Shreya Maskara

A TALE OF 2 ALLIANCES: LDF VS UDF

New Delhi: Since 1980 (from the First E. K. Nayanar ministry) the two alliances (UDF and LDF) have been alternatively voted to power in the state. Unlike other states in the country where alliances between parties shift with every election, alliances in Kerala have stabilized in a strong manner, and...

BRICK-BY-BRICK ACCOUNT: HOW CONGRESS LOST ITS GOVERNMENT IN PUDUCHERRY

On 24 February, as per an official announcement by the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, President’s Rule was imposed in the Union Territory of Puducherry after 30 years. Just a few days before this, on 22 February, the Chief Minister of the UT, V. Narayanasamy resigned ahead of a...

2021: WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD?

While the TMC has continued to dominate politics in West Bengal in the past decade, and the Left Front has declined in importance, another party which has become electorally important in the state is the Bharatiya Janata Party. The BJP, which is now touted as the top opposition party to...

UNCOVERING POLITICS OF WEST BENGAL ELECTIONS FROM 1972 ONWARDS

In the past few weeks, All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee and Bharatiya Janata Party Senior leader Amit Shah have been leading roaring rallies across the state of West Bengal. The upcoming West Bengal state elections expected to be held April 2021 are likely to witness a three-way...

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UNDERSTANDING THE COST OF FREE WATER

In the past few years, various political parties across the country have been using ‘freebies’ ‘ such as free water supply to lure voters, many of whom probably don’t even have access to piped water supply and/or a metered water connection to avail the benefit of such a scheme. While...

WHAT DID THE NGT RECOMMEND?

Due to the alarming findings of the report, the tribunal recommended that a ‘polluter pays’ principle should be applied to fine those who waste water. The report filed by the committee went on to describe, “In case water consumption is highly excessive, the consumer should be charged with higher tariffs...

AAP’S FREE WATER PROMISE IN DELHI

In 2013, as part of the AAP’s first manifesto, the party promised 20,000 litres of free piped water per household per day. The scheme was finally implemented in 2014, and once again during the run up to the 2019 Assembly Elections in New Delhi, the incumbent Arvind Kejriwal made the...

CONG’S FREE WATER PROMISE IN RAJASTHAN

New Delhi: Prior to the 2019 Rajasthan Lok Sabha elections, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot from the INC announced a free water scheme for the state. Under the scheme, consumers living in urban areas would not be charged for using water (up to 15,000 litres) and in rural areas, supply of...

THE COST OF ‘FREE’ WATER

New Delhi: In the last few weeks, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation elections have been covered extensively in the news. In the run up to the elections, various parties revealed their manifestos in order to attract voters. Free water supply was a common promise in the manifestos of all the...