Young India connects with Congress
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The first basis of going in for the forthcoming polls will be the plank of good, indeed excellent governance provided by the Congress-led UPA government. Far from being defensive about anything, we intend to go on the offensive. The last five years have been marked by firstly, an extremely stable government, secondly, by extraordinary and unprecedented legislative initiatives (which include The Right to Information Act, the Domestic Violence Act, the recent Land Acquisition Amendment Act and the Resettlement and Rehabilitation Act, the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act and a long list of other similar measures). Thirdly, the period has been marked with several unique non-legislative initiatives which include the 123 agreement, which for the first time accords India formal nuclear power status without forcing it to sign the NPT and CTBT. Other similar non-legislative initiatives include the world's largest mid-day meal scheme, the Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission, the drinking....
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Dr Abhishek Singhvi is an eminent jurist, parliamentarian, columnist, author and commentator. The Rajya Sabha MP is also the Congress National Spokesperson and is a former Additional Solicitor General of India. He is also a front ranking senior Counsel at the Supreme Court and has appeared in several landmark cases on constitutional law, commercial and civil law. He has also been feted with the Global Leader of Tomorrow Award by the World Economic Forum at Davos.Recent Posts
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