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Ruchi Gupta

Ruchi Gupta

Ruchi Gupta is associated with the Congress Party. Views expressed are personal.

By Ruchi Gupta

Liberals are wrong: BJP is not the new Congress

This false equivalence has so permeated the discourse that the exceptional nature of BJP's contempt for democracy, diversity and social justice has been normalised.

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Demonetisation about promoting private companies, not curbing black money

In the immediate term, this is a misuse of state power to coerce citizens into the user base of for-profit companies.

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Panchayati Raj under Modi is not for Dalits, women, adivasis

The PM dismissed the political role of an elected representative and instead favoured women's participation only to build toilets.

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Gujarat's compulsory voting law will marginalise minorities

It is a legislative alternative to the organisational effort required to increase Hindu voter turnout.

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Two reasons Aam Aadmi Party can't be the political alternative it professes to be

As the party moves into governance mode, it will be difficult to paper over ideological differences.

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Rajasthan panchayat ordinance is unjust and undemocratic

By setting arbitrary standards the government is using executive decision of a state government to subvert the Constitution and the collective will of the Indian citizenry.

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How the Rajasthan government is throwing children out of school

By merging 17,000 government schools into Adarsh schools, the Raje regime has forced students to drop out, besides providing a boost to private schools.

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