Mahesh Rangarajan
Mahesh Rangarajan
Mahesh Rangarajanis a researcher, author and historian with a special interest in environmental history and colonial history of British and contemporary India. He appears frequently on Indian television as a political analyst. He is also a columnist in the print media writing on wildlife conservation, political and environmental issues. In 2010, he chaired the Elephant Task Forceof the Indian Ministry of Environment and Forests. The Task Force was formed to formulate measures for the protection of elephants in India...
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It is a very careful budget. Definitely it is a budget made with poll calculations in mind.
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Brilliance as an economist is not a substitute for political acumen. To be a successful prime minister, you need loads of political acumen. Manmohan Singh needs to acquire this -- fast.
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It does indicate a fair level of paralysis at the apex of the party and the government. They didn't see this coming and they didn't react.
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Uttar Pradesh is a key battleground state and within Uttar Pradesh, the upper-castes are a key battleground.
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It's going to be a tense and difficult year. It's a period of enormous confusion, division in the ranks at the very top, and lack of clarity. Where do they go?
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They banked their strategy on her holding on. Now all that goes out of the window.
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Where (the government) can push through with executive action they will. The real test case was the airport strike and they prevailed.
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Ambiguity is Vajpayee's strength. His roots are in poetry and literature, and I think that's a big advantage.
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Ambiguity is Vajpayee's strength, ... His roots are in poetry and literature, and I think that's a big advantage.
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This is a damage-limitation move and a snap victory from the jaws of defeat.
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If the Congress does badly it will start looking weaker within the coalition.
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He is saying 'I am the only choice, follow me or else, ... He knows that if he goes it's over. There would be some stop-gap candidate and the government would fall within six months.
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Clearly, the BJP doesn't want to give much time to the opposition parties to regroup. But I think ... the earliest dates could be late April.
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The Congress party is confused particularly in economic decision-making,