Rahul Gandhi disqualification

[srini]

Btw the US democrats don’t seem to play the game as well as their Indian counterparts. Trump is able to lead big over other candidates in republican primaries by projecting all the indictments as persecution. If Biden contests again Trump may be back to power too!

[Sin Hombre]

US left ==/== Indian left, same for the right.

Both BJP and Congress are "socialist" in economic policies, all parties in India are. Main differences are national identity, affiliation to bourgeois and dynastic politics and what vote-bank politics they play.

[Saffron Lenin]

India today

[Saffron Lenin]

Rahul Gandhi beats Narendra Modi in viewership, Congress shares data

According to a post by the Indian National Congress (INC), Rahul Gandhi's speech got 3.5 lakh views while Modi got 2.3 lakh views on Sansad TV.

On YouTube, Gandhi's speech got 26 lakh views, and PM Modi's over 2 hours long speech got only 6.5 lakh views.

On X and Facebook, Gandhi's speech was viewed by 23,000, 73 lakh viewers. Whereas Prime Minister Modi's speech received 22,000 views on Twitter and 11,000 views on Facebook respectively, the Congress party claimed.

https://www.livemint.com/politics/news/ ... 28431.html

[Rajiv]

Saffron Stalin are you going to continue this Rahul Gandhi propaganda till 2024 ?
And would we be subjected to plants, spins, advocacy on Rahul Gandhi with regularity.?

[Omkara]

Ya man, already tired of the Modi guys on fb, Twitter, insta, whatsapp etc. why add another individual?

[arjun2761]

Saffron Stalin are you going to continue this Rahul Gandhi propaganda till 2024 ?
And would we be subjected to plants, spins, advocacy on Rahul Gandhi with regularity.?

Lenin was a great idea a hundred years ago. To be inspired by him today is as if the last 100 years didn't happen (i.e., the frog in the well).

[srini]

Rahul,Sonia and Kharge were absent from Independence day celebrations at Red fort and its not the 1st time they did this! Its a worrying trend in Indian politics...Most of the past PMs and leaders of opposition were gracious to attend the celebrations at fort. The ruling party leaders are not gracious either with Modi declaring in his independence day speech that he will be back to hoist the flag at Red fort next year! It is plain arrogance and over confidence.

NDA has delivered several good stuff - GST, bankruptcy laws stream lined, focus on local manufacturing, Profit linked incentives to startups and upcoming domains like Semiconductor Fabrication etc. They tried their best to push for farm laws which are good for poor farmers, but rich farmers from Haryana, Punjab with support from Congress could trample them.

I can sense a renaissance of sorts happening in all Hindu religious places. Varanasi is supposedly the spiritual center for Hindu faith. But Mahatma Gandhi who was a devout Hindu notes about his trip to Benares in 1920s in his auto biography in a chapter called 'In Benares' that the city was dirty had narrow slipper paths. He notes the atmosphere of meditation was absent due to the stink and rot even at the main temple.He wished for a pure and serene place of worship. Now Modi and Yogi have made this near impossible thing possible. If Gandhi were to visit the place again, i'm sure he would definitely be thankful for the way it looks now.

But all this good work by NDA would be nullified if they alienate the muslims by treating them as if they are not Indians. For God's sake BJP should realize that Islam existed in Kerala from as early as 620 AD well before the times of Mughals. Even if Mughals are considered as invaders, all muslims who co-existed with us for atleast 1000 years are as Indian as any from majority faith. If NDA wants to punish stone pelters from muslim mobs, they should do so using existing laws and not by bulldozing their homes. If no laws exist, they should make laws that can discourage any such mob violence which works same across all religions.

[Omkara]

Srini, I take your point on opposition boycotting national events. They are as much part of government as the BJP. However, the entire Rahul Gandhi case was in bad taste. There are many more who are jailed for rubbish reasons. Maybe Rahul had the muscle power to pull strings to get the SC make mockery of the lower court verdict. How many others have such luxury? So its good that people show some resistance or else things would go down the hill.

[srini]

I was referring to 'Stone pelting and mob violence causing riot situations'...Peaceful protests are fine and one should be able to freely express one's opinion. Sedition law is recently removed and will become an act very soon. I hope you agree with me any stone pelting which has caused loss of lives in some cases for police personnel can't be construed as protest any more. Please give 1 or 2 instances which you think were peaceful protests which were suppressed.

[Saffron Lenin]

Just a joke: