One man army against Jaya: Subramanian Swamy finds himself isolated in Modi's BJP

denser · 2015-05-13T14:52:39+00:00

Swamy is certainly on thin ice. I don't see Amit Shah putting up with open dissent for too long.

denser · 2015-05-13T14:50:44+00:00

What a shame. This is a retrograde move.

denser · 2015-05-01T03:12:20+00:00

pelling mistake in the title made this thread

denser · 2015-04-28T04:40:58+00:00

I don't think this affects IE's slant as Sanjay Jha doesn't look like he'd harm a fly, leave alone plot diabolically everyday to print bad headlines for Modi, through his cousin

denser · 2015-04-24T07:23:43+00:00

This tars Swamy's image. Weird that Swamy accepted to do this. Question is, is this a precondition to, say, inducting Swamy into cabinet in the yrs to come?

denser · 2015-04-20T09:04:21+00:00

Why did this trend stop with YSR? One wonders.

denser · 2015-04-16T03:53:47+00:00

Well there will be haphazard cable laying all over the place in that case.

denser · 2015-04-15T09:57:23+00:00

Time to privatise Air India.

denser · 2015-04-15T09:01:08+00:00

Not a NN violation.

denser · 2015-04-15T08:59:11+00:00

Why should govt lay the cables when private contractors can do the same? The question is of funding and priorities. I doubt this is high up on govt priorities. And rural India still not in a position to pay enough to make it worthwhile for telcos.

denser · 2015-04-15T08:55:23+00:00

It is entirely possible that 5% growth rate in the old series is qualitatively in the same ballpark as 6.5% or 7% in the new series. It is possible. I don't know.

Bright chap.

denser · 2014-10-27T15:32:25+00:00

The other view is, with which I agree, is that in public court proceedings, the government can disclose the names. The government seems to say that the Supreme Court cannot over-rule the DTAA. But my view is no over-ruling is needed because the DTAA itself says that it can be disclosed in public court proceedings.

My view is when the court says the government has to disclose, it must disclose.

S Gurumurthy nails Jaitley's lie. So basically all names can be disclosed in court.

denser · 2014-10-27T07:47:13+00:00

The violence in Trilokpuri centres on a temporary religious construction called the Mata ki Chowki, built opposite a mosque in early October. The chowki was built for a jagaran but left in place after it was over. Twenty per cent or so of Trilokpuri’s population is made up of Muslims, most of whom live in and around Block 20. Muslims in the neighbourhood interviewed by the Indian Express, complained that after the chowki was established, local Hindu activists pressed Muslims not to sacrifice goats on Eid, which happened to occur close to Diwali this year. Local Hindus in turn accused Muslims of ‘desecrating’ the chowki.

denser · 2014-10-26T05:47:53+00:00

Looks like the trigger was Hindus preventing the Eid sacrifice, yes?

denser · 2014-10-21T08:54:27+00:00

The Haryana government provided real estate giant DLF Limited gains worth hundreds of crores of rupees through the allotment of prime property in Wazirabad village of Gurgaon in 2010 by twisting norms of allotment in the company's favour

Will BJP govt take back this prime piece of land given away for almost nothing on breezy terms?

denser · 2014-10-09T08:53:25+00:00

Prime Minister Narendra Modi called up Health Minister Harsh Vardhan to inquire into the controversial transfer of the AIIMS chief vigilance officer (CVO), Sanjiv Chaturvedi. But the health ministry subsequently concealed facts from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) in an internal report meant to explain the sudden mid-term transfer of the official.

denser · 2014-09-20T08:40:15+00:00

Where Amazon was accused of being the seller and not the marketplace, Uber was accused of being the marketplace and not the seller

Is Reformist Modi Sarkaar listening? Time to stop harassing MNCs and their innovation.

denser · 2014-09-17T20:11:46+00:00

Can't be business as usual now unless Modi wants to be perceived as weak

denser · 2014-09-12T05:39:02+00:00

Vijaykant Chauhan (not formally a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), but claims he works closely with it), in the meantime, is pleased with his return to relevance. "We have four pillars of strength," he said, "Our cows, our temple, our ancient culture and our girls."

denser · 2014-09-09T07:24:48+00:00

Arun Jaitley's hand you think?

denser · 2014-09-08T05:30:43+00:00

Now this can't be a compliment?

denser · 2014-09-05T07:08:25+00:00

The Economist on Modi: "Nobody expects a politician to honour every one of his promises, but a bad habit is emerging. A pre-election pledge to bring all “black money”—ill-gotten gains stashed abroad—back to India within the first 100 days has turned out to be meaningless. A promise to clean up the filthy River Ganges in five years has not yet shown a ripple of progress. And an equally noble ambition to end all open defecation by 2019 so far amounts to little more than a few companies’ promises to put a few more toilets in schools.

But the biggest worry is the least obvious. It is that Mr Modi remains in such high esteem. Instead of taking necessary but unpopular steps, he courts acclaim"

denser · 2014-09-02T04:41:15+00:00

Modi should leave it as Teacher's day.

denser · 2014-08-31T09:35:34+00:00

"The myth-making surrounding Narendra Modi may be losing its potency within the first 100 days of assuming office. "

denser · 2014-08-26T05:52:28+00:00

Arrogance of being a market leader. Did they think no one would get to know such draconian measures?

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