Manmohan Singh is not a mass leader or public speaker to rival Atal Bihari Vajpayee. But what Vajpayee had by way of political instinct, Singh has in intellect.
f Vajpayee is to be repudiated for defying political ideology, Narasimha Rao was made to pay for not kowtowing to his party’s first family. The Family is to Congress what Hindutva is to RSS.
Perhaps such is the bitterness at losing power, so powerful the need to live in denial, that BJP has begun to lose its balance at all levels, and, obviously in case of the Naqvi/Naidu types.
A government’s internal stability or strength does not always determine its ability to deal with the world, particularly on issues where there is broader consensus.
While we latch on to Vajpayee-the-ideal-PM aspect of the survey, we are missing out a very significant point: that power equations are changing so fast that a telecom moghul is at the top of the most powerful men list.
The political trajectory is clear. Asim Munir is now prepared to convict and sentence Imran Khan for instigating a rebellion against the army chief, with no possibility of mercy.
RBI data shows 26 states and Union Territories couldn’t regain pre-pandemic foreign tourist footfalls in 2024, but domestic tourism surged 27 percent compared to 2019.
Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).
None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.
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