History is proof enough that once foreign nationals accused in serious cases are allowed to step outside India, bringing them back becomes an uphill task, if not impossible. That raises a fair question: can the NIA court really guarantee that VanDyke and the six Ukrainians will return after their month abroad?
When Indian Express reports of "ideological rifts" or the "2-1 votes" by the Election Commissioners, remember that the very existence of a three-member Election Commission was once considered anathema by both the government and the judiciary. The idea of having a multi-member Election Commission is to enable the majority to rule.
The Jharsuguda police in Odisha have issued a notice to the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation in connection with an FIR against Rahul Gandhi over alleged anti-India remarks.
On 27th May 1988, a program was aired from the Patna Radio Station where a young girl was told to share a joke and she responded with the slogan "Gali gali mein shor hai, Rajiv Gandhi chor hai"
Sharing a purported letter written by a US president to the Indian Prime Minister on X, Dubey stated that it was decided under the 1972 Shimla Agreement that any dispute between India and Pakistan would be negotiated only between the two countries and there would be no mediator.
After Rajiv Gandhi govt banned the import of The Satanic Verses, Salman Rushdie written an open letter to the PM condemning the order calling it violation of free society principles
In 1985, the Supreme Court upheld the right to alimony of a Muslim woman in the infamous Shah Bano case. However, the Rajiv Gandhi government overturned the judgment with a new law in1986.
While the Election Commission of that time should have cancelled the polling just on the Amethi seat from where Rajiv Gandhi was contesting, the ECI under TN Sheshan postponed the elections across the country flouting the rules. Thus, giving ample time to the Congress party to benefit from the sympathy wave across the country.