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Adivasis are aliens in their own land. The local residents’ policy passed by the BJP government of Jharkhand, has failed to keep its promises made to the tribals of the state. An insight into the policy would reveal that the Jharkhand chief minister, Raghubar Das has failed to do justice to the adivasis and true enough has given too much credence to the non-adivasis who constitute the primary support base for the BJP.

LUCKNOW: Ruling Samajwadi Party is engaged in massive preparations for achieving its Mission 2017 by winning the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh to make a big impact on the national politics for playing a bigger role in 2019 Lok Sabha poll. Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav is masterminding the entire planning and he has nominated his brother Shivpal Yadav as the leader in charge for the assembly elections.

A press release, using over 1300 words issued by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, ostensibly on the Government’s clarification over the aborted Agusta Westland Helicopter deal and corruption therein, the resultant political turmoil, is not only unprecedented, bizarre, poorly drafted and full of howlers but de horse the rule of law based system of governance as established by the authority of the Constitution of India under clause (3) of Article 77. The rules framed there under, the Government of India (Transaction of Business) Rules read with the Manual of Office Procedure and the Technical Publicity Rules prescribe formats for dissemination of information through centralized official media unit, Press Information Bureau (PIB). The impugned press release violates that format with impunity. It was not processed before it was issued.

What is common between British Prince Charles, Gandhi scion Rahul Gandhi, the DMK leader MK Stalin and Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal? They are all in the queue to take over from their parent, some eagerly and Rahul Gandhi reluctantly. The 90-year-old Queen is making Prince Charles wait for decades. Stalin too is facing the same problem that his 94-year-old father Karunanidhi is still in the saddle. Parkash Singh Badal is going strong at the age of 87.

Straining of relations between the USA and Saudi Arabia has not come as surprise in fact what intrigued is, it happened just in the wake of American hegemony getting a rude shock, suffering ignominy after Russia emerging as the key player for restoration of global peace following its decisive action against the terrorists and ISIS in Syria.

It is a year over since on the recommendation of the Advisory Committee on reservation, the NDA government that believed in Joseph Schumpeter’s “creative destruction”—a process of industrial mutation that incessantly revolutionizes the economic structure from within by destroying the old one and creating a new one, had cleaned up the lingering vestiges of the earlier reservation policy by de-reserving the last twenty odd items purported for exclusive manufacture in Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME).

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: No doubt, there are star campaigners galore in the do-or-die Kerala election campaign. But there is only one superstar in the fray. That is Velikkal Sankaran Achuthanandan, the 93-year-old CPI(M) stalwart with over 70 years of political and electoral vintage.

Politicians find elections as the most opportune time for raising issues long buried under the debris of history. With Punjab assembly elections less than a year away, Punjab’s ruling Badals are also raising emotive religious-political issues they think can help their party recover its Sikh base eroded by the huge anti-incumbency and pitiably poor governance.

Narendra Modi’s dealings with Pakistan and China have underlined the veracity of the Peter principle which refers to the fallacy of choosing a person for a post on the basis of his/her performance in the current job. In Modi’s case, it has become obvious that a successful chief minister need not be an effective prime minister. Having had no experience in foreign affairs, especially with two of India’s most bitter enemies – Pakistan and China – Modi’s blunders are there for all to see.

Both the Dravidian giants, AIADMK and DMK are engaged in a no-holds barred fight, with just two weeks left for the one-day May 16 poll, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa touting her welfare schemes and other wider achievements while arch-rival DMK’s Mr. Karunanidhi (93) talks with elan of his likely return to power in three weeks. But the AIADMK leader may still come up with new moves to tilt voters in her favour.