Arun Shourie: News

Arun Shourie is a senior journalist, economist, author, politician, and a two-time Member of Parliament from Rajya Sabha. He did his bachelor's in Economics (Hons) from St. Stephen's College, Delhi University, and Doctorate in Economics from USA's Syracuse University. He worked at the World Bank as an economist and as a consultant to the Planning Commission of India. Shourie started writing in Ramnath Goenka's newspaper, the 'Indian Express', in the 1970s against the crackdown on civil liberties during the Emergency (1975-77). Goenka appointed him as the Executive Editor of the 'Indian Express' in 1979. Under him, the paper emerged as a challenger to the might of the Indira Gandhi government. However, in 1990, he was forced to resign from the paper. He continued contributing columns in leading newspapers through the following decades. Shourie emerged as an articulate Hindutva intellectual in the late 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s. He joined the BJP and was nominated to the Rajya Sabha for two terms in 1998-2004 and 2004-10. He served as the Minister for Disinvestment and Communication & Information Technology in the Vajpayee-led NDA government. Shourie was bestowed with the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1982 and, later, the Padma Bhushan in 1990.

#RafaleDeal: Former ministers call for review of SC's decision

Half a month after the Supreme Court gave a clean chit to the government on the controversial Rafale deal, former ministers Arun Shourie and Yashwant Sinha, along with activist lawyer Prashant Bhushan, have requested the apex court for a review of its decision.

14 Dec 2018

India

What happened after what in Rafale deal case: Brief chronology

The Supreme Court today dismissed all the petitions seeking a probe in the decision-making process of controversial Rafale deal and gave the Modi government a clean chit on the procurement of 36 Rafale Fighter Jets.

#RafaleDeal: SC reserves verdict on pleas calling for probe

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court reserved its verdict on a bunch of petitions demanding a court-led probe into the controversial Rafale deal.

Rafale-deal: Slamming RaGa's 'poor understanding', Arun Jaitley asks 15 questions

In his first video interview after resuming charge as Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley has slammed Congress and Rahul Gandhi for their 'factually false' allegations about the Rafale deal.

04 Oct 2017

World Bank

After Yashwant Sinha, Arun Shourie lambastes the government's economic policies

Former minister of Disinvestment, Communication and Information Technology in AB Vajpayee's government and senior BJP leader Arun Shourie has joined the band of leaders from within the party criticizing the government's policies.