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May 2018 29 posts · page 3 of 3

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Saturday, 5 May 2018
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Whispers Forum — 5 May 2018

DEBATE (1)
In the Congress party, Gulam Nabi Azad and Jyotiraditya Scindia will make good PMs.
D K Yadav
DEBATE (2)
Talk to anyone, and his reply would be only Modi.
G K Naidu
Friday, 4 May 2018
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Whispers Forum — 4 May 2018

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Any dark horse will become the PM in this scenerio.
K T Mal
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None other than Narendra Modi.
R K Reddy
Ironies of life
Indira Gandhi had two sons 1. One was interested to govern but he died flying a plane. 2. The other was fond of flying but died governing. Indira Gandhi had two daughters in law 1. One was interested in rearing monkeys but is in government. 2. The other was interested in governing but is rearing a --. For fun only. No politics
Prashanth Kumar
Thursday, 3 May 2018
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Whispers Forum — 3 May 2018

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Modi’s popularity is going down with each passing day, true. But who else is there hocan fit in to be a successful PM of a country as vast as India. Atleast today, no one in sight.
R D Tiwari
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On all counts only Raj Nath Singh is the alternative of Narendra Modi.
D K Verma
Lawlessness in UP badlands continues
A poor boy marries a poor girl in one of the towns in Western U.P. The community pools money for helping the girl's parents for the expenditure on the marriage. After the nikah the boy leaves with the bride for his home town along with his relatives in a hired cab. On the highway the cab is stopped by armed robbers .The bridegroom and his relatives are looted of whatever little cash they had and thrown out of the car. The bride is dressed in all her finery including 'artificial jewellery which the robbers think is gold. With guns in their hands the robbers proceed to rob her and out of fear she screams. They fire at her and kill her. Throwing her out they drive away with the vehicle. The bride left her house a few hours ago for her husband's house and her parents get back her body to bury within hours of bidding her farewell. This incident which happened the other day on Meerut Gaziabad highway shows how lawlessness in badlands of Uttar Pradesh continues notwithstanding the efforts of police to improve the law and order situation by killing criminals in encounters. The fact is that the present Government headed by Yogi Adityanath has failed on this front.
Aarti Khosla
Wednesday, 2 May 2018
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Whispers Forum — 2 May 2018

DEBATE (1)
Though Modi as PM has not been able to fulfill the aspirations of people, there does not seem to be any other competent person who can match his calibre as on date.
Harish
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I don’t think anyone else, from among the present lot of leaders, deserves to be PM.
Anas Ansari
Eye opening
There has been conviction in two high fly cases. Without any prejudice and going into details of the case, the inference and learning can be drawn. Govt. did not have much idea of asset accumulation to the tune of Rs. 10,000 crores and 400+ asrams. This money remains out of the Govt. system and may be forming parallel economy in the country. These trusts/asrams are serving (as claimed) to the welfare of people and society at large. Now let these trusts to serve the country as well and contribute to the GDP of the country. This can be done by making their receipts by way of donations/contributions taxable i.e. bringing their donations as taxable income thru an Amendment in Income Tax Act 1961. There will be two way gain first Govt. will come to know their income and liabilities along with assets details and secondly the revenue to the Govt. by way of taxes. Any how these trusts/asrams are serving people, now their scope of serving will increase towards nation also. Similarly most of the NGOs are run by celebrity of various disciplines, leaders, corporate houses etc. and serving to the people and if their donation or contribution is made taxable, they will serve to the Nation also by giving taxes to the Govt. and the Govt. will have all details about NGOs. Similarly there are hundreds of parties and having donations and contributions which is tax exempt. Let these parties should also serve the Nation and contribute to the GDP of the country by paying income tax on donation and contribution. Necessary amendment is needed in Income Tax Act 1961 to make the donations and contributions taxable of following entities: 1. Trusts/Asrams 2. NGOs 3. Parties This will be great service to the nation if their income is made taxable. Submitted to the Govt. for their kind consideration in the interest of the country. This will be another game changer after demonetization and GST. All the best.
Naveen
Tuesday, 1 May 2018
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No replacement of Modi.

Faiz khan
Opposition must be united to replace Modi or one should not think that any one else is there to replace him in 2019.
Gaurav Jain
New leadership can be seen in MP
A strategic move by Rahul Gandhi can be very fruitful for his party in the state of Madhya Pradesh as the new man in has a corporate style of working , much experienced than leaders sitting in the cabinet & is a tough master. Charisma of present CM Shivraj Singh is well established in the state but a corporate style of working like Narendra Modi makes all the difference in today’s scenario. Chances of opposition seem bright in the times to come.
Vivek Dhawan
All have ganged up against PM !
I agree fully with M.L. Gupta's analysis. All those deprived of power, pelf, patronage, fruits of corruption funds, including my tribe of shameless bureaucrats and my wife's tribe of half educated academics, who like the four disgruntled judges seek greatness through nomination, instead of competition, have all ganged up against our PM. Unfortunately for them, the people can no more be taken to be fools and will teach them the lesson they will never forget! Except the vested interests, anti national elements, and jihadis, today the people are solidly behind the PM, and will ably demonstrate it in 2019. Fortunately our PM is going ahead with plans of development, unperturbed by all the noise of these elements, knowing fully well that the overwhelming majority of our countrymen and voters are solidly behind him. Oh! I also forgot to mention about the disgruntled elements within BJP, who will also learn the lession of their life, though posing as great leaders today, without any followers. Our PM will come back in 2019 with thumping majority. I am sure he will take a few steps just before elections, which will totally stun all his detractors into a state of shock and awe!
S Chatterjee