My Opinion

It appears that PM Modi is going to those places where no Indian PM has visited for a while. California in the US and Ireland are such examples..it is worth admitting that engaging with such countries will only help India’s ties with them but will also help us become a stronger nation.

Other than caste, there are two more issues ruling the roost in the Bihar polls. One is dynastic politics and other opportunistic politics. Not only have family members got preference, many ‘bahubali’ or influential & powerful leaders have also got tickets and yet every political party professes to be fair and promises to abolish such means!

Hardik Patel is clearly exhibiting a lack of experience.Sometimes he talks of reservation and sometimes he says reservation should be discontinued. Sometimes he appears in public meetings and then there are moments he goes into hiding…at times he talks of police harassment and at times says police have kidnapped him!

In order to protect the Ganga from pollution, the High Court has banned the immersion of idols made of toxic materials. The seers who wanted to immerse Lord Ganesha’s idol had assured that the idols were eco-friendly, non toxic and made of clay and the police should have considered their demands. Besides, neither did they possess any weapons nor damage any property. They were there to protest peacefully. The administration should have engaged with them instead of resorting to violence against them.

When Parliament was in session, Congress MPs were protesting against the Land Acquisition Bill. Sonia Gandhi was infact leading the protests. Rahul Gandhi however was nowhere to be seen. Now when the Bihar Polls near and campaigning is on in full swing, Rahul Gandhi has left for the US. There are too many questions on Rahul’s disappearing acts especially at critical times like these and that too when the party needs him the most. Even leaders within his own party are raising this issue.

Every leader & every political party claim that development is their main agenda and yet to garner votes they resort to caste and reservation politics since they are well aware of the pitfalls of ignoring two such crucial factors. And Bihar is no different either. It is clearly evident in the manner in which seats have been distributed by the NDA and the Grand Alliance. Even the list of candidates released by Nitish Kumar clearly shows a caste bias. How can we then expect the electorates to cast their vote in the name of development?

Police or a country alone cannot fight ISIS. The world should join hands to defeat them, all countries should help each other. UAE has done a good start. The country deported an Indian lady who had links with the ISIS. Other countries should also co-ordinate with each other on this issue. Religious scholars can play an important role to address this problem. India’s Islamic scholars have already started this great initiative.

The process of electing the Mayor was as per the laid rules, but the result was not according to the wish of the people of Bengaluru.

The Centre has around 130 files related to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. These files have not been made public by the Central Govt. After Mamata Banerjee’s statement, pressure will build on the Centre to de-classify these files. In the first instance, Mamata herself could demand it because she knows that people of West Bengal are emotionally attached to Netaji. And elections are not far away!

Pakistan Rangers have assured to maintain peace and tranquillity at the border. The Rangers also agreed on all possible help to India to stop infiltration and smuggling of drugs. However, Pakistan has conveyed this to India many times in the past. Hence, we should trust Pakistan only when we see results of this meet at the border.

During the Lok Sabha polls, PM Modi had said that we attack each other during election rallies but these are limited only till the polls end. There is no meaning of these statements post the elections. Now, PM Modi has changed his tone just ahead of Bihar polls.

Shatrugan Sinha did not react on this news. When we went to get his reaction, we got to know that he has left for the US. Being a Bihari and not there at the time of polls! This sounds to be weird. Reality is when Shatrugan Sinha is unhappy, he flies abroad. He has done such things many times previously.