Gujarat flood: Govt’s decision to close Narmada Gates for Modi’s ‘birthday wishes’ triggered ‘man-made’ disaster, says Opposition https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/gujarat-flood-govts-decision-to-close-narmada-gates-for-modis-birthday-wishes-triggered-man-made-disaster-says-opposition/3247311/ The opposition parties, Congress and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), have named this disaster as “man-made disaster” for deliberately opening 23 gates out of 30 of Sardar Sarovar dam. September 18, 2023

The Opposition parties – Congress and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) – have named this disaster as “man-made disaster” for deliberately opening 23 gates out of 30 of Sardar Sarovar dam causing a difficult time for Gujarat. So far, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) rescued 37 people trapped in the floodwaters of Dhami river in Aravalli district’s Demai village and almost 10,000 people have been shifted to safer areas.

Pal Ambaliya, chairman of the Gujarat Kisan Congress, the farmers’ wing of the Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) said, “In doing that, vested interests have certainly been protected but scores of people had to suffer large-scale damage. For example, farmers of Saurashtra, Kutch and north Gujarat regions had been longing for water for the past one month. But they were not given water because they (the government) were waiting for September 17.”

Is the Modi Govt Guilty of Assassinating a Canadian Citizen? A Former RAW Chief Responds to Trudeau The Wire Sep 19, 2023 In an interview to discuss the allegations made by the Prime Minister of Canada in the Canadian parliament yesterday that he has “credible” reasons to believe that “agents of the Government of India” were responsible for the assassination of a Canadian citizen on Canadian soil, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, in June, one of the most respected former Heads of India’s Intelligence Agency R&AW has said “it is absolutely bizarre – we have never assassinated people.” Amarjit Singh Dulat repeatedly made clear that India is a liberal democracy and assassinating people, whether at home or abroad, is not something India’s intelligence or security agencies have ever even contemplated leave aside carried out.

Why should the Canadian PM Trudeau say this, I have never seen this before in my 25 years of experience. Even if he has discussed this with the Indian PM.  i (amarjit singh dulat) cant believe that we would order the assasination. India has never done anything like this..

Canadian Prime Minister on the floor of national legislature: <https://twitter.com/spectatorindex/status/1703860132369891580>. Investigation on the links between agents of the Government of India and the killing of a Canadian citizen Hardeep Singh. India has rejected as “absurd and motivated” a claim by Canada’s

Trudeau accuses India's government of involvement in killing of Canadian Sikh leader  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaS0IxFGbNY Sep 19, 2023
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is accusing India's government of being behind the killing of Canadian citizen Hardeep Singh Nijjar who was brazenly shot dead outside a Sikh temple in Surrey, B.C., on June 18. Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc and national security law expert Leah West talk about the bombshell accusation.

https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/canada-pm-trudeau-indian-govt-nijjar-explained-8946248/  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that the Indian government played a role in the killing of a Khalistani separatist in that country in June. The Canadians have also expelled an Indian diplomat, and India has retaliated with a top Canadian diplomat’s expulsion on Tuesday (September 19). Nijjar was the chief of the separatist organisation Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF).

https://youtu.be/CwiVgBTiwac

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-66848041 India denies role in Canadian Sikh leader's murder

How Hardeep Singh Nijjar's murder in Canada fuelled tensions with India https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66158842

When did we last time get engaged in such a public tiff with another country other than Pakistan and China? That too with a country that attracts a large number of Indian students and also highly skilled workers in the quest for higher income?

Canada suspects India involvement in Sikh leader murder case | The World  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYeu_Gj16gwSep 19, 2023  The Indian government has rejected Canada’s allegations that New Delhi may have been involved in the murder of a Sikh leader in British Columbia. Professor of Strategic Studies at the Centre for Policy Research in New Delhi, Brahma Chellaney, says without any arrests or indictments being made by Canadian authorities, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s allegations have further strained relations between the two nations.

“Very surprising…” Washington DC based foreign policy expert decodes Trudeau’s claim on Nijjar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFVTaS6SwW8 ANI News
 Sep 19, 2023 Michael Kugelman, Director of South Asia Institute at Wilson Center reacted to Justin Trudeau’s government expelling Indian diplomat from Canada and alleging India for killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a pro-Khalistani separatist.

'Deeply Concerned': US, UK & Australia React After Canada Accuses India Of Killing Khalistani Leader Nijjar https://www.freepressjournal.in/world/deeply-concerned-us-uk-australia-react-after-canada-accuses-india-of-killing-khalistani-leader-nijjar  September 19, 2023, After PM Trudeau levelled allegations against the South Asian country, he also reportedly spoke to some of Canada's closest allies like the UK, the US and Australia.

@congress प्रवक्ता सुप्रिया श्रीनेत और गौरव वल्लभ को सुनिए। https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNkFF9fAINw   Import duty on Apple reduced during G20

Declaration on Seeds and Farmers’ Rights, 2023

Bharat BEEJ Swaraj Manch (India Seed Sovereignty Alliance) We reject attempts to privatize/usurp India’s genetic commons. the State must safeguard the natural rights of farming and indigenous communities. We urge the State to resist as bio-piracy   Digital Sequence Information (DSI) is being used by corporations for selective manipulation to claim patents. We reject the narrow definition of “access and benefit” as a monetization tool to gain exclusive intellectual property rights over plant varieties. For the full text of the declaration

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Women's Reservation Bill: Yet Another Smoke and Mirrors Trick with Godi Media in tow https://youtu.be/CwiVgBTiwac

<https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/modi-govt-clears-womens-quota-bill-27-years-after-it-was-first-introduced/articleshow/103767705.cms>.

Women's Reservation Bill: Yet Another Smoke and Mirrors Trick with Godi Media in tow Courtesay S Sen in  Whats app

I. The devil is in the details: "(T)he proposed reservation could come into force by 2029 after the constituencies are redrawn as part of the delimitation exercise based on the decennial census expected to get under way in 2026."
Hence, as per the "leak", there'd be no move towards immediate implementation.
Not only that, the implementation would be contingent upon taking up and completion of the next decennial census -- now inexplicably held up by the regime -- to be followed up by delimitation of constituencies.
Two big, completely unnecessary, "Ifs"!

II. A bill once introduced in the Rajya Sabha never dies -- because the upper house never dies -- unless superseded or rejected by the lower house.
Hence, the bill introduced by the UPA Government in the Rajya Sabha and approved by it in March 2010 is still very much alive.
The narrative of "lapse" presented below is plain false.

III. The Congress in its just concluded CWC meet -- Sept. 16-17 in Hyderabad -- has categorically demanded the passing of the pending bill in the Lok Sabha during this "Special Session". (Ref.: <https://twitter.com/Jairam_Ramesh/status/1703279060435263616> and also <https://twitter.com/Jairam_Ramesh/status/1703808646558421128>.)
In the report below, this has been completely suppressed and, in fact, implicitly denied.

IV. The real purpose, as it appears, is not to implement women's quota in state and central legislatures -- as has already been done in case of urban and rural local elected bodies -- but to try to disrupt the Opposition INDIA alliance, given the known differences. Hence, no attempt at arriving at a consensus via prior consultations.

It's now for the (other) INDIA alliance partners to respond with due sagacity.

<<The government refused to confirm the decision, but sources said that the proposed reservation could come into force by 2029 after the constituencies are redrawn as part of the delimitation exercise based on the decennial census expected to get under way in 2026.

The bill was first introduced in 1996, and even cleared by the Rajya Sabha in March 2010, but lapsed after the Lok Sabha failed to pass it.

Sources in the government were confident of the prospects of the bill in Parliament this time as well as of enlisting the necessary support from states. They said Congress would have to come along and pointed to states which are with BJP, its allies as well as parties which though not part of the NDA have been in support of the measure.>>

Peoples Manisfesto points..

Uma As a farmer, I would like that the people working in natural resources sector - forest people, farmers, mining workers - should get their due, a fair deal in the national cake.

Arundhati Roy: The dismantling of democracy in India will affect the whole world  https://scroll.in/article/1055943/arundhati-roy-the-dismantling-of-democracy-in-india-will-affect-the-whole-world

It is no longer just our leaders we must fear, but a whole section of the population. The banality of evil, the normalisation of evil is now manifest in our streets, in our classrooms, in very many public spaces. The mainstream press, the hundreds of 24-hour news channels have been harnessed to the cause of fascist majoritarianism. India’s Constitution has been effectively set aside. The Indian Penal Code is being rewritten. If the current regime wins a majority in 2024, it is very likely that we will see a new Constitution.

Still, the world’s powers choose to give Modi all the oxygen he needs to destroy the social fabric and burn India down. To me, this is a form of racism. They claim to be democrats, but they are racists. They don’t believe their professed “values” should apply to non-white countries. It’s an old story of course.

What’s happening in India is not that loose variety of internet fascism. It’s the real thing. Extract Courtsey Leo S - whatsapp

why modi is everything everywhere all at once | MODI REVIEW Ep 1  Sep 11, 2023   deep dive into #NarendraModi, the most successful brand in #Bharat today. That and how brand modi is also responsible for a series of unmitigated disasters that threatens to throw democracy off a cliff.

Adani Scam and SEBI Probe: Mafiaization of India Politics after Modi came to power https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3OmqOyAHJ0 | Dinesh K Vohra
The Public India The ultra poor of this country are feeding the ultra of this country! ie the 82 crore who does have "roti", and India is spending 4000 crore in two days, on