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Opinion: Opposition Letting Team Modi Off Too Easy - By Yashwant Sinha

Yashwant Sinha | Monday January 14, 2019

In cricket parlance, the government got all the opportunity in the earlier overs to make runs. It did not. Now, in the last over, they want to hit only sixers and make 40 runs. Whether they will is anybody's guess. But if the other side, namely the opposition, plays carelessly and bowls no balls as they have done in the past, then even that is possible.

Opinion: Will Quota, Citizenship Moves Help BJP? Here's A Health Warning

Yashwant Sinha | Thursday January 10, 2019

Since the move is clearly political, the most important question is, will it help the BJP in the elections?

Opinion: 6 Lessons For BJP From This Big Defeat - By Yashwant Sinha

Yashwant Sinha | Wednesday December 12, 2018

Hubris never pays in Indian politics. The voter expects you to approach him humbly and seek both his vote as well as his forgiveness for what you have failed to deliver. He hates arrogance which the BJP acquired in plenty in the shortest possible time.

Opinion: CBI Drama Shows Rafale Scandal Can Undo Modi Government - By Yashwant Sinha

Yashwant Sinha | Sunday October 28, 2018

The Supreme Court of India has done exactly what any intervener in a war would have done. There was a civil war going on in the CBI. The war was set in motion by the government of India in order to serve its petty little interests like preventing an investigation into the Rafale deal. At one stage, however, it lost control; the Prime Minister's personal intervention w...

Opinion: 6 Questions For Team Modi On Rafale Deal - By Yashwant Sinha

Yashwant Sinha | Thursday September 27, 2018

Two questions, apart from many other relevant ones, are naturally occupying the minds of people as the controversy rages. The first is price and the delivery schedule of the planes; the second is the appointment of the Anil Ambani's Reliance Defence as the major offset partner.

Opinion: Time To Punish Modi For Demonetisation Fiasco - By Yashwant Sinha

Yashwant Sinha | Tuesday September 04, 2018

Prime Minister Modi had said in a public meeting that he wanted only 50 days from the people of India (up to December 31) to achieve the objectives of the scheme. If it failed, he said he would appear before the people at any chowraha (public intersection) to take any punishment the people would determine for him.

Opinion: Can't Tell Anyone, Atal-<i>Ji</i> Warned As He Told Me About Nuclear Tests

Opinion: Can't Tell Anyone, Atal-Ji Warned As He Told Me About Nuclear Tests

Yashwant Sinha | Saturday August 18, 2018

My first experience with Atal-ji after joining the BJP was not very encouraging. I had been in touch with Advani-ji who was the President of the party then about joining the BJP. I worked out the details of my joining in consultation with him.

Opinion: Piyush Goyal, New Superman Of The Modi Cabinet - By Yashwant Sinha

Yashwant Sinha | Saturday July 28, 2018

The new favourite of the Prime Minister appears to be Piyush Goyal. Like Arun Jaitley before him, he is the new superman in the cabinet. He is today in charge of Coal, Railways, and on top of it all, the Minister is Finance and Corporate Affairs.

Opinion: When People Ask Me "After Modi, Who?" - By Yashwant Sinha

Yashwant Sinha | Thursday July 19, 2018

The people of India revel in asking who next. Like "After Nehru, who?", "After Indira, who?", "After Rajiv, who?", and today, "After Modi, who?" Every time they themselves provide the answer to this question.

Opinion: Yashwant Sinha's Analysis For How The BJP Can Be Defeated In 2019

Yashwant Sinha | Monday July 16, 2018

There has been much talk lately of opposition parties uniting to face the BJP juggernaut in the next Lok Sabha elections. It stands to reason that they should do so since there is no other way of unseating the present government.

Opinion: Banking Crisis Worsens, Modi Government To Blame - By Yashwant Sinha

Yashwant Sinha | Tuesday July 03, 2018

There is no end to bad news from the banking sector of our economy. That it has not been in good health for some years was well known, but further evidence of its very poor health became public when it was disclosed a few days ago that the public sector banks have together suffered a whopping loss of 8,50,370 crore in financial year 2017-2018 compared to a profit of 4...

Opinion: Kejriwal (Still) Being Punished For Defeating Modi - By Yashwant Sinha

Yashwant Sinha | Saturday June 16, 2018

An unprecedented crisis has overtaken the National Capital Territory of Delhi. And it is not merely the sheet of dust. This will vanish when the rains come, but the other crisis will not go away that easily.

Opinion: Modi Government's 2 New Dangerous Proposals - By Yashwant Sinha

Yashwant Sinha | Saturday May 26, 2018

In my blog dated April 28, 2018, I had pointed out that the government was planning to introduce a chip in TV setup boxes to ostensibly monitor viewer preferences while watching TV programs. I had pointed out that this could also be a sinister design to invade the privacy of our homes and collect information about us without our knowledge or consent. Despite a lapse o...

Opinion: Modi-Shah Leave BJP Defenceless In Karnataka - By Yashwant Sinha

Yashwant Sinha | Sunday May 20, 2018

Unfortunately, today's BJP is not the BJP of Atal-Advani, which I had joined. It has been taken over by people to whom nothing matters more than power. I am glad I am out of it.

Opinion: Team Modi Creates Rural Time Bomb That Is Ticking Away - By Yashwant Sinha

Yashwant Sinha | Monday May 14, 2018

The foot-march of over 35,000 farmers from Nashik to Mumbai in March this year attracted a lot of national attention and succeeded in highlighting the problems of the farmers. The numerous suicides by farmers earlier or the killing of six farmers in police firing in Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh in June last year did not attract as much attention.

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