Clearly, India’s ‘strong leader’ is caught between his aspiration to emerge as national war hero and thus sweep the polls with a two-thirds majority on the one hand and be a trusted Trump buddy on the other. https://thewire.in/politics/modi-silent-maun-ceasefire-trump-response-public-relations
The Wire had in these columns narrated how Narendra Modi had often lampooned his predecessor as ‘Maunmohan’ Singh but how he had himself sought the cover of silence as prime minister. Since then, there is a lengthening list of Modi’s silences on crucial issues facing the nation. The latest entry on the list is the total maun on Donald Trump’s repeated claims that he had forced a ceasefire on India and Pakistan.
by P. Raman
28/05/2025
The Constitutional Conduct Group, a group of former civil servants, on Wednesday (May 28) released a statement of solidarity with Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad who was arrested over his posts on Operation Sindoor.
“We are greatly distressed by the grave criminal charges levelled against Mahmudabad and his subsequent arrest,” the statement said, calling the charges “outrageous and absurd.” “The main burden of his posts was to make eloquent and heartfelt calls for peace,” it noted.
Calling the charges against Mahmudabad reminiscent of the colonial-era sedition law, the statement said that it “be a crime to seek justice for victims of lynching and bulldozer demolitions, or to call for peace and restraint.”
29/05/2025
Regulators & Conflicts of Interest: India’s Blind Spot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3y5UB6dZ4BA May 28, 2025
SEBI's new chairman, Tuhin Kanta Pandey, has openly acknowledged a serious lapse in transparency standards—an admission that starkly contrasts with past denials. In this powerful commentary, Sucheta Dalal breaks down the urgency of reforming SEBI’s outdated and voluntary conflict of interest code.
She argues that the High-Level Committee (HLC) must go beyond a cosmetic fix and set new benchmarks for all Indian regulators—from fixed tenures and cooling-off periods to blind trusts and broader definitions of conflicts.
With India allowing lateral entries into regulatory roles, the need for a legally binding code of ethics is more urgent than ever. Don’t miss this in-depth analysis of what went wrong—and what must happen next to restore credibility in India’s regulatory institutions.
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