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20 years of RTI: Once a revolutionary mechanism of accountability, now a cautionary tale
October 13, 2025 4:19 pm
Unravelling of the RTI is not an isolated event. Parallels can be drawn with the decay of other institutions due to executive overreach. What remains is not governance through institutions, but governance through control -- an inefficient system where loyalty replaces legality, fear stands in for accountability
In the second Congress-led UPA term, how pro-public policies gave way to corruption allegations
May 31, 2024 7:31 pm
While UPA’s first term was full of several pro-people policies, such as the Right to Information Act, the second term was marred by conflict and confusion in the government, as well as allegations of several corruption scandals. Read more in part 15 of our series on the history of India's Lok Sabha elections.
On the economy, how UPA and NDA governments have been remarkably similar
January 29, 2024 10:27 pm
Irrespective of the ideological leanings of the next government, the forward march of the Indian economy is more likely to rhyme with its past
Times gone when people on other side of aisle used BSNL as cash cow: Ashwani Vaishnaw in LS
December 15, 2022 2:53 am
When Congress MP Jasbir Singh Gill asked about “theft of data ''from BSNL connections, the Communications Minister said data was much costlier during UPA's time.
From 60% in UPA to 95% in NDA: A surge in share of Opposition leaders in CBI net
September 21, 2022 8:08 am
Under the BJP-led NDA-II’s eight years in power so far, even as the Opposition’s political footprint has shrunk, at least 124 prominent leaders have faced CBI probes and as many as 118 of them are from the Opposition — that’s 95 per cent.
Not keen on UPA chairman’s post, Congress better positioned: Sharad Pawar
April 03, 2022 12:57 pm
The NCP youth wing, which had recently proposed Pawar’s name for the post, said it will persuade him to take up the role so as to unite the Opposition and take on the BJP in the 2024 polls.
'With no Congress, UPA left without soul': Party leaders slam Mamata's remark
December 02, 2021 1:14 pm
Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Thursday said without the Congress, the UPA will be a body without a soul and asserted that it was time to show opposition unity. “Time to show opposition unity,” Sibal tweeted.
Alliance with Shiv Sena limited to Maharashtra: Cong minister
December 28, 2020 12:53 pm
Speaking to reporters here, the state PWD Minister also said that it was not proper on part of the Sena to comment on the leadership of the UPA.
Will be happy if Sharad Pawar sir becomes UPA chairperson: Sanjay Raut
December 11, 2020 12:31 pm
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut said: "We'll be happy if Pawar sir becomes UPA chairman. But I've heard that he's personally refused it. We will support him if such a proposal comes to the fore officially."
Manmohan Singh's book to give a 'true account of what happened in the UPA govt': sources
October 05, 2014 11:15 am
Singh’s book may rattle the Congress leadership, which has already been embarrassed by Natwar Singh’s book.
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