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Iftar diplomacy by political parties must go beyond just tokenism Reporters Name | CAMIL PARKHE |  Monday, 27 June 2016 AT 12:55 PM IST     http://goo.gl/xxvF0d  Ramzan ,  Iftar party ,  political parties ,  Muslim community ,  Muslim vote ,  RSS ,  BJP ,  Camil Parkhe ,  Sakal Times It is the holy month of Ramzan and a period for various political parties to show bonhomie with the Muslim community. As Ramzan Eid approaches nearer, various political parties and organisations are vying with each other in hosting the Iftar parties. In the past, this practice was confined to a few parties like the Congress. The BJP and the Shiv Sena who were most certain of not winning the Muslim votes had never resorted to the Iftar dinner diplomacy. But now the trends have changed. Having realised that they cannot afford to totally ignore the minorities now even the BJP and also RSS leaders have started hosting or attending Iftar parties, although many of them may not go to the extent of d

Politicians start gearing up for 2017 assembly polls Reporters Name | CAMIL PARKHE |  Thursday, 9 June 2016 AT 09:38 PM IST       http://goo.gl/u4FekH CAMIL PARKHE ,  gearing up ,  2017 assembly polls ,  Politicians ,  News-plus Even before the newly elected governments were recently formed in five states in the country, political parties have launched their campaigns for another round of polls in five other states where elections will be held early in 2017. The term of the present state assemblies in Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Manipur will expire in March 2017. Having experienced the most high-tech and well planned election campaigns of various parties in the recent years, people in the country can now brace themselves for yet another high-pitched electoral battle. Of these, election in Uttar Pradesh will be the most crucial for the BJP, Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party and also, the Congress. This is because the poll outcome in this country’s larges