The journalists have alleged that leaders including J&K BJP president Ravinder Raina were distributing envelopes of cash at a press conference in Leh on 2 May.
Modi’s foreign visits got 321 hours of airtime, over 11 times the number for Manmohan Singh. Officials say this is because Modi has been a more ‘active’ PM.
Pakistan took 43 days to organise a tour of reporters & diplomats to Balakot, the site of India's February airstrikes. Forty-three days is a long time to hide an inconvenient truth.
Who funds elections is an open secret, but nothing much is written about it in the media, write Jaishri Jathwaney & Samir Kapur in their book ‘When India Votes’.
Years are quietly being stripped off my lifespan, and somehow that doesn’t ruin my day. But getting scolded for one careless word in an email? That can send me spiralling.
ThePrint had previously reported that India & Russia are talking about 5 more regiments of the S-400, but no contracts are to be signed during the Russian president's visit.
The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.
“When the results are declared on 23 May, hundreds and thousands of egos are going to get deflated”
Seems like Mr Ketkar seems to know something that others don’t! Going by the earlier part of the article, where he claimed that only those supporting NDA/Modi have ego’s, he seems to be indirectly projecting that NDA will not get majority.
If that turns out to be true, he is a damn good psephologist.
India is a democracy and a noisy one too. I am confident that whatever be the outcome, people & politicians, (even with those alleged to be having extreme views), will find a way to work together, for the betterment of the country and its people
Nothing is more important than improving economy, finding jobs for the teeming millions. On the global scale, we have very few avenues to improve economy, competing with giants like China, at every step of the way. It needs a razor sharp focused approach and the need is for the best minds in India to come together to improve India’s economy.
I wish that after the cacophony of the election process ends, the best minds in India come together to find common ground and agree on a set of policies that benefit India in the long run for a sustainable economy.
Whoever gets to rule, please make the effort to reach across the aisle and rope in best minds on economy, and drive consensus, so that there is certainty in government policies.
Whoever is defeated, please be graceful in defeat, and kindly work together with the government as responsible opposition, instead of being resentful and obstructive, and egoistic about procedures etc..
The GST roll out is a classic example of how best minds could have co-operated to have prevented some of the early mistakes fostered on the people, by the bureaucrats.
For the crucial ministries of Finance / commerce, bureaucrats alone cannot drive change, given that in India most bureaucrats are generalists. We need an action oriented Japanese MITI/Singapore EDB style ministry. This is a crying need for our country, and we also need certainty in policies
We need an eminent advisory panel on economy with past and present stalwarts participating to contribute, in the interest of the nation, putting aside egos.
Last, but not the least, please be magnanimous in Victory or defeat. India needs to come together for the sake of our country.
The sooner we complete the process and get down to the job of focusing on economy and jobs, and alleviate the living conditions for the poor, the better it would be for India.
One thing is absolutely certain. This is one very unique election where, from the forenoon onwards on the 23rd May, EVERY single psephologist, TV anchor, newspaper editor and armchair political commentator is going to say “I told you so”. Everyone is forecasting freely but hedging their bets with sufficient built in generalities and caveats/ riders to claim that THEY got it right, or nearly right. And, no one will be wrong as about twenty different outcomes have been foretold with as many PMs in waiting. At least one of them is likely to be somewhere near the bull’s eye. But some indications are likely to emerge from the plethora of ‘Exit Polls’ and ‘Poll of Polls’ that will be unveiled when the ban is lifted after the 19th May, the last day of polling. By the way, for once the writer should be complimented for not falling a prey to this temptation and predict a dire defeat for Modi. ( He must have found it very hard to avoid it).
Kumar is again at it, writing irrelevant article and the print giving him space. He hopes all the time that somehow Modi will be defeated but is not sure and he goes around listing all possibilities. This election is as usual, nothing polarizing in unprecedented manner but thanks to social and electronic media, there is lot of noise. This noise by itself does not mean much. Modi appears to have under delivered in the background of huge hopes from him. In the process, people forget what is possible from the government in a realistic sense and what he could achieve. At the minimum and which itself is a great achievement, Modi had a non corrupt government for 5 years. Everyone berates him for unemployment and lack of growth, without realising that such summary assessment is difficult and country is doing well though there will always be major issues. Had it been the case that all issues can be sorted for ever, countries like USA and UK etc would be without any issues today!
The concept of Single Largest Party passed into history with Vajpayeeji’s 13 day government in 1996. Signed letters of support. A lot of skulduggery happens in the Raj Bhavans, not in Rashtrapati Bhavan. 2. CM KCR has started his forays. Unless the Congress comes up with unexpectedly strong numbers, the regional parties will take the initiative. It is their turn now to lead.
Just to throw mud on Modi, Kumar Ketker has not hesitated to drag Indira Gandhi and her emergency both belonging to Congress legacy. Is he helping or damaging anti Modi forces. Often Modi haters look confused and give argument that damages more the help Congress.
“When the results are declared on 23 May, hundreds and thousands of egos are going to get deflated”
Seems like Mr Ketkar seems to know something that others don’t! Going by the earlier part of the article, where he claimed that only those supporting NDA/Modi have ego’s, he seems to be indirectly projecting that NDA will not get majority.
If that turns out to be true, he is a damn good psephologist.
India is a democracy and a noisy one too. I am confident that whatever be the outcome, people & politicians, (even with those alleged to be having extreme views), will find a way to work together, for the betterment of the country and its people
Nothing is more important than improving economy, finding jobs for the teeming millions. On the global scale, we have very few avenues to improve economy, competing with giants like China, at every step of the way. It needs a razor sharp focused approach and the need is for the best minds in India to come together to improve India’s economy.
I wish that after the cacophony of the election process ends, the best minds in India come together to find common ground and agree on a set of policies that benefit India in the long run for a sustainable economy.
Whoever gets to rule, please make the effort to reach across the aisle and rope in best minds on economy, and drive consensus, so that there is certainty in government policies.
Whoever is defeated, please be graceful in defeat, and kindly work together with the government as responsible opposition, instead of being resentful and obstructive, and egoistic about procedures etc..
The GST roll out is a classic example of how best minds could have co-operated to have prevented some of the early mistakes fostered on the people, by the bureaucrats.
For the crucial ministries of Finance / commerce, bureaucrats alone cannot drive change, given that in India most bureaucrats are generalists. We need an action oriented Japanese MITI/Singapore EDB style ministry. This is a crying need for our country, and we also need certainty in policies
We need an eminent advisory panel on economy with past and present stalwarts participating to contribute, in the interest of the nation, putting aside egos.
Last, but not the least, please be magnanimous in Victory or defeat. India needs to come together for the sake of our country.
The sooner we complete the process and get down to the job of focusing on economy and jobs, and alleviate the living conditions for the poor, the better it would be for India.
One thing is absolutely certain. This is one very unique election where, from the forenoon onwards on the 23rd May, EVERY single psephologist, TV anchor, newspaper editor and armchair political commentator is going to say “I told you so”. Everyone is forecasting freely but hedging their bets with sufficient built in generalities and caveats/ riders to claim that THEY got it right, or nearly right. And, no one will be wrong as about twenty different outcomes have been foretold with as many PMs in waiting. At least one of them is likely to be somewhere near the bull’s eye. But some indications are likely to emerge from the plethora of ‘Exit Polls’ and ‘Poll of Polls’ that will be unveiled when the ban is lifted after the 19th May, the last day of polling. By the way, for once the writer should be complimented for not falling a prey to this temptation and predict a dire defeat for Modi. ( He must have found it very hard to avoid it).
Kumar is again at it, writing irrelevant article and the print giving him space. He hopes all the time that somehow Modi will be defeated but is not sure and he goes around listing all possibilities. This election is as usual, nothing polarizing in unprecedented manner but thanks to social and electronic media, there is lot of noise. This noise by itself does not mean much. Modi appears to have under delivered in the background of huge hopes from him. In the process, people forget what is possible from the government in a realistic sense and what he could achieve. At the minimum and which itself is a great achievement, Modi had a non corrupt government for 5 years. Everyone berates him for unemployment and lack of growth, without realising that such summary assessment is difficult and country is doing well though there will always be major issues. Had it been the case that all issues can be sorted for ever, countries like USA and UK etc would be without any issues today!
The concept of Single Largest Party passed into history with Vajpayeeji’s 13 day government in 1996. Signed letters of support. A lot of skulduggery happens in the Raj Bhavans, not in Rashtrapati Bhavan. 2. CM KCR has started his forays. Unless the Congress comes up with unexpectedly strong numbers, the regional parties will take the initiative. It is their turn now to lead.
You fit in your own description of an “argumentative Indian” ketkar ji, only difference being that you are battling it out for the other side.
Just to throw mud on Modi, Kumar Ketker has not hesitated to drag Indira Gandhi and her emergency both belonging to Congress legacy. Is he helping or damaging anti Modi forces. Often Modi haters look confused and give argument that damages more the help Congress.