Advani's call for Presidential debate is RSS agenda
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On March 26, 2009, speaking at an election meeting in Arunachal Pradesh, L K Advani challenged Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, for a national debate "like it happens during the US Presidential elections". This is not an innocent remark aimed at generating a public debate, so that the voter may make a reasoned decision. Seen in conjunction with his earlier remarks of a bipolarity in Indian politics (two-party system like in the USA), these remarks confirm the fact that the BJP, functioning as the political arm of the RSS, seeks to convert our parliamentary form of democracy into a presidential form like that in the United States of America. Before we take up this matter, it is necessary to respond to Mr Advani's and the Congress's questions regarding the prime ministerial candidate of the alternative secular front. In our system of parliamentary democracy, the people's sovereignty is exercised when....
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Sitaram Yechury is one of the best known faces of the Left wing politics in India. He is an MP and a member of CPI (M) Politburo. He studied at the St. Stephens College and the JNU Delhi. Started his political career with the Students Federation of India (SFI) in 1974. He was underground for some time, organising resistance to the Emergency, before his arrest in 1975. He is one of the most prolific Left writers in the country, having authored many books. His book, Saffron Brigade written after the demolition of Babri Masjid is a best-selling Left work. An avid writer, he is a columnist with Hindustan Times.
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