BJP’s Nishikant Dubey calling Biju Patnaik a CIA agent insults both his patriotism and the truth. WhatsApp history didn’t teach Dubey about India’s collaboration with the CIA in raising the Special Frontier Force for covert Tibet operations. Patnaik’s contribution was stellar, daring. Dubey’s apology and BJP’s disavowal are a sham.
CAPF Bill requires a balanced fix; IPS and CAPF officers have valid concerns
CAPF Bill only formalises the status quo to curb litigation and turf wars. Officers drawn from IPS and CAPF have valid concerns; this shouldn’t become a rivalry within our internal security organisations. A balanced fix can be to induct more IPS at Assistant Commandant level, while ensuring fair career progression.
BJP’s vegetarian politics is having a cheat day in Bengal. Fish is their manifesto
The BJP is flaunting the fish in Bengal as if it was their election manifesto. A ‘non-vegetarian CM’ is their vegetarian politics having a cheat day. BJP’s convenient silence over beef in Northeast, Goa, Kerala now has a Bengal edition. Clearly, ideology can be spiced, curried or fried during elections.