Tag: Lok Sabha elections

By Nirmala Carvalho GREATER attention to India's ethnic and religious minorities, corruption, social justice, empowerment of women, education, support for the sick, the disabled and...

At a press conference in Kakinada on Tuesday national core committee member K Prabhu Kumar and party official spokesman Suvarta Raju announced that the decade-old recognised national party would strive for "social justice" to all sections.

"Both main parties are unacceptable and meaningless," quipped Rev. Thampu. Apart from that, he is "worried about the media playing for the political galleries and tarnishing the sanctity of the polls...Money and media power has reached its nadir in this election."

IN what could be seen as an effort to woo Dalit Christians into his partyfold in the ensuing general polls, TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu has promised them that he will bring a legislation to accord SC status to Dalit Christians if his party is voted to power.

IT was expected, but many have still been surprised by the extent to which the Church has entered the political arena ahead of India’s most bitterly fought general election in decades.

VOTING for India's 16th Lok Sabha will be held in nine phases between 7 April and 12 May. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) -- the political wing of the Hindutva forces (collectively known as the Sangh Parivar) -- is poised for a landslide win.