Comments by "Arun Sar" (@arunsar7893) on "UK has been a solid friend amid Covid crisis, says S. Jaishankar" video.
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@swapniln8904 " Interesting, but then why he cries 70 years , when the condition of india was bad after 1947? " - I don't know who you are talking about. But if you mean Modi, then I must say, I am not a BJP spokeperson and I can't answer why he says the things that he does. My guess would be to discredit anything and everything Congress has ever done. So, I am smart enough to know that the narrative that Congress hasn't done anything in 70 years is crap. But I don't think most Indians are. So some believe it and it makes for good politics. Similar games are played by the Congress against BJP btw.
"He would had made arrangements for travelling laborers." - Yes. Very Likely.
"built oxygen plant instead of 1300 crore home." - Hope you do know that Oxygen shortage is a logistics issue, not a financial one. Redirecting 1300 Crs into making "oxygen plant" (as if it can be done in a day or even a month), would have made zero difference to the accessible Oxygen supply that India has today. So, this is just an opposition narrative that doesn't hold much water as an argument, but sure does make for good politics.
Since you have diverted away from just talking about Covid into talking about economy, let me address that a bit.
"He would not had carried out demonetization, the most foolish move. " - I agree. Purely from the perspective of economics , It was a dumb move.
" GST would had good structure" - Congress had 10 year to implement it. They kept discussing it for "good structure". My guess would be, based on historical data, Congress would have discussed it some more for another 10 years but would never have been able to implement it, whether with good or bad structure. Getting all states to agree to let go of their tax collecting ability with many of those states having opposition in power is like solving a 30-dimensional Optimization problem. I don't respect people who don't appreciate that fact and rather read a few articles and jump to the conclusion that GST could have had a "better structure".
"Some good public sector companies he would had established." - That's a clear impossibility. The only companies which are good are the ones which are efficient. And no Public Sector company is efficient. Public sector companies should all be sold off irrespective of whether they are profit making or not, unless they are strategically important. Something that this govt. has dared to say. Every previous govt. did it, cause it's the right thing to do, but didn't talk about it, they said "disinvestment".
"He would had not done hindu muslim hatred." - This is very likely true. They would have promoted caste divisions. Since that helps their politics.
"He would not had sold airports, railways, etc to private players." - Who sold the Delhi Airport?? .. remind me again? .. More importantly it's so moronic that educated Indians talk of Airports and Railways being "sold" to private players, when what's happening is actually a revenue sharing agreement exactly like Spectrum auctions. Govt.s's recurring non-tax income increases with this. And every Airport which has been sold is run better than govt. run airports. That is a fact based by data.
Manmohan Singh govt. couldn't have brought in the extremely important Farm reforms and Labour reforms. They couldn't have privatised Public Sector Banks. Another extremely necessary step. They could have brought in the Mining reforms maybe. But nothing else.
So, NO. I don't think Manmohan Singh would have done better for economy, even though he is an economist himself. He didn't have the political backing needed to implement difficult reforms.
Now, please don't tell me economy grew faster when MMS was PM. Anyone who knows basic economics would know there is always a lag between the reform and economics. And Indian economy has been slowing down because the credit growth had collapsed, thanks to NPAs in the banks. IBC solved that issue. Guess which govt. brought that in.
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Maximum Max "well written sir." - Thanks
" india today is full of highly oversmart unwise people who simply know to question and dont have the brains to analyze the root cause of anything holistically" - And most of them are in a slumber until someone starts protesting. Then they wake up, take a min to decide which of the two parties "seems" like the victim, read a few news articles and jump to conclusions. Next thing you know is #ISupportFarmer trending everywhere.
"both UPA and NDA are effectively the same" - Exactly. Just like The Republic and The Wire are the same. It's just that, one is more polished than the other. And I actively avoid The Quint and Scroll. Those are very depressing. If someone keeps reading them, as many people do, you think that the country has gone to the Dogs, especially the Economy. Little so people know that Indian Economy is all set to scale new highs.
"the only parties that dont do this is the BJD, JDU, AIADMK and maybe AAP." - BJD doesn't do it cause, one, it's based around a linguistic identity and Muslims are only 2% of the state. Polarisation doesn't work. AAP doesn't do it cause in a small place like Delhi, where public is relatively better educated and financially sound, it's easy to sell the idea of good governance. As AAP expands, it's politics will change. And given that in future India is going to have a larger Urban population vs rural, AAP maybe become the party which is BJP lite and fights in Urban India. I don't know about the others.
AAP's stance on Farmer's protest was hilarious. Kejriwal implements Odd-Even and encourages people to not burst crackers on Diwali to control Delhi pollution but when Reforms are brought in that would stop stubble burning, the reason behind Delhi's pollution, he opposes it with the aim to win seats in upcoming Punjab election. He is Greta Thunberg Dwitiya. In every possible sense. :-D
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@Cotswolds1913 " India was very divided before Britain took over." - India had been divided and unified many times before the British came to India. Mughals aren't the only example. There were empires before them that had unified India 1000 years before Mughals came. And India didn't transition from Mughals to the British. There was a 70 year rule of Maratha Empire in between. People seem to forget that.
"Would India have unified in an alternate timeline with no British control?? Idk, that's really hard to answer, I'd like to think it would have" - I don't think that hypothetical question can be answered without being biased. But given the advancement in communications, it's likely that someone would have unified India. Would India have looked exactly the same as today? - Probably not.
"but we I think can at least take some of the good that came out of our timeline, rather than just lament the bad." - No one is lamenting the bad. But what you are trying to do is push a cuddly narrative. It's telling an African-American, "well it's true that the British brought you to America and traded you as slaves but atleast you got democracy and a chance at achieving the American Dream. So, don't just lament the bad, appreciate that atleast some good came out of the time you were being tortured." or telling the Jews, "it's true you had to suffer the holocaust, but atleast you got a country of your own. So, don't lament the bad. Look at the bright side. Atleast appreciate that you got something good out of it." Highly insensitive and patronising.
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