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It’s been a day since Sushma Swaraj outed her vicious online trolls, and still no one in the Modi government has risen to defend her. This is shocking. PM Modi must order an immediate end to this online abuse. Or the trolls will come back to hurt the BJP.
Congress is being petty and paranoid over Kashmir
By preventing senior leaders from attending the launch of Saifuddin Soz’s book on Kashmir, the Congress party, like Pakistan’s Liaquat Ali Khan, has shown it understands neither history nor geography. At this critical moment, a Congress presence would have reaffirmed Nehru’s faith in Kashmir. The party picked paranoia over reassurance.
Nitish Kumar sobers up, finally
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has indicated that there may be changes to the state’s prohibition law. The liquor ban was a bad idea, more so as it pushed people to look for other options. Nitish’s rethink shows he’s waking up to his folly. Better late than never.
Modi government is transparent, only in theory
That RTI activists were forced to approach the Supreme Court over vacancies in the Central Information Commission is something that should worry all those who want transparency. While it claims to be different from previous governments, its (in)action shows the Modi administration is guilty of paying lip service to transparency.
Sir, this is not just another abusive trolling. The formidable boss is sending massege across the party’ s political spectrum. Fall in line or be smeared, injured & ultimately killed. No one of her party men has got the guts to condem it. Next in line most probably is Raj nath sing