How Telangana budget has to be viewed? By: Fatima Hasan When the State Budget is presented, it is usual for the opposition to heap criticism on the government and move cut motions, followed by protests. This time, when the Telangana budget for 2019-20 was presented in the State Assembly, amidst economic slowdown in the country, […]

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PROMISE OF SECULARISM

Whether the promise of Secularism has been eroded by the choice of Indian electorate? This is the question thrown up by the outcome of the 2014 general elections to the Lok Sabha which saw the National Democratic Alliance regaining power after a gap of 10 years and the BJP securing absolute majority in the Lok […]

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REGIONAL PARTIES

Regional Parties: Are they king-makers and game-changers in Indian political scenario? As India goes into the campaigning mode for the ensuing Lok Sabha elections, the hotly debated issue in political discourse these days is whether the regional parties are going to play king-makers and game-changers in the 2019 polls. The question cannot be ignored since […]

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ELECTORAL REPRESENTATION OF MUSLIMS IN ASSEMBLY/ LOK SABHA: 1951-2014

Presented at the National Workshop on “Political Empowerment of Muslims in Telangana State: Opportunities and Challenges” at University of Hyderabad on 29th November 2016 By: Syed Amin Jafri One of the key objectives of this workshop is to understand the causes for low levels of political empowerment of Muslims in terms of political representation, political […]

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