Archive for category: Politics

  • Chhailla Chowk to China: Himachal security has a dogs day out

    Chhailla Chowk to China: Himachal security has a dogs day out

    Featured, Politics April 17, 2009 5:12 PM no comments

    This is not a first hand account. Rather I’ve heard it from different sources. The local MLA (member of legislative assembly) from Jubbal-Kotkhai, Narendra Baragta, recently, at a public rally to appease the common man

     
  • Himachal BJP back on roads

    Featured, Politics May 1, 2008 12:48 PM 4 comments

    By: Vividhaditya Let me confess it. I’m a pucca Congressi. But I’d no qualms in accepting that one good thing BJP did in its last regime were the roads. Even being a pucca Congressi, I’d lambasted the ousted Chief Minister, Virbhadra Singh, for neglecting the road to his constituency (Shimla-Rohru) [...]

     
  • Himachal CM in a vindictive mood

    Politics March 7, 2008 7:02 PM 2 comments

    HimVani Shimla: The BJP appears to be in a vindictive mood in Himachal Pradesh. Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal has a reason to target former CM Virbhadra Singh after the Supreme Court in a recent judgement declared that Singh had “illegally” granted permit to a transporter for plying vehicles on [...]

     
  • Himachal electorate throws ADR Report to wind

    Activism, Elections, Politics December 28, 2007 4:39 PM 5 comments

    By: Vividhaditya New Delhi: The Himachal electorate has thrown the ADR (Association for Democratic Reforms) Report – ‘Himachal Pradesh Election Watch’ (HPEW) – to the wind and have voted for 21 of the 50 candidates that have criminal cases pending against them. Of the 21 candidates, 19 belong to BJP [...]

     
  • Why does Himachal not count in national politics?

    Elections, Featured, Politics December 12, 2007 9:49 PM 14 comments

    By: Vividhaditya Both Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh are going for assembly elections, yet the national newspapers here in Delhi, have just a small para on Himachal elections, somewhere tugged inside, while Gujarat has a devoted full-page. Why is Himachal not so important for the media or even the national politics? [...]

     
  • Himachal BJP fields most candidates with pending criminal cases

    Himachal BJP fields most candidates with pending criminal cases

    Activism, Elections, Politics December 12, 2007 6:08 PM 17 comments

    By: Vividhaditya New Delhi: Surprise! The favourite Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) on the election poll on HimVani.com has 25 candidates out of 68 candidates it has fielded for elections with pending criminal cases against them. That means a huge 36.76 per cent. The figures have been made public by ‘Himachal [...]

     
  • SDRS demands eye bank in Himachal in its manifesto

    Elections, Politics December 8, 2007 11:37 AM no comments

    HimVani Shimla: Society for Disability and Rehabilitation Studies (SDRS), Himachal Pradesh Chapter, has come out with a People’s Manifesto for the Disabled in connection with the ensuing assembly election in the hill state. Ajai Srivastava, Chairman of the society and a crusader for the rights of the disabled, released the [...]

     
  • I'm going out with a clean image: Sat Mahajan

    I'm going out with a clean image: Sat Mahajan

    Politics November 4, 2007 8:19 PM 2 comments

    By: Vividhaditya New Delhi: “When everyone wants you to be in politics, it’s the right time to retire,” Himachal’s octogenarian Congress stalwart, Sat Mahajan told HimVani, in an exclusive interview, here. He said that even opposition leaders were surprised at his move and a very senior BJP leader (name suppressed [...]

     
  • Will BSP eat into the BJP voter share in Himachal?

    Featured, Politics November 1, 2007 1:00 PM 2 comments

    By: Vividhaditya The Mayawati-lead, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), that has made its intentions clear that it will go alone in Himachal Pradesh and will contest on all the 68- seats in the state, may eat into the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) vote pie. While I’ve no survey to defend that [...]

     
  • Judicial panel redeems Himachal former minister, Bali

    Politics October 22, 2007 3:16 PM no comments

    By: Vividhaditya Shimla: The one-man Garg Inquiry Committee set up by the Himachal Pradesh High Court to look into the conduct of former Tourism Minister at a private party, has given a clean chit to the latter. The verdict comes as a boost to the sitting MLA, just before the [...]