Kharge said even though BJP leaders are saying 'Abki Baar 400 Paar' (this time, above 400 seats) that won’t materialise, the people of India will teach Prime Minister Narendra Modi a lesson in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
Addressing a massive election rally in Gaya, Bihar, he said the Congress had used the Constitution as a political weapon in the last 25 to 30 years.
Some overlap in the functions of the three branches is unavoidable; good governance sometimes requires that an executive body exercises some basic legislative and judicial functions also.
In the 109th episode of his monthly programme ‘Mann Ki Baat’ on All India Radio (AIR), Modi said the inauguration of the Ayodhya temple seems to have bound together crores of people of the country with a common thread.
The Supreme Court on Friday came down heavily on the Punjab Governor for withholding assent to the bills passed by the state legislature. The top court said that the Governor of Punjab is “playing with fire” by deflecting the course of Bills passed by a duly elected Assembly.
The committee's Small Body, which brings together 45 delegates (15 each from the three groups), has met in Geneva five times already without making any major progress.
In assessing the performance of the apex court, commentators sometimes lose sight of the stellar role played by the judiciary, say ANURAG TIWARY and PRIYANKA SINGH
The Supreme Court collegium must act quickly to fill up vacancies on the Bench, says LOKENDRA MALIK.
At all times, the bureaucrat must remain connected to the ground and not allow her advice and decisions to be influenced by vested interests or political pressure. The Indian ship is too big for sudden course corrections. Each decision for major change has to be extensively and painstakingly discussed with all stakeholders. Only when a consensus is available should major changes be made.
It is also learnt that the Prime Minister also talked about the GST collection in the month of July and India's performance in Tokyo Olympics.
