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The writer of the article needs to do proper research ,stop writing articles based on half baked truths. Amrinder himself had backed farmers protest, there is no conflict between him and Rahul.
Firstly These Towers Being Damaged By Uneducated Frustrated Types Jumping On The Farmers Protest Bandwagon Are So Gormless Not To Know Who Brought Them Too The Punjab State In The First Place Answer The Fake/Crooked Badal Clan And There Partners In Crime Bjp, Capt Singh Who Has Done Sweet F.A In His Second Time In Office Has Just Been Swept Away In The Stench Created By The Centre Govt. What He Should Be Doing Is Following The Carrot/Stick Policy Otherwise The Centre Is looking For the Just Moment To Sack His Govt And Apply Presidents Rule Claiming Law/Order Problems.
When farmers first protested in Punjab itself they seriously hurt its economy; their rail rohko would have plunged Punjab in power crisis in a week. So Amrinder directed the away from Punjab to Delhi, towards modi.
Problem is Amrinder is thinking like an Army captain, forgetting that the farmers are not disciplined solideirs who will obey his command and not indulge in violence.
Property damage is not violence, unless you identify with the capitalist. Change is coming to Punjab and people like Arminder Singh and Badal will be swept aside. As for guaranteeing the MSP, then it should be no problem to put it into legislation and make it law. The farmers greatest concern is the corporate takeover of the entire supply chain and no one has provided any solutions for the countervailing power that will have oversight of corporate control and power.
My greatest concern is your utter idiocy and how you’ve been allowed to run amok. Also don’t see any solutions to it. Happy to abuse you as corporate, capitalist schmuck or whatever gets you excited. Should I then be allowed to destroy your property? Remember it’s not violence as per your logic.
There is no way aap will ever win punjab elections. Agriculture bill agitations have postponed their total demise, they will certainly win some seats this time but you can call the upcoming elections as the last one for them.
A lot of people fail to see the utter clueless way in which their organisation works, they don’t have proper hierarchies, and a non sustainable system of their cadre will not last long. Congress on the other hand is also infested with infighting and lacks organisational discipline but they have a loyal vote bank and leader at every level. If bjp does take away their urban voter in punjab then congress will remain the no. 1 party in punjab.
Hi which periodicals do you read regularly to gather such insights? I am trying to read more. Thank you 🙂
In the previous state elections in Punjab, AAP was involved with separatist elements, particularly from Canada. Once again AAP is fishing in troubled waters. But unfortunately the mainstream media is so invested in Shri Arvind Kejriwal, they are are not able to see the danger of his politics. The Print in an article today, in fact has eulogised his appearance in Indian politics as the most important event of the decade.
Rahul Gandhi is not a leader by any stretch of imagination. He keeps jumping between issues with no clarity whatsoever and no uniformity in stance either. His actions are more activist like rather than a political leader. It is the misfortune of Congress and to a certain degree the nation that the rest of Congress is not even concerned about the state of the leadership , its own ideologies and what it stands for. The farmer protests are being used as yet another experiment to unsettle the government but I am afraid it is also slowly exposing the lack of clarity in the demands as well as what it seeks to ultimately achieve thereby exposing the hollowness too.
Destroying telecommunications infrastructure and damaging commercial property is “protesting by farmers”.
This is the Congress for you – it’s a crime syndicate.
Rahul “Ji” & the Congress have no qualms about damaging India’s economy, causing irreparable harm to India’s reputation and causing serious law & order problems in the country.
Is this “Ji” a “leader” of a political party? Is this “political party” or a national criminal organisation?
This is a good example of conflict between Congress interest and Rahul / anti Modi interest ( Some would say anti-national interests grp. Continuation of agitation and lawlessness would impact Congress not only in next election cycle but a decade. Middle ground will ensure face saver or mild victory for Amerinder and face saver for BJP. It will even help Rahul/Congress at national level in long run but not in short term. On the other hand violence will be bad for Modi/Amerinder but will give brownie point to Rahul to tweet about. Guess what Rahul wants.
If the law and order deteriorates in Punjab, obviously the control of the agitation has gone into hands of people other than ones who supported it. Someone described congress like a monkey pulling out the wedge from a half cut log while sitting on it. NOW THE TAIL IS STUCK And THE WEDGE IS IN HAND NOT KNOWING HOW TO PUT IT BACK TO FREE THE TAIL.
Damaging the towers could just lead to shutting down the mobile services, something so important to sustain the agitation. Scaring away the investors will come later.
Wonder if a law passed by the parliament can be just torn away like the ordinance was.
Not a single one from the commentariat criticized rahul and sometimes kejriwal for using “ambani adani” jibe. They could have just said “suit boot ki sarkar” and be done with it. Instead rahul the dumb leader he is kept on using the names of ambani and adani as if they are the ones who brought the law. Targeting individual businesses without a shred of evidence is no different from targeting individuals. This only hurts our own growth. To destroy towers would disrupt all services dependant on internet….imagine students studying on online classes, hospital servers, banking networks. But then if only rahul ever understood logic. I have also seen protestors forcibly shutting down godowns and forcing the workers go home….are you all nuts? Call out the leaders who are responsible for this. And treat the vandals as the vandals they are. Disappointed with captain. He is much smarter than rahul and could have ensured businesses aren’t targeted. Too disappointing. It will only hurt the Punjab state.
The writer of the article needs to do proper research ,stop writing articles based on half baked truths. Amrinder himself had backed farmers protest, there is no conflict between him and Rahul.
I THINK a SOLDIER LIKE AMRINDER SINGH a man with self respect and honour shouldn’t waste his time amongst rootless people and instead join BJP .
Firstly These Towers Being Damaged By Uneducated Frustrated Types Jumping On The Farmers Protest Bandwagon Are So Gormless Not To Know Who Brought Them Too The Punjab State In The First Place Answer The Fake/Crooked Badal Clan And There Partners In Crime Bjp, Capt Singh Who Has Done Sweet F.A In His Second Time In Office Has Just Been Swept Away In The Stench Created By The Centre Govt. What He Should Be Doing Is Following The Carrot/Stick Policy Otherwise The Centre Is looking For the Just Moment To Sack His Govt And Apply Presidents Rule Claiming Law/Order Problems.
When farmers first protested in Punjab itself they seriously hurt its economy; their rail rohko would have plunged Punjab in power crisis in a week. So Amrinder directed the away from Punjab to Delhi, towards modi.
Problem is Amrinder is thinking like an Army captain, forgetting that the farmers are not disciplined solideirs who will obey his command and not indulge in violence.
Property damage is not violence, unless you identify with the capitalist. Change is coming to Punjab and people like Arminder Singh and Badal will be swept aside. As for guaranteeing the MSP, then it should be no problem to put it into legislation and make it law. The farmers greatest concern is the corporate takeover of the entire supply chain and no one has provided any solutions for the countervailing power that will have oversight of corporate control and power.
My greatest concern is your utter idiocy and how you’ve been allowed to run amok. Also don’t see any solutions to it. Happy to abuse you as corporate, capitalist schmuck or whatever gets you excited. Should I then be allowed to destroy your property? Remember it’s not violence as per your logic.
There is no way aap will ever win punjab elections. Agriculture bill agitations have postponed their total demise, they will certainly win some seats this time but you can call the upcoming elections as the last one for them.
A lot of people fail to see the utter clueless way in which their organisation works, they don’t have proper hierarchies, and a non sustainable system of their cadre will not last long. Congress on the other hand is also infested with infighting and lacks organisational discipline but they have a loyal vote bank and leader at every level. If bjp does take away their urban voter in punjab then congress will remain the no. 1 party in punjab.
Hi which periodicals do you read regularly to gather such insights? I am trying to read more. Thank you 🙂
In the previous state elections in Punjab, AAP was involved with separatist elements, particularly from Canada. Once again AAP is fishing in troubled waters. But unfortunately the mainstream media is so invested in Shri Arvind Kejriwal, they are are not able to see the danger of his politics. The Print in an article today, in fact has eulogised his appearance in Indian politics as the most important event of the decade.
rahul gandhi (and other gantdhis) have become a mascot of ” shani” . unless they leave congress, there is no scope for revival
Rahul Gandhi is not a leader by any stretch of imagination. He keeps jumping between issues with no clarity whatsoever and no uniformity in stance either. His actions are more activist like rather than a political leader. It is the misfortune of Congress and to a certain degree the nation that the rest of Congress is not even concerned about the state of the leadership , its own ideologies and what it stands for. The farmer protests are being used as yet another experiment to unsettle the government but I am afraid it is also slowly exposing the lack of clarity in the demands as well as what it seeks to ultimately achieve thereby exposing the hollowness too.
Destroying telecommunications infrastructure and damaging commercial property is “protesting by farmers”.
This is the Congress for you – it’s a crime syndicate.
Rahul “Ji” & the Congress have no qualms about damaging India’s economy, causing irreparable harm to India’s reputation and causing serious law & order problems in the country.
Is this “Ji” a “leader” of a political party? Is this “political party” or a national criminal organisation?
This is a good example of conflict between Congress interest and Rahul / anti Modi interest ( Some would say anti-national interests grp. Continuation of agitation and lawlessness would impact Congress not only in next election cycle but a decade. Middle ground will ensure face saver or mild victory for Amerinder and face saver for BJP. It will even help Rahul/Congress at national level in long run but not in short term. On the other hand violence will be bad for Modi/Amerinder but will give brownie point to Rahul to tweet about. Guess what Rahul wants.
Good analysis
If the law and order deteriorates in Punjab, obviously the control of the agitation has gone into hands of people other than ones who supported it. Someone described congress like a monkey pulling out the wedge from a half cut log while sitting on it. NOW THE TAIL IS STUCK And THE WEDGE IS IN HAND NOT KNOWING HOW TO PUT IT BACK TO FREE THE TAIL.
Damaging the towers could just lead to shutting down the mobile services, something so important to sustain the agitation. Scaring away the investors will come later.
Wonder if a law passed by the parliament can be just torn away like the ordinance was.
Not a single one from the commentariat criticized rahul and sometimes kejriwal for using “ambani adani” jibe. They could have just said “suit boot ki sarkar” and be done with it. Instead rahul the dumb leader he is kept on using the names of ambani and adani as if they are the ones who brought the law. Targeting individual businesses without a shred of evidence is no different from targeting individuals. This only hurts our own growth. To destroy towers would disrupt all services dependant on internet….imagine students studying on online classes, hospital servers, banking networks. But then if only rahul ever understood logic. I have also seen protestors forcibly shutting down godowns and forcing the workers go home….are you all nuts? Call out the leaders who are responsible for this. And treat the vandals as the vandals they are. Disappointed with captain. He is much smarter than rahul and could have ensured businesses aren’t targeted. Too disappointing. It will only hurt the Punjab state.
Ha Ha……….. As if Ambani and Adani brought the law……….. otherwise you thought Modi brought the law! Sometimes Bhakt become so naive!
And most of the time it is the Dynasty lovers! It seems that you are clueless about how the Ambanis came to become what they are.
Modi = Ambani plus Adani