Decouple China; Manipur Farce; Jobless Haryana
PM Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping at BRICS; Manipur Assembly; Haryana CM manohar Lal Khattar
Opinion Watch
Decouple China
The Asian Age in its Editorial has counselled India to stay course on successful hosting of G20 Summit and ignore Chinese provocations, with latest being the standard 2023 map showing Arunachal Pradesh, Aksai Chin and other regions as part of the Communist nation. The daily stressed that China is Janus-faced and this reality should be accepted. It also reasoned that the G20 presidency of India is being hailed by the world community, and New Delhi should not let bilateral ties with Beijing cast a shadow on multilateralism.
Reports say that Chinese President Xi Jinping may skip the G20 Summit, and this must have been foretold for the adversarial events scripted by Beijing in last few days. Indeed, India is a force to reckon with now in the global order and that riles China. Clarity on China that it will do everything to stop India from rising may help India to not fall in trap of never-ending negotiations on border, and draw a firm line to scorch imports from the Communist country.
Manipur Farce
The Hindu in its Editorial has called the Assembly session in Manipur a farce. The Chennai-based daily stated that the session lasted 48-minute, and achieved the sole purpose to meet the obligation of holding sittings within span of six months. The daily also opined that 10 MLAs from the Kuki community didn’t trust the security guarantee given by Chief Minister N. Biren Singh to attend the Assembly session. It also argued that the situation on the ground is now becoming intractable as governance flounders.
Denying the situation on the ground in Manipur may not help the cause of securing the wellbeing of the people, as well as the internal security and strategic interests of the country. Time is ticking away, and credible action with remedial vision still stays far off.
Jobless Haryana
The Tribune in its Editorial has given an account of the joblessness in India’s original industrialised state, Haryana, with unemployment rate at 8.8 per cent, and 11.2 lakh youth applying for 35000 Group C jobs recently. The Chandigarh-based daily said that there are 5.43 lakh registered unemployed youth in Haryana. It also stressed that two lakh posts are lying vacant in the state.
The state of unemployment is contested, and it may be worth examining if the states are not bartering aware the option of creating jobs by giving cash and other freebies to win elections.
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