Raju lama biography of barack
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THE PAST AND FUTURE OF THE INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS, Caravan
Not long ago, I found myself in a panel discussion on television with three politicians. One was a Congress Member of Parliament, a second an MP from the Bharatiya Janata Party, the third the President of one of the smaller regional formations. In the course of the conversation I found reason to criticize the three netas for their sectarian stands. As the argument grew more heated, I found myself ignoring the others and turning on the Congressman in particular.
Coming out of the studio, and driving home, I later reflected on this partisanship of my own. Why had I been less harsh on the others? It may have been because from them a historian can expect no better. Despite its occasional disavowal of the Hindutva programme, the BJP is a party of bigots which detests minorities and atheists. For their part, the regional parties use the rhetoric of caste and linguistic discrimination mostly to advance the wealth and power of their leaders.
The case of the Congress is different. This was the party that led the movement for freedom, the party that united India and brought people of different religions and languages into a single political project. Its finest leaders were not confined by national boundaries; they had a u
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Nancy Pelosi
American statesman (born 1940)
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Nancy Pelosi | |
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Official portrait, 2019 | |
In office January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2023 | |
Preceded by | Paul Ryan |
Succeeded by | Kevin McCarthy |
In office January 4, 2007 – January 3, 2011 | |
Preceded by | Dennis Hastert |
Succeeded by | John Boehner |
In office January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2019 | |
Whip | Steny Hoyer |
Preceded by | John Boehner |
Succeeded by | Kevin McCarthy |
In office January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2007 | |
Whip | Steny Hoyer |
Preceded by | Dick Gephardt |
Succeeded by | John Boehner |
In office January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2023 | |
Deputy | Steny Hoyer |
Preceded by | Dick Gephardt |
Succeeded by | Hakeem Jeffries |
In office January 15, 2002 – January 3, 2003 | |
Leader | Dick Gephardt |
Preceded by | David Bonior |
Succeeded by | Steny Hoyer |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office June 2, 1987 | |
Preceded by | Sala Burton |
Constituency | |
In office February 27, 1981 – April 3, 1983 | |
Preceded by | Richard J. O'Neill |
Succeeded by | Peter Kelly |
Born | Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro (1940-03-26) Step 26, 1940 (age 84) Baltimore, |