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When voting for the second phase was going on, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was reminding the voters that in March 1984, Congress had tried to kill Mulayam Singh Yadav. Along with playing with words by preparing their acronym, going into the past has become a favourite style of Modi’s speech and he is making use of both. Now bringing an event of 1984 into political discourse only suggests that SP-Congress alliance has unnerved BJP and its supremo Narendra Modi.

The Supreme Court judgment given on January 11 in the Sahara-Birla papers case dismissing application submitted by the activist lawyer Prashant Bhushan pleading for investigation into large scale payments made to the political leaders including the Prime Minister, has created fresh furore in the legal circles. Leading Supreme Court lawyer Dushyant Dave, former President of the Supreme Court Bar Association, has observed in an article in a leading website that the judgment smacks of bias and it deserves to be recalled by the Supreme Court exercising, if necessary suo moto powers. Then alone, the apex court can reaffirm its commitment to democracy and rule of law.

A tech-start up for the benefit of users worldwide such as Uber, literally meant upstart, to deliver a sharing economy that had left a profoundly disruptive impact to the existing business model that was following business-as-usual approach is now in the thick of news in India. The ongoing strike by thousands of Uber and Ola drivers in Delhi and Haryana demanding better pay had dislocated the ride-hailing services that had all but decimated traditional taxi and auto rickshaw operators with their relatively inexpensive fares for far too long.

The BSP leader Mayawati’s stakes in the UP assembly elections are higher than those of any other contender.

NEW DELHI: The Communist Party of India (CPI) has demanded that I view of the Supreme Court verdict against Ms. Sasikala, the Tamil Nadu governor should order a floor test in the assembly to prove majority of the contenders.

The Supreme Court reinstating the earlier conviction of Ms. Sasikala and two other co-accused in the Disproportionate Assets Case of 1996, may have cleared the hurdle for the Tamil Nadu Governor to invite waiting Mr.O S Panneerselvam or a new Sasikala nominee. Mr E. Palaniswami to prove majority to form a new AIADMK Government.

While the US President Donald Trump is yet to make a significant move towards giving more strength to the friendly bilateral relations and dispelling apprehensions about his approach towards India, the Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has been feeling blissful and striving to build upon tremendous progress in bilateral defence cooperation made in recent years with the USA.

On February 19, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will complete 1000 days in office. This is indeed a time not only to look back and also look forward. What is his progress report? Has he passed with distinction as the BJP would have us believe or has he failed as the Congress- led opposition claims? The truth is that he has achieved much but there is much more to do if he bids for power for a second time in 2019.

All political lives end in failure, said the British conservative politician, Enoch Powell. Sadly for Sasikala, she failed even before her political “life” could begin. The abrupt end to her incipient career terminates her energetic foray into a field for which she must have been secretly preparing all through her days as former chief minister Jayalalithaa’s companion.

LUCKNOW: Second phase polling in Uttar Pradesh on February 15 is the real test of Muslim card which plays very important role in 67 assembly constituency in 11 districts. This is going to be show of strength for CM Akhilesh-Rahul Gandhi team on one hand and BSP supremo Mayawati on the other for muslim votes. PM Narendra Modi’s banking on hindu polarization.