भारतीय राजनीति का संक्रमण राष्ट्रीय दलों का कमजोर होना और केन्द्रीय सरकार के गठन में क्षेत्रीय दलों पर निर्भरता के कारण धीरे-धीरे बढ़ता जा रहा है. अतीत में गैर कांग्रेसवाद के प्रवर्तक राजनेताओं ने कांग्रेस के वर्चस्व को चुनौती देने के लिए गैर कांग्रेसी ताकतों को कई बार कभी लोकनायक जयप्रकाश नारायण के नेतृत्व में एवं कई बार वामपंथी मित्रों के सहयोग से एकत्रित करने का उपक्रम किया. मूल रूप से मेरे राजनैतिक जीवन की शुरुआत कांग्रेस से हुई …

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In the last two years we had witnessed the volumes of twists and turns in the matters related to the Batla house encounter. It was I who personally felt necessary at that moment about an independent judicial enquiry into the encounter to clear all doubts. I raised questions because I had certain reservations about the approach of the inquiry. If the administration and police have nothing to hide, why were they shying away from an enquiry? The contradicting statements of …

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In politics one has to be thick skin. Many times here misdeed receives bouquets and modesty earns brickbats. Here caste, class and community play a major role while determining your prospect. You need to be both innocent and shrewd at the same time while dealing with others. What you preach, you do not practice and what you practice, you do not preach. Sycophancy brings pleasure and frankness earns bitterness.
Politics is a football of sycophancy where the political players believe …

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कल गढ़ मुक्तेश्वर में विधायक मदन चौहान जी के सौजन्य से एक भारी सभा हुई. मथुरा के बाद पश्चिम उत्तर प्रदेश की यह मेरी दूसरी बड़ी सभा थी. स्वर्गीय जनेश्वर जी मुझे अपनी म्रत्यु के एक पखवाड़े पहले मुझे मुलायमवादी से समाजवादी की बेशकीमती हिदायत दी थी. उनकी सलाह मानते हुए इधर लोहिया जी को जानने की कोशिश कर रहा हूँ. डॉ लोहिया के साथी जार्ज फर्नांडिस, मधु लिमये, मामा बालेश्वर, जनेश्वर मिश्र, जगदीश गुप्त, बद्री विशाल पिट्टी जैसे नेता …

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The world is seriously going to lose forever one of the wonderful creatures on earth called ‘Tiger’. Tigers are on the verge of extinction. There are only between 1400 to 1500 tigers left in India and the number keeps lessening every year. The tiger population is declining so fast that the whole population may be extinct in India within 10 years. The reason for this extinction is nothing but large scale poaching, deforestation and human expansion. Poachers illegally hunt and …

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I congratulate the lawmakers of the Upper House who have wholeheartedly supported the women’s reservation bill despite of stiff opposition from SP, BSP and RJD. The efforts of 181 lawmakers of Upper House have earnestly earned the privilege of being a part of this historic moment. In this regard their stand for democratic socialism and gender equality is quite laudable.
In Indian parliamentary democracy most of the political parties have vivid public images based on caste, region, linguistic, ethnic …

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पता नहीं आजकल मेरी पुरानी पार्टी को क्या हो गया है? परिवर्तन जीवन का अंग है. एक परिधि से दूसरी परिधि में जब व्यक्ति अथवा दल की उत्तरोत्तर वृद्धि की पद्धति आरम्भ होती है तो हर परिधि के साथ दल, नेता, नीति का समन्वय होता है और उसी के साथ-साथ परिवर्तन. पिछले चौदह वर्षों से मै दल में एक प्रणाली की स्थापना करने की बात कर रहा हूँ जिसके तहत यदि सामूहिक नेतृत्व ना भी हो तो कम से कम …

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Since time immemorial the Indians approach towards asceticism has always been carrying great influence. Because of that people have a genuine regard for hermits and ascetics. We always respect their spiritual merits and saintly lives without contemplating their caste, class or religious affiliation. One way of life in Hinduism is renunciation of the world and asceticism, a path of the sadhu or holy man, who have left their homes to concentrate on spiritual discipline. He is the person who is …

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Today it is quite shocking to know that more than sixty people have died and equal numbers are injured in a stampede when the entry gate of an overcrowded spiritual ashram in Mangarh village near Kunda town in Uttar Pradesh’s Pratapgarh district suddenly got collapsed. The state and district authorities are sure to be blamed for this callous mismanagement. Whenever we have such large-scale festivities the administration has to be prepared well in advance to meet the challenges in case …

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