Four years of hoodwinking
It has been four years since the Narendra Modi led government assumed power in the centre. Now it is time again for them to go seeking votes again. The overall picture of unfulfilled promises is pretty grim. Hence, BJP is not in a celebratory mood over completing this milestone. Instead of bringing solace to people, this government has increased their miseries. The Prime Minister is busy travelling abroad, and addressing people through Mann Ki Baat through radio. He is occasionally in India, in these four years. There have been no exceptional achievements of this government. The acche din promise has remained a mere dream. The government had assured they would create 2 crore jobs every year if they came into power. They had assumed Minimum Support Price to farmers’ produces and check unbridled increase in prices of essential commodities. In a nutshell, they had painted beautiful dreams of amazing hues of stupendous development and assured they would bring unforeseen progress since independence, to the people of this country.
They had blamed Nehru for everything that was wrong with the country, and that they’d fix the course soon as they came to power with ‘Sab Ka Saath, sab ka Vikaas’ as the slogan. But, forget bringing country on the growth trajectory, they couldn’t fulfil even the smallest of promises. Forget 2 crore jobs, they couldn’t manage to create even 2 lakh jobs annually. Essential commodities cost a lot more than they did before. The gas cylinder that was available for Rs 390 in 2014 now costs nearly Rs 800. Though crude oil rates have come down in international market, petrol and diesel are close to Rs 100 per liter now. The poor are burdened with taxes while the corporates are enjoying freebies and tax holidays. This is the achievement of this government. Prime Minister Modi had called himself Pradhan Chaukidar and Pradhan Sevak. But right under his nose, banks have been looted by Nirav Modi, Lalit Modi and Vijay Mallya to the tune of thousands of crores. The culprits managed to escape abroad too while the government stood mute. Nirav Modi had even appeared in the picture with PM Modi during his Davos visit.
Along with this, the lakhs and crores of loans raised by big corporates such as Ambani, Adani and others have been waived off. Banks are close to declaring bankruptcy. People have been pushed to the brink in the last four years. That apart, the democracy that runs this country is facing the threat. The foundation of democracy is being weakened. During his early years, Modi closed the Planning Commission, and started NITI Aayog. He is using CBI and Enforcement Directorate to suit his politics. Autonomous institutions such as CBI are being used to shut the voices of his and Amit Shah’s political opponents. One might even wonder if the duo are using even Election Commission to suit their narrative. Amit Shah as protected from being caught under Sohrabuddin encounter case in Gujarat. Death of Justice Loya is ridden with suspicions. The government has been making massive mistakes on its foreign policies.
The diplomatic formalities followed since Nehru’s time have been thrown to air. The government is dancing to the tunes of American diktats. Forget the good days, people were put to face discomforts with demonetization and thrusting of GST taxing method without any preparation whatsoever. This has dealt a severe blow to Indian economy. There have been rumours that the decision of demonetization wasn’t even made known to the RBI governor. Also some interpretation about demonetization was necessary to bring out black money, were also made. The government never gave official statement on such interpretations or about how much black money was recovered. Every field has been opened for FDI now. This has led to the closure of small and medium businesses. Amendment to labour law has led to labourers being denied their rights. Efforts have been on to close HAL and BEL by rendering them useless. Public sector undertakings and higher education institutions are under threat. JNU continues to be in the eye of controversy. To cover its lacunae Modi government is triggering off communal tensions. Innocents are being killed in the name of Gaurakshak teams working to safeguard cows. As a result of all this, BJP lost in the bypolls. The Lok Sabha elections are looming large at a distance and BJP is not confident of another astounding victory here. Though the government is trying hard to cover up for losses of four years, people have lost faith on this government.
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Hemant Karkare killed by RSS-linked cop, not Kasab: Maharashtra LoP Vijay Wadettiwar
BJP writes to ECI for action against Cong leader Wadettiwar for 'defaming' Ujjwal Nikam
Mumbai, May 5: The BJP has written to the Election Commission of India seeking action against Congress and the opposition leader, Vijay Wadettiwar, for allegedly peddling lies and defaming its Mumbai North Central nominee and ex-26/11 prosecution lawyer Ujjwal Nikam.
Wadettiwar, the leader of the opposition in the Maharashtra legislative assembly, purportedly called Nikam an "anti-national" and accused him of hiding the information that then Maharashtra ATS chief Hemant Karkare wasn't killed by Kasab's bullet during the 26/11 terror attack, but fell to a bullet of a policeman affiliated to RSS.
His allegations were based on the book "Who Killed Karkare" written by retired police officer SM Mushriff.
"As a responsible leader, the opposition leader should desist from making such comments that can help the enemy nation," Nikam said.
Terming Wadettiwar's statements as "false and not based on facts", Mumbai BJP president Ashish Shekar claimed they were aimed at defaming Ujjwal Nikam and inciting emotions.
"We have written to the Election Commission of India seeking action against Wadettiwar who is a star campaigner (of Congress) and also against the Congress party for peddling lies," he added.
Shelar further said (Ajmal) Kasab was sentenced to death for killing innocent people after following a due process of law.
Kasab was the lone terrorist who was captured alive by Mumbai Police during the 26/11 terror attack by Pakistani terrorists in which at least 166 people were killed and several others were injured.
Shelar wondered whether Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray supported the statement made by the Congress leader.
A former special public prosecutor, Nikam had represented the state in high-profile cases like the Mumbai serial bomb blasts and the 2008 Mumbai terror attack.
He is making his political foray from Mumbai North Central seat on a BJP ticket and is pitted against city Congress chief Varsha Gaikwad.
