My Opinion

Such suggestions are seen several times on the social networking sites. However, this one suggestion seems to be liked by the court and an order was passed for the officials, which do not seem to be practical at all.

The dates for Assembly elections in Bihar will be announced during the first week of September. Before Diwali, results will be out. Whatever is happening in Bihar these days is only a strategy to influence voters in the coming Assembly elections. Lalu and Nitish made a strategy that they will demand a special package from Modi. If Modi denied, he’ll be accused of being against Bihar. Today Modi played his card and he did that smartly. Now, Lalu and Nitish assert that it is not packaging but re-packaging. Even if the duo continue to say that these development plans were already being implemented, BJP will remind them that they have given a package of Rs 1.25 crores. Voters will also understand this easily. In other words, Modi has won the first round.

The President in his address to the nation today said that there are around 130 crore people in our country who follow 7 different religions, there are 122 languages, 1600 dialects and this diversity is our strength. There is one thing in common amongst this diversity i.e. our tri colour flag. Everyone should respect our national flag. Independence Day is a national festival. Everyone should get together and celebrate. And on behalf IndiaTV and all my colleagues, I would like to wish you all a very Happy Independence Day.

Both Asaduddin Owaisi and Digvijaya Singh oppose PM Modi. Digvijaya Singh’s words don’t get a mention because there is not depth in his words, it is always out of context. Whereas Owaisi critisizes that too with context. And also supports the opposition whenever it is right.

Ram Vilas Paswan’s one major aim is that those who betrayed him and supported CM Nitish Kumar should not be given a ticket to fight the upcoming Bihar polls.

Pakistan knows that during the NSA level talks, terrorism issue will be raised. Captured militant Naved’s details will be put forth, information on Hafeez Saeed will be asked for and whereabouts of Dawood Ibrahim will be conveyed. To avoid humiliation, Pakistan will raise Samjhauta Express blast case. But our neighbour has forgotten that along with 42 Pakistanis, 26 Indians also lost their lives in this blast which took place in February 2007. Secondly, Aseemanand might have got bail, but he is still inside jail.

OROP is a bygone concern which was first raised by the Parliament standing committee in 1992. Sharad Pawar was the then Defence Minister. Many new governments were formed after that, but the issue was not resolved. That is why this issue is now a very complex. Ex-servicemen are waiting for this for the past 23 years. A number of political approaches have been made in this but, the practical implementation of plans still remains a complication. Govt has not been able to find a resolution for the issue in a way that it does not lands them in financial crisis.

Congress thinks that not allowing the Parliament to function will defame the Modi government, they won’t be able to do any work and by levelling allegations against PM Modi will enhance the leadership prospects of Rahul Gandhi. BJP will tell the public that disruptions in Parliament by Congress is a plan to relaunch Rahul Gandhi. People will be told that Congress is blocking the growth story of the country. But all this is short term. If the Parliament has to function, then the two major political parties need a working relationship, talks should be held, which is not on the cards for now.

President Pranab Mukherjee in his address to the nation today said that Parliament has been converted into an arena of combat rather than debate. No one can oppose this. Everyone will agree but no one will adhere to this. We saw this even today. BJP and Congress continued the blame game. They blamed each other for the disruptions in the Parliament.

While it seems clear that Gajendra Chauhan is not worth being the Chairman of FTII and that the government has committed a mistake, it also seems unfair on part of the students to carry on with their agitation like this for months. They should rather attend classes, complete their assignments and leave it to the government to remove Gajendra Chauhan. Both should happen simultaneously.

A Mumbai court today lifted the ban imposed on Nestle’s flagship product Maggi, while setting aside the lab test reports. It is unfortunate that the government is planning to sue the company for Rs 600 crore. It is the same Maggi which has got clearance from USA’s Food department. United Kingdom and Singapore have found it good for consumption. But our government has put a ban on the popular product. More than 29 thousand tons of Maggi was destroyed after the ban. It could have fed millions of hungry people. The ban will portray India as non business friendly country. Such decisions should not be taken in haste

Congress definitely succeeded in highlighting Lalit Modi’s issue, questions raised on Vasundhra Raje and allegations on Shivraj Singh Chauhan, Sushma Swaraj inside the Parliament. They didn’t allow any work to happen with disruptions every now and then. But as the last day of the Monsoon session came, Congress stance became weak. Sushma Swaraj got a chance to make a statement, she kept her words very effectively. Right from Quattrocchi to Anderson and Adil Shariyar was reminded to everyone by Sushma. She raised such questions which can be embarrassing for Rahul and Sonia Gandhi.