Democracy For Nepal: Lalu Prasad Yadav

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Monday, July 13, 2015

The Future Is In The Future

The British Indian Empire and surrounding countries in 1909 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

With all due respect, the future is in the future. The British Raj sucked the Indian spirit dry, true. But there is no going back to the days before the British Raj. There was the sati pratha. Monarchies ruled. That is feudalism. Poverty was endemic. The kings had gold and were rich. But the people were still poor. A primarily Hindu nation was ruled by a Muslim dynasty. Nothing against Muslims, and I hope India elects a Muslim prime minister some day, but there was something wrong in the picture. And Mughal Raj was different from the British Raj. The Muslims are a minority, but they are still Indian.

The glory is not in the past. The glory has to be created in the future. Democracy is modern India's religion. India has to prove democracy leads to prosperity, that India can become a First World country, a country that has lifted hundreds of millions out of poverty.

न्यु यर्क मेरा होमटाउन
Modi: A Force Of Nature
भारतको १५% ग्रोथ रेट चाहिए
१५% Growth Rake कैसे Achieve करें
मोदी और सौर्य उर्जा
४% १०% १५%
१५% और १०% में फर्क
China: A Complex Picture
Rohingya: India's Responsibility
All Of Bihar Is One Big City
Bihar@2025
India: A 15% Growth Rate Is Possible
Tough, Challenging Roles For Amitabh
100 Smart Cities, 100 World Class Universities
Janakpur Patna Kolkata Industrial Corridor
मोदी के चाय दोकान पे चर्चा
ये राजा सिंह कौन?
बिहार के लिए फोर्मुला

It will take 25 years for ‘achhe din’ promised by BJP to come, Amit Shah says

Shah said that in broader perspective, "achhe din" meant restoring the pride that India enjoyed globally before the British raj. "Desh ko duniya ke sarvochch sthan par baithana hai to paanch saal ki sarkaar kuchh nahi kar sakti (Five-year rule (by BJP) cannot make India the top world power)," Shah said....... He elaborated that in its first five-year rule, the BJP government could reduce inflation, ensure secure borders, make a strong foreign policy, achieve economic development, provide jobs and remove poverty. "But the BJP needs to win elections at every level, from panchayat to the Lok Sabha, for

25 years to take India to the No. 1 position in the world
," he added.

@AmitShahOffice The Future Is In The Future http://t.co/ls0qwaGvLb
— Paramendra Bhagat (@paramendra) July 14, 2015

Friday, July 03, 2015

मधेसी जनजाति पार्टी एकीकरण र सत्ता को गणित

नीतिश र लालु बीच खींचातानी चलिरहेको थियो। मैले भनें यिनीहरु २०-३० सीट मा झर्छन। ३०-७०। उनीहरु बीच सहमति भयो। मैले भनें अब ४५-५५ मा पुग्यो कुरा। बीजेपी अझै अगाडि छ अली कति। Bihar@2025 को कुरा आयो। त्यसले ५५-४५ बनायो भनें। अनि बीजेपी कैंप मा व्यापक झगड़ा शुरू भयो। मैले भने कुरा अब ६५-३५ मा पुग्यो। नीतिश को पलड़ा अब भारी छ। तर बीजेपी कैंप मा एकता प्रदर्शन भएमा फेरी ५५-४५ तिर पुग्छ।

मधेसी पार्टी हरु को ताकत १०% छ। अर्को १०% ताकत काँग्रेस भित्र का मधेसी सँग छ। अनि गैप छ अर्को १०-१५% --- भाइ फुटे गँवार लुटे। संसदमा मधेसी हुनुपर्ने ३५%, तर छैन। भाइ फुटे गँवार लुटे।

सबै मधेसी पार्टी हरु एक हुने हो भने ताकत १५% पुग्छ। देशको चौथो शक्ति बन्छ र त्यस बाट तेस्रो, दोस्रो, पहिलो शक्ति बन्ने बाटा हरु खुल्छन्। सबै मधेसी जनजाति पार्टी एक पार्टी बन्ने हो भने अर्को चुनावमा देशको कम्तीमा दोस्रो शक्ति बन्छ।

यो अचम्म होइन? काठमाण्डु मा बसेका १० जना मधेसी जनजाति व्यक्ति हरुले चाहेमा मधेसी र जनजाति जनता ले त्यत्रो ठुलो छलांग मार्न सक्ने!

एकीकरण ले १५% मा पुर्याउँछ। अशोक राई ५ मा रहेको मान्छे तर आफै ५० मा पुग्ने संभावना भएको व्यक्ति हो। भन्नुको अर्थ मधेसी जनजाति एकीकरण ले पार्टी लाई १५% बाट ३०% तिर लान्छ। अनि ठोस जीवन्त संघीयता र डबल डिजिट ग्रोथ रेट दिने नेतृत्व अगाडि सार्न सकेको खण्डमा ५०% काट्छ।

Monday, August 25, 2014

Nitish, Bihar, And Development

English: Flag of Janata Dal (United) of India (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Map of Bihar showing location of Bhimbandh Wildlife Sanctuary (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Lalu Prasad Yadav, at a political meeting in Kesariya, Bihar, India. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Bihar has seen the emergence of a new alliance with Nitish, Lalu and the Congress coming together. The other of course is the BJP alliance with the likes of Ram Vilas Paswan that swept the recently held national elections.

Right now the two alliances are running neck and neck. That means it will be a close fight next year in Bihar, but it is advantage BJP. Right now Sushil Modi is running ahead. In Bihar it might be 50-50. But in Uttar Pradesh it will be a total sweep by the BJP also at the state level.

Bihar is one place that could give Modi something akin to an opposition. And Modi in Gujrat was known as a man who brooks no opposition. His China model is not only economic, it is also political. He does not like the idea of having much of an opposition. And so he is going to do all he can to put Bihar into Sushil Modi's lap. Sushil Modi is not a bad candidate. He was deputy to Nitish in Bihar's spectacular success story. So he can legitimately take some credit.

If Narendra Modi could sweep Bihar as merely a prime ministerial candidate, imagine what he could do as a performing PM. And I expect him to perform.

Nitish has a tall task before him that has been made tougher by Lalu's mandal-kamandal talk. You can not beat Narendra Modi with that. The way to beat Narendra Modi is with development talk. Laloo was spectacular as Railway Minister, Nitish was the top performing Chief Minister in the country. It is not like they don't have it. But they are not talking development. That is problematic. Right now Nitish is all set to lose the elections next year.

Maybe the real story here is that his break up with the BJP was a bad move. Nitish was the first person to call Narendra Modi a future PM. That was back in 2003, I think. Looks like somewhere along the way he switched his position but has refused to play the role.

He could talk all development all the time and give Narendra Modi a run for the money. But he is not doing it. Puzzles me.

For now Narendra Modi is the man to watch. His political goal seems to be to form BJP governments in enough states that he also ends up with a majority in India’s upper house. His organization people have major plans for the North East and the South. Having a tight grip on the Hindi heartland of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh would go a long way.

All indications are Modi is on his way to giving India growth rates greater than seven per cent. He wants to double the size of the Indian economy by 2020.

Forget Bihar, Modi also has major plans for Nepal. His visit to the country was well appreciated. It felt like he truly wanted a fresh start in a relationship that has always been great but greatly unproductive. If load shedding ends in Nepal within a year or two, you will have Modi to thank for it. He means business.

I still stay curious about Nitish, though. He might have to stop crying hoarse, ke majdoori nahin mili, I did not get my wages. Like Bill Clinton would say, all elections are about the future. The people of Bihar chose to put Modi in Delhi. I am not sure that was a bad choice, economically speaking.

But now Nitish has to make a strong development case for the next five years for Bihar, or make way for Sushil Modi. It is not going to be an easy fight. The two Modis might have to show all tricks up their sleeves to rope in Nitish, once and for all.

The junior Modi is sure determined. Laloo is his usual comic self. Nitish looks a little tired, a little betrayed. He has not taken the latest political debacle too well.

Double digit growth rates are my benchmark, for Modi in Delhi, for the next Chief Minister of Bihar, and for all current and future Prime Ministers of Nepal. Delhi is a tall task, because coordinating all those states across India is no easy task. Patna? Nitish did it year after year. Nepal? Now that is the sad part.

Being in transition does not help. Not having a constitution does not help. There is also the no small matter of not having an obvious leader.