My Opinion

Even though BJP leader Dayashankar Singh may have apologised for his comments on Mayawati but what he said is deplorable and has crossed very limit. Arun Jaitley quite rightfully expressed his condemnation and promised action against him. The BJP immediately removed Dayashankar Singh from the post of the party’s Vice President in Uttar Pradesh. However in order to set an example legal proceedings must be initiated against him.

The horrific manner in which the Dalits were beaten up as seen in the video should never have taken place with any person. What is more hurtful is when such acts are committed against Dalits who have been discriminated against and victimised for years. Everything else become worthless if even after 68 years of independence Dalits have not been accorded a life worth living. However instead of playing politics over this contentious issue, people should come together, awaken the society and work out a solution.

The RSS has said that in a 1949 Court Judgement it was proved that the organisation did not have a hand in Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination. The RSS has also claimed that the Kapur Commission instituted by the Congress Government had given them a clean chit in the matter but the Congress has opined that Sardar Patel through his letters had held the RSS responsible for Mahatma’s death. With Rahul Gandhi having held the RSS responsible, the organisation has decided to nail him for his irresponsible statement. A defamation case has been filed against him. Any apology from Rahul now would be an embarrassment for the Congress. The case is therefore likely to linger long and Rahul Gandhi will now defend himself in the matter.

Navjot Singh Sidhu has tendered his resignation from the Rajya Sabha but is yet to spell out his own future course of action. His wife Navjot Kaur who has been very vocal so far has also opted to remain tight lipped and left it to Sidhu himself to throw light on this. The Aam Admi Party is yet to confirm whether he would be joining their party or not. The Media has been speculating that Sidhu is likely to be the face of AAP in Punjab but what is surprising is that Sidhu who is generally known to be verbose on every topic has remained mute about himself. Perhaps there is some kind of negotiation work-in-progress between Navjot Singh Sidhu and the Aam Admi Party.

The Maharashtra police is of the opinion that it would be difficult to slap charges and build up a case against Zakir Naik since there is no evidence of any anti India sentiment in his speeches. However what has unearthed in the midst of these investigations is that Zakir Naik had received sizeable funds from Saudi Arabia and other Islamic countries to run his channel, Peace TV. The contributions he received were done without the knowledge of the Government. This could result in technical irregularities against him and he could be charged under FEMA or the Foreign Exchange Management Act. However it would be difficult to prove that he is an anti national or establish his terror links.

While it is true that old vehicles running on diesel cause pollution but to deregister them overnight as ordered by the National Green Tribunal is not a solution. What is necessary is to create awareness amongst people and give them enough time so that old diesel vehicles can be gradually phased out.

Navjot Singh Sidhu’s resignation has baffled the BJP. However Sidhu’s resentment is directed more against the ruling Akali Dal rather than the BJP. Sidhu had wanted the BJP to break ranks with the ruling Akali Dal and fight the elections on its own in the upcoming Punjab Assembly Polls. But how can BJP sever ties with the Akali Dal given their long association in the State? During the Lok Sabha elections one may recollect that the Akalis were opposed to Sidhu being given a ticket from Amritsar and sensing that the Akalis would be instrumental in defeating Sidhu, the BJP fielded Arun Jaitley from Amritsar. Under such circumstances, Sidhu would be more suited for the Aam Admi Party because neither does Sidhu have a party of his own, nor does AAP have a Sikh leader to project of their own.

The situation in Kashmir is very grave. People are out on the streets and are targeting the police and the forces. While it is a free for all on part of the protesters, for the police and the security forces it is about maintaining calm. It may be easy to ask the police to treat the protesters with kid gloves and come down heavily on the militants, in reality it is extremely difficult to put this into action. On the one hand when people are expressing their solidarity with militants and making a hero out of them, the police and the army have to exercise restraint and also face Pakistan which is taking full advantage of the situation. These are the biggest challenges for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti in such difficult times.

Lalkeshwar Singh was the chairman of Bihar Board.He was the patron.However, he himself was found involved in topper scam.Her wife, too, was a part of this racket. It is difficult to believe that whatever was shown in the movie ‘Munnabhai MBBS’ could happen in reality and that too, on such a large scale.But this scam is a grave injustice to the students of Bihar. A few students may have cleared the exams though this racket.some of them may have become toppers.but the scam has tainted the image of all of the students.The students, who passed the examination honestly and scored good numbers after working hard, will also be looked upon with suspicion. Therefore, those involved in this scam should be given strict punishment at the earliest.

US has already announced a bounty of Rs. 1 crore on Hafiz Saeed. United Nations has also imposed restrictions on Lashkar-e-Taiba.But there video that is proof that Hafiz Saeed openly holds public meetings in Pakistan and imparts training to militants.And Pakistan keeps repeating that there is no proof against Hafiz Saeed. Hafiz Saeed is holding rallies across Pakistan under the banner of ‘Difa-e-Pakistan’ nowadays.And he is spewing venom against India.Hafiz Saeed himself says that he got terrorist attacks launched in India.Does Pakistan need any more proof?.The reality is that Pakistan does not want to take action.The government’s writ does not run.And Hafiz Saeed himself says that Army supports him.Therefore, there is no point in expecting action from Pakistan

UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav finally took a strong stand against Mukhtar Ansari. He stood his ground by not agreeing to a merger with Ansari’s party. This move of his has certainly raised his equity and position both within his party and the government since it was generally considered that Akhilesh Yadav was more at the mercy of his uncles and had no say before his father. Akhilesh has sent out a clear signal that the Assembly elections would be fought under his leadership and he would be the face of the polls and all decisions would be taken by him. However the merger announcement with Mukhtar Ansari’s party had given BJP enough ammunition which was quite discernible from Amit Shah’s speech today.

Without a doubt, Dr Subramanian Swamy’s rantings have put the Finance Minister in an awkward position. It seemed as if Swamy was getting his instructions from somewhere when he repeatedly levelled charges one after the other. It was therefore necessary for the Prime Minister to send out a direct message to Subramanian Swamy when asked about him during his interview. Narendra Modi in no uncertain terms said that he did not agree with Swamy’s recent statements and neither would he like Swamy to make such caustic remarks in the near future.