Justice Markandey Katju: The closed minds of Indian politicians, ‘liberals’, and ‘intellectuals’

Justice Markandey Katju writes: Indian politicians, the so called ‘liberals’ and ‘intellectuals’, and the ‘independent’ media, who do political analysis of the Indian political scene, have one fetish and limitation: they cannot think beyond the system of parliamentary democracy. All their moves, discussions and analyses are within that system. Parliamentary democracy for them is a holy cow, and they think it will last forever, just as the Bourbons thought their rule will last forever.

India’s Congress Party Still likes the Old Guard

Mayank Chhaya- On July 14, 1942, barely a week before India’s main opposition party, the Indian National Congress’s new president Mallikarjun Kharge was born, its main decision-making body authorized Mohandas Gandhi to embark on a nationwide mass movement. That movement was famously and succinctly christened ‘Bharat Chhodo Andolan’ or ‘Quit India Movement’ to dislodge the […]

Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra is just a stunt and gimmick: Justice Katju

Justice Markandey Katju- Justice Markandey Katju is a former Judge, Supreme Court of India, and former Chairman, Press Council of India. The views expressed are his own. Rahul Gandhi is leading a Bharat Jodo Yatra ( Unite India March ), from Kanyakumari to Srinagar, which started on 7th September. bit.ly/3CDMLNP Its professed aim is to unite […]