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Established 1946 1 Pages 16 Price : Rupees Five Vol. 72 No. 24 Modi’s Trump Card July 2, 2017 Kuldip Nayar A Policy to Eliminate Every statement or a visit by a exactly what you have, a true Toiletless People foreign dignitary has to be related friend…I am thrilled to salute you, Sandeep Pandey to our attitude on Pakistan. Even Prime Minister Modi, and the if there is no mention of Islamabad, Indian people for all that you are we stretch the observation to the accomplishing together. Your point where it is meant to be so. accomplishments have been vast,” PM Modi in USA American Presidents have so far said Trump. The President also D. K. Giri been hedging an open criticism of described Prime Minister Modi Pakistan because the US has been and himself as “world leaders in supplying arms to Islamabad. But social media” and that it has In the Name of Public for the first time, America has enabled them to directly hear from Interest dropped ifs and buts to pull up their citizens.” J. L. Jawahar Pakistan for abetting terrorism and giving shelter to the militants. In the past, India had friendly presidents in John F. Kennedy, Bill President Donald Trump in a joint Clinton and Barrack Obama. But Fast Against Lynching statement with Prime Minister they did very little to help New Delhi Dr. Prem Singh Narendra Modi, following their first in its strategic and development meeting at the White House, made requirements. They were obsessed terrorism the cornerstone of mutual with the thought that they should cooperation between the two not in any way rub Pakistan on the countries. The statement went wrong side. New Delhi never beyond the usual American position wanted them to do anything which Editor : while criticizing Pakistan it echoed would mean a tilt towards it. G. G. Parikh Indian concerns regarding the Chinese-led Belt and Road But President Trump has Managing Editor : Guddi Initiative. departed from the past American policy. The resolve of the two D-15, Ganesh Prasad, President Trump, recalling his countries to strengthen anti-terror Naushir Bharucha Marg, election campaign, said that he had cooperation has come as a big Mumbai - 400 007. pledged true friendship with India. diplomatic win for New Delhi and “I pledged that if elected, India a big blow for Islamabad which was Email : [email protected] would have a true friend in the trying to portray the Hizbul militants Website:www.janataweekly.org White House. And that is now as “freedom fighters.” 2 JANATA, July 2, 2017 In his individual remark, is busy with the Presidential before to do business with India. President Trump said: “The election in India. However, the Probably, the State Department, security partnership between the personal equation between Trump too, encouraged them taking the US and India is incredibly and Modi would not be to the liking cue from President Trump. important. Both our nations have of Congress president Sonia been struck by the evils of Gandhi. On his first meeting with the terrorism and we are both US President, Modi has played the determined to destroy terrorist In the US State Department, the Trump card cleverly. With his organizations and the radical Congress does not have that kind party BJP already well entrenched ideology that drives them. We will of a priority which it had earlier. In in India and spreading its wings destroy radical Islamic terrorism.” forthcoming Presidential election in in the rest of states, what Modi India, Modi looks like having an required was some foreign The two leaders seem to have upper hand. Therefore, all support. None could have been forged a lasting friendship that American policies are being shaped better than America’s, particularly President Trump himself took Modi presuming that the BJP would once at a time when China has openly on a guided tour of the White House again win the general election in sided with Pakistan and trumped besides accepting the Indian Prime 2019. The support that Modi has in up some incidents in the northeast Minister’s invitation to send his the country at present indicates that to allege that India had occupied daughter, Ivanka, to India for a the opposition is no match for him. some of the disputed territory. meeting. All these augur well. On Were all non-BJP parties to come his part Modi, with President Trump together and fight the next election, standing beside him, declared that they might emerge as a formidable Janata Subscription America was India’s primary group. partner for “its social and economic transformation.” The effort which Bihar chief Annual Rs. : 260/- minister Nitish Kumar is making China is the first one to react. It gives some hope. Otherwise, the Three Years : 750/- has chided India for going to the performance of the opposition would American camp. And, as usual, be dismal. The demonetization that Demand Draft / Cheque America has boosted Pakistan to the Modi government introduced had stay with Beijing. Islamabad has some adverse effect on the people understandably stayed quiet. initially but it is slowly fading away. on Although President Trump has However, the GST, which is coming hinted that the supply of arms to into force from the first of July, Mumbai Bank in favour of Pakistan might stop, the latter has could sting the government badly. not uttered a word. Probably, it is With a lot of opposition in parliament JANATA TRUST waiting for the outcome of the and a prolonged debate and meeting between President Trump discussion, the bill was finally D-15, Ganesh Prasad, and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. passed. Naushir Bharucha Marg, That should take place sooner than Mumbai 400 007 later. It looks as if someone must have briefed President Trump on The Congress party has made these points. Otherwise, he would no comment which would be not have tilted towards the BJP Janata construed as criticism of the as he did openly after his first Modi-Trump meeting. The meeting with Modi. The Prime American President’s criticism of Minister continued to woo the is available at Pakistan is to the liking of the Indian Diaspora and the CEOs party but it cautiously awaits from Apple, Amazon and Walmart www.lohiatoday.com overall reaction in the country. to invest largely in the country. The Congress, like other parties, They are more inclined than ever JANATA, July 2, 2017 3 A Policy to Eliminate Toiletless People Sandeep Pandey When Narendra Modi initiated his makes us wonder the kind of society India the caste system further Clean India campaign nobody would we want to create? On the morning prevents the dalits from using have thought that it can become of 17 June, 2017 employees of available toilets. For example, a deadly one day. The symbol being Nagar Parishad of Pratapgarh were number of dalit domestic workers used for this campaign is Mahatma taking photographs of women who do different chores like cleaning, Gandhi’s spectacles, a man who belonging to Mehtab Khan slum cooking or baby sitting in mostly stood for non-violence resolutely. A defecating in open with the objective upper caste middle class or upper number of things were not imagined of shaming them as a government middle class households do not have which would happen after Narendra policy. Zafar Khan who was also a permission to use the toilets inside Modi’s ascension to power - new resident of this slum decided to these homes. They have to find reasons would be discovered to protest. The accompanying some bush, tree or wall outside to harass some people, some of which Commissioner Ashok Jain instigated relieve themselves. could become fatal. For example, his dalit sanitation employees to beat people would be beaten up on the Zafar to death. The resurgent India It is the government officials who suspicion of having consumed beef has found a new reason to lynch are responsible for the death of Zafar and could be even killed, if a Muslim people. Khan. The Rajasthan Chief Minister boy chose to marry a Hindu girl, in Vasundhara Raje Scindhia, who the name of Love Jihad, he or they Do the women who defecate in termed it as an unfortunate incident, may have to scurry for cover, if open enjoy doing so? When they should have resigned taking moral police suspected a man don’t have toilets at home where are responsibility. accompanying a woman of harassing they supposed to go to relieve her then Anti-Romeo squads were themselves. If people don’t have The Commissioner Ashok Jain ready to jump upon him, Kashmiri toilets who is supposed to build it for follows a religion which lays special students studying in other states of them? If anybody was to be punished emphasis on non-violence. Jains are India could be beaten up at the for open defecation of women in known to take care so that no micro- slightest provocation after being Mehtab Shah slum it should have organism gets killed because of them. labeled anti-national, etc. More been the government officials whose The Jain monks tie a piece of cloth serious intractable problems like responsibility it was to create the around their mouth and nose for this famers’ suicides, malnourishment of toilets. If the land on which the slum reason. Jains don’t eat onion and children, human trafficking of girls was built was government land and garlic to keep their passions under and women from Nepal and possibly personal toilets could not check. Yet Ashok Jain didn’t seem Bangladesh through India, people have been built on it then the to have any qualms as he got Zafar including children begging on major government should have got a Khan murdered.