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- 18 Mar 2024 08:36
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
- Replies: 8678
- Views: 2230831
Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
> Don't forget the Jackson-Vanik amendment They were very clever to word it so that no explicit denomination appears in there, i.e., as shown below. The specific citizens who did not have the opportunity to emigrate or had a tax on emigration were the Jews of the U.S.S.R., but you wouldn't know tha...
- 17 Mar 2024 07:20
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]
- Replies: 33
- Views: 3722
Re: GE 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]
^^^Excellent way to kick off this important thread!
Indeed our general elections are Planet's Envy, Bharat's Pride!
Indeed our general elections are Planet's Envy, Bharat's Pride!
- 17 Mar 2024 03:24
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
- Replies: 8678
- Views: 2230831
Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
^^^ If that's the case, then Adani is most likely guilty. Because, depending on the nature of the government contract. 3 % to 5 % of the contract value has to be passed back to the party in power. I have reliable paan wala source for both Tamilnadu and Shri 420 sarkar in Delhi. With one of the wort...
- 16 Mar 2024 20:08
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
- Replies: 8678
- Views: 2230831
- 11 Mar 2024 08:29
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
- Replies: 2709
- Views: 622035
Re: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
nuland was singularly and solely responsible for the drastic slow down in the amriki visa issue process that affected millions of Indians, their families, work and businesses, and much of that damage is irreparable because of the time sensitive nature of family requirements, commitments, and respon...
- 11 Mar 2024 04:47
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
- Replies: 3327
- Views: 773067
Re: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
Let's hope this is all part of some long term strategy, as it's not quite clear how an alliance now will be fruitful to BJP in the long run. Like I said before, if you are planning to digest TDP's vote share in a few years, might as well start getting them to vote for you now on your own terms - es...
- 10 Mar 2024 01:46
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
- Replies: 3327
- Views: 773067
Re: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
So, can/will he last another vapid ten years with his stale, uninspiring non sequiturs or will he be ousted by an aggressive behena, whose only claim to fame is her dadi's nose Pappu is by now pretty much a BJP worker without an official membership. He provides part of the "push" to move ...
- 10 Mar 2024 01:39
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
- Replies: 3327
- Views: 773067
Re: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
I hope that BJP top leadership sees TDP nothing less than Telugu DMK Party, sans open remarks against Hinduism. Since 2018, they have indeed been abusing Modiji personally, their social media and cadre have a visceral hate for Modi/BJP (Pulwama attack, "farmers" agitation). It will be a s...
- 10 Mar 2024 01:11
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
- Replies: 3327
- Views: 773067
Re: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
This would be his last election and if he is out of power this time he knows that in 2029 BJP will take over his party's voter base and nothing will be left to his pappu. This is the correct interpretation, as has been clarified by a few good commentators over the last couple of years. The BJP long...
- 08 Mar 2024 17:18
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
- Replies: 3327
- Views: 773067
Re: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
Pradeep Singh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oBIS798ano NDA entry talks/LS and VS seat sharing arrangements are in final stages with Pradyot (TR), Pattanaik (OR), Chandranna/Pawan (AP), and Badals (PB). In addition, several smaller parties in TN are gravitating towards BJP. There is some chance t...
- 07 Mar 2024 02:11
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
- Replies: 3327
- Views: 773067
Re: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
I cant be accountable for what some other foolish fellow said. Krishan Lal Padmanabh Dubey (KLPD) accounts for two of my great ancestors and the fact that i have studied two vedas. In addition P is presiding deity of my ancestral place. Sir, please do not take it personally. Nobody knows the full f...
- 07 Mar 2024 01:51
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
- Replies: 8678
- Views: 2230831
Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
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- 06 Mar 2024 10:38
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
- Replies: 3327
- Views: 773067
Re: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
:D Well, I had to give it a PG13 spin (chakka) in this august forum; and glad to return the favor, Sir. Your own earlier BRF handle was a source of occasional mirth for me when it had the letter P in it. Please to excuse but once when a poster referred to you as KLPD ji, I lost it. Too bad there is...
- 04 Mar 2024 01:23
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
- Replies: 8411
- Views: 2875682
Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
^^ Also, the entire urban landscape of Bharat is seeing huge construction activity. Everything from flyovers, metros, office buildings/parks, to high-rise "chicken coops". Air quality may suffer until the dust settles.
- 04 Mar 2024 01:20
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Indian Interests_2
- Replies: 633
- Views: 238852
- 04 Mar 2024 01:13
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Ram Temple Consecration: News and Views
- Replies: 144
- Views: 36201
Re: Ram Temple Consecration: News and Views
Vindhyavasini Devi Temple Project, a dream project of Yogi Adityanath, upstream on the Ganga from Varanasi and near Mirzapur has finally achieved completion. Project was going on for 4 years and the transformation from an area which was dirty with narrow lanes and a Ganga waterfront which was just ...
- 28 Feb 2024 08:51
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
- Replies: 3327
- Views: 773067
Re: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
After two additional seats, NDA just four short of Rajya Sabha majority mark of 121 I think Wikipedia has the latest numbers. NDA is at 120, not 117. The majority mark is 123 in a house of 245. The elected members are now at full strength (233), but 6 of the 12 nominated members are still vacant. S...
- 27 Feb 2024 19:23
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
- Replies: 3327
- Views: 773067
Re: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
It looks like "do ladke" have both taken a shafting today - but its not from each other. In UP the SP MLAs have cross voted to scuttle the chances of their RS candidate. In HP, the INC is now reduced to minority after 9 MLAs cross voted for the BJP candidate and also appear to have left th...
- 27 Feb 2024 19:18
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
- Replies: 3327
- Views: 773067
- 27 Feb 2024 09:56
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
- Replies: 3327
- Views: 773067
- 27 Feb 2024 09:54
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
- Replies: 3327
- Views: 773067
Re: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
Watching the Telugu channels on youtube it seems the seat sharing talks are still on, BJP seems to have strict demands.
- 27 Feb 2024 09:24
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
- Replies: 3327
- Views: 773067
Re: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
The bill was defeated. Only because the congis did not control enough of the legislative council. But their intentions are clear. That is how checks and balances are supposed to work in a democratic setup. It is not like intentions of INC became clear to people only just now. As long as the law of ...
- 27 Feb 2024 07:05
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
- Replies: 3327
- Views: 773067
- 27 Feb 2024 04:15
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
- Replies: 3327
- Views: 773067
Re: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
EJ girl Anne is contesting against the Woke Pappu in Kerala. Ironical. In the meanwhile in AP, TDP+Jana Sena is there. No BJP in the gang. So NDA is not there in AP. Only BJP. I hope it stays that way. As I mentioned earlier, Modi/Amit may be wary of any alliance with either of the AP state parties...
- 22 Feb 2024 01:29
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
- Replies: 3327
- Views: 773067
Re: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
1. BJP is winning, 370 paar, electorate like 2004 becomes complacent and decide to skip Taking this as example. If one observes the news a bit more carefully, and posts on BRF (like the Modi speech I posted), you'll understand things better. Modi is telling the workers to go bring the voters out so...
- 22 Feb 2024 01:16
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
- Replies: 3327
- Views: 773067
Re: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
Call me pessimist but I have a very bad feeling about the last 2024. As of now BJP is winning, but I can see few things going wrong (and you can see it’s sead as of now) 1. BJP is winning, 370 paar, electorate like 2004 becomes complacent and decide to skip 2. BJP workers were little disillusioned ...
- 21 Feb 2024 23:22
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
- Replies: 3327
- Views: 773067
Re: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
but along with the seat sale, it may also come with the possibility of some sort of vote transference to the congis If NDA is at 55%, vote transfers within the 25% dotdot alliance will be irrelevant. Besides, they are back to their "do ladkon ka ga@@-bandhan", which cannot produce an offs...
- 21 Feb 2024 22:57
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
- Replies: 3327
- Views: 773067
Re: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
Dotdot, BIFs, andolanjeevis, et al are busy playing cat and mouse games with likely zero impact on the electorate....these may even create more votes for Modi instead. Meanwhile, important stuff. Modi has launched the massive LS campaign with a rousing address and instructions at the BJP national co...
- 21 Feb 2024 22:48
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
- Replies: 3327
- Views: 773067
Re: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
akilesh vakilesh's बटवा is bone dry.... there is only one way that this could have happened. may parties in UP bihar sell their seats to the highest bidder, as part of their normal order of business Money has changed hands bigtime This alliance/deal is to enable dotdot to actually contest the LS el...
- 20 Feb 2024 22:11
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
- Replies: 3327
- Views: 773067
Re: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
It is three (IIRC) , but don't know if that would again topple the mayor via no-confidence motion. If you read any decent news article on this issue, things will be clear. Election: BJP 16, SAD 1, 1 BJP MP (ex officio member), AAP 12, 8 votes declared invalid by Anil Masih. After SC action: BJP 14 ...
- 20 Feb 2024 20:56
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
- Replies: 3327
- Views: 773067
Re: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
Same old story. Some little hard-fought victory in a small mayoral election is seen as a cause for great joy and harbinger of a revolution in the dotdot camp. This is even less than the two bye-election victories in UP that created a great false hope of defeating Modi in 2019. In any case, several o...
- 18 Feb 2024 08:16
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
- Replies: 3327
- Views: 773067
Re: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
Mostly agree. BTW Kamalanathan is 77 y/o, he has few further prospects in MP, his political career is nearly over and he is probably sensing the possibility of defeat in Chhindwara in LS 2024. My guess is he is mainly pushing for Nakulan, with himself as some sort of bonus.
- 18 Feb 2024 06:34
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
- Replies: 8678
- Views: 2230831
- 18 Feb 2024 06:34
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
- Replies: 8678
- Views: 2230831
- 18 Feb 2024 06:25
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
- Replies: 3327
- Views: 773067
Re: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
Apart from a few misfires, many high-profile turncoats (Sarma, Scindia, RPN Singh, Prasada, Adhikari, RPN et al) have been put to productive work in the BJP. The party doesn't "need" any of these people at the moment, so anyone applying will be expected to deliver many things as well as ex...
- 17 Feb 2024 03:46
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
- Replies: 3327
- Views: 773067
Re: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
via @MinhazMerchant As India’s most respected agri-economist, Ashok Gulati writes: “Agreeing to (MSP) demand will mean fiscal stability will go for a toss & food inflation rise.” I was perhaps more interested in the article to the left (not fully readable in the photo), written by someone with ...
- 17 Feb 2024 03:39
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
- Replies: 5560
- Views: 1509969
Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
I'm surprised the letter didn't include a gofundme link. He is already funded by the British taxpayer as is all the Royal family. They have special rates (close to zero) for things for Inheritance tax and Income tax so they do not pay much. Charlie was a recent beneficiary of the Inheritance Tax co...
- 16 Feb 2024 01:49
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
- Replies: 5560
- Views: 1509969
Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
I'm surprised the letter didn't include a gofundme link.
- 14 Feb 2024 05:24
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
- Replies: 3327
- Views: 773067
Re: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
What is the connection? PErhpas the farmer said 'gaantht' (to rhyme with can't) which means knot (as a knot in a thread). The connection with chakka could be the spinning wheel (Gandhian one, used to spin cotton into threads). Maybe a knot in the thread is a way of saying something is off/awry. Thi...
- 11 Feb 2024 11:24
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread - June 2015
- Replies: 1772
- Views: 563889
Re: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread - June 2015
NRao, Lt. Gen SL Narasimhan is quoting all official china's shanghai statistics. This is subject to huge errors. The consensus on the GDP figures for China is perhaps approx 1/2 of 17 T number. This 1/2 number is backed by metrics from other sources like intensity of night light across the nation. ...