Legislative Assembly

The Great Power Shift

Rajeev Deshpande

The overwhelming support for the Women’s Reservation Bill in Parliament marks the distance women have come in national life and is a big political victory for BJP

The Last Resort of Politics

Madhavankutty Pillai

It would be easy to think that resort politics is a modern dilution of the politics of conviction which legislators don’t have anymore

House Arrest

David Devadas

With the J&K Assembly dissolved, it is perilous to ignore lessons of the past

Delhi Jan Lokpal Bill

Open

Under the bill, the Lokpal can be removed only through a process of impeachment that will require at least a two-thirds’ vote in the Legislative Assembly