Pairokar

  The current war that is raging in Israel and Palestine is possibly the longest one between the two. Israel has already smashed the ribs and bones of Hamas, the terrorist outfit of Palestinians and supported by 57 other Muslim countries. Hamas was the first to launch attacks on Israel with 3000 rockets, but instead of unequivocally condemning the terrorist attacks, the Muslim countries have started blaming, in unison, that Israel has been killing innocent civilians of Palestine. There is no doubt that a large number of civilian casualties have occurred in the retaliatory action of Israel but there was no way out for her to avoid it because Hamas’ terrorists have been holding civilians to ransom and use them as shields. One Saumya Santosh of India has also been killed in the rocket attacks of Hamas These are the tactics that are adopted by terrorists in India also, be it Kashmir or Chhattisgarh. There are many puzzling questions that have given rise to this war. Israel has been ...

   Mamata must avoid becoming the Chief Minister It is expected that in all likelihoods Mamata Banerjee will again be elected the leader of the TMC Vidhayak Dal to become the Chief Minister of West Bengal for the third time in a row because itis she who has steered cleared the party to a thumping win, although she herself has been defeated by her rival Suvendu Adhikari of the BJP from the Nandigram assembly constituency. If she is elected as the leader of the Vidhayak Dal, she herself would not be the Vidhayak. Now the question is whether it is morally and constitutionally right for her to be sworn as the Chief Minister. Opinions may differ on this issue, but the undeniable fact is that her swearing-in will be wrong on both counts. Firstly, let us consider it from the angle of morality. If she had not contested the election, it would have been an entirely different matter to elect her as the leader. But here is the unique case of a sitting Chief Minister, who has lost her el...