BJP leadership is smart enough to recognise how vindictive CBI arrest of Arvind Kejriwal or Delhi L-G permission to prosecute Arundhati Roy looks. But it doesn’t care. The message is clear: will come after you and will get you somehow.
Battle lines were further drawn once LS Speaker read out a resolution condemning Emergency. Under fire, Birla says MPs may represent different ideologies, but 'nation is supreme.
Oppn did not press for division of votes, but spirit of cordiality melted away by the time proceedings of the day were adjourned as Birla made a speech on Emergency, sparking uproar.
NDA candidate and MP from Kota, Birla was elected as Speaker after motion for the same was moved by PM Modi and seconded by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
Contest between BJP's Om Birla and K Suresh arose after NDA rejected INDIA bloc's demand to reserve the Deputy Speaker's position for the Opposition in exchange for support to Birla.
Birla is 1st presiding officer in two decades to be re-elected. If he becomes Speaker again, he could break Balram Jakhar's record, who served as Speaker for two full five-year terms.
Move comes after Rahul Gandhi says Opposition demanded Deputy Speaker's post, following parliamentary 'convention', in exchange for consensus on Speaker.
The suspension of 12 Maharashtra BJP MLAs in 2021 was as unjustified as the suspension of 141 opposition MPs now. The existence of the Speaker's power under the Lok Sabha rules does not guarantee the constitutionality of their exercise.
In your arms, Asim Munir, under your five stars, Pakistan will progress from being a poor dumper truck to a shining dumper truck with an engine of a Mercedes.
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
Modi major blunders are he had taken the voters for granted and dare RSS to overpower him. To his luck two opportunist politicians helped him but it will affect Modi and his party. The nation has to wait few more months to see replacement of govt.
1- stray dog policy made by BJP. With 20 lakhs recorded dog bite annually by the govt the actual bite cases will be in crores. That added up over time to alienate the public
2- income tax
The middle class did not come out to vote… They would have voted BJP but why risk dog bite
Not meant in any way to take away credit from the Opposition, which ran a spirited campaign, against considerable odds, but this was really a contest between the incumbent, running on a decade’s record, and the people. Clearly there were gaps between promise and delivery. Those will have to be filled in.
Modi major blunders are he had taken the voters for granted and dare RSS to overpower him. To his luck two opportunist politicians helped him but it will affect Modi and his party. The nation has to wait few more months to see replacement of govt.
There were 2 reasons for loss
1- stray dog policy made by BJP. With 20 lakhs recorded dog bite annually by the govt the actual bite cases will be in crores. That added up over time to alienate the public
2- income tax
The middle class did not come out to vote… They would have voted BJP but why risk dog bite
Not meant in any way to take away credit from the Opposition, which ran a spirited campaign, against considerable odds, but this was really a contest between the incumbent, running on a decade’s record, and the people. Clearly there were gaps between promise and delivery. Those will have to be filled in.