My Opinion

India’s stand on the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty is known to all and because of not being a signatory to the NPT, India failed to gain entry into the NSG or the Nuclear Suppliers Group. However what is worth mentioning is that India made concerted efforts and keeping that in mind, the US has once again assured that it would continue with its efforts to ensure India’s acceptance into the NSG.

While there is no doubt the referendum in Britain will initially impact trade with India but this is just a temporary phase. Earlier during times of crises in Europe, it did not have much impact on the India economy. One can hope that the effects of Brexit will gradually lessen in the coming weeks.

It is apparent from Swamy’s demeanor that following Party pressure he decided to take back his demands of ousting Arvind Subramanian. However he still hasn’t given up on not targeting others. He has now aimed his volleys against Shaktikant Das, the Economic Affairs Secretary. He wrote that there is a pending property case against Das and Chidambaram’s help was sought in this matter. In retaliation, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley tweeted that this was a false and unfair attack on a disciplined civil servant.

In the past few days many leaders have either left the BSP or were ousted by Mayawati. Almost all these leaders have a huge support base and the way Mayawati has been expelling her sitting MLAs, it is likely to affect her party adversely. However the BSP supremo considers that she is the party’s strength and only she would be the deciding factor to get the people’s mandate for her party….it would make little difference whether others remain or leave.

An honest officer was killed…refusing to accept a bribe of three crores and abiding by his duty seemed to have been his only fault. It is therefore important that all political parties should come together and deal with those involved in the strictest of manner. Those accused have been caught and police investigations are on however the way this entire episode is taking a political turn and the slugfest that one is witnessing, appears that MM Khan who lost his life will never get justice!

TEAM INDIA COACH
We have all seen that a wrong coach can be detrimental for the entire team. It is worth mentioning that this time the Coach selection for Team India has taken place in a more professional manner. There were seventy one applicants and veterans like Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman who were part of the interview panel finally zeroed in on Anil Kumble. One must laud BCCI President Anurag Thakur’s efforts in this entire process. 

Yoga is not about any politics, Yoga is not about any conflict and Yoga can never be about any religious dispute. Yoga is a guarantee for a healthy way of life. Everyone must practise Yoga. In our country Yoga was being practised by monks and saints for thousands of years but down the years, its importance started waning from the common man’s life. Swami Ramdev must be lauded for making Yoga popular in every household after having worked hard for twenty long years and Narendra Modi must be credited for his efforts in getting Yoga worldwide recognition. Yoga must be practised by all so that one is able to lead a healthy and quality life.

One must give it to Dr Subramanian Swamy for his ability to dig out new angles in any matter and once he gets started, he ensures that he has all the evidences. Dr Swamy does not shy away of sending letters to the President and the Prime Minister. However his insinuations against Najeeb Jung’s fight with Kejriwal as being engineered is somewhat hard to believe. In fact even BJP would find it difficult to accept.

It is a encouraging sign that BJP has evolved with time otherwise some years back it was the same BJP that was very vocal against FDI. It was the Vajpayee Government that decided to continue with the economic reforms started by the Narasimha Rao Government but even Vajpayee was unable to clear FDI in the Defence and Oil sectors after strong opposition from the RSS. However the Modi Government has now undertaken a bold step. One can hope that this would finally reap rich dividends.

When militants use weapons to strike, casualties are inevitable and they create a sense of fear amongst people. However when drugs are used, an entire generation is lost. It is not about few homes getting affected, the whole social structure starts disintegrating which is exactly what we are witnessing in Punjab. Drugs are a bigger threat than guns and bombs and Pakistan has tried to destroy Punjab by pushing drugs into the state. The nabbing of a Pak smuggler, has given us enough proof of this. It is noteworthy that our security agencies are taking strict action against the drugs smugglers similar those taken against militants. It is the responsibility of the Punjab government and the state police to eradicate the problem from its roots otherwise the people of Punjab will never forgive them.

In today’s world when we are all living under such stressful circumstances, Yoga as a means to lead a healthy and qualitative life has become extremely important. One cannot deny the benefits of Yoga on our physical, mental and spiritual wellbeing. And if there is one person who has successfully converted Yoga into a household activity, it is none other than Swami Ramdev. The large gathering today at Swami Ramdev’s Yog shivir in Faridabad in the early hours of the morning on the eve of International Yoga Day once again reinforced how important and effective Yoga has become in our day to day lives.

Kamal Nath finally resigned as the party’s general secretary in-charge of Punjab. He is a veteran Congress leader who is well aware that the controversy that got generated on his being appointed Punjab in-charge would prove costly for the party in the upcoming Punjab Assembly Polls. Before further damage is done, he put in his papers. The question here is who decided on his appointment since this is not the first that he has been in news? It is certain that whoever suggested his name, cannot be considered as Rahul Gandhi’s well wisher!