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| The same old story continues in UP | | It is a do-or-die situation for all parties | | | B L KAK
NEW DELHI Nov 18
Once again, all eyes are focused on Uttar Pradesh. Why? Answer: The just-concluded civil election is precursor to the trends of the election to the State Assembly to be held early next year. Political wrestlers, prominent among them being the Chief Minister, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Bahujan Samaj Party supremo, Mayawati, and BJP chief, Rajnath Singh, besides Congress leader, Salman Khurshid, have begun sharpening their knives against their respective adversaries.
It is a do-or-die situation for all political parties and all of them have their own interpretation of the results. For the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) it is crucial that they retained UP in order to remain politically relevant. It is important for its arch rival, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) whose leader Mayawati is apparently emerging from the shadows of the many corruption scandals that had plagued her during her stint as Chief Minister.
The Congress is trying to rebuild itself in the State where it has been destroyed because of caste and communal combinations. Also it is being termed ... | |
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| Has Army failed to attract fresh blood? | | Armed Forces don't get urban middle classes' support | | |
B L KAK
NEW DELHI, NOV 18
The urban middle classes in India have not accepted the idea of sending their young to the Armed Forces in adequate numbers. The Indian Army's failure to attract fresh blood has been a fact for a long time. An ambitious image correction drive, which was by its very nature a rather cost intensive affair, has simply failed to take off.
A spate of recent films may have invested the uniform with glamour. But in actual fact, the urban middle classes have been found unwilling to send their young to the Armed Forces in large numbers. Figures tell their own story: Army is about a quarter short of its perceived strength in the categories of lieutenants, captains an... | |
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