Benazir Bhutto's Liquidation

The extermination of Benazir Bhutto from the Pakistani political landscape, due to the successful accomplishment of a murderous commission by bigots, is a mortal blow to the aspiration of the Pakistani citizenry, which was to witness the birth of democratic practices again in their homeland. Benazir, despite being excoriated in the past for the culture of favouritism and bribery that proliferated during her two tenures as Pakistani PM, commendably represented the thirst for democracy in most Pakistanis. She was one of the significant constituents of the Pakistani polity. She was indubitably one of the more moderate and saner voices emerging from Pakistan, in spite of her previous track record of backing the Taliban-ruled Afghanistan for strategic reasons during her two stints as PM. Her egalitarian vision of the future of Pakistan had no space for terrorists and fanatics and this was made amply evident in her addresses to the Pakistani public. Her convictions had admirably changed during her years in exile. She was probably the only Pakistani politician who candidly acknowledged the presence of Dawood Ibrahim, Maulana Azhar,etc. on Pakistani soil to the Indian media and promised their deliverance to India if their existence was confirmed. She was a liberal and tolerant personality, who had understood the futility of the policy of mollifying extremist forces,during her period in exile. She unambiguously deemed that the eradication of fanaticism, which had become the bane of Pakistan, must take place and she would be the one to initiate it if elected to the post of PM.

Pakistan's Diversion Of U.S.' Monetary Aid

The report in the New York Times, which accuses Pakistan of misusing the monetary aid, worth billions of dollars, granted by the U.S. to combat the dreadfulness of Al-Qaeda and the Taliban, is unsurprising. The Pakistani military's untrustworthiness and surreptitious association with terrorists for furtherance of its objectives in the region is a well-documented fact, replete with credible evidence. India 's rightful standpoint on this issue, which has remained intact for several years, is being ultimately acknowledged by the pivotal capitals of the Western world. The raison d'être for the unsuccessfulness of the war against terrorism on many counts so far is the Pakistani military's adroitly half-baked attitude and determination to eradicating terrorism from its own soil and from the areas bordering Afghanistan, especially in the North West Frontier. This unsettling development, which to many in the Indian defence sector, is an open secret, only serves to highlight the need for India to be cagey in its dealings with Musharraf's Pakistan . The utilisation of American financial help to purchase ultra-sophisticated weaponry is indicative of the predictable 'siege mentality' of the Pakistani defence establishment, which still views India as a severe threat that needs to be obliterated, notwithstanding almost four years of thaw in bilateral relations.

Gujarat's Association With Modi

The election of the Narendra Modi-led BJP to power in Gujarat,by an awe-inspiringly mammoth margin,is indicative of the effective dissemination of the BJP's ideology throughout most constituencies of the state.The triumph of the BJP symbolises the actuality that deliverance of substantial advantages and benefits to the residents of a state can culminate in the yield of the trust of the people being showered on a party in the form of enormous votes bequeathed to it.The majority of the residents of Gujarat have portrayed their gratefulness and indebtedness to Narendra Modi and his uncompromisingly proficient mode of governance through returning him back to the Chief Ministerial seat by casting votes in his favour.It is a reflection of the psyche of the Gujarati people and their adoration for an authoritarian but efficacious leader.The pseudo-secularism and falsehoods of the principal opposition parties have irked the Gujarati citizenry, who have witnessed the fallaciousness enshrined in these parties.They have conveyed their admiration for Modi's convictions and, by granting Modi another five-year term in office,have revealed the state of their minds,which feels secure under Modi's dynamic leadership. It is time for the media to acknowledge this reality.

Modi And His Critics

The incontrovertible charisma and the indubitable dynamism that has exuded from the functioning of the Narendra Modi-led Government in Gujarat,ever since the BJP's previous electoral triumph in November 2002,is found unpalatable by his fiercely prejudiced opponents,who are on the lookout for any ground, notwithstanding its authenticity,to castigate Modi's persona and governance on.These critics of Narendra Modi are not just confined to the political arena but go beyond it into the world of the mass media.The psyche of majority of the constituents of the Indian intellectual class and political school in general has been percolated by the concept of an execrably concocted version of secularism.This kind of an inexcusably prejudiced mindset towards a leader, in the name of (debauched) liberalism and egalitarianism,lends itself to the forces of partialness and destructive bias in the process of critiquing the largely undeniable efficaciousness of the Modi-led state Government over the past five years.The laudably unimpeachable accomplishments of the regime in executing economic enhancement thereby contributing to the state's vividness and in prohibiting the proliferation of terrorist recruits by virtue of preventing the successful implementation of any terroristic mayhem since the Akshardham carnage is testament to the praiseworthy administrative skills of the CM and his stewards.In comparison to the rest of the nation,the actuality of no terror attack in Gujarat after Akshardham is commendable.