The Delhi High Court judgment quashing FIRs against Tablighi Jamaat members exposes police apathy and insensitivity during a humanitarian crisis. Branding them as super-spreaders of Covid-19 virus stigmatised the Muslim community and fuelled communal tension. Arbitrary police action was a clear overreach that violated constitutional principles of equality and fairness.
US designating TRF as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation is a sharp rebuke to Pakistan
The US designating The Resistance Front as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation is a diplomatic win for India and sharp rebuke to Pakistan, which denied the group’s role in Pahalgam attack. The move by Washington draws direct link between Pahalgam and Pakistan, rejecting TRF’s laughable claim that its account was ‘hacked’.
Nitish Kumar’s free electricity promise shows pre-poll desperation. It’s for political survival
Nitish Kumar government’s pre-poll dole of free electricity betrays desperation. Its cost, added to the existing power subsidy, is half of last budget’s planned capital outlay. And rewdi season has just begun. Kumar’s priorities have changed—from good governance to political survival. Competitive populism will accelerate Bihar’s slide down the hill.