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New political persona of Dalit leader Prakash Ambedkar

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New political persona of prominent Dalit leader Prakash Ambedkar Camil Parkhe  goo.gl/zkm2qt    Saturday, 3 February 2018 With the recent incidents at Koregaon-Bhima, Dalits and others are perceiving some signs of consolidation of the Dalit force and emergence of a Dalit leadership in the persona of Prakash Ambedkar. The Dalits in Maharashtra are decisive in tilting the political fortunes in the State. The 1998 Lok Sabha polls had proved this when various fractions of the Ambedkarite Republican Party had unified for the first time and won as many as four Lok Sabha seats in the State. At that time, RS Gavai (Amravati), Prakash Ambedkar (Akola), Ramdas Athavale (Pandharpur) and Jogendra Kawade (Chimur) were elected to the Lok Sabha. This was possible as the Congress with Sharad Pawar as the Chief Minister in Maharashtra was instrumental in forging the RPI factions unit...

India will remember the legacy of Sonia Gandhi

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India will remember the legacy of Sonia Gandhi Camil Parkhe goo.gl/zcNLGJ      Saturday, 16 December 2017 After the assassination of her husband Rajiv Gandhi, for over seven years, Sonia Gandhi had refused to take over the reigns of the Indian National Congress. This was also the period when for the first time in many decades that no member of the Nehru-Gandhi family was not associated with the Congress Party. Sonia Gandhi stepped into politics and took over the party’s reigns only when the Congress was ousted from power at the Centre and there seemed no other leader who could rejuvenate the party. At that time, the fortunes of the Congress had nosedived. After the assassination of her husband Rajiv Gandhi, for over seven years, Sonia Gandhi had refused to take over the reigns of the Indian National Congress. This was also the period when for the first time in many dec...

What went wrong for PMPML chief Tukaram Mundhe?

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What went wrong for PMPML chief Mundhe? Camil Parkhe  goo.gl/94ZWcF      Sunday, 11 February 2018 An individual official can introduce sweeping changes in the system with the help of the existing rules and regulations. This has been amply proved in the country when TN Seshan took over as the Election Commissioner of India a few decades ago. An individual official can introduce sweeping changes in the system with the help of the existing rules and regulations. This has been amply proved in the country when TN Seshan took over as the Election Commissioner of India a few decades ago. During his long career as a government bureaucrat, Seshan had never shown sparks and was considered as a normal civil service official following diktats of his political and administrative bosses. But once he took over the reigns of the Constitutional post, Seshan for the first time br...