(A) Nehru's love for Communist ideology: was never a secret, having an affair with Soviets, made it more obvious. Excerpt of one of his speeches, the love always blossoms. (P1)
But the problem here is main opposition party of that time i.e. CPI was fundamentally communists. 2/
CIA observed this dilemma and assessed that Nehru always carefully coins 'Indian Communism' term, quoting him "Communism of the Indian variety is different, not in accord of principles..CPI is enemy of communism".
Attacking CPI while cleverly preserving idea of Communism(P2) 3/
(B) Nehru's weak foreign policy: As per CIA, India's foreign policy was always dwindling. Nehru was perceived as weak and 'apprehended' towards China and thus, not just China but the West exploited it.
Now for a moment recall all Rahul Gandhi's China tweets targeting PM Modi! 4/
(C) Nehru as a Hindu & Politician: In this declassified doc, 5 mnth before Nehru died, CIA well summarised his character.
Shastri ji (known next PM) was assessed as "genuine Hindu than agnostic Nehru, secular (P1) & more practicing politician than Nehru has ever been"(P2) 5/ Tbc.
(D) Indira Gandhi's circus: INC had drummed the beats of "iske piche videshi takat ka hath hai" for decades to hide their shortcomings. CIA secret doc described it as Indira's practice to distract ppl from domestic issues by shifting every blame on "outside forces" 6/
specially during the election, including that of Khalistan mess or Kashmir.
However, at the backdoor US diplomats were "reassured" by her advisors that ("don't mind pls") these are just political campaign rhetorics.
Shameful act. Think about the image of a head of state! 7/
(E) Indira controlling Election Commission- This CIA declassified document revealed that how Indira Gandhi used to choose the timings of election (polling) based on favorable situations. e.g. monsoon is good (& so is economy), she may call the election early!! 8/
(F) SVB Patel consolidated all princely states to form a federal structure. In contrast, Indira's strategy was to promise "autonomy" to gain regional support. This is way too dangerous for the sovereignty of India but when "satta" is all your aim, who cares about the country! 9/
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₹ 35,30,346 Cr (35 lakh crore): The commutative amount has been transferred directly to the valid beneficiary account (DBT).
Had it been the Congress era, 85% i.e. ₹30 lakh crore would have vanished to corrupt mediators.
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₹30L Cr is an estimated loss based on former PM Rajiv Gandhi's infamous quote. In other words, this is ~60% of India's today's budget. Imagine the level of corruption, that even the PM confessed, unofficial commission, fake ID beneficiaries, duplicities & other means.
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Though DBT was initiated in 2013 (parting MMS govt), it was systematically expanded by the Modi govt.
For the success of DBT, first & foremost need is a bank a/c. Govt launched the massive PM Jan Dhan Yojana, under which 52cr a/c were opened (56% women & 67% in rural/suburb) 3/
I can float a party and can promise a plot on moon for everyone. Interestingly, I don't have to explain my technical or economical plan, neither I would have any fear of consequences if I (obviously) won't be able to do it.
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In the high octane election in India, ppl hardly care about manifestos & so the parties. Nonetheless it is best reflection of intent & vision of the party.
Problem is almost no constitutional compulsion or scrutiny of promises being even technically feasible.
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First of all the word "guarantee" is highly misleading. I'd personally go with Kapil Sibal who said using this word itself is unconstitutional. No one can guarantee anything but only can try. BJP, Congress or AAP, all parties failed here.
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The other day I went to a party wearing my favourite Wildstone deo. My host (name withheld) introduced me to someone. The rest is history.
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This morning I was feeling a little dull. Then I brushed my teeth with Colgate Max and blew my breath at a random girl. In general, you would have got a slap in such a case, but here that girl started dancing with me.
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And here if you are born with an average look and dark skin, you just need to apply fair and lovely and handsome, which will change your look & skin colour good enough to be acceptable in society.
@DrSJaishankar referred Nehru's foreign policy (India second, China first). Congress spox @LavanyaBallal used derogatory remarks and denying the charges.
Here are two historical evidences that India was indeed offered permanent seat for UNSC but Nehru denied.
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The 1950 American Offer:
US: we offer unseating of China as a Permanent Member in the Security Council and of India being put in her place.
JLN: We shall go on pressing for China's admission in the UNSC. India is certainly entitled, but not at cost of China.
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The 1955 Soviet Offer:
USSR: we propose India's inclusion as the 6th member of the UNSC.
JLN: We feel that this should not be done till the question of China's admission is first solved. I feel that we should first concentrate on getting China admitted.
Supreme court & petitioner and that journalist (which I still believe is just a front face) has royally screwed up the Electoral Bond scheme and its' purpose.
Let me explain, how -
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Quid-Pro-Quo: Think for a moment, if center govt wanted to use it for kickbacks, bribes and commissions which payment mode would have been better? Cash or EB!
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Agencies as weapons: If the central ruling party has received 6K Cr for Q-P-Q, opposition parties have also received 16K Cr. Why would corporate bet on them if they know oppsn doesn't control CBI/ED?
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