Whispers Forum

DEBATE (1)
Opposition lacks charismatic leader to take on Modi. Even if there is an anti-incumbency wave against incumbent Narendra Modi, he may retain the power in 2019 as opposition lacks leadership. Congress party is promoting Rahul Gandhi to take on NaMo in Lok Sabha elections but the former is derided as political virgin. RaGa, a successful politician manqué, splits between certain and uncertain political future. Political scenario suggests that BJP can get walkover in coming General Elections.
Sunil Kumar
DEBATE (2)
I feel four years of Modi rule has gone down the drain without any visible results. Unluckily even if he wishes to do something, nothing moves as our system fails and we as part of the system fail the system too. The present political scenario is so perplex that there is no leader visible to lead the nation that includes Modi too. None of the political parties have a road map or vision for India. My conclusion is, we will see Modi as PM in 2019 with a fractured mandate.
Harish Kumar
Highly disgusting
The recent two horrific incidents one of gangrape and murder of 8 year old girl from Bakarwal community in Kathua in Jammu Province and the alleged rape of a girl in Unnao U.P by BJP MLA and killing of her father by brutal beating by the brother of the MLA while policemen just watched again proves how low we have become as society. In the first instance there are protests to save the accused from any action. Even the BJP ministers in the J&K Government have joined those protests. How sickening. ! A child is drugged and raped and brutally killed and there is demand for no action against the perpetrators of this heinous crime making it a communal issue. In Unnao, the alleged rapist appears on sundry TV channels smiling and arrogantly strutting about. No action has been taken so far. The girl's father is brutally killed in police custody and the police just watched instead of saving him. The Unnao incident just shows that there is no letup in the crime graph of U.P notwithstanding the killing of so many 'criminals' by staged encounters around. Everyday there are news of robbery, snatching and killings in several badlands of UP including those in the NCR region. Is it not then shameful for the Government to trumpet their achievements during one year of their rule for which you find so many hoardings around.
Aarti Khosla

(DEBATE1)
As long as there is no credible opposition leader, there is no alternative for Modiji. Please name just one leader who connects with the mass and at the same time rubs the shoulders with super power leaders ? If you answer this question, that will be the answer for your question.
RP Pande
(DEBATE2 )
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is true example of hard work and determination. No other leader matches him.
Abhinav
Is SBI listening ?
It is a savings account with State Bank of India’s Kasturba branch in Bhopal. The services at the branch need to improve and there is no proper response. I had complained to the branch manager several times that money for SMS service is being deducted but none of the five members of my family having savings account are getting sms. The response is too cool. I was told that it is the fault of the telecom company and the problem is yet to be solved despite several months have passed. I need to visit the bank twice for the aadhar card update. I was told that the system has failed it so it was not done earlier. The online banking is good and the transactions can be done easily but for cash transmission , withdrawal or deposit, only one counter is opened with the result that customers have to wait in long queue wasting hours. The staff wouldn't do any of your requests in one go. They will make you visit their branch many times, even for simple things.
S Sharma

(DEBATE 1)
India, throughout the history has never been on the offensive as we have no territorial ambitions. We have fought wars when the rogue nation has been on the offensive. No one can change the growth graph of a nation in such a short time. The idea of looking for an alternative is a millinial concept.
Neelam Prasad
(DEBATE 2)
Nehru was the PM from 1947 to 1964. Indira Gandhi ruled for more than 14 years with short brakes. Today's many problems are their legacies. What Modiji is doing is to rectify and bring in new concepts adaptable to present day requirements. There is no other leader who can match him as on date.
SP Shukla

DEBATE (1)
Modi is still the most popular politician in the country and at the moment it seems unlikely that there is any alternate. Nearly nine out of 10 Indians hold a favourable opinion of Modi and are satisfied with the direction he was taking the country.
Neeraj Hastings
DEBATE (2)
Normally we look for an alternative when the going is not good or unbearable. I really do not know why you have to think of an alternative when it is only four years since Modiji took over. He is doing his best. The economy and employment opportunities have never been this good. Two areas where he should now concentrate are Kashmir and cross border terrorism.
Razi Hassan
Is FM listening !
New ITRs for FY 2017-18 have been released with some additional columns. Actually whatever changes are required in ITRs, it should be finalised after presentation of the budged for concerned FY. These changes would have been brought some where in the month of May-June 2017. Any how Govt. has all powers to do it later also but looses the confidence and trust of public. Finance Minister in his budget 2018 speech has stated that the tax compliance of salaried class is higher but many people made comments as they do not have any option to evade taxes. Whatever reason may be there but tax compliance is better in comparison to other categories. Still new ITRs ask for more information from salaried class showing again distrust. Why not continue the old forms at least for salaried class. It may be due to that CBDT has no plans or methodologies to assess the income of professionals like lawyers, doctors, traders, businessmen, contractors, film artists, cricketers etc. There is no point of spending energy, time and man power for salaried class people and also for Sr. citizens. It is surprising that there are no parameters available on which the income of non-salaried class can be assessed. In this point, Govt. should work and think out of box to assess the income of non-salaried class so that the tax compliance in this category is also higher. Time, man power, intelligence of Indian Revenue Service officers should be utilised to fix the parameters for assessment of non-salaried class people instead of modifying the forms for salaried class and asking for more details as if there is large scale evasion of tax. IRS officers have all necessary skills and intelligence to deal with any taxation matters. GST implementation is equally important and revenue should exceed direct tax collection as it is paid by everyone. This GST will help in assessment of income of professionals, traders, businessman etc. also. Therefore more attention is needed in implementation of GST and fixing necessary parameters to assess the income of non-salaried class.
Naveen

DEBATE (1)
No one can replace Modi as PM of India. He was born to lead India to a glorious future as he has led Gujarat.
Vijay Kumar
DEBATE (2)
Some one will emerge as PM after the elections like it happened in the case of V P Singh, Chandra Shekhar, Charan Singh, I K Gujral or Lal Bahadur Shastri.
Vijay Tiwari
Administrators as household names..
The partition of the country in 1947,resulted in the colossal catastrophe and most gruesome tragedy of mankind in the world history. India was under the British rule then, which had created proverbial steel frame of ICS cadre to administer it. But unfortunately neither the British rulers nor its bureaucracy could prevent or control prowling beastly crowds from committing most heinous, diabolic and dastardly crimes against the humanity. Similar situation was repeated in India in 1984,1992 and 2002,with the same spectacle of failure of the bureaucracy. Not a single officer emerged as a saviour of the people in distress on such accursed times. However, on many other occasions some officers have done wonders to become the recipients of peoples' affection and part of folklore. One such person was Sir Chhotu Ram, who came to the rescue of debt mauled peasantry in the mid 1930s and earn its permanent gratitude. Similarly, lakhs of people had left their property in west Pakistan. Two legendary ICS officers MS Randhawa and Tarlok Singh, rehabilitated them by allotting them property, both in the urban and the rural areas in a record time. People still remember with fondness the wonderful task performed by them .
Amritsar city had seen rise in goondagardi in the aftermath of the partition of the country. In the years 1952-54, GC Behal was the session judge and S Kuldip Singh Virk was the city Magistrate. These two legendary officers would personally visit the cinemas ,parks ,girls schools and college ,restaurants, liquor vends,bus stands and railway station very often to catch hold of the anti-social elements.They had become household names and also their names appeared in some songs.They had eliminated the goondagardi from the area.Incidentally,one daughter of Mr GC Behal was Ms Prabha datt(mother of Ms Barkha Datt),who covered the 1965 war in the actual battlefield particularly khemkaran sector.His other daughter was Ms Shyama Maan IAS,who remained Financial Commissioner Revenue Punjab, and unearthed scandals of fraudulent land allotments worth crores of rupees. S. Kuldip Singh Virk retired as Chairman PPSC and his son SS Virk IPS remained DGP Punjab. In the 1960s, the name of Ashwani kumar IP, the then IG police Punjab, emerged as a terror for the criminals.He had personally supervised the arrests of murderers of S. Partap singh kairon from Nepal.He was so famous that in the year 1971, when provincial armed constabulary revolted in Uttar Pradesh,he was chosen by Smt Indira Gandhi ,to quell that revoltNow goondagardi,snatchings,traffic violations, and many other crimes seem to have significantly become way of life.
S Partap Singh Kairon became CM Punjab in the year 1956,when the consolidation of land holdings scheme was already operating in Punjab. Those, who are closely associated with the land and the agriculture, know that single most significant factor in ushering in of green revolution in the state was successful implementation of consolidation of holdings. Kairon would personally hold the meetings of the consolidation officers in the districts to monitor the scheme. It was one of the most arduous schemes ever implemented anywhere especially when Punjab included Haryana and most parts of Himachal Pradesh .Kairon's list of successes is very long and for this reason ,whenever topic of good and effective administration is discussed anywhere in the country, his name figures at the top.
Some days back, I heard a young boy singing a song in praise of Krishan kumar IAS, School Education Secretary Punjab, in the youtube. It was on the subject of his successful campaign against copying in examinations and its effects around the globe. He sang in the lighter vein that the aeroplanes to foreign countries would go empty this time, as many students were going to fail. He is perhaps the only bureaucrat in the recent times, who has become a household name. I remember, in the year 1975, Ms Harsimrat IAS was a young SDM at Anandpur Sahib. She relentlessly and fearlessly removed almost all encroachments from the area and as a consequence she was removed from there to be sent to Malerkotla. She continued her crusade against encroachments and mal-administration and suffered another transfer to Kapurthala. Kapurthala reminds me of Satish Chandra IAS, who was deputy commissioner there for 11 months only. It is unbelievable that when he joined, all govt lands were encroached and no land was available for construction of Ambedkar Bhawan .His consistent strategy and fearless stance brought back thousands acres of govt and panchayat lands .I have heard that Jagmohan, who rose to be a minister and governor of J&K, started his career as a PCS officer and also worked as GA to.DC Amritsar. His work in the DDA and in J&K is regarded as legendary. And Khairnar, demolition man of Bombay, still lives in the admiration of millions. The trend of diminishing impact of administrators to maintain law and order and to implement development and welfare schemes, needs to be stemmed and reversed for the betterment of the country.
Surinderjit Singh Sandhu, Amritsar

DEBATE (1)
There is no alternative of Narendra Modi in any political Party. In Congress party, Pranab Mukherjee can be a choice.
Pankaj Sanghvi
DEBATE (2)
As of today one does not find anyone who can substitute Modi as Prime Minister. But one cannot say that it cannot happen that some dark horse may emerge to compete with him. The RSS may in 2019 back such a dark horse though it is highly unlikely. One also shudders to think if out of any of the floating leaders viz. Rahul Gandhi, Mayawati, Akhilesh Yadav and a few other characters becomes the Prime Minister of the country. It is a travesty of Indian Democracy that we cannot find any leader around who can be a match for Modi.
Aarti Khosla
Rao is ideal for Governor of Andhra Pradesh
IYR Krishna Rao is ideal person for Governor of Andhra Pradesh. Former Chief Secretary and bureaucrat and author of Amaravati, IYR Krishna Rao Garu, retd IAS is suitable person for governor of Andhra Pradesh. I hope PM Modi shall take a note of it . It would be in the interest of Andhra Pradesh and Bharat.
Prasad Rao

DEBATE (1)
There is no alternative of Narendra Modi. Only Rahul Gandhi is acceptable.
Girja Shankar
DEBATE (2)
Country will now accept only Rahul Gandhi.
Dinesh Gupta.
Amendment of gratuity
Amendment of gratuity from Rs. 10 lakhs to Rs. 20 lakhs for PSUs and Private sector. It was shocking that the act was in force from March 29, 2018 whereas cabinet committee approval was done in September 2016 and the same was presented in the Parliament as a bill on December 18, 2017. It seems that corrupt babus, who were aligned with UPA, want to defame PM and BJP. They indulged in all sort of things. Now many people are going against Modi and BJP. PM Modi tightened babus and to take revenge they do all sort of things. I request PM to get the act amended and instead of March 29, 2018, it should be in line with central govt employees i.e. from January 1, 2016. It is crucial election time. Kindly requested to amend and punish the culprits.
Prasad

DEBATE (1)
As a leader of his stature –no leader like Narendra Modi in any political party.
S K Raut (Former DGP MP)
Common man also contribute to Nation building
It is a myth to believe that eminent people, top most bureaucrats and high profile men contribute to the Nation building more than the countless hard working faceless citizens. These masses continue to struggle and perish without receiving any accolades for the bravery displayed in their daily lives. In a land where regional and other kinds of disparities are rampant, let us be wary of praising any one region.
Mudit
WIC should have APP for iOS
Request if you develop the whispers APP for iOS (apple devices) so that the WIC may have more penetration among viewers.
Rajneesh Pathak

The CBSE paper leak has shaken the government and therefore there is a demand to make changes at the top level. Unfortunately, this is not going to improve the situation because the basic problem in the system is to presume that the head controls the entire system. In fact, he just officially represents the system. There are numerous examples, where a junior officer is found to be more effective than his senior in getting a work done. In order to really bring the system under the control of the top management, we need strong and effective monitoring system with proper checks and balances. Unless there is regular objective monitoring at all levels with consequential follow-up actions, nothing is going to improve. I am yet to see an officer devoting his time for any monitoring. He has to earn this time by proper delegation and devote it for the meaningful evaluation of the system on a regular basis. Moreover, internal as well as external checks and balances need to be developed. As far as people’s perception is concerned, for the time being making top level changes suffices, but a paper leak next year will bring the Government down. I hope, the government is listening.
Prof. A. K. Verma, ISS (Retd.)

The violence unleashed by the mob yesterday on Bharat Bandh did so much damage. Ten lives were lost. Buses were burnt, railway tracks were uprooted. People were put to so much difficulty. As an example a family known to me consisting of husband wife an old mother and two small kids were returning from Shirdi by Jhelum Express. The train halted at Agra and could not move ahead as the protesters not only blocked the route but uprooted rails also. Stranded for eight hours at Agra Railway station they finally took a cab leaving late in the evening and reaching their home in Delhi at midnight. For what purpose common people were put to so much misery. Supreme Court order had just stopped the practice to arrest anyone and without bail against false or vindictive complaints. In any case the Government had decided to appeal against that order. I think it is all politics. Desperate to unseat Prime Minister Modi and come back to power the political parties are playing every dirty game even getting people killed. The dalit card is one of these games. What have they done for Dalits all these years when they were in power. The fact is that they are not going to succeed but much damage is being done to the harmony and peace among communities.
Aarti Khosla

Eminent Telugu Brahmin community are freedom fighters, good administrators who ruled this country with honesty, sincerity and saved this country. Eminent Telugu Brahmins PV Narasimha Rao, Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishna, Dr KL rao, VV Giri, VB Raju, V Rama Rao, Tanagaturi Prakasam Pantulu, Dr. Borugula Ramakrishna Rao etc, many former scientist, bureaucrats, army officers, PSU chief, PSB chiefs were honest and sincere and devoted to upliftment of the society and country. Unfortunately, this community was not bothered and many had left for USA and settled in top positions. It is a great loss to this country. Will govt look into it.
Rao
Not relieved by the Ministry of Finance
Regarding the transfer of Kumawat, he was already on the orders of transfer more than six months before, in fact he was not relieved by the Ministry of Finance.
Seth