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Pranab Mukherjee in older Congress days, speaks of the Congress Working Committee agenda of bringing about participation of women from backward minorities and scheduled castes, through a reservation.

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For the serious observer of politics, the run up to the 12th elections has created if not anything an ideological vacuum of sorts. A vacuum created by the fact that almost all the parties were big names to look alike.

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Senior Congress politician Sonia Gandhi addresses a party meeting in New Delhi in preparation for an election campaign.

Ladakh·politics

Sonia Gandhi says that the Kargil troubles were a cause of ineffectiveness of the BJP government that allowed the enemy to take over Indian territory and caused many soldiers to be killed.

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Senior Congress leaders were gathering for a post-mortem and on the agenda was a dismal electoral performance in the by-elections and the Assembly Polls in Punjab.

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Indian politicians P. Chidambaram, LK Advani arrive at the Indian Parliament. The 9th Prime Minister PV. Narasimha Rao and 10th President KR. Narayanan follow suit.

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Former Congress President Sitaram Kesri carries the ashes of Gulzarilal Nanda, the acting Prime Minister during the demise of Jawaharlal Nehru and Lal Bahadur Shashtri. The supporters chant 'Gulzarilal Nanda hamara hae'.

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Supporters gather at a typical Lutyens Delhi bungalow where a politician stays, Fire crackers are burned, and the air of Delhi is further polluted, at an election campaign rally for the Congress.

festival · dance

Traditional dance from Haryana keeps the visitors entertained while they hog on juicy mangoes in the scorching Delhi summer. Delhi Tourism’s much-awaited Mango Festival celebrates the king of fruits every summer season.

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Sonia Gandhi speaks in Hindi at a Congress rally in Amethi. She calls the Left as opportunistic. Gulam/ Ghulam Nabi Azad speaks out after the same rally, at a press conference.

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The resilience of Indian democracy and the heat of general elections. Together they make for a heady infotainment cocktail which is consumed in huge quantities by a politically passionate audience across the nation.

politics · ceremony

Then President of India KR Narayanan is escorted to the Rashtrapati Bhavan for the swearing-in ceremony of Atal Bihari Vajpayee as the Prime Minister of India. L K Advani was also sworn in at the time. Deve Gowda loses from the state.

Ladakh·politics

Hoardings welcoming and paying respect to the martyrs of the 1999 Kargil Conflict are displayed outside the office of an organization. Congress Politician arrives in Amethi amidst chants from supporters and a shower of petals.

West Bengal·ceremony · politics

Artists in Calcutta, West Bengal give final touches to the idols of Durga Maa and other characters before Durga Puja celebrations. The idols are made of clay and will be painted and adorned with accessories before the main festival.

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The withdrawal of support by the AIADMK to the BJP led NDA coalition government in the centre in 1998 while Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the Prime Minister.

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Officials at the Press Information Bureau holds a press conference in Delhi. The PIB is the nodal agency of the Central Government of India for reaching government news and developments to the public.

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School children perform a song at the event of launching the book 'My Presidential Years' by R Venkataram, the 8th president of India. Tributes from associates and friends pour in for the President at the event.

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Archive stills of politicians in the early days of Indian independence. Political analysts trace the origin of the regional political parties' involvement at the center and the evolution of political parties.

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Shouts and chants of "Netanyahu go back, India loves Palestine!" rent the New Delhi air... The left parties in January 2018, staged a protest near India Gate in Delhi against Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to India.

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Veteran Indian politician and former External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh is interviewed on the ATR taken by Joint Parliamentary Committee on issues in the Parliament and Central Government.

festival · politics

Samajwadi Party Indian Minister of Parliament Manoj Tiwari attends the Rath Yatra at the Shri Jagannath Mandir in New Delhi. The Lok Sabha MP from North East Delhi is heard serenading the thousands of devotees gathered outside the temple.

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Pramod Tiwari says "We had taken these steps very comprehensively because the situation which was created in Uttar Pradesh was an atmosphere of chaos.

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Former BJP leader from Tamil Nadu speaks to the press on the political and constitutional niceties of the central government and the relationship of the state and central governments.