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Opinion        27/02/2018                   1149 Sub : China pushes back against criticism of plan for Xi to stay in power : - Ref : - Media Reports - Hindustan Times 1. Security forces march in formation near Tienanmen Square in Beijing, China's plan for President Xi Jinping to remain in office indefinitely has sparked social media opposition, drawing comparisons to North Korea's ruling dynasty and charges of creating a dictator by a Hong Kong pro-democracy activist. The social media reaction late on Sunday quickly saw China swing into a concerted propaganda push by Monday, blocking some articles and publishing pieces praising the party. The ruling Communist Party on Sunday proposed to remove a constitutional clause limiting presidential service to just two terms in office, meaning Xi, who also heads the party and the military, might never have to retire. The proposal, which will be passed by delegates loyal to the party at next month's annual meetin

(Representational) Opinion        26/02/2018                   1148 A New Bharatham : For Bharatham to strengthen itself, cobwebs of the Left’s borrowed ideas must be cleared :- Media Report : The Indian Express : Balbir Punj   Balbir Punj Note :- Balbir Punj : The writer is a former BJP MP and Delhi-based commentator on social and political 1. After the Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and other state assembly election results, the best summing-up came from the Prime Minister himself: “Building New India encompasses both recapturing a great past and on it, reconstructing a greater future”. The people have given an overwhelming mandate for this. They have also laid low traditional opponents, most of whom had been feeding the body politic with borrowed ideas and failed models. 2. Take, for instance, PM Modi’s bold bid to clean politics of dirty money. The opposition described demonetisation as an attack on the people. They counted on voters making a clean sw

Opinion        19/02/2018                   1141 Chandrababu Naidu's latest tirade over BJP is a strategic masterstroke to convert a threat into an opportunity. This is precisely what he did in 2014. Even after supporting the bifurcation of the state, Naidu ran a propaganda blitz calling bifurcation a blunder and reaped a huge political dividend. As YSR Congress hits a self-goal hoping for an alliance with BJP, Naidu is trying to grab even the opposition space yet again converting a threat into an opportunity on the question of perceived injustice to state. **As the 2019 polls fast approach, thus, Naidu in a dextrous political move is repeating the success formula adopted in 2014. The Telugu Desam Party was the biggest victim of separate state movement in the United Andhra Pradesh. Though the party had a strong political base in Telangana right from the days of NT Rama Rao, the party's leadership is from the Seemandhra. The sub-regional political force in the for

Opinion        17/02/2018                   1140 Sub : Looking back: CM Siddaramaiah's year book of scams and scandals Ref : Media reports  From the Rs 70 lakh watch to Meti’s sex tape, the Karnataka government’s year in review. From expensive watches to sex tapes, the Siddaramaiah government in Karnataka saw an action-packed year of scams and scandals. With the new year just around the corner, here’s Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s year book of controversies. When the CM wore a Hublot watch In February 2016, Siddaramaiah found himself embroiled in a controversy when JD(S) leader and former CM HD Kumaraswamy alleged that Siddaramaiah’s watch costs Rs 70 lakh. This issue became a point of an extended controversy with the Opposition stalling the Assembly proceedings, demanding a probe into the matter. The CM dismissed the claims and said that the watch was gifted to him by a friend. He eventually declared it a state asset and deposited the watch with