Around Nirav Modi’s arrest
As the Lok Sabha elections are approaching, the Modi government is doing everything it can to project itself as a clean government. This government which does not hesitate to use people’s nationalism for elections, is all set to wear the crown of arresting the rich who fled from India.
Vijay Mallya who had defaulted Indian banks on Rs 9,000 cr was caught in London. Diamond merchant of Gujarat Nirav Modi had defaulted Rs 13,500 cr to Punjab National Bank. Another industrialist Mittal had fled the country under similar conditions. It’s tough to believe the government didn’t know about their plans of leaving the country. Moving from one city to another is difficult enough. When that is the case, moving out of the country hoodwinking authorities across Passport, Visa, Customs and others is highly complicated unless those in power allow this to happen.
There is proof to believe the current and preceding government have a role in this bank looting issue. Industrialists like Mallya and Nirav Modi have contributed a lot to the dark phase that national banks are in today. It’s because of them that the banks are on the verge of bankruptcy. Modi government has waived off Rs 3 lakh cr corporate loans. And there are more number of people who have fled the country after milking our banks. Though the Scotland Yard cops have arrested Nirav Modi, it is difficult to get him handed over into Indian custody because India is still struggling bad to get Mallya extradited from Britain. Mallya is also a London citizen so things have turned even more complicated. Yet the legal steps relating to Mallya’s case are not even complete. Nirav Modi has been given permission to live in London for the next five years under golden visa. Hence the foreign affairs ministry has its job cut out on this task. Not just Nirav, his uncle Mehul Choksi is also needed by India and his whereabouts are a mystery now. Things have to be expedited to check his current location.
Economically the country is on the verge of collapse under the rule of RSS-dominant BJP. Modi has been lying about the economic health by presenting fudged numbers. Demonetisation that was done without the RBI permission has brought the country on its knees. Modi government’s role in Rafale deal is suspicious. Though the BJP leaders are saying Modi is not at fault, the government was taken aback when The Hindu presented facts regarding this deal. AG said to the SC that the papers were lost and this became a laughing stock, and his next statement was that the records were copied. Modi govt failed to fulfil promises made to people. Inflation, price rise has been unchecked. Now to cover for its inadequacies, Modi government is using Nirav arrest case to hide behind.
Modi never met the aggrieved directly in the last so many years he was in power nor did he even address a single press conference. Now he has started a “main bhi chowkidar’ kind of comedy show. He is doing all kinds of circus to be reelected to Parliament. Nirav Modi arrest is also one such circus. By doing things like this, RSS agenda would be quietly implemented. Swami Aseemanand’s acquittal and release in Samjhauta rail blast case has raised many suspicions. Having made mistakes like this, Modi government has heavily compromised upon CBI, RBI and such agencies to its benefit. Bringing Nirav Modi to India has rife with complications. But BJP workers should not allow this to be used for elections.
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Congress gave religion-based quota through backdoor in Karnataka, wants to do it everywhere: PM Modi
Sagar (MP), Apr 24: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday accused Congress of reducing the quota for the OBCs in Karnataka by putting Muslim castes in the same category, and claimed that it plans to replicate this across the country.
Speaking at an election rally in Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh, he dubbed the opposition party as the "biggest enemy of the OBCs", and said the Bharatiya Janata Party needed to win more than 400 seats in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections to save the quota granted to the Other Backward Class, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
In the past, Congress provided reservation on the basis of religion which India's Constitution does not allow, and also promised the same in its 2009 and 2014 manifestos, Modi said.
"Once again Congress has given reservation based on religion through backdoor in Karnataka by putting all Muslim castes along with the OBCs. By doing so, it has snatched a big chunk of reservations from the OBC community. Congress indulged in this dangerous game which will destroy your generations. It is the biggest enemy of the OBCs,” he said.
In 2004, Congress had given religion-based reservation and thus stabbed Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar, the architect of the Constitution, in the back, Modi said.
The opposition party played a trick in an "illegal manner" when it added Muslim castes in the OBC category, and in the process took away the rights of the OBCs, he alleged.
Further, Congress wants to implement this formula in the entire country, the prime minister alleged.
"The Constitution clearly says that no one will be given reservation on the basis of religion. Babasaheb Ambedkar himself was against reservation on the basis of religion. But Congress had made a dangerous resolution of (providing) reservation based on religion years ago. Various tactics are being adopted to fulfill this resolution. They are playing their game by deceiving the country's people," Modi said at the rally.
He also accused the opposition party of planning to curtail 15 percent quota of SCs, STs and OBCs, and provide it on the basis of religion.
The last time the Congress regime in Karnataka provided reservations based on religion, the subsequent BJP government scrapped it, he said.
"Elections will come and go, but this dangerous game of snatching reservations of OBCs, Dalits and tribals should be ended,” Modi added.
The prime minister also claimed that the opposition party hates the Constitution as well as the "identity of India," and that was why it was doing everything that "weakens the country and its credibility."
Some people were asking why he had given the slogan "Abki Baar, 400 Paar", the prime minister said.
"To save the reservation of SC, ST, OBCs forever, more than 400 seats are needed,” he said.
Congress' "hidden agenda" was now out, the PM said, claiming that it had said it would impose inheritance tax on coming to power.
"The wealth you have saved by working hard and enduring hardship will be looted after the formation of the Congress government,” he said, adding that it also showed how disconnected the party was from the country's social values and sentiments of Indian society.
Congress had no idea of Indian family values, Modi said, adding that people save assets for their children, grandchildren and next generations by spending their own lives in hardship, but the opposition party wants to plunder these assets earned over generations.
"Jindagi ke saath bhi loot and Jindagi ke baad bhi loot (looting people while they are alive and looting after they are dead)," is the Congress' mantra, and it wants to give these assets to its "vote bank," the prime minister said.
He also took swipes at Congress for not attending the consecration ceremony at the Ram temple in Ayodhya and accused it of calling Lord Ram a fictional character.
The BJP has fielded Lata Wankhede from the Sagar Lok Sabha seat while the Congress' nominee is Guddu Raja Bundela. Polling will be held in the constituency in the third phase on May 7.
