Congress is cutting a sorry figure in Punjab with party chief Navjot Sidhu engineering rebellion against CM Amarinder Singh. But it appears that the Gandhis haven’t learnt any lessons. They are now undermining another popular CM, Bhupesh Baghel of Chhattisgarh, by entertaining his challengers. Congress is in a self-destruct mode.
As most nations accept Taliban rule, India right to start its strategic shift by engaging Russia
China, Russia, Iran, Pakistan apart, even the US, UK, EU to G-7 are — if reluctantly — accepting the inevitability of Taliban rule. It’s better therefore that PM Modi has engaged with Vladimir Putin. India also has to make a substantive strategic shift. Moscow is good place to begin the walk-back from.
CJI Ramana right to push CBI and ED to file chargesheets faster. Delays hurt democracy
CJI NV Ramana has rightly insisted that the CBI and ED speed up the process of filing chargesheets in cases involving MPs and MLAs. The inordinate delays cannot be explained away by just citing court stays. When cases are left hanging for years, they hurt democratic processes and voting choices.