of democracy is allowed to thrive. In other words, our universities must become the staging grounds for experiments in developing the most principled version of our democratic ethos. And by extension, a microcosm of what our democratic society one day could be," said Shashi Tharoor, Member of Parliament. ....
Panchayats Are Pillars Of India's Democracy: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that panchayats form the pillars of India's democratic system. ....
