There was a raid on perfume trader Piyush Jain at the end of December 2021. Directorate General of GST Intelligence raided his premises in Kanpur and Kannauj. DGCI seized 196 crore rupees in cash, 23 kg gold and sandalwood oil worth 6 crore rupees and arrested Piyush Jain on 26/12/2021. He was accused of evasion…
Punjab Lynchings
Punjab witnessed two lynchings in two days. The victims were accused of sacrilege. On 18/12/2021 there was a lynching at Golden Temple, Amritsar. Politicians condemned sacrilege but no word of condemnation against lynching. Deputy Chief Minister and Home Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa said the culprit should not have been killed because he could have helped…
Helicopter Crashes
There have been many helicopter crashes in India and abroad. Questions are raised after crashes. Many times there are no satisfactory answers. On 8/12/2021 a Mi17V5 helicopter carrying 14 persons including Chief of Defence Staff Bipin Rawat crashed near Coonoor. It was in service since 2012. It was supposed to be safest. On 2/9/2009 helicopter…
TMC Expansion
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…