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Modi vs Kejriwal
Narendra Modi recently made his sixth visit to Kedarnath and second to Badrinath as Prime Minister. after this a Grand ceremony in Ayodhya On the eve of Diwali. He had celebrated Diwali with the soldiers in Kargil. During these visits, Shri Modi has donned the hats of a warrior, a king, a pilgrim and a saint in the last one week.
“Today, Kashi, Ujjain, Ayodhya and many other spiritual centers are regaining their lost glory and heritage. Kedarnath, Badrinath and Hemkund Sahib are holding faith while connecting services with technology. “From the Ram temple in Ayodhya to the Maa Kalika temple in Gujarat’s Pavagadh to the Devi Vindhyachal Corridor, India is proclaiming its cultural and traditional regeneration,” he said, adding that the emphasis on spiritual tourism is helping Indians shed their colonial mindset. Getting help to break free.
Mr Modi has crafted a Hindutva model of development – combining technological progress and spiritual quest into one compact as the above quote shows.
A generous dose of welfare measures for the underprivileged sections of the society is part of the Modi model, but he tries to include them in his spirituality project as well. In his Ayodhya speech, Mr. Modi underlined that the Nishadraj Park being developed at Shringverpur Dham near Prayagraj will have a statue of Lord Ram embracing Nishad Raj. The UP government promotes this project as a display of caste unity across the ages. According to Official Website of UP Tourism, “The Ramayana mentions that Lord Rama, his brother Lakshmana and wife Sita stayed a night in the village before leaving for exile. It is said that the boatmen refused to let him cross the river. Nishadraj himself visited the place where Lord Rama was keeping to resolve the issue. He offered them way if Lord Rama would let him wash his feet. Permission was granted and it is mentioned that Nishadraj washed Rama’s feet with the water of the Ganges and drank it to show his reverence for him.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal is trying to give Mr Modi a fight on the Hindutva turf, After promising free travel to all Gujaratis, he has now offered a quick solution to all the economic problems of the country. According to the AAP chief, “efforts bear fruit when you have the blessings of the gods and goddesses… When you have the blessings of the gods and goddesses, (we) get results.”
Mr. Modi and the BJP are also trying to separate their welfare schemes from Mr. Kejriwal and AAP. The Election Commission of India has stepped into the competition to seek the opinion of political parties on the question of ‘freebies’. BJP has said that freebies are meant to woo voters Whereas in response to EC welfarism is a policy intervention for inclusive growth. it is Congress has said that the Election Commission is out of jurisdiction,
If Moonlighting Is Bad, Can the Gig Economy Be Good?
Technology has made regular, full-time employment a thing of the past. The notion that there is a predictable trajectory to one’s job, which was a key component of capitalist democracy, has been done away with. In June 2022, 4.8% of employed people had a second job in the US, a significant increase from a year earlier, even as three quarters of middle-income Americans say they cannot meet their cost of living. Don’t earn enough to do. In a country like India, where employment is hard to come by, more and more people are taking up part-time gig work, which requires them to work long hours with little security.
It is technological advancement that has made gig work possible, and profitable for entrepreneurs. Gig working takes away the security traditional employment provides to workers with the promise of flexibility and higher immediate remuneration. But now, in a kind of irony, the technology companies that drive this gig work culture are unhappy that their own employees work for other companies! Here’s an interesting explainer on the issues at stake,
federalism path
stick power
CM Eknath Shinde and Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis talk to the media during a press conference on the eve of the Monsoon Assembly session on Tuesday. , Photo Credit: Emmanuel Yogini
Policing powers remain a matter of contention between the states and the Centre. The Maharashtra government, led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis, on October 20 reversed the then Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government’s decision to withdraw general consent from the Central Bureau of Investigation. (CBI) to investigate cases in the state, Many states have stopped giving general consent to the CBI.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah pushed for expanding the police powers of the Centre. Shri Shah said that there will be offices of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in every district of the country. Mr Shah calls for centralization of data on terror and other crimes – “One data, one entry.” Mr. Modi has called One uniform for police forces across the country,
power of tongue
It is opposed by Tulu and Kodava speakers Draft Kannada Language Comprehensive Development Bill, 2022, which aims to ensure “wider use and promotion” of Kannada. They have demanded that the different dialects spoken within Karnataka should also be protected under the Bill. According to Tamil Nadu state president of BJPOf. Annamalai, DMK’s politics is not to promote Tamil but to promote English.
This is in line with the BJP’s claim that its language politics is not about diluting regional languages, but replacing English with Hindi as the country’s link language.
The rivalry between the economic elite of the Gujarati and Marathi communities is legendary and has gained a new edge in recent times. Within months of losing a big-ticket project to Gujarat, Maharashtra is at the receiving end of the BJP’s earlier campaign.
The central government announced that the ₹22,000-crore Tata-Airbus project to manufacture military transport aircraft will now come to Gujarat’s Vadodara despite efforts by the Maharashtra government to set it up in Nagpur. barely a month after losing Vedanta-Foxconn project for neighboring GujaratEknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis-led government in Maharashtra This loss of face suffered. Naturally, the Thackeray faction of the Shiv Sena and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) are training their guns on Mr. Shinde.
Kerala Governor targets Finance Minister
Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan at a function in Kochi on Saturday. , photo credit: Tulsi Kakkat
From our editorial on the issue: “Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan declared that he is Holding back his happiness till Finance Minister KN Balagopal is concerned. They expect constitutionally appropriate action by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. In other words, Mr. Khan wants Mr. Balagopal rejected for comment He is seen as anti-national, undermining national integration and inciting regionalism.” Mr. Balagopal compared the higher education system with Kerala in UP