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I, a fauji, am 100% with Gen Panag about not to ever allow the ghost of 1984 to rise again. It is too scary. Yes there have been perfidious attempts to wake up those ghost during current Farmers protest and need to be stamped down. Where do we start? Punjab is in a mess of its own making as Dr. Johl, a 93 year old agro-economist has shown. Now they want to blame all and sundry for it. Secondly why was not Yogi Raj Singh, father of cricketer Yuvraj Singh, condemned and kicked out for his terrible comments against Hindu women? Why did some Sikh war heroes wear their venerable medals during protests and give interviews to channels? Those who called protesters Khalistanis, stitch their mouths surgically and throw the needle away till the protests finish. One good outcome of the 26th mayhem is that the focus has shifted from Sardar protesters to Tikait. That blunts the communalist edge of the protest. And finally it is too specious to call this 2-State protest as All India protest.
* “If the farmer wants, he can cancel all the three agricultural laws” *
* Whatever farmers of this country are not in favor of the three agricultural laws of the central government, * * The government is not canceling them, * You cancel the tax yourself, * * I have canceled the tax, * * You also tax Two cancel * – * very easy, see how * –
1. The first law is that the farmer will not be forced to sell his crop in mandis only at APMC, where he can sell it to whom he wants. Those farmers who do not like this freedom can decide that we will go to Mandi at APMC and sell our crop to the same agent who has been selling it earlier.
First law canceled
2. The second law is that at the time of planting the crop, the farmers will be able to compromise with any buyer beforehand, at what price that buyer will buy their crop. Buyers will go to disguise! Do not compromise
The second law is canceled!
3. The third law is that one can collect as much agricultural produce as he wants, there will be no limit. Although this is not applicable to any farmer, it is for the traders. But the farmer who is getting this law wrong, he should decide the extent of keeping the crop in his barn.
The third law has been canceled
The rest of those who find these laws right, let them live according to them!
If you do not like the law, then you should not obey it. There is no coercion. You sell your crop in the old way, there is no pressure or coercion of any kind, but farmers who have to take advantage of them, please
Let us take advantage of the laws.
What a racist post. For everyone agreeing, your privilege or lack of knowledge on farming is clear. Also, just to educate the authors, and everyone who agrees with this heavily opinionated and lack of facts article, not all farmers are Punjabi or Sikh.
Also, if you actually understood the laws being passed, you would see the problems. The biggest problem is, people do not want to educate themselves and understand the problem. So my suggestion to you all would be educate yourself on the situation.
As stated before in my previous post , an independent Khalistan would be a landlocked nation , it would lose a huge portion of trade with the rest of the country, as well as employment in the Indian military.
The same MSP that they are crying themselves hoarse for has depleted the groundwater reserves in the NorthWestern states of Punjab and Haryana, so it is highly unlikely that trying to materialize foolish and romantic hopes of the warrior peasant working the same job , tilling the lands that his forefathers did , into a pragmatic economic policy would end in the same manner as Chavez’s economic policies did for Venezuela, real life is not some Superhero cinematic universe.
Unfortunately, any economist warning of the same would be ignored , as they are ignored right now, not one economist worth his salt has recommended that GOI take back these laws, not based on economic grounds, at least, Thomas Piketty is a darling of the left, he was an advisor to RaGa’s 2019 Manifesto and these same laws were part of that said manifesto, why doesn’t he bring up the moronic Jio vs BSNL analogy in his assessment, is it because he knows he would be laughed at by his peers for comparing a luxury to a necessity?
But, you know what?, I say let them have their referendum, because repealing these same laws would set a dangerous precedent that would lead to protests after protests continuously strong-arming the elected legislature of India to effectively turn us into a Latin American Peronist disaster.
And if I have to choose between India splitting into Dozens of states, where it’s possible that there would be a few of the post balkanized India states would be like Mauritius and Switzerland, or the Union of India regressing back to the License Raj, I would happily choose the former.
No doubt, the root cause of the problem is this government’s arrogant attitude: “I know what is good for you. Accept it.”. But, the socio-economic reasons cannot justify the murderous attack on the police resulting in injury to over 500 policemen. More police were injured than the protesting farmers. There is no sympathy for these police personnel doing their duty, who also have wife, mother, children, father and so on. This minority mindset of “Pamper me and handle me with kid gloves. Otherwise, I will become radicalised.” is disgusting and dangerous.
This article is the most apt example why Generals and armed forces should be kept at arms length of country’s economy and polity ; and they should stick to their area of expertise i.e. security issues– mostly external and at few instances internal.
Authors depiction of security aspects is very appropriate but at economic and political analysis is where his uniformed , inexperienced yet ‘know it all attitude’ comes into fore.
Maybe that’s the reason why despite being ruled by disciplined branch like armed forces and generals , countries like pakistan are looking at economic and political stagnation and marginalization
What can be termed as ‘proper handling’ ?
Why do we feel that the protesting farmers are the rightful representatives? Even if an agreement is reached with them, will others not come up saying that discussions are not conducted with them and so will start one more protest ?
1) If the laws are repealed, what next ? These will not be touched again by anyone in the future. Farmers will probably suffer even more. I have not heard about farmer suicides in Punjab, but these happened in lot of other places.
2) Tractors in big numbers, Motor bikes by young farmers do not give a picture that the protestors are poor farmers. if you go to other places in the country, farmers do not have luxury of bicycles also. Such is the state across the country. If these laws are going to help vast majority, then what is wrong? Aren’t enough numbers published about govt purchases in punjab Vs RoI ?
3) The protest seems to be well funded. Wonder why the same funds cannot be used to support farmers to move to better agricultural practices.
The crux of the article was in the last paragraph.
The proponents of Khalistan have a point, Punjab would be much better of as an independent state living peacefully with both India and Pakistan.
If the majority wish it then why not? In a democracy the majority of a people have the right of self determination.
The Sikhs have their , own nation, and own land, the Khalsa are separate ethnically from Indians
A nation is a historically constituted, stable community of people, formed on the basis of a common language, territory, economic life, and psychological make-up manifested in a common culture. And the overwhelming people of its inhabitants are in agreement that there are a separate nation.
According to this, people from Punjab are a different nation to that of people from India.
As per the definition thr Khslsz have nothing in common with India.
IN ECONOMIC TERMS
The high IQ Well fed pedigree Khalsa race has nothing in common with the malnourished stunted Indians.
Panag you as a retired General know how difficult it is to recruit officers and men from the material that comes in for recruitment from the rest of India.
The Khalsa is often seen feeding these people from makeshift kitchens.
I hear a Pakistani’s drivel. A Khalistan between India and Pakistan will be infiltrated and swallowed by Pakistan in no time. Pakistani rats know how to burrow through the soil.
Chagatai first of all congratulations for piecing together a few semi-coherent sentences of a foreign language. Means a lot coming from someone belonging to the land of – boys played well. Secondly, your ilk whose traditional vocation of fixing tyre tube punctures has produced someone who knows what IQ is, it is a serious achievement on your part. Thirdly, reading an online Indian paper tells either you’ve immigrated to West hiding in a shipping tanker like the rest of your countrymen who’re doing menial jobs or the land of pure finally has entered 21st century and therefore providing 3G/4G like internet service to its poverty stricken malnourished overwhelmingly illiterate and therefore religiously extremist population.
You may be led in to the belief that you’re ethnically different from Indians, but the reality is your forefathers were too weak to remain Indian. And your military has played a cruel joke on you by making your lot believe in the theory that Turkey/China are your fathers. A nation propped up by loans and aid which finds itself with hat in her hand should accept that your real father is India and your forefathers were Indians albeit weak in their predisposition.
There are no sources in this post to back your claims that Sikhs want a separate nation, considering that they voted in the same party that engaged in pogroms that sent military personnel to the Golden Temple, means that 1980-90s have been forgotten.
A separate Khalistan would be a landlocked nation, would lose the Indian Military as one of its biggest employers and we also did not mention Punjab Power.
There are just a few of the reasons why an independent Khalistan would not be a prosperous utopia that you want Sikhs to believe it would be.
Yes Khalistan has to begin geographically from Nankana Sahib in Pakistan, birthplace of Guru Nanak Dev. Let Pakistan donate their entire Eastern Punjab border to an independent state, then India will happily give her Punjab.
‘Khalsa are separate ethnically from Indians’. You do not know the meaning of ethinicity. All the population of Punjab, including in Pakistan, is of the same stock. What about Punjabi Hindus? Did they convert to sikhism or were parachuted into Punjab (including the parts which are in Pakistan)
Yes, the balochs have a right to self determination and also the sindhis and pakhtuns.
I think India should step up its efforts to split Balochistan from the rest of Pakistan. After all, virtually every “argument” you make on why Punjab should be allowed to become Khalistan would apply to Balochistan too wouldn’t it ?
And then I guess India should also provoke the Shias and Ahmadiyas to revel against the Punjabi and Sunni dictatorship that Pakistan is at the end of the day.
You idiots seem to have forgotten the lessons from East Pakistan. Jinnah’s homeland for South Asia’s Muslims lasted barely 25 years. And given the vast mix of ethnicities in Pakistan, you are sitting on a powder keg pal.
In September and October, the protesting farmers blocked Army convoys and fuel tankers from going onwards to Ladakh. Sikh farmers were already helping the Chinese military gain a lethal advantage in Ladakh in 2020!
It is beyond me why there are no neutral mutually acceptable members body striving to drive a solution between the farmers and the government. Everyone is baking their own bread and this is now getting out of control since we are very well now watching the discussions veering off. 26 January started that and even the SKM has taken a backseat and all the headspace and airtime is being occupied by the same politicians. This was a movement for a totally different cause and reason. This movement is going to expose more and more fragmentations and hence the general is very right in pointing out the intrusion of anti social and separatist elements . It is inevitable. Just hoping for some sanity to prevail over all .
You can engage with somebody who is ready for talks. If you set repealing of laws as a precondition, what else is there to discuss. Giving legal sanctity to MSP. Everyone knows how disastrous that would be. They wont stop there for sure, they would want subsidy on something else too. It will only be made worse in the future. If the farmers where really interested in dialogue, when the govt gave proposal to postpone the implementation, they would have accepted it and started working on it. As you rightly pointed out, the grievance readdresal in current farm laws are inadequate. That should be the working point. This agitation now is about the egos and political careers of the farm leaders. Vested interests are making of this agitation to exploit our fault lines. Punjab is its target. Disappointing of all is Captain Amrinder Singh. He knows and understands about this better than anybody else. Yet he is acting like somebody who wants to protect his political career at any cost . The government has failed to convey the reforms properly. Communication is not about giving statements or Mann ki Baat, it about going out showing what these reforms are capable of delivering. This government should stop talking and start performing in terms of reforms. Getting out of this without any major incidents is a big win for it.
Nothing much to add to your reply really, you just hit 6 sixes in 6 balls in your post.
Excellent article, a true service to the nation. I sincerely hope all concerned take heed. Recent events are cause for great concern, and the future course must be marked with humility, empathy, sincerity and caution.
I think government should leave farmers be and be exploited by these middle men. Government has genuinely tried to bring in more opportunities for farmers to sell, but we are living in an era where social media and road rampage will decide policy outcomes.
As for Sikh separatism – Punjab pays lesser taxes than Chhatissgarh, funnier still the direct income tax paid by Punjab is lesser than that of direct income taxes paid by Assam. Ha! Punjab is dependent on rest of the country and not the other way round. So shove it this separatism thingy. Also before anyone mentions food – my food comes from other state and hopefully yours too because whatever Punjab produces is inconsumable.
it would be better you visited eastern UP and Bihar and Orissa farmers – then you may wish to review your comments about rish – poor – MSP and so on. Sitting at a desk is great fun – as long as the government does not auction desk jobs every two years ( in this era of joblessness) to benefit the ndustrialist
We in Bengal need the farm laws. Because we want to get rid of middlemen. Now don’t go on saying that I know nothing about farming.
Section 10 (1) of income tax act states agriculture income is exempted from taxation. Reason why punjab pay less tax and also section and land involve in agriculture is higher comparing to states you mentioned.
The General states that Agriculture in Panjab needs reform and to this extent the Bills passed by Parliament and enacted by the Government are in the right direction./It is also common ground that the present practice of paddy and wheat cultivation will very soon lead to the drying up of ground water resources, rendering the crop lands to desertification and barren.Still General Panag recommends the continuation of present crop regime,citing socio-economic compulsion and creeping Sikh separatist tendencies in Panjab.The Government has virtually conceded most of the demands of the farmers,yet they are adamant about repealing the laws.The General seems to have bought the views of the political opposition namel;y oppose at any cost.As a distinguished General of the Indian Army he could have raised his voice in favour of a moderate position by the Jat farmers.
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I, a fauji, am 100% with Gen Panag about not to ever allow the ghost of 1984 to rise again. It is too scary. Yes there have been perfidious attempts to wake up those ghost during current Farmers protest and need to be stamped down. Where do we start? Punjab is in a mess of its own making as Dr. Johl, a 93 year old agro-economist has shown. Now they want to blame all and sundry for it. Secondly why was not Yogi Raj Singh, father of cricketer Yuvraj Singh, condemned and kicked out for his terrible comments against Hindu women? Why did some Sikh war heroes wear their venerable medals during protests and give interviews to channels? Those who called protesters Khalistanis, stitch their mouths surgically and throw the needle away till the protests finish. One good outcome of the 26th mayhem is that the focus has shifted from Sardar protesters to Tikait. That blunts the communalist edge of the protest. And finally it is too specious to call this 2-State protest as All India protest.
* “If the farmer wants, he can cancel all the three agricultural laws” *
* Whatever farmers of this country are not in favor of the three agricultural laws of the central government, * * The government is not canceling them, * You cancel the tax yourself, * * I have canceled the tax, * * You also tax Two cancel * – * very easy, see how * –
1. The first law is that the farmer will not be forced to sell his crop in mandis only at APMC, where he can sell it to whom he wants. Those farmers who do not like this freedom can decide that we will go to Mandi at APMC and sell our crop to the same agent who has been selling it earlier.
First law canceled
2. The second law is that at the time of planting the crop, the farmers will be able to compromise with any buyer beforehand, at what price that buyer will buy their crop. Buyers will go to disguise! Do not compromise
The second law is canceled!
3. The third law is that one can collect as much agricultural produce as he wants, there will be no limit. Although this is not applicable to any farmer, it is for the traders. But the farmer who is getting this law wrong, he should decide the extent of keeping the crop in his barn.
The third law has been canceled
The rest of those who find these laws right, let them live according to them!
If you do not like the law, then you should not obey it. There is no coercion. You sell your crop in the old way, there is no pressure or coercion of any kind, but farmers who have to take advantage of them, please
Let us take advantage of the laws.
What a racist post. For everyone agreeing, your privilege or lack of knowledge on farming is clear. Also, just to educate the authors, and everyone who agrees with this heavily opinionated and lack of facts article, not all farmers are Punjabi or Sikh.
Also, if you actually understood the laws being passed, you would see the problems. The biggest problem is, people do not want to educate themselves and understand the problem. So my suggestion to you all would be educate yourself on the situation.
As stated before in my previous post , an independent Khalistan would be a landlocked nation , it would lose a huge portion of trade with the rest of the country, as well as employment in the Indian military.
The same MSP that they are crying themselves hoarse for has depleted the groundwater reserves in the NorthWestern states of Punjab and Haryana, so it is highly unlikely that trying to materialize foolish and romantic hopes of the warrior peasant working the same job , tilling the lands that his forefathers did , into a pragmatic economic policy would end in the same manner as Chavez’s economic policies did for Venezuela, real life is not some Superhero cinematic universe.
Unfortunately, any economist warning of the same would be ignored , as they are ignored right now, not one economist worth his salt has recommended that GOI take back these laws, not based on economic grounds, at least, Thomas Piketty is a darling of the left, he was an advisor to RaGa’s 2019 Manifesto and these same laws were part of that said manifesto, why doesn’t he bring up the moronic Jio vs BSNL analogy in his assessment, is it because he knows he would be laughed at by his peers for comparing a luxury to a necessity?
But, you know what?, I say let them have their referendum, because repealing these same laws would set a dangerous precedent that would lead to protests after protests continuously strong-arming the elected legislature of India to effectively turn us into a Latin American Peronist disaster.
And if I have to choose between India splitting into Dozens of states, where it’s possible that there would be a few of the post balkanized India states would be like Mauritius and Switzerland, or the Union of India regressing back to the License Raj, I would happily choose the former.
No doubt, the root cause of the problem is this government’s arrogant attitude: “I know what is good for you. Accept it.”. But, the socio-economic reasons cannot justify the murderous attack on the police resulting in injury to over 500 policemen. More police were injured than the protesting farmers. There is no sympathy for these police personnel doing their duty, who also have wife, mother, children, father and so on. This minority mindset of “Pamper me and handle me with kid gloves. Otherwise, I will become radicalised.” is disgusting and dangerous.
This article is the most apt example why Generals and armed forces should be kept at arms length of country’s economy and polity ; and they should stick to their area of expertise i.e. security issues– mostly external and at few instances internal.
Authors depiction of security aspects is very appropriate but at economic and political analysis is where his uniformed , inexperienced yet ‘know it all attitude’ comes into fore.
Maybe that’s the reason why despite being ruled by disciplined branch like armed forces and generals , countries like pakistan are looking at economic and political stagnation and marginalization
So basically just like Pakistan;s views. Dont suppress muslims or they will pick up arms against India. What sort of blackmail is it?
What can be termed as ‘proper handling’ ?
Why do we feel that the protesting farmers are the rightful representatives? Even if an agreement is reached with them, will others not come up saying that discussions are not conducted with them and so will start one more protest ?
1) If the laws are repealed, what next ? These will not be touched again by anyone in the future. Farmers will probably suffer even more. I have not heard about farmer suicides in Punjab, but these happened in lot of other places.
2) Tractors in big numbers, Motor bikes by young farmers do not give a picture that the protestors are poor farmers. if you go to other places in the country, farmers do not have luxury of bicycles also. Such is the state across the country. If these laws are going to help vast majority, then what is wrong? Aren’t enough numbers published about govt purchases in punjab Vs RoI ?
3) The protest seems to be well funded. Wonder why the same funds cannot be used to support farmers to move to better agricultural practices.
The crux of the article was in the last paragraph.
The proponents of Khalistan have a point, Punjab would be much better of as an independent state living peacefully with both India and Pakistan.
If the majority wish it then why not? In a democracy the majority of a people have the right of self determination.
The Sikhs have their , own nation, and own land, the Khalsa are separate ethnically from Indians
A nation is a historically constituted, stable community of people, formed on the basis of a common language, territory, economic life, and psychological make-up manifested in a common culture. And the overwhelming people of its inhabitants are in agreement that there are a separate nation.
According to this, people from Punjab are a different nation to that of people from India.
As per the definition thr Khslsz have nothing in common with India.
IN ECONOMIC TERMS
The high IQ Well fed pedigree Khalsa race has nothing in common with the malnourished stunted Indians.
Panag you as a retired General know how difficult it is to recruit officers and men from the material that comes in for recruitment from the rest of India.
The Khalsa is often seen feeding these people from makeshift kitchens.
I hear a Pakistani’s drivel. A Khalistan between India and Pakistan will be infiltrated and swallowed by Pakistan in no time. Pakistani rats know how to burrow through the soil.
Chagatai first of all congratulations for piecing together a few semi-coherent sentences of a foreign language. Means a lot coming from someone belonging to the land of – boys played well. Secondly, your ilk whose traditional vocation of fixing tyre tube punctures has produced someone who knows what IQ is, it is a serious achievement on your part. Thirdly, reading an online Indian paper tells either you’ve immigrated to West hiding in a shipping tanker like the rest of your countrymen who’re doing menial jobs or the land of pure finally has entered 21st century and therefore providing 3G/4G like internet service to its poverty stricken malnourished overwhelmingly illiterate and therefore religiously extremist population.
You may be led in to the belief that you’re ethnically different from Indians, but the reality is your forefathers were too weak to remain Indian. And your military has played a cruel joke on you by making your lot believe in the theory that Turkey/China are your fathers. A nation propped up by loans and aid which finds itself with hat in her hand should accept that your real father is India and your forefathers were Indians albeit weak in their predisposition.
There are no sources in this post to back your claims that Sikhs want a separate nation, considering that they voted in the same party that engaged in pogroms that sent military personnel to the Golden Temple, means that 1980-90s have been forgotten.
A separate Khalistan would be a landlocked nation, would lose the Indian Military as one of its biggest employers and we also did not mention Punjab Power.
There are just a few of the reasons why an independent Khalistan would not be a prosperous utopia that you want Sikhs to believe it would be.
Yes Khalistan has to begin geographically from Nankana Sahib in Pakistan, birthplace of Guru Nanak Dev. Let Pakistan donate their entire Eastern Punjab border to an independent state, then India will happily give her Punjab.
‘Khalsa are separate ethnically from Indians’. You do not know the meaning of ethinicity. All the population of Punjab, including in Pakistan, is of the same stock. What about Punjabi Hindus? Did they convert to sikhism or were parachuted into Punjab (including the parts which are in Pakistan)
Yes, the balochs have a right to self determination and also the sindhis and pakhtuns.
I think India should step up its efforts to split Balochistan from the rest of Pakistan. After all, virtually every “argument” you make on why Punjab should be allowed to become Khalistan would apply to Balochistan too wouldn’t it ?
And then I guess India should also provoke the Shias and Ahmadiyas to revel against the Punjabi and Sunni dictatorship that Pakistan is at the end of the day.
You idiots seem to have forgotten the lessons from East Pakistan. Jinnah’s homeland for South Asia’s Muslims lasted barely 25 years. And given the vast mix of ethnicities in Pakistan, you are sitting on a powder keg pal.
In September and October, the protesting farmers blocked Army convoys and fuel tankers from going onwards to Ladakh. Sikh farmers were already helping the Chinese military gain a lethal advantage in Ladakh in 2020!
Excellent analysis.
It is beyond me why there are no neutral mutually acceptable members body striving to drive a solution between the farmers and the government. Everyone is baking their own bread and this is now getting out of control since we are very well now watching the discussions veering off. 26 January started that and even the SKM has taken a backseat and all the headspace and airtime is being occupied by the same politicians. This was a movement for a totally different cause and reason. This movement is going to expose more and more fragmentations and hence the general is very right in pointing out the intrusion of anti social and separatist elements . It is inevitable. Just hoping for some sanity to prevail over all .
You can engage with somebody who is ready for talks. If you set repealing of laws as a precondition, what else is there to discuss. Giving legal sanctity to MSP. Everyone knows how disastrous that would be. They wont stop there for sure, they would want subsidy on something else too. It will only be made worse in the future. If the farmers where really interested in dialogue, when the govt gave proposal to postpone the implementation, they would have accepted it and started working on it. As you rightly pointed out, the grievance readdresal in current farm laws are inadequate. That should be the working point. This agitation now is about the egos and political careers of the farm leaders. Vested interests are making of this agitation to exploit our fault lines. Punjab is its target. Disappointing of all is Captain Amrinder Singh. He knows and understands about this better than anybody else. Yet he is acting like somebody who wants to protect his political career at any cost . The government has failed to convey the reforms properly. Communication is not about giving statements or Mann ki Baat, it about going out showing what these reforms are capable of delivering. This government should stop talking and start performing in terms of reforms. Getting out of this without any major incidents is a big win for it.
Nothing much to add to your reply really, you just hit 6 sixes in 6 balls in your post.
Excellent article, a true service to the nation. I sincerely hope all concerned take heed. Recent events are cause for great concern, and the future course must be marked with humility, empathy, sincerity and caution.
I think government should leave farmers be and be exploited by these middle men. Government has genuinely tried to bring in more opportunities for farmers to sell, but we are living in an era where social media and road rampage will decide policy outcomes.
As for Sikh separatism – Punjab pays lesser taxes than Chhatissgarh, funnier still the direct income tax paid by Punjab is lesser than that of direct income taxes paid by Assam. Ha! Punjab is dependent on rest of the country and not the other way round. So shove it this separatism thingy. Also before anyone mentions food – my food comes from other state and hopefully yours too because whatever Punjab produces is inconsumable.
it would be better you visited eastern UP and Bihar and Orissa farmers – then you may wish to review your comments about rish – poor – MSP and so on. Sitting at a desk is great fun – as long as the government does not auction desk jobs every two years ( in this era of joblessness) to benefit the ndustrialist
We in Bengal need the farm laws. Because we want to get rid of middlemen. Now don’t go on saying that I know nothing about farming.
Section 10 (1) of income tax act states agriculture income is exempted from taxation. Reason why punjab pay less tax and also section and land involve in agriculture is higher comparing to states you mentioned.
The General states that Agriculture in Panjab needs reform and to this extent the Bills passed by Parliament and enacted by the Government are in the right direction./It is also common ground that the present practice of paddy and wheat cultivation will very soon lead to the drying up of ground water resources, rendering the crop lands to desertification and barren.Still General Panag recommends the continuation of present crop regime,citing socio-economic compulsion and creeping Sikh separatist tendencies in Panjab.The Government has virtually conceded most of the demands of the farmers,yet they are adamant about repealing the laws.The General seems to have bought the views of the political opposition namel;y oppose at any cost.As a distinguished General of the Indian Army he could have raised his voice in favour of a moderate position by the Jat farmers.
Everything is wrong with the protests. But the culprit is BJP.
I agree with his views.
TS Darbari – The stand-off between India and China along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh region has created a tense situation at the international border. There have been efforts from both sides to defuse the tension but no breakthrough has been achieved so far. It is a well-known fact that China spends more on the defence sector. In 2019, it allocated $261 billion for the defence sector. In comparison, India spent a little over $71 billion. China might have more weapons, but India is ahead in terms of number of soldiers. India has around 34 lakh soldiers whereas China has 27 lakh. The Belfer Centre for Science and International Affairs in Harvard Kennedy School says that India’s Air Force is more powerful than China’s. However, there is a necessity to bolster the manufacturing of defence products and weapons in India and towards that India has started working aggressively. The effort will surely yield desired results provided that India keeps its strategy intact and uninterrupted. Who is TS Darbari ? –
TS Darbari is a top management professional, with several years of rich & diversified experience in Corporate Strategy, New Business Development, Sales & Marketing, Commercial Operations, Project Management, Financial Management and Strategic Alliances.
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