Tonight on Left, Right & Centre:
16 killed in Naxal attack: Will India ever have a cogent anti-Maoist policy?
Sixteen people - 15 jawans and one civilian - were killed in a gun battle after Naxals ambushed them in the heavily-forested district of Jagdalpur in Chhattisgarh on Tuesday morning, close to the spot where 25 people, including top Congress leaders, were killed in a Naxal ambush last year.
Party hopping before 2014 polls
It's defection season once again in the political arena, and ex-ministers, MPs, and senior party leaders are all switching sides ahead of national elections. So, has political opportunism trumped ideology? We debate on Left, Right and Centre.