India’s Hindu nationalist ruling party vowed on Monday to take back decades-old special rights from the people of Jammu and Kashmir, making an election promise that can provoke a backlash in the country’s only Muslim-majority state. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is widely expected to retain power after a general election that […]
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India’s Election Commission: buried under tide of complaints, bias allegations
Did Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi break election rules by addressing the nation on an anti-satellite test recently? Is it right to have a channel dedicated to the leader? Can the country’s armed forces be called “Modi’s soldiers“? Ahead of a general election that starts next week, the Election Commission of India (ECI) says it […]
India — do not mess with Pakistan
India has not accepted the existence of Pakistan as an independent sovereign state, as Indian foreign policy remains Pakistan-centric. India is always busy, hatching conspiracies to damage Pakistan not only from the east but also from the west through its proxies. The Balochistan Liberatin Army (BLA) is an Indian proxy involved in the Balochistan unrest. […]
From journalism to jingoism
Prospects for dialogue between Pakistan and India now appear bleak as the two nuclear armed neighbours face-off in what is perhaps the worst diplomatic bilateral stalemate since 1971. Accustomed to setbacks, the new normal in this bilateral relationship is a media fueled militaristic ultra-nationalism in India that is shrinking public appetite for normalization with Pakistan. […]
Pulwama — a climacteric event? — II
Pakistan is awaiting diffusion of the prevailing tension. India for its misadventure and following military humiliation and a black eye, is acting intransigent, leaving everyone including its saner element to continue guessing Modi’s next inanity. With Pakistan’s mature behavior duly complemented by international efforts, the current tension may diffuse, but what needs consideration is, how […]
‘Chowkidar Narendra Modi’ new twitter trend in India
NEW DEHLI: Indian Prime Minister and other leaders of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) added ‘chowkidar’ to their name on Twitter on Sunday. Your Chowkidar is standing firm & serving the nation. But, I am not alone. Everyone who is fighting corruption, dirt, social evils is a Chowkidar. Everyone working hard for the progress of India […]
BJP puts pilot Abhinandan pictures on posters for election campaign
NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is being widely slammed by Twitterati for printing multiple political campaign posters with the photo of Indian Air Force pilot Abhinandan Varthaman. BJP also politicized the Pulwama attack. They used the airstrikes to ask votes from public. The election commission of India has asked the political parties to “abstain […]
Bharata Janata Party’s website attacked by hackers
Hackers attacked the ruling Bharata Janata Party’s (BJP) website on Tuesday and no hacker has yet claimed responsibility for it. There also has been no official statement from the BJP and the website is still down with a message from the admin saying “we will be back up soon”. “We’ll be back soon! Sorry for […]
Pawan Kalyan: BJP told me two years ago, there will be war before elections
Pawan Kalyan, actor turned politician said on Thursday that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) told him two years ago of the war before Lok Sabha elections. Pawan is a former ally of the ruling party BJP, he said that” I was told two years ago war will be coming. You can understand from this what […]
India: Post state-elections assessment
Many people are gloating over the recent state-election results in India and the defeat of the BJP. However, the only effect it will have is to reduce lynching of Muslims a bit, though it is wrong to assume even that will be totally eliminated by it. India is still a semi-feudal society, and as I […]