CM Trivendra Singh Rawat’s resignation is good for Uttarakhand that is suffering from misgovernance. BJP’s decision, a year before the elections, is driven by political expediency. People deserve political stability, and not musical chairs that Uttarakhand CM’s post has become. Rawat’s exit underlines the failure of Modi-Shah’s CM choices, again.
BJP unleashing ED, CBI and CBDT before elections poisons idea of cooperative federalism
Unleashing the ‘agencies’ or the triumvirate of ED, CBI and CBDT before state elections seems to have become an addiction with the BJP, irrespective of whether it has any stakes in the election or not. Kerala is the latest example. The ugliness this triggers poisons the idea of cooperative federalism.
IM operative’s conviction in Batla House case is a lesson for Congress. Hypocrisy on terrorism hurts
The conviction of IM operative Ariz Khan for killing Delhi Police inspector MC Sharma at Batla House should settle conspiracy theories. It’s a tough lesson for Congress. Hypocrisy, especially on terrorism, hurts. UPA posthumously awarded Ashok Chakra to Sharma but clammed up when some prominent leaders called the encounter fake.
Fiscally weak Tamil Nadu can ill afford freebies like monthly wages for housewives
Even by Tamil Nadu’s own track record of election promises of generous freebies, the guaranteed monthly wages for housewives is over the top. A state that has been deteriorating steadily from being ‘revenue surplus’ to ‘revenue deficit’ in the past decade can ill afford to embark on such fiscal misadventures.