David Zurawik
As a media critic rather than an investigator of alleged sex crimes, let me tell what I think is important to know about U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, the Republican from Florida who finds himself at the center of scandal that gets weirder each time he opens his mouth.
This is the part of the story that has almost nothing to do with a reported federal investigation of his involvement in the alleged sex trafficking of a minor, and everything to do with the way the marriage between Fox News and the right wing of the Republican Party has not only changed Congress but debased the political conversation of American life.
Women MLAs have never exceeded 10% of Kerala legislative Assembly in its 64-year political history. Kerala elected the highest number of women MLAs in 1996-13. Since 2001, this percentage has hovered around 5%, but in 1967 and 1977, only one woman was elected to the Kerala Vidhan Sabha. In large part, there are only a few women MLAs because political parties give a small number of tickets to women to contest elections. Although parties in all the three coalitions have increased the percentage of tickets given to women since 2001, the number has never exceeded 16% of total contesting candidates. In the last Assembly election held in 2016, the Communist Party of India gave 16% tickets to women, followed by CPI(M), which gave 14% tickets. Both the BJP and the Congress gave 10% of their tickets to women.
New Delhi [India], April 11 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Meenakshi Lekhi on Sunday slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and asked him to reveal where he had got himself vaccinated for COVID.
AAP can fulfil dream of late Manohar Parrikar for Goa: AAP
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Last Updated: Apr 11, 2021, 09:14 PM IST
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Synopsis I am appealing to all the BJP workers who were with Parrikar to join us and we will fulfil his dream. We (AAP) have the power to fulfil the dream of Parrikar. The vision of Parrikar need to be realised, Sisodia said.
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Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia Sunday said the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) can fulfil the dream of former Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar for the development of the coastal state. Addressing AAP workers in Panaji via a video link, Sisodia said, the current government has buried the vision of development that was nurtured by Manohar Parrikar for Goa after his death .