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		<title>Ensuring that lack of sanction does not corruption cases against Government officials &#8211; Judgement by the Supreme Court</title>
		<link>http://indiapoliticalblog.com/2012/02/05/ensuring-that-lack-of-sanction-does-not-corruption-cases-against-government-officials-judgement-by-the-supreme-court/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:06:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashish</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Government has a number of laws against corruption on the books; if implemented in a proper way, they should be enough to ensure that corruption levels go down. However, when the investigating arms of the Government (such as the CBI, ED, etc) are forced by the Government to behave in a certain way, then [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More discussion about the Batla House encounter &#8211; the Trinamool Congress raises the question again ..</title>
		<link>http://indiapoliticalblog.com/2012/01/22/more-discussion-about-the-batla-house-encounter-the-trinamool-congress-raises-the-question-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:13:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashish</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://indiapoliticalblog.com/?p=1096</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ever since the time for elections come up, one can be sure that the Batla House encounter will come up. And you can be sure that Digvijay Singh will be somewhere in the frame, since he is apparently the appointed politician in the Congress who will raise the issues that are supposed to appeal to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The non-visit of Salman Rushdie to the country &#8211; a big shame ..</title>
		<link>http://indiapoliticalblog.com/2012/01/21/the-non-visit-of-salman-rushdie-to-the-country-a-big-shame/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:05:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashish</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://indiapoliticalblog.com/?p=1094</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Let me start with a quick point. I have not read the Satanic Verses, so I don&#8217;t know whether the book is as insulting to the feelings of Muslims as is made out to be. Let us assume that the book is incredibly insulting and hurts the feelings of Muslims p(with a slight Devil&#8217;s Advocate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The confrontation between the Army Chief VK Singh and the Government ..</title>
		<link>http://indiapoliticalblog.com/2012/01/17/the-confrontation-between-the-army-chief-vk-singh-and-the-government/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:16:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashish</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://indiapoliticalblog.com/?p=1091</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One really does not know what is the truth behind the age of the Army Chief, whether the year of birth is 1950 or 1951. It is also important to see that the army chiefs in the 2 neighboring nations of India and Pakistan are having a skirmish with their civilian superior agencies. However, as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The whole drama about reservations for Muslims and its politics &#8211; primarily in Uttar Pradesh</title>
		<link>http://indiapoliticalblog.com/2012/01/13/the-whole-drama-about-reservations-for-muslims-and-its-politics-primarily-in-uttar-pradesh/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:24:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashish</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://indiapoliticalblog.com/?p=1089</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For the past few days, in addition to the many caste calculations going on in the UP electoral scene, there is another twist that has been added to the whole discourse. This is related to political parties trying to attract the Muslim vote and what they can do for it. Now, getting support from a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tussle between the Congress and Mamta Banerjee &#8211; what next ?</title>
		<link>http://indiapoliticalblog.com/2012/01/08/tussle-between-the-congress-and-mamta-banerjee-what-next/</link>
		<comments>http://indiapoliticalblog.com/2012/01/08/tussle-between-the-congress-and-mamta-banerjee-what-next/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 17:54:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashish</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://indiapoliticalblog.com/?p=1086</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It all seems so sudden. The increase in tension between these allies (and they have been allied for a very long time now in some way or the other) is very sudden, and confusing to a number of political observers. After all, it was a match made in heaven. The mercurial state leader, Mamta Banerjee, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BJP going against it&#8217;s anti-corruption campaign &#8211; inducting accused politicians for the UP polls</title>
		<link>http://indiapoliticalblog.com/2012/01/05/bjp-going-against-its-anti-corruption-campaign-inducting-accused-politicians-for-the-up-polls/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:13:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashish</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The BJP keeps on trying to portray itself as a party that is totally against corruption, very different from the corrupt practices of the Congress and other parties. As a part of this, the party has sought to put itself as the main supporter of the Lokpal campaign, and had sought a strong Lokpal so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The elections in Uttar Pradesh, key to the fortunes of all involved</title>
		<link>http://indiapoliticalblog.com/2012/01/04/the-elections-in-uttar-pradesh-key-to-the-fortunes-of-all-involved/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:59:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashish</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://indiapoliticalblog.com/?p=1079</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Very rarely have the state elections in a specific state been so critical for the fortunes of everybody involved. Uttar Pradesh, being the most populous state of the country has always been critical for the political fortunes of the Government at the center. There was a time when it was said that nobody could come [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Lokpal Bill in Parliament &#8211; passes the Lok Sabha, fails in the Rajya Sabha</title>
		<link>http://indiapoliticalblog.com/2011/12/31/the-lokpal-bill-in-parliament-passes-the-lok-sabha-fails-in-the-rajya-sabha/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 19:52:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashish</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All through the progress of the Lokpal debate that happened this year, there was a strong feeling &#8211; can such a law ever come to pass ? Can a law which has been pushed for 43 years now actually come into force, even if it was not as strong as one would have wished ? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More trouble for Mamta &#8211; hooch tragedy claims more than 150 dead; problems in governance that need to be tackled</title>
		<link>http://indiapoliticalblog.com/2011/12/16/more-trouble-for-mamta-hooch-tragedy-claims-more-than-150-dead-problems-in-governance-that-need-to-be-tackled/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:21:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashish</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mamta Banerjee came to politics on the crest of a wave for change; this was a wave that totally removed the Left Front from power and brought her to victory with a large margin. With this change, the people of West Bengal put all their faith in the power of Mamta Banerjee to bring a [...]]]></description>
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