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Kashmiri Pandits: The Exodus & Rehabilitation- Historic Treachery & Cruel Joke: Lalit K Kaul

  Kashmiri Pandits: The Exodus & Rehabilitation- Historic Treachery & Cruel Joke Lalit K Kaul It’s a nice feeling to see some Kashmiri Muslims holding placards and requesting the Pandits to return to the Valley as, according to them, it longs to coexist with them; also apologizing for the forced exodus of the Pandits; all this on the day of their exodus- the 19 th of January, 1990. It also betrays a level of ignorance about, and/or a capacity to grasp, the political dynamics that unleashed acts of tyranny against a miniscule minority and took pride in emotionally traumatizing them by acts of barbarism against their men, women and children. The scars left on the psyche of Pandit community and the breach of trust it created between the two communities is indescribable in words and what added insult to the injury (rubbing the salt into afflicted wounds) of the Pandits was the narrative communicated down the generations by the Muslims that the Pandits had left on their own acc

PM’s Security Lapse: Central and State Investigating Agencies barred by the SC: Lalit K Kaul

           PM’s Security Lapse: Central and State Investigating Agencies barred by the SC                                                                                                                                 Lalit K Kaul As per the newspaper reports, based on a PIL (on PM’s security breach) filed by Advocates’ Body Lawyers Voice in the Supreme Court before the bench comprising Chief Justice, Sri N V Ramana and other justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli; the investigative (administrative) machinery respectively in the State and Centre came to a screeching halt. For, the SC decreed on Monday, the 10 th of January 2022, that it will appoint a retired SC judge led high level panel to inquire in to the incident and fix accountability of erring officials. The court iterated its oral advice to both the Centre and Punjab government not to proceed further with their separate probes in to the matter. It also objected to the Centre issuing show cause notices to the Punjab Chief Sec

Why did Punjab CM report to Priyanka Wadra on security arrangements for PM’s trip? Lalit K Kaul

  Why did Punjab CM report to Priyanka Wadra on security arrangements for PM’s trip? Lalit K Kaul Dr. Sambit Patra, the BJP spokesman, for the sake of public consumption, expressed his astonishment/bewilderment at the fact of Punjab CM having briefed Priyanka Wadra on the security arrangements put in place for the PM, Sri Narendra Modi, trip to his border State. He went on to question the Constitutional status of Priyanka Wadra that necessitated keeping her in loop about the security details of the PM’s visit. The question(s) that he put to the Sonia Congress did not betray his ignorance about the way the Congress Monolith functions, but true to being a politician did not do straight talk about the reasons for the security lapse- engineered by the Sonia Congress- that the PM had to experience at a place that is hardly 15 to 20 Km from the Indo Pak border. It is fundamental to Congress way of functioning that it does not honour the Constitution of India and its own too as the auth

Delimitation of Constituencies: The Purpose Lalit K Kaul

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                                     Delimitation of Constituencies: The Purpose                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Lalit K Kaul The exercise of delimitation should not be motivated by partisan party interests to enhance the possibility of capturing political power in a State under consideration. The primary concern should be to devise a mechanism for delimitation that would ensure that the interests of the people are served in a best possible way. If serving the people is the motivating force then the bottom line for marking the boundaries of a proposed constituency is to determine the optimum size of a population that its representative can effectively serve. Therefore the population density in a constituency cannot be chosen arbitrarily to serve certain vested interests. Basic

Contemporary World Politics is not based on Religion Mr. PM of Pakistan: Lalit K Kaul

  Contemporary World Politics is not based on Religion Mr. PM of Pakistan                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Lalit K Kaul The honeymoon seems to be over; yes, the rulers of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Taliban are seen distancing themselves from Pakistan more and more by the day. Pakistan rejoiced Taliban’s rise to power in Afghanistan and nurtured hopes of utilizing the services of their battle hardened cadre at the LOC to revive terrorism in the Kashmir Valley, but got the first indirect snub from the Taliban leadership who publicly stated, many a times, that they will not allow their land to be used for nurturing terror groups. Quite simultaneously the Taliban leadership kept expressing the hope that India will continue with the development r