Grounding Rijiju; India & G7; Extraditing Tahawwur
Opinion Watch
Grounding Rijiju
Kiren Rijiju’s ouster from the Law Ministry has given ammo to the people to speculate over the changing equations in the power corridors in the national capital, and The Asian Age has concluded that the minister was kicked out by the Bharatiya Janata Party drawing lesson from the Karnataka Assembly election defeat. The daily has sought to state that the sub-text in axing Rijiju is the BJP government now seeking a non-confrontational approach with other organs of the democracy.
The daily hoped that the peace will now prevail among various organs of democracy, while underlining that the new Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal will be without a Cabinet rank, which has not been seen for several years. The daily also concluded that the government is now seeking de-escalation of confrontation with judiciary.
To say that it was Rijiju’s personal choice to escalate a war with the judiciary will be too foolish, and certainly it may be plausible that he could have been a convenient sacrificial lamb amid shifting sands of political narratives.
India & G7
Japan with its presidency of G7 is seeking an alignment with Global South, and The Indian Express in its Editorial has claimed that the Hiroshima Summit of the seven most industrialized nations offers economic opportunities to India. The daily has argued that the confrontation with Russia and China compels the G7 to seek non-western partners.
The Noida-based daily has also argued that the US is coopting India to balance out China, arguing that the confrontation between the two largest economies of the world is also about geo-economy. The daily also counselled the government to temper its expectations from G20, claiming that the group has deep internal conflicts.
The G7 is also struggling for relevance, for the group has been seen wayward in its approach to China and Russia. Five of the seven members of the G7 are from Europe, and three of them are more than eager to be in the good books of Beijing. India should work on strength and build a robust economy to be counted in the big league of the power game.
Extraditing Tahawwur
The world has largely failed in its agenda of combating terror, and The Pioneer in its Editorial has stated that the fact that it took 15 years for a US court to decide favourable on extradition of Tahawwur Rana, a mastermind of the 26/11 Mumbai attack, which killed 174 people, inckuding six American nationals, lends support to apathy in countering terrorism.
The Noida-based daily has reasoned that bilateral ties play key role in extraditing terror masterminds, as 24 terror suspects were deported during 2014-18, while 14 came from Saudi Arabia.
The US has not been emphatic in its actions against terrorists and their patrons, and the facts on the ground suggest that Washington still entertains the idea that it could keep Pakistan tamed to serve strategic interests.
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