Elections not held in BJP, its leaders only wear 'mask of democracy'Asked about Congress president polls, he told reporters, "In Congress, elections were held during the time of Narasimha Rao ji, Sitaram Kes...
03 Sep, 2022, 11.40 PM IST
People facing trial for serious offences be barred from polls: EC to SCIt said people against whom charges have been framed by a court for offences punishable with at least five years, should be barred from con...
11 Feb, 2018, 06.27 PM IST
Politicians chargesheeted in heinous offences be barred from elections: EC to SCIn a bid to cleanse politics of criminal elements, the EC has backed banning politicians from contesting polls if charges are framed in cas...
11 Feb, 2018, 11.15 AM IST
Narendra Modi is right about lack of intra-party democracy. But is BJP an exception?While the electoral process is more representative, and barring occasional blips, the Election Commission guards its constitutionally manda...
01 Nov, 2017, 11.26 PM IST
Ashish Kulkarni quits Congress; Who is he, asks partyClaiming himself as a member of the Congress Coordination Centre, Kulkarni’s letter listed lack of Congress focus on developing effective m...
19 Aug, 2017, 01.47 AM IST
No 'leniency' to those damaging Congress' prospects: Rahul Gandhi on factionalismWarning Congress leaders engaged in factionalism and anti-party activities of stern action, party vice-president Rahul has said that those ...
27 Aug, 2015, 05.43 PM IST
Shashi Tharoor refers to AAP while raking up 'inner-party democracy'"AAP developments one more indication of how difficult inner-party democracy is. Where does freedom of expression become disloyalty to part...
05 Mar, 2015, 11.00 PM IST
Assam: Prodyut Bora to launch new political outfit called 'Liberal Democratic Party'Bora, who quit the BJP last month, is launching his own party called the Liberal Democratic Party in Assam and is ready with its "Ideology"...
04 Mar, 2015, 01.59 AM IST
Internal Lokpal talks of 'growth of two camps within AAP'Sources said that two senior AAP leaders and members of PAC, Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan, were unhappy with candidate selection.
01 Mar, 2015, 06.40 PM IST
AAP's founder-member Shanti Bhushan accuses Arvind Kejriwal of accepting 'tainted' money"He gave a large number of tickets to people who had amassed a lot of wealth by questionable means and were prepared to buy votes by distri...
11 Feb, 2015, 06.57 PM IST
Congress riddled with internal rift and no democracy: BJPBJP attacked Congress for criticizing its own veteran leader Janardan Dwivedi's "praise" of Modi and alleged the opposition party was riddl...
22 Jan, 2015, 08.22 PM IST
Senior JD(U) leader Monazir Hassan quits party to join BJPThough he did not name former Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Hassan said he was troubled by constant decline of inner party democracy within ...
01 Jul, 2014, 05.12 PM IST
AAP in turmoil as Shazia Ilmi and Captain Gopinath quitArvind Kejriwal-led AAP member Shazia Ilmi quit the party on Saturday, citing lack of 'inner party democracy' as the reason for her decisio...
24 May, 2014, 10.04 PM IST
Injecting white money into elections will strengthen inner-party structures and democracyThe excess of black money in elections is at the heart of the problem that besets the Indian political system. That's the perception.
28 Jan, 2012, 07.58 AM IST
- Electoral reforms: Right to recall practical only when electorate is small, say former Election Commissioners
Gopalaswami argued that state funding of polls would be a lost battle unless political parties make way for inner-party democracy that allo...
01 Sep, 2011, 02.36 AM IST
- Sadanada Gowda, the new face of democratic BJP
It makes sense for the BJP to present the newly sworn-in chief minister of Karnataka, Sadanada Gowda, as a shining example of inner party d...
05 Aug, 2011, 07.12 AM IST
- Cong aims for greater inner-party democracy through Panchayati Raj Sangathan
Congress, which is in the middle of discussing ways to re-energise itself, might have hit upon a way to do it from the grassroots upwards, ...
14 Jun, 2008, 03.00 AM IST