Jayalalithaa Worship: Personality Cult Bad for Democracy?
Tonight on Left, Right & Centre:
Jayalalithaa worship: Personality cult bad for democracy?
The Karnataka High Court rejects bail for former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa as her supporters spend the day in tears, anguished that she will stay in jail. As Tamil Nadu virtually equates Jayalalithaa with God, has personality cult become entrenched in Indian politics and is it healthy in a democracy? We debate on Left, Right and Centre.
Am being attacked because I'm seen as an outsider: Shashi Tharoor to NDTV
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor told NDTV today that he is "seen as a foreign object in the body politic" and that those in the Kerala branch of his party who accuse him of praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi have neither understood his remarks, nor bothered to talk to him.
Jayalalithaa worship: Personality cult bad for democracy?
The Karnataka High Court rejects bail for former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa as her supporters spend the day in tears, anguished that she will stay in jail. As Tamil Nadu virtually equates Jayalalithaa with God, has personality cult become entrenched in Indian politics and is it healthy in a democracy? We debate on Left, Right and Centre.
Am being attacked because I'm seen as an outsider: Shashi Tharoor to NDTV
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor told NDTV today that he is "seen as a foreign object in the body politic" and that those in the Kerala branch of his party who accuse him of praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi have neither understood his remarks, nor bothered to talk to him.
