Mamata Banerjee wants to become PM in 2024. For that she wants to expand TMC all over India. It is hostile takeover of other parties, wholesale or retail. On 23/11/2021 Kirti Azad, Pavan Kumar Varma and Ashok Tanwar joined TMC. Kirti Azad was with BJP for a long time. He represented Darbhanga in Lok Sabha. …
Repeal of Farm Laws
On 19/11/2021 in his address to the nation at 9 a.m. Narendra Modi announced repeal of three farm laws. This was sudden like announcements of note ban and lockdown. Agitating farmers and opposition politicians were happy. Shetkari Sanghatana members were unhappy. The three laws were: The Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act,…
IOA Officials
Indian Olympic Association is heading towards elections. Most, if not all, members and officials of IOA are not sportspersons. Government of India should issue an order that members and officials of IOA should be former Olympians and President, Secretary General and Treasurer of IOA should have won an Olympic medal either as an individual or…
Operation Flower And Grass
TMC symbol is known as flower and grass though there are two flowers in the symbol. TMC leader Mamata Banerjee wants to be PM. For that she wants to win outside West Bengal. There are attempts to get Congress and other members join TMC. I call it Operation Flower And Grass. Some months back Sushmita…
India and Taliban
India has agreed to attend Moscow Format talks about Afghanistan on 20/10/2021. China, Iran and Pakistan are expected to attend. Taliban has agreed to send a delegation. After that India wants to hold a conference on Afghanistan on 10 or 11 November. There is no plan to invite Taliban. Pakistan may be invited. Taliban has…
Victims Are Not Survivors
When there is a crime there is a victim. Survivor means an attempted crime. The criminal did not succeed in his crime. When there is an assassination attempt on a person and he or she dies we do not call him or her survivor. Similarly, it should be rape victims. They should not be referred…
Rise of Bhupendra Patel
The rise of Bhupendra Patel from first time MLA to Chief Minister of Gujarat came as a surprise. He was not a minister. It is similar to rise of Pushkar Singh Dhami as CM of Uttarakhand. He too was an MLA and not a minister. In Dhami’s case there was revolt of ministers of outgoing…
19 Paralympic Medals
India won 19 medals in Tokyo Paralympics 2020. This was beyond expectations. Out of 54 Indian athletes 17 won 19 medals. Two athletes won two medals each. India finished 24 in ranking. India’s previous best was 4 medals at Rio Paralympics 2016. India won 2 gold medals, 1 silver medal and 1 bronze medal. India…
Fall of Kabul
On 15/8/2021 Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani left Kabul and Taliban entered the city and Presidential Palace. Taliban was back in Kabul after nearly 20 years. The war in Afghanistan had gone on too long for USA. It started after 9/11 in 2001. Taliban lost power. USA engaged in nation-building and democracy in Afghanistan. However, the…
Seven Olympic Medals
India won seven medals in Tokyo Olympics 2020; one gold, two silver and four bronze. It finished 48th in medal table. It surpassed previous record of six medals in London Olympics 2012. India had won three medals in Beijing Olympics 2008. When Rio Olympics 2016 began the expectation or hype was that India had doubled…