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Time of India
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- Time of India
New self-confidence in India post Sindoor: PM Modi before Parliament debate
GANGAIKONDA CHOLAPURAM/NEW DELHI: A day ahead of the parliamentary debate on the Pahalgam terror attack and Operation Sindoor , PM Narendra Modi on Sunday reasserted that the precision strikes on terror dens in Pakistan was India's message that there are no safe havens for terrorists and their masters. India places the highest priority on its national security and the operation has created a new awakening and a new self-confidence across the country, Modi said at an event in Tamil Nadu's Gangaikonda Cholapuram to honour Chola emperor Rajendra Chola. The world witnessed India's firm and decisive response to the threat against its sovereignty during Operation Sindoor and it has sent a clear message, there is no safe haven for terrorists and enemies of the nation, he said, setting the tone for the govt's response for the debate in Parliament, starting in Lok Sabha on Monday. Oppn plans to point to big terror attacks under 'PM Modi's watch' The upcoming discussion in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on the attack and the operation comes as a significant opportunity for the govt to reaffirm its strong stance on national security and counter-terrorism. The debate - after a first week of disruption of Parliament's Monsoon session - is likely to be a fiery one between the ruling alliance and the opposition as they prepare to lock horns over the issues steeped in national security and foreign policy imperatives. The two sides have consented to a marathon 16-hour debate in each House, which invariably stretches longer in practice. Union defence minister Rajnath Singh is likely to initiate the debate immediately after the question hour in Lok Sabha. Sources said home minister Amit Shah, defence minister Rajnath Singh, and external affairs minister S Jaishankar will be speaking on the issues amid indications that the PM may make an intervention to convey his govt's "robust" stand against terrorism . Leaders of opposition in LS and RS - Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge - may lead the charge against the govt along with Samajwadi Party's Akhilesh Yadav, besides a host of others. Congress , however, plans to attack the govt and particularly PM Modi on what BJP has claimed to be their calling card over a decade, and have used incessantly to target Congress over national security. More than Operation Sindoor, the opposition would be looking to hammer home that the country has been extremely unsafe from cross border threats, pointing to repeated big terror attacks under Modi's watch, from Uri to Pahalgam. This will also put Shah in the oppositions crosshairs. It is here that the opposition plans to undercut Modi's claim on national security. As has been seen since the terror attack, Congress and opposition have been pointing to the fact that the terrorists singled out the tourists by religion to execute them - a point that the opposition would have been reluctant to touch in the past for fear of polarisation. Congress ahead of the debate raised the issue of US President Donald Trump's claims of halting Operation Sindoor. Party leader Jairam Ramesh on Sunday said since May 10, Trump has claimed "26 times" that he stopped the operation by "threatening to cut off trade with India, and claimed that five fighter jets may have been shot down". Ramesh on X said "even though Congress had been demanding a special two-day session of Parliament immediately after Operation Sindoor was abruptly halted that demand was ignored. "Nevertheless, better late than never," he said.
India Today
4 hours ago
- India Today
Remove non-biological PM too: Trinamool MP's taunt amid Bihar poll roll revision
In a fresh broadside against the BJP over the revision of electoral rolls in Bihar, Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee sarcastically demanded that the "non-biological" Prime Minister should be excluded from the list of eligible at an event in West Bengal's Hooghly district, Banerjee referenced PM Modi's past comments about being 'sent by God,' a remark that has since been used by several opposition leaders to mock the Prime PM Modi is non-biological and he is born spiritually as like Goddesses Kali, Durga and Lord Ram, then PM Modi is also not the Citizen of India. So his name should also be removed from the voter list,' Banerjee jibed. His taunt stems from a 2024 interview in which PM Modi said, 'Until my mother was alive, I used to think I was born biologically. After her demise, when I look at my experiences, I am convinced that I was sent by God... I'm nothing but an instrument that God has sent.'Kalyan Banerjee's remarks came amid an escalating row over the SIR process in Bihar, which opposition parties have slammed as an attempt to disenfranchise voters ahead of the assembly elections later this year. The first week of Parliament's Monsoon session was a washout due to repeated disruptions over the issue, as the Opposition demanding an immediate halt to the supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has also opposed the revision drive, calling it 'nothing short of a scam.' Echoing her, Kalyan Banerjee alleged that the SIR was designed to help the BJP manipulate the electoral process.'Earlier, the voters used to decide the government of the country... Now the government of the country is deciding who can vote or not. No one's name will be in the voter list except BJP or BJP people... Election Commission is also the same,' Banerjee senior Trinamool leader questioned the logic of house-to-house verification being undertaken as part of the SIR.'What is the point of going from house to house and checking the voter list... If I don't stay in my house at that time, then my name will be removed from the voter list. How does that make any sense?' he parties in Bihar have claimed that crores of eligible voters, especially minorities and the marginalised, could be struck off the rolls due to a lack of required documentation. They have accused the BJP of using state machinery to target voters who are likely to support rival BJP has defended the SIR as a standard administrative exercise aimed at cleaning up voter rolls. However, the timing and scale of the revision have triggered political pushback just months ahead of the Bihar elections.- EndsTune InMust Watch
Time of India
4 hours ago
- Time of India
Monsoon Session of Parliament: No more toolkit, just suitkit!
Just before the beginning of Parliament 's monsoon session, the all-weather babbler at the Oval Office claimed downing of five fighter jets during the recent India-Pakistan conflict . And in the evening of the session's first day, Indians were jolted by Jagdeep Dhankhar 's abrupt resignation as Vice President. In both cases the government decided to move on by either ignoring the remark or swiftly starting the process of electing a new Vice President. But the most interesting part was the absence of noise over 'toolkit'. Explore courses from Top Institutes in Please select course: Select a Course Category Finance Operations Management Project Management CXO Degree Product Management Public Policy MCA Management Leadership Data Science Cybersecurity Healthcare Design Thinking healthcare others Data Analytics PGDM Digital Marketing Artificial Intelligence Technology Others MBA Data Science Skills you'll gain: Duration: 7 Months S P Jain Institute of Management and Research CERT-SPJIMR Fintech & Blockchain India Starts on undefined Get Details Skills you'll gain: Duration: 9 Months IIM Calcutta SEPO - IIMC CFO India Starts on undefined Get Details Any avid observer must be wondering which toolkit caused 'downing of jet' comment and which software speeded up the resignation process. Several theories and queries related to these events, after floating in the troposphere, may soon enter the exosphere, giving much relief to the governing apparatus. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like This might be relevant for you Undo Toolkit gained so much traction in recent times, especially during Parliament sessions , that it had turned into a real political hot potato. But its out-and-out absence in this session is as astounding as the freezing moment captured by Coldplay's 'kiss cam'. Maybe, a toolkit can be better termed a suitkit - do it as and when it suits you. Who knows that better than lawyers. At one moment legal eagles can be seen arguing in blackbuck cases, and at other they can suit up as constitutional experts. Live Events Whether the timing of the two unrelated incidents was just a coincidence or was there something more to it? The answer will continue to be speculative, at least for some time to come. But it's certain that this time the tools were so tightly fitted in a kit that they failed to slip out, fall and create a clattering screech.
