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Among the political parties the Congress is most maligned for being a dynastic organization. But now almost all political parties have been affected by this menace except the Left parties. Look at Maharashtra: Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s recent expansion of his Council of Ministers exemplifies how deep-rooted dynastic politics is in the country. As many as 19 of the 43 ministers hail from political families, cutting across the three coalition partners in Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi. From Uddhav’s son Aaditya Thackeray getting a cabinet berth to Ajit Pawar, nephew of NCP chief Sharad Pawar, dynasts are everywhere one looks. In fact, even those who are unhappy about not getting a ministerial berth—like Bhor Congress MLA Sangram Thopte, son of former chief minister Anantrao Thopte, whose supporters attacked the party office in Pune—are also dynasts.

LUCKNOW: The manner in which AICC general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadhra has taken the centre stage in opposition space in Uttar Pradesh has unnerved Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav and BSP president Mayawati. Priyanka is more aggressive in criticising Modi government and Yogi government on the issue of CAA and atrocities during large scale protests in the state.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his ‘Man Ki Bat’, the last one for the year, said on a conciliatory note that ‘young’ today does not like lack of governance and instability. It was his way of veiling the fact that police was let loose to be brutal to any extent, in JNU, AMU, Jamia, many of the cities of UP and all over the country. The target was mostly the minorities, in their every age group. Even a three year old was not spared. Wounds would heal except those dealt on the psych. It is how ‘Untruth’ moves.

There is considerable turmoil and controversy surrounding the Citizen Amendment Act, 2019 (CAA). Over twenty lives have been lost so far and, in many places, there are stories of pitched battles between police and protestors. I am trying to look at this dispassionately.

Closing a session of Cuba’s National Assembly on December 21, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel declared that, “The 61st year of the Revolution has indeed been difficult and challenging.” He blamed these troubles on the “brutal” and “demented” U.S. blockade. Dangers have mounted for Cuba’s socialist revolution, and the government there is responding.

New Delhi: As the dawn of 2020 has settled down, ace striker Sunil Chhetri isn’t much willing to rush and set long term targets for himself.

New Delhi: Junior World Cup silver medallist Esha Singh expressed that her father retired from rally driving in order to support her shooting career. The shooter, who hails from Hyderabad, clinched gold in the Asian Shooting Championships in November 2019. Singh participated in the 10m Air Pistol (Junior) event.

Mumbai: Mumbai City will be on the lookout for their second home win of the Hero Indian Super League (ISL) season when they take on the might of ATK FC at the Mumbai Football Arena here on Saturday.

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: Hero MotoSports Team Rally, the rally racing team of Hero MotoCorp - world’s largest two-wheeler manufacturer, is charged-up up for its fourth consecutive appearance at the world’s most grueling and competitive rally raid - The Dakar Rally.

New Delhi: Tokyo 2020 bound wrestler Deepak Punia and Ravi Kumar Dahiya once again proved their mettle as they qualified for the Senior Asian Championship to be held at New Delhi from 17th to 23rd February 2020.