Sonia Gandhi proved once again that she is the politician to beat. Gandhi got an otherwise completely divided Parliament to collectively endorse the proposed law and revive momentum for the otherwise struggling coalition.

The additional spin-off was of course that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which, rightly or wrongly, believes it is just months away from acquiring power, was once again shown up as a party without a positive agenda, especially in showcasing a credible economic alternative. Read More

Jyothi Shankaran

    Jyothi’s last role was as Senior Editor with the business news channel Bloomberg TV India. He also worked as News Editor at business-standard.com, the online version of the business newspaper Business Standard. Jyothi is a chemical engineer from the Regional Engineering College, Srinagar.