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Is the UPA becoming an UPA?
Aug 12 2008, Vincent Van Ross

When it finally dawned on the Congress party that the days of single-party rule is over in India, it formed the UPA–the United Progressive Alliance—to fight the last Lok Sabha elections.

When the UPA failed to mop up the magic number, it had..

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The nuclear laugh
Vincent Van Ross, New Delhi
(In a lighter vein) Indian politics turned nuclear with the withdrawal of support to the United Progressive Alliance government by the left front. Outside support has...
Politics & Society, Nuclear Deal, Confidence Vote, trust vote
made popular Jul 23 2008
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Cash for votes: Is Indian democracy up for sale?
View Point, Shimla
Yesterday’s trust vote in Indian Parliament took a dramatic turn when a few BJP MPs waved bundles of notes accusing the Samajwadi Party of horse-trading. Although the...
Cash, vote politics, democracy
made popular Jul 23 2008
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Reply to the Prime Minister's Closing Speech by a surprised common man
Sivasubramanian Muthusamy, Erode
Dear Mr. Prime Minister, This response comes from someone who has rationally and irrationally trusted the Congress Party. Rational because there are many eminent and...
Politics & Society, Business, trust vote, business
made popular Jul 23 2008
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CNN reports India's trust vote
Madhuri Katti, Kolkata
This how CNN sees and perceives the historical debate and trust vote in India’s parliament.
Politics & Society, CNN, reports, Indian parliament
made popular Jul 24 2008
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Full text of the Indian prime minster's reply on the trust vote over the nuclear deal issue
R.M.Paulraj, Bangalore
Mr. Manmohan Singh, the prime minister of India, came out with a detailed reply to the opposition’s charges on the government over the Indo-US Nuclear Deal. The...
Manmohan Singh, Indo-US Nuclear Deal, Trust vote, India
made popular Jul 22 2008
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Is the nuclear deal with US worth risking the fall of government in the world's largest democracy?
View Point, Shimla
It’s D-Day for the ruling UPA with the government all set to face trust vote today in the Indian parliament over the controversial civilian nuclear deal. The UPA is...
Politics & Society, nuclear deal, government
made popular Jul 22 2008
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Self before the nation?
Vincent Van Ross, New Delhi
God knows which way the trust vote would swing. We do not even know if there would a trust vote at all. While the exercise was directed at computing the number of...
Politics & Society, Parliamentarians, National Interest, Trust Vote
made popular Jul 20 2008
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Somnath Chatterjee threatens to quit both as Speaker and MP
R.M.Paulraj, Bangalore
Piqued by the CPM’s intention to get him resign the post of Speaker in order that the party will have one more MP’s vote on its side in the parliament...
Politics & Society, Somnath Chatterjee, Speaker, Resign
made popular Jul 16 2008
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Somnath Chatterjee may decline party's dictat to resign as Speaker
R.M.Paulraj, Bangalore
Somnath Chatterjee has put down his foot on his party’s demand that he quit the post of Speaker before the trust vote. Chatterjee knows the importance of...
Politics & Society, Somnath Chatterjee, Speaker, Indian Parliament
made popular Jul 14 2008
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A TRUST VOTE OR A DISTRUST VOTE?
Vincent Van Ross, New Delhi
By Vincent Van Ross With the withdrawal of support by the left front and its allies to the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, the UPA is likely to plunge...
Politics & Society, UPA, Coalition Government, Trust Vote
made popular Jul 10 2008
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