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To take on BJP in 2024, opposition needs a leader who’s proudly secular, leads without fear and enjoys a big fight July 5, 2021, 8:29 PM IST
The writer is former Congress Spokesperson
Is ideology going to be the final arbiter of India’s destiny in 2024? Is a country of nearly 140 crore people today hypnotised by one individual largely because they know what he stands for? That it has nothing to do with moral grandstanding, rhetorical promises, oratorical flourish, campaigning style etc?
Who cares for a V-shaped economy and transparent governance? All they want is a leader who walks the talk. They may not agree with him, they may even dislike him, but there are no hidden surprises. What you see is what you get.
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Arvind Kejriwal has had aspirations to become India’s prime minister since the day he sat on stage with Anna Hazare at the Ramlila Maidan as an obscure bureaucrat-turned-activist trying to make India corruption-free. His journey from that stage to Delhi chief minister’s office has been miraculous and full of drama, especially if you consider his resignation that came on a whim, and the subsequent re-election. Since then, Kejriwal has quickly turned from an over-enthusiastic ‘
Nayak-style’ activist to a calculative politician who has figured out the thumb rule of making it big in Indian politics.
Clutch on to power with all your might and try to grab more of it. He ventured into Punjab and Gujarat but realised something was missing. Something stopped him from being catapulted into the league of extraordinary politicians, like Prime Minister Narendra Modi who seems invincible, at least for a decade to come. But Kejriwal’s recent speech in the Delhi Vidh
Mumbai gets first statue of Balasaheb Thackeray
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Mumbai, Jan 23 : Almost nine years after his death, Mumbai got the first life-size bronze statue honouring the memory of Shiv Sena founder-patriarch late Balasaheb Keshav Thackeray, on his 95th birth anniversary here on Saturday.
Amid showering of flowers, applause and beating of drums, his son and Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray unveiled the statue depicting Balasaheb Thackeray in his classical pose with both arms in the air, as he used to gesticulate during his famed annual Dussehra gatherings at the Shivaji Park, and even during political rallies.