Who asked to surrender to US after 26/11 Mumbai attacks ?
In a hard-hitting attack on Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, Congress must tell the nation who bowed to foreign pressure and prevented the Indian armed forces from mounting a military response after the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks in 2008.
Addressing people while inaugurating the Navi Mumbai airport on Wednesday, Modi , without naming Congress leader P. Chidambaram, said: “A Congress leader, who has been the Home Minister, has said, India was ready to respond after 26/11 terror attacks on Mumbai, but because of pressure exerted by some country, the then Congress government prevented Indian armed forces from attacking Pakistan. Congress must clarify who was the person who took this decision and who ignored the sentiments of the people of Mumbai and rest of India. The nation has the right to know. This decision emboldened terrorists and weakened national security.”
I have seen P. Chidambaram’s interview to which Prime Minister Modi has referred. What Chidambaram said was quite clear.
One, he wanted India to attack Pakistan after the 26/11 terror attacks on Mumbai, our armed forces were ready to strike. Two, the then government did not take military action because of pressure from America. Three, the External Affairs ministry had conveyed that the US had dissuaded India from taking any action and India did not take any action.
This matter came to light earlier too. But it is now significant because the then Home Minister P. Chidambaram has now revealed it.
Modi mentioned it in his speech because, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had been consistently saying after the 4-day armed conflict with Pakistan that Modi “surrendered” to Donald Trump. The fact is, Modi has now turned the tables.
First, by taking military action against terror hideouts deep inside Pakistan, he conveyed the message that he did not fear, nor bowed before anybody, and today, he reminded the people of India that it was the Congress government in 2008 which had surrendered to America post-26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.
Akhilesh meets Azam Khan : Will the ice be broken?
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav went to Rampur for a two-hour closed-door meeting with Azam Khan, recently released from prison. Akhilesh took Rampur MP Mohibullah Nadvi with him for the meeting, but when Azam Khan sent message that he would meet no one else for this one-to-one meeting, Nadvi was left behind in Bareilly.
After the meeting, Azam Khan said, “I am not a bird that flies from one branch to another. I shall not leave the Samajwadi Party”. Akhilesh Yadav described Azam Khan as the “oldest and strongest tree” of Samajwadi Party. The SP chief said, whatever people may say, Azam Khan’s blessings shall always be with the party.
Neither Azam Khan nor Akhilesh revealed what was discussed behind closed doors. In the morning, Azam Khan had said, he has not forgotten that Akhilesh had given Mohibullah Nadvi the ticket to contest from Rampur despite his reservations.
When Azam Khan was in jail, Nadvi had commented that Azam Khan is in “a reformatory” and he hoped he would come out as “a reformed man”.
Mohibullah Nadvi is of Turkish origin, while Azam Khan is a Pathan. Among the Muslims of Rampur, Turks and Pathans remain at loggerheads. Akhilesh Yadav wanted a patch-up today, but Azam Khan refused to shake hands.
UP minister Om Prakash Rajbhar said, Akhilesh is fearing the possibility of Azam Khan and Shivpal Singh Yadav joining hands to form a new party. UP deputy chief minister Brajesh Pathak described this meeting as a “political compulsion” because SP has lost much of its base in Rampur.
Akhilesh Yadav and Azam Khan have a very old relationship. Azam Khan was one of the most trusted leaders of late Mulayam Singh Yadav.
Azam Khan has this habit of speaking out bitterly in public, but with a flair of its own. His remarks are biting, but dipped in sweet syrup. His remarks are always overloaded with meanings.
The fact remains that Azam Khan, after his release from prison, is a bitter man nowadays. He still feels that nobody supported him when he was in crisis. Leaders from various parties are interpreting the outcome of this meeting differently.
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DUSU’s Message: Gen Z rejects Rahul’s Narrative
Gen Z students of Delhi University have rejected Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. In the hotly contested Delhi University Students Union elections, pro-RSS Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad candidates swept three out of the four top posts.
A day before Rahul Gandhi had appealed to Gen Z to come out to protect democracy and Constitution, but the Gen Z students of DU have rejected his appeal. There are more than 1.5 lakh students in Delhi University. Most of them are in the 20-25 years age group. After Rahul Gandhi tweeted asking Gen Z to come out, most of the Congress leaders had given dire premonitions about what happened in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal, where youths came out on the streets to topple the regimes.
Had the Congress students’ wing NSUI won the DUSU elections, Rahul Gandhi would have immediately declared that the youths of India have rejected Narendra Modi. In the same manner, after winning 99 seats in 2024 Lok Sabha elections, he had declared that he won and Narendra Modi lost.
In the current atmosphere, I won’t be surprised if Rahul Gandhi comes forward with a fresh allegation to say there was ‘vote chori’ by ABVP in DUSU elections. In his desperation to defeat Modi, Rahul at times looks towards Xi Jinping, or pins his hopes on Donald Trump, or looks towards Bangladesh and Nepal.
DUSU election results is clear evidence of the abiding trust of your youths in the nation’s electoral system. The entire nation trusts our Election Commission. In our country, governments can be formed or toppled only through the ballot box. Nobody is going to come out on the streets nor will anybody be allowed to do so to prop up a fake narrative.
Trump is right: Mayor Sadiq has ruined London
US President Donald Trump made a scathing attack on London Mayor Sadiq Khan, describing him as one of the “worst mayors of the world”. Asked why the London Mayor was not present at the state banquet, he replied that he didn’t want him there.
“Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London wasn’t welcomed, and he did not attend…It was requested that he not attend… Crime in London is through the roof. Mayor Khan had done a terrible job, and on immigration, he’s a disaster.”
Trump said, Mayor Sadiq Khan has ruined the beautiful city of London. Trump’s dislike of the London Mayor is not new. For the last several years, they have been targeting each other. In 2015, Trump had demanded ban on entry of Muslims to the US. At that time, Sadiq Khan was a Labour Party MP. He described Trump as a Muslim hate. In 2016, when Sadiq Khan became the mayor, Trump asked him to give his IQ test. Trump lambasted Sadiq Khan when two terror attacks took place in London in 2017 and 2019.
In 2019, during Trump’s first state visit to UK, Sadiq Khan had given permission to protesters to stage anti-Trump demonstration. Trump had openly alleged that Sadiq Khan was helping Muslims to settle in London and was trying to cover up their criminal activities. Muslim population in London has rised two times, and two-thirds of them are of Pakistani origin.
Sadiq Khan’s parents hail from Pakistan and the Islamic Shariat Council, which issues fatwa on divorce, marriage and other Islamic acts, is headquarted in London.
Statistics show, at least one lakh Islamic marriages in Britain have not been registered. There are allegations that Sadiq Khan is trying to protect ‘grooming gangs’ of Muslim immigrants in Britain, who indulge in the nefarious activity of pushing girls into prostitution. Sadiq Khan is a powerful figure in Labour Party and he is the only person to have been elected London Mayor thrice.
I fully agree with President Trump’s views. There was a time when London used to be the safest and one of the most beautiful cities of the world, but now it is on the decline. Crimes in London are on the rise. Even in posh residential areas like Mayfair in central London, people hide their costly watches and mobile phones before coming out on the streets.
There was a time when people used to go to London to learn mannerism and etiquettes from the British, but now there are more illegal migrants then Londoners. Since the time Sadiq Khan became mayor, London is packed with Pakistanis. Citizens fear walking on the roads because robbers lurk around. There are beggars who tap your shoulders seeking alms. London has really changed and Trump’s unhappiness is valid.
Rahul’s Gen Z appeal : No takers for fake narrative
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday again targeted the Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and alleged large scale irregularities in voters’ lists in two constituencies of Karnataka (Aland) and Maharashtra (Rajura). The Election Commission immediately rubbished the allegations as baseless. Strangely, it was in Aland that the Congress candidate won in the last assembly election.
Rahul Gandhi alleged that 6,850 names of voters were added in Rajura constituency, while attempts were made to delete 6,018 voters in Aland. He alleged that CEC Gyanesh Kumar is trying to protect those who deleted names and was not cooperating with Karnataka police CID in this matter.
In its fact-check reply, the EC declared all allegations as incorrect, misleading and baseless. The EC said there is no option for online deletion of voters, not a single voter’s name can be deleted via internet and in Aland, the name of not a single genuine voter was deleted. Of course, some attempts were made, but the EC detected this and filed FIR.
Flummoxed, Rahul Gandhi wrote a tweet on X with his own pic, saying, “Youths, students and Gen Z of this country will save the Constitution and democracy and stop vote ‘chori’. At the end, he wrote “Democracy will not be deleted.”
A few days ago, I had said that some people here in India find rays of hope from the Gen Z movement in Nepal, where the government was toppled and an interim government had to be set up. Some people in India have started smelling power in the wake of that movement in Nepal. At last, Rahul Gandhi’s aspiration is now clear and in the open. He wrote “Desh Ki Gen Z” in his social media post.
Using the fake narrative of ‘vote chori’ , attempts will now be made to incite the young generation. Soon after Rahul Gandhi ended his press conference, a big group began its campaign in a planned manner on social media. It is, of course, a different matter that the Election Commission, in four sentences, punctured the balloon.
The real issue is neither the voters’ list nor the Election Commission. The real aim is to topple Narendra Modi’s government. There is a popular Bollywood song, ‘Kahin Pe Nigahen, Kahin Pe Nishan’( you gaze at one thing, but your target is somewhere else – literal meaning).
But the people who are stoking this fake narrative have forgotten that this is an India which is now changed. People of India, whether of the younger ilk or the old, neither like nor trust lies. The people of India are not afraid of facing the truth. They know how much previous governments worked in the past. They also know, who snatched away their rights and who gave them back their rights.
SEBI’s clean chit to Adani : Compensate the investors
India’s stock market regulator SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India) on Thursday dismissed allegations of stock manipulation and financial fraud against business tycoon Gautam Adani and his group of companies, made by US short-seller Hindenburg Research.
SEBI began investigating the Adani group in 2023, after Hindenburg Research published explosive reports, and the Adani group had to suffer the loss of more than $100 billion in market value within a few days.
Hindenburg Research had published a 106-page report alleging that the Adani Group had indulged in accounting irregularities, stock manipulation and used offshore shell companies to inflate share prices.
SEBI has dismissed some of the allegations and said, according to its rules, there were no transactions between Adani’s companies and other parties, and these not need to be disclosed to investors nor does it amounts to market manipulation.
SEBI also said, there are no evidence of either money being siphoned off or being diverted or investors losing money. On the contrary, SEBI said, loans taken by Adani group of companies from any entity have been repaid even before the start of the probe.
The SEBI order also said: “On merit too, it is held that impugned transactions cannot be classified as manipulative or fraudulent transactions or unfair trade practices.”
In a post on X, Gautam Adani wrote: “.. We deeply feel the pain of the investors who lost money because of this fraudulent and motivated report. Those who spread false narratives owe the nation an apology. Our commitment to India’s institutions, to India’s people and to nation building remains unwavering. Satyamev Jayate! JAI HIND!”
The SEBI clean cheat to Adani is quite clear, with no ‘if’ our ‘but’. Hindenburg’s allegations were proved false. All transactions made by Adani group were declared genuine. No fraud or siphoning of funds was detected. All the loans along with interest were returned. Not a single rule of SEBI was violated.
Adani group has got a big relief, but the question is: Who is responsible for the losses borne by investors due to this fake report of Hindenburg?
Because of this fake narrative, thousands of investors lost crores of rupees. There must be some method to ensure that such losses of investors are compensated and those who caused such losses must be punished.
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Modi’s war against infiltrators
In one of his strongest attacks on RJD and Congress in Bihar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday told a rally in Purnea that both these parties are trying to protect infiltrators, but his government would not allow this to happen.
Modi said: “Today, from this land of Purnea, I want to explain one thing to these people clearly. RJD and Congress people, listen to me with open ears. Whoever is an infiltrator will have to go. It is the firm responsibility of the NDA to stop infiltration.”
Modi chose Purnea because it has a Muslim population of more than 40 per cent and is considered a bastion of RJD-Congress-led Mahagathbandhan. He inaugurated and laid the foundation of projects relating to railway, irrigation, airport and power to the tune of Rs 40,000 crore. The crowd waited for the PM for nearly three hours as Modi was late in reaching Purnea from Kolkata.
Modi alleged that during RJD rule, the ‘Hand’(Congress symbol) in connivance with ‘Lantern’(RJD symbol) was looting the public exchequer and benefiting “dynastic parties”.
Purnea is the region where the maximum number of names of voters has been deleted during the recently held SIR (Special Intensive Revision) of electoral rolls by the Election Commission.
By launching new Vande Bharat and Amrit Bharat trains from Purnea and by opening the new terminal of Purnea airport, Modi has ensured electoral advantage for his party in the forthcoming Bihar elections.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, at the rally, read out the full list of public welfare schemes implemented and asked people to stand up in ovation for Modi.
On the other hand, RJD and Congress seem to be contented patting those who hurled abuses at Modi’s late mother. They have been describing Nitish Kumar as a weak chief minister. Nitish Kumar replied back in his own style.
Purnea MP Pappu Yadav, who was present at the rally, thanked PM Modi for the new airport and new trains. It is now up to the Congress and RJD to ask Pappu Yadav why he praised Prime Minister Modi publicly at the rally.
How Team India rubbed salt into Pakistan’s wounds
Pakistan got a rap on its knuckles on Tuesday when the International Cricket Council rejected its demand to remove Andy Pycroft from the Asia Cup match referee panel for allowing Indian players not to shake hands with Pakistanis during the Sunday match.
Pakistan Cricket Board had threatened to walk out of the tournament, but, according to latest reports, it has decided not to boycott.
It was a double whammy for Pakistan, when it was defeated by Team India easily by a margin of seven wickets and soon after the victory, Indian players walked back to the pavilion without doing the traditional handshake with Pakistani players.
Also, after the toss, Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav did not shake hands with Pakistani skipper Salman Ali Agha.
Yadav dedicated it to the Indian Army jawans who taught Pakistan a lesson during Operation Sindoor and also to the victims of Pahalgam who were killed in cold blood by Pakistani terrorists.
PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi, who is also Pakistan’s Home Minister and chairman of Asian Cricket Council, alleged that India violated the ICC Code of Conduct by refusing to shake hands with rival players. He suspended the PCB international cricket director Usman Wahla for delay in lodging the complaint against India.
Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav said, some matters are more important than sportsman spirit and cricketing courtesy, like the Pahalgam massacre. He justified his team’s stand in not shaking hands with the rival players.
Yadav said, “we are Indians first and the entire team stands with the families of terror victims and we dedicate our win to our armed forces.”
Former Pakistani players like Tanveer Ahmed, Moin Khan and Shoaib Akhtar chafed at India for refusing to shake hands. Tanvir Ahmed and Moin Khan said, PCB officials should now refuse to shake hands with BCCI counterparts. Shoaib Akhtar said, Pakistani players stand with their army and it would be better if such matters are kept away from the playground.
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju said, India has already decided not to play bilateral matches with Pakistan, but at international tournaments, it is not India which decides whom to play against. “What our players did was a correct reflection of the sentiments of our nation”, the minister said.
Let me put matters in perspective. One, India should not have played the match against Pakistan. Now that Pakistan has been defeated, public anger has somewhat softened, but Pakistan has this habit of crying after every defeat, whether on the cricket pitch or in the theatre of war.
It would have been better if Pakistan had confined itself to express sadness over its defeat. Instead, it is crying hoarse over why Indians did not shake hands with its players. Had our players shook hands with their counterparts, Pakistan would have hollered, why Indians did not hug us.
Pakistan’s team should be more worried over why its batters and bowlers failed. But they are crying why the doors of the Indian dressing room was kept shut. The doors were shut the day Pakistani cricketers supported those terrorists who killed our innocent people in cold blood.
I would like to praise Suryakumar Yadav for dedicating this win to our army and to the victims of Pahalgam.
Vantara : A Triumph of Justice, Victory for the Voiceless
The Supreme Court on Monday gave a clean chit to Reliance Foundation’s animal rescue and rehabilitation centre, Vantara. A bench of Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice P B Varale cleared Vantara of all charges relating to smuggling, money laundering and violation of statutory laws in sourcing animals.
The apex court said, no court or administrative forum in the country will henceforth entertain any complaint or proceedings on these allegations in future.
The court order was based on a special investigation team (SIT) report prepared by former Supreme Court judge J. Chelameswar along with three other members, former Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court Raghavendra Chauhan, former Mumbal police commissioner Hemant Nagrale and former IRS officer Anish Gupta.
In a press statement, Vantara has described the apex court order as a triumph of justice.
Supreme Court was right when it ordered setting up of an SIT to investigate all allegations against Vantara, being run by Anant Ambani. The head of the SIT was former Justice Chelameshwar, about whom nobody can say that he is pro-government. Nobody can now say that Prime Minister Narendra Modi saved Ambani in this matter.
The point to note is that Anant Ambani built a world class facility for rescue and rehabilitation of sick and invalid animals in a natural environment.
Anant Ambani could have invested this money in building hotels or casinos or in any other business and could have earned millions of rupees. But he devoted his time, money and mind to save animals and birds by providing them proper care in a natural environment.
These voiceless animals will never be able to say ‘Thank You’ to him, but their eyes will surely light up with gratitude and love.
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AI Video of PM and his mom : A shameful act
Bihar Congress posted a 36-second AI-generated video on X in which characters resembling Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his late mother Heeraben were shown with the caption “Maa appears in sahab’s dreams”.
This has triggered a sharp outcry with a BJP worker filing a police complaint in Delhi. BJP and its allies Janata Dal-U and LJP condemned this act and describing it as shameful.
Congress leader Pawan Khere said, no disrespect WAS shown towards the prime minister or his mother. “What is their objection? Just because a mother is trying to educate her son to do something right, where is the disrespect? This is neither disrespectful to the mother, whom we respect dearly, nor to the son,” Khera said.
BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said: “Making memes of our prime minister’s late mother, that too of such a cheap standard, is shameful. BJP will make it a big issue across the country.”
When abuses were hurled at Modi’s late mother from a Congress-RJD platform in Darbhanga, the Congress leaders, at that time, said, they did not know who hurled the abuse. One could have given benefit of doubt to the Congress. But this video has appeared on an official handle of Bihar Congress. It is clear that Congress has put its seal of approval to the earlier act when Modi’s mother was abused.
Congress has used the name of Modi’s mother for political benefit, and that too officially to target the Prime Minister.
Such an act is shameful. To post an Ai-generated video of a woman who never spoke about politics and is no more alive to defend herself, is indicative of the falling level of Bihar politics. RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav has maintained silence on this, but his mannerism clearly shows he did not like this act by state Congress media cell.
Gen-Z must help in restoring peace in Nepal
In fast-paced developments, former Chief Justice of Nepal Sushila Karki on Friday night took oath as interim Prime Minister, the Parliament was dissolved and March 5 next year has been set as the date for fresh parliamentary elections. Clearly, six months’ time has been given to the interim government.
For the retired chief justice, bringing peace will be a tough job given the level of violence and arson that took place in Kathmandu during the last five days. Presently, the army is in control throughout the country and soldiers are guarding all important installations including the President’s House.
Kathmandu has turned into a ghost city with most of the people preferring tol live indoors. The visuals of arson and destruction are really shocking. When people indulge in arson, violence and anarchy, when Parliament and the Prime Minister’s residence are reduced to ashes, nothing seems to have left.
Neither the Constitution, nor democracy nor a semblance of law and order. Thousands came out on the streets and burnt everything. Democracy is now under the boots of the army and whatever the army decides, will be done. Leaders who were elected by the people have fled and gone underground. People whom the army will select will now run the country.
Weapons and uniforms of policemen were looted by mobs during anarchy. Thousands of prisoners fled from jails, and several of them are now moving around wearing police uniform. It is difficult to differentiate between a policeman and a criminal.
Those who launched the so-called civil agiation are denying that they had supported arson and violence. The question is: Who carried out arson and violence? Who looted the weapons? Who will ensure that the prisoners are sent back to jails?
The accountability lies with those who launched the Gen-Z agitation against corruption and unseated the Prime Minister and his government. It is now the responsibility of this group to bring back Nepal on track.
Grotesque beheading of an Indian in the US
The grotesque beheading of an Indian national by an American employee in Dallas, Texas is sickening and worrying. The ghastly act was done in the presence of the victim’s wife and son. The murderer used a machete to behead his employer, kicked his severed head and threw it in a dustbin.
The Indian employer Chandramouli Nagamallaiah, who was beheaded, was innocent. This is an inhuman act. He was ruthlessly beheaded by a man who was a historysheeter and a certified criminal.
The man who killed President Trump’s close ally Charlie Kirk was a 22-year-old youth. Tyler Robinson is a resident of Utah. Police have seized the high powered bolt action rifle to kill Kirk. Open gun culture in the US is a worrying trend. Trump had been blaming illegal immigrants for the rise in crimes, but in reality, no action has been taken on the ground, otherwise such heinous crimes would not have taken place.
Abusing Modi’s mother : A shame that could have been avoided
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a speech filled with tears and emotion, said on Tuesday that his mother was abused during the Congress-RJD rally in Bihar and this act has insulted every mother and sister of the country.
Addressing nearly 20 lakh women through video conferencing while launching the Bihar Rajya Jeevika Nidhi Saakh Sahkari Sangh, Modi reminisced about his late mother Hiraben.
Modi said in an emotional voice: “My mother used to work even when she was sick. She saved every paisa to buy clothes for us. There are crores of such hardworking mothers. In India, a mother is placed on a pedestal higher than that of a goddess… The abuses that were hurled at my mother from a Congress-RJD stage was not just for her, but for crores of mothers and sisters. Princes born in rich families with a golden or silver spoon in their mouth, will never understand the sufferings of a poor mother and her son’s struggles. …I want to tell the people of Bihar, Modi may forgive this insult, but the land of Bihar and India will never tolerate such an insult to a mother”.
Soon after the PM’s speech, protests were held in different parts of the country and the NDA gave a call for Bihar Bandh on November 4.
The emotional touch with which Modi spoke displayed the immense hurt that was caused to him by Congress workers who shouted filthy abuse in Darbhanga. Congress and RJD leaders in Bihar are now on the defensive.
The hurt caused to Narendra Modi is understandable. Any son will feel hurt if he hears people abusing one’s mother. Modi’s mother Hiraben passed away three years ago. She was never in politics. She did not hurt anybody. Was she abused only because her son is the Prime Minister?
Had Rahul Gandhi and Tejashwi Yadav condemned this act by their supporters on that very day itself, heavens would not have fallen. They continued with their yatra. Had they expressed regret, it wouldn’t have snowballed into a big issue.
Probably the two leaders have large-sized egos. Soon after the incident, a Congress leader described it as a conspiracy, another leader said it was the work of an ordinary party worker. Soon after, other leaders indulged in whataboutery listing out the times when who abused whom.
In politics, there is no place for filthy abuses. It must be condemned. To indulge in whataboutery by alleging who had abused whom in the past, Congress leaders cannot say they have got the licence to abuse. The people of India do not approve filthy language. Politically, Tejashwi Yadav may have to face loss because of this. He will have to pay the price for insulting a departed mother.
Who will hear the cries of Gurugram ?
Flood situation has worsened in Punjab after heavy discharge of water from Bhakra and Pong dams, with the state government declaring flood as a state calamity. Flood in Punjab has claimed 30 lives and had caused distress to over 3.5 lakh people.
In Haryana, Yamuna, Ghagghar and other rivers are in spate and several hundred villages have been inundated. Crops on several lakh hectares of land have been damaged.
The Millenium City of Gurugram faced waterlogging in most parts of the city after incessant rains for the past three days. Long traffic jams were witnessed on Monday and Tuesday because of waterlogged roads at Rajiv Chowk, Hero Honda Chowk, Iffco Chowk and Khirki Daula toll plaza.
Thousands of people living in posh multi-storeyed apartments and gated enclaves have remained locked inside their homes. They are unable to move out. Employees working in top multinational companies have been asked to work from home.
Techies vent out their anger through memes and stinging remarks on social media saying the city that contributes millions of crores as revenue to the government is now at a standstill. Local governance has almost completely failed. People who bought posh apartments for several crores of rupees are being forced to live the life of an insect.
What is the fault of the residents of Gurugram? Why do they have to wait in several kilometer long traffic jams for hours because of waterlogging?
Is it their fault that they contribute more than Rs 1 lakh crore as tax to the exchequer? Is it their fault that Haryana collects 45 pc of its GST from Gurugram alone, and Haryana’s GST collection is almost five times that of Punjab?
Is it the fault of Gurugram residents that they contribute 27 pc of Haryana’s revenue as excise? Residents of Gurugram pay crores in road tax, toll fee and all other taxes and yet their roads become rivers when its rains continuously. Those living in apartments worth Rs 50 crore are unable to move out of their homes.
Gurugram is the home for several top multinational companies where people from big cities of the world come and work. What is the message that is being sought to be conveyed to the rest of the world?
Who is bringing a bad name to Gurugram? Such waterlogging and traffic snarls have not taken place once. It has become an annual feature.
Who will change this situation? Who will take care of the residents of Gurugram? There are no answers to these questions.
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Problems of Congress :Operation Sindoor And Shashi Tharoor
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has been the most forceful and effective speaker in exposing Pakistan’s lies before the world in recent weeks. Tharoor is leading one of the seven all-party delegations that are travelling to different world capitals to present India’s point of view post-Operation Sindoor conflict.
Addressing a gathering of Indian community in Panama City, Tharoor praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s line of discarding passive policy adopted by previous regimes after terror attacks, and adopting a policy of pro-active revenge. He described how Indian armed forces crossed the Line of Control twice to carry out surgical strikes, and during Operation Sindoor, struck terrorist headquarters in Bahawalpur and Muridke located in the heartland of Pakistan.
Apart from Shashi Tharoor, leaders like Salman Khurshid, Manish Tewari and Asaduddin Owaisi are part of the all party delegations visiting 33 countries to expose Pakistan. However, some Congress leaders are unhappy about this.
Congress leader Udit Raj said, “Shashi Tharoor has become the super spokesperson of the BJP. He is doing Modi ji’s chamchagiri (flattery). Does he even know what earlier governments used to do against Pakistan? … Modi’s government is trying to take credit for what the Indian armed forces did.”
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, who had earlier said Tharoor’s remarks do not reflect the party’s stand, added a poem to take a jibe. “Oh what a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to deceive…,” he wrote.
Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera joined the offensive against Tharoor and reminded him with an old video of former PM Late Manmohan Singh in which he had said that many surgical strikes were conducted inside Pakistan during the UPA regime.
From Panama, Shashi Tharoor posted this reaction on X: “For those zealots fulminating about my supposed ignorance of Indian valour across the LoC : I was clearly and explicitly speaking only about reprisals for terrorist attacks and not about previous wars; and my remarks were preceded by a reference to the several attacks that have taken place in recent years alone, during which previous Indian responses were both restrained and constrained by our responsible respect for the LoC and the IB. But as usual, critics and trolls are welcome to distort my views and words as they see fit. I genuinely have better things to do.”
I am surprised why Congress leaders are peeved over Shashi Tharoor exposing Pakistan in world capitals. Tharoor was only presenting the Indian government’s stand, but some leaders from his party did not like him praising Narendra Modi on foreign soil. It is a fact that it was during Modi’s regime that the government adopted the policy to strike at locations inside Pakistan after terror attacks. Those who will try to deny this assertion will have to bite the dust during elections.
How Asim Munir directly supervised Pahalgam massacre ?
In an exclusive interview to India TV on Wednesday, a former Pakistani army major Adil Raja, based in London, has revealed that Pak Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir was among the top five Pakistani generals who planned and executed the Pahalgam massacre on April 22 in which 26 tourists were shot dead at point blank range in the presence of their family members. Adil Raja disclosed that Asim Munir watched the gory massacre LIVE sitting in Rawalpindi.
According to Adil Raja, Asim Munir prepared this plan to take revenge and divert Pakistani people’s attention from the Jaffar Express train hijack in March by Baloch militants in which more than 100 Pakistani soldiers were killed.
The former army major revealed that Asim Munir issued orders to ISI chief Lt Gen Asim Malik, who in turn asked the director general of ISI special operations Maj Gen Mohammed Shahab Aslam to execute it. It was under Maj Gen Aslam’s supervision that terrorists were trained, recce was done, weapons were provided and Hindu terrorists were singled out and shot dead in Pahalgam.
Adil Raja said, Gen Asim Munir was monitoring this plan throughout its execution and Maj Gen Aslam was giving instructions to terrorists how to carry out the massacre. He said, Maj Gen Aslam was chatting with the handlers of terrorists on encrypted messaging app by securing cellphone numbers from Malaysia and Afghanistan.
What the former Pakistani major Adil Raja said may or may not be completely true, but even if there is an iota of truth in the evidences that he disclosed, then Field Marshal Asim Munir has committed a crime of serious proportions. Such a crime deserves strong punishment.
It is a known fact that the Pakistani army has been treating terrorists as part of its setup. This was evident from the photographs of senior Pakistani army generals attending the funeral of terrorists killed in Indian strikes on May 7. The coffins of these terrorists were draped in Pakistani national flag.
The fresh evidences about Gen Asim Munir’s direct involvement in Pahalgam massacre include phone numbers used by terrorists, details of messages, etc. I expect more evidences to emerge soon. These evidences are sufficient to expose Pakistan’s lies that it had no hand in Pahalgam massacre.
Satellite images of Pakistan’s damaged air bases nail Pak lies
Meanwhile, fresh satellite images have appeared about Pakistani air force bases which were pummelled by Indian missiles during Operation Sindoor. These images clearly show the extent of damages caused to those air bases which will take years to rebuild.
New satellite images released by Maxar Technologies, an American company based in Colorado dealing in geospatial intelligence, related to Murid (Chakwal) air base which was attacked by Indian Air Force on May 10 night. Pakistani air force had set up an underground special weapons facility and IAF had targeted this facility. Indian missiles fell nearly 30 metres away from the entry point to the underground tunnel.
A three-metre wide crater was created after the missiles struck. International agencies say, Pakistan Air Force may take five years to rebuild its air bases. During Operation Sindoor, IAF struck Pakistani air bases with Cruise long-range missiles and kamikaze drones, destroying its air defence system.
From Sialkot to Lahore, from Rawalpindi to Rahim Yar Khan base, Indian Air Force used Harop and Harpi drones to destroy the enemy air defence system. Five Pakistani radar stations were destroyed. Pakistan retaliated with swarms of drones, but its attacks were repulsed.
People in India know that Pakistan army circulates false and baseless war propaganda. When the conflict began on May 7, Pakistan managed to create an impression in the international media that it destroyed Indian air baes and air defence system. Later, when Indian army showed clear proof of its air bases, international defence experts analysed satellite images and the world came to know that the reverse was true.
The fact is: Indian Air Force destroyed Pakistan’s air defence system, knocked down their radars and blew up their hangars. Some experts even said, Indian missiles reached the entry and exit points of Pakistan’s nuclear installations. It was only then that Pakistan army appealed to the US and offered cessation of firing and military action.
The new satellite images are clear proof about how much losses Pakistan Air Force had to face. Yet, its army chief Gen. Asim Munir was decorated with the rank of Field Marshal to fool the people.
Why is Congress so concerned about Pakistan?
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has questioned why all-party delegations of MPs have been sent to 33 countries to explain about Operation Sindoor. He said, “on one hand terrorists who massacred 26 Indians in Pahalgam are roaming around in J&K, our MPs are roaming around the world. The priority should be nabbing the terrorists, not sending MPs to other countries. That is the real issue.”
Jairam Ramesh knows that MPs like Shashi Tharoor, Anand Sharma, Manish Tewari and Salman Khursheed, all experienced leaders, are part of these all-party delegations. They have been sent to project India’s stand on the issue of Pakistan’s pro-active role in promoting terrorism.
Congress party is clearly divided on this issue. On one hand, Rahul Gandhi is questioning how many IAF jet fighters have been shot down by Pakistan, one of his party leaders in Maharashtra, Vijay Wadettiwar questioned the rationale behind using missiles to shoot down drones. He said, “Pakistan fired 5,000 Chinese-made drones may be costing Rs 15,000 each, but we shot missiles worth Rs 15 lakhs each to destroy these drones.” Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has described the four-day-long conflict as a “chutput war” (skirmish).
I think, Kharge should have asked Pakistan, since it was a ‘chutput war’ and 100 of your terrorists were killed, did others suffer serious injuries? He could have asked Pakistani generals and leaders whether they flowed copious tears when they attended the funeral of terrorists?
The Congress leader from Maharashtra should have asked Gen. Asim Munir whether you incurred huge losses because you sent so many drones which were hit? He could have also asked the Pak general how many of his planes were damaged in IAF attacks on 11 Pakistani airbases? Rather, these leaders should have asked Pak PM Shehbaz Sharif, under whose pressure he promoted his Army Chief to Field Marshal rank despite incurring crores of losses? These leaders should have asked Pakistan why their DGMO rang up seeking a ceasefire?
They could also have asked whether Pakistani nuclear bombs came within the range of Indian missiles? Conversely, Congress leaders are raising questions for our army. They are asking how many Indian jet fighters were shot down? They are asking why lakhs of rupees worth missiles were wasted in downing cheap Chinese-made drones?
Somebody should ask these Congress leaders: Does the army carries its books of accounts to the warfront? Does it fire weapons by counting pennies?
Let this message be conveyed loud and clear: The nation will not flinch even if crores of rupees are spent to defeat Pakistan and neutralize the terrorists.
Can General Munir save Pakistan?
Speculations are rife in Islamabad, Rawalpindi and other cities of Pakistan about the durability of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s government after it promoted Army Chief Gen. Asim Munir to Field Marshal rank. There are speculations that the new Field Marshal may decide to impose martial law. Most of the intellectuals in Pakistan agree that it was not Shehbaz Sharif’s cabinet, but the Army Chief himself who promoted himself to Field Marshal rank.
The catch is that, once an Army Chief becomes a Field Marshal, he gains complete immunity from legal hassles in future. No court case can be field against the Field Marshal. In other words, Asim Munir will be above law. He is the second army officer to get Field Marshal rank, after dictator Ayub Khan conferred the Field Marshal rank on himself in 1959 after a military coup. Normally Field Marshal rank is conferred on those officers who score spectacular victories in war, but here, Asim Muneer got this promotion after his army begged for a ceasefire after facing humiliation in the four-day conflict.
Jailed former PM Imran Khan’s sister Aleema Khan said, Shehbaz Sharif should have declared Asim Munir the Emperor of Pakistan instead of promoting him to Field Marshal rank.
What Pakistan army chief Gen. Asim Munir achieved has no parallels in the annals of military history. Indian Air Force destroyed nine terror headquarters deep inside Pakistan, and Muneer got his medal. Indian Air Force damaged 11 Pakistani air bases and Munir got his promotion.
Pakistan’s entire air defence system was destroyed and Munir got service extension. More than 800 Pakistani drones were shot down, and Pakistan declared itself winner. Several hundred soldiers of Munir’s army were killed, but he got a promotion. Munir’s DGMO begged for a ceasefire with India and saved his country from Armageddon, and Muneer got his reward as Field Marshal.
In spite of so many failures on almost every front, an army officer can get a promotion. This can happen only in Pakistan. There, generals promote themselves. People are now awaiting when Field Marshal Asim Munir will promote himself to his next position as Martial Law Administrator by dislodging Shehbaz government. Since Shehbaz Sharif can no more divest Munir of his Field Marshal rank, the only option left is for Asim Munir to unseat Shehbaz Sharif from the chair of Prime Minister.
Will Congress bring ‘Acche Din’ for Muslims by changing Constitution?
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar’s remark about changing the Constitution to accommodate four per cent reservation for Muslims in the state caused a huge uproar in Parliament. Ruling party BJP forced repeated adjournments in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju demanded clarification from Congress saying such a remark was unacceptable. Rijiju said, it was the Muslim League before Independence which demanded reservation for Muslims and this led to the Partition of India. In Rajya Sabha, Leader of the House J P Nadda said, giving 4 pc reservation to Muslims in contracts goes against the principle of not granting quota on the basis of religion. He said, it was never advocated by Dr B R Ambedkar and Sardar Patel. Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge said, no such remark about changing Constitution was made by any of his party leaders. Later, Shivakumar denied making any comment regarding changing the Constitution and claimed that he was misquoted. Shivakumar said, “I casually said there will be so many changes after various judgments. Whatever reservation has given (to Muslims) is as per the quota for backward classes. I have never said that we will change Constitution”. What D K Shivakumar said earlier was, “Yes, I agree. Let us see what the court says. We have made a beginning. I know people will go to court. Let’s wait for ‘acchhe din’. ‘Achhe Din’ will come. There are many such changes. The Constitution will change. There are decisions that change the Constitution”. After listening to this, Shivakumar’s denial or clarification has no meaning. Nor is any clarification required from Congress. Shivakumar was asked a question about quota for Muslims and he clearly said, Constitution will change. The decision to give 4 pc reservation to Muslims in contracts is one which can bring changes in Constitution. Either he made this remark mistakenly or later he realized that he made a mistake. It is up to Shivakumar to decide. The moot point is that he had clearly spoken about changing the Constitution.
Cash for Judge : Judiciary needs a foolproof system to punish the guilty
The three-member probe panel formed by Chief Justice of India visited the official residence of Justice Yashwant Varma in Delhi on Tuesday morning to conduct an on-the-spot investigation into the fire incident in which a huge pile of cash was reportedly found burnt on the day of Holi. The committee members are, Punjab and Haryana High Court Chief Justice Sheel Nagu, Himachal Pradesh High Court Chief Justice GS Sandhawalia, and Karnataka High Court judge Justice Anu Sivaraman. The Supreme Court collegium has recommended transfer of Justice Varma to Allahabad High Court, triggering protest by the HC Bar Association there. In Rajya Sabha, Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar had a meeting with Leader of the House J P Nadda and Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge and said that it would be better to wait for the probe panel report, but at the same parties, all parties should sit together to ensure that the reputation of judiciary is not harmed. Already questions are being raised in public on the issue of transparency in judiciary. Dhankhar pointed out that Parliament, and assemblies of 16 states, had enacted the National Judicial Accountability Commission law which was struck down by the Supreme Court by a 4:1 judgement in 2015. Most of the political parties are of the opinion that accountability of judges must be fixed. Normally, when cash is found, the matter is handed over either to the police or CBI, which have the expertise to probe such matters. But former CJI Chandrachud has cited compulsions in the name of ensuring independence of judiciary. Matters related to judges are not handed over to police. Neither the Supreme Court nor the High Court is an investigation agency. Court officers were sent to take the statement of Delhi Fire Services chief after the incident. Firemen had noticed burnt currency notes after the fire was brought under control and they had made a video of it. What the Fire Services has said in its statement is alarming. The last sentence in the statement says, “After bringing fire under control, 4-5 half-burnt stacks were found which contained Indian currency notes”. There is no scope for any doubt after this. But the question is, where did the half-burnt currency notes vanish? Were there any other stack containing unburnt currency notes? Who took away those unburnt currency notes? Why didn’t Delhi Police seal the site after currency notes were found? All such questions need answers. There is no doubt that the Supreme Court collegium did everything in a transparent manner in the matter of Justice Yashwant Varma. All documents and videos were uploaded on its website. The question now is, why was Justice Varma transferred to Allahabad HC after all this? Why was the judge facing charges of having a pile of cash, with prima facie evidence available, not suspended? It was former CJI Y V Chandrachud who answered this question. He pointed out that the court has no powers other than transferring a judge. There is no other method of giving punishment to judges. After the inquiry is over and if the judge is found guilty, the CJI can ask Justice Varma to resign. If the judge refuses to resign, the CJI can recommended his impeachment. The impeachment process is lengthy. The moot point is, there is need for change in the method to deal with such cases. Indian judiciary needs a proper system for preventing corruption, carrying out investigation and giving punishment. Let us hope, some solid solution will emerge from this case.
Kunal Kamra’s abusive remarks : Let courts decide
Mumbai Police has issued summons to standup comedian Kunal Kamra to appear before the investigating officer in Khar police station in connection with his “gaddar” remark against Maharashtra deputy CM Eknath Shinde. Kamra has sought a week’s time. Meanwhile Kamra’s studio has been closed indefinitely while a team of BMC went to the studio and demolished “illegal” portions with gas cutter and hammer. All 12 Shiv Sainiks arrested for vandalizing the studio have come out on bail. Shiv Sena (UBT) has come out openly in support of Kamra. Kunal Kamra has said that he was ready to tender apology if asked to do so by court. Kunal Kamra had described Eknath Shinde as “gaddar”, “Chor”. Uddhav Thackeray and Sanjay Raut have hurled the same abuses against Eknath Shinde hundreds of times. Uddhav had gone to the extent of naming Shinde as “Khokha Chor”, and Shinde has also described Uddhav Thackeray as ‘Asli Gaddar”, “Dhokeybaaz”. Both these leaders have no right to take umbrage over such abuses. It is true that Kunal Kamra has crossed the limits of decency several times in his shows, but there are laws and courts to deal with such incidents. If Kunal Kamra misused freedom of expression, then the complaint should have been lodged in court, but how can anybody allow Shinde’s supporters to take law into their own hands? Being a part of the ruling alliance in Maharashtra does not give Shinde’s supporters the licence to indulge in vandalism. It would be better if we leave it to the courts to decide about a comedian’s remarks. If those who are supposed to run the government break laws, then anarchy will prevail.
Calling the President as “poor thing” is insulting and inappropriate
The manner in which the supreme leader of Congress Sonia Gandhi spoke about President Droupadi Murmu cannot be justified under any circumstances.
Sonia Gandhi made the remark while speaking to her son Rahul Gandhi and daughter Priyanka Vadra outside Parliament. She said, “the poor lady, the President, was getting very tired by the end…she could hardly speak, poor thing”. Soon after, video of this remark became viral on social media and also on news television. This triggered a furore with top BJP leaders demanding an apology for “insulting the first tribal President”.
The reaction from Rashtrapati Bhavan was swift and precise, without naming Sonia Gandhi. It said, “these leaders have said that the President was getting very tired by the end and she could hardly speak. Rashtrapati Bhavan would like to clarify that nothing could be farther from the truth. ….”
The statement further said: ” The President’s office believes it might be the case that these leaders have not acquainted themselves with the idiom and discourse in Indian languages such as Hindi, and thus formed a wrong impression. In any case, such comment are in poort taste, unfortunate and entirely avoidable. It has clearly hurt the dignity of the high office and is unacceptable.”
To publicly describe the President of the Republic of India as “poor lady” and “poor thing” is insulting. Droupadi Murmu hails from a poor tribal family and adorns the highest post of the land. To describe her as “poor thing, tired” is unfortunate.
The issue is serious because the remark was part of a conversation between three persons hailing from the same family. The remark was not in reply to any pesky reporter’s question. The Gandhi-Nehru family has ruled India for decades and it understands the dignity of the post of President.
Sonia Gandhi, on her part, always chooses her words carefully while speaking. Except one or two instances in the past, she never made any loose comment about anybody. But it seems, Rahul Gandhi wanted her mother to say something.
Rahul Gandhi did not like the President’s address and said it was “boring”. Probably, he wanted her mother to say something about the government, but he forgot that it was the President who was placing the government’s views in her address.
In the past, Rahul Gandhi had been saying at public meetings how Modi government did not invite President Droupadi Murmu to the Pran Pratistha (installation) ceremony at Ram Lala temple in Ayodhya. At several rallies, Rahul Gandhi had alleged that the President was not invited because she was a tribal. But the manner in which both Sonia Gandhi and Rahul spoke about the President and insulted the dignity of her office on Friday, has let the cat out of the bag.
Rahul’s ‘fight against Indian State’ : Real target is Modi
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has done it again. Two of his gaffes on Wednesday embarrassed the country’s oldest political party. His first gaffe: Rahul said, “Congress is not only fighting BJP, RSS, it is also fighting the Indian State”. His second gaffe: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat “has the audacity” to say that India did not get real freedom in 1947. Congress leaders were quick to defend Rahul by explaining the true definite of ‘Indian State’. By that time, the arrow had left the bow and BJP grabbed the opportunity with both hands.
BJP chief J. P. Nadda said, it is now clear that Rahul Gandhi has openly admitted that he hates India and that he openly supports anarchy, like the ‘Urban Naxals’. Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said: “How can he say, his party is fighting the Indian State? Either it’s derailment of his mental coordinates or it is the George Soros toolkit. But how can any Indian say that he is against the Indian State? I think the several times re-launched leader, young at the age of 54, needs to do some serious introspection.”
BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said, “I pity Rahul Gandhi. He neither understands India, nor the Constitution. His tutors seem to be Maoists and Rahul is speaking the language of Maoists”.
The occasion was the inauguration of the new national headquarters of Indian National Congress. The party has now shifted from a government bungalow to a newly built building complex. Congress leaders clapped when Rahul spoke, but later several of them realized the gaffe and they started defending Rahul.
I think the sole intent of Rahul Gandhi’s remarks was to target Narendra Modi. He is unable to accept the fact that Modi has become the Prime Minister for the third time. During the last ten years, Rahul tried all the means at his disposal to defeat Modi.
Firstly, he tried to go solo, undertook padyatra, and then assembled all anti-Modi parties on a single platform. He launched video wars, but could not succeed. Rahul also instigated farmers, supported the ‘tukde-tukde’ gang, levelled corruption charges in Rafale deal, but he could not stop Modi from winning.
In the second round, Rahul took help on foreign soil from those running anti-India campaign, and tried to corner Dalit votes by raising his voice in support of Ambedkar, reservation and Constitution. Yet, Modi won again.
The reason why Rahul could not succeed is: he is unable to understand Modi thoroughly. Rahul is on his one-track spree, and he refuses to watch the direction in which Modi is moving. Rahul Gandhi is now convinced that Modi wins elections because he has the Election Commission and judiciary under his control and that Modi strikes fear among politicians by misusing ED. Rahul believes that the media is under Modi’s control. But he is badly mistaken. No single person or party can control all these institutions, forget occupying them and winning elections.
If Modi won elections, it was because of his zeal and toil. Modi toils round the clock in politics. He has the capability to toil for his party. Modi’s government has worked superbly in the last ten years. I need not recount them here. Modi himself narrates them in most of his speeches.
On the other hand, Rahul Gandhi and his associates are so deeply entrenched in their opposition to Modi that they are unwilling to listen to anything else. To quote a proverb, they are hunting for a black cat inside a dark room. The fact is: the black cat is not there inside the room.
Happy New Year Rahul: But where are you?
Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi is not in India now. He left for Vietnam by VietJet airlines flight no VJ896, according to reports. BJP and Congress leaders sparred over social media after news about Rahul’s holiday sojourn appeared. Even senior Congress leaders were not aware neither about his itinerary, nor about his present location.
BJP IT Cell head Amit Malviya tweeted: “At a time when there is national mourning over the demise of former PM Dr Manmohan Singh, Rahul Gandhi, who was pretending to be very distraught four days ago, has gone to Vietnam to celebrate the New Year.” Congress MP Manickam Tagore replied, “If Rahul Gandhi travels privately, why does it bother you? Get well in New Year…When will Sanghis stop this ‘take diversion’ politics?”
It is no secret that Rahul Gandhi often vanishes from public view. During New Year, he often goes to a foreign destination for rest and recreation. Nobody should have any objection to this. It is his personal right. He is free to go anywhere, any time for holidays, but his personal visits often become political issues.
There are two reasons behind this. One, he keeps his visits and destinations secret. This can be the norm for popular movie stars, but when political leaders keep their foreign visits secret, it gives ammunition to their political rivals. Two, Rahul Gandhi never bothers what is happening in the country when he goes abroad. Had former PM Dr Manmohan Singh not passed away last week, Rahul’s New Year celebration would not have become a big issue. Earlier, he gave a break to his Bharat Jodo Yatra for this reason. Rahul also left his campaign in the midst of assembly elections, when he went on a foreign visit.
Had any top BJP leader done this and gone on a secret foreign visit, Rahul Gandhi would have raised a big hue and cry. He would have gone to the extent of describing it as an insult to the Constitution. But now, he is the Leader of Opposition and it is a statutory position. It would have been better, had he disclosed his itinerary to the public.