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Opinion: Modi And Shah Will Double Down On CAA And Then NRC
It was supposed to be the grand launch of the BJP's Delhi campaign by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. But the protracted Modi speech at Delhi's Ram Lila Maidan was loaded with dollops of denial about the flawed CAA/NRC which has seen at least 20 people killed in nationwide protests. There was also plenty of the Modi self-pity last on display during a...
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Demonetisation Was A "Bitter Medicine" To Treat Corruption: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today that he used the "bitter medicine" of demonetisation to bring back money into banking system and to give "proper treatment to deep-rooted corruption system" in the country.
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Did Notes Ban Choke Black Money, Terror, Fake Currency? One Year Later, A Fact Check
In his speech on November 8 last year, announcing the ban on high value currency, Prime Minister Narendra Modi set out the reasons for the dramatic move - striking a blow against black money, terrorism and fake currency.
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Opinion: Did Modi Just Admit To Leading India's Second-Worst Government?
It was a typically impressive Modi performance, mingling mythological references (Karna's gloomy charioteer in the Mahabharata) with robust defences of his record in office, repositioning of himself as an "outsider", and, of course, the usual trenchant attacks on the Congress.
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Rs 1.75 Lakh Crore Under Scrutiny Post Notes Ban: PM Modi
Vowing to continue the crackdown on black money, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that over Rs 1.75 lakh crore deposited in banks post note-ban and more than 18 lakh people with disproportionate income are under government scrutiny.
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Seva In SCAM? That's A First, Says PM Narendra Modi On Rahul Gandhi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi used a speech in parliament today to counter the opposition's concerted attack on his abrupt ban of 500- and 1,000-rupee notes. Reserving his strongest barbs for the Congress, the PM said that his government is committed to cleansing the country of corruption, which requires reversing the actions of the Congress. "Ear...
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Exclusive: What Went Down In The Hours Before PM Narendra Modi's Notes Ban Speech
Three hours before Prime Minister Narendra Modi used a television speech to announce that 500- and 1,000-rupee notes would be abolished at midnight, the board of the Reserve Bank of India had cleared the ban.
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Opinion: Modi's Flop Speech Rounded Off His Flop Year, More To Come
Did Modi's New Year's Eve speech - a flop speech to climax a flop year - mark the End of the Beginning or the Beginning of the End? Mamata Banerjee had the answer. She tweeted: "End of Demonetization. Start of DeModitization"!
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At First Meet After Notes Ban, PM Narendra Modi's Big Praise For Nitish Kumar
Prime Minister Narendra Modi dispensed the first three minutes of his speech in Patna today on triple-A praise for Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, whose prohibition policy he later highlighted as "inspirational."
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Opinion: Modi Rings In 2017 With New Set Of Falsehoods
The Honourable Prime Minister's address to the nation on New Year's Eve adhered to his usual style - it was full of sound and fury and signified absolutely nothing. Rather, it heralded in a new low in the affairs of the nation. At the end of the promised 50-day period of state-inflicted abrogation of constitutional rights on the vast majority of in...
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Foreign Media On Zero 'Mitron' References In PM Narendra Modi's Speech
India's teetotaler Prime Minister Narendra Modi almost fueled a booze binge on New Year's eve in the nation's cities.
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Notes Ban Not A 'Yagna' But An 'Uncontrolled Forest Fire': Congress
Congress on Sunday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi sounded "apologetic" in his New Year eve speech as his 50-day "shuddhi yagna" of demonetisation has turned out be an "uncontrolled forest fire" that has claimed "several lives" and crippled the economy.
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Opinion: In Speech, Modi Tried To Bribe India Into Forgiving Notes Ban
Prime Minister Modi's speech was just the sound of despair. The whole country was waiting for some relief from demonetisation: what was heard was an election speech. Instead of being apologetic for putting the people of India through insufferable pain and anguish, he sermonised on the non-existent virtues of demonetisation. He was pedantic without ...
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Opinion: Wrong To See Modi's Speech As Loaded With Handouts
What does one make of Narendra Modi's address on December 31, 2016, after the demonetisation exercise and at the cusp of the New Year? Many have commented that it was low-key and lacked his characteristic flamboyance. The fact is, however, that in his mind, Modi is careful to distinguish between, for example, sober speeches as Prime Minister and rh...
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Opinion: Modi's Speech Was An Admission Of Defeat
In the end, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech on New Year's Eve was not exactly the stuff of what history is made. It could be seen as any of three things: an admission of defeat; a declaration of war; or a pivot to populism. Or, perhaps, it's best understood as a combination of all three.
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Opinion: Modi And Shah Will Double Down On CAA And Then NRC
It was supposed to be the grand launch of the BJP's Delhi campaign by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. But the protracted Modi speech at Delhi's Ram Lila Maidan was loaded with dollops of denial about the flawed CAA/NRC which has seen at least 20 people killed in nationwide protests. There was also plenty of the Modi self-pity last on display during a...
-
Demonetisation Was A "Bitter Medicine" To Treat Corruption: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today that he used the "bitter medicine" of demonetisation to bring back money into banking system and to give "proper treatment to deep-rooted corruption system" in the country.
-
Did Notes Ban Choke Black Money, Terror, Fake Currency? One Year Later, A Fact Check
In his speech on November 8 last year, announcing the ban on high value currency, Prime Minister Narendra Modi set out the reasons for the dramatic move - striking a blow against black money, terrorism and fake currency.
-
Opinion: Did Modi Just Admit To Leading India's Second-Worst Government?
It was a typically impressive Modi performance, mingling mythological references (Karna's gloomy charioteer in the Mahabharata) with robust defences of his record in office, repositioning of himself as an "outsider", and, of course, the usual trenchant attacks on the Congress.
-
Rs 1.75 Lakh Crore Under Scrutiny Post Notes Ban: PM Modi
Vowing to continue the crackdown on black money, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that over Rs 1.75 lakh crore deposited in banks post note-ban and more than 18 lakh people with disproportionate income are under government scrutiny.
-
Seva In SCAM? That's A First, Says PM Narendra Modi On Rahul Gandhi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi used a speech in parliament today to counter the opposition's concerted attack on his abrupt ban of 500- and 1,000-rupee notes. Reserving his strongest barbs for the Congress, the PM said that his government is committed to cleansing the country of corruption, which requires reversing the actions of the Congress. "Ear...
-
Exclusive: What Went Down In The Hours Before PM Narendra Modi's Notes Ban Speech
Three hours before Prime Minister Narendra Modi used a television speech to announce that 500- and 1,000-rupee notes would be abolished at midnight, the board of the Reserve Bank of India had cleared the ban.
-
Opinion: Modi's Flop Speech Rounded Off His Flop Year, More To Come
Did Modi's New Year's Eve speech - a flop speech to climax a flop year - mark the End of the Beginning or the Beginning of the End? Mamata Banerjee had the answer. She tweeted: "End of Demonetization. Start of DeModitization"!
-
At First Meet After Notes Ban, PM Narendra Modi's Big Praise For Nitish Kumar
Prime Minister Narendra Modi dispensed the first three minutes of his speech in Patna today on triple-A praise for Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, whose prohibition policy he later highlighted as "inspirational."
-
Opinion: Modi Rings In 2017 With New Set Of Falsehoods
The Honourable Prime Minister's address to the nation on New Year's Eve adhered to his usual style - it was full of sound and fury and signified absolutely nothing. Rather, it heralded in a new low in the affairs of the nation. At the end of the promised 50-day period of state-inflicted abrogation of constitutional rights on the vast majority of in...
-
Foreign Media On Zero 'Mitron' References In PM Narendra Modi's Speech
India's teetotaler Prime Minister Narendra Modi almost fueled a booze binge on New Year's eve in the nation's cities.
-
Notes Ban Not A 'Yagna' But An 'Uncontrolled Forest Fire': Congress
Congress on Sunday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi sounded "apologetic" in his New Year eve speech as his 50-day "shuddhi yagna" of demonetisation has turned out be an "uncontrolled forest fire" that has claimed "several lives" and crippled the economy.
-
Opinion: In Speech, Modi Tried To Bribe India Into Forgiving Notes Ban
Prime Minister Modi's speech was just the sound of despair. The whole country was waiting for some relief from demonetisation: what was heard was an election speech. Instead of being apologetic for putting the people of India through insufferable pain and anguish, he sermonised on the non-existent virtues of demonetisation. He was pedantic without ...
-
Opinion: Wrong To See Modi's Speech As Loaded With Handouts
What does one make of Narendra Modi's address on December 31, 2016, after the demonetisation exercise and at the cusp of the New Year? Many have commented that it was low-key and lacked his characteristic flamboyance. The fact is, however, that in his mind, Modi is careful to distinguish between, for example, sober speeches as Prime Minister and rh...
-
Opinion: Modi's Speech Was An Admission Of Defeat
In the end, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech on New Year's Eve was not exactly the stuff of what history is made. It could be seen as any of three things: an admission of defeat; a declaration of war; or a pivot to populism. Or, perhaps, it's best understood as a combination of all three.
