Mizoram CM Zoramthanga’s objection to the appointment of non-Mizo-speaking chief secretary is valid. A predominantly tribal state can’t afford its top bureaucrat having communication issues. Centre overruling a CM – that, too, a BJP ally – in crucial appointments flies in the face of PM Modi’s calls for cooperative federalism.
Congress repeating 40-yr-old mistake in Punjab. AG APS Deol’s ouster has dangerous portents
Punjab AG APS Deol’s ouster at Navjot Sidhu’s behest has dangerous portents. Congress is letting Sidhu play up to conservative religiosity by making ‘sacrilege’ the key issue. The party tried it forty years ago and Punjab paid heavily for this. All it’s learnt from that blunder is to repeat it.
NSAs meet in Delhi bold move on Afghanistan but the bull is on the other side, with Pakistan
Taliban’s win evicted India out of Afghanistan. NSAs meeting in Delhi is India maneuvering to regain space. It’s a bold move, but with Pakistan leading a troika with China, Russia and the Taliban, India is like being on one side of the fence when the bull is on the other.