Modern Diplomacy
Published 3 months ago
Pakistan has urged the United Nations Security Council to designate India’s Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the parent organization of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), as a terror group. Pak representative demanded that the RSS should also be included within ambit of the 1267 Sanctions Committee.
It is unfortunate that declaring an individual or entity a terrorist has become a political ploy. The freedom fighters of yester years like the
taliban could become terrorists of today. Cuban and Latin American terrorists were displayed as freedom fighters in US gallery of portraits.
That’s the crux of the problem. India calls Kashmiri freedom fighters ‘terrorists’. It called Bengali insurgents ‘
Neerja Chowdhury
Senior Political Commentator
THE one thing that can be said with certainty about the 2021 West Bengal elections is that the battle is going to be between the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party. The Left and the Congress that are forming an alliance may get squeezed out. Often, a triangular fight goes to the advantage of the ruling party, for it tends to divide the anti-incumbency vote. This, however, looks difficult in West Bengal. There is a large concentration of Muslims (27-30%), and the TMC, Left parties and the Congress are going to be claimants for this vote bank. So will Asaduddin Owaisi’s AIMIM, which plans to contest the polls, and this could be to the BJP’s advantage. Given the large population of the Muslims, the state could be more susceptible to polarisation along Hindu-Muslim lines.
It was here that Sonia Gandhi, Nehru’s grand daughter-in-law and Congress president, decided to heed her “inner voice” and not take up the country’s prime ministership which was within her grasp in 2004.
It was here that the NDA government rolled out the GST, what it called the “biggest tax reform in the country”, at a midnight ceremony on June 30, 2017.
And it was here that Narendra Modi, while attending the best parliamentarian awards function in 2018, reminded MPs that “Parliament is a forum to debate and even criticise the government”.
It’s here that MPs sit and chat, corner the minister and get the work done of their constituents. As someone once said, “It is the biggest eatery and gossipry in town.” It’s also where media persons like to hang out.
World Press Freedom Day: Panelists suggest social security, better working conditions for journalists
World Press Freedom Day: Panelists suggest social security, better working conditions for journalists
Discussions On Press Freedom Included Topics Like âShrinking Spacesâ, Violence Against Journalists And Sliding Work Conditions On Wednesday In New Delhi. The Discussion Was Organized By Indian Women And Press Corps (IWPC) To Mark The Occasion Of World Press Freedom Day. During The Discussion, Senior Journalists Expressed Their Concern Over The Issue.
News Nation Bureau | Edited By : Navnidhi Chugh | Updated on: 04 May 2017, 12:41:35 PM
New Delhi:
Discussions on Press freedom included topics like ‘Shrinking spaces’, violence against journalists and sliding work conditions on Wednesday in New Delhi.