As Smt. Sonia Gandhi said the communal carnage that rocked
Gujarat and some other states could have been avoided, if
the BJP-run government at the Centre so wanted. What the
country had witnessed in the last one month is extremely
disturbing and calls for serious introspection as to where
we, as people, are going. The communal clashes have brought
a bad name to the country all over the world. No wonder,
the tourist arrivals have gone down by 17 percent and what
is more, foreign companies have begun pulling out of Indian
stock exchanges. If like-minded parties do not come together
to end the disastrous rule of the BJP, the nation will pay
a heavy price.
Speech
Smt. Sonia Gandhi who had visited riot affected areas of
Gujarat recalls brutalities committed under the very eyes
of the state government. Addressing joint session of Parliament
on March 15 she said that the continuance of such a callous
government is an affront to our democracy
Speech
Vishwa Hindu Parishad and its cohorts are stoking the Ayodhya
issue. Inflammatory statements and blackmailing tactics
continue to be made by them to whip up passions, says Smt.
Sonia Gandhi
Speech
Congress is the only party which is accepted by all religions,
castes, languages and states. The Congress is a party which
respects all sections of people : Sonia Gandhi
Speech
Smt. Sonia Gandhi suggest setting up of good training institutes
all over the country to impart training to labour for their
skill enhancement and hence wages
Comment
Budget lacks growth impetus. There is a wide divergence
between the budget estimates and revised estimates and between
the revised estimates and the actuals, analyses Dr. Manmohan
Singh
Comment
Mani Shanker Aiyar makes a detailed study comparing the
growth of Gross Domestic Product during the period of Dr.
Manmohan Singh and Mr. Yashwant Sinha as finance ministers
Report
Mr. N.D. Tiwari urges for a new work culture in Uttaranchal
after taking over as chief minister
Report
Capt. Amrinder Singh sworn-in chief minister of Punjab and
assures of giving top priority to the state’s economy
View
Point
An insight into the women’s role in social transformation
by Ms. Hajnal Kumar
Tributes
Capt. Praveen Davar sketches the events of the historic
Dandi march which began on 12 March, 1930 and finally led
the Gandhi-Irvin Pact
