The priorities listed by Rahul Gandhi are arguably the issues India should focus on: poverty, farm distress, unemployment, health and the widespread sense of fear.
One has to be incredibly credulous to buy BJP spin masters’ argument that the government got rid of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar for harmonious relationship with the judiciary.
Modi government had also made numerous efforts to establish peace with Pakistan but has now adopted a different path, militarily, to establish peace, adds defence minister.
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.
This reads like a compliment to the Scamgress behind the disguise of the headline. An attempt to poll select party members is to gauge policy idiosyncracies when their system of governance going forward is delineated in their manifesto. Yes the Scamgress is systemically weak in national security issues as we have seen post 26/11 and Parliament Attack. They are recalcitrant as with pursuit the ASAT program – cited my ex ISRO chief Mahadevan. The list goes on. If there is no 10% cut to be made, the Scamgress is not interested, period. eg.Coal, 2g spectrum, Aircel Maxxis, Commonwealth Games, AgustaWestland, INXS Media,AI+IA merger & 111 plane purchase, P-notes /offshore, endless Vadra-gate, National Herald, Bofors, Union Carbide- Anderson escape…, endless list really.
The theory propounded by the author and its proof, both are from congress’ view point..raising or creating few organisations vis a vis having a policy are two different things..be that may be, even if the theory is correct, Shri RaGa is a bad choice to bring them to people, as he is neither articulate nor has the grasp of issues..He is single handedly doing more damage to INC than whole BJP apparatus..sadly he is thrust upon INC, which unfortunately is INC’s own doing..It will do some good if INC looks for leaders beyond Gandhis…it’s sad to see INC going down like this..
Dynastic politics itself is a retrogrative in the Indian context… The family in power in the States or at the Centre is amassing wealth beyond comparison vis-a-vis Western countries….. The grand old party has really become old and needs to be phased out…. For example, why Khongress could not construct it’s HQ despite being in power for 10 long years and allotting space for the same as per Supreme Court orders bcoz everyone is amassing wealth for himself/herself and not for the party…… Whereas BJP has also got donation but for the party purposes and not for individuals….. It’s the case during NDA-I and NDA-II also….
No reason at all why AFSPA should protect sexual violence against women in disturbed areas. I think this whole mythology of being “ tough, muscular “ on issues of national security is becoming very tiresome. Go by the facts and figures, see how dismal the outcomes have been.
This is such a crap article especially coming from a ‘specialist’. Policies aside, can the ‘specialist’ explain why if the Congress is so tough on internal and external security, there used to be regular bombings in India during UPA 1 & 2? Was the proposal to give away Siachen as a peace gesture to Pakistan, part of cultivating a ‘peaceful image’? And cultivating a peaceful image for what? When did India have international support in its war against terror like it has now?
Your observation on “regular bombings in India under UPA 1 & 2” is spot on.
In fact these bombings blamed on Indian Mujahiden, SIMI, etc were so regular one wondered whether the govt of the day was willing to do anything to prevent it.
Not surprisingly 26/11 happened because of this paralysis.
I have read a few articles of this particular author. I respect his views since they are based on facts & evidence and they are interpreted rationally. Most youth in this country know for a fact that Rahul Gandhi and his young, sycophantic coterie, who are Western educated, lived their lives in Western countries and have not yet won an election in India, do not understand nor represent the reality of India.
With each and every idea that Rahul Gandhi comes without explaining how he will go about it, the educated youth and middle class (who will bear the burden of his idiotic promises) will just push him, his family and his party into the abyss.
If the Congress disappears in the future, the blame will lie entirely with Rahul Gandhi and his coterie.
This reads like a compliment to the Scamgress behind the disguise of the headline. An attempt to poll select party members is to gauge policy idiosyncracies when their system of governance going forward is delineated in their manifesto. Yes the Scamgress is systemically weak in national security issues as we have seen post 26/11 and Parliament Attack. They are recalcitrant as with pursuit the ASAT program – cited my ex ISRO chief Mahadevan. The list goes on. If there is no 10% cut to be made, the Scamgress is not interested, period. eg.Coal, 2g spectrum, Aircel Maxxis, Commonwealth Games, AgustaWestland, INXS Media,AI+IA merger & 111 plane purchase, P-notes /offshore, endless Vadra-gate, National Herald, Bofors, Union Carbide- Anderson escape…, endless list really.
The theory propounded by the author and its proof, both are from congress’ view point..raising or creating few organisations vis a vis having a policy are two different things..be that may be, even if the theory is correct, Shri RaGa is a bad choice to bring them to people, as he is neither articulate nor has the grasp of issues..He is single handedly doing more damage to INC than whole BJP apparatus..sadly he is thrust upon INC, which unfortunately is INC’s own doing..It will do some good if INC looks for leaders beyond Gandhis…it’s sad to see INC going down like this..
Dynastic politics itself is a retrogrative in the Indian context… The family in power in the States or at the Centre is amassing wealth beyond comparison vis-a-vis Western countries….. The grand old party has really become old and needs to be phased out…. For example, why Khongress could not construct it’s HQ despite being in power for 10 long years and allotting space for the same as per Supreme Court orders bcoz everyone is amassing wealth for himself/herself and not for the party…… Whereas BJP has also got donation but for the party purposes and not for individuals….. It’s the case during NDA-I and NDA-II also….
No reason at all why AFSPA should protect sexual violence against women in disturbed areas. I think this whole mythology of being “ tough, muscular “ on issues of national security is becoming very tiresome. Go by the facts and figures, see how dismal the outcomes have been.
This is such a crap article especially coming from a ‘specialist’. Policies aside, can the ‘specialist’ explain why if the Congress is so tough on internal and external security, there used to be regular bombings in India during UPA 1 & 2? Was the proposal to give away Siachen as a peace gesture to Pakistan, part of cultivating a ‘peaceful image’? And cultivating a peaceful image for what? When did India have international support in its war against terror like it has now?
Your observation on “regular bombings in India under UPA 1 & 2” is spot on.
In fact these bombings blamed on Indian Mujahiden, SIMI, etc were so regular one wondered whether the govt of the day was willing to do anything to prevent it.
Not surprisingly 26/11 happened because of this paralysis.
I have read a few articles of this particular author. I respect his views since they are based on facts & evidence and they are interpreted rationally. Most youth in this country know for a fact that Rahul Gandhi and his young, sycophantic coterie, who are Western educated, lived their lives in Western countries and have not yet won an election in India, do not understand nor represent the reality of India.
With each and every idea that Rahul Gandhi comes without explaining how he will go about it, the educated youth and middle class (who will bear the burden of his idiotic promises) will just push him, his family and his party into the abyss.
If the Congress disappears in the future, the blame will lie entirely with Rahul Gandhi and his coterie.