Five states packed quite a punch!
The results of five states where the election was held in India is somewhat promising. This is the first massive blow to the politics that was being played using lies, manipulation, and illusions through media. This is the first needle that burst the Modi bubble. This has to be perceived as a response people gave for massive bungling of country’s economy and anti people policies to Modi. The colour of blue fox Modi, has washed off in the torrential rains that lashed the five states. This is the first decisive result delivered by the people of the nation, that effectively shows the clarity in judgement after being under the communalism spell for long.
People of just country could not live with this of mind for the last 4 and half years. This government did not allow people to live there private life score get full saleem promises of either bringing back black money or creating 2 crore jobs annually.
Diktats were sent out to decide what people should eat. The government had entered our dining rooms. The families of those who lost their bread winners owing to false rumours of consuming or storing beef have been orphaned. Small traders suffered prong to badly executed GST. Middle class and lower class faced massive problems during the worse phase of unplanned and shocking demonetisation. Law and order situation went to dogs. Assaults were launched on someone as rational as Swami Agnivesh. The Prime Minister never commented on anything wrong done by his people. The fear of losing the secular fabric of this country was beginning to grow. But then our people have answered all our fears with optimism.
The party that ruined BJP, the man that was the most prominent face of BJP in Gujarat came to national politics to deliver bad administration. Self declared cow protectors massacred people in broad daylight. They even killed an upright police officer recently. UP CM Yogi Adityanath called it an accident, in a blatant effort to cover up for his people's excesses. Modi has dedicated himself to the service of his corporate bosses and most importantly, his puppeteers, the RSS in Nagpur. He has weakened premier secular autonomous institutions such as the CBI, RBI, ICHR and UGC. Four Supreme Court judges called a press conference and said external influences were deciding the course of judgements and cases at the highest law institution in the country.
RBI governor Urjit Patel resigned from his post on Monday citing ‘personal reasons’. People were sick of vyapam scam that was inconclusive and having claimed many lives in Madhya Pradesh where the BJP was ruling, and bad administration by Vasundhara Raje in Rajasthan again, a BJP ruled state. A good lesson has been served to the BJP with this now.
The attempt to twist the history and write convenient narratives as per the Sangh directions were on since a long time after Modi became the PM. This government ruined every premier public service units and institutions in its bid to remain subservient to its corporate bosses.
The rotten smell of corruption is too hard to ignore in case of buying Rafale jets ignoring the expertise of HAL.
To cover up for this act, RSS has started with its usual chanting of Ram Mandir again. They are trying to drown people in that hysteria in order to keep them distracted from problems that are really affecting their lives. The true colours of Sangh Parivar and BJP which had worn the sacred marks of Ayyappa Swami in Sabarimala to capture the Hindu votes in Kerala by spreading unrest and communal disharmony, are now in the open.
RSS leaders tried to instigate people against Supmre Court order, and get them on streets. They are trying to coin terms such as love Jihad, gau hatya (cow slaughtering) and matantar (conversion) to divide people. Even Pejawar Swamiji has spoken against Supreme Court order. Forget him, even our own PM whose duty is to honour the constitution has spoken in extremely bad manner against problem during his numerous rallies. He called Sonia Gandhi a 'widow’ a term much derogatory to be used against anyone. He said the widow pension was being usurped by ‘Congress widow’.
Modi government destroyed the banking system. They used the implementation agencies to suit their agendas. Lalu Prasad Yadav who stood to resist Modi was being jailed. The same regime evoked the fear of IT raid and took Nitish Kumar on to their side. More than anything else, Indians were being divided in the name of caste, faith, religion and all things that could poison the minds. It had conspired to destroy all the premier institutions by giving them up to corporate sector, that were built in post-independent India to take the country in the path of progress. But the people of this country are mature enough to show BJP its place when they realised that the party wasn't delivering on its promises.
The result of five states has delivered a massive blow to the BJP. If the opposition comes together before Lok Sabha elections next year, BJP may suffer a massive loss of face.
At the same time it does not mean the verdict is for Congress and clearly against the BJP. This is not a Congress wave yet.
People have indeed voted against the BJP but it's not a clearly favourable verdict for Congress. BJP has not lost its vote share yet. There is a small margin that separates Congress victory and BJP's loss in Rajasthan. The elite Rajasthan has rejected the lower caste BJP. A strong community like Jat's demand for reservation has also played a role.
Since Congress is being represented and controlled by upper caste in Rajasthan this victory is not that of shudra castes clearly. BJP lost Madhya Pradesh owing to self inflicted mistakes and arrogance. Anti incumbency wave was pretty clear in this case.
As for Telangana, we should not forget the fact that TRS has a very soft corner for BJP. The loss of five states has made violence and communal approaches inevitable for the BJP and Sangh Parivar in the coming days.
Now no one can seek votes in Modi's name. The Modi style of administration has failed totally in the last four and half years. The only route left is to divide people on the name of Ram Mandir, cow protection, hindu minority dry and violence if BJP hopes to come back into power next year. If RSS makes plans on those lines, the next year's elections will prove to be very costly. For this sake all the secular forces have to come together in solidarity to protect India from being appropriated. Else the opposition parties will lose all the moral rights to criticize the BJP and RSS and their communal politics.
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US SEC summons Gautam Adani, nephew Sagar in bribery case
New York (PTI): Adani group founder and chairman Gautam Adani and his nephew Sagar have been summoned to explain their stand on the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) allegation of paying USD 265 million (Rs 2,200 crore) in bribes to secure lucrative solar power contracts.
Summons have been sent to Adani's Shantivan Farm residence in Ahmedabad and his nephew Sagar's Bodakdev residence in the same city for a reply to SEC within 21 days.
"Within 21 days after service of this summons on you (not counting the day you received it)...you must serve on the plaintiff (SEC) an answer to the attached complaint or a motion under Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure," said a November 21 notice sent through the New York Eastern District Court.
"If you fail to respond, judgment by default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint. You also must file your answer or motion with the court," it added.
Gautam Adani, 62, and seven other defendants, including his nephew Sagar, who is a director at the group's renewable energy unit Adani Green Energy Ltd, allegedly agreed to pay about USD 265 million in bribes to Indian government officials between approximately 2020 and 2024 to obtain lucrative solar energy supply contracts on terms that expected to yield USD 2 billion of profit over 20 years, according to an indictment unsealed in a New York court on Wednesday.
Separate from the indictment brought by the US Department of Justice, the US SEC has also charged the two and Cyril Cabanes, an executive of Azure Power Global, for "conduct arising out of a massive bribery scheme".
The ports-to-energy conglomerate has denied the allegations and said it will seek all possible legal resources.
"The Adani Group has always upheld and is steadfastly committed to maintaining the highest standards of governance, transparency and regulatory compliance across all jurisdictions of its operations. We assure our stakeholders, partners and employees that we are a law-abiding organisation fully compliant with all laws."
An indictment in the US is basically a formal written allegation originating with a prosecutor and issued by a grand jury against a party charged with a crime. A person indicted is given formal notice to reply.
That person or persons can then hire a defence lawyer to defend.
Prosecutors said the investigation started in 2022 and found the inquiry obstructed.
They also allege that the Adani Group raised USD 2 billion in loans and bonds, including from US firms, on the backs of false and misleading statements related to the firm's anti-bribery practices and policies, as well as reports of the bribery probe.
"As alleged, the defendants orchestrated an elaborate scheme to bribe Indian government officials to secure contracts worth billions of dollars and... lied about the bribery scheme as they sought to raise capital from U.S. and international investors," US Attorney Breon Peace said in a statement announcing the charges on Wednesday.
"My office is committed to rooting out corruption in the international marketplace and protecting investors from those who seek to enrich themselves at the expense of the integrity of our financial markets."
