On 1/2/2022 at 11 a.m. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented Budget 2022. It was telecast on Sansad TV. It used to be telecast on Lok Sabha TV. Last year Lok Sabha TV and Rajya Sabha TV were merged to form Sansad TV. There was echo during telecast. It was very irritating. I dialled 011 23445700…
Category: India
Suspension of MLAs
On 28/1/2022 Supreme Court ruled that suspension of 12 BJP MLAs for one year on 5/7/2021 by Maharashtra Legislative Assembly was unconstitutional, substantially illegal and irrational. It held that suspension could not have been beyond that tenure of the session and one year suspension is worse than expulsion, disqualification or resignation. The MLAs were suspended…
Game of Parties
Elections in five states are going on. Many politicians have switched parties. More are likely to switch in coming days. Swami Prasad Maurya was a minister in UP government. He quit BJP and joined SP. Dara Singh Chauhan and Dharam Singh Saini followed him. Some BJP MLAs joined SP. BJP got some SP members to…
BJP and Jains
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…