Topic: Sardar Patel
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Today's political, economic & strategic punditry from MV Rajeev Gowda, Indira Rajaraman, Nishikant Dubey & more.
Does the Jawaharlal Nehru-Sardar Patel ‘rivalry’ matter to India in 2020?
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar was attacked on Twitter after claiming that Jawaharlal Nehru did not want Vallabhbhai Patel in his cabinet in 1947.
Don’t hang Godse, said Gandhi’s sons. This is how Nehru, Patel and Rajaji replied
Many prominent Gandhians requested clemency for the Mahatma’s assassins. They pointed out that Gandhi wanted to abolish death penalty.
When Nehru sat down for a tell-all on Sardar Patel, Maulana Azad & Netaji’s Hitler leaning
Ramnarayan Chaudhary was a veteran Gandhian, which is probably why Nehru opened up to him in a series of interviews between 1958 and 1960.
Modi makes civil servants pledge ‘One Problem, Total Solution’. But his big test awaits
Modi believes he is completing Sardar Patel’s agenda on Jammu & Kashmir and putting India back on the right path to democracy by scrapping Article 370.
Ratan Tata joins Insta, Sardar Patel’s royal companions & Trump photoshopped K9 Conan
The most politically correct and incorrect tweets of the day from across the political spectrum.
On his birthday, PM Modi says decision to abrogate Article 370 inspired by Sardar Patel
From Hyderabad Liberation Day to the 'Per drop more campaign', PM Modi remembered Sardar Patel, and lauded the former home minister's vision.
Sardar Patel wanted RSS to be merged into Congress but Nehru & Golwalkar stood in way
It was also ironical that in December 1948, the RSS’ first mass agitation was based on Mahatma Gandhi’s principles of non-violence.
What Sardar Patel said on Ayodhya is relevant to mediation today
Sardar Patel wrote that Ayodhya issue can be resolved peacefully with ‘willing consent’ of Muslims, and was clear against giving advantage to any group.
The many plots to kill Jawaharlal Nehru from 1948 to 1955
The attempts on Nehru’s life made headlines in local and international media.
Lalu’s loyalty to secularism is Tejashwi Yadav’s biggest political test in Modi’s India
In 1990, when then BJP president L.K. Advani was carrying out his rath yatra unbridled, it was Lalu Yadav as CM who had dared to stop him from entering Bihar.
Tatas got panned for Tanishq ad. But this state govt is the largest shareholder in Titan
Titan was set up in 1984 as a joint venture between the Tata group and a state govt. While the Tatas own 25.02% stake, the state govt owns 27.88% stake in the company.
Defence
India & US agree on deeper cooperation in Indo-Pacific as Rajnath meets Mark Esper
The hour-long meeting between Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his US counterpart Mark Esper came a day before the bilateral 2+2 ministerial dialogue in Delhi.
Trump or Biden? Doesn’t matter to India-US ties as they’re in a full, strategic embrace
Pompeo & Esper’s visit to India for the 2+2 talks is proof that old hypocrisies are history, and supreme national interest has again driven a strategic choice.