My Opinion

Dr Subramanian Swamy is not the only one who has expressed displeasure against RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan. Within the Government too there are a few Ministers who are of the opinion that Raghuram Rajan has not only hurt the Economy but also the RBI itself. There are some who have even raised objections to Rajan’s comparison of the Indian economy to that of a ‘one-eyed man’ being a king in the land of the blind. In any case, the RBI Governor’s term is ending in September this year and with only four months left, Dr Subramanian Swamy and the others should wait a while and exercise restraint before making such statements

Social media has certain inherent problems. Often certain comments made by some people become a point of discussion but to what extent should there be a public discourse at all on such comments? Is it feasible to cross a certain limit especially when it comes to comments made about the country’s Prime Minister? Congress leader Rashid Alvi realised the gravity of the situation when his comments triggered off a massive reaction on social media forcing him to clarify that he was only expressing his disapproval of Google and referring to the removal of such remarks about the PM from the search engine.

It’s Lalu Yadav’s government in Bihar… Tejashwi Yadav is the Deputy Chief Minister… Therefore, it’s his responsibility to defend his own government…But a number of questions are being raised over the way the Bihar Police is investigating this case…First of all, the police did not seek the remand of Rocky Yadav…After it was criticised, the police sought his remand from court…Even after the remand was granted by the court, the police did not took him on remand for interrogation…What is the reason behind that?…This is something only Bihar Police can answer…Now comes the second question…Why did the police threw Aditya’s blood soaked clothes in the dustbin outside the post-mortem room?… Could the clothes not have been used as evidence in this case?…In view of these facts, the apprehensions of Aditya’s family members that the murderers of their son will not get punishment gets credence. ..They feel that a ground is being prepared to save Rocky and that a CBI enquiry should be ordered in this case.

It seems that the Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar got carried away while defending the government on the issue of ‘Jungle raj’. It’s a bit strange that Bihar’s Deputy CM compared Rocky Yadav’s firing incident with that of Pathankot terror attacks. While defending his government on charges of ‘jungle raj’, perhaps he forgot the difference between the bullets of a criminal and a terrorist. But Tejaswi Yadav’s statement can be ignored by saying that he is still new to politics. He lacks experience and needs to learn a lot more from his father Lalu Yadav.

Congress leaders will speak out because it’s the opportune time for them. Irrespective of whether BJP leaders agree or not, the truth is that the party’s strategy has failed in Uttarakhand. They did not achieve anything et al.Harish Rawat succeeded in storming back to power… even the public’s sympathy is with Harish Rawat…Now, Harish Rawat will take full advantage of this and it seems that he’ll go for early elections after dissolving the Assembly and it will further add to the problems of the BJP.

It’s a matter of big concern for Parliament and bureaucracy that Supreme Court as well as High Courts have given instructions to them in many cases. Such instructions have direct impact on the working of elected governments.Arun Jaitley hinted towards the same concern on Wednesday. The court asked the government on Wednesday to create a ‘Disaster Fund’.Arun Jaitley’s difficulty is understandable that after passage of the ‘Appropriation Bill’, from where would he arrange the money for ‘Disaster Fund’? It seems that Arun Jaitley’s unhappiness got manifested in Rajya Sabha because of the same court order.However, irrespective of the reason, Arun Jaitley’s statement will be seen in the context of Supreme Court’s decision on Uttarakhand.

One thing is very clear that Bilawal Bhutto is trying to incite the sentiments of PoK voters by taking the name of Narendra Modi. It’s part of a well-thought-out strategy.He was reading a written speech. He read a few sentences and then started speaking loudly. He made an impassioned speech…And mentioned Narendra Modi 20 times in the entire speech. This is all about immaturity and naivety. But this strategy is being used to defeat Nawaz Sharif.

Uttarakhand has exposed the ugly face of the politics in last 53 days…Neither BJP nor Congress is flawless or beyond reproach…Both tried to lure MLAs…They used all the tricks in the book – inducements, money as well as pressure….The final decision will be pronounced in the Supreme Court on Wednesday… Harish Rawat will once again become the Chief Minister…The BJP leaders should learn from Harish Rawat that the public does not appreciate unnecessary aggression…Maintaining restraint while speaking is always beneficial irrespective of whether it’s your good time or bad time…

The fate of Harish Rawat government will be decided in Assembly on Tuesday…but whatever happened in Uttarakhand is not good for democracy…Whatever one may say, the fact is that both sides are responsible for this…In order to keep their respective flock of MLAs intact, both sides used inducements as well as power…It was a herculean task for big leaders of both BJP and Congress to ensure that each and every MLA sticks to his respective side…It will be better if those who publically talk about morality also apply a little bit of morality on themselves.

We talked to officials of Delhi University…They clearly said that the Prime Minister has received BA degree and that there is no bungling involved in this case. Narendra Modi passed BA through correspondence course…The vice-chancellor of Gularat university has once again said that Modi had passed MA with first class…But it does not suit Arvind Kejriwal and his party. They want to confront Modi by making allegations and raising questions of any type…This is a well-thought-out strategy of Arvind Kejriwal…Kejriwal, by hook or by crook, wants to prove that he is the biggest rival of PM Modi…As part of the same strategy, Kejriwal had alleged two days ago that Narendra Modi and Sonia Gandhi are hand in glove…What can be a bigger lie than this?

Without taking the name of Sonia Gandhi, Narendra Modi pointed towards Italy during his election meetings in Kerala and Tamil Nadu…Narendra Modi said that he had never been to Italy…and that he had no relatives in Italy…In its order, Italy’s court has pronounced that Congress leaders took bribe in helicopter deal… It seems that all these developments had its impact on Sonia Gandhi who gave a clear cut and emotional answer to Narendra Modi.

The rape of a girl while on her way to school is a grim reminder of how worried parents are ever since a girl child is born. When she starts attending school or college there are concerns about her security, there are concerns of any untoward accident, when she gets married, parents are worried about her dowry and post marriage about domestic violence that she could be subjected to. It is because of these social crimes that parents have to literally spend their entire life worrying about their daughters. Simply having strict laws is not the only solution, rather the need of the hour is a change in societal attitudes. Good values need to be inculcated in children and what is important is for parents to teach their sons that we live in the land where girls have been given the status of divinity.