Many Congress supporters and commentators expressed their disappointment over the BJP’s decision to drop LK Advani from Gujarat’s Gandhinagar seat for 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
The veteran politician, who turns 91 Thursday, defines an era in BJP which saw it rise from a mere two seats in Lok Sabha to 282 in just a span of two decades.
While the language war in other states is targeting those who can't speak the local language, in Bengal, even those whose mother tongue is Bengali have to constantly prove their Bengali-ness.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
Capable of being fired in plain and high-altitude areas, it has day-and-night capability and two-way data link to support post-launch target, aim-point update.
As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.
Narendra Modi is a thankless man. Advani was the one who stopped Vajpeyi from dismissing Modi’s government after the Gujarat riots. That was 2002, and Mr Modi’s FIRST term as the chief minister. If he had got dismissed then, his entire political career would have folded up conclusively. He wouldn’t have got a chance to be a CM for three terms, and 2014 wouldn’t have happened. Mont Blanc pen in the pocket, other expensive branded items, umpteen foreign jaunts with all expenses paid and no questions asked – – nothing would have happened.
Gautam Gambhir will get a lok sabha ticket, but not Mr Advani. He has been declared dead before he is dead – – thanks to thankless Narendra Modi. Will Narendra Modi get paid back in his own coin? And very soon? That’s a million coin question.
Narendra Modi is a thankless man. Advani was the one who stopped Vajpeyi from dismissing Modi’s government after the Gujarat riots. That was 2002, and Mr Modi’s FIRST term as the chief minister. If he had got dismissed then, his entire political career would have folded up conclusively. He wouldn’t have got a chance to be a CM for three terms, and 2014 wouldn’t have happened. Mont Blanc pen in the pocket, other expensive branded items, umpteen foreign jaunts with all expenses paid and no questions asked – – nothing would have happened.
Gautam Gambhir will get a lok sabha ticket, but not Mr Advani. He has been declared dead before he is dead – – thanks to thankless Narendra Modi. Will Narendra Modi get paid back in his own coin? And very soon? That’s a million coin question.
It would not require the avionics and ISEs of the Rafale to sense the “ wind of change “. An ordinary windsock would be good enough.