The announcement of the ceasefire could be an acknowledgement that NSA Doval’s strategy to allow security agencies to be proactive in Kashmir may have failed.
The conventional wisdom is that if a govt fails to improve the lot of the voters, it is punished. Kumar presided over an economic disaster for 20 years and was re-elected by a landslide.
Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
The states are in a bind. Funds due to them are not being released by the Centre. Revenue from registration of property has ground to a halt. Fuel consumption sharply down. Many fewer transactions that would generate what was earlier called sales tax. A drought till recently on excise from liquor. The economic prospect for the medium term hazy. Big brother’s lawn in Delhi, the grass looks greener but is equally scorched by the sun. Paying salaries is going to be a stretch. 2. In a post Covid 19 world, no large farm loan waivers, statues, memorials, vanity projects. A time for genuine austerity. When one sees the plight of the migrants, their rulers cannot live like nabobs.
The states are in a bind. Funds due to them are not being released by the Centre. Revenue from registration of property has ground to a halt. Fuel consumption sharply down. Many fewer transactions that would generate what was earlier called sales tax. A drought till recently on excise from liquor. The economic prospect for the medium term hazy. Big brother’s lawn in Delhi, the grass looks greener but is equally scorched by the sun. Paying salaries is going to be a stretch. 2. In a post Covid 19 world, no large farm loan waivers, statues, memorials, vanity projects. A time for genuine austerity. When one sees the plight of the migrants, their rulers cannot live like nabobs.