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Silence and Action both speaks louder than words

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Silence and Action both speaks louder than words

When queen Draupadi was dragged in the gamble hall, revered persons like Ganga Putra Bhishm, Dronacharya, Kripacharya were silent. Their silence was a consent to the Douryodhana’s evil action. Although they were not in the favor of all that was happening there, but they were allowing Douryodhana to carry on what he was doing to Pandavas and their wife Draupadi.

Silence can be a boon or can bring the disaster. It is a well known saying that Speech is silver, Silence is gold but one should keep in mind that your silence will never protect you in the situation where you need to speak aloud, your words will never be effective where the action is required.

Silence is serene but it’s peaceful only when there is you are in safe zone, in other cases you are supposed to take actions otherwise your existence will be in danger.

Too serious? Okay, lets take the example of RaGaji. He gave us the slogan “Chowkidar Chor hai” and now we have the whole movement #MaiBhiChowkidar. This is called the Silence and Action effect. RaGaji started it to insult a man and that man silently took action and started this #MaiBhiChowkidar trend.

How can we forget 26 Feb, our Indian Air Force silently took action and we got the good news in the morning. What? You need a proof? Don’t you know tomatoes were exported there that didn’t cause much damage, just few ambulances were needed to carry those tomatoes and they were so desperate about their tomatoes that they didn’t allow media person to cover that news of falling tomatoes. Everything happened silently.

Some people were talking about the dynasty politics. In our democratic nation, we have a dynasty, the ruling dynasty. If you are thinking about the great Suryavansha or Bharatvansh, Yaduvansh, Mauryavansh; then you are seriously not grown up yet! How can you forget Nehru Gandhi family?

They are the great rulers of our country. They seem to forget that warriors don’t need dynasty to identify them, their COURAGE is enough. Dynasties are identified by the great warriors like Raghu who performed Vishwajit yajna and gave all his wealth as Dana.

[All that is covered above is just meant for laughter, nothing serious, please don’t take anything personally. How can you? Please don’t!]

We, the tolerant Indians of Bharat, every time forgive, let the things go, not because we are weak, but because we are really peaceful people. But If someone dares to take our tolerant attitude as our weakness and our silence as the consent for atrocities, we don’t hesitate to show them their real place.

Our nation needs voice but not of Bharat Tere Tukde Honge,

Our nation needs leaders but not who are partial and believe in the dynasty politics,

Our nation needs Azadi from those who ask for azadi,

Our nation needs patriots, not traitors,

Our nation needs peace, not war but will not cease it’s action against the breaking powers

Our nation needs silent firm actions, not words and promises,

All I can say Bhartiya Janta is not Pappu, so stop fooling us in the name of secularism, liberalism,  communism, dynasty politics and fake promises.

Jai Hind
Jai Bharat

 

Modern society needs Modern Election commission

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Modern society needs Modern Election commission

Surprising and funny to see few of the so called intellectuals expressing their displeasure at Modi’s speech after Mission Shakti and wanting Election Commission to act on it. This stems from serious lack of understanding of how modern world works and failure to understand the information flow that gets disseminated in this digital age. it would equally naïve on part of these intellectuals to think that Electorate will be swayed by one address to nation from prime minister.

In modern era people are constantly bombarded with news clips, messages and information via social medial platforms and leaders are in constant visibility of the electorate on various digital platforms. To think that by covering statue faces with cloth, banning movies on television (thank god not on amazon prime) in garb of electoral code of conduct is best archaic understanding and will be forming a visionless institution that is not in terms with modern world. Real focus of election commission should be looking into following key aspects in this modern age.

Monitoring fake news: Election commission should equip itself with technology and means to monitor and stop the spread of fake news via various platforms. This will require significant investments with news monitoring tools and modern IT infrastructure.

Guidelines on Manifestos: Party manifestos nowadays are sounding more like fictional comic books than the real vision documents. Election commission should frame strict guidelines on what all details and various data points that need to covered by political parties in any manifestos. For example, any scheme announced should clear indicated Why scheme is need? To whom it intended for? And how it will be achieved. This will in way help the overall thinking quotient within the parties and they can come up with real meaningful Manifestos that will help people to decide and make right choice.

Misuse and Reporting Mechanism: Curbing of bribing voters is one of the major headaches in current electoral battles, money exchanging hands is humongous and despite EC’s best efforts things are not looking good. Election commission can come up with ways and means to report such incidents with anonymous tips via digital apps. This should also be supported by adding enough manpower who can catch, confiscate and debar individuals from contesting. Election commission can float temporary jobs during the election days and engage the dutiful and concerned citizens for these activities.

This is path forward to build a robust and modern Institutions and this should be the real focus on debate from the so called intellectuals.

Why Congress’ promise of NYAY looks like ANYAY for Indians

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Why Congress’ promise of NYAY looks like ANYAY for Indians

Recently Congress president Rahul gandhi announced a scheme called Nyuntam Aay Yojana (NYAY) in which he promised of transferring a 6000 Rs. per month in account of 50M families. It sounds good but is it really practical and is it hitting their target?

Looks like it isn’t. Elections are just a month away and the people who are being targeted in this scheme are those who are either not really living in their birthplace and has shifted to developed states for better life and to earn bread and butter or still working very hard yet unable to earn enough due to their inabilities or illiteracy, and unfortunately they both can’t be Congress’ vote bank, as the ones working abroad probably won’t come back to their place to vote the other ones won’t have any knowledge about this scheme.

also those are the people who mostly do not have access to social media, TV, internet etc, so how will congress reach those people in that much time? The scheme cannot be conveyed to those people in this short time.

However some economist have backed their plan and looking for application of this scheme but the amount needed for this will be more than our current Defence budget.

it is also to be noted that as per world poverty clock there are 44 people coming out of poverty every minute and even at this pace India’s people living under extreme poverty will come down to below 3% by 2030 or early.

India is going at a very Good pace right now. NYAY may put our economy under pressure and there would be more burden of subsidies and ultimately the one who will bear it will be Middle class.

Comments/Suggestion are welcomed!!

So what If Scenarios. Data analytics and deep learning algorithms on political past

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So what If Scenarios. Data analytics and deep learning algorithms on political past

Birth of a nation that missed industrial revolution thanks to British Raj gets a new elected (or selected) prime minister who firmly believes that his duty is to protect the subjects and strives towards building the nation through the great socialist revolution. Aristocrat that he is doesn’t really believe in skills and capabilities of others after all it is only blue blood that can make countries and not “others”. He embarks on great social revolution:

1) Build public sector industries: What if, he has allowed more flexible laws to ensure that we have our Tatas, Birla to invest their money and effort in building nation and generate employment and give more opportunities for young India to invent and innovate. Ensure that he allows collaboration of different thinkers and make them partners in growth of the country. But then King wants only subjects not peer’s and challengers.

2) Knowledge Hubs or Build universities: Greater good after all knowledge is source for building future and it is knowledge which has kept Human race alive. Bring in the best knowledge thinkers both modern, western and Indian and let there be a debate and build institutions that create solutions that best suited for “Bharat”. But alas our “Marxist” king doesn’t believe there are multiple views in world and Bharat needs one for its own, he builds and encourages one of his own where alternative view means you are regressive and anti-poor. World only works because China was born to make it work, and Gospel of Marx is truth of new world. And to and make it look “Real World Theory” ensure that you create more poor people every year-hence proved.

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Disclaimer: Views expressed here are purely through Machine learning algorithm’s based on historical data feed. No Ambani or Adani controls it, poor thing is not even funded by them properly due to black money laws of Modiji 🙂

Rahul Gandhi’s open support for money laundering

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Rahul Gandhi’s open support for money laundering

Recently there has been a lot of debate on the Minimum Income Guarantee or NYAY scheme which is part of the Congress Manifesto for 2019 election. Many people have commented on how it is fiscally not possible to give Rs. 72000 to 20% of the poor families in India. Many have feared that this will lead to an increased tax burden on the middle class.

In the din about the Minimum Income Guarantee Scheme, one important announcement by the Congress President went unnoticed. He has opened the door for money laundering and corruption by promising to make it easier to form shell companies.

Essentially what he is saying that anyone can form a company and for 3 years they don’t need any permission from the govt. This opens the door to dubious businessmen and corrupt people to start shell companies claiming to be entrepreneurs. These companies will need no license from the govt for 3 years. Essentially they can fly under the radar without any license and without paying any taxes. The corrupt can easily park their ill gotten wealth in these companies.

The modus operandi to use this scheme to further the corruption is very simple. The corrupt politician or govt. servant starts a company claiming to be an entrepreneur. Then instead of asking cash bribes, he can demand that the person “invest” in the shell company or do some “business transaction” with the shell company. Since the company need not be licensed for 3 years he can route all the ill-gotten wealth to the company. Just before the 3 year period is about to end the company can be dissolved and a new company can be formed and the cycle will continue.

This scheme is nothing but a legal way of converting black money to white. I am not saying that genuine entrepreneurs will not benefit from this scheme, but along with them the corrupts will have a field day.

One of the gains from demonetization was the detection of lakhs of shell companies which were used to launder dirty money. These companies existed even though there was a requirement for getting a license. This was done using dummy directors acting as a front for corrupt people.

Now the Congress is promising to remove the licensing requirement altogether. The shell companies will mushroom all over the country and the gains from demonetization will be lost. The corrupt will have a field day and nothing could be done about it.

Why is Nyay not a game changing idea as Congress has hoped

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Why is Nyay not a game changing idea as Congress has hoped

Congress has yet again picked up a work in progress concept of BJP (Nyas is loosely based on Niti Ayog’s plan of Universal Basic Income) and has announced it as its own. The sheer amount of money involved in this single scheme has made the Indian media to sit up and take notice of this plan.

As usual, the Lutyens Delhi is once again basking in this ‘revolutionary’ idea from ‘coming of age’ ‘youth icon’ of the national party. Some right-leaning media houses are very rightly questioning the economics and mathematics behind the scheme, which, sadly has not yet been answered by the grand old party.

But the biggest question right now is, will this drive the narrative as Congress has hoped? Congress is hoping for either of these two things: BJP to announce a counter scheme to Nyay thereby providing legitimacy to this outlandish claim or BJP to stay silent and thereby surrender the narrative to Congress party. But is this issue so simple and in black & white? If it is, then, as the clown prince has proclaimed, this is a game changing idea.

But the reality is very much different. Indian voters are very sensible and they usually won’t vote based on tall promises on the manifesto. They usually vote either on performance or non-performance of the incumbent government. If Congress was in power and had announced this scheme even in an election year and implemented this scheme even for 3-4 months, they would be re-elected irrespective of their performance in the past 4 years. In that way, this is a game changing idea.

For example, let’s take the 2009 general elections. UPA-1 was swamped with problems. National security was at its nadir. Dastardly 26/11 Mumbai terrorist attacks were still very fresh in the minds of the electorate. Scams had questioned the integrity of the nation. Infrastructure development by the government was pathetic. It was an ideal scenario for a government change.

However, farm loan waiver scheme changed the narrative and UPA came to power with a better mandate. Even Congress alone put up improved performance, which was impressive. The game changed not because of the election announcement of loan waiver, but because they actually did it.

Maybe if they had implemented this scheme in 2013, they might have come back for UPA-3 as well. But by then, Congress had misruled and looted to such an extent that they didn’t have any money to implement it in 2013. Anyway, the point is, this is a game-changing idea only if you had implemented it. People don’t vote for riches in the mirror.

Now some of you may question this based on results in 3 states of MP, Rajasthan, and Chhattisgarh. Let me answer this in 2 points. The results in 3 states are not because of the tall promises of Congress party but mainly due to anti-incumbency. Considering 15 years of anti-incumbency in MP and Chhattisgarh, Congress’ performance in only Chhattisgarh is impressive. Hung assembly in MP and Rajasthan (a state where the ruling party is decimated in every election) is a very credible result for the good work done by BJP governments. Hence the argument of loan waiver being a game changer in these 3 states does not hold water.

To understand this further we should also consider the result of Telangana assembly elections which was held at the same time. Here also Congress promised the moon to the electorate which led to KTR famously commenting that the promises of Congress party to Telangana people cannot be fulfilled even with the budget of 4 states. On top of it, Congress also had an alliance with TDP (with 15 legislators in the previous assembly was a formidable ally) and still got decimated in front of the welfare schemes implemented by current TRS government.

I also have one more important reason to believe Nyay won’t be a game changer. That is the credibility or rather the lack of it of Congress president Rahul Gandhi. All his promises like mobile factories in every city, food processing plants in almost every village, farm loan waivers, the stipend for unemployed etc., has turned out to be fake. Not to forget his fantasies on Rafale deal which has pushed down his credibility beyond the lowest point.

Hence Congress should not live in a dream that their doles will influence people to vote for them. In an anti-climax, this announcement has potential to consolidate middle-class votes against Congress who fear higher taxes to fund this nightmarish scheme.

Lok Sabha election 2019- BJP’s chances in West Bengal

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Lok Sabha election 2019- BJP’s chances in West Bengal

The LS election 2019 would be a path breaking one. This is clear from the manner in which opposition parties of widely contradictory ideologies have joined hands with the single minded mission of ‘Modi Hatao.’ Such a scene has rarely been witnessed in India. The electoral contest in West Bengal may be of critical importance for both TMC and the BJP. TMC, though technically a national, but actually a ‘one state’ party and it has to maximise seats here to support Mamata’s claim to the PM post, in the unlikely event of a hung parliament. It has coined a series of interesting slogans including those that sound death knell of BJP in the state and the country: ‘BJP Bharat Chhodo’, ‘Do Hazar Unnis, BJP Finis’ (sic). Its chief has been repeatedly comparing Modi government with ‘expired medicine’, and confidently claiming her party would score 42/42 seats.

On the other hand, the BJP has been working hard and cultivated a good support base. This reflects in its candidates coming to the second position in most elections and by-elections at various levels in recent times, ahead of both CPM and Congress. The party has a lot of stake too, as it is aiming to improve its seats in eastern India (West Bengal in particular) to make up for some anticipated losses in Hindi heartland.

While TMC is well-entrenched in the State and confident about what strategies to adopt, BJP seems to be less sure. By drawing analogy of a football match, a leading local TV political analyst said that BJP may have control of ball over a wide area of the field, but won’t be able to score goals. Here are suggestions for a 10 point strategy that may help it give a very tough competition to the ruling TMC. At the same time, if this can fetch electoral success, their implementation would do a lot of good to the people of the state.

1. The party should field at least two heavy weight central ministers with universally proven track record from the state, including one from Kolkata. In this regard, two names that can evoke resonance in voters’ mind cutting across party ideologies are Nitin Gadkari and Piyush Goyal. Both are performers par excellence and amiable and therefore can draw voters. Their candidature per se can bring in unexpected level of energy into BJP’s election campaign in the whole state. If need be, they can contest from their home states as well. Both have fair chance of winning in West Bengal in which case they need to retain these seats and carry forward their party’s long-term agenda. Although, not strictly comparable, Modi’s candidature from Varanasi in 2014 had impacted the election scenario in both UP as well as neighbouring Bihar in BJP’s favour in an unprecedented manner.

2. The party has to direct its campaign style to give it a presidential form. The TMC had asked for votes in the name of its supreme leader in 2016. The BJP has to make it a Modi vs. Mamata issue to reduce importance of other issues and factors, with regard to which its rival, being the ruling party with state wide organisational presence, have been influencing public perception, many times without factual basis, over last few years.

3. The party can legitimately claim a role in the matter of cleaning of Ganga water, which was neglected for nearly seven decades. Despite the impact of communist ideology, the holy River strikes a deep chord in Bengali heart arousing love and reverence. If the water in Prayag Raj has already been cleaned to the extent of 30% as Nitin Gadkari claimed recently, the quality of the Ganga water in West Bengal must look at least 10% cleaner. The BJP does not appear to be aware of the potential of this issue. Further, the party can as well guarantee that it would install the similar technology e.g., STP in the state to ensure the river water is restored to its pristine purity within a time frame, given the co-operation by the state government;

4. With regard to illegal migrants issue, the party can take a ‘Assam government’ like position in the state with firmness. This would mean perfect equality between Hindus and Muslims hailing from the West Bengal, but not accepting the illegal Muslim migrants from Bangladesh in the state. The party also needs to define a time frame for its action plan in this regard. It also needs to pledge its resolve about implementation of Citizenship (Amendment) Bill that would benefit large numbers of Hindu refugees.

5. A large percentage of West Bengal’s urban population are either salaried persons or pensioners and they belong to low or middle income category. They were very favourably impacted by the IT exemptions up to Rs 5 lakh in this year’s central budget. The BJP may benefit if this matter is kept in constant focus going into the poll;

6. The people of West Bengal value salaried jobs in formal sector more than any than anything else. The BJP has to plan at least opening up of six big industries or PSU units in six districts of the state within a specified time limit. This may include re-opening of any closed unit as well.

7. Despite doing some development work the ruling TMC has antagonised a large section of state’s population, especially the ‘Bhadrloks’, by what its rivals call as ‘Syndicate Raj’ and the culture of ‘Bomb Making’. These are real issues and people are fed up with them. The BJP needs to make a categorical promise that it would ensure the end of these activities within a specified time limit, by adopting whatever steps necessary for that purpose;

8. The BJP needs to recognise that people of West Bengal are generally emotional and they are passionate about the game of football. Bengalis also have a natural talent in this game. Unfortunately, the local players have been losing their place to those hired from other countries. The party needs to plan at least six large size well equipped football academies in at least three districts with residential facilities and provision for foreign coaches from European or South American countries. Additionally, there needs to be facility for deputing them abroad through ‘exchange’ programs. The party has taken some momentous initiatives with regard to ‘sports’ in the northeast and that has worked to the mutual advantage of that area and itself. It is likely that West Bengal would also respond to such a gesture, which is close to the heart of its people. At present, the ruling party has been extending monetary grants to local clubs in more than one ways. These are not always spent productively. The scheme of football club would make much more electoral sense.

9. The BJP has to think about constructing an ultra-modern new sea port in the 24 Parganas with public-private partnership that would have ‘state of the art’ loading, unloading facilities and comprehensive rail and road linkages with rest of India. At the same time it would be the foremost ‘port’ of India connecting with entire southeast and east Asia. Bristling of commercial activities in that zone can also keep vigil on and prevent infiltration of illegal migrants from Bangladesh into the state.  This would be an important collateral benefit. If it can quickly take a policy decision on this issue, it would serve as an excellent plank of election campaign.

10. Last but not the least, the party needs to arrange for extensive training programmes for its spokespersons attending TV debates. Bengal is the birthplace of its founder and that should have brought the party and the state naturally close to each other. It is true that in the State, which was essentially the fruit of Syamaprasad’s crusade, political usurpers have been maligning his image over decades. The task of the party is to correct history and put things in perspective. Today, majority of the states and the central government are following Syamaprasad’s ideology.

In the process the party has achieved milestones in various walks of national life.   Viewed from these perspectives the party spokespersons need not be unduly aggressive. They have so much to talk about the performance of their government at the Centre. They can silence their rivals from other parties by citing cool facts. Simultaneously such strategy can help the party to generate confidence and win hearts of many ‘swing’ voters.

The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 – ‘A double-edged sword’

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The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 – ‘A double-edged sword’

Migration increases the socio-cultural diversity of a community and it can be an asset if it brings about coherent development of the individual as well as the community as a whole and at the same time it’s also a liability that threatens social existence, cultural identity and overall stability of the community.

The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016 amends the Citizenship Act, 1955 and proposes to make immigrants from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh, who are Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians eligible for citizenship by relaxing the requirement for citizenship by naturalisation from 11 years to 6 years. The bill has been passed in the Lok Sabha in January 2019 and is now pending in the Rajya Sabha and will lapse on 3rd June, when the 17th Lok Sabha is constituted. While the Modi-led BJP government wants to pass the bill at the earliest, there has been considerable opposition to the Bill in the North East, with two BJP Chief Ministers, Arunachal Pradesh’s Pema Khandu and Manipur’s N Biren Dingh also in opposition of it.

Most of the opinions, arguments for and against the Bill have been concentrated on the issue of illegal immigrants who have already entered India since 1971 and who continue to migrate even today along with the provisions of Assam Accord. However, there haven’t been many arguments as to why these people have traditionally migrated from Bangladesh to India and the push and pull factors relating to it. Natural calamities, shoddy government policies, dearth of basic necessities, corruption, Islamization of Bangladesh and threat to democracy are some of the factors which have necessitated the migration of people from Bangladesh.

Migrant Stock by Destination (2013) Bangladesh

Top 5 countries or areas of destination Total
India 32,30,025
Saudi Arabia 13,09,004
United Arab Emirates 10,89,917
Malaysia 352,005
Kuwait 279,169
Total 62,60,120

(Source: UNICEF)

Water has been one of the major factors which has been neglected over other issues but has caused considerable damage in Bangladesh. India is the upper riparian in both the Ganges River Basin as well as the Brahmaputra River Basin as compared to Bangladesh. This gives India considerable leverage over Bangladesh with respect to the two rivers and their waters. For better water management and economic development, India has constructed the Farakka Barrage in Murshidabad district in West Bengal. The barrage has been operational since 1975 and the main objective of the barrage is to divert approximately 40000 cusecs of water from the Ganges river to the Bhagirathi-Hooghly river through a 38.38 km long feeder canal. This has resulted in the development of the Kolkata port by making the Bhagirathi-Hooghly river system navigable while reducing salinity as well. The economic benefits of the Farakka barrage have resulted in the development of Kolkata and its surroundings exponentially over the years. But the resultant negative effect of the Farakka Barrage has been borne by Bangladesh the most.

Bangladesh is affected by water related natural disasters almost every year. Its geographical placement in a delta does not help it either. Bangladesh faces extreme cases of floods and droughts in the same year almost every single year. India’s quest for economic development and water management of the river basins by constructing the Farakka Barrage has resulted in the displacement of people in Bangladesh due to water shortages, increasing salinity of their land due to excess silt being displaced to compensate for the navigation of the Bhagirathi-Hooghly river. This excess silt has affected the agricultural lands in Bangladesh and displaced approximately 10 million Bangladeshi citizens who do not get the benefits of development and bear the brunt of natural disasters as well, over the years. Owing to its geographical position, it is natural that the displaced Bangladeshis have migrated to neighbouring, and more importantly, the upper riparian India in the Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghna river basin, for a better standard of living.

Since its independence in 1971, Bangladesh has gone through extreme regime changes which have occasionally threatened to transform the country into an authoritarian state from a democratic one. While there has not been a distinct study on the number of migrants due to water issues in Bangladesh, it is nevertheless a primary factor for displacement of people. Over a million people were displaced in Bangladesh owing to hydrological disasters in 2011 resulting in out-migration. This influx of Bangladeshi immigrants has threatened the demographics of Assam, West Bengal and other north eastern states.

If we take Assam as a sample in ascertaining the sheer number of Bangladeshi immigrants coming into India, it can be found out that the population growth rate of Assam was considerably higher from the period 1911-1991 but has been lower than that of India since 1991. This low rate of population growth does not necessarily mean that immigration has also lowered. If we take a detailed look at the border districts of Assam, it is possible to get a clear indication of migratory trends of people coming into Assam, legally or illegally.

Average Annual Population Growth Rates (Districts in Assam)

Districts (Assam) Average Annual Population Growth Rate %
Kamrup 2.61
North Cachar Hills 2.47
Goalpara 2.30
Dhubri 2.29
Karbi Anglong 2.27
Nagaon 2.23
Karimganj 2.19

(Source: SHSU Economics & Intl. Business Working Paper)

The average annual population growth rate has been 2.23% in these districts. This growth rate is higher than the all India average 2.14% or the all-Assam average of 1.89% from the period 1991-2001. The proximity of these districts to the border of Bangladesh gives a clear indicator of cross-border migration taking place in these districts.

The land holding patterns have also changed in Assam due to the mix of ethnicities. The percentage of land held by the native Assamese population has been less than that of the land possessed by the Bengalis and other communities. This is an evident indicator of the native population decreasing in Assam while the Bengali and other language speaking population increasing.

Year Percentage of People Speaking Languages
  Assamese                                      Bengali                              Other (Hindi, Nepali etc)
1951       69.3                                              21.2                                                         9.5
1961       70.1                                              18.5                                                        11.3
1971       70.1                                              19.7                                                        10.2
1991       69.4                                              21.2                                                         9.0
2001       60.8                                              27.5                                                         11.8

(Source: Saikia, N 2016)

Even though the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016 proposes to naturalise people from religions other than Islam, it is evident from the case of Bangladesh and Assam that the issue is not related to religion. There are as much Hindu Bengalis residing in Assam as Muslims and both have threatened the status of the Assamese people in their own state. This is the precise reason why the North-Eastern states are opposing the bill. For them, the issue is about social inclusiveness, traditions and preservation of their indigenous cultures as opposed to religion. The Bill if passed will allow the thousands of non-Muslims already residing in Assam to be naturalised and avail the benefits that come along with it.

Thus, the Citizenship Amendment Bill could prove to be a double-edged sword for the Narendra Modi led BJP government, as it tries to capitalise on the non-Muslim vote bank, but at the same time risks losing the support of the traditional North-East Indian populace and the stability of the crucial region. It will be interesting to see which side the traditional North-Indian populace inclines to in the upcoming General Elections, which would be a key indicator of the mood that prevails in the North-East.

Rs.72,000/ year income to poor, middle class tax payers may be forced to pay higher tax by congress, beware

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Rs.72,000/ year income to poor, middle class tax payers may be forced to pay higher tax by congress, beware

The comments of the Vice- Chairman of NITI Aayog Shri Rajiv Kumar about the minimum income guarantee promise of Congress party can be questioned technically but morally Shri Rajiv Kumar is right to question the above Jumla because every citizen of this country is responsible to expose those political parties that sell lies and falsehood to poor and gullible people to win election. From the point of view of moral and citizen’s responsibility per see, what Shri Rajiv Kumar has said deserves rich appreciation. The dynast has announced Rs. 72,000 per year to nearly 25 crore people, which prima facia looks bizarre, farcical and fictitious. Just a promise without details of how the poor people will be identified, where is the money, will impose more income and indirect taxes to generate revenue are the questions people of India wants to know.

Rahul Gandhi is known for giving speeches without any substances and merit. But shamelessly he also uses to keep his face great after giving such meaningless and meritless speeches as if he has given Nobel Prize Wining speech.

Talking about poor and elimination of poverty are the most common subject of congress party since 1947 and that is why even in 2019 election, the dynast wants to keep the same promise to win election.

The middle income group, especially the tax payers have lots of fear about the scheme.

The possible revenue required may be generated from the tax payers as they can be squeezed and milked easily. Therefore the dynast has placed Damocles Sward above the head of all those tax payers and middle income group as they may be juiced if the dynast comes to power to roll out his political ambition.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has increased the tax payer’s base and reduced the income tax and other indirect taxes, brought Mudra loan to support all micro and small industries, supported the entrepreneurs as a part of make in India vision.

PM Modi wants to empower people, make them entrepreneurs, job providers, exporters etc. The culture of tokenism and freebies PM Modi never follow because such gestures would never help the poor people to become rich and progressive. But congress party has the culture of making poor people remain poor and make poor people to support the party that make its political capital out of poverty and starvation.

The problem of the dynast is his credibility. In most of the occasions, he utters nonsense, lies, half-truth or unverified facts. The freedom that he enjoys today is due to the bail granted to him and his mother by Delhi court. He calls the Prime Minister a thief which has in fact angered every Indian. The dynast spread lies and negativism about Rafale deal, but nothing has worked, he tried to sell all kinds of cock and bull stories but nothing has worked and finally he has come up with a much bigger lie to fool the Indian electorates. This is the last weapon he is using to win election.

Dynast is facing an existential crisis politically even in his own constituency – Amethi, in UP. People wonder his chance of winning again from Amethi looks bleak because he has done nothing to his constituency in the last 10 years.

A person who has done nothing to his own constituency in the last 10 years is promising something for the country if he is elected to power. Look at his income how it has grown in the last 10 years?

Robert Vadra model of business is considered to be one of the outstanding business models of making money by using the formula of dynastic power, nepotism and corrupt means.

People of India, especially the middle income groups have lots to fear as they may be the first casualty of the above poll promise of the dynast. Chidambaram is known for grinding the tax payer’s therefore the middle income group and those tax payers have lots to fear about congress party.  The poor people if they fall into the trap of congress, they would continue to remain poor whereas if Narendra Modi comes to power, certainly he would empower them and will bring them to the main stream in a meaningfull manner than through false promises.

The cooking gas connection, building of toilet, electrification, drinking water supply, direct transfer of money from government schemes, health insurance, reservation to economically weaker section of people from unreserved category without affecting the existing reservation format are some of the examples of Narendra Modi’s governance. On the other hand, the government headed by the party of dynast was full of scams, to name a few, 2G, Aircel-Maxis, Adarsh, CWG, Coal allocation, Bofors, Augasta-Westland …… is there anything left?

India needs a stable, development centric government with decisive and affirmative Prime Minsiter – Narendra Modi. Narendra Modi’s government is the first government since 1947 free of corruption, nepotism and dynastic culture. Look at the way congress party functions today, from Assam to Tamil Nadu to Madhya Pradesh to Rajasthan to Maharastra to Haryana to Delhi, everywhere the family, dynasty, son or daughter of the existing leader only rules the party.

People of India must realize that their vote in 2019 is going to change the fortune and destiny of India. Electing Narendra Modi means the birth of new, aspirational India otherwise India would be under corrupt forces they would only partition India for their self-interest. Look at the alliance pattern of congress party either in Tamil Nadu or in Karnataka. Both DMK and JDS are party of dynast, follows the doctrine of dynasty and nepotism and known for corruption as well.

Did Rahul Gandhi’s Congress party participate in India’s Freedom Struggle?

Jay Desai
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Did Rahul Gandhi’s Congress party participate in India’s Freedom Struggle?

Rahul Gandhi often refers to the role of his Congress party in India’s freedom struggle, but history revels something very different.

On 12th November 1969, K. Kamaraj, the president of congress party expelled Mrs. Indira Gandhi from congress party for violating party discipline. As a result, the party split and Mrs. Gandhi formed her own political party known as Congress (R) and the original congress party headed by K. Kamaraj became Congress (O).

The Congress that split

The main reason cited for the split was left-wing/right-wing division within Congress party, while Mrs. Gandhi wanted to use populist agenda, the senior leaders stood for right wing ideology distrusting Soviet help.

Post-split the Congress (R) was headed by Mrs. Indira Gandhi and Congress (O) was led by freedom fighters like Morarji Desai, K. Kamaraj, S. Nijalingappa, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Hitendra Desai and many more. Congress (O) led governments in Bihar under Bhola Paswan Shastri, Karnataka under Veerendra Patil and Gujarat under Hitendra Desai.

Symbol of Congress Indira founded

The original Congress party symbol of bullocks was retained by Congress (O), while the newly formed Congress (R) opted for a new symbol of a cow and calf.

Later in March 1977 post-emergency general elections, the Congress (O) fought under the banner of Janata Party and formed government, Morarji Desai became fourth Prime Minister of India.

Considering these facts it is up to our wisdom to decide if the present Indian National Congress headed by Rahul Gandhi is the same Congress that participated in the freedom struggle of India or not!

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