The few thousand people protesting in Delhi do not capture the mood of the country, or the faith (or lack thereof) in its elections. Modi made a big mistake by giving CJP a win and sacking Dharmendra Pradhan. Having tasted blood, the opposition believes it can make this a lame-duck govt, like what MMS became in its last 2-3 years. I don’t think Modi should play game with them
If as the article suggests, BJP is rigging elections through the ECI and CEC why is it being allowed to compete in elections?
In sports, cheaters and drug offenders are banned from competing. This is far more serious than sports. Parties must be held accountable for their misdeeds.
A few noteworthy observations:
1) Nothing yet from Maun-Modi.
2) From the number of police and CRPF personnel seen deployed in Delhi against a peaceful protest, one would think it should have been possible to deploy something similar in Godhra in 2002, when actual law and order needed to be maintained, to prevent the carnage of a thousand people by mobs. Hence, one can only conclude that it was either incompetence or deliberate and criminal inaction at the time.
3) For all the grief dished out to former PMs, Modi has the worst characteristics of them all: Nehru’s centralising instincts, Gandhi’s dictatorial instincts and Singh’s reluctance to speak when things get difficult. But that can be said about other aspects of the party, in general, too: For all the hatred they have for Pakistan, they seem to be hell-bent on making India a Hindu Pakistan.
4) I would like to know how government apologists who regularly write on The Print, such as R. Jagannathan, Meenakshi Lekhi, “Ibn Khaldun Bharti”, Jaithirth Rao, Seshadri Chari, have anything to say about the protests. Even readers who are serious Indira-bhakts … sorry, I meant Modi-bhakts (the likes of “Mumbaikar”, “Supti Pande”, “Deepak Gogoi”, “Madhavmataj” etc) must be twisting themselves in knots: how can one be critical of Gandhi, her emergency and the way she unleashed state power on protesters, and at the same time justify Modi’s brutal excesses? And it’s officially not even an emergency this time!
5) The protesters are courageous and brave and have shown incredible restraint in not resorting to violence. They keep getting detained and keep returning to protest. My sincere salute to you all.
6) To Modi, Shah and the entire regime: Beta tum se na ho paega. Tumhaare lakshan bilkul theek nahin lag rahe hain, tumse na ho paega.
Does my Print subscription pay for such uninformed comment?!!
Mr Sanghvi should know that constitutionally the CEC can’t be removed by the government.
Imagine if the government were to take the advice of Mr Sanghvi and ‘nudge’ the CEC to resign?!
It will be seen to be interfering in the work of the EC – irrespective of whether the allegations against the CEC are true or baseless.
And please spare us the Rahul praise. Rahul Gandhi as PM sends shivers down the spines of voters who know him to be a part-time politician totally devoid of any ethics or morality. He thinks of the Muslim League in Keralam as being ‘securlar’ but the BJP as communal. It considers SIR as biased ONLY in seats and states where it lost. Rahul Gandhi will happily trade the country’s security for power as evidenced from his welcome to Elon Musk.
Has beens like Ravi Shankar Prasad. Always scowling. That is my abiding memory of him, from the time he was a minister. A Rajya Sabha type. It pained him no end when he lost his ministerial post after actually winning a seat to the Lok Sabha.
The few thousand people protesting in Delhi do not capture the mood of the country, or the faith (or lack thereof) in its elections. Modi made a big mistake by giving CJP a win and sacking Dharmendra Pradhan. Having tasted blood, the opposition believes it can make this a lame-duck govt, like what MMS became in its last 2-3 years. I don’t think Modi should play game with them
If as the article suggests, BJP is rigging elections through the ECI and CEC why is it being allowed to compete in elections?
In sports, cheaters and drug offenders are banned from competing. This is far more serious than sports. Parties must be held accountable for their misdeeds.
A few noteworthy observations:
1) Nothing yet from Maun-Modi.
2) From the number of police and CRPF personnel seen deployed in Delhi against a peaceful protest, one would think it should have been possible to deploy something similar in Godhra in 2002, when actual law and order needed to be maintained, to prevent the carnage of a thousand people by mobs. Hence, one can only conclude that it was either incompetence or deliberate and criminal inaction at the time.
3) For all the grief dished out to former PMs, Modi has the worst characteristics of them all: Nehru’s centralising instincts, Gandhi’s dictatorial instincts and Singh’s reluctance to speak when things get difficult. But that can be said about other aspects of the party, in general, too: For all the hatred they have for Pakistan, they seem to be hell-bent on making India a Hindu Pakistan.
4) I would like to know how government apologists who regularly write on The Print, such as R. Jagannathan, Meenakshi Lekhi, “Ibn Khaldun Bharti”, Jaithirth Rao, Seshadri Chari, have anything to say about the protests. Even readers who are serious Indira-bhakts … sorry, I meant Modi-bhakts (the likes of “Mumbaikar”, “Supti Pande”, “Deepak Gogoi”, “Madhavmataj” etc) must be twisting themselves in knots: how can one be critical of Gandhi, her emergency and the way she unleashed state power on protesters, and at the same time justify Modi’s brutal excesses? And it’s officially not even an emergency this time!
5) The protesters are courageous and brave and have shown incredible restraint in not resorting to violence. They keep getting detained and keep returning to protest. My sincere salute to you all.
6) To Modi, Shah and the entire regime: Beta tum se na ho paega. Tumhaare lakshan bilkul theek nahin lag rahe hain, tumse na ho paega.
Does my Print subscription pay for such uninformed comment?!!
Mr Sanghvi should know that constitutionally the CEC can’t be removed by the government.
Imagine if the government were to take the advice of Mr Sanghvi and ‘nudge’ the CEC to resign?!
It will be seen to be interfering in the work of the EC – irrespective of whether the allegations against the CEC are true or baseless.
And please spare us the Rahul praise. Rahul Gandhi as PM sends shivers down the spines of voters who know him to be a part-time politician totally devoid of any ethics or morality. He thinks of the Muslim League in Keralam as being ‘securlar’ but the BJP as communal. It considers SIR as biased ONLY in seats and states where it lost. Rahul Gandhi will happily trade the country’s security for power as evidenced from his welcome to Elon Musk.
Here is another “I am feeling it” article. Kudos to The Print!
A lot of water has flown down the Yamuna. Don’t think Mr Gyanesh Kumar can swing the UP election.
Destiny.
Doubt very much that he will be offered an ambassadorial post, say to Malta, even less a governorship.
Has beens like Ravi Shankar Prasad. Always scowling. That is my abiding memory of him, from the time he was a minister. A Rajya Sabha type. It pained him no end when he lost his ministerial post after actually winning a seat to the Lok Sabha.