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- 18 Jun 2021 02:45
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Understanding the US - Again
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The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax https://www.propublica.org/article/the-secret-irs-files-trove-of-never-before-seen-records-reveal-how-the-wealthiest-avoid-income-tax Another article: Bezos, Buffett, Bloomberg, Musk, Icahn and Soros...
- 16 Jun 2021 03:58
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Understanding the US - Again
- Replies: 7500
- Views: 1748019
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- 15 Jun 2021 22:00
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Five State Elections
- Replies: 1447
- Views: 318419
Re: 2021 Five State Elections
Chetak-Saar, that is a possibility of splitting the state unit of BJP. Because the other day when Subhendu Adhikary met the guv he had the support of 50 MLAs out of 75 (two resigned to go back to their MP seats). Ambar-Saar, The rag-tag third (federal) front may come together only with the sole obje...
- 15 Jun 2021 06:08
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Five State Elections
- Replies: 1447
- Views: 318419
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Those with ears on the ground in WB please help me validate some of the points below. RahulM-Saar, Supratik-da and Maria-bhai - please take note . I have been going through all the available info, rumors, - you name it. 1. Apparently ABP group wants to be the kingmaker in WB politics. Is it their an...
- 14 Jun 2021 12:00
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Five State Elections
- Replies: 1447
- Views: 318419
Re: 2021 Five State Elections
Looks like the departure of Mukul Roy and a few others from BJP (to TMC) has actually energized the state BJP. Sangh has sighed a big relief. VHP has issued a statement to bring up budding leaders from the grass-root level. Within a month state BJP will undergo a good amount of changes. As per TV ne...
- 12 Jun 2021 21:32
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Five State Elections
- Replies: 1447
- Views: 318419
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^^^^
Hope the central BJP leadership learns from the follies.
Hope the central BJP leadership learns from the follies.
- 12 Jun 2021 20:11
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Internal Security Watch
- Replies: 6211
- Views: 1794496
Re: Internal Security Watch
BSF gets hold of ‘wanted Chinese’ man in Malda https://www.thestatesman.com/bengal/bsf-gets-hold-wanted-chinese-man-malda-1502971998.html Bangladeshi media have reported more interesting tid-bits. Apparently this Han guy already shipped 1300 Indian SIM cards to China. Also he was in close contacts ...
- 12 Jun 2021 08:03
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Five State Elections
- Replies: 1447
- Views: 318419
Re: 2021 Five State Elections
I will give my brief analysis without taking anything away from RahulM. Two other major factors were there in 2021 WB election. The WB economy has grown at a CAGR (combined annual growth rate) of 10.5% in the last five years i.e. the economy has basically doubled. This is big for a state that was i...
- 11 Jun 2021 21:21
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Five State Elections
- Replies: 1447
- Views: 318419
Re: 2021 Five State Elections
Let this be a time of introspection not only for the WB state BJP init, but also for the national leadership. The turn-coats must go through a rigorous process of showing dedicated service to the party before they are provided election ticket. (But, again, how do you prevent the Mukul Roy syndrome??...
- 11 Jun 2021 18:40
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Five State Elections
- Replies: 1447
- Views: 318419
Re: 2021 Five State Elections
Can our hon'able HM now speed up the Sarada - Narada scam investigations? The people of the state are dismayed by the slow progress of the investigation. It appears that there is a lack of interest. If the investigations do not move forward fast and conclusively then even NaMo won't be able to save ...
- 11 Jun 2021 18:36
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Five State Elections
- Replies: 1447
- Views: 318419
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The lesson is - GO BACK TO THE ROOTS. Listen to RSS' apprehensions when it warned against this muddy flood water.
- 11 Jun 2021 17:46
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Five State Elections
- Replies: 1447
- Views: 318419
Re: 2021 Five State Elections
So the rumor that was swirling for the last one month has come true.
The turn-coat has again become a turn-coat.
The turn-coat has again become a turn-coat.
- 10 Jun 2021 22:06
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
- Replies: 14901
- Views: 3028420
Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
https://tfipost.com/2021/06/as-prophesied-by-tfi-two-years-back-pretty-hindu-bride-nusrat-jahan-turns-out-to-be-a-mazhabi-muslim-planted-by-pk/ As prophesied by TFI two years back, pretty Hindu bride Nusrat Jahan turns out to be a Mazhabi Muslim planted by PK t was no coincidence that Nusrat Jahan’...
- 10 Jun 2021 03:34
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
- Replies: 14901
- Views: 3028420
Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Yesterday one of Bangladesh's main newspapers, Jugantar, ran a long article giving details about a young woman who was sold to flesh trade, and eventually landed in Chennai. Another woman was trafficked to Bangalore, but eventually managed to run away and return to Bangladesh. After they lodged a po...
- 08 Jun 2021 10:08
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Christianity, Evangelism & its geopolitical impact
- Replies: 1237
- Views: 419663
Re: Christianity, Evangelism & its geopolitical impact
The Scandal Rocking the Evangelical World ......Instead, the letter suggests, the breach was caused by the stands he had taken against sexual abuse within the SBC and on racial reconciliation, which had infuriated the executive committee. ..... Read the whole article on the scandals in Southern Bap...
- 03 Jun 2021 23:50
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Five State Elections
- Replies: 1447
- Views: 318419
Re: 2021 Five State Elections
Maria-Sir, I won't go whole hog to castigate HS as counterproductive. They have some good underground projects going on, and have some localized muscle power to help the dharmik people. However, they should work in tandem with pro-dharmik parties, and shouldn't let themselves be used by the external...
- 02 Jun 2021 00:18
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
- Replies: 14441
- Views: 2828717
Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Excuse me if this has been posted before
Malaysia now has more Covid cases per million than India
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/26/covid-m ... lainternal
Malaysia now has more Covid cases per million than India
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/26/covid-m ... lainternal
- 28 May 2021 23:10
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Five State Elections
- Replies: 1447
- Views: 318419
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My very humble 2 paise with my very own pigeon-size brain: Darshan-ji, money is NOT at all a problem. If there is an able leadership then people with moneybags come forward, may not be openly, to fund the dharmik causes. HS under T-da ran some interesting underground projects, and money was never an...
- 28 May 2021 13:39
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Five State Elections
- Replies: 1447
- Views: 318419
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I kind of knew that HS is some sort of a doppelganger the moment I saw reports on the news about them making noises against non-Bengali people in Bengal. Ummm... not sure about it ^^^^ Rather HS under T-da was very keen in identifying the non-bongs with the WB police who were more sympathetic to pr...
- 28 May 2021 10:30
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Five State Elections
- Replies: 1447
- Views: 318419
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Massa's younger brother is working through Massland.
- 28 May 2021 04:21
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Five State Elections
- Replies: 1447
- Views: 318419
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Debtanu Bhattacharya at one point was thinking of contesting the election as a third party candidate, but later contested on a BJP ticket. https://samhatisamvad.com/2021/05/08/amta-leads-the-way-against-violence-by-trinamool-congress-unleashed-after-poll-result/ Under his leadership Hindus fought ba...
- 28 May 2021 04:20
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Five State Elections
- Replies: 1447
- Views: 318419
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- 26 May 2021 19:04
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Five State Elections
- Replies: 1447
- Views: 318419
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Sir, you are spot on. BSF rank and file make their life's savings after being posted on WB-BD border. Regular non-human smuggling is a way of life along the border, mainly cattle and coal as there is a huge demand for both in BD. Human smuggling comes next. If the BSF looks the other way then stoppi...
- 26 May 2021 17:33
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Five State Elections
- Replies: 1447
- Views: 318419
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TMC inherited the syndicate raj from the earlier LF regime by which the local party thugs extract a cut money from every business - from housing constructiin to granting auto/taxi/bus permits. However, the LF kept it smooth in the sense that the party's single local committee ran it nicely at the lo...
- 26 May 2021 17:20
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Five State Elections
- Replies: 1447
- Views: 318419
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Angered by the Left's withdrawal of support on the nuclear issue, Sonia Maino played the trick to make the EC send large number of central forces to conduct the 2011 election. This was one of the reasons that contributed to LF's fall. There were two other reasons - rise of the extremely corrupt seco...
- 22 May 2021 07:26
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
- Replies: 14901
- Views: 3028420
Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Why BJP LOST BENGAL? TWITTER @Mahakal_k_bhakt Why BJP has failed to win 2021 Vidhansabha election in WB? I see that many RW Hindus r blaming only Bengali Hindus for not winning BJP in WB election. I think they don't know the ground reality. I'm a karyakarta of HJM Let me tell u the reasons of BJP's...
- 22 May 2021 07:18
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Five State Elections
- Replies: 1447
- Views: 318419
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The rumor on the street is that the arrested four heavyweights (now out under house arrest) is just a minor 'khela'. The major 'khela' is going to be getting hold of the bigger fish against whom more critical evidence is supposed to come from these four heavyweights. Ultimate target is the "nep...
- 22 May 2021 07:15
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Five State Elections
- Replies: 1447
- Views: 318419
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My 2 paise: Apart from all other suggestions and criticisms, what is needed most for WB BJP is to " win and hold " the ground. 1. As per 2019 GE, BJP was ahead in 121 assembly seats, and the question is - why did it lose many of these seats? 2. On the other hand, TMC, definitely using the ...
- 21 May 2021 12:19
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
- Replies: 14901
- Views: 3028420
Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Is it because the lady didn't press the charges?Aditya_V wrote:Ecosystem strikes, Tarun Tejpal Acquitted, the entire ecosystem is pretty rotten.
But for all practical purposes, Tejpal's career has been doomed. It is unlikely that he would be a poster boy for the ecosystem any more.
- 19 May 2021 14:00
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Five State Elections
- Replies: 1447
- Views: 318419
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Total chaotic situation in WB. While the Covid caseloads are rising each day, the state is in total paralysis, TMC thugs resorted to vandalism on the arrest of four of their heavyweights. All the social distancing has gone for a toss as thousands of TMC followers congested in front of Nizam Palace (...
- 19 May 2021 11:01
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
- Replies: 14441
- Views: 2828717
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Latest paper on the second wave of Covid in India... https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.05.18.444675v1 Abstract Spike (S) proteins of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) are critical determinants of the infectivity and antigenicity of the virus. Several mutations i...
- 18 May 2021 06:57
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Five State Elections
- Replies: 1447
- Views: 318419
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May be this is just the beginning of true "khela".
- 18 May 2021 06:57
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Five State Elections
- Replies: 1447
- Views: 318419
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Well CBI court gave bail. Calcutta High Court stayed the bail. Reason given was wrong impression of mob rule led by CM at CBI court and by Law Minister at High Court to the people. So most likely the focus moves to Supreme Court. The four heavyweights will be in Presidency Jail till Wednesday. What...
- 17 May 2021 13:03
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Five State Elections
- Replies: 1447
- Views: 318419
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Many TMC followers, including a large number of peacefools, have gheraoed Nizam Palace, the regional CBI HQ. They are trying to break the metal barrier and enter the building. In other places also TMC thugs are burning tires, creating a mess in the middle of a lockdown. Total breakdown of law and or...
- 17 May 2021 10:34
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Five State Elections
- Replies: 1447
- Views: 318419
Re: 2021 Five State Elections
Was expecting this .....since Mumtaaz had been extremely subdued for the last two weeks.
Her right hand person, her man-friday Firhad ("Bobby") Hakim has been arrested by CBI.
Other TMC top leaders have been asked to show up.
Her right hand person, her man-friday Firhad ("Bobby") Hakim has been arrested by CBI.
Other TMC top leaders have been asked to show up.
- 16 May 2021 10:27
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
- Replies: 14441
- Views: 2828717
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Sankum-ji, similar patterns are being observed in Kolkata as well. Lower income group people are getting affected in a good number, but almost all of them are recovering too. Most of the casualties are being observed in upper/upper-middle class families.It is this upper/upper-middle class families w...
- 16 May 2021 03:57
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Five State Elections
- Replies: 1447
- Views: 318419
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Nicely summed up, RahulM-Saar. The complete take over of the mass media by the TMC govt is not only disgusting, but also something that the earlier LF govt couldn't achieve. (I have personally convinced some close friends to subscribe Yuga Shankha though.) Mukhi-Saar, that PK factor has been covered...
- 14 May 2021 00:13
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Five State Elections
- Replies: 1447
- Views: 318419
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Some words on the streets..... 1. It has been one week since she (Mumtaaz) has taken over the reign for the third time. But why is she unusually quiet and subdued? Anything unpleasant cooking up for her? 2. EC has sent the EVMs to Bangaluru for forensic testing, is she afraid of that? 3. NM and AS a...
- 13 May 2021 09:21
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Five State Elections
- Replies: 1447
- Views: 318419
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BJP’s tally in West Bengal Assembly reduces to 75 as two MLAs resign Just 10 days after it won a record 77 seats in the 294-member West Bengal Assembly, its tally has reduced to 75 seats with two of its elected members resigning from the post of MLAs. Notably, the BJP has fielded four sitting MPs i...
- 13 May 2021 00:28
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: 2021 Five State Elections
- Replies: 1447
- Views: 318419
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As I try to piece together more information by talking to a wide spectrum of people, an emerging factor seen is that people were a bit ticked off by the central leaders making so many rounds in WB, and this has had helped TMC drive the point home that the BJP state leaders are inept and too dependen...