2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

[Deans]

"A-List Club" looks like some sort of "high class" mandi.

This woke pustule Aman Kulthia may find that operating a restaurant without a health certificate is just the beginning of his problems.

what is going to sink him is the anti Modi tweet that he put out using foul language for the PM. Uncalled for and totally unprovoked.
such woke scum are to be ground into the dirt

His tweet was also insulting to the Sikh community.

[Pratyush]

This kind of derangement is something that I cannot understand.

Not even see the occasion on which the PM has tweeted. Just shout out an abuse.

I can understand an honest critical appraisal of the performance of the government.

In fact I will welcome it. But all to often all we are seeing is just a sound and light show with no real content. That too purely for the hyperpartisan's.

I mean how can the spokesman for a political party on a televised appearance go out and say that the PM sells his mother. Or Raj Babbar with the comment that rupee will soon reach the same age as the PM's mother.

These people have forgotten how to reach out to the guy in the middle with any positive message.

This is not a healthy trend for Indian democracy.

[chetak]

It doesn't matter what the G23 are going to do. The fact of the matter is that none of them has gone out and sought a removal of the family from Congress and they are still saying that RaGa has his heart in the right place.

Just goes to show that sycophancy is a way of life in Congress and they cannot imagine a life without the family.

Given the kind of intelligence Sonia Gandhi has displayed. Her children cannot be that far behind in terms of intelligence.

it is becoming very apparent that without AP, she is just another pappu, which was a suspicion that people always had.

and now she is petrified that she will not find another loyal consigliere who will help her remain the capo dei capi

especially after shifty sidhu, inke toh l lag gaye

amarinder sahab to haath dhoke peeche pad gaye inke

[SRajesh]

Pratyushji
What do you expect with 23 side-lined and from communist to near terrorist being inducted into 'Family Enterprise', the level of discourse will end in the gutter.
I fervently wish that I will one day see a person from Opposition benches, speak like Atalji and not like filibustering 'Shampoo boy' or a pithy 'Samosawale aloo'(that you may need occasionally to vent the pent up gas!!)

[srin]

The Family serves a very important function in the Congress. The Family provides access to power. And if they gain power, they share the spoils with the satraps (think UPA). And if they are "loyal" enough, they can even become PM ! That's why the G23 still stay in the INC. With most of them not being capable of winnings, they rely on Family for their power, as well as having being desperate for the spoils.

With the Family as de facto head of INC, it ensures that none of factional chiefs can rise to power at the top. And the Family acts as an arbiter in factional disputes - that's what AP used to do for SG, but now with AP gone, and the Kids playing their own games, it is a free for all. That's explains Amarinder Singh and Scindia leaving and Pilot being very shaky.

[Cyrano]

Family provides 2 things :

1. Access to the Congress name and election symbol that still has many millions of legacy followers and "anti-BJP" voters. In the absence of a credible non-BJP contestant, these default Congress votes will go to the congress candidate no matter how rotten he is. The G23 and others like them are hanging on to the party just for that.

2. Access keys to a huge cache of illegal money stashed in India and abroad. In states where congress is out of power (sharing) the congress contestants have to dig into their previously accumulated moolah or depend on Family dole out to fund party activities and campaigns. Congress netas' usual river of corruption/hafta mafia money is mostly dried up, and even in cases where they have historic cash cows like sand extraction, coal and other mining, farm mandis, coop-banks, land grabbing, real estate etc. they have so share the moolah with those in power now else they risk losing the source itself.

Without these two, the G23 & shampoo boys have no chance of ever winning even a block devt council or ZP election.

The cruel reality is, each passing year, even having these 2 is no guarantee of any electoral success, and I believe we have reached a tipping point where Congress name has become a liability instead of an asset. Horrible monsters like Congress Party will die a slow and torturous death, which is just deserts for what they have done to the country all these decades.

[chetak]

[Pratyush]

I guess that this is just rewards for the mistreatment of PVNR.

[Cyrano]

The outrageously one sided and incredibly unconstitutional 1995 Wakf act was passed under PVNR's PMship.

https://minorityaffairs.gov.in/acts/wakf-act

Read it, your eyes will pop out of their sockets !!

[Cyrano]

[Ashokk]

https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1443834393508802560

ANI: The garbage mountains in cities will be processed and removed completely as part of Swachta second phase. One such garbage mountain has been in Delhi for long, it's also waiting to be removed...: PM Modi at the launch of Swachch Bharat 2.0

[S_Madhukar]

The problem is no visible punishment is being meted out to the family and other pests. We can’t treat them with kid gloves. No wonder we easily get tukde gang and others every now and then. It’s like a leaky boat some one or the other pops out. What intel does NSA have? If it is just slush funds how come we haven’t exposed it yet. And Kaptaan doesn’t know ?? We have 20+ states and somewhere there can be stoked fires, after NaMo how can we handle that. We have cannon fodder increasing into the borders and now cannon fodder in political spheres. good for nothing and nothing to lose poisoning hundreds

[vijayk]

MAD knows that Ahmed Patel is the super PM and $$onia is just a front. AP can never be the front and he knows his limits. Very few people understand their limits. He should not be even exposed to public. She can be exposed as she is BAHU of Gandhis and widow. So he and MAFIA came to an agreement. All the 10 members of inner party circle were hand picked by AP. She could not trust any Hindu. Pranab was never trusted

So Xians/Islamists were only picked. MMS was the public face. She is the electoral face and AP was running the country from media to army to conversions to destroying manufacturing base to Communal Violence bill. Kujli kind of people were on boarded to appease foreign powers.

[sanjayc]

MAD knows that Ahmed Patel is the super PM and $$onia is just a front. AP can never be the front and he knows his limits. Very few people understand their limits. He should not be even exposed to public. She can be exposed as she is BAHU of Gandhis and widow. So he and MAFIA came to an agreement. All the 10 members of inner party circle were hand picked by AP. She could not trust any Hindu. Pranab was never trusted

So Xians/Islamists were only picked. MMS was the public face. She is the electoral face and AP was running the country from media to army to conversions to destroying manufacturing base to Communal Violence bill. Kujli kind of people were on boarded to appease foreign powers.

Didn't Ahmed Patel die last year?

[Suraj]

The Family serves a very important function in the Congress. The Family provides access to power. And if they gain power, they share the spoils with the satraps (think UPA). And if they are "loyal" enough, they can even become PM ! That's why the G23 still stay in the INC. With most of them not being capable of winnings, they rely on Family for their power, as well as having being desperate for the spoils.

With the Family as de facto head of INC, it ensures that none of factional chiefs can rise to power at the top. And the Family acts as an arbiter in factional disputes - that's what AP used to do for SG, but now with AP gone, and the Kids playing their own games, it is a free for all. That's explains Amarinder Singh and Scindia leaving and Pilot being very shaky.

Do you think you can post a timeline of these events ? Just something like 'DD/MM/YYYY AP dies' as a set of rows would be great.

Timelines are a great way to connect the dots.

[chetak]

MAD knows that Ahmed Patel is the super PM and $$onia is just a front. AP can never be the front and he knows his limits. Very few people understand their limits. He should not be even exposed to public. She can be exposed as she is BAHU of Gandhis and widow. So he and MAFIA came to an agreement. All the 10 members of inner party circle were hand picked by AP. She could not trust any Hindu. Pranab was never trusted

So Xians/Islamists were only picked. MMS was the public face. She is the electoral face and AP was running the country from media to army to conversions to destroying manufacturing base to Communal Violence bill. Kujli kind of people were on boarded to appease foreign powers.

+108

Most people don't actually perceive khujli for what he is and how he was shoehorned, out of the blue, into Indian politics. he is a disguised and iceberg like part of the eyetalian mafia

He has been effectively defanged in dilli, courtesy the MAD.

Imagine if, as originally planned, he had been allowed to run amok in dilli where all the foreign embassies are and the trade missions along with the powerful FFNGOs and their masters like the fraud foundation with law and order and the state home ministry in his grubby hands

He is desperate to grab power in a border state because that is what his masters have gamed out for him.

doesn't require much gyan to see where the khujli missile is being pointed and why.

[KLNMurthy]

This kind of derangement is something that I cannot understand.

Not even see the occasion on which the PM has tweeted. Just shout out an abuse.

I can understand an honest critical appraisal of the performance of the government.

In fact I will welcome it. But all to often all we are seeing is just a sound and light show with no real content. That too purely for the hyperpartisan's.

I mean how can the spokesman for a political party on a televised appearance go out and say that the PM sells his mother. Or Raj Babbar with the comment that rupee will soon reach the same age as the PM's mother.

These people have forgotten how to reach out to the guy in the middle with any positive message.

This is not a healthy trend for Indian democracy.

It is understandable to me. I find that this attitude is based on the fact that a railway tea seller (one of the lowliest and most abused beings in India) with no family connections, no caste-based thuggery, but solely on merit went and sat on the PM’s gaddi, and acts like he legitimately belongs there, gives orders and so forth.

A great many of my beloved Indian compatriots feel a visceral revulsion and outrage at this upsetting of the natural order of things.

The venom they spew against Modi is just an outlet for their inner turmoil.

[fanne]

I very humbly disagree with the forum analysis on Aman Kulthia, AQUILA guy, graduate from Bath university

He is young, early 20s, has a restaurant in heart of Delhi (which makes him richer than 90% of the board members)...so what is this hatred with Modi

I know few guys (n gals), They had perhaps a more humbler beginning than most of us if you go 4-5 generations. Then congress happened (along with Independence), many of these guys, for one reason or another hung on to Congress cocktail and within a span of 2 generation (this guy great grandfather and grand father), amassed so much of money (mostly black, unethical, monopolistic, not based on any true talent), the generation around 80s to 90s were spending more time abroad, or totally cutoff from Bharat, they however lived in India- watched Hollywood, listened to some wester artist than Lata ji, had more knowledge on Rugby than Indian hockey, ..you get the drift. And so they don't like Saree as well.

They also enjoyed great power, money issue was already solved by father or grand father. They had an army of servants or serfs..

Then Modi happened, Slowly the servants disappeared (they were slowly disappearing since 1991, but Modi ji accelerated it hugely). New money making become harder, now they could not get contract on a phone call (still the ill wealth accumulated in the last few generation was there, making them in the richest 1% of the population), there was competition!! The worse is, THEY DONT HAVE POWER. they cannot slap anyone and have the police bash up the victim, misbehave with a women and get away with it (Tejpal is still free, but he did see the in of the jail), break any law as they please without any consequence (that's why he did not bother to get a license, which per Dean ji is just few clicks away)..They think Modi took away that privilege away from them. That's why they hate him. And as I said, I personally know few of these guys and seen them closely.

[ramana]

Guys don't waste time on past for it won't get you into the future.

[ramana]

Srin you are missing lots of dots.
The Mundra Port drug seizure had big impact on PUNJAB political crisis

[vijayk]

MAD knows that Ahmed Patel is the super PM and $$onia is just a front. AP can never be the front and he knows his limits. Very few people understand their limits. He should not be even exposed to public. She can be exposed as she is BAHU of Gandhis and widow. So he and MAFIA came to an agreement. All the 10 members of inner party circle were hand picked by AP. She could not trust any Hindu. Pranab was never trusted

So Xians/Islamists were only picked. MMS was the public face. She is the electoral face and AP was running the country from media to army to conversions to destroying manufacturing base to Communal Violence bill. Kujli kind of people were on boarded to appease foreign powers.

Didn't Ahmed Patel die last year?

Yes ... I am talking about the past. We all thought $$onia was Super PM but it was Ahmed Patel who was running the country. It makes sense now.

[ManSingh]

Srin you are missing lots of dots.
The Mundra Port drug seizure had big impact on PUNJAB political crisis

I fail to see the connection. The ED has not carried out any searches in Punjab either.

[arshyam]

He is desperate to grab power in a border state because that is what his masters have gamed out for him.

doesn't require much gyan to see where the khujli missile is being pointed and why.

There are some rumours floating around that Sidhu was a trojan horse sent by the BJP to the Congress and bring down the Captain's govt. I don't buy that - BJP is not a force in PJ, and after splitting with the Akalis, they have even lesser reach. Not to mention willfully destabilizing a sensitive border state is not something I see MAD doing - it's more Indira Gandhi's cup of tea. If anything, they were mildly supportive of the Captain winning PJ in 2017. The latter played his cards wrong and needlessly lost the goodwill of the Centre.

So the only conclusion left to draw is based on who benefits by these developments? The Congress won't - they are definitely on the backfoot, and what could have been an easy victory come 2022 is now perhaps even out of reach. The Captain may be fading, but he still commands some respect, and his treatment by the Delhi-based Congress leadership would only hurt the Congress' prospects. Not to mention the feeling of deja vu for those who saw the seventies and eighties when IG's machinations were playing out. That the Congress seems okay with this self-goal is what gives the game away - they are sacrificing themselves for the sake of their B team, i.e. AAP.

So there you have it - I believe Sidhu is a trojan horse for AAP to gain control of a sensitive border state, that is reeling from a drug problem and an undercurrent separatism funded from outside, along with the well-funded and never-ending arhtiya protests that inevitably attracts all sorts of mischievous elements. I don't have to explain the ramifications of such a development to BRFites.

[chetak]

He is desperate to grab power in a border state because that is what his masters have gamed out for him.

doesn't require much gyan to see where the khujli missile is being pointed and why.

There are some rumours floating around that Sidhu was a trojan horse sent by the BJP to the Congress and bring down the Captain's govt. I don't buy that - BJP is not a force in PJ, and after splitting with the Akalis, they have even lesser reach. Not to mention willfully destabilizing a sensitive border state is not something I see MAD doing - it's more Indira Gandhi's cup of tea. If anything, they were mildly supportive of the Captain winning PJ in 2017. The latter played his cards wrong and needlessly lost the goodwill of the Centre.

So the only conclusion left to draw is based on who benefits by these developments? The Congress won't - they are definitely on the backfoot, and what could have been an easy victory come 2022 is now perhaps even out of reach. The Captain may be fading, but he still commands some respect, and his treatment by the Delhi-based Congress leadership would only hurt the Congress' prospects. Not to mention the feeling of deja vu for those who saw the seventies and eighties when IG's machinations were playing out. That the Congress seems okay with this self-goal is what gives the game away - they are sacrificing themselves for the sake of their B team, i.e. AAP.

So there you have it - I believe Sidhu is a trojan horse for AAP to gain control of a sensitive border state, that is reeling from a drug problem and an undercurrent separatism funded from outside, along with the well-funded and never-ending arhtiya protests that inevitably attracts all sorts of mischievous elements. I don't have to explain the ramifications of such a development to BRFites.

It is the aap which is the trojan horse and sidhu is a double suicide vested disrupter drunk with blind power and naked ambition. clearly, he is unstable and his doctor wife needs to quickly up his medicine dosages

he had already threatened the congi high command with his eent se eent baja dunga threat but only no one took him seriously then. He has foolishly followed through and in the process become politically radioactive and a leperous liability

he is a ISI supported khullam khulla khalistani, hell bent on the destruction of the state of punjab, elected or unelected, he has the potential to do grave damage to the sikh quam and the punjab body politik.

the punjab govt has gone almost bankrupt in trying to satisfy and mollycoddle its greedy "farmers" and their arthiya support systems which are all firmly congi-commie controlled and also involves powerful families like the badals and the large mass of canadian based absentee and undeclared benami landlords

[Ambar]

While Sidhu may end up in AAP or spectacularly crash his own political innings the way he used to throw away his wicket while batting, he certainly was nobody;s trojan horse. He is mercurial, unstable, incredibly egoistic (remember him taking a flight back home in the middle of a tour !) and a silly person. How he managed to gather the support of all those MLAs in PJ i'll never know. The brilliant idea of making him the de-facto CM candidate from Congress was apparently Prashant Kishore's . I still think Congress will win PJ again but it will be very interesting to see who the CM candidate will be because it certainly wont be channi.

The other rumor floating on the internet is Captain's ouster and public humiliation of such a tall leader has made several congress gray headed old timers very upset. The old doorman of dus janpath, Kapil Sibal, spoke about "introspection" and got his windows and cars smashed by Congress goons which seems to have shook even hardcore Sonia loyalist like P Chidambaram. Can Captain launch a new party with these renegade congress old timers ? It is entirely possible. Increasingly they all seem to be waiting to get rid of the Gandhi parivar for once and all. NaMo was in RJ today and Gehlot was seen in a warm and intense conversation with the PM. Comically and shockingly in a function Diggi (Digvijay Singh) was singing praises of Amit Shah and RSS ! The wheels are in motion and if Captain floats a new party then it wouldn't be surprising to see all these old heads abandon the sinking ship. Maybe a "congress mukt Bharath" will come from Congress itself !

[Deans]

I very humbly disagree with the forum analysis on Aman Kulthia, AQUILA guy, graduate from Bath university

He is young, early 20s, has a restaurant in heart of Delhi (which makes him richer than 90% of the board members)...so what is this hatred with Modi

I know few guys (n gals), They had perhaps a more humbler beginning than most of us if you go 4-5 generations. Then congress happened (along with Independence), many of these guys, for one reason or another hung on to Congress cocktail and within a span of 2 generation (this guy great grandfather and grand father), amassed so much of money (mostly black, unethical, monopolistic, not based on any true talent), the generation around 80s to 90s were spending more time abroad, or totally cutoff from Bharat, they however lived in India- watched Hollywood, listened to some wester artist than Lata ji, had more knowledge on Rugby than Indian hockey, ..you get the drift. And so they don't like Saree as well.

They also enjoyed great power, money issue was already solved by father or grand father. They had an army of servants or serfs..

Then Modi happened, Slowly the servants disappeared (they were slowly disappearing since 1991, but Modi ji accelerated it hugely). New money making become harder, now they could not get contract on a phone call (still the ill wealth accumulated in the last few generation was there, making them in the richest 1% of the population), there was competition!! The worse is, THEY DONT HAVE POWER. they cannot slap anyone and have the police bash up the victim, misbehave with a women and get away with it (Tejpal is still free, but he did see the in of the jail), break any law as they please without any consequence (that's why he did not bother to get a license, which per Dean ji is just few clicks away)..They think Modi took away that privilege away from them. That's why they hate him. And as I said, I personally know few of these guys and seen them closely.

I agree, though with a slightly different explanation.
The generation of Indians who grew up after 1991 (economic liberalisation) are very different in mindset from the pre liberalisation era. Earlier, as Fanne ji mentions, success came either because your family had inherited money, or was in Govt service, coupled with English medium education.
After 1991, opportunities came to many more Indians and those with ability grabbed them. There was less tolerance for `dynasty' and more pride in being Indian - and not assuming everything and everyone from the West was superior.

I started my career in 1993 in a leading MNC. Though it was one of the first to not have a 'tie' culture, we used to wear a tie and say Sir for a visiting white skinned person - but not for his African counterpart. Gradually that mindset changed. I saw our managers just a few years junior to me (finished their education after 1991) being much more assertive in their dealings with Westerners, more self confident and less tolerant of the RaGa type of people.

[rajsunder]

While Sidhu may end up in AAP or spectacularly crash his own political innings the way he used to throw away his wicket while batting, he certainly was nobody;s trojan horse. He is mercurial, unstable, incredibly egoistic (remember him taking a flight back home in the middle of a tour !) and a silly person. How he managed to gather the support of all those MLAs in PJ i'll never know. The brilliant idea of making him the de-facto CM candidate from Congress was apparently Prashant Kishore's . I still think Congress will win PJ again but it will be very interesting to see who the CM candidate will be because it certainly wont be channi.
The other rumor floating on the internet is Captain's ouster and public humiliation of such a tall leader has made several congress gray headed old timers very upset. The old doorman of dus janpath, Kapil Sibal, spoke about "introspection" and got his windows and cars smashed by Congress goons which seems to have shook even hardcore Sonia loyalist like P Chidambaram. Can Captain launch a new party with these renegade congress old timers ? It is entirely possible. Increasingly they all seem to be waiting to get rid of the Gandhi parivar for once and all. NaMo was in RJ today and Gehlot was seen in a warm and intense conversation with the PM. Comically and shockingly in a function Diggi (Digvijay Singh) was singing praises of Amit Shah and RSS ! The wheels are in motion and if Captain floats a new party then it wouldn't be surprising to see all these old heads abandon the sinking ship. Maybe a "congress mukt Bharath" will come from Congress itself !

captain's party will team with BJP and will win the election.

[Deans]

Its quite possible that AAP will come to power in both Punjab and Goa. I think mis-governance from both Akali's/Cong in Punjab and BJP and partners in Goa, is to blame. To that extent, the rise of AAP might get the main parties to focus more on governance. AAP will hurt the Cong more than BJP .It will get votes wherever it is seen as a viable alternative for those who dislike BJP - and have hitherto voted for Cong. If AAP gets a 20% vote share in an urban seat, its enough to ensure that Cong will not win that seat, since its splits the non BJP vote.

[chetak]

While Sidhu may end up in AAP or spectacularly crash his own political innings the way he used to throw away his wicket while batting, he certainly was nobody;s trojan horse. He is mercurial, unstable, incredibly egoistic (remember him taking a flight back home in the middle of a tour !) and a silly person. How he managed to gather the support of all those MLAs in PJ i'll never know. The brilliant idea of making him the de-facto CM candidate from Congress was apparently Prashant Kishore's . I still think Congress will win PJ again but it will be very interesting to see who the CM candidate will be because it certainly wont be channi.

The other rumor floating on the internet is Captain's ouster and public humiliation of such a tall leader has made several congress gray headed old timers very upset. The old doorman of dus janpath, Kapil Sibal, spoke about "introspection" and got his windows and cars smashed by Congress goons which seems to have shook even hardcore Sonia loyalist like P Chidambaram. Can Captain launch a new party with these renegade congress old timers ? It is entirely possible. Increasingly they all seem to be waiting to get rid of the Gandhi parivar for once and all. NaMo was in RJ today and Gehlot was seen in a warm and intense conversation with the PM. Comically and shockingly in a function Diggi (Digvijay Singh) was singing praises of Amit Shah and RSS ! The wheels are in motion and if Captain floats a new party then it wouldn't be surprising to see all these old heads abandon the sinking ship. Maybe a "congress mukt Bharath" will come from Congress itself !

after shifty sidhu's "निर्णय नहीं लेने दिए तो ईंट से ईंट बजा दूंगा, हाईकमान को कहकर आया हूं"

and actually following through on it

Not having channi as the CM face will severely damage the dalit votes and it will be the chance for the BJP to consolidate on it's own without aligning with any of the jat leadership parties.

It may do well enough on its own to become reasonably bigger in terms of number of seats

hopefully the BJP has learned from its bengal fiasco and tweaked its calculations as well as the approach to suit local conditions

[chetak]

Its quite possible that AAP will come to power in both Punjab and Goa. I think mis-governance from both Akali's/Cong in Punjab and BJP and partners in Goa, is to blame. To that extent, the rise of AAP might get the main parties to focus more on governance. AAP will hurt the Cong more than BJP .It will get votes wherever it is seen as a viable alternative for those who dislike BJP - and have hitherto voted for Cong. If AAP gets a 20% vote share in an urban seat, its enough to ensure that Cong will not win that seat, since its splits the non BJP vote.

aap in goa is a bit dicey.

there is a considerable israeli population that is exclusive, isolationist and determinedly reclusive that has managed over the years to tailor parts of the goan geography to suit its own specific needs. There is a similar population that exists up in the north.

Been hearing for some time that there is a significant russki mafia presence in goa with all the attendant problems that such criminal organisations bring with them.

foreigners in goa are unmonitored and uncontrolled.

what does the aap actually want in goa, unless they are looking for a govt with unfettered powers for their own nefarious reasons. This is also a border state with ready access to KAR and MAH, as well as to the sea.

There is a ready drug market already in place

[chetak]

wondering why no one went after $@ini. his dirty and dubious role was pretty obvious

[kit]

https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1443834393508802560

ANI: The garbage mountains in cities will be processed and removed completely as part of Swachta second phase. One such garbage mountain has been in Delhi for long, it's also waiting to be removed...: PM Modi at the launch of Swachch Bharat 2.0

the only garbage we know in dilli is khujli

[chetak]

even dehati aurats and old buddhis are now deserting the mafia famiglia

The gandhi family is hurting the congress party. That is the overarching message from Punjab.

What used to be said off-the-record in whispers went on record, in stark, voluble assertions

via@BDUTT · 21h

[AshishA]

https://openthemagazine.com/cover-stori ... s-dignity/

PM Modi Interview.

I have attempted to live a life where I walk on a knife’s edge, experiencing and living every issue concerning the people. I had promised three things to people when I came to power:

I will not do anything for myself.
I will not do anything with wrong intention.
I will create a new paradigm of hard work.

People see this personal commitment of mine even today. This is how people develop trust.

[Deans]

aap in goa is a bit dicey.

there is a considerable israeli population that is exclusive, isolationist and determinedly reclusive that has managed over the years to tailor parts of the goan geography to suit its own specific needs. There is a similar population that exists up in the north.

Been hearing for some time that there is a significant russki mafia presence in goa with all the attendant problems that such criminal organisations bring with them.

foreigners in goa are unmonitored and uncontrolled.

what does the aap actually want in goa, unless they are looking for a govt with unfettered powers for their own nefarious reasons. This is also a border state with ready access to KAR and MAH, as well as to the sea.

There is a ready drug market already in place

Chetak ji, You are quite right. More than Israeli's, there is both a Russian and local mafia. Most foreigners are unmonitored.
Having some knowledge of Goa, I don't think AAP has anything to offer. The problem is existing parties have done nothing. Economy is hit by ban on mining and slowdown of tourism, so they might give AAP a chance. AAP does best in Urban, highly literate seats, where caste is less of a factor.

[SRajesh]

even dehati aurats and old buddhis are now deserting the mafia famiglia

The gandhi family is hurting the congress party. That is the overarching message from Punjab.

What used to be said off-the-record in whispers went on record, in stark, voluble assertions

via@BDUTT · 21h

Chetakji
Burkha is desperate to get back from the 'Gulag'
If Captain and the 23 get together she will hang on to their coattails for some relevance

[Manish_P]

even dehati aurats and old buddhis are now deserting the mafia famiglia

Chetak saar, tubelight moment for another old hag..

TOIlet link - Who does New India belong to?

Today’s India is filled with ‘people like them’, which makes ‘people like us’ so irrelevant! In the past, it’s the PLU (People Like Us) who’d make the PLT (People Like Them) squirm and feel uncomfortable with our absurd ‘suit-boot’ pretensions. Now look at them — and look at us! And go figure who the real caricatures are

[rsingh]

What "G" in G23 stands for? I am in very dirty mood today

[SBajwa]

G23 = Glock 23 (Handgun)
G23 = 23 Congoons whole believe in Gandhi ( am not sure Mohandas or Pappu Gandhi) but G is for Gandhi

[m_saini]

G23 = Gilipollas (spanish for assh*ole) 23
G23 = Гавно/Gavno (Russian for "cow excrement") 23
G23 = Гандон/Gandon (Russian for co&dom)23
G23 = Garce(french for bit$h)23
G23 = Gayl0rd 23

or the good old

G@ndu 23