Jats hold they key in states such as UP and Rajasthan, which will vote this year-end. BJP is also trying to assuage farmer anger in different parts of the country.
By honouring the Jat legend, PM Modi hopes to get the community in BJP’s corner, and appease Sir Chhotu Ram’s grandson and union minister Birender Singh.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
Troops patrolled up to Patrolling Point (PP) 10 on Monday. Though there are PP 10, 11, 12, 12A & 13 in Depsang Plains, it was decided that only one or two PPs would be patrolled.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
Missing in this column is any mention of CM Manohar Lal Khattar, neither a Jat nor – strictly speaking – a Haryanvi.