drowned in the allure of money

I counselled him to pay attention to his character, to his conduct, to his pattern of thoughts. 

Counselled him to not grab, but to let go; to live without blemish.

Arvind began by doing good work, initially.

When liquor  trade brought in loads and loads of money, he drowned in it. 

Anna Hazare

High time to change AAP leadership

chief minister passed on the mike to Sanjay Singh and refused to answer questions. 

If he is innocent in the matter, it screams for a response from him. Incident has happened in his residence, and involves his personal assistant. 

And there is a strong inference that it was done at his behest. And that inference gets stronger, with his continuing silence and his inaction.

Do you think that the personal secretary is going to misbehave with a Rajya Sabha member, who the chief minister has praised in the past - unless there is a tacit consent in this matter?   

AA Party now consists people who are a close cabal of criminals. .

Already there is a criminal case of money laundering, against the AA party. The party itself has been named as the accused. 

Birds of a feather flock together, and not one party member has stood up to condemn the assault. Their behaviour has now exposed them Clearly something terrible has happened. And it has happened in the chief minister's residence. The offences are serious, and some of them non bailable. Yet the chief minister, is silent. 

Mahesh Jethmalani,  Times Now

Federal Gem - Bharat Ratna

. . . . . was angry with the Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao when his government - in 1992 - decided to appeal against the  Delhi high court's decision, to quash a police complaint  in Bofors gun case, says senior party leader Margaret Alva. 

"What does the Prime Minister want to do? Send me to jail?", snapped the Congress President, when Alva met her. 

"What has the congress government done for me? This house was allotted to me by the Janata party's Chandrashekar government. I am not seeking any favors for myself or my children,  from him," she told the minister who was trying to patch peace.

"She was really angry," says Alva in her autobiography. 

Hindustan Times,     July 16, 2016

rollback disastrous bill

Civil societies demanded roll back of the Forest Amendment Bill 2023.

It is disastrous for forest resources and livelihood of millions, they said. 

Even renamed Janata party ruled states are unhappy and oppose some clauses of FCA bill 2023. 

"The proposed amendment would grossly shrink the purpose and jurisdiction of the original Forest Conservation Act 1980, by removing restrictions on conservation of any Forest land," said Pradip Chatterjee  Convenor to the National Platform for Small Scale Fish  Workers. 

The New Indian Express, Saturday    July 22, 2023

federal govt. issues leave notice

Federal govt. has issued a 'leave  notice' to Satprem Maini , a long term resident of Auroville, and Director of Auroville Earth Institute.  

"I have given more than 34 years of my life to Auroville, which is my home. And India is my country. Yet I am thrown out like a piece of garbage," said Satprem in a WhatsApp message. 

Satprem released a technical evaluation report alleging that, the crown road laid by the Auroville Foundation, does not comply with the Indian Road Congress Codes. 

Satprem said that officials from FRRO, Chennai had told him that Auroville foundation secretary, had revoked the recommendation  for his stay at Auroville. 

A section of residents feel that revenge is being taken for exposing irregularities in the crown road project. 

Times of India,    June 28, 2023

raj Dharma vs right wing dharma

Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was set to dismiss Chief Minister Narendra Modi's government after the 2002 riots. 

While going to the federal executive committee meeting in Goa, in 2002, he had made up his mind that the Gujarat government would be dismissed, if Narendra Modi refused to resign. 

But Vajpayee withheld his decision, because his Home Minister Lal Kishan Advani, threatened to resign from federal cabinet. 

- The Economic Times, May 10, 2019 

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Deivathaan aagadu eninum 

muyarchi thun mei warutha coolie tharum

- Walluwar