Sunil Rajguru's World » Indian Politics http://www.sunilrajguru.com A little bit of everything under the sun. Mon, 10 Mar 2025 07:19:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6 In India you have to be single to rule… http://www.sunilrajguru.com/politics/in-india-you-have-to-be-single-to-rule/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/politics/in-india-you-have-to-be-single-to-rule/#comments Fri, 26 Jan 2024 07:09:10 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=9902 Jawaharlal Nehru was Prime Minister from 1947-64. He was a widower. Kamala Nehru died in 1936. Indira Gandhi was PM from 1966-77 and 1980-84. She was a widow. Feroze Gandhi died in 1960. PV Narasimha Rao was PM from 1991-96. … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/politics/in-india-you-have-to-be-single-to-rule/feed/ 0 It’s very difficult to capture power in West Bengal… http://www.sunilrajguru.com/politics/its-very-difficult-to-capture-power-in-west-bengal/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/politics/its-very-difficult-to-capture-power-in-west-bengal/#comments Mon, 03 May 2021 03:08:46 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=9576 We had to have the violent and long-running Naxalism movement that disrupted the State forever, the political uncertainty of 1967-72, which saw many aaya ram gaya ram Chief Ministers and the sheer tyranny of Congress Chief Minister SS Ray (that … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/politics/its-very-difficult-to-capture-power-in-west-bengal/feed/ 0 Here’s how the Congress keeps sabotaging itself again and again and again… http://www.sunilrajguru.com/politics/why-the-indian-congress-is-its-own-biggest-enemy/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/politics/why-the-indian-congress-is-its-own-biggest-enemy/#comments Thu, 23 May 2019 05:56:32 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=8887 When we got Independence, the Congress Party was the Freedom Movement and the Freedom Movement was the Congress Party. They seemed destined to rule forever and could have been in power today, but nobody spoils the fortunes of the party … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/politics/why-the-indian-congress-is-its-own-biggest-enemy/feed/ 1 10 reasons why 2019 is (so far) a fantastic year for Modi http://www.sunilrajguru.com/politics/10-reasons-why-2019-is-so-far-a-fantastic-year-for-modi/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/politics/10-reasons-why-2019-is-so-far-a-fantastic-year-for-modi/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2019 06:04:17 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=9146 Prime Minister Narendra Modi has had great electoral years in 2002 (Gujarat), 2007 (Gujarat), 2012 (Gujarat), 2013 (State elections), 2014 (Lok Sabha and State elections) and 2017. In fact 2017 was one of the best years when BJP won a … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/politics/10-reasons-why-2019-is-so-far-a-fantastic-year-for-modi/feed/ 1 10 reasons why Sonia ruled like a dictator (and nobody really cared!) http://www.sunilrajguru.com/politics/10-reasons-why-sonia-ruled-like-a-dictator-and-nobody-really-cared/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/politics/10-reasons-why-sonia-ruled-like-a-dictator-and-nobody-really-cared/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2019 07:38:55 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=9061 Congress dynasts do nothing and are given power after which they rule like dictators. BJP leaders work their way up the ladder and when they reach the top, they are attacked 24X7 by the mainstream media, liberals and so called … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/politics/10-reasons-why-sonia-ruled-like-a-dictator-and-nobody-really-cared/feed/ 0 Prime Ministers of India, would be PMs and their unnatural deaths… http://www.sunilrajguru.com/politics/prime-ministers-and-would-be-prime-ministers-of-india-and-their-unnatural-deaths/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/politics/prime-ministers-and-would-be-prime-ministers-of-india-and-their-unnatural-deaths/#comments Sat, 20 Apr 2019 13:35:26 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=9048 India was unlucky in its senior leadership right from the beginning. Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated in 1948 and Deputy Prime Minister Sardar Vallabhai Patel died in 1950. Even economic experts like our first Governor General C Rajagopalachari, who predicted the … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/politics/prime-ministers-and-would-be-prime-ministers-of-india-and-their-unnatural-deaths/feed/ 0 No matter how bad the politician, Indian electorate will forgive him http://www.sunilrajguru.com/politics/the-indian-electorates-ghajini-style-short-term-memory-loss/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/politics/the-indian-electorates-ghajini-style-short-term-memory-loss/#comments Thu, 13 Dec 2018 06:50:15 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=9003 Disgraced in the 1970s, celebrated in the 1990s… 1974: Gujarat’s Navnirman Andolan led to Jayaprakash Narayan’s Total Revolution which led to a nationwide agitation which led to Emergency which led to the first non-Congress government at the Centre. One of … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/politics/the-indian-electorates-ghajini-style-short-term-memory-loss/feed/ 0 The 7 avatars of Pappu http://www.sunilrajguru.com/politics/the-7-avatars-of-pappu/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/politics/the-7-avatars-of-pappu/#comments Sat, 01 Dec 2018 07:16:01 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=8918 Congress President and great 2019 Liberal Hope Rahul Gandhi is really bad software which keeps updated with endless versions. Nobody has probably received more image makeovers than him… 1. The Sphinx (Pre-2004) The Nehru-Gandhi Dynasty is treated like royalty and … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/politics/the-7-avatars-of-pappu/feed/ 1 Do you remember when was the last time before November 8, 2016 that… http://www.sunilrajguru.com/politics/do-you-remember-when-was-the-last-time-before-november-8-2016-that/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/politics/do-you-remember-when-was-the-last-time-before-november-8-2016-that/#comments Mon, 12 Nov 2018 04:35:47 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=8869 1. The corrupt of the land burnt or shredded or dumped or distributed tens of thousands of crores of their black Rupees just like that? 2. The black money economy saw a real earthquake? 3. The Naxalite funding industry was … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/politics/do-you-remember-when-was-the-last-time-before-november-8-2016-that/feed/ 0 9 reasons why Modi is heading for a landslide in the 2019 general elections http://www.sunilrajguru.com/25-things/9-reasons-why-modi-is-heading-for-a-landslide-in-2019/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/25-things/9-reasons-why-modi-is-heading-for-a-landslide-in-2019/#comments Sun, 22 Jul 2018 14:29:52 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=8773 In 2002, they said Narendra Modi would be sacked as Gujarat Chief Minister. Then they said he would lose the State elections that year. In 2007 they said he would lose the Gujarat elections yet again. In 2009 they predicted … Continue reading →

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