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> nexus with current ruling party - BJP It's not like things were too different before. Mukesh Ambani supposedly referred to the INC as Apni Dukaan. Both the C

• castevictim 6y ago
  Yes, but the systematic dismantling of the independent agencies did not happen during congress period even though there were always bootlickers around in every govt. Remember Auditor General of India, CBI(FBI equivalent) discovered and booked Congress-alliance party members for scam while they were ruling? Now, CBI has become a laughing stock is being used as lap dogs for ruling party to get parties into alliance with them.
  • sseth 6y ago
    During congress rule, CBI was referred to as a "caged parrot". The CBI did not act unless forced by the Supreme Court. The CAG is a very different body - it is much more independent of government, and did raise issues around 2G spectrum allocation and many other areas during Congress time. I mean, the UPA had a minister running an entire TV station out of BSNL lines running to his home, so really it was pretty blatant and hard not to catch. We should not confuse this type of corruption with doing favors to business which does not show up in government books, and is not easy for CAG to catch.
    • gigatexal 6y ago
      To be fair I can’t think of a congress party member that was wanted for crimes against humanity on an international scale until he became PM and all was forgiven. [1] [1](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-30826044 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-30826044)
      • castevictim 6y ago
        It is indeed extraordinarily sad that we have accustomed to have 'A mass murder accused' as prime minister and it is not even part of discussions against the party which hosts him.
        • known 6y ago
          No sane person will respect Modi if they knew all the ugly/sub-human things he did to become CM/PM; Hope 22 crores who voted for Modi are regretting now;
      • naruvimama 6y ago
        Everyone and his dog pretends to forget how the riot started. How do people brush under the carpet the burning alive of 58 hindu pilgrims, which include women and children. And then have the face to go on to demonise the poor man Modi, blaming him for the riot. Last I heard it was not Modi running a blood thirsty muslim mob.
        • gigatexal 6y ago
          The first hit when googling “events that preceded the Gujarat riots” (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/04/06/world/asia/modi-gujarat-riots-timeline.html#/#time287_8514 https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/04/06/world/asia/mo...) Get your timeline right. People being killed because of the religion they were born into is about as stupid as it gets. Nobody wins when people senselessly die. My point is the world wants to do business with India so Modi becomes no longer a criminal. That’s capitalism for you.
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        • sbmthakur 6y ago
          > Everyone and his dog pretends to forget how the riot started. > How do people brush under the carpet the burning alive of 58 hindu pilgrims, which include women and children. They don't talk about it because it doesn't suit their narrative.
• rusticpenn 6y ago
  Atleast there was no situation where BSNL was not granted 5G rights, while Jio is granted with this. IT feels like Reliance is govt funded while BSNL is private.
  • cocoland2 6y ago
    I had my rant about BSNL down below. BSNL by a far distance has to be the worst in terms of Customer service , which is sad because i know of brilliant engineers who joined as Junior Engineers in BSNL clearing PSC. Unless there is accountability , there is no chance BSNL will survive. Note that this is really bad , especially for rural areas where BSNL had the strongest connectivity
    • castevictim 6y ago
      I have spoken with several top BSNL authorities. Systematic hurdles are being thrown at them from performing even routine tasks necessary to maintain telecom infrastructure. e.g. Roads cannot be dug up by BSNL for repairing their telephone lines, where as Reliance can. If they indeed proceed to dig up the road, they are threatened with a police case. In several cities, only Reliance have permission to dig the roads for new telephone/broadband lines. In HAL, future Aircraft/Helicopter productions were halted after the Rafael deal was signed up with Jr. Ambani's Reliance. But when the whistleblower letter from PMO hit the roof, supreme court was involved, some HAL old projects were given permission to continue to not raise suspicion. But still, many in HAL beleive it's done for and only companies in nexus with BJP with no prior experience will manufacture military Aircraft in the future(This was before the China fiasco).
      • sbmthakur 6y ago
        > In HAL, future Aircraft/Helicopter productions were halted after the Rafael deal was signed up with Jr. Ambani's Reliance. But when the whistleblower letter from PMO hit the roof, supreme court was involved, some HAL old projects were given permission to continue to not raise suspicion. But still, many in HAL beleive it's done for and only companies in nexus with BJP with no prior experience will manufacture military Aircraft in the future(This was before the China fiasco). The Rafale deal is not even about manufacturing fighter jets. Not sure from where such anecdotes come from.