My Opinion

Pashupati Paras has said that the Election Commission will announce the dates for polls in Bihar on September 5. Nitish and Lalu’s party men have started campaigning. If seat sharing is not discussed early, how will the candidates prepare for the polls? Actually before every polls, there is always a fight on seat sharing between parties. This is what is happening within the NDA. The BJP wants the discussion on seat sharing should be done once the dates are announced which will disallow leaders to switch sides on the last moment.

Patel community contributes to 20% of Gujarat’s population. The state’s Chief Minister is also a Patel. Six ministers of the state govt are also from the Patel community. This community is considered an ocean in Gujarat. They have contributed a lot in Gujarat’s development. Hence it is difficult to understand that the community is economically backward. But if the Patels want reservation, then govt should engage in dialogues with them. The govt should try and understand that what is the reason behind their agitation.

There were three main points in the Ufa agreement. First, there will be talks at the NSA level, there will talks on terror. After this, BSF and Pakistan Rangers DG will meet to ease tensions at the border and discuss ceasefire violations. Third, the DGMOs will meet and bring peace at the border. This will create an atmosphere for talks at the Foreign Secretary level. Kashmir and all other outstanding issues will be discussed. But Pakistan decided to put a speedbraker at the first level itself. Last time when the talks failed, it took more than a year to get things back on track. Now it will be difficult to say on when and how will Indo-Pak talks begin.

What Ramgopal Yadav is trying to make us understand is right. It is in the will of the Samajwadi Party. But who will listen? Mulayam Singh Yadav has been telling this to his Samajwadi Party workers for the past one and a half years. But of no use. Just last week a tape of an ex-Samajwadi Party MP went viral on the social media. This video showed us that Mulayam Singh allegedly threatens a district magistrate. Ramgopal Yadav said if the party leaders stop extorting money from people, stop confiscating people’s property and stop criminal activities, then victory for the party is not far away.

In its poll campaign, the BJP raised the slogan ‘Acche Din’. They used this slogan throughout the poll campaign. BJP leaders were involved in a tussle on who coined this slogan. Now that Narendra Singh Tomar, an Union Minister, says that BJP never promised anything like this and never used it, then what to say. When Amit Shah said that depositing Rs 15 lakh in the account was a poll gimmick, the BJP is still clarifying on this till date. Now what Narendra Tomar has said, will be used as a tool by the Opposition to attack the party which will find it difficult to clarify.

A major event took place in the history of cricket. Today, Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara retired from the world of cricket. He will be missed by the Lankan cricket team. After 22 years of wait, India has an incredible opportunity to win a Test series in Sri Lanka.

Swami Ramdev had constructed India’s Mega Food Park. Whatever is produced in this park, like juices, oil, flour, soap or toothpaste, all are absolutely pure. The food park is in demand in the Ghee market. This is why DRDO has given responsibility of producing food supplement to Swami Ramdev’s food park. It is not surprising and results will show.

Onion prices have risen due to hoardings and shortfall in cultivation of the crop. If the government takes action against hoarding, then prices are expected to fall. Government is importing onions to meet the demand. To de-motivate export, prices have been raised. There will be repercussions. But this is a fact that onions are bringing down tears from people’s eyes. Onion theft is being reported now. Yesterday, around 750kgs of onions were stolen from a shop. Now police is on a lookout for the thieves.

The whole world knows that Dawood Ibrahim stays in Pakistan but he has invested his blackmoney in Dubai. He has businesses worth crores there. If the UAE govt restricts his businesses, seals his properties, then he would lose his spy line. This will be a major achievement for India, pressure would build on Dawood.

It has come to light that unofficially the students and authorities have come to an understanding. Except Gajendra Chauhan, all other members will be removed and new members will be appointed at the consent of the students. But the students want it in written from the authorities which has led to a stalemate.

Rahul Gandhi has been campaigning against Vasundhara Raje and Shivraj Singh Chauhan for the past 8 weeks. He did not allow the Parliament to function because of the issues related to these two chief ministers and Sushma Swaraj. But the results which came in the local body polls in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan shows that Rahul Gandhi has little impact on these two states. BJP won 8 out of 10 seats in Madhya Pradesh local body polls, the Congress could manage only one seat. The results were also evident in Rajasthan. Even after this debacle, if the Congress bursts crackers and celebrates, it comes as a surprise.

Ravi Shankar Prasad may say that the special package of Rs 1.25 lakh crores given by PM Modi to Bihar is not politically motivated but this will be a major issue for the BJP in the poll bound state. Lalu Prasad Yadav and Nitish Kumar will try their best to counter this.