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3 Kamal Sandesh June 16-30, 2014

Narendra Modi takes oath as Prime MinisterBJP led NDA Govt. era begins................................................... 7Invitations to SAARC leaders is an impressive diplomatic.. 9Narendra Modi buzz across the globe...................................... 11

ShraddhanjaliUntimely demise of Gopinath Munde in road accident......... 12Tapan Sikdar no more.................................................................. 14

ArticlesFrom Celebration to Challenge

By Arun Jaitley.................................................................... 19Clear verdict against communal politics

By Balbir Punj..................................................................... 20

OthersSumitra Mahajan elected as Lok Sabha Speaker.................... 22Post election violence in West Bengal..................................... 23Nawaz Sharif gifts sari to Modi’s mother................................. 26

OthersTelangana....................................................................................... 27Madhya Pradesh, Delhi................................................................ 28West Bengal.................................................................................. 29

Golden words from Aadhyatma................................................ 30


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Ganga Dussehra : 8th June, 2014

“Whether it's naxalism, separatism orterrorism, a comprehensive integrated actionplan is needed and my ministry has startedwork on it.”

-Rajnath Singh

Ganga Dussehra falls during DashamiTithi of Jyaishta Shukla Paksha and currentlyfalls in month of June. Ganga Dussehra is alsoknown as Gangavataran which means ‘thedescent of the Ganga’. According to Hindureligious texts, the Ganges River originallyflowed only in heaven and was residing inKamandal of Lord Brahma. In the form of agoddess Maa Ganga was brought down toearth by King Bhagiratha in order to purifythe ashes of his ancestors, 60,000 of whomhad been burned under a curse from the greatsage Kapila. The river came down reluctantly,breaking her fall on the head of Shiva so thatshe wouldn’t shatter the Earth. Before comingto the Earth, the Ganga along with her broughtthe purity of heaven to the Earth. By the timeshe reached the Bay of Bengal, she had touchedthe ashes of the 60,000 princes and fertilizedthe entire region.

On Ganga Dussehra devotees worshipGoddess Ganga and take bath in Ganges.Taking bath in Ganges and offering charity orDan-Punya on this day is considered highly auspicious. It is believed that holy dip in Ganges onGanga Dussehra day can purge all type of sins.

Devotees flock to Allahabad/Prayag, Garhmukteshwar, Haridwar, Rishikesh and Varanasi totake a holy dip. Ganga Dussehra celebrations are legendary in Varanasi. On Ganga Dussehra daythousands of devotees do Ganga Snan and participate in Ganga Aarti at Dasaswamedh Ghat. Thosewho live far away from the Ganges immerse themselves in whatever river, pond, or sea they can getto on this day. Usually Ganga Dusshra is celebrated one day before Nirjala Ekadashi but in someyears Ganga Dussehra and Nirjala Ekadashi might fall on the same day. Ganga Dussehra shouldnot be confused with Ganga Jayanti when the Goddess Ganga was reborn.

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.Democracy has been saved. India has been freed from Congress rule. Country

has been freed from the clutches of a family. Mature democracy has delivereda mature mandate. In the message that mandate has sent it is clear that people

think about the country. People starting to think about the country are a very goodindication. The people after thinking, understanding, seeing, examining and testinghave handed majority to Bharatiya Janata Party and Shri Narendra Modi. History hasbeen created. A day like this had not come in the journey from ‘deepak’ to ‘kamal’.People have ushered in good days for nationalistic ideology. Good days have comefor the country. It is in the mind of the people. People want to see good days.

Nation has shown such a democratic affection to BJP for the first time. In thiselection all India expansion of BJP has taken place. Coalition experiment has also beena huge success. Nation has not left any room for BJP to say that enough strength hasnot been given to it. Nation has given enough opportunities to BJP.

The present time is full of challenge. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has notwasted a single minute after taking oath. He has also cautioned the members of hisministry. He has made them aware of the expectations of the people. People haveaccepted the political acumen and diplomatic skills of the Prime Minister on the veryfirst day of oath ceremony itself. This message of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modihas gone to the entire world. In which direction will he work has been made amplyclear by his initiative. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi gifted a shawl for the motherof Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shri Nawaz Sharif. After that Shri Nawaz Sharif presenteda sari for Shri Modi’s mother from Pakistan. Here the issue is not about ‘shawl’ or ‘sari’but about mother and this cannot be done by anyone else. Remembering mother beforeinitiating a discussion about motherland is an Indian tradition and by initiating itPrime Minister Shri Narendra Modi gave a hint about his culture. To keep in mindabout maintaining good relations with neighbouring countries and to show that Indiais capable of leading its neighbouring countries is not easy.

World has accepted good beginning with SAARC countries as unique initiative.A light of hope has been ignited in the heart of the people with the coming of Prime

Minister Shri Narendra Modi. Modi government will have to come upto the expectationsof the people. While cautioning about many things Shri Modi has asked his ministersto pay attention to work culture. He has asked them to work more. Ministry has startedits work on expected lines.

Nation is standing on the heap of problems. But there is no problem of whichsolution cannot be found. Even after 67 years of independence India has not been ableto reach where it should have been by now.

India’s hope has been awakened. The number of people thinking about nation hasincreased. Whether it is the issue related to defence deals, borders of the country, issuesrelated to Jammu & Kashmir, China or about our internal security, our governmentshave not paid attention to them in past.

In a country, problems will be there but honest attempts should be made to findsolutions to these problems. Today many problems like unemployment, starvation,price rise, corruption, black money are before the nation. To find solution to theseproblems honest efforts should be made which has not been done till now.

We know that problems continuing for many years cannot be solved in a single

Clear mandate means time to fulfillthe aspirations of the people


day but if the direction of efforts remains correct, people will accept it. People have now started to saythat the days of honest efforts have come.

Mundeji was a messiah of farmers and poorThe death of senior BJP leader of Maharashtra and cabinet minister Shri Gopinath Munde is a big blow

to both organization and the government. Mundeji had started his political career from Mahrashtra from the‘diya’ of Janasangh. He was connected to the grassroots and a symbol of struggle. He had started party workfrom far flung villages. The untimely demise of Mundeji who had become an identity of Marathwada hasshocked the nation. From zila panchayat to rural development minister, he was MLA for five times. He wasDeputy Chief Minsiter in the BJP-Shiv Sena coalition government in Maharashtra. He was a popular leaderamong the dalits and OBCs. He was popularly called as ‘Saheb’.

Gopinath ji Munde not only left the people of Maharashtra including Marathawada leaderless but alsoan organization like BJP. Mass leaders are not made in one day. He was able to reach to the top due tocontinuous work and struggle of forty years. The popularity of Gopinath Munde who was placed among thetop leaders can be gauged from the massive gathering in his funeral.

The elections in Maharashtra are close. Party was preparing for the elections under his leadership butsomething else was in the destiny. He was the backbone of the Mahrashtra BJP. It is true that with the demiseof Mundeji that backbone is gone. As Deputy Leader of the Lok Sabha he had started to build his all Indiaimage gradually. In the country and particularly in Maharashtra he became famous as Shetkari (farmer)leader of the poor. He fought for the rights of farmers and poor throughout his life. He was considered a boldleader in Maharashtra politics. He had the habit to speak his mind openly. He had family relations with LateBala Saheb Thakre for years. He worked wonderfully as the Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtralegislative assembly. He lived for the people from the beginning till the end of his life and gave away his lifefor the cause of the people. The day he died in the road accident in Delhi he was going to his parliamentaryconstituency Beed to attend a felicitation programme. But destiny had some other plans. The place where hewas to be felicitated, his last rites were performed the very next day. The divine will is beyond anyone’scomprehension. Therefore we bow our head to accept this divine will and pray to the almighty to give a massleader like him proper place in his feet.

Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee

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Shat-Shat Naman

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Following the landslidevictory of BJP on 16th May,which scooped up 282

seats for the BJP and 336 for thealliance, its Legislature PartyLeader Shri NarendraDamodardas Modi was swornin as 15th Prime Minister of Indiaby the Hon’ble PresidentShri Pranab Mukherjee atthe bustling forecourt ofthe Rashtrapati Bhavanon 26th May, 2014. Alongwith Shri Modi, 23Cabinet Ministers, 10Ministers of State withIndependent charge and12 Ministers of State werealso sworn in by theHon’ble President. It wasa historic occasion for theentire country, the BJPand for the man of themoment Shri Modibecause for the first timesince 1984 that any partyhas won a clear majorityfor itself. It is also the firsttime ever that a party other thanCongress has done so. On theother hand, the defeat forCongress is far worse thananything in its long history ofdominating Indian politics: itwon fewer than a sixth the seatsof the BJP.

On the historic occasion thevenue was packed with morethan 3,500 dignitaries, includingthe heads of SAARC countries,including Pakistan PM NawazSharif, Sri Lankan PresidentMahinda Rajapaksa,Afghanistan President HamidKarzai, Nepal PM Sushil

Koirala, Bhutanese PrimeMinister Tshering Tobgay andMaldives’ President AbdullaYameen Abdul Gayoom.

Others included Vice-President of India Shri HamidAnsari, former PM Dr.Manmohan Singh, Congress

president Smt. Sonia Gandhi,Congress vice-president ShriRahul Gandhi and otherimportant political leaders. ChiefMinisters of several states werealso present.

Thousands of eminentcitizens like the Bollywoodpersonalities, Salman Khan, hisfather Salim Khan, HritikRoshan, Vivek Obeori,Bollywood couple Anupam andKirron Kher, Bollywoodfilmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar,music composer-turned-politician Bappi Lahiri, PoonamDhillon and actors who are also

MPs, like Vinod Khanna,Shatrughan Sinha, Hema Malini,and industrialists like MukeshAmbani and his family members,Tatas and other eminentIndustrialists who were presentin the forecourt of RashtrapatiBhavan watched Shri Modi

taking the oath of office andsecrecy in Hindi and millionsglued to TV sets to witness thehistoric oath taking ceremony ofthe new Prime Minister and hiscouncil of ministers who carriedhope, aspiration and dreams of125 crore people of the nation.

The who’s who of Indianpolitics, media, entertainmentand business world were alsopresent in good numbers. Thepresence of heads of many Statesis nothing short of a greatdiplomatic victory for India. Thefrenzy around the oath takingceremony even travelled beyond

Narendra Modi takes oath as 15th Prime Minister of India

BJP led NDA Govt. era begins


the boundary of India as well.After a hard-fought victory,

Shri Modi tried to balance hiscabinet keeping in view of thefactors of caste, religion, regionand gender with those of talent,experience, youth and nationalaspirations unleashed by himduring his nationwidecampaigning.

Among the CabinetMinisters who took oath justafter PM Shri Narendra Modiwere BJP National President ShriRajnath Singh, Smt. SushmaSwaraj, Shri Arun Jaitley, formerNational Presidents Shri MVenkaiah Naidu and Shri NitinGadkari, former Karnataka CMShri DV Sadananda Gowda,former MP Chief Minister Ms.Uma Bharti, former DeputyChairperson of Rajya Sabha Smt.Najma Heptulla, formerMaharashtra Deputy CM ShriGopinath Munde, former UnionMinister Shri Ram Vilas Paswan,former Uttar Pradesh MinisterShri Kalraj Mishra, former UnionMinister Shri Ananth Kumar,former Union Minister Shri RaviShankar Prasad, former UnionMinister Ms. Maneka Gandhi,senior TDP leader Shri AshokGajapathi Raju, Shiv Sena leaderand former Union Minister ShriAnant Geete, Shiromani AkaliDal leader Ms Harsimrat KaurBadal, Madhya Pradesh BJPPresident Shri Narendra Singh

Tomar, former Odisha BJPPresident and Union TribalAffairs Minister Shri Jual Oram,Bihar BJP MP Shri Radha MohanSingh, former Madhya PradeshBJP President Shri ThawarChand Gehlot, BJP NationalVice-President Smt. Smriti Iraniand Delhi BJP President Dr.Harsh Vardhan. Smt. SmritiIrani, 38, was the youngest BJPleader inducted by ShriNarendra Modi as CabinetMinister.

The Ministers of State (MoS)who took oath included General(Retired) Shri Vijay KumarSingh, Gurgaon MP Shri RaoInderjit Singh, former UnionMinister Shri Santosh Gangwar,Goa BJP leader Shri ShripadNaik, BJP National GeneralSecretary Shri DharmendraPradhan, Assam BJP PresidentShri Sarbananda Sonowal, BJPSpokesperson Shri PrakashJavadekar, party’s NationalTreasurer and MP Shri PiyushGoyal, Jammu and Kashmir BJPleader Dr. Jitendra Singh, BJPSpokesperson Smt. NirmalaSitharaman, Karnataka BJPleader Shri GM Siddeswara,Ghazipur MP Shri Manoj Sinha,Ganganagar MP ShriNihalchand Chauhan,Rashtriya Lok Samata PartyPresident Shri UpendraKushwaha, Tamilnadu BJPpresident and Kanyakumari MP

Shri Pon Radhakrishnan,Arunachal Pradesh BJP MP ShriKiren Rijiju, Faridabad MP ShriKrishan Pal Gujjar,Muzaffarnagar MP Shri SanjeevBaliyan, Gujarat MP ShriMansukhbhai DhanjibhaiVasava, Maharashtra BJP MPShri Raosaheb Dadarao Danve,BJP MP from Raigarh inChhattisgarh Shri Vishnu DeoSai and Jharkhand MP ShriSudarshan Bhagat.

Earlier, with floral tributesto the Father of the NationMahatma Gandhi, ShriNarendra Modi began his newpolitical innings and eventuallybecame the first Prime Ministerto visit Rajghat before takingoath in the history ofIndependent India. Generally thePrime Minister’s visit GandhiMemorial at Rajghat after takingcharge but this was the firstoccasion when Prime Minister-designate paid his respects to theFather of the Nation beforetaking oath. Shri Modi reachedRajghat from Gujarat Bhavanaround 7.40 am and spent nearly15 minutes at the GandhiSamadhi. He offered floraltributes at the memorial and satin the lawns with senior partycolleagues. A number of DelhiBJP leaders, including Delhi BJPPresident and MP Dr. HarshVardhan, Delhi BJP SangathanPrabhari Shri Prabhat Jha, former


Invitations to SAARC leaders is an impressive diplomatic start

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s handing out invitations to the heads of the South Asian Associationfor Regional Cooperation nations to be part of his swearing-in was a impressive diplomatic start withneighbours. It was the first time a Prime Minister had invited SAARC nations‘ head in his swearing-inceremony . It also reflects PM Narendra Modi’s wish for making SAARC an important group which caninfluence international politics impressively.

A former diplomat, reacting on this unique initiative of Narendra Modi, said, “Modi has managedto send across a very strong message by inviting the leaders of SAARC nations. Regarding Pakistan, onemust not view this case in isolation since it is also part of SAARC. Modi has only extended his electionslogan, ‘Sab ka saath, sab ka vikaas’, to the rest of the SAARC nations,”

“He has put new life into an organisation such as SAARC and has conveyed the message that all SAARCnations need to develop, survive and prosper together. Many have tried and painted Shri Modi in a negativemanner. He was no doubt aggressive during his campaign, which was needed to effectively throw out anexisting party which had been ruling since the past 10 years. The invitation to SAARC nations was amasterstroke, because in one go, he sent a message of how there is a need to develop and prosper togetherfor the entire region.”

On invitation of SAARC nations External Affairs Minister Smt. Sushma Swaraj said that Modi’sinvitation to the leaders of the eight-member bloc ceremony is indicative of the government’s intent andcommitment to build cordial, friendly and inclusive ties with the countries of South Asia.

“The Prime Minister has a vision for friendly cooperation with each of the SAARC countries. Thisinvitation was the first step towards realising this vision. “A promising beginning has been made at thestart of the new government in our engagement with each of these countries,” she said.

Delhi BJP Presidents Shri VijayGoel and Shri Vijender Gupta,former Delhi Mayor Ms ArtiMehra and the newly electedMPs from Delhi accompaniedhim. After that Shri Modi directlydrove to Krishna Menon Margresidence of former PrimeMinister Shri Atal BihariVajpayee to seek his blessings.

All elected Lok Sabha membersfrom Delhi along with other BJPsenior leaders were also presentwhen he paid his visit.

With Shri Narendra Modi atthe helm of affairs, a new era hasstarted for the nation and BJPthat for decades struggled tounite the nation under thebanner of cultural nationalism

and fought against the policy ofappeasement of pseudosecularists. The passion withwhich the BJP Karyakartascelebrated Shri Modi’s swearing-in across the nation clearlyshows that the party is gearedup to be a perfect bridge betweenthe aspirations of the people andthe Government.


Indian Newspapers write...Media in India see the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister

Shri Narendra Modi as the opening of a new chapter in IndianDemocracy. In its front story The Times of India says, “Dawn of anew era”, while The Asian Age runs a similar headline: “Indiabegins Modi era”.

An article on the Firstpost website argues that the election thatbrought the Principal Opposition BJP to power “was not just a slapin the face of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty” but also a “completerejection of their socialistic welfare economy “.

The Times of India agrees that half a century later, “Nehruvianformulas which emphasize big government can become outmoded inIndia”. Recalling the new PM’s promise of “minimum government,maximum governance”, it points out that Shri Modi, as captain, hasbeen given the opportunity to run a tight ship”. “He must utilize thisopportunity to the fullest” says the paper.

“Now that Shri Narendra Modi has assumed charge as thecountry’s Prime Minister, backed by a massive mandate, he mustbegin and hasten the process of change which he has promised,”insists The Pioneer in an editorial entitled “With core team in place,he must get cracking”.

Newspapers are saying that the new cabinet which took oathhas the clear “imprint” of Shri Modi. They point out that the 45 otherministers sworn in along with him are significantly fewer than the70-plus ministers in the previous United Progressive Alliance (UPA)government. “By dramatically whittling down his council of ministersto 45 from 70 in the outgoing UPA government, Shri Modi has sentout an unmistakable signal that his administration is going to bedifferent,” The Times of India says.

The Indian Express is also of the opinion that “this appears tobe a purposeful cabinet streamlined for efficiency”.

According to The Business Standard, the new Prime Ministerhas done a “fine balancing act to give representation to variousregions and caste groups”.

The Times of India, meanwhile, welcomes the number of womenministers who were sworn-in. Seven out of the 45 ministers arewomen, with six of them in senior cabinet posts, reports the daily.“Women may only account for 11% of all Lok Sabha (lower house ofthe parliament) MPs but they fared better when it came torepresentation in the cabinet… accounting for 25%,” the paper writes.

And finally, Shri Modi’ supporters and BJP activists celebratedacross the country after he officially signed in as the 15th primeminister of India. In Delhi, sweets were distributed as people watchedthe oath-taking ceremony on TV screens installed across the city, TheTimes of India reports.

The holy city of Varanasi, from where Shri Narendra Modi wonelections with a huge margin, was also in a festive mood, the paperadds. “There is no end of celebrations in this holy city… the city onceagain indulged in festive mood,” exclaims the daily.

Modi Cabinet’sfirst decision: SITon black moneyformed to meet

apex courtdeadline

At its first Cabinet meetingheaded by Prime Minister ShriNarendra Modi on May 27 inNew Delhi, the Centre formed aSpecial Investigation Team inblack money case to be headedby former Supreme Court judgeMB Shah. The SIT will beheaded by Hon’ble Mr. JusticeM.B. Shah, former Judge of theSupreme Court as Chairmanand Hon’ble Mr. Justice ArijitPasayat, former Judge as ViceChairman. The SIT has beencharged with theresponsibility and duties ofinvestigation, initiation ofproceedings and prosecutionin cases of Hasan Ali and othermatters involving unaccountedmoney. SIT shall havejurisdiction in the cases whereinvestigations have alreadycommenced or are pending orawaiting to be initiated or havebeen completed. SIT willprepare a comprehensiveaction plan including creationof necessary institutionalstructure that could enable thecountry to fight the battleagainst unaccounted money.The SIT should report to thecourt the status of work fromtime to time.


Shri Narendra Modi beganhis tenure as PrimeMinister with foreign relations

assuming a high profile. Even beforehe was sworn in as Prime Ministerhe had already marked a geo-political first with Twitter Diplomacyas prominent Heads of State andHeads of Government greeted himon Twitter. The PM’s invitation tothe SAARC nations for hisswearing-in ceremony also caughtthe attention of global opinionmakers, international markets andthe media across the world.

What Opinion Makersaround the world are sayingNaMo buzz in theneighbourhood

Re-aligning our partnershipswith key neighbours is of vitalimportance. With the change ofregime, the Sri Lankans are alreadyexpecting a jump in their exportsand trade with India to go up by2015. The Governor for Sri Lanka’sCentral Bank Ajith Nivard Cabraal,in an interview to The Wall StreetJournal as reported said that a‘business–friendly’ Government inNew Delhi would make his work ‘alot easier’. That India and Sri Lankaare set to enjoy more strengthenedrelationship has been affirmed bythe piece of news that PM ShriNarendra Modi is quite likely tochoose Sri Lanka to make his foreignvisit.

At the swearing–in ceremonyChina was conspicuous by itsabsence where not even a highranking representative of thecountry was present. The reasonfor the absence of any Chineserepresentative may have more to

do with the presence of LobsangSangay, Prime Minister of theCentral Tibetan Administration inDharamsala, the TibetanGovernment in exile, as stated areport in the Watch China Times.While China’s reaction to India’sPM may have been ‘chilly’ as thereport describes, the newly elected

PM has already extended an inviteto Xi Jinping to visit India, an actionthat has no doubt been promptedby economic reasons rather thanpolitical and lie very much withinthe ambit of Modi’s desire to furtherdiplomacy through trade.NaMo Buzz in the land ofthe rising sun

Looking further East, India mayforge stronger trade bonds withJapan as the Japaneseentrepreneurs are already lookingto notch infrastructure projectsunder their belts. The Japan Newsin its story quotes a Hitachi Ltdofficial saying, “Following thelaunch of the stable Government,infrastructure development isexpected to be promoted in India.”

Where the UPA’s lack of interest ininfrastructure development andlackadaisical approach to policyformation had driven manyJapanese businesses away, they arenow looking to tap into the vastinfrastructure creation that isrequired to cater to India’s massivepopulation of 1.2 billion people. As

per the report, Toshiba Corp hasplans to invest ¥50 billion in thecountry over the next five years,primarily in thermal power turbinesand other infrastructure-relatedprojects. Creating a strong ally outof Japan is needed for geo-politicalreasons as much as political.Africa looks up to NaMo

Approaching Africa, India asis evident from the Business DailyAfrica report, needs to up its gamein the continent. Even thoughhistorically, the two regions shareimmense goodwill, the previousregime in India has been slow to tapinto the vast opportunity that theregion presents, a space whichChina is looking to fill up once more.

Narendra Modi buzz across the globe

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Senior BJP leader andUnion Rural DevelopmentMinister Shri Gopinath

Munde died of multiple internalinjuries and cardiac arrestsuffered following a roadaccident while he was on the wayto Delhi Airport in the morningof June 3. Sixty-four-year-old ShriMunde is survived by wife andthree daughters, one of whom isan MLA. Shri Munde, verypopular leader in Maharashtra,had a victory rally scheduled inBeed and Parali, his home town.He had won the 2014 Lok Sabhaelections from the Beedconstituency and became theUnion Minister of RuralDevelopment, Panchayati Raj

and Drinking Water &Sanitation. President ShriPranab Mukherjee and PrimeMinister Shri Narendra Modiexpressed shock at the untimelydeath of Shri Munde

He was cremated with fullstate honours in his birthplaceParli in Maharashtra. Hisdaughter Pankaja lit the funeralpyre. Several thousands ofpeople, including, top nationaland state leaders from theBharatiya Janata Party and otherparties attended the funeral. Thelist included Shri Rajnath Singh,Shri L.K advani among others.

Shri Munde was born into afarmer’s family of Nathra village,Tehsil Parali in Beed district ofMarathwada region inMaharashtra on December 12,1949 where he had his schooling.

Untimely demise of Gopinath Munde in road accident

PM offers lastrespects to

Gopinath MundePrime Minister Shri

Narendra Modi on June 3offered his last respects andheartfelt tribute to his Cabinetcolleague Shri GopinathMunde. He placed a wreath onthe mortal remains of thedeparted leader at the BharatiyaJanata Party Headquarters inNew Delhi, in the presence of alarge number of UnionMinisters, party colleagues,workers, and family membersof Shri Munde.

The Prime Minister alsomet the family members of ShriGopinath Munde, and offeredhis condolences on the untimelypassing away of Shri Munde.

Soon afterwards, he plungedinto student politics along withPramod Mahajan, and wasimprisoned during theEmergency of 1975-1977.

Over the years, Munde waselected five times as legislator inMaharashtra, then Leader ofOpposition in the Maharashtraassembly, deputy chief ministerof the state, and subsequently asthe deputy leader of oppositionin the Lok Sabha, and last weekwas made the union minister forrural development.

Shri Gopinath Munde wasthe brother-in-law of the late BJPleader Shri Pramod Mahajan. Hehad married Shri Mahajan’syounger sister. After Mahajan’sdeath, Shri Munde was theguardian of the Mahajanfamily.

From Our Correspondent


“Extremely saddened &shocked by the demise of myfriend & colleague GopinathMunde ji. His demise is a majorloss for the Nation & theGovernment. Gopinath Mundeji was a true mass leader.Hailing from backwardsections of society, he rose togreat heights & tirelessly servedpeople. My tributes to adynamic leader whose

premature demise leaves a void hard to fill. Condolencesto Munde ji’s family. We stand by them in this hour ofgrief”

-Narendra Modi

“Deeply shocked to knowof Shri Gopinath Munde’sdemise. He was a grassrootleader and well known for hisconcern for poor people andfarmers. Mundeji’s death is anirreparable loss to the BJP. Hisdeath has left a big void inMahrashtra’s political andsocial life. I offer my heartfeltcondolences to the bereavedfamily.”

-Rajnath Singh

“In the extremelyshocking and sad demise ofShri Gopinath Munde, thenation has lost a greatleadership. He had come upfrom a humble backgroundand built his strong base inthe masses to become anational leader. He was aleader who had insight intoboth, organizational as wellas administrative issues. As

Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra and also as deputyleader of opposition in Lok Sabha he has made a mark onhis abilities. In his demise, I have lost a colleague, underwhose guidance several like me and I myself worked fordecades. It is an irreparable loss to all of us.”

-Nitin Gadkari

Cabinet condoles the demiseof Gopinath Munde

The Union Cabinet on June 3 met tocondole the tragic demise of ShriGopinath Munde, the Minister for RuralDevelopment, Drinking WaterSanitation and Panchayati Raj.

The Cabinet passed the followingresolution:

The Cabinet has learnt withprofound sorrow about the tragic andsudden demise of Shri Gopinath Munde,the Minister of Rural Development,Drinking Water Sanitation andPanchayati Raj in a road accident inNew Delhi on the morning of 03.06.2014.

A grass root politician with a massbase and an ardent advocate ofdemocracy, Shri Munde was born in avillage in Beed, Maharashtra. Hereceived his early education inGovernment and Zilla Parishad schoolsand started his political career as amember of the Akhil Bhartiya VidhyarthiParishad.

Shri Munde was a member of theMaharashtra Legislative Assembly forfive terms and was also the Leader ofOpposition in the MaharashtraLegislative Assembly during 1992-95.He became the Deputy Chief Minister ofMaharashtra in 1995. He was elected asa member of the Lok Sabha in 2009 andagain in 2014. Shri Munde was inductedas a Cabinet Minister in the UnionCouncil of Ministers on 26.05.2014.

The Cabinet places on record itsappreciation of Shri Gopinath Munde’sservices to the nation in differentcapacities both at the State and theNational level. The Cabinet alsoexpresses its deep sense of loss and griefon his tragic death. In his untimelydemise, the nation has lost anexperienced and visionary leader whowas held in high esteem across thepolitical spectrum. On behalf of theentire nation, the Cabinet extends itsheartfelt condolences to the bereavedfamily.


First BJP MP from W. Bengal & former Union ministerTapan Sikdar no more

The first BJP MP from West Bengal and former Unionminister Shri Tapan Sikdar, died on June 01 at the All IndiaInstitute of Medical Sciences following a heart attack. He was70.

The veteran BJP leader was suffering from kidneyproblems for some time and had been admitted to a privatehospital off EM Bypass on May 18. Later he was flown toDelhi for treatment at AIIMS.

Shri Sikdar’s body was taken to the BJP office in Delhi,where Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, senior BJP leaderShri L.K. Advani, Union home minister Shri Rajnath Singhand others paid their last respects.

Shri Sikdar was elected the BJP MP from Dum Dum in1998, becoming the first party leader to win in Bengal. Hewas re-elected in 1999 and was made minister of State forcommunications and later, the chemicals and fertilizersminister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government. Originallyhailing from Malda, Sikdar was the architect of the BJP’sgrowth in Bengal in the 1990s as the state unit president.Sikdar had lost the Dum Dum Lok Sabha seat this time, butbagged over 2.5 lakh votes. State BJP president Shri RahulSinha said: “Tapanda was seriously ill but still agreed tocontest the election and even campaigned vigorously. Hisdemise is a big setback to the BJP in Bengal.”

‘Tapan Sikdar ji’s demise is extremely saddening’: ModiPrime Minister Shri Narendra Modi expressed sadness over the death of BJP leader and former

union minister Shri Tapan Sikdar, and said that he will be remembered for his “rich contribution inbuilding the BJP and his years of dedicated public service”. “Tapan Sikdar ji’s demise is extremelysaddening. May his soul rest in peace,” Shri Modi said in a tweet.

Narendra Modi paystributes to Veer Savarkar

Prime Minister Narendra Modipaid tributes to freedom fighter VeerSavarkar on his birth anniversary, onMay 28 , at the Parliament.Commemorating the occasion, ShriModi shared on Twitter that VeerSavarkar would always be rememberedas a prolific writer, thinker, poet anda social reformer, and stated that theNation remembered and saluted histireless efforts towards theregeneration of India.


The last week for many ofus was a historic one. Thecelebration of the BJP-

NDA electoral victory was stillon. The swearing in ceremony ofthe Prime Minister and hisCouncil of Ministers became amemorable event. The presenceof the SAARC leaders at theswearing in was itself astatement. The distribution ofresponsibility to the Ministershowever brought the realization

of what lay ahead of us. For me,the last week evolved fromcelebration to a challenge. Giventhe responsibility of two majorministries, distribution of time tocover up the backlog of pendingissues on account of code ofconduct was paramount. Myimmediate challenge of course isthe state of economy whichstares at all of us.

We have inherited aneconomy whose GDP has grownby sub 5% for two years in a row.Mining and quarrying sectorshave gained a negative growthtrend. The manufacturing sectorhas had an abysmal performancelast year. The investment cyclehas been disturbed. The negativesentiment has affected trade,hotels and transportation sectors

which are posed for a slowergrowth compared to last year. Asper the CSO estimates, releasedin May, the inflation continuesto be rising with April figure at8.9%. The slow-down ineconomic growth coupled withhigh inflationary pressure posesa challenge to the macroeconomic environment. Taxcollections are at 10.1% of theGDP compared to the initialbudget estimates of 10.9%.

India can ill afford thistrend. This has serious socialconsequences since slow downcomes with a decade of jobless

growth. Reviving the growthmomentum, containing inflationand altering the pattern ofgrowth to gainful employmentis today an overriding priority.There is a need to boost domesticlow-cost manufacturing andhasten the pace of reforms. Pricestability and growth are inter-

twined but may require adifferent strategy.

The victory of NDA and thesignificant electoral setback tothe Congress was on account ofthe reflection of two differentelectoral attitudes. There was ahigh level of dissatisfaction withthe previous government. Therewas hope in the BJP/NDA ledby Shri Narendra Modi It is thishope which commands us to pullthe country out of the presenteconomic situation. This willinvolve fiscal rectitude ascombination of monetary andfiscal policy. Slower GDP growthwill imply lower tax buoyancyand higher fiscal deficit. We mustmove towards an era of fiscaldiscipline where we can reducethe fiscal deficit, contain inflationand improve upon our growthrates. India must prepare itselffor this. We must commitourselves to this discipline sothat in order to strengthen the

Indian economy which canimprove the quality of life of everyIndian and pull out the deprivedones from the state of poverty.Short term disciplining till wereverse the present trend will giveus long term benefits.

(The writer is Union Minister ofFinance & Defence)

From Celebration to ChallengeBy Arun Jaitley

The swearing in ceremony of the Prime Minister and hisCouncil of Ministers became a memorable event. Thepresence of the SAARC leaders at the swearing in was itselfa statement. The distribution of responsibility to the Ministershowever brought the realization of what lay ahead of us. Forme, the last week evolved from celebration to a challenge.

The victory of NDA and the significant electoral setback to theCongress was on account of the reflection of two differentelectoral attitudes. There was a high level of dissatisfactionwith the previous government. There was hope in the BJP/NDA led by Shri Narendra Modi It is this hope which commandsus to pull the country out of the present economic situation.


The real nature of anindividual (and also of anorganisation) shows only

in a crushing defeat or a completevictory. The heat and humiliationof a total loss melts the façade ofcalm, composure and civility,usual under normalcircumstances. A serious setbackbrings to fore the latentinsecurities and hiddenweakness in personality andexposes the ‘real’ substance of aperson.

An absolute triumph, on theother hand, generally goes tohead, unleashes raw desires,prejudices, and covert traits andunrevealed idiosyncrasies. Thepretence falls and the realpersona and character of thewinner emerges. In short, in bothsituations (of total loss andcomplete victory) the cover-up isblown off, thus baring the‘genuine’ man behind the mask.With time, the veneer, however,may get resurrected.

During the last few days, thenation has had a glimpse of thislosing/winning syndrome in thewake of the Lok Sabha election.In the din of election campaign,Mr Narendra Modi wasaggressive and non-sparing inhis criticism of his opponents.This was to suit the occasion.But the astounding victorybrought out the real Modi —humble, emotional andreverential to his elders — and

deferential to institutions he hasto work with and which are thebedrock of our Republic.

Mr Modi’s gestures,following an unprecedented win— touching veteran BJP leaderLK Advani’s feet, escorting andholding by hand the estrangedand aged once senior BJP leaderKeshubhai Patel inGandhinagar, hugging his arch-rival Shankersinh Vaghela, andabove all, bowing and touchingthe entry point of ParliamentHouse with his forehead, haveleft an indelible mark on all thosewho were glued to televisionscreens. It will be etched inpublic memory for a long time tocome. His obeisance to theinstitution of Parliamentmatched his fervour for ‘MotherGanga’.

In contrast, the Congressand its leadership (mother-and-son duo) were defiant andconceited. They took almost aweek to congratulate the winner,did not own up the mosthumiliating defeat the party hassuffered since independence,and have since been looking forscapegoats.Those loyal to thePalace are busy finding faultwith the leadership of MrManmohan Singh, his allegedfailure to communicate the‘achievements’ of the UPAregime to the public and hissilence during the campaign.

Could there be a better

example of deception? Mr Singhwas ensconced in the PMO, withthe seniority and experience ofMr Pranab Mukherjee ignored,precisely for those very reasons.Mr Singh was self-effacing,lacked both political stature andleadership experience, and hadno potential to emerge as a massleader. For the Nehru-Gandhis,he was thus tailor-made for thejob.

It’s a settled fact that the UPAGovernment was run by themother-son duo and theirfaceless cronies. Mr Singh was afigurehead and a mask behindwhich the Nehru-Gandhi cabalmanipulated the system. NeitherMr Singh was supposed to, nordid he ever try to, disturb thisarrangement. He held the PrimeMinister’s office and the Gandhi-clan exercised power, at timesdirectly or through dubiousconduits.

Mr Singh’s job was to keepthe seat warm till the Gandhiscion was ready to take over. Nowonder, in the entire Lok Sabhaelection campaign, Mr Singh didnot figure at all. Mr RahulGandhi was the UPA’s mascotall the way. All the UPA’s‘initiatives and achievements’were attributed to him.

What explains theCongress’s decimation in thesepolls? Apart from massivecorruption, economic mess andabsence of governance, the

Clear verdict against communal politicsBy Balbir Punj

Congress and the so-called secular parties have been seen by people for what they are:Sectarian elements promoting Islamist fundamentalism in the name of secularism.Will they own up their mistake and reform?


communal politics of theCongress and its ‘secular’ alliesalso contributed to its collapse.

With Indira Gandhi’suntimely death, her son RajivGandhi inherited her mantle,even though at that time too therewere many leaders with decadesof experience and service to theCongress. He continued theconspiracy to create a communaldivision and project his party asthe champion of each

community separately.It was Rajiv Gandhi who

sought to upstage the Hinduseers and leaders on theRamjanmabhoomi issue by hisfarce of opening the lockeddoors. Then, to get the alertedMuslim leadership with him, hewent whole hog with the Muslimorthodoxy on the Shah Banoissue and amended the law todeny Muslim wives the benefitsthat the Supreme Court in itsjudgement had decreed must bepaid on divorce.

What the reactionaryresponse of Rajiv Gandhi on theShah Bano case did to theMuslim community was to sowthe seeds of Islamist extremist

orthodoxy and fuel terror as anecessary weapon for the so-called protection of the perceivedtraditions of the community. Itstarted sinking into Hindus andsecular Muslims and Christiansthat fundamentalist Muslimswere beyond the pale of law. Ina way, it was a repeat of whathad happened in Punjab whereJarnail Singh Bhindranwalegave legitimacy on grounds ofreligion to the dangerous

slogan of extremism and putthe moderate Akalis on theblock for not being extremistenough.

As in the case of Punjab, thebreak from Indian politicsfollowing the liberal traditionbegan with the consequences ofRajiv Gandhi’s mishandling ofthe Shah Bano case. Extremistorthodoxy was enshrined as apartner in the power structure.Not only were the liberals amongthe Muslims cornered, but theorthodox elements also beganquestioning their very religiousbeliefs.

At one level, Muslimpoliticians like Arif MohammedKhan were forced to quit

positions in the Congressleadership and the Government.At another level, the most rabidcommunal forces got theopportunity to be arbiters ofwhether a practising Muslimwas truly a follower of Islam ornot.

The Congress’s intent onappeasement failed to see thatits so-called ‘15-pointprogramme’ to benefit theMuslims was having no effect,nor was it enthusing thecommunity leadership. Like theCongress with its ‘Garibi hatao’programme that trapped thepoor in a cesspool ofbackwardness, the Muslimleadership wanted thecommunity to be locked up in itsrejection of modernity.

On May 16, the countryindicated its determination toclimb out of this trap. Thewelcome to the ascendancy of theNarendra Modi-led BJP cutacross communities. Thisaspirational fever had begun totransform the Muslim youth too.Muslim-dominated districts inseveral States were uniformly infavour of Mr Modi and BJPcandidates.

The Congress and the so-called secular parties have beenseen by people for what they are— rank communalistspromoting Islamistfundamentalism in the name ofsecularism. Will the Congressand its leadership be honest toown their mistakes, introspectand reformulate the politics? Nosuch hope! The party and theNehru-Gandhis were conceitedin power; they are graceless indefeat.

(The writer is BJPNational Vice President)

What the reactionary response of Rajiv Gandhi on theShah Bano case did to the Muslim community was tosow the seeds of Islamist extremist orthodoxy and fuelterror as a necessary weapon for the so-called protectionof the perceived traditions of the community. It startedsinking into Hindus and secular Muslims and Christiansthat fundamentalist Muslims were beyond the pale oflaw. In a way, it was a repeat of what had happened inPunjab where Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale gavelegitimacy on grounds of religion to the dangerousslogan of extremism and put the moderate Akalis on theblock for not being extremist enough.


Sumitra Mahajan elected asLok Sabha Speaker

Eight-term Member of Parliament Smt. Sumitra Mahajan wason June 6 unanimously elected Speaker of the 16th Lok Sabha,becoming the second woman presiding officer of the Lower

House after her predecessor Smt. Meira Kumar.71-year-old Smt. Mahajan, the longest-serving woman MP, was

elected after a motion moved by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modiand seconded bysenior BJP leaderShri L K Advaniwas adopted byvoice vote called byProtem SpeakerKamal Nath. 13similar motionsproposed andseconded byseveral parties inthe ruling NDA asalso in theo p p o s i t i o ns u p p o r t i n gMahajan were alsoapproved by theHouse.

Smt. Mahajanwas led to theSpeaker’s Chair bythe Prime Minister,Shri Advani, Shri Anant Geete,Shri M Thambidurai as also a numberof opposition leaders including Shri Mallikarjun Kharge,ShriMulayam Singh Yadav and Shri Sudip Bandyopadhyay, besidesParliamentary Affairs Minister Shri M Venkaiah Naidu.

Born on April 12, 1943 in Chiplun of Ratnagiri district inMaharashtra, Smt.Mahajan became a municipal corporator in 1982.Starting her political life at the age of 39, Smt. Mahajan became thedeputy mayor and then an MP from Indore in Madhya Pradesh. Shewas a Minister of State in the Atal Behari Vajpayee cabinet from 1999to 2004, holding different portfolios of Human Resources,Communications and IT and Petroleum and Natural Gas.

An active parliamentarian, she has not only headed importantcommittees, but has also been a keen debater and avid questionerinside the House, often seen putting ministers on the mat with hercalm but firm interventions.

Smt. Mahajan won her Lok Sabha seat for the eighth consecutivetime in this election by an impressive margin of 4.67 lakh votes.

A matter ofgreat pride thata woman wouldpreside over inthis temple of

democracySynopsis of the speechdelivered by PM ShriNarendra Modi infelicitation to the speaker :

I congratulate all theparties and all the Membersof this House forunanimously electing theSpeaker in keeping with thegreat tradition of this augustHouse. It is a matter of greatpride for all of us that awoman would preside overin this temple of democracy

and conduct thebusiness of the House. Yourbenign guidance would go along way in resolving theproblems of the people ofthe nation. It is a matter ofgreat pride for this Housethat you have rose from thepedestal of a corporator ofIndore MunicipalCorporation to become aMember of parliament foreight times during yourdecade long public life as arepresentative of thepeople. Your longexperience of this Housewould prove fruitful inensuring smooth conduct ofbusiness in this House.


Slamming the MamataBanerjee regime inWest Bengal on law

and order, the BJP dubbedit as a government ofanarchy and violence andsaid it would seek thePrime Minister’sintervention if post-pollviolence is not contained.

BJP National Vice-President Shri MukhtarAbbas Naqvi told a newsconference in Kolkata that,“It is a government ofanarchy, violence andarrogance. Post pollviolence is taking placewith the patronage of theTrinamool Congressgovernment. No action istaken against those whoperpetrate violence”.

He said, “Barring

Post election violence in West Bengal

Will ask PM to intervene if Mamata doesn’t end herregime of ‘anarchy and violence’, says BJP

TMC intensify attacks on BJP supporters inBengal, many flee homes

The ruling TMC mounted more attacks on the BJP workers, this timeransacking their houses and firing at them at Jamuria in Burdwan district.As per media reports similar attacks also took place at Toofanganj inCoochbehar district in far off North Bengal. Jamuria falls under Asansolparliamentary constituency from where BJP’s Babul Supriyo won in thegeneral elections defeating TMC’s labour leader Dola Sen by more than70,000 votes. The attacks seemed to come as the ruling outfit’s responseto the voters’ decision to support Supriyo. Bullets were recovered from thespot sources said adding the BJP workers’ houses were shattered as “wehad worked in the elections for the BJP.” A number of villagers had fledtheir houses fearing more such attacks. “The Trinamool is running aGovernment of terror in Bengal and there is a need for all the like-mindedpeople to come together to combat this situation” the local BJP MP whohad a couple of days ago helped a number of villagers return home said.Similar attacks took place at Toofanganj in Coochbehar district of NorthBengal where some BJP workers were punished by Trinamool men whothrew hot, boiling oil at them for daring to work for the BJP during thepolls. Curiously the attacks come close on the heels of a high-level centralBJP team led by Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi visiting Bengal. The team hadtoured the affected areas of Sandeshkhali in Basirhat where 22 party menwere injured after being fired at by the TMC for voting in favour of the BJP.


Bengal, BJP workers were notattacked in any other state in post-poll violence.” Shri Naqvi warnedthe TMC government saying BJPwould not keep quiet on violenceagainst its party men.

During the day, a five-memberBJP delegation visitedSandeshkhali in North 24Parganas district where 30 BJPworkers were injured in firingallegedly by Trinamool Congresssupporters on May 28. The teamcomprised BJP National Vice-President Shri Mukhtar AbbasNaqvi, BJP National SpokespersonSmt. Meenakshi Lekhi, Vice-president Shri SS Aluwahlia, BJPWest Bengal Sah-prabhari ShriSiddharth Nath Singh and BJP MPShri Babul Supriyo.

The team visited the injured inthe hospital and spoke to theirfamily members. “The kind of

violence prevailing in West Bengalis a matter of concern. Law and orderis a state subject. The state needs toprotect its citizens by virtue ofestablishing the rule of law,” Smt.Lekhi told mediapersons.

“If this state-assisted violencecontinues, then BJP will seekintervention of the NationalCommission of Scheduled Castesand Scheduled Tribes, Union HomeMinistry and the Prime Minister’sOffice to contain the violence if thestate government is not in a capacityto contain it,” Smt. Lekhi said.

The team also submitted amemorandum to Chief SecretaryShri Sanjoy Mitra and urged him totake action within next 24 hours.Shri Naqvi said the team wouldsubmit a report to the BJP NationalPresident and Union Home MinisterShri Rajnath Singh after returningto Delhi.

Rajnath seeksreport on poll

violence onBJP workers

in BengalBJP National

President Shri RajnathSingh sought a formalreport on the armedattack on BJP workersin Sandeshkhali andthe subsequent policeinaction in West Bengalfrom a five-memberdelegation after theparty’s state Sah-Prabhari ShriSiddhartha Nath Singhapprised him about it.

Need time to put the system on track : Rajnath

BJP led NDA government was committed toresolving the security issues faced by thecountry, but it cannot be done in “one or two

years” and more time was needed to set right thesystem “paralysed” under UPA rule, Union HomeMinister Shri Rajnath Singh said.

“I want to assure that as far as security of theentire country is concerned then whatever thegovernment is required to do, we will do that. Allefforts will be made to rid the problems throughwhich the country is passing,” Shri Rajnath, whowas on his first visit to his parliamentaryconstituency, Lucknow after being sworn in asHome Minister, said while addressing partyKaryakartas.

“But it is also true that we cannot do this work in one, one and a half or two years. The systemhas become so paralyzed in the previous regime that it will take time to set it right. Give us time. Youhave seen that comparably BJP ruled states are doing better then others,” he added.

Shri Rajnath Singh expressed gratitude to the people of Lucknow for making him victorious withhuge margin.

“I express gratitude to the people and party workers. I express gratitude to youths, our mothersand sisters,” he said. Earlier, the Union Minister was given a grand welcome on his arrival at theChaudhary Charan Singh airport in Lucknow.


India already enjoys good traderelation with African nations suchas Kenya. The report states thataccording to Kenya NationalBureau of Statistics ‘Kenya’simports from India were worth 144billion compared to 114 billionimports from China’. Indian banksare also the biggest lenders toKenyan businesses with lendinggoing up by as much as six timesduring the period 2005-2012. But asis evident from the report ShriNarendra Modi’s record as an ableadministration and economicfacilitator precedes him and it is clearthat the country is looking atfurthering its ties with India. As thejournalist writes, “Kenya’s historicalties with India, our geographicalcloseness, our blossoming tradeand our shared double digit growthdreams mean that Kenya should beangling for a piece of India’s heart.”Europe sniffs a NaMoOpportunity

Shifting our focus to theEuropean mainland, we focus onSpain that too has its eyes set oncertain Indian markets. The Spanishalready have a firm foothold in theIndian infrastructure sectorincluding roads and power.According to a report in The Corner,almost all of Spain’s majorinfrastructure companies have apresence in India. The Spanishcompanies have usually the uppermiddle-class in their sight as isevident from the nature ofcompanies entering India likeBorges through its Indiansubsidiary Via and CIE Automotivein alliance with Mahindra. TheSpanish businesses will no doubtbe looking at further expanding theband to include the middle-class aswell.

The United Kingdom too in

Modi sees a man they can dobusiness with after the frustratingattempts to open up trade with Indiathrough trade missions failedabjectly under the UPA regime.Mark Field an MP for the cities ofLondon and Westminster in hisarticle for the Conservative Homewrites of Modi, “Hopes are highthat he will also give the green lightto the liberalization of a broaderrange of industries in the hope ofattracting fresh foreign capital andexpertise in a market of 1.2 billion.”In particular the English are lookingtowards the opening of theprofessional services sector thatwould allow UK law firms to enterIndian markets through alliances.A NaMo thaw across theAtlantic

Meanwhile, the United Statesbeen scurrying around in order toright the wrong of having ignorednow PM Shri Modi till only a shortwhile ago. The Scoop reports thata Bipartisan CongressionalResolution passed in the UnitedStates House of Representativerecognised the victory of theNarendra Modi-led BJP in the Indianelection. As per the report, theresolution speaks of the Congress’scommitment to work with “theModi-led government to advanceshared values and interests,” andto strengthen US-India partnershipin the “defense, trade, and securityarenas.” America’s haste to patchup things with the Indian PM mayalso have a lot to do with Russia’sVladimir Putin’s growing clout. Areport in the Voice of Russia claims,“If Modi stays true to his ownmantra “India first,” then theobvious route for India is to getcloser to Russia and China”. Indiaand the Kremlin have always sharedclose ties, with China thrown intothe mix there is a very real chance

that the US may be reduced to anon-player in the region.

Meanwhile, Allen Meltzer in hisarticle for the journal for HooverInstitution, Defining Ideas, drawsparallels between Narendra Modiand Ronald Reagan and explainswhy Narendra Modi won theelections on the promise ofdevelopment and growth and urgesthe Republicans to make this theirtheme too. Another report in theWorld Tribune recognises theimportance of the Indian PMextending an invitation to hisPakistani counterpart.NaMo’s Twitplomacybreaks new ground

The conduct of foreign policy,under PM Narendra Modi has alsoseen a shift with the PM by passingstiff and formal diplomatic channelsat times to take a more personal calland the action has beenreciprocated. Japanese PM ShinzoAbe made a rare exception to tweetto Narendra Modi in English posthis conversation with the latter.

PM Shri Narendra Modi alsoengaged on Twitter with severalother Heads of States andGovernments including Spain,Russia, Canada, South Africa,Germany, France. Brazil’s PresidentDilma Rousseff conveyed hermessage in Portuguese to the IndianPrime Minister on Twitter.

With his Twitplomacy NaMohas signaled to the world that hewill build new bridges through socialmedia. This is a new dimension ininternational relations that have inthe past been bogged down byBureaucratic Protocols.

Shri Narendra Modi is yet tomake his maiden visit abroad asIndia’s Prime Minister but he hasalready captured the attention ofOpinion Makers across the globe.

Courtesy: The Niti Central

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Nawaz Sharif gifts sari to Modi’s mother

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has sent a whitesari for the mother of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi.Shri Modi had gifted a shawl to Sharif’s mother when hevisited India last week. Shri Modi on thanked the PakistanPrime Minister for the gift, which he said, he will soon sendit to his mother.

“Nawaz Sharif ji has sent a wonderful white Sari for myMother. I am really grateful to him & will send it to myMother very soon,” Modi tweeted.

After being sworn in on May 26, Modi had talked aboutthe two having an “emotional” conversation.

Sharif, Modi tweeted, was touched by visuals of hismother offering him sweets. “The visuals touched both NawazSharifji and his mother. He (Sharif) told me after seeing thevisuals, his mother got very emotional,” Modi tweeted. Sharif,according to Modi’s tweets, visits his mother once a week.

Modi had sent a shawl for Sharif’s mother after whichthe daughter of the Pakistani leader — Maryam Nawaz Sharif— had tweeted, “Thank u v much PM @narendramodi for thebeautiful shawl for my grandmother. My father personallydelivered it to her.”

PM appreciatesNawaz Sharif’s gracious gesture

Prime Minister Narendra Modi appreciated the PrimeMinister of Pakistan Shri Nawaz Sharif’s gesture of sendinga sari for Shri Modi’s mother. The PM thanked Shri NawazSharif and stated that he would send the white sari to hismother soon. Shri Narendra Modi tweeted: Nawaz Sharifji has sent a wonderful white Sari for my Mother. I amreally grateful to him & will send it to my Mother verysoon.

Narendra Modi resigns from VadodaraParliamentary Constituency

Prime Minister Narendra Modi resignedfrom the Lok Sabha seat of Vadodara andretained the Varanasi Parliamentaryconstituency. Shri Modi, who was elected fromboth, Varanasi and Vadodara parliamentaryconstituencies, in Lok Sabha Elections 2014,sent his resignation as an MP from Vadodarato the Speaker of Lok Sabha on May 29.

The Prime Minister thanked the peoplefor their affection which got him victory by ahistoric margin. He also assured the peopleof Vadodara that he will leave no stoneunturned in ensuring Vadodara’s meteoricgrowth and development. Shri Modi furtherstated that, in his representation from theVaranasi Lok Sabha seat, he looked forwardto the opportunity of serving the Ganges andworking for Varanasi’s development.

Special Envoy of the Sultan ofOman calls on PM

The Special Envoy of the Sultan of OmanForeign Minister Yousuf Bin Alawi BinAbdullah called on Prime Minister NarendraModi at South Block in New Delhion June 3.He conveyed the greetings of the Sultan andreaffirmed the importance of the relationswith India. The Prime Minister conveyed hisdeep appreciation of the Sultan of Oman’sgesture and said he looked forward to furtherstrengthening the close ties between the twocountries. They discussed ways to increasethe trade and investment between the twocountries. The Prime Minister also thankedthe Sultan of Oman for looking after thewelfare of 700,000 Indians living in Oman.

US President invited Modito visit the US

The US President has invited Modi to visitthe US after he called him to congratulate himon the NDA’s win in the Lok Sabha elections.Shri Modi is likely to be in New York to attendthe UN General Assembly in September. Hewill then hold a bilateral meeting with Obama.The bilateral meeting between the two leadershas been tentatively fixed between September25 and 30.


TELANGANA

Telangana came into existence asIndia’s 29th state

On June 2, 2014 India’s 29th state was born.For the first time outside the Hindi- and

Bengali-speaking areas — two states speaking thesame language have been created.

Here are 15 watershed moments thatcontributed to the recognition of Telangana as aseparate state

1953: States Reorganization Committeeadvises against the immediate merger

of Telangana with AndhraPradesh.

November 25, 1955:Andhra assembly

passes resolutionto providesafeguards to

Telangana.November 1, 1956:

Telangana merged with theAndhra state to form Andhra

Pradesh.1968-69: Massive revolt called Jai Telangana

Movement launched by people in Telanganademanding a separate state.

January 1969: As conciliatory measure, theAll-Party State Accord was signed. Indira Gandhialso announced packages for the region, styled aneight-point formula and a five-point formula. Courtupholds the rule of job and educational quotas forTelangana. Then, the anti-Telangana stir waslaunched — the Jai Andhra Movement. It isimportant to note here that, Venkaiah Naidu andChandrababu Naidu were in the forefront of theJai Andhra stir. The Centre, posts the stir, yieldedand nullified almost all the safeguards that hadbeen put in place.

1969-2000: During this period, various protestswere organized by agitators — both pro- and anti-Telangana — which often took a bloody turn. BJPsupported the movement and participated activelyfor the creation of Telangana.

2001: In this year, KCR picked up the statehoodfor Telangana demand. He also walked out of

Telegu Desam Party and launched the TelanganaRashtra Samithi.

2004: Congress and TRS enter into a pollalliance and Congress promised a separateTelangana in the elections.

2006: Congress and TRS part ways when thedemand for the separate state of Telangana is notmet.

December 2009: UPA-II’s Home Ministerhints at the fact that the Centre is serious about therecognition of Telangana as a separate state. Inthis regard, the Srikrishna Committee is set upwhich had submitted its report in 2010.

December 2012: Home Minister announcesthat the decision regarding Telangana will be takenin a month.

July 30, 2013: The UPA government supportedby the opposition BJP announced the formation ofthe separate state of Telangana.

The creation of the separate state of Telangana,after a mammoth struggle that spanned close to 60years, also witnessed horrific incidents of violencethroughout the once unified state of AndhraPradesh. In 2010, it was reported that 73 studentshad committed suicide and 1,812 studentsattempted to take their own lives demanding thata separate state of Telangana be created.

Narendra Modi greetsthe people of Telangana

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi hasgreeted the people of Telangana and congratulatedthe state’s first Chief Minister, Shri K.Chandrasekhar Rao, on the creation of the newstate. The Prime Minister has tweeted as follows:

“India gets a new state! We welcomeTelangana as our 29th state. Telangana will addstrength to our development journey in the comingyears.

Telangana’s birth comes after years ofstruggle and sacrifices by several people. We payour respects to them today. Congrats to KChandrasekhar Rao Garu on taking oath asTelangana’s 1st CM. My best wishes to people forthe state’s development journey. Centre assurescomplete support to the people & Government ofTelangana in taking the state to newer heights ofprogress.”

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MADHYA PRADESH

‘School Chalen Abhiyan’ to focus onquality teaching : Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shri ShivrajSingh Chouhan has said that the ‘School

Chalen Ham Abhiyan’ is connected with the masses.Reiterating the need toturn it into a massmovement, the ChiefMinister urged thepeople to participate inthe campaignenthusiastically. Thecampaign will start onJune 16.

The Collectors willcoordinate the activitiesof the campaign in thedistricts. It will be led by public representativesand social workers. This year, the campaign willbe dedicated to “teaching quality”.

Discussing outlines of the campaign withCollectors and local public representatives throughvideoconferencing from Mantralaya in Bhopal,Chief Minister Shri Chouhan said that is the keyto a prosperous state. Along with government,responsibility of educating every child also lieswith the society. The campaign will becomesuccessful only through the cooperation of thesociety. Villages can be adopted with specialcooperation of social organizations, industrialists,businessmen and donors.

He said that no child able to go to schoolshould remain deprived of school and mustcomplete education up to class X after takingadmission in class I. Shri Chouhan said that hostelfacility should be specially provided to orphanchildren.

The CM said that all people, organisations,public representatives, distinguished citizens andrepresentatives of religions should associatethemselves with the campaign as motivators. Everyperson who is sensitive for making MadhyaPradesh an educated state can become motivator.He said that a convention of motivators will beheld at development block level on June 12.Motivators with good performance will be provided

certificates. Registration for motivator can be doneby giving a miss call on 0755-2570000.

So far, 71,000 motivators have joined thecampaign. They will be imparted training as percampaign’s outlines on June 12. Chouhan saidthat campaign will be launched throughout thestate with Pravesh Utsav on June 16. The ChiefMinister said that motivators giving academiccooperation are also welcome. Attention shouldalso be paid to admission of children who needspecial attention.

He said that ‘Pravesh Utsav’ will be celebratedwith community’s cooperation. Text books will bemade available as soon as children take admission.He said that every district can chalk out its strategyfor ensuring cent percent admission. The ChiefMinister directed the Collectors to get startedwhitewashing, cleanliness and repair works inthe schools immediately. School land should notbe encroached upon in any way.

The Chief Minister informed the Collectors thatapart from School Chalen Abhiyan, a food securitycampaign is also underway in the state. Under it,names of all eligible families will be included inthe scheme. For this, their forms will be filled upon June 9. Directing for effective implementation ofthe campaign, the Chief Minister said that noeligible family should remain deprived. Aconvention will be held at Janpad level on June 27to verify eligibility slips issued to families.

The Chief Minister also discussed SchoolChalen Abhiyan with MLAs of Rewa, Mandsaur,Sagar, Chhatarpur, Neemuch, Indore, Ujjain, Dhar,Shahdol and Tikamgarh. He asked the MLAs toconvene meetings in their constituencies forseeking people’s cooperation.

DELHI

BJP to distribute questionnaires toknow people’s problems

Has your family been living in Delhi for thepast five years or more? What are the main

problems you face in Delhi and what steps havebeen taken by previous governments to solve theseproblems? The Bharatiya Janata Party’s Delhi Stateunit wants to know all this and more through aseven-point-questionnaire that will soon be


distributed among people living in the city.In a bid to connect directly with people, the

party Karyakartas will distribute the questionnaireto every household and get them filled,said a statement from the Delhi BJP.“This way the party will be able to knowabout the priorities and problems of thepeople. The party will try its best to solvethese problems”.

From the mohalla level to the StateGovernment level, the BJP wants to knowthe “distinct problems” of a colony topeople’s opinions on what should be thefive top priorities for the futureGovernment of Delhi.

The questionnaire will be distributedalong with the ‘special membershipcampaign’ that will begin on June 15.

WEST BENGAL

Entire Aam Aadmi Party mergeswith BJP in Bengal : Rahul Sinha

The West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Partypresident Shri Rahul Sinha informed the

media in Kolkata that supporters and activists ofthe Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in West Bengal haveall joined the BJP.

At a press conference at the State BJPheadquarters, Shri Rahul Sinha said, “The AAPhas ceased to exist in Bengal with all its membersdeciding to formally join our party.” Shri Sinhasharing the dais with AAP leaders Mehboob Jaffery

and Manoj Poddar, said, “The AAP Bengal hasmerged with our party,”

Shri Jaffery, who along with several other

senior members joined the BJP, blamed the AAP’scentral leadership for the party becoming defunctin Bengal.

Shri Sinha also announced that seniorCongress leader Pradip Ghosh would join theparty soon. Shri Ghosh, a prominent face of theCongress in Kolkata, was seen at the BJPheadquarters and when asked by the development,Shri Sinha confirmed that the Congress leader islikely to join the BJP soon. “In days to come we willpresent before you more such leaders joining theparty,” he said. Earlier, Trinamool Congress RajyaSabha member Derek O’Brien’s brother andcountry’s leading quizmaster Barry O’Brien alongwith footballer Sasthi Duley and market analystand actor Siddhartha Chatterjee were inductedinto the BJP.

Reaffirm our pledge in makingMother Earth cleaner and greener: PM

On the occasion of World Environment Day on June 5, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi conveyedhis greetings and shared his views on environment conservation, even as he emphasized on the need tomake our planet greener. The PM stated that the World Environment Day called for us to bow to MotherEarth and reaffirm our pledge to protect the Environment and make it cleaner and greener. Welcoming ourculture, which encouraged living in complete harmony with the environment, Shri Modi stated that we wereblessed to be part of such culture. He urged everyone to serve as Trustees, whereby we could not only utilizethe natural resources for present development, but also work towards ensuring happiness for futuregenerations. The PM further acknowledged people’s participation in creating a cleaner and greener planet,along with Government efforts, and appealed to them to ensure that every step taken in daily lives wouldalso focus on conserving the nature and natural resources.


Emotions Cause Disease:Emotions like anger, greed and

hurry are potent sources of disease.Desire produces anger. Anger resultsin infatuation; both have their origin inRajas (Gita). The senses, mind andintellect are the seats for theseemotions. Therefore one shoulddevelop control over these emotionswhich are the worst enemies of man.Otherwise, all material and spiritualknowledge will be useless—JnanaVijnana Nashanam. In Ayurvedaprevention of disease is effected throughstrict discipline of man to develop self-control. Ayurveda teaches not onlyhow to live a happy life, but also howto die a happy death with detachment,contentment and peace.

Ayurveda advocates VarnashramaDharma, a system of organisation ofthe whole human life into definite self-adjusting socio-economic units, so that,all people may be happy without anystrife for selfish ends and may reachthe supreme goal of spiritualprogress—Paramaartha. Every man hasto strive his best for the full attainmentof the four values or aspirations of lifenamely, Dharma—Virtue or duty toself and society, Artha—acquisition ofwealth or power, Kama—satisfactionof desires and Moksha—liberation fromthe bondage or attachment. Life hasthus the great purpose of progressivespiritual evolution. I have great respectfor the truly scientific research worker,untouched by commercial interests.But, I shudder to think, that a third-rate practitioner of Modern Medicinespreads into the villages of India, toreplace the ennobling system ofAyurveda by materialistic andoutlandish ideas quite unsuitable to ourhabits. It is the spirit of Ayurveda thatsaves the Indian civilisation.

Diagnosis: The physician shoulddevelop an inquisitive outlook towardsthe less obvious signs of ill-health so asto warn the patients from getting ill.The causes of diseases are beautifully

summarized in Ayurveda into 3 groups,viz., 1. Unsuitable use of the senses—Asaalmya Indriyaartha Samyoga, 2.Faulty judgement—PrajnaaAparaadha and 3. The effects of time—Parinaama. Research should beconducted on the incidence of theseasons (Ritus) in India and theirinfluence on the onset of diseases andof the pharmacological properties(Rasa, Guna, etc.) of food-materials and

drugs. Today, the methods ofinvestigation of diseases are lop-sidedgiving no real attention to the man asa whole. The physician who dependstoo much on instruments andlaboratories is unable to develop themost valuable faculty of intuition.Charaka says: “A physician who cannotenter into the innermost soul of thepatient with the bright light of the lampof his own knowledge cannotsuccessfully treat any disease.”(Charaka Vimana IV-14)

Methods of Research: We shouldconduct research in Ayurveda in orderto make it the best system of treatmentin the world. As the word Ayurvedaimplies, it is the Science of Life. It hasno limitation of race, climate or country.Its door is open to all true knowledgefrom any source. The application ofModern Methods of Pharmacologicaltechnique conducted in collaborationwith experienced Ayurvedic scholarsis sure to result in the advancement of

both Ayurveda and Modern Medicine.Literally, pharmacological, biochemical,clinical, psychological andphilosophical research should all beconducted side by side.

The methods of research inAyurveda should not be to imitate whatis done in other countries. The researchshould be based upon the fundamentalsassumed by Ayurveda. Ayurveda hasa good working hypothesis which hashelped the successful practice ofAyurveda through the centuries and itis still a living force today with theAyurvedic physician and the patient.The Siddha and Unani systems alsofollow the same fundamental principlesand are popular with certain sectionsof the people.

Conclusion: Herein, I have laidemphasis on four points which arefundamental to the study of Ayurveda.· Ayurveda is superior to modern

science in some respects and canincorporate all the advances ofModern Science, but ModernScience, cannot adopt all thatAyurveda teaches, unless itaccepts the existence of the soulin man as the Director of theseveral processes of life.

· Man is not to be treated asmachine. The factor of personalityis greatly responsible for thehappiness or misery of theindividual.

· Modern Medicine should not beextended into the villages, unlessit is integrated with Ayurveda byadopting its basic principles ofself-control to prevent disease

· Research in Ayurveda should beconducted by adequate personalof the right type, proficient inAyurveda, with the co-operationof modern Scientists.The scope of Ayurveda is endless.

Although ancient, it has the capacityto grow and be ever new, Puranama chaPunarnavam (Charaka Siddhi).

Courtesy: The Divine Life Society

Ayurveda—Although Ancient It Can Be Ever NewBy Sri Swami Sivananda

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