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Rahul Gandhi's 'Are you serious?' moment

It takes exceptional gall for a leader of the Congress to call the Modi government a "suit-boot sarkar". The party that for 10 years ran the most corrupt government in India's history, that was in bed with every crony capitalist you could find and that got its just deserts at the hands of disgusted voters would like the country to forget contemporary history and look at the Modi government instead as a party for businessmen. Rahul Gandhi also forgets that the biggest land grab in India's history was operated by "suited-booted" people during his government's rule, under the garb of the scandal-ridden sham of creating special economic zones. And who was it who funded the Congress all these years if it was not "suited-booted" people?

Mr Gandhi also seems to forget Congress history. It was Indira Gandhi who amended the law to declare that farmers whose land was taken forcibly by the government could not get "compensation" from the government but only an "amount"- because all landowners were exploitative kulaks and, therefore, did not deserve proper compensation. Now those kulaks have become the builders of India for whom Mr Gandhi's heart bleeds. Going further back in history, it was Jawaharlal Nehru who put land acquisition beyond the pale of judicial review. Indeed Nehru told those who were being displaced to make way for the Hirakud dam that"if you are to suffer, you should suffer in the interest of the country". So when Mr Gandhi stands up to relaunch his political career with bleeding-heart posturing, it is time to ask the question that Robert Vadra posed to a reporter: "Are you serious?"

There are other questions that Mr Gandhi must answer. For while it is true that his party's government raised food procurement prices substantially, did it not also cause the rampant food inflation that his government failed to control, and, therefore, to lose its mandate? Indeed while he can rightly claim credit for the faster growth of agriculture during the Manmohan Singh years, he should be reminded that among the states that have recorded the fastest growth in agricultural output over the past decade are Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh - both ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party.

The great disservice that Mr Gandhi has done is by casting the debate on forcible land acquisition in terms that suggest that the country does not need businessmen, that it does not need manufacturing, that it does not need physical infrastructure. Indeed he fails to understand that the reason why farming is uneconomical is because average land holdings have shrunk over the decades. That, in turn, is because this country has not created enough non-agricultural jobs, to take pressure off the land. Half the workforce slaves in the fields to generate one-seventh of gross domestic product (GDP); naturally, incomes from farming will be low and often not enough to keep body and soul together. You could address that by raising agricultural product prices, as Mr Gandhi seems to prefer, but that only helps farmers with a marketable surplus, which is a small minority. It also raises the cost of food for the poor, including agricultural labourers who do not own land. Pricing decisions have benefits and costs, and one should keep an eye on both.

There is no shortage of people who think that Mr Gandhi needs some basic lessons in politics. On the evidence provided by his third (or fourth or fifth …) major intervention in Parliament in 11 years, he also needs some lessons in elementary economics and in Congress history.

Rahul Gandhi's 'Are you serious?' moment | Business Standard Editorials

Thus idiot cannot do jackshit
 
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Telangana MLAs to visit Israel as ‘progressive farmers’ - The Times of India


HYDERABAD: The Telangana government has decided to send an eight-member team, including four MLAs of the ruling TRS with a tag of "progressive farmers", to attend an agriculture exhibition and field trips in Israel.

The decision has kicked up a row with the opposition BJP questioning the move.

Besides these MLAs, according to a government order (GO), the team comprises V Praveen Rao, registrar and special officer at Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU), L Venkatram Reddy, in charge commissioner of horticulture department, G Mohan Reddy, personal secretary to agriculture minister and P Bhaskar Reddy, progressive farmer-cum-chairman of PACS (Primary Agriculture Cooperative Society).

The GO issued on Monday said the state government has given them nod to visit Israel for attending "19th International Agriculture Exhibition Agritech 2015" in Tel Aviv from April 27 to 30, and also for visits to orchards green houses and open cultivation plots up to 4-5-2015".

The order does not mention Eanugu Revinder Reddy, Kalvakuntla Vidya Sagar Rao, Gangula Kamalakar and Dasari Manohar Reddy as MLAs, but tags them as "progressive farmers".

Meanwhile, the opposition BJP attacked the TRS government over the move.

"Four TRS MLAs cleared for a trip to Israel as 'progressive farmers' by TRS government. We want to know if chief minister KCR ( K Chandrasekhar Rao) has not found any progressive farmers in entire Telangana for this state-sponsored trip?" asked Krishna Saagar Rao, spokesman of Telangana BJP.
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So half the team will be there for work & the other half will be there for a Holiday..

@itachiii So what are the rumours in TG? When are the GHMC elections? WHo's bound to do well in them & how many MLAs have defected to the TRS from all sides??
 
After listening to Rahul for 3 hrs in a rally, all the farmers collected Rs.100 each and gave to Sonia Gandhi, saying " You should also be compensated... Fasal To Aapki Bhi Kharab Hui Hai! " :p:
 
Telangana MLAs to visit Israel as ‘progressive farmers’ - The Times of India


HYDERABAD: The Telangana government has decided to send an eight-member team, including four MLAs of the ruling TRS with a tag of "progressive farmers", to attend an agriculture exhibition and field trips in Israel.

The decision has kicked up a row with the opposition BJP questioning the move.

Besides these MLAs, according to a government order (GO), the team comprises V Praveen Rao, registrar and special officer at Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU), L Venkatram Reddy, in charge commissioner of horticulture department, G Mohan Reddy, personal secretary to agriculture minister and P Bhaskar Reddy, progressive farmer-cum-chairman of PACS (Primary Agriculture Cooperative Society).

The GO issued on Monday said the state government has given them nod to visit Israel for attending "19th International Agriculture Exhibition Agritech 2015" in Tel Aviv from April 27 to 30, and also for visits to orchards green houses and open cultivation plots up to 4-5-2015".

The order does not mention Eanugu Revinder Reddy, Kalvakuntla Vidya Sagar Rao, Gangula Kamalakar and Dasari Manohar Reddy as MLAs, but tags them as "progressive farmers".

Meanwhile, the opposition BJP attacked the TRS government over the move.

"Four TRS MLAs cleared for a trip to Israel as 'progressive farmers' by TRS government. We want to know if chief minister KCR ( K Chandrasekhar Rao) has not found any progressive farmers in entire Telangana for this state-sponsored trip?" asked Krishna Saagar Rao, spokesman of Telangana BJP.
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So half the team will be there for work & the other half will be there for a Holiday..

@itachiii So what are the rumours in TG? When are the GHMC elections? WHo's bound to do well in them & how many MLAs have defected to the TRS from all sides??

No Idea bro, stopped following local news in the state... I would still say bjp-tdp are placed in better stage when compared to trs, simply bcz non-tg who make up a big part in greater hyderabad are in no way gng to vote for trs.. that is the main reason they aare not ready to go for ghmc elections..
 
No Idea bro, stopped following local news in the state... I would still say bjp-tdp are placed in better stage when compared to trs, simply bcz non-tg who make up a big part in greater hyderabad are in no way gng to vote for trs.. that is the main reason they aare not ready to go for ghmc elections..
Hmm.. Good to know

And you're in your fourth year, right? How was your placement session?
 
Hmm.. Good to know

And you're in your fourth year, right? How was your placement session?

placed in tcs bro, didn't attend other big company placements with higher packages in a hope to do mba after btech.. I fcked up my cat exam big tym and am screwed now.. !!! later I wrote gre, got a good score, applied to few univs in U.S. waiting for result now.. hw is your education going ??
 
placed in tcs bro, didn't attend other big company placements with higher packages in a hope to do mba after btech.. I fcked up my cat exam big tym and am screwed now.. !!! later I wrote gre, got a good score, applied to few univs in U.S. waiting for result now.. hw is your education going ??

It's going average, not so great.. But I'm still in my first year , add to that I can improve my grades in my previous courses in which I didn't do well.. So there is still hope for me.

But honestly speaking I'm not very interested in Engineering(ECE is my branch) or finance.. I just want to get a CGPA above 7 & do well in the UPSC..
I've already started going through the portion of the UPSC & the testimonies/advice of previous exam-takers & experts..

But TBH I have no idea what I should do with my life

I will not ask more about the placement+MBA stuff if you wish, because I know how much pressure you must be going through.. My cousin despite being in a good college is going through the same phase right now
 
It's going average, not so great.. But I'm still in my first year , add to that I can improve my grades in my previous courses in which I didn't do well.. So there is still hope for me.

But honestly speaking I'm not very interested in Engineering(ECE is my branch) or finance.. I just want to get a CGPA above 7 & do well in the UPSC..
I've already started going through the portion of the UPSC & the testimonies/advice of previous exam-takers & experts..
you are just in 1st year and you have a good 3 yrs ahead of you bro.. so chill for now...!!! good that u already fixed a goal.. ATB for that ..

But TBH I have no idea what I should do with my life
neither does 90% of enggniers that graduate from India bro.. seriously as the saying goes "In India people become engineer, before choosing what to do with there life":(.. u wl understand it much btr once u complete your engg.(clearing upsc in first go is an exception though ):P

I will not ask more about the placement+MBA stuff if you wish, because I know how much pressure you must be going through.. My cousin despite being in a good college is going through the same phase right now

there were days where I couldn't even sleep at night.. but, now I stopped thinking too much abt future.. wl see what future holds for me... but i made up my mind to give my best In whatever field that i move to...:-)
 
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