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Modi did what Nehru wanted to, but couldn’t, on Article 370

When Home Minister Amit Shah declared on August 6 that Article 370 has been scrapped and Kashmir fully integrated with the rest of India, whether or not he was aware, he said almost exactly what Jawaharlal Nehru told the Lok Sabha 56 years ago, on De....

August 07, 2019 Jammu & Kashmir , Governance and Political Studies , Article , Lok Sabha , Article 370 , Amit Shah , Jawaharlal Nehru , RSS , Congress Kashmir abrogation

Vimarsha: Talk on ‘Why Triple Talaq should be made a Punishable Offence’, by Shri Arif Mohd. Khan

The latest session of Vimarsha Talk was organised by the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) on July 19, 2019. Shri Arif Mohd. Khan, Former Union Cabinet Minister, put forth an informed argument on ‘Why Triple Talaq should be made a Punishab....

July 29, 2019 Vimarsh , Governance and Political Studies , Supreme Court , Lok Sabha , Triple Talaq , Islamic philosophy

Round Table Discussion on Elections-2019

A round table discussion was held at the VIF to discuss the various aspects of Election 2019. Dr A Surya Prakash, Chairman Prasar Bharti, led the discussions. The participants expressed their concern at the growing role of money and muscle in the ....

April 26, 2019 Governance and Political Studies , Interaction , India , Lok Sabha , Democracy of India , Indian Parliament , Elections-2019

Resilient Democracy of India

RNP Singh

India, the largest democracy of the world, has come out successful in conduct in elections all through the last 70 years of its independence. The Indian democracy in spite of being often referred as new democracy, its political system and political p....

July 24, 2017 Governance and Political Studies , Indian democracy , elections , Babri Masjid , Lok Sabha , Election Commission , Election Commissioner , Democracy of India

Waiting for the Lokpal to Become Functional

Rajesh Singh

Late last month, the Government and the Supreme Court ‘clashed’ yet again, but this time not on the selection of judges. The apex court expressed deep reservations over the continuing delay in the appointment of a Lokpal. It was ....

December 14, 2016 Governance and Political Studies , Policies & Perspectives , Lok Sabha , Lokpal , Lokayuktas Act

Round Table Discussion on ‘Bicameralism and the Role of Rajya Sabha’

With the Council of States i.e Rajya Sabha increasingly perceived as an arena for political muscle-flexing and stonewalling key legislations of the government in recent years, there has been growing demand in the country to review its composition and....

August 08, 2016 Governance and Political Studies , Interaction , Congress , BJP , Lok Sabha , Rajya Sabha , Bicameralism , BJD , NCP

Ending Round The Year Poll Cycle

Rajesh Singh

In a recent interview to Times Now news channel, Prime Minister Narendra Modi strongly endorsed the idea of simultaneous Lok Sabha and State Assembly elections. The last time elections to the States and the Centre were held together in the cou....

July 12, 2016 Governance and Political Studies , Policies & Perspectives , Prime Minister Narendra Modi , Lok Sabha , Parliamentary Standing Committee

Ethics Committees of our Parliament: The Mallya and Rahul conundrum

Prof R Vaidyanathan

I am sure many of you may be smiling on seeing Ethics and our Parliament in the same sentence. But believe me. Both houses of parliament have ethics committee and the Rajya Sabha one is older of the two. It was the first among the two Houses to fo....

March 15, 2016 Governance and Political Studies , Lok Sabha , Parliament ethics committee , Rajya Sabha

Vimarsha: A Talk on ‘Functioning of Parliamentary Democracy in India’ with Mr. Purno A. Sangma

The focus of VIF’s Vimarsha (a series in monthly talks on subjects of national importance with contemporary relevance) for the month of March 2012 was ‘Functioning of Parliamentary Democracy in India’, a subject which has agitated minds ....

April 06, 2012 Vimarsh , Governance and Political Studies , Lok Sabha , Parliamentary Democracy , Purno A. Sangma