The world’s attention is now focussed on the forthcoming meetings between Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin.
Modi’s meeting with Xi is scheduled for Sunday before he attends the summit of Shanghai Cooperation Organization. This is Modi’s first China visit after seven years.
Already, American and European media have started speculating what will happen if India and China join hands with Russia on the issue of trade. Russian President Vladimir Putin will be visiting India in December and this is surely going to raise tension in Washington DC.
On one hand, we have Trump and his advisers adopting a belligerent approach towards India, and on the other hand, India is engaged in quiet diplomacy. Modi is in Japan which has promised to invest 10 trillion yen in India in the next ten years. Modi hitched a ride with Japanese PM Shigeru Ishiba on the bullet train on Saturday.
Meanwhile China has begun selling US treasury bonds and this has caused a huge pressure on the US government which is facing more than $35 trillion debt. Three top rating agencies including Moody’s and Fitch have lowered US credit ratings.
The Tianjin SCO summit is being seen as China’s major global presentation with leaders from 20 countreis and 10 international organizations going to take part.
China’s semi-official daily Global Times in its editorial has this headline: “China, India strengthening interaction a rational choice in a multipolar world”.
The editorial says, “India’s active participation in the SCO Tianjin Summit reflects its repositioning of the multilateral cooperation framework. …. The current recovery phase of China-India relations is primarily driven by shared strategic needs. Since the Galwan Valley incident, both sides have consumed considerable resources in managing border tensions. Increasingly, both countries recognize that allocating limited resources to economic development and more pressing strategic priorities – rather than endless border disputes – is the more rational choice.”
It is not a secret that Trump’s biggest rival in world trade is China. China has a $650+ billion goods and service trade with the US. This is the reason why Trump, despite wanting badly, could not impose steep tariff on China.
On the other hand, Russia is also the US’ old rival. Despite much efforts, Trump failed to persuade Putin to agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine. Putin is working on his own objectives.
India-US relationship is old, and till a few months back, Trump-Modi ties were good. But due to his belligerence, Trump made his friend Modi his rival. He did not leave any stone unturned in spoling that friendly relationship. Trump deliberately harassed Modi by claiming that he brokered the ceasefire with Pakistan. His effort to bring both Asim Munir and Narendra Modi to a table failed. In the end, he slapped the highest tariff against India.
China was keeping a close watch on this failing relationship. It extended its hand of friendship towards India, and Modi agreed. Putin played a positive role in this. Putin has not forgotten that it was Modi who supported Russia in its worst moments. Despite US pressure, India imported crude oil from Russia.
Now if all these three big countries – India, Russia and China – come together because of Trump’s follies, it is the US President who must be held responsible. The contest is between a loudmouth and silent planners.
Modi is a past master in converting crisis into opportunity. If the SCO Summit ushers in a new world order, it may cause worries for the US.

Abusing Modi’s late mother : Congress, Who is responsible?

The Congress is now on the defensive after some of its workers shouted abusive slogans against PM Modi at a rally in Darbhanga, Bihar. BJP leaders are demanding public apology from Rahul Gandhi. In Patna and Kolkata, BJP and Congress supporters came to blows during protests. They used lathis and threw stones apart from ransacking party offices.
The Congress supporter Mohammed Rizvi alias Raja who has been arrested by Bihar Police from Bhapura Karmauni village, is a driver and runs a tyre puncture shop. Another local Congress leader Mohammed Naushad is under the scanner of police. Naushad had brought some anti-social elements to the meeting and BJP leaders are also demanding his arrest.
The Prime Minister’s late mother was abused by Congressmen, but the party is unwilling to speak on it. Bihar CM Nitish Kumar condemned the incident, while Home Minister Amit Shah, at a rally in Assam, said such an incident happened because Rahul Gandhi has been making objectionable remarks against the PM in most of his meetings in Bihar.
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi is one of the most trenchant critics of Modi. But it goes to Owaisi’s credit that he never used gutter language against the Prime Minister. There is a clear difference between Owaisi and Rahul Gandhi.
Owaisi is Modi’s political rival, but Rahul Gandhi has deliberately opted for personal enmity towards Modi. If you watch Rahul speaking, he never goes by nuances while criticizing Modi. His remarks are brazen and insulting. He uses phrases like “Sun Modi, “Tu Kya Jaanta Hai”, “Modi Jhootha Hai”, “Modi Chor Hai”, etc.
Rahul Gandhi tries to show off that he is the only politician in the opposition who does not fear Modi and can abuse him. Congress workers and supporters have now taken the cue from their leader. They felt that if they hurl abuses at Modi, Rahul will be happy. Mohammed Rizvi committed this mistake and he is now behind bars. The abuses were hurled from a Congress platform, and yet the Congress says, it is a BJP conspiracy.
Madhya Pradesh chief minister Mohan Yadav was the guest in my show ‘Aap Ki Adalat’ on Friday. He said, “Congress has forgotten Indian culture. In the Mahabharata, Shishupal hurled abuses at Lord Shri Krishna 100 times. When he abused Krishna for the 101th time, the Lord hurled his Sudarshan Chakra and dismembered him. The people of India are now waiting to use their Sudarshan Chakra at the Congress”.
You can watch Aap Ki Adalat with Mohan Yadav on Saturday night at 10 pm on India TV. Repeat telecasts will take place on Sunday at 10 am and 10 pm.
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