Targetting Modi; Sex Ratio; Sinking Sunak

Opinion Watch

Targetting Modi

The Economic Times in its Editorial has claimed that not Prime Minister Narendra Modi alone, but all MPs need to talk to the issue of Manipur. The business daily has faulted the Opposition for disrupting Parliament with insistence that Modi initiates discussion. It also called for real-world solutions and now ‘qawwali contests’.

The daily predictably has dished out on dotted lines the government’s stand on Parliament logjam. But the demand of the Opposition is justified, because Manipur continues to burn for three months and innocents have been served with most deprave and barbaric violence and the Constitution of India stands violated by the abundant inaction on the part of the Centre and the state.

Sex Ratio

The Tribune in its Editorial has revealed disturbing trend in Haryana with the sex ratio at birth now slipping to a six-year low. “The January-June SRB has come down to 906 female births per 1,000 males from 917 in December last year… An inter-state racket busted in Rajasthan two years ago brought to the fore the use of a phone-sized ultrasound machine to conduct illegal sex-determination tests. The same modus operandi is suspected in Haryana,” added the Chandigarh-based daily.

Thugs stay two steps ahead of the state. Haryana faltering on the sex ratio should shock the nation, for the state failed to institutionalise measures to eliminate killing of child in womb.

Sinking Sunak

The Asian Age in its Editorial has argued that the outcome of the byelections in the UK signal tactical voting akin to India against the Tories and Labour with clear signs that the people are rejecting pro-climate initiatives. The New Delhi-based daily also stated that Sunak with rating at minus 20 is on fast lane to unpopularity, with all his actions being decried by the people.

The UK politics has slipped into a phase where Indian democracy was between 1996 and 1998 – high instability and excessive experimentations. The UK politics is also paying price for not reimagining its economy and insuring comforts of the Brits by bartering away skills by blocking migrant workers.

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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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