Sudesh Verma

Kanhaiya and Mevani to save Congress, Sidhu style

October 5, 2021

Kanhaiya Kumar and Jignesh Mewani joined the Congress on 28 September the day Navjot Singh Sidhu resigned as State President of Punjab BJP. While Sidhu said he would not do a compromise, the overall message of the newcomer was quite the contrary. “The collapse of a man’s character stems from...

PM Modi’s vision for a better world

September 28, 2021

If Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s last address to the United Nations (UN) in September 2020 was a reminder to democratise and become more representative reflecting a new world order, the focus this time (September 2021) was to highlight that if the world body compromises “reliability” and “effectiveness” it would lose...

Time’s 100 list: PM Modi cannot be pigeonholed

September 21, 2021

One would be surprised if Prime Minister Narendra Modi does not figure in any list prepared by any select people in the list of influential global leaders. But equally surprising is the opinion of CNN journalist Fareed Zakaria wherein he has said that PM Modi “has pushed the country (India)...

The tightening of nuts and bolts in a relay race

September 14, 2021

Former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani’s resignation from the post paving way for Bhupendra Patel is an indication that individuals don’t matter and the party’s ideology and collective leadership guide actions. One cannot expect such a smooth transfer in any other party where political aspirations are very high and the...

Tikait’s Communal Trap

September 7, 2021

If Rakesh Tikait had not raised the slogan of Allah-U-Akbar at the flop mahapanchayat at Muzaffarnagar, this would have gone unnoticed. Now, most people would wait for the so-called Bharat Bandh on 27 September to become flop too. People are angry at the obduracy of Tikait and his ilk and are amused that the government is...

Family is the party: Dynast can’t accept challenge

August 31, 2021

The way Rahul Gandhi has worked overtime to destabilise the party-run government in Punjab has put a big question mark on the Gandhi family’s abilities to provide leadership or revive the sagging morale of the Congress rank and file. This also brings us to the moot question: Is the family...

Opposition has shamed democracy in Parliament

August 17, 2021

The proclivity to resort to violence if the government did not respond the way they wanted showed complete frustration of Opposition members during the monsoon session that was adjourned sine die. Imagine what would have happened if Chairperson M. Venkaiah Naidu had not taken precautionary measures by deploying security staff....

Wrong to disrupt Parliament on Pegasus fiction

August 10, 2021

Unless extended, Parliament’s monsoon session will conclude this Friday leaving the Opposition bruised and the government fuming. People would continue to ask if the Opposition is right in holding the entire session to ransom over Pegasus merely on the basis of a questionable report. Is Pegasus the issue? Not at...

Is Pegasus controversy a toolkit to defame India?

July 27, 2021

Is it not true that vested foreign powers are keen to destabilise India? Did The New York Times not seek to recruit a journalist who would be anti-establishment and anti-Modi? Is it not true that Amnesty International was violating the law of the land, and when asked to explain and...

Opposition to population bill is communal

July 20, 2021

On the World Population Day on 11 July, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath endorsed a draft population policy to control one of the fastest growing populations in the country and sought suggestions for improvement. The brouhaha witnessed in the Opposition camp over this has forced one to ask: Is...

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