Disgruntled BJP MP and scion of the Gandhi family, Varun Gandhi, on Thursday (November ), said National Award winning actress Kangana Ranaut who just received the Padma Shri Award is either mad or treasonous.
Gandhi made this statement after Ranaut who was speaking at the Times Now conclave said that “India received freedom in 2014 and what it got in 1947 was “alms”. To this statement Varun Gandhi sent out a tweet in which he asked the actress to clarify if her thinking was “madness or treason.”
कभी महात्मा गांधी जी के त्याग और तपस्या का अपमान, कभी उनके हत्यारे का सम्मान, और अब शहीद मंगल पाण्डेय से लेकर रानी लक्ष्मीबाई, भगत सिंह, चंद्रशेखर आज़ाद, नेताजी सुभाष चंद्र बोस और लाखों स्वतंत्रता सेनानियों की कुर्बानियों का तिरस्कार।
Varun Gandhi was enraged when Kangna Ranaut said “That was not freedom but ‘bheekh’ (alms), and the freedom came in 2014.”
He then accused Ranaut of insulting the sacrifice o various freedom fighters and said, “Insulting the sacrifice of Mahatma Gandhi sometimes, respecting his killer sometimes, and now the disdain for the sacrifices of Mangal Pandey, Rani Laxmibai, Bhagat Singh, Chandrashekhar Azad, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and lakhs of freedom fighters. Should I call this thinking madness or treason?”
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Pakistan is alarmed at the prospect of India being part of the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing club and if this development takes place it would hurt US-Pakistan relations as Islamabad is desperate to coordinate a regional response to a growing Afghanistan terror threat.
“It’s a recipe for a new Cold War, a recipe for a new divide, and if you are going to have that, the lines will be drawn,” Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed, who heads the Senate Defence Committee, told reporters at a private event.
There is proposed legislation in the US Senate that could lead India and several other Asia-Pacific countries into the decades-old intel-sharing agreement between Australia, the UK Canada, New Zealand, and the US as China flexes its muscle in the region.
The Pakistani senator who was dismayed at the development, however, stopped short of saying that if India joined the Five Eyes group, Pakistan would place new limits on what intel it shares with the US.
However, he made it very clear that such a move would invariably hurt US-Pakistan ties with the direct implication and coordination on Afghanistan policy, the report said.
He also said that the US has asked Pakistan not to recognize the Taliban, and this development has forced Pakistan to look for a regional consensus on the issue of legitimising the new government in Kabul, bringing in Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, China, Russia, Iran, and possibly others.
Sayed said, “Also, we are waiting to see what the (US) does and “I feel they are chastened, more pragmatic. They know this is not the Afghanistan of the 1990s. They do not have a pan-Islamic perspective.
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As China simply would not deescalate the tension along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), the Indian Army is focusing on increasing its capability and is revamping its Aviation Corps and is working on setting up three integrated Aviation Brigades, two of which are along the LAC.
Last month a new Aviation Brigade had come up under the Eastern Command, and now two more have been set up under the Northern and the Western Command as part of the new Order of Battle (ORBAT).
“These new Aviation Brigades are part of the rebalancing that the Army has been doing. This ensures that there is a more coordinated and localised control of the aviation assets,” a source explained.
In another change, all drones operations that were under the control of the artillery have now been moved to the Aviation Corps and will be in charge of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) as part of the revamp.
Also, these Aviation Brigades will now be part of integrated surveillance and operations centers that continue to monitor sensitive areas round the clock and now satellites will be part of the program to send direct feed because a more coordinated round-the-clock surveillance capability rather than just boots on the ground is the need of the hour.
“Aviation is an integral part of the warfighting process. Better surveillance capability, advance knowledge of enemy movement and faster mobilisation is key to fighting a war,” a second source said.
The Indian Army has also built multiple forward helicopter bases along the LAC which enables our forces to move more freely and enhances surveillance, troops insertion, and movement of logistics along with procuring new-age portable helipads that are user-friendly, ruggedized with scope for modularity.
“Drone warfare is the future. The Army has just ordered for swarm drones, both for logistics and attack. The Army has also ordered kamikaze drones while also buying four new satellite link-enabled long range surveillance drones from Israel. In the future, you will see a large variety of drones being procured by the Army and hence it was important that the Aviation Corps takes care of them rather than the artillery because drone warfare has changed,” the second source said.
“What has happened during the current crisis with China is that the Army is ensuring that all its helicopter squadrons are fully equipped with the sanctioned numbers. So more helicopters have been sent to the critical areas and these include the Dhruv Advanced Light Helicopters (ALH) and its armed version, the Rudra,” a third source said.
“Our training has focused on heliborne insertion of troops at high altitudes which enables quick transfer of soldiers from one valley to another. We are doing it at our own level as well as with the IAF,” a fourth source said.
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Chennai and other coastal districts in the northern parts of Tamil Nadu have been receiving heavy rainfall since Deepavali.
Many suburbs of Chennai have been inundated due to the continuous downpour with people commuting in boats to fetch essential supplies.
Localities such as T. Nagar, West Mambalam, Kodambakkam, K.K. Nagar, Saidapet and other areas have been inundated due to the indiscriminate dumping of debris and garbage in the drainage canals by Corporation contractors.
The ground floor of our apartment is submerged in knee deep water while the water level outside is much higher. The water has entered their homes. Kamakoti street off Lake View road near Public Health Centre in W.Mambalam. There is an old age home opposite.Pls help. @chennaicorppic.twitter.com/NaJKLb7NAn
People residing even in prime areas in the heart of the city like Alwarpet, Nungambakkam, etc. have been staying without power for four days and have moved to other places as they found it difficult to get even basic supplies like milk and water.
— Ekam Sat (மோடியின் குடும்பம்) (@vijaylaxmisrik1) November 8, 2021
Kolathur, Chief Minister MK Stalin’s own constituency, from where he has been elected MLA since 2011, is in a sorry of affairs with water entering homes, no electricity and people travelling in boats.
On the other hand, crops have been destroyed in submerged fields in delta districts like Cuddalore, Nagapattinam and Thanjavur which has also received heavy rainfall.
However, the media friendly to the ruling DMK have been playing various cards to ensure that these do not get highlighted and bring disrepute to Stalin’s government.
From blaming the previous AIADMK regime and Central Government to romanticizing the weather, here is a look at some of the instances when the Godi Media in Tamil Nadu were playing orchestra to the ruling DMK while Chennai sank.
Behindwoods, a YouTube channel that is popularly known to be friendly to the ruling DMK, took lot of efforts to brush under the carpet the plight of people. In the above video, it can be seen that fishes that are found in lakes have entered flooded streets. However, the anchor discusses how the fishes are having a great time having fun.
In another video published by the channel, it shows children swimming and playing at the Vyasarpadi subway.
The News Minute, a digital news outlet which has no qualms in towing the line of the DMK, published a detailed article about how ‘broken radars and conflicting weather reports‘ led to Chennai floods.
Instead of pointing out the fallacies and the inadequate measures taken by the DMK government, the article tried to shift the blame on Indian Meteorological Department saying that the agency should’ve given ‘red alert’ (asking the state to take action) instead of ‘orange alert’ (to be prepared for floods).
However, the IMD had given a red alert on October 30 warning of heavy to very heavy rainfall to extremely very heavy rainfall in Tamil Nadu, Karaikal and Puducherry as back as October 30. It noted that a low pressure area over Sri Lanka off Tamil Nadu coast with the associated cyclonic circulation persists and is likely to move westwards in the next 3-4 days.
But, Chief Minister Stalin was busy watching Jai Bhim on October 31 in a special screening held for him and had written a detailed review about the movie which he posted the next day.
DMK family owned Sun News, resorted to romanticizing the rains saying that Chennaites are enjoying the weather with hot ‘bajjis’ (fritters), tea and Ilayaraja’s music.
They even telecasted separate segment titled ‘Mazhaiyum Ilayaraja’ vum playing rain themed film songs composed by acclaimed music composer Ilayaraja.
தத்தளிக்கும் சென்னை…மிதக்கும் சென்னை.
இதுல இவங்க போடுற செய்திய பாத்தீங்களா மக்களே….சன்டிவி ல வேலை செய்ற ஆளுங்க அவங்க வீட்டுக்குள்ள மழை வெள்ளம் வந்தா இதேமாறி இளையராஜா பாட்டை போட்டு தான் ஆடுவாங்க போல….😡😡😡😡😡 pic.twitter.com/sIGwialDLA
In one of the news cards published by Sun News it said that the weather in Chennai is now akin to Kodaikanal.
Another DMK-friendly media ‘India Glitz’ too romanticized the plight showing children jumping into subways brimming with water.
Earning the ire of people, these media outlets later started showing places which have been worst affected like Kolathur, T. Nagar, Alwarpet, etc. Some of the journalists plunged themselves into the waters to show how they’re on the ground and covering the flood situation in Chennai.
While these outlets claim themselves to be torchbearers of democracy questioning the government at the Centre, they’ve refrained from asking tough questions to the DMK government in Tamil Nadu. The MK Stalin government on the other hand has been trying to shift the blame on the previous AIADMK regime saying that he would investigate the irregularities under the Centre’s Smart City scheme. Minister for Municipal Administration, Urban and Water Supply K. N. Nehru rubbed off responsibilities saying that they’ve been only in power for 6 months and when asked about why canal desilting work was not completed.
Time and again, Chennai has been deluged whenever there is mild to heavy rains during the monsoons. While rampant urbanization is to blame, it is being aided by the politicians and authorities in power. Buildings are constructed in marshlands and lakes which act as sponges absorbing storing water. Corporation officials and contractors who lay roads give no emphasis to planning while laying roads and storm water drains. New roads are built on top of the existing roads without scrapping them off leaving the settlements on either sides of the road to go down creating a low lying area. Storm water drains get blocked as they don’t get desilted on time. Some of them get converted to drainage canals due to non-maintenance.
But none of the media have managed to make the DMK government accountable by posing these questions. It looks like their pens and cameras only point towards Delhi whenever they want to thump their chests about democracy, accountability, and other jargons which they often mouth.
All this only makes it conspicuous that they are no different from the ‘Godi Media’ they accuse the media in the north of.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch two innovative customer centric initiatives of the Reserve Bank of India on 12 November, 2021 at 11 AM via video conferencing. These initiatives are the RBI Retail Direct Scheme and the Reserve Bank – Integrated Ombudsman Scheme.
The RBI Retail Direct Scheme is aimed at enhancing access to government securities market for retail investors. It offers them a new avenue for directly investing in securities issued by the Government of India and the State Governments. Investors will be able to easily open and maintain their government securities account online with the RBI, free of cost.
The Reserve Bank – Integrated Ombudsman Scheme aims to further improve the grievance redress mechanism for resolving customer complaints against entities regulated by RBI. The central theme of the scheme is based on ‘One Nation-One Ombudsman’ with one portal, one email and one address for the customers to lodge their complaints. There will be a single point of reference for customers to file their complaints, submit the documents, track status and provide feedback. A multi-lingual toll-free number will provide all relevant information on grievance redress and assistance for filing complaints.
Union Finance Minister and RBI Governor will also attend the event.
Workers at the Amma Unavagam located in Aarapalayam in Madurai have been protesting against the DMK government’s move to evict them and appoint their own party people.
Amma Canteen is a landmark scheme brought by the previous AIADMK regime under Jayalalithaa. It has been a life saviour for many of the poor and working class people.
The workers at the canteen located at Aarapalayam in Madurai district have been protesting saying that the local DMK men are harassing them and leaving no stone unturned to drive them out.
It has been alleged that the they are being thrown out of their jobs so that the local DMK could appoint their own party sympathizers and workers.
Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of India and the founder of the Human Rights Law Network (HRLN) Colin Gonsalves has filed a petition to stop the widening of roads that connect the Char Dham in Uttarakhand as it will cause adverse impact in the hilly region resulting from the felling of trees.
The Char Dham road network also reaches the Indo-China border and is used by the Indian army.
Supporting Gonsalves’ stand is an alleged NGO called “Citizens For Green Doon”. They are represented by lawyers Coulin Gonzales and Mohammad Aftab, who had filed a petition in the Supreme Court to stop the construction of roads on the Indo-China border in Uttarakhand, citing the environmentl impact.
Instead, they have asked that the “Indian Forces can use air route in war”.
The three-judge bench of Justices D.Y. Chandrachud, Surya Kant, and Vikram Nath heard the petition on behalf of the NGO Citizens for Green Doon. Gonsalves argued against the stand of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), stating that such developments would lead to massive landslides wherever roads are widened.
Appearing for the government, Attorney General K K Venugopal said, “In the 1962 war, our troops were without supplies and had to undertake arduous treks to reach the border outposts. We know what happened. Given the situation at the border and the new legislation passed by the Chinese government to override claims of neighbouring countries on disputes over border lands, there is an urgent need to build infrastructure to carry heavy artillery, tanks, missile launchers and swift movement of troops.”
“The army does not want to be caught napping as it was in 1962,” Venugopal said, adding that the border roads – from Badrinath to Mana pass, from Gangotri to Muningla pass, and Pithoragarh to Lipulekh pass – have been widened for movement of army trucks. “But, the widening of border roads are meaningless if the feeder roads are not widened,” he said.
After both parties completed their summation and argument, the Supreme Court bench observed that it cannot turn a blind eye to the troop build-up and shoring up of infrastructure by China at India’s border but ruled that the environment will always trump national security to brush aside the Centre’s plea for widening of the strategic feeder roads linking defence facilities along the Indo-China border.
In the inconclusive hearing, Justices D Y Chandrachud, Surya Kant, and Vikram Nath said, “There is no doubt that sustainable development has to be balanced with national security requirements. Can the highest constitutional court override the concerns of armed forces, particularly given the contemporary developments at the Indo-China border?”
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For the past 4 days, Chennai and other coastal districts in the northern parts of Tamil Nadu have been receiving heavy rainfall.
Many suburbs of Chennai have been inundated due to the continuous downpour with people commuting in boats to fetch essential supplies.
Localities such as T. Nagar, West Mambalam, Kodambakkam, K.K. Nagar, Saidapet and other areas have been inundated due to the indiscriminate dumping of garbage in the drainage canals.
Kolathur, Chief Minister MK Stalin’s own constituency, from where he has been elected MLA since 2011, is in a sorry of affairs with water entering homes, no electricity and people travelling in boats.
BJP Tamil Nadu President K. Annamalai hitting out at CM Stalin said that one can get a taste of the falsely constructed ‘Dravidian Development Model’ by visiting Kolathur.
He said that the DMK government is ‘totally clueless’ about bringing the situation under control.
The DMK government’s failure to make adequate preparations for handling the north-east monsoon has resulted in people facing extreme difficulties.
Opposition leaders and common people have been lashing out at the DMK government for their shoddy handling of the situation.
With rain water and sewage getting mixed in many areas, there is also the risk of spread of diseases.
Though Chief Minister Stalin and his coterie of Ministers have been roaming around the city inspecting affected areas, opposition leaders are calling it as photo op events in an attempt to hide their failure.
T. Nagar which comes under the Smart City area has knee deep water standing. While CM Stalin has been trying to wash his hands off by shifting the blame on the previous AIADMK government, it has come to light that the reason for T. Nagar and other areas getting flooded in the past four days because of mindless dumping of garbage in these canals by Chennai Corporation contractors and officials.
The IMD on 30th October 2021 had warned that Chennai and other coastal districts in the northern part of the state would receive heavy rainfall in the days ahead.
However, CM Stalin was watching Jai Bhim on October 31 in a special screening held for him and had written a detailed review about the movie which he posted the next day.
Opposition leaders and netizens are now lashing out at the DMK and have been questioning if whether the the job of a state’s Chief Minister to watch movies on OTT platforms or make preparations for monsoon so that losses can be minimized.
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Israel ambassador to the United Kingdom Tzipi Hotovely who had gone to the London School of Economics (LSC) had to run for her life when students pro-Palestine students tried to de-platform her as she had come to this illustrious institution to take part in a debate.
Tzipi Hotovely bodyguards quite literally had to carry push the ambassador her car as her bodyguards faced the daunting task of keeping her safe from protesters who practically bayed for her blood.Protesters who were mainly Palestine students, British Jews, and other left-liberals yelled ‘aren’t you ashamed’ as she raced from LSC.
Amazing.
Israeli ambassador Tzipi Hotovely was forced to flee London’s LSE university after students protested her presence and refused to give her a platform. This is how colonial war criminals must be treated everywhere. #FreePalestinepic.twitter.com/SuInl4tna0
An Instagram handle called LSE Class War has taken credit for this attack on the Israel ambassador and had called on students to ‘smash her car window’ and ‘storm the building’.
Pro-Palestine groups claimed Hotovely was ‘platforming racism’ and tried to stop her from taking part and accused her of advocating for settler colonialism, engaged in Islamophobic rhetoric, and has perpetuated anti-Palestinian racism.’UK Government ministers Nadhim Zahawi and James Cleverly meanwhile condemned the ‘aggressive and threatening behaviour’ this morning.
Tzipi Hotovley is a right-wing politician who was appointed as Israeli Ambassador to the UK by former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and is viewed as controversial for supporting Israeli settlements on the West Bank as well as opposing Jewish-Muslim marriages.
LSESU Debate Society had shared a post on Instagram advertising the event titled: ‘Israel’s Perspective: A New Era In The Middle East’.
It said: ‘The Middle East has been affected by the Israeli-Palestinian issue for more than 70 years. The Summer of 2021 saw another wave of violence break out which only further beckoned the question of whether peace was ever a tangible possibility.’
Recent developments though have seen various Middle Eastern countries take an unprecedented step and recognise the State of Israel, has this opened a possibility of peace in the region?’
Encompassing all of this, LSESU Public Debates is honoured to host Her Excellency Tzipi Hotovely, the Israeli Ambassador to the UK on the 9th of November 2021.
Not only will questions revolve around the conflict but also of recent developments in Israeli Politics and the effect they will have on Foreign Relations.
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The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) that was founded by the father of the Indian space program Vikram Sarabhai, will now teach a course on Bhagwad Gita for corporate professionals to teach management lessons.
The program will commence on December 13 and the course will have lessons and chapters from Gita to ‘to explore contemporary management concepts, conflicts, dilemmas, and trade-offs in business.’
The great Sanatan epic of Mahabharata and Srimad Bhagavadgita is full of lessons and ss per the IIM-A website, ‘Lessons from Bhagawad Gita suggest powerful ways to promote management practices that are consistent with the business model and yet ethical.’
“Lessons from Bhagawad Gita suggest powerful ways to promote management practices that are consistent with business models and yet ethical. This course is focused on early reflections on those learnings,” said an IIM official while speaking with Ahmedabad Mirror.
The course has been divided into 6 sessions of 3 hours each and the objective of the course is to develop insights into making effective choices, strengthen concepts of contemporary management and value-based leadership, develop an understanding of leadership excellence based on the great learnings from the Krishna-Arjun Samwad, Arjun’s dilemma before stepping into the battle, and Krishna’s role as a guide.
“The course will also enable participants to develop competence to face challenging times in their career with confidence. The program aims to sensitize them on ways to develop themselves into effective leaders in the corporate world,” the official had added further.
The content will have a discussion and video films that will include lessons from the Gita, understanding behavioral orientation, role conflict, and outcome amongst others.
The program is being tailored for professionals having 5 years of work experience and they will learn management techniques in decision making, leadership, motivation, strategy planning, negotiation, persuasion, and building teams can enroll for the course.
The cost of the program is Rs 64,000 and the registration closes on November 29.
While speaking with the media, course creator Professor Sunil Maheshwari said, “We teach through a case study method. And if we have to teach managers these skills, what better way than the life of Lord Krishna? His is the best life example to teach effective leadership.”
he further added, “What struck me the most is that the credibility score was very poor, meaning there should be more credible managers and leaders in corporations if we want to move in the right direction.”
“Lessons from Bhagavad Gita help managers live a purposeful life leading to excellence in everything they do. They need to have high credibility, ethics, and a value system,” he said further.
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From Romanticizing The Rains To Shifting Blames, DMK’s ‘Godi Media’ Goes All Out To Buttress Stalin Govt
Chennai and other coastal districts in the northern parts of Tamil Nadu have been receiving heavy rainfall since Deepavali.
Many suburbs of Chennai have been inundated due to the continuous downpour with people commuting in boats to fetch essential supplies.
Localities such as T. Nagar, West Mambalam, Kodambakkam, K.K. Nagar, Saidapet and other areas have been inundated due to the indiscriminate dumping of debris and garbage in the drainage canals by Corporation contractors.
People residing even in prime areas in the heart of the city like Alwarpet, Nungambakkam, etc. have been staying without power for four days and have moved to other places as they found it difficult to get even basic supplies like milk and water.
https://twitter.com/kapilnaresh99/status/1458765512884711425
Kolathur, Chief Minister MK Stalin’s own constituency, from where he has been elected MLA since 2011, is in a sorry of affairs with water entering homes, no electricity and people travelling in boats.
Many of the subways in the city like the Madley Subway, Doraiswamy Subway and Aranganathan Subway are brimming with water.
On the other hand, crops have been destroyed in submerged fields in delta districts like Cuddalore, Nagapattinam and Thanjavur which has also received heavy rainfall.
However, the media friendly to the ruling DMK have been playing various cards to ensure that these do not get highlighted and bring disrepute to Stalin’s government.
From blaming the previous AIADMK regime and Central Government to romanticizing the weather, here is a look at some of the instances when the Godi Media in Tamil Nadu were playing orchestra to the ruling DMK while Chennai sank.
Behindwoods, a YouTube channel that is popularly known to be friendly to the ruling DMK, took lot of efforts to brush under the carpet the plight of people. In the above video, it can be seen that fishes that are found in lakes have entered flooded streets. However, the anchor discusses how the fishes are having a great time having fun.
In another video published by the channel, it shows children swimming and playing at the Vyasarpadi subway.
The News Minute, a digital news outlet which has no qualms in towing the line of the DMK, published a detailed article about how ‘broken radars and conflicting weather reports‘ led to Chennai floods.
Instead of pointing out the fallacies and the inadequate measures taken by the DMK government, the article tried to shift the blame on Indian Meteorological Department saying that the agency should’ve given ‘red alert’ (asking the state to take action) instead of ‘orange alert’ (to be prepared for floods).
However, the IMD had given a red alert on October 30 warning of heavy to very heavy rainfall to extremely very heavy rainfall in Tamil Nadu, Karaikal and Puducherry as back as October 30. It noted that a low pressure area over Sri Lanka off Tamil Nadu coast with the associated cyclonic circulation persists and is likely to move westwards in the next 3-4 days.
But, Chief Minister Stalin was busy watching Jai Bhim on October 31 in a special screening held for him and had written a detailed review about the movie which he posted the next day.
DMK family owned Sun News, resorted to romanticizing the rains saying that Chennaites are enjoying the weather with hot ‘bajjis’ (fritters), tea and Ilayaraja’s music.
They even telecasted separate segment titled ‘Mazhaiyum Ilayaraja’ vum playing rain themed film songs composed by acclaimed music composer Ilayaraja.
In one of the news cards published by Sun News it said that the weather in Chennai is now akin to Kodaikanal.
Another DMK-friendly media ‘India Glitz’ too romanticized the plight showing children jumping into subways brimming with water.
Earning the ire of people, these media outlets later started showing places which have been worst affected like Kolathur, T. Nagar, Alwarpet, etc. Some of the journalists plunged themselves into the waters to show how they’re on the ground and covering the flood situation in Chennai.
While these outlets claim themselves to be torchbearers of democracy questioning the government at the Centre, they’ve refrained from asking tough questions to the DMK government in Tamil Nadu. The MK Stalin government on the other hand has been trying to shift the blame on the previous AIADMK regime saying that he would investigate the irregularities under the Centre’s Smart City scheme. Minister for Municipal Administration, Urban and Water Supply K. N. Nehru rubbed off responsibilities saying that they’ve been only in power for 6 months and when asked about why canal desilting work was not completed.
Time and again, Chennai has been deluged whenever there is mild to heavy rains during the monsoons. While rampant urbanization is to blame, it is being aided by the politicians and authorities in power. Buildings are constructed in marshlands and lakes which act as sponges absorbing storing water. Corporation officials and contractors who lay roads give no emphasis to planning while laying roads and storm water drains. New roads are built on top of the existing roads without scrapping them off leaving the settlements on either sides of the road to go down creating a low lying area. Storm water drains get blocked as they don’t get desilted on time. Some of them get converted to drainage canals due to non-maintenance.
But none of the media have managed to make the DMK government accountable by posing these questions. It looks like their pens and cameras only point towards Delhi whenever they want to thump their chests about democracy, accountability, and other jargons which they often mouth.
All this only makes it conspicuous that they are no different from the ‘Godi Media’ they accuse the media in the north of.
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