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The Mahila Satta, they pointed out, had carried on a sustained agitation against the State Government’s excise policy. Although arrack manufacture stands banned, illegal brewing of arrack and gudumba continues unabated in the State. Mahalakshmi, President and Vice-President of the Mahila Satta, recalled that it was not for the first time people had fallen victim to adulterated drinks. Holding the Government squarely responsible for the hooch tragedy in East Godavari district resulting in loss of 14 lives, the Mahila Satta today demanded that the Government punish not merely excise officials and bootleggers but also the politicians behind them. Rene Klaff, Regional Director, South Asia, of Friedrich Naumann Foundation, will chair the session.Įxperts from India and Germany will focus on similarities and peculiarities of the 60-year-old democratic systems in India and Germany with special focus on political parties and federalism, and the challenges they face. Shashikant Jha of the Centre for European Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, are among the other participants.

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Irmgard Schwaetzer, former German Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Deputy Chairperson, Free Democratic Party, and Prof. JP will be making a presentation on ‘Political Parties in India: Representation of People's Will?’įriedrich Naumann Foundation of Germany and the Centre for European Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, are jointly organizing the symposium.ĭr. Jayaprakash Narayan is taking part in a symposium on ‘Constitutions for Freedom: German and Indian Democracies turn 60’ in New Delhi on Friday, January 29, 2010.ĭr.