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Narendra Modi Tops, Yogi Adityanath Enters List Vol: 23 | No. 4 | April 2017 | R20 www.opinionexpress.in A MONTHLY NEWS MAGAZINE Hindu-Americans divided on Trump’s immigration policy COVER STORY SOARING HIGH The ties between India and Israel were never better The Pioneer Most Powerful Indians in 2017: Narendra Modi tops,OPINI YogiON EXPR AdityanathESS enters list 1 2 OPINION EXPRESS editorial Modi, Yogi & beyond RNI UP–ENG 70032/92, Volume 23, No 4 EDITOR Prashant Tewari – BJP is all set for the ASSOCiate EDITOR Dr Rahul Misra POLITICAL EDITOR second term in 2019 Prakhar Misra he surprise appointment of Yogi Adityanath as Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister post BUREAU CHIEF party’s massive victory in the recently concluded assembly elections indicates that Gopal Chopra (DELHI), Diwakar Shetty BJP/RSS are in mission mode for General Election 2019. The new UP CM will (MUMBAI), Sidhartha Sharma (KOLKATA), T ensure strict saffron legislation, compliance and governance to Lakshmi Devi (BANGALORE ) DIvyash Bajpai (USA), KAPIL DUDAKIA (UNITED KINGDOM) consolidate Hindutva forces. The eighty seats are vital to BJP’s re- Rajiv Agnihotri (MAURITIUS), Romil Raj election in the next parliament. PM Narendra Modi is world class Bhagat (DUBAI), Herman Silochan (CANADA), leader and he is having no parallel leader to challenge his suprem- Dr Shiv Kumar (AUS/NZ) acy in the country. In UP, poor Akhilesh and Rahul were just swept CONTENT partner aside-not by polarization, not by Hindu consolidation but simply by The Pioneer Modi’s far higher voltage personality. Pratham Pravakta However the elections in five states have proved that BJP is not LegaL AdviSORS unbeatable. Wherever the opposition has a slightly good leadership Vishnu Sharma Adv Vijai Krishna Adv to answer back BJP with the capacity to consolidate anti BJP vote, BJP can be defeated. Though various states have formidable regional leaders, the nation MARKETING DIRECTOR Diwakar Shetty has absolutely none. As long as Rahul Gandhi is the perceived choice for PM against Modi, irrespective of how much he has improved, he comes absolutely nowhere near Modi. Sonia ADMINIStrative DIRECTOR Amit Pandey is getting old and keeping a bit unwell to really run around amassing support. Its absolute BAL MUKUND GAUR Modi wave all the way and that is precisely why UP was given Yogi by RSS forcefully to consolidate this wave in tsunami for the next General Elections. Corporate COMMUNICation / PR Sanjay Mendiratta UP is a matter of extreme pride for Modi-Shah combine so they avoided Bihar like risk in UP. Modi’s mega personality and development agenda apart, he made a dig wherein he GRAPHICS & DESIGN Writeword Commuications (Studio 8) felt that it was good enough to get a few additional votes through the polarization angle, and he created history. In Yogi they have an equally high voltage man; making him CM of Photographer Ratan Shukla the largest state of India immediately gives him national limelight. Modi-Yogi combine will ensure no opposition and we will possibly see a UP type wipe out at national level, that’s OVERSEAS MARKETING OEMCL Ltd (Mauritius), OEHCL ltd (DUBAI) the worst thing for democracy. A strong opposition is always a must in any democracy. There is a common saying that absolute power, inevitably corrupts, Indian democracy AdvertiSEMENT / CIRCULation: needs a national leader to stand opposite them for the good of the country. Delhi / NCR - Vikas Goyal: D 239 Defence Colony New Delhi 110024 INDIA Politics is a game of lies; one has to pull it off loudly and confidently to make it a seri- Tel – 011 49060350 ous matter. V.P.Singh did that so effectively against Rajiv Gandhi. AK is the only leader Mumbai - Vijay Kalantri – Advisor: New who can generate a nation-wide appeal in propagating lies that can create national level ExcelsIor BUILDING, 6tH Floor, A.K. NAYAK drama. Nitish Kumar despite being a great post-election alliance PM candidate isn’t the MARG, Fort, MUMBAI - 400001 (INDIA). person who can aggressively take on Modi-Yogi combine nationwide. Mamta Banerjee is Phone: 91 - 22 - 22019265 / 22019160 FAX : 91-22- 22019764 / 22019760 a possible alliance PM candidate, despite her ambition and fiery personality she just can’t The magazine is published and printed by Rajiv speak Hindi an important factor for national campaigning. That leaves us with depleted Agnihotri for Opinion Express Communications Congress. At national level, they are all but wiped out. Rahul just won’t be able to match & Entertainments Pvt Ltd, from 2 Ashok Nagar, up with Modi. However all their leaders agree with a narrative of complete decimation of Lucknow & printed at Kumpu Graphic Press 2 Congress party the moment a Gandhi name is not at the top in Congress, that’s the DNA of Ashok Nagar, Lucknow their party? Rajiv, Sonia and even Rahul had been reluctant politicians. Surely, Congress Nikhil Offset party have groomed several outstanding leaders in the past but all of them carry the physi- An ISO 9001 : 2008 Certified Company 223, DSIDC Complex, Okhla Industrial Area ological terror of high command culture, hence all big names lack self confidence in their Phase - I, New Delhi - 110020 own ability to lead the party. Then there is a second option post Vajpayee era, BJP had kept Tele : 91-26812316, 26810097, 26810458, Varun Gandhi reserved as their Gandhi card in case a Gandhi ever gave them a real opposi- FAX:91 45792362 tion. Now they find him useless as they have realized to counter a Gandhi you don’t need E-Mail : [email protected], [email protected] another Gandhi anymore. They have Modis and Yogis. In the current battles of personali- Editorial Office: OPINION EXPRESS House 24-A ties all over the world, Varun being a bit right wing has always an edge - given its potential Clyde Road, Lucknow-226001 (India) Phone: 91-522-4060880 Fax: 91-522-2208242 # to generate a lot of votes from the segment that doesn’t understand logic. Surely, Congress 24x7 mobility +91 9984437000 compulsion “Gandhi” must have to catch the imagination of young India, to ignite social email: [email protected] media platform apart from the conventional media to attract new cadre that is missing All content published may be subject to copyright, in the present Congress leadership. It is just thinking out of box solution for terminally ill seek written permission to re-produce. Opinion Express is trade mark brand of Opinion Express Congress that needs surgery to walk again. Today it is game, set and match for Narendra Communications & Entertainment Private Limited. Modi in the political battlefield of India. —Prashant Tewari Editor-in-Chief OPINION EXPRESS 3 A Monthly News Magazine April 2017 COVER STORY ON A HIGH The ties between India and Israel are booming after the ascendance of Narendra Modi, who has always been considered the West Asian country’s best friend in the region P 6-10 The rise of the yogi: Review of Triple identity 11 Yogi & The Hindu Yuva Vahini gave me unique advantage, Brazil, Indian– emerging says Lord Gadhia 28 trade partners P 34 10 Income Tax Rules That On fast track to 37 Will Change From April 2017 stardom P 50 Hindu-Americans divided on 40 Trump’s immigration policy Ignis: A Game Changer for 46 Maruti 4 OPINION EXPRESS FLASHPOINTS GALORE The India-Australia series was a high-voltage clash, but a complete entertainer for cricket fans ndia clinched a hard-fought series The rancour worsened in the third Smith later expressed disappoint- against Australia 2-1 after winning Test when Australia’s Glenn Maxwell ment that the board had “sieved through Ithe fourth and final Test in Dharam- was caught mocking a shoulder injury the archive to find a conversation out on sala. Here are the main flashpoints of a sustained by Kohli while diving to save the field” between the two opponents. tour which will be remembered as much a boundary. Also in the final Test, Smith was for its controversies as its cricket: Maxwell, after making a similar caught out by an eagle-eyed camera- Emotions were running high after plunge in the outfield, was seen clutch- man as he called Murali Vijay a cheat Australia won the opening Test in Pune, ing his shoulder and grinning to his for claiming a catch that had clearly hit but visiting skipper Steve Smith set off team-mates in a parody that infuriated the grass. Smith, watching the incident a storm of controversy in the second Indian fans and commentators. from the dressing room, was seen say- game. Kohli had the last laugh, grabbing ing “F****** cheat!”, but he later apol- Smith looked to his dressing room his shoulder in a theatrical fashion after ogised for letting his emotions get the while deciding whether to review his Australian opener David Warner was better of him. lbw dismissal in Bangalore, in a mo- dismissed for 14 the next day. All could have been forgiven and ment he described as a “brain fade”. The fourth and final Test in Dharam- forgotten on the final day, but Kohli re- But Indian captain Virat Kohli ac- sala saw a fresh controversy as Ravindra mained unhappy despite India’s series cused the visitors of routinely abusing Jadeja and Matthew Wade engaged in a win. The home captain said he wouldn’t the decision review system, stopping slanging match that could have been left think of the Australian players as just short of calling Smith a cheat. on the field -- had India’s cricket board friends “ever again”, a comment which An ensuing war of words, as both not intervened. drew a strong reaction from Aussie me- captains stood their ground, required The verbal clash was picked up by dia.
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