Former Army chief Gen Naravane hit the bull’s eye when he said that without a National Security Strategy in place, talking of ‘theaterisation’ is like putting the cart before the horse. It’d be prudent to first focus on challenges and wars the country foresees than brazenly push ahead with theaterisation.
Karnataka govt’s move to slice away EWS quota belies BJP’s politics of development
BJP-led Karnataka government’s move to recategorise Vokkaligas and Lingayats to increase their reservation quota is a desperate attempt to win them over before elections. Legal validity of slicing away EWS quota to benefit them is questionable. Frequent use of reservation as electoral strategy belies BJP’s claims about politics of development.