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| DAILY NEWS |  Anarchy of our double standards
Practitioners of state-sponsored shutdowns should rather not criticise Kejriwal’s radical tactics
It happened in April 2006 – not too far in the past. The issue at stake was whether to allow further construction of the Sardar Sarovar dam on the Narmada. The central government had appointed a committee, headed by then water resources minister Saifuddin Soz, and on the basis of its report the supreme court was going to take the decision. But there was speculation that the Soz report might not be favourable, given the tardy rehabilitation of the project-affected. Never mind the fact that the Congress and BJP are on the same page when it comes to this “lifeline of Gujarat”, but chief minister Narendra Modi decided not to take the matter lying down, and do something about it. | | What did he do? He sat on a hunger strike. Going by The Hindu report, “About 300 others, including State Bharatiya Janata Party president Vajubhai Vala, several Ministers in the Modi Cabinet, party office-bearers, leaders from various districts, representatives of the chambers of commerce and several non-government organisations joined Mr. Modi. Read more | | One Kejriwal move Raje & Co will not copy-cat | | Arvind Kejriwal is in news every hour for a variety of reasons, but one aspect of his and his party’s experiment is not much talked about: political reforms. While the two big and several mid-size political parties have over the years stalled much-needed reforms to make democracy really meaningful, Aam Aadmi Party has not only taken a pro-people stance in this matter, it has also put it into practice. Read more | | Dear Shinde & Bassi, you were asking for ruckus at Rail Bhavan | | Is making a protest zone out of bound for protestors a good idea, unless you have specific intel that the men/women assembling are terrorists with a plan? Read more | | Please Arvind, stop being so infantile | | Why this unholy need to get the police under you and, if indeed, you have to, then do it by legislation not by disrupting the city Read more | |
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