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https://theprint.in/opinion/arvind-kejriwal-cant-absolve-himself-ethically-excise-policy-encouraged-alcohol-intake/2018285/ 

The Kejriwal government in Delhi disregarded the Directive Principles of State policy with the corrupt excise policy on liquor.

what is this liquor policy that landed both Kejriwal and his lieutenant Manish Sisodia in jail?

This article makes an attempt to decipher New Delhi excise policy 2021-2022 on liquor and its objectionable points. At the outset, it would be interesting to note that the said policy was withdrawn within one year of its existence, not by the judiciary or any central agency but by the Kejriwal government itself. Since then, doubts have been raised regarding the integrity associated with the policy.

by ASHWANI MAHAJAN

‘Billionaire Raj’ Is Pushing India Toward Autocracy https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-03-25/india-election-billionaire-raj-is-backing-modi-and-leading-to-autocracy 
The super-rich have opened their wallets to Modi, and income inequality has soared over the past d https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-03-25/india-election-billionaire-raj-is-backing-modi-and-leading-to-autocracy...While inequality has grown since the 1980s, in step with a lopsided distribution of gains from globalization across the world, Modi’s reign has spawned a tiny class of super-rich. Fewer than 10,000 individuals in a population of 920 million adults earn an average 480 million rupees ($5.7 million), more than 2,000 times the average income of $2,800. Nine out of 10 Indians earn less than the average...

A handful of tycoons — such as Mukesh Ambani, Gautam Adani and Sajjan Jindal — have entered the leagues of the world’s richest people. They did so not by putting innovative products and services in global markets, but by carving up domestic industries such as transportation, telecom, power and gas, metals, retail, media and new energy. The Modi government rewarded large businesses with tax cuts and awarded them prized monopoly assets like airports. The billionaires got juicy deals when buying bankrupt firms and lobbied — often successfully — for protectionist trade policies.

The film is yet another one based on distorting the truth to strengthen Hindu nationalist politics, with an eye on the forthcoming elections.

https://thewire.in/film/films-building-up-majoritarian-narratives-swatantraveer-savarkar 

by  Ram Puniyani

28/03/2024