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Govt should take close look at NRC, says Amar Ujala & Dinamani on why bank merger won’t help

A round up of the Hindi and Tamil newspapers opinion pages to reflect a North-South viewpoint on topical issues.

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HINDI

2 September, Monday: Dainik Jagran says the finance minister is not ready to accept that recession is taking place in the Indian economy. All major sectors hint at dismal figures. If the downturn was not a reality then how could one explain the fall in multiple sectors? It’s not just that problems have to be solved but that the government has to create a positive atmosphere and ensure that policy decisions make an impact on the ground.

Amar Ujala focuses on the NRC. Not just has the NRC list left all political parties dissatisfied, it has also been unable to make the Assamese society happy. Now the government has to make sure that there is no anarchy in Assam. Infiltration is a problem but the central government needs to look at NRC closely before thinking of a nationwide rollout of this process.

3 September, Tuesday: Dainik Jagran also writes on the NRC. It says that no side seems happy or satisfied and the ruling BJP wants to appeal to the Supreme Court for review of the list. The million dollar question they ask is, where are the millions of Bangladeshis who had allegedly infiltrated into the country? And, what will happen to those identified as Bangladeshis? Will Bangladesh take them back?

Amar Ujala focuses on consular access India had to Kulbhushan Jadhav. This can be seen as a big diplomatic victory for India. Pakistan was insisting on its official being present and the meeting taking place under CCTV surveillance – that is why the meeting fixed on 3 August was postponed. India had insisted on unhampered and quick access to Jadhav.

Dainik Bhaskar talks of the mighty rats of Bihar and Jharkhand. It describes how a canal, built after 42 years, was breached within eight hours of its inauguration, at many places. The minister in charge said, rats had dug up the canal and an inquiry has been instituted.

The rats drank all the liquor seized after imposition of prohibition in Bihar, too!

4 September, Wednesday: Dainik Bhaskar pulls up the government for being busy with issues that are less important than the acute economic crisis. It says that Modi has talked about a plastic free India in his 15 August speech and now BJP state governments, especially in UP, are harassing plastic packaging factory owners and restaurants that use plastic. The idea of zero budget farming is not something that recession-hit farmers need. Abrogating Article 370 might be right but the timing is suspect as it seems to be an effort to deflect attention from economic woes. It says that in 2008 the country also faced an economic slowdown but under Manmohan Singh we had steered past it. Now we have a strong leader and everyone else is reduced to being adulatory puppets with no one daring to give the right advice to the leadership.

5 September, Thursday: Dainik Jagran looks at Kashmir a month after the abrogation of Article 370. It is worth noting that no big incident of violence has taken place in the state – because of heavy security. It is necessary that restrictions are now slowly lifted and people get the message that Article 370 is a thing of the past. There is no doubt that Pakistan had a role to play in creating unrest in Kashmir. But this is also a fact that Kashmir’s state leaders have misled the people. Now, there’s need for a new leadership that integrates Kashmiriat into Indianness.

6 September, Friday: Dainik Jagran talks about the new traffic rules. In India, almost 5 lakh accidents take place every year and 1.5 lakh loose their lives in accidents. But apart from these tough rules the government needs to look at other ways of dealing with this problem. It has to address bad road design, potholes, encroachment on roads, stray animals and bad lighting on roads which are all reasons for accidents.

Dainik Bhaskar comments on BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi’s remark that PM modi needs people brave enough to give sane and good advice. For example, the Mudra loan scheme data shows that only one in five beneficiaries have started a new venture while government has spent lakhs on it. Most beneficiaries were also those who already had a business. Demonetisation was implemented and ATMs weren’t designed to hold new currency notes. Now, there is talk of zero budget farming when farm sector is already in distress. So the need of the hour is good and sane advice and full preparation before going headlong into some new fancy project.

TAMIL

2 September, Monday: Dinamani‘s editorial is on the diplomatic strategy of India in the context of PM Modi’s Vladivostok visit. It says: “The main reason for India to cultivate a close relationship with Russia- Japan – America is China’s domination. With Trump not so eager in global politics, the close proximity of India with Russia and Japan becomes necessary. In the Vladivostok summit, India will sign an agreement with Russia as it had one previously with America and France. There are also talks for a similar agreement with Australia and Japan. So, PM Modi’s Vladivostok trip has to be approached with this diplomatic lens”

3 September, Tuesday: Dinamani writes its editorial on the recently announced bank mergers by the central government. It says that merging banks that are suffering losses with those that operate with profits will not help in any way. When Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank merger happened, the Bank of Baroda’s share price fell from Rs 150 to Rs 92. What is going to happen by bringing together the banks operating under losses with large banks, and the central government providing funds to negate the incurred losses? It goes on to add what IIM Ahmedabad professor TT Ram Mohan had said: “Two dogs cannot become a tiger”.

4 September, Wednesday: Dinamani‘s editorial talks about the need for urgent conservation of two British era forts in Tamil Nadu – St David Fort and Fort Geldria. It says: “These historically important monuments do not belong to the archeological department. Without proper maintenance by the Christian diocese which manages them, these now stand destroyed. These two forts are just an example. There are hundred other monuments in India which are getting destroyed. We do not have time to worry about all this. But if this continues, history will just mock at us”

5 September, Thursday: Dinamani, in its editorial, talks about the challenges that lay ahead for the BJP. It writes: “Modi-Shah headed BJP has become a strong and disciplined party in the country. When more Congress members and people from state parties are joining BJP, they will also bring their faction politics into the saffron party. How will the leadership handle this?”. It goes on to say that the most challenging job for BJP will be this inorganic growth of the party by accommodating defectors from other parties.

6 September, Friday: Dinamani, in its editorial, assesses Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy’s governance. It says: “Cancelling all the agreements/contracts after the government change will badly affect the state’s economy. When there are no stable policies, traders and industrialists wouldn’t come forward to invest in the state. If MoUs are getting canceled after the rule change, no one will be ready for long term investment in the state. Jagan Mohan Reddy’s approach is not just bad for his own party but for the entire Andhra Pradesh itself.”

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