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Kejriwal waiting in wings for greater national role

The BJP has to some extent demolished Congress as an all India opposition party. Congressmen have willingly abandoned its flagship for selfish reasons of remaining in the seat of power. BJP is working overtime to reign in some political stalwarts in southern states by fair and foul means.It will take a long time  to achieve its  grand design of establishing or percolating  in as many states as possible. Kejriwal  as an IITian is a rising star on the horizon of political  landscape. His ambitions to enter politics have paid dividends.None had expected that he would spread his wings beyond Delhi to Punjab with a bang and success that is difficult  to fathom. AAP now has its presence in more states and has made  slow and steady inroads and is bound to consolidate in future. Kejriwal concentrates on policies and programmes and much appreciated. Kejriwal is waiting in the wings for a greater role in Indian political scene. He is now the main target to be demolished for his  political ascendancy as elections to Delhi Municipality  and Gujarat are in the offing.

NELSON LOPES, Chinchinim

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Anti-defection law no deterrent for defections

DIOMEDES PEREIRA, Corlim
Published Nov 24, 2022, 7:42 PM IST
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The Anti-Defection Bill was passed in 1985 when Rajiv Gandhi was the prime minister with marathon debates because of  rising public opinion for such a law. The Anti-Defection Bill was passed in good faith to stop MLAs and MPs from leaving one party to join another. But to the surprise of everyone  in the country the first defection was engineered in Goa and after that  there were many defections.  Defections took place  21 times and the number of…

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