PM Modi’s speech in Lok Sabha against non-stop shouting by a resurgent Opposition shows neither side is willing to cede even an inch. When Modi calls Congress a parasite, he leaves no room for conciliation either. It will be a contentious Parliament hereon — a first for Modi in a decade.
Govt is unable to celebrate its GST success. It’s resorting to suppression instead
Modi government has stopped detailed monthly GST bulletins because they bred public resentment, ThePrint reports. This shows it still gets spooked over optics. Higher collections are coming from a widening tax base, not from any increase in rates. Government has resorted to data suppression again. Success can be awkward sometimes.
TMC leader flogging woman in Dinajpur is mob justice. Those who justify it are also guilty
What happened in Dinajpur —a TMC leader flogging a woman as people sat watching in a circle— was reprehensible and has no place in civilised modern society. Mob justice, whether it’s lynchings or kangaroo courts, is medieval. And those who justify them are as guilty and complicit as the perpetrators.
A new modus vivendi is required between government and opposition. The numbers have changed. Beyond that, to create the synergies that are necessary for India to perform to its full promise and potential.