Category: Indian Politics
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The BJP Cadres in Poll-Bound Uttar Pradesh
The Bharatiya Janata Party over the past few weeks has been racked by protests over the choice of candidates for the U.P. Assembly polls. The resentment continues to fester, there is unease about the spreading disquiet in the cadres who may not commit wholeheartedly to the campaign in the vital run up to the elections.
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Nagaland Remains Tense
An uneasy calm continued to prevail in the state with the Nagaland Tribes Action Committee (NTAC) vowing they will practice restraint only after T.R. Zeliang steps down as Chief Minister.
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Padmavati
On 27 Jan 17, miscreants allegedly from the Karni Sena, disrupted the shooting of the Film Padmavati being produced by Sanjay Leela Bansali, in Jaipur. They misbehaved with the producer, damaged cinema equipment and stopped the production
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Jallikattu – an ordinance in the offing
The centre on Friday cleared the TN government’s proposal to promulgate an ordinance to hold Jallikattu. The State government had proposed to issue an ordinance but as the subject falls under the Concurrent list of the Constitution, it is mandatory to get a clearance from the centre.