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Rhetoric aside, there are three reasons broadly why #NRC across the country are problematic.
1. Mr Amit Shah is woefully unclear on what basis would they define citizenship? If you follow the NRC debate in Assam you'd know that legacy certificate as a documentary basis is nuts and has been responsible for a majority of misfortune there, precisely because many people despite being legal residents just don't have that data
So basically in the last year of the second decade of the 21st century, all the gains India made, institution wise, has been dismantled completely.
As the third decade dawns, we know the road ahead won't just be dark, but very very dangerous.
No matter how much this government tries to distract - via media - the core issue is the economy.
Today's report on the drastic fall in consumer spending should alarm the govt more than anyone else.
It should also give a blueprint to the Congress. This is where your political strategy should lie.
Decline in consumer spending means rise of poverty. Couple this with rise of unemployment and the jigsaw puzzle is complete.
Hit where it hurts. Target Modi on this.
@Arnav1988 yes hopefully they will. But to take a stand people need hope. Like they will be better off after it. Thats what happens in any big movement. But for that they need a leader. We dont have one right now, do we? The other thing is any huge movement consists largely of students. This regime right now is discrediting anything and everything the students are doing.
But yes there is hope. Farmers, adivasi, students are taking students. Just need someone to give it a direction.
I started this decade as a not-yet-undergraduate glued to the TV sets as Congress swept the 2009 polls. At least doomsday talks weren't fashionable then. There was still hope. Plenty of it. Hindu Rashtra was a shadow lurking away somewhere.
I will end this decade witnessing the slow incineration of a republic at the hands of another man from Gujarat.
We've come a long way.
Please do stop everything and watch Yovanovitch's testimonial at the Trump's #ImpeachmentInquiry . Damn, she is close to tears as she recounts the horrific experience of working under Trump in Ukraine. Her exact words: The color drained out from me when I read the transcript.
The BJP has said it will start a country wide agitation against Rahul Gandhi's comments on Rafale.
The BJP - which cares zero about Indians - has said nothing about the rising levels of pollution, not just in Delhi, but in many other cities.
BJP has also said nothing about the tanking economy.
This is just a reminder to show how bad the party's priorities are. And they claim copyright over nationalism.
Rahul Kanwal is debating about the 'hardliner' Muslims who are asking not to accept the 5 acre land given by Supreme Court.
Even at this age, all that the media can talk about is 'hardliner' Muslim Vs 'moderates'. There is no room to understand the basic fact that Muslim community is not a monolith.
And questions about the 5 acre land and review petition are genuine, felt across the board in the community.
Rofl Republic 🌏
Abhinav