NCP president Sharad Pawar, who has been at the forefront of efforts to forge an opposition coalition for 2019, is likely to meet Congress president Rahul Gandhi Tuesday
On 9 July 1991, then-PM PV Narasimha Rao addressed the nation days before the Budget presentation, admitting that the job of repairing India's sick economy won't be easy, quick, or smooth.
Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.
New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
Ironically, duo of PM Modi and BJP Supremo Amit Shah find themselves now really on a slippery wicket in the run up to the Marathon- 2019 !
It is fine on their part to strive in the field to explore every avenue to brave all the odds to be on the victory stand in the Grand
Final of 2019 !
Unlike 2014, the moves and strategies of rival parties and competitors in the fray have started surprising and outsmarting the
invincible duo of Modi-Shah so far as learning from their past blemishes and follies are concerned ! Uttar Pradesh bypolls and
post Karnataka Assembly Poll developments are the fine examples in this regard.
Very amazingly, BJP winning 282 Lok Sabha seats on its own in 2014 and boasting of development on all fronts has to woo its
old allies and look for new ones is quite mind- boggling.In addition to old ones, new ones should have implored the BJP to join
its fold after having been impressed and attracted towards the “Acche Din Aayenge” party !
Paradoxically,the duo appears very panicky and jolted in wake of BJP By Polls reverses in nation and slipping between the cup
and the lip episide of power in Karnataka.
Both are now awfully busy to leave no stone unturned to repeat 2014 but 2019 would not be 2014 .For this, duo is itself to blame
none else ! Their failures on various fronts will prove to be a stumbling block this time in attracting and wooing masses.In 2014
people pinned their hopes on NaMo for a change for the best falling in his trap of ploys,rhetorics and tall fallacious promises.
The unexpected success in polls then turned their heads that they started living in the fools’ paradise that there is no parallel or
alternative to Modi, hence the birth of an ambition to rule India for decades altogether !
How will allies old and new for that matter counter masses’ questions and defend heap of failures of NaMo led Union Govt.?
A few failures for example !
First of all, demonetisation- more than one hundred innocent people lost their lives in queues, were they fighting battle against
insurgency or trans border terrorism ? Countless gentle citizens were very unduly subjected to untold hardships and miseries,
how much of the black money was unearthed in the bargain ?
The ill- conceived and ill-planned GST issue is still in the domain of confusion and uncertainty ! There are still wavering thoughts
on various GST slabs . The decision was not well thought of to start with and then it was implemented without proper home work !
In Jammu and Kashmir for almost more than three years BJP enjoyed power in PDP-BJP Combine Jammu Kashmir Government !
Without any rhyme or reason, BJP abruptly pulled the plug on very flimsy and lame premises eyeing win in 2019 Lok Sabha Polls !
What to talk of economy, foreign policy, farmers distress, poverty, unemployment, communalism, affordable quality education and
affordable health care system ?
The problem with NaMo thinking is that he wishes to win elections and elections endlessly taking things for granted but without bothering to perform and deliver the goods with a spirit if devotion and dedication !
A little difficult now to identify local factors that could cause a swing in favour of the BJP. Or small subregional groupings that could be very helpful. 2014 ki baat aur thi. 2019 will turn on the state of the economy.
Prof PK Sharma,Freelance Journalist,Barnala (Punjab)
Ironically, duo of PM Modi and BJP Supremo Amit Shah find themselves now really on a slippery wicket in the run up to the Marathon- 2019 !
It is fine on their part to strive in the field to explore every avenue to brave all the odds to be on the victory stand in the Grand
Final of 2019 !
Unlike 2014, the moves and strategies of rival parties and competitors in the fray have started surprising and outsmarting the
invincible duo of Modi-Shah so far as learning from their past blemishes and follies are concerned ! Uttar Pradesh bypolls and
post Karnataka Assembly Poll developments are the fine examples in this regard.
Very amazingly, BJP winning 282 Lok Sabha seats on its own in 2014 and boasting of development on all fronts has to woo its
old allies and look for new ones is quite mind- boggling.In addition to old ones, new ones should have implored the BJP to join
its fold after having been impressed and attracted towards the “Acche Din Aayenge” party !
Paradoxically,the duo appears very panicky and jolted in wake of BJP By Polls reverses in nation and slipping between the cup
and the lip episide of power in Karnataka.
Both are now awfully busy to leave no stone unturned to repeat 2014 but 2019 would not be 2014 .For this, duo is itself to blame
none else ! Their failures on various fronts will prove to be a stumbling block this time in attracting and wooing masses.In 2014
people pinned their hopes on NaMo for a change for the best falling in his trap of ploys,rhetorics and tall fallacious promises.
The unexpected success in polls then turned their heads that they started living in the fools’ paradise that there is no parallel or
alternative to Modi, hence the birth of an ambition to rule India for decades altogether !
How will allies old and new for that matter counter masses’ questions and defend heap of failures of NaMo led Union Govt.?
A few failures for example !
First of all, demonetisation- more than one hundred innocent people lost their lives in queues, were they fighting battle against
insurgency or trans border terrorism ? Countless gentle citizens were very unduly subjected to untold hardships and miseries,
how much of the black money was unearthed in the bargain ?
The ill- conceived and ill-planned GST issue is still in the domain of confusion and uncertainty ! There are still wavering thoughts
on various GST slabs . The decision was not well thought of to start with and then it was implemented without proper home work !
In Jammu and Kashmir for almost more than three years BJP enjoyed power in PDP-BJP Combine Jammu Kashmir Government !
Without any rhyme or reason, BJP abruptly pulled the plug on very flimsy and lame premises eyeing win in 2019 Lok Sabha Polls !
What to talk of economy, foreign policy, farmers distress, poverty, unemployment, communalism, affordable quality education and
affordable health care system ?
The problem with NaMo thinking is that he wishes to win elections and elections endlessly taking things for granted but without bothering to perform and deliver the goods with a spirit if devotion and dedication !
Prof PK Sharma,Freelance Journalist
Pom Anm Nest,Barnala (Punjab)
A little difficult now to identify local factors that could cause a swing in favour of the BJP. Or small subregional groupings that could be very helpful. 2014 ki baat aur thi. 2019 will turn on the state of the economy.