President’s Rule; Trusting West; Global Dengue

Opinion Watch

President’s Rule

Manipur’s ban on internet was brought back within three days of lifting after the posts of the killing of two Meitei lovers in Kuki areas went viral, and The Asian Age in its Editorial has argued that “pedantic call for peace will not work”. The New Delhi-based daily sought dismissal of the N. Biren Singh-led BJP government. The daily also underlined that the internet ban in the first innings lasted 143 days, only after Jammu and Kashmir’s feat, while reiterating that the state government is labelled biased towards Meitei community.

It’s intriguing that a civil war kind of situation continues on India’s territory, and the stakeholders look askance at the ugly spell of violence, leaving over 180 dead and several thousand displaced. Blaming Myanmar will surely not cover up for abandoning responsibility.

Trusting West

The Telegraph has mined editorials and opinions carried out in western media outlets over the Canada-India diplomatic row, and noted that the concurrent theme has been the question – Can West trust India! The Kolkata-based daily argued that it should rather be if India can trust the West in the light of evident double standard. The daily at the same time trashed suggestions that there could be serious alteration in India’s strategic heft with the western nations if Canada came out with irrefutable evidence to link New Delhi in the killing of separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.

The western media joyfully describes Prime Minister Narendra Modi as an “authoritarian”, and the government at the Centre led by a “Hindu-majority”. The western media often gives out the smokescreen of journalistic neutrality in their commentaries on developing countries, revealing imperialist mindsets.       

Global Dengue

Dengue has now gone global, with The Economic Times in its Editorial finding blame with the climate change, arguing that the conditions of waterlogging are giving rise to the breeding of the mosquitoes all around the world, from East to West Asia, from Africa to Latin America. The daily also insisted that dengue threat is a reminder for the people to adopt cleanliness.

The people indeed need to adopt higher standards of hygiene and sanitation to ward off ailments. But conditions of waterlogging take place because of clogged drains and water bodies being encroached, and burden to address them falls with the government.   

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Manish Anand

Manish Anand is a senior journalist with more than two decades of hardcore reporting on beats such as Prime Minister’s Office, Parliament, BJP, Congress, Planning Commission, NITI Aayog, and scores of Union Ministries.

His past has been with The New Indian Express, The Asian Age/Deccan Chronicle, and The Statesman.

For about 15 years, Manish was also a regular commentator and host for talks on AIR on foreign affairs.

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