On 15/12/2015 CBI raided Delhi CM’s office. It was officially or ostensibly regarding principal secretary Rajendra Kumar. It was the first time a CM’s office was raided in India. Arvind Kejriwal tweeted about the raid. He said Narendra Modi was a coward and psychopath. Some non-BJP politicians including Mamata Banerjee and Nitish Kumar condemned the…
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BJP loses in Bihar
Exit polls had predicted different results for Bihar elections. Chanakya had predicted clear victory for BJP. Other exit polls had either predicted victory for Grand Alliance or BJP-led NDA or said the contest was very close. Most agreed that BJP will be the single largest party. When the counting began on 5/11/2015 initially BJP was…
Intolerant India
These days many people speak about growing intolerance in India as if one bad day India suddenly became intolerant. They hold the Modi government responsible. Some have returned their awards. BJP members have spoken against such people. They say it is a conspiracy and manufactured rebellion. India had always been intolerant. In 185 BC Pushyamithra…
Supreme Court on NJAC
On 16/10/2015 a five judge bench of the Supreme Court by 4-1 majority struck down National Judicial Appointments Commission and restored collegium. Judges J. S. Khehar, Madan Lokur, Kurian Joseph and Adarsh Goel held that the Constitution (99th Amendment) Act , 2014 which authorised National Judicial Appointments Commission Act is unconstitutional. Judge J. Chelameswar dissented….
Bose files
On 15/10/2015 Prime Minister Narendra Modi met members of the Bose family and said the process to declassify Bose files will begin after 100 days on 23/10/2016 on the birth anniversary of Subhash Chandra Bose. That reminds me of his promise to bring back black money from foreign countries and put 15 lakh rupees in…
Right to eat meat
Right to eat meat is a natural right. It is implicit in the Fundamental Rights of life and liberty, religion, profession and equality. It is not right to demand and enforce ban on meat. There is no compulsion to eat meat. There are vegetarians of different types who want to impose their views on others….
One Rank One Pension
On 5/9/2015 Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar announced government’s version of One Rank One Pension (OROP) which failed to satisfy many ex-servicemen. The issue started in 1973 and the last word is not said. In 2014 during Lok Sabha elections BJP had promised OROP within 100 days of coming to power. Ex-servicemen had faith in Narendra…
Uphaar case
The judgment of the Supreme Court in Uphaar case on 19/8/2015 has left many people shattered and also raised questions about judges making their own laws or amending laws according to their whims and fancies. Instead of sending guilty persons to jail as per law for causing death by negligence of 59 persons, the judges…
White Day for Democracy
3 August 2015 was a white day for democracy and black day for mobocracy and anarchy in India. Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan suspended 25 Congress MPs under rule 374(A) for five days for disrupting the House. For too long disruptions have gone on. Over the years suspensions had been rare. When majority of both…
LPG subsidy
There is a campaign asking LPG customers to give up subsidy and by doing so they are gifting LPG to a deprived household. TV ad appears regularly. There was a newspaper ad. CNN-IBN has made the campaign its own. It is said one million customers have given up subsidy. Subsidy is for 12 cylinders per…