China the Glue Driving India, US Ties; Biden Betting on Modi St https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oy7lF4LEYZA Siddharth Varadarajan spoke to India’s former National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s state visit to the US, the deals signed, the politics and economics involved, and China's role in bringing the two nations together
Comment: @sagniksarkar1215
But one major concern can be hard to shrug off:- US has immense strategic gain in inciting a sub nuclear military conflict between India & China thus bogging down China in its neighbourhood while it's already encircling china by QUAD, AUKUS & US allies like Japan, South Korea, Singapore.
Not only will it reduce our diplomatic manouevrability but force us further to be dependent on American aid with any russian support unlikely. In the long run being dependent on US logistical chains for such sensitive tech further enhances the risk of being strong armed to obey US interests. They have a history of leveraging key tech like shutting GPS access in Kargil war.
The exact same grand strategy has been replicated in Ukraine of the Euromaidan coup of 2014 in Ukraine that was followed by 8 yrs of planning culminating in what's clearly a russian strategic defeat & obliteration of russian sphere of influence. Merkel & others have now openly admitted to the fact that the Minsk Agreement was just cover for Ukraine being prepared for war. It's US that has obviously gained the most at the cost of Ukrainian lives.
A similar intention may not be brushed off as completely conspirational.
While it is most certainly true that this is no 62, Indian armed forces are far more capable & well equipped with military edge in the Tibetan highlands due to access to high altitude airfields. It's rational to accept that it will be asymmetric warfare for us against the Chinese.
Therefore if the door is wide open, an overtly rosy deal is being offered:- in the long run an equally prickly payback might some day be demanded.
full text: https://thewire.in/diplomacy/full-text-shivshankar-menon-india-us-modi-visit
Emergency then, Emergency now, A new population of thugs, cutting across all class barriers, infused with the saffron hue, have sprung up in the past few years. Nandana Reddy, Konarak Reddy, JUN 28 2023 https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/panorama/emergency-then-emergency-now-1232188.html
During the Assembly elections in Karnataka, Modi’s campaign included a drive past my home on New Tippasandra Road. His ‘parade’ was scheduled for Sunday morning, but we were barricaded inside our homes from Friday evening itself. Shops were ordered to close, hawkers and vendors driven away, trees chopped down, and electrical lines cut because they were hanging lower than the required clearance of 20 feet for his convoy. Young BJP workers scaled my compound wall without permission, climbed my tree, and invaded my compound. The whole street was saffron-ised. Saffron buntings, flags, posters, and placards. On Sunday morning, van loads of people were ferried in and given caps, shawls, and flower petals. Modi’s drive-past lasted less than 10 seconds. Surrounded by Black Cats carrying AK 47s at the ready, the paramilitary, several hundreds of policemen, police vans and ambulances. He stood inside his bullet-proof casing, grumpy, expressionless, waving like a marionette. For the first time in 70 years, I felt fear and considered locking my gate and front door, but resisted the temptation...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3F6qt1Th2I
Manipur Violence: Imphal में भीड़ ने BJP ऑफिस को घेरा, पुलिस ने छोड़े आंसू गैस के गोले Jun 29, 2023
India Lost 160 Billion! China Refuses To Buy 20 Million Tons of Iron Ore, Why? #china #india
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9D6GkKmsnE
From 2021 to 2022, China will reduce imports from India by 22 million tons, and India will lose about 160 billion rupees.
(Sorry for serious mistakes in the content, please forgive me)
When iron ore is mentioned, most people immediately think of countries such as Australia or Brazil, as they have been the main suppliers of iron ore. However, India's status as an iron ore supplier to China is rarely mentioned, a fact that is overlooked by many.
According to the latest statistics, India has iron ore reserves as high as 5.5 billion tons, making it fifth in the world and one of the world's important iron ore exporters.
As one of the world's largest industrial countries, China needs a large amount of iron ore every year to meet domestic demand. In 2021, China imported about 33 million tons of iron ore from India with a total value of Rs 18 trillion.
However, now China has suddenly decided to stop importing iron ore from India, resulting in a direct loss of US$160 billion for India. So, what happened between China and India? Why is China no longer willing to cooperate with India?
-- Increase of duties by over 50% in 2022?
-- Chain's South Asia Policy..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf9-WbPbcic Manipur: राहुल पर चलाई गई झूठी खबर, कांग्रेस ने फुल एक्सपोज कर दिया! Rahul Gandhi । Congress
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRdxDcOA0Es बड़ी लकीर खींच रहे Rahul Gandhi ! #newsNasha
“मत बोलो मुझे उग्रवादी” | Biren Singh | Manipur Violence | Ground Report | Siddhant Mohan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIhjEA_3sVk Jun 19, 2023
Siddhant Mohan interviews a spokesperson from KNF, a militant group which is in Suspension of operation agreement with the Indian government and Manipur government. Listen to what the group has to say? "we started thismovement without guns. we are not seperatist.. but picked up arms because we have a genuine issue within the framework of the consitution!
As a recent paper by Pramit Bhattacharya shows, India’s statistical system has been on a decline, especially in the last decade. Since 2015, there have been controversies related to data on Gross Domestic Product, stalled investment projects, unemployment data from the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), data on sanitation, consumer expenditure survey, etc.
https://thewire.in/government/civil-registration-system-crs-data-census-2021-covid-death-birth
Dilip D'Souza @DeathEndsFun
Dear @smritiirani , let's be clear:
1) There's zero wrong if Sunita Viswanath and Rahul Gandhi meet.
2) There's zero wrong in being an "associate" of George Soros.
3) Soros is critical of our Government. That doesn't make him anti-India.
Who Is Sunita Viswanath And What’s The Controversy Surrounding Her Meeting With Rahul Gandhi In US? by Ritesh K Srivastava https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/India/who-is-sunita-viswanath-and-what-s-the-controversy-surrounding-her-meeting-with-rahul-gandhi-in-us/ar-AA1dc9Hi
A women's rights activist, Sunita Viswanath is the co-founder of Hindus for Human Rights. In 2001, she co-founded the nonprofit humanitarian organization Women for Afghan Women (WAW). In 2011, Sunita Viswanath co-founded Sadhana: Coalition of Progressive Hindus - a progressive Hindu movement aligned with social justice commitments to anti-casteism and anti-racism.
She has also been accused of being a “proxy” for George Soros in the backdrop of allegations that her NGO for Afghan women received funds from the billionaire US investor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gj_WVZ5CWSE Smiriti Iranis Press Conference..
From Sunita Vishwanath: https://mailchi.mp/e29f61a2f80a/they-can-sue-us-but-they-cant-silence-us-10140551?e=92f3be0cc3 Our organization, Hindus for Human Rights, is dedicated to mobilizing the Hindu diaspora community to reclaim our religion from the clutches of Hindu nationalist ideology, epitomized by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). We have tirelessly fought against this regressive mentality, co-leading protests in New York and Washington, DC during Mr. Modi's recent United States visit.
Minister of Minority Rights, Smriti Irani, brandished a photo of me sitting next to Rahul Gandhi, alleging ties with George Soros and unfounded claims that Soros intends to dismantle the Republic of India. These outrageous accusations, propagated by the BJP IT Cell and Hindu nationalist platforms, seek to discredit our genuine efforts for equality and justice.
The Hindu Nationalists Using the Pro-Israel Playbook https://jewishcurrents.org/the-hindu-nationalists-using-the-pro-israel-playbook
To counter what they view as a rising tide of prejudice, the HAF and other Hindu American groups , ... Indian Americans have mode led their congressional activism on that of the American Jewish Committee (AJC) and AIPAC; Indian lobbyists have partnered with these groups to achieve shared defense goals, including arms deals between India and Israel and a landmark nuclear agreement between India and the US. Along the way, these Jewish groups have trained a generation of Hindu lob byists and advocates, offering strategies at joint summits and providing a steady stream of informal advice. “We shared with them the Jewish approach to political activism,” Ann Schaffer, an AJC leader, told the Forward in 2002. “We want to give them the tools to further their political agenda.” Shukla told Jewish Currents that the HAF continues to work closely with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and the AJC, whether by “being co-amici curiae on briefs to the US Supreme Court,” or by “lending our support to one another’s letters to Congress.”
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Hindu American activists also founded a new cohort of organizations focused less on “matters in the ‘homeland’” than on “the terrain of Indian-American life,”( The protean forms of Yankee Hindutva by Biju Mathew & Vijay Prashad https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/014198700328971?journalCode=rers20
https://www.ucanews.com/news/police-block-access-to-indian-catholic-school/101782 June 27, 2023
Police block access to Indian Catholic school
St. John’s Senior Secondary School in Madhya Pradesh's Damoh town compelled to hold online classes for its 2,300 students
“We have been using the approach road for 35 years and it is closed now,” said Sister Sophy Bharat, principal of St. John’s Senior Secondary School in Damoh district in Madhya Pradesh.
“A contingent of police personnel on June 22 night descended in front of the school gate and dumped construction materials and immediately erected close to a 100-meter-long wall. It blocked our entry and exit through the approach road,”
Superintendent of Police Rakesh Kumar Singh told UCA News on June 27 the road was on police land. “It was not their road, let them construct their [own] way in their [own] land.”
Saket Gokhale @SaketGokhale Jun 24, 2023
Modi Govt OVERPAYS for US drones in deal signed by PM Modi (like Rafale) PM Modi signed an agreement in the US to purchase 31 MQ9B Predator drones for $3.1 billion+. That's ~ $110 million per drone. Now let's compare that with the actual price for the SAME drone . The MQ9B drone being purchased by Modi Govt is also knows as MQ9B Reaper (or Predator) & is made by General Atomics. Now remember - US purchases drones from pvt companies at market prices.
How much does US Air Force pays for these drones? $56.5 million per drone
Another country which purchased MQ9B drones from General Atomics in 2016 is the UK. UK in 2016 paid £180 million (i.e. $200 million) for a total of 16 drones to be delivered in 2024. How much did the UK pay for ONE MQ9B drone? About $12.5 million per drone.
Australia signed a deal to buy 12 MQ9B drones for $1.65. That's ~ $130 million per drone. BUT wait - this came with MANY EXTRA SYSTEMS that India is NOT GETTING for $ 110 million per drone. AND - Australia canceled this deal later for being TOO EXPENSIVE.
Just like the Rafale deal, it seems that Modi Govt is AGAIN purchasing US drones at a SUPER OVERPRICED cost.
Question:
Why is Modi Govt purchasing overpriced drones from US when cheaper similar versions are available?
Whatever happened to "Atmanirbhar Bharat"?
Also, for those claiming that the premium price paid by the Modi Govt includes "transfer of technology", here's what the govt told Parliament in 2017:
Drone is being purchased under Buy (Global) category and THERE IS NO TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY envisaged.
If that has changed, Modi Govt should clarify
Jun 26 How the Modi Govt suddenly chickened out & changed its stance on the price of drones being bought from the US: This happened after I pointed out how other countries have gotten the same drone at much cheaper prices. Here's how the shocking u-turn by the Modi Govt unfolded
Two days ago, I wrote an extensive tweet thread pointing out that Modi Govt was purchasing MQ9 drones from the US at an INFLATED price. I pointed out the comparison between $3 billion being announced as India's purchase cost with what other countries have paid.
Yesterday, Modi Govt's @PIBFactCheck claimed my tweet was "misleading" about the price of the deal & the Ministry of Defense also released a press release. The ONLY part of my tweet they've disputed is the price of $3 billion for 31 drones. Nothing else. Now let's look at various news reports that were published reporting the drone deal to be signed by PM Modi & President Biden during Modi's US visit.
EVERY news report has stated the price as $3 billion for 31 drones. In fact, India Today claimed $4 billion.
Now, none of these news reports were disputed by the Modi Govt when they were published
In fact, BJP & Modi Govt did a propaganda blitz over the reports of this $3 billion drone deal to be signed by PM Modi
And then, suddenly, after I pointed out how this drone deal was OVERPRICED compared to what other countries are paying, the Modi Govt immediately made a u-turn
Now, Modi Govt suddenly claims that "price of drones is yet to be approved & negotiated"
Saket Gokhale @SaketGokhale Why did the Modi Govt not dispute a SINGLE news report that published the price of the drone deal as $3 billion until my tweet? Why did Modi Govt not dispute reports stating that Govt's Defense Acquisition Council had approved $3bn for the drone deal? During PM Modi's US visit, it was claimed that the deal was "signed".
And after I pointed out this deal is OVERPRICED, Modi Govt suddenly made a u-turn & claims "deal is not finalized". Modi Govt's lies have been exposed again & now they're again trying to mislead people
Anil #BRS @OnlyTRS Jun 26 How can a deal be signed without price negotiations , terms and conditions. Looks like they kept a ‘margin’ for electoral bonds and changed the time after getting caught.
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