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Dream of 'acche din' for common man shattered

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement of withdrawing those controversial farm laws has come too late. Had he any respect for our farmers, all that bloodshed and loss of precious lives could have been avoided.

The BJP has crippled the Indian economy while landing the country into sheer economic chaos. India’s Economic slowdown is on account of the very disastrous handling of the economy. It has also vertically and horizontally been dividing our great nation into bits and pieces in sheer disrespect to the founding fathers of our Constitution who always visualized and tirelessly worked towards a very secular and all inclusive India. People will judge our leaders by their good acts and selfless deeds, Instead of properly governing the country, the BJP has been wanting to dictate and control as to what we should eat, drink, wear, read and speak.
Modi may have conveniently forgotten but we have not, that in 2014 he had publicly promised that all black money stacked overseas would be brought back and Rs 15 lakhs would be deposited in everyone’s account. For the common man that promised ‘Acche din’ has been a dream shattered.

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A hard earned victory for our hardworking farmers

ROBERT CASTELLINO, Calangute/Mumbai
Published Nov 22, 2021, 10:30 PM IST
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We congratulate the farmers on their hard earned victory. After a long drawn epic struggle, the farmers compelled the govt to capitulate and announce withdrawal of the 3 contentious farm laws -- a historic victory by any reckoning. However the farmers have some more unfinished business, chief of which being the Minimum Support Price (MSP).While MSP is justified, farmers must realize that their best interest lies in switching to more remunerative crops. For instance we…

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