King Kejriwal; Nitish Nadir; Prakash Power
Opinion Watch
King Kejriwal
The Pioneer has said that there could be no justification for the alleged Rs 45 crore makeover of official residence of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal – the charge has not been denied by the city government. The daily listed luxuries of ‘Aam Aadmi’ neta – Vietnam marble, dior polish, expensive curtains and high-end carpets.
The Noida-based daily referred to AAP leaders’ pointing fingers at “Prime Minister Narendra Modi for allegedly spending Rs 500 crore at his residence, Rs 200 crore aircrafts gifted by CMs of Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat themselves”. Rants and cants notwithstanding, said the daily, the revelations of the indulgence of Kejriwal have exposed claims of AAP being true representatives of the ‘Aam Aadmi’.
Blame entirely lies on the people of Delhi, for they were swayed by free electricity and water. As is the saying the people get leaders as they deserve, Delhi’ites, with highest per capita income in the country, have to ask how did they blind-walk with someone who exhibited lynch mindset – of abusing all with a motley of crowd.
Nitish Nadir
The Economic Times has come down heavily on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for freeing bahubali of yesteryears Anand Mohan Singh, convicted for lynching to death of a serving IAS officer G Krishnaiah, by tweaking the rulebook. The business daily has said that the people of the country have got another reason to believe that law is subservient to politics.
The daily argued that the Bihar chief minister has been courting the convicted murder for votes of ‘Tomar Rajputs’. It said that with selecting suspension of justice it’s being shown that law is just cosmetic.
Kumar is now a desperate politician, who is craving for crutches to walk on the political turf of Bihar. He built his legacy against the politics of Rashtriya Janata Dal, and now he’s in the arms of the party to which he had accused of lording over ‘Jungle Raj’. This is political abyss for the chief minister.
Prakash Power
The Asian Age has paid rich tributes to Punjab’s former Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal, who passed away at an age of 95 years for being the voice of moderation in the state, while also being youngest (1970) and oldest CM (2017). The daily has equated him with Sant Harcharan Singh Longowal in being voice of moderation.
The daily noted that late Badal worked for the wellbeing of the Punjab peasantry, while also dominating the rural politics in alliance with the BJP. It also stated that the last election in Punjab showed that the Shiromani Akali Dal had lost touch with its own history and sacrifice.
Indeed, the departed leader has left a rich legacy of steadying Punjab from times of turmoil. Ironically, Punjab is again facing signs of discord with drugs and guns as he departed.
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