Saturday, May 11, 2019

More election stories.

1. The Time Magazine.

    The Time Magazine has featured on the cover of its international edition of 20 May '19 - the
    Europe, West Asia and Africa, Asia and the South Pacific - a portrait of India's Prime Minister
    Narendra Modi while the US edition has a cover story on Democrat Elizabeth Warren who is
    running for the White House in 2020. The main headline reads "India's Divider in Chief" while a
    secondary one reads "Modi the Reformer".

    The article is written by Aatish Taseer, son of India's journalist, Tavleen Singh and late Pakistani
    politician and businessman, Salman Taseer. It also says that the opposition Congress party has little
    to offer other than the dynastic principle. The article blames Modi for spreading 'religious
    nationalism' but mind you, its author is a Pakistani. And "Modi the Reformer" is authored by Ian        Bremmer, President and founder Eurasia Group, a global risk research and consulting firm.

    Modi has his followers and critics in equal measure!

2. Pitroda Says Sorry.

    Under pressure from the Congress leadership, Sam Pitroda has apologised for his statement on
    the '84 Sikh massacre egged on by a few of his party leaders.

    What pressure tactics, what a change of tack by the grand old party!

3. Desperate Efforts!

    Chandrababu Naidu has become desperate these days. He's looking for support for a post poll
    alliance from the other members of the opposition to keep Modi and the BJP out. He has met
    Mamata Banerjee in this regard but K Chandrasekhar Rao, strongly opposes this move because
    of his pathological hatred of Naidu! Has Naidu realised that he and his party has no chance in the
    Andhra Pradesh Assembly and come behind Jagan Mohan Reddy at the hustings?

    Good to see the scurrying of the rats!

4. The Penultimate Phase.

    The sixth and the penultimate phase of voting in the General Elections will take place tomorrow.
    59 constituencies, spread across Bihar, Delhi, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, UP and
    West Bengal, will vote.

    The juggernaut of the general elections is rolling towards its destination, slowly but surely!

5. Gautam Gambhir vs. Atishi Marlena.

    While Atishi and her party have sought the court's intervention over her opponent's nasty and
    personal degrading moves against her, Gambhir has said that he'll publicly commit suicide if
    any of the charges framed against him proved true.

    Well, the East Delhi constituency will see a lot of drama before the dust settles down!


Tailpiece.

Had got up at our usual time, gone through the chores and were ready well in time. It was unbearably hot throughout the day. The entire lattice work had been put in place by the end of the day. Now, it's a question of getting the JSW roofing sheets in situ before they are laid and screwed on to the lattice work! Tomorrow, they've a break being a Sunday. 

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