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Not a single flower plucked, not a single windowpane broken, not a single car over turned, not a single bus burnt nor any damage of any type to the life or public property, that was the greatness of the tractor march by lakhs of farmers in Delhi on the occasion of the Republic day in which we had the pride honour to serve as a medical team while marching alongside with them.

The day our Constitution was brought into force is back again at our door steps celebrating its 72nd anniversary. The preamble of the Constitution was accepted as the ‘solemn resolution of our people’ that declared our country as a ‘sovereign, democratic, republic’. Then there were the well defined objects set in the Constitution declaring the prime features of our democracy as secular and socialist. It also said with finality that the ultimate authority of power would be lying with the people of India.

EVEN before taking office, Jo Biden, the new American president, has announced a rescue package of $1.9 trillion, of which as much as $1 trillion will be in the form simply of transfers to the working people. Since the estimated US GDP was $20.8 trillion in 2020, the size of Biden’s rescue package comes to almost 10 per cent of current US GDP. This is on top of the rescue package, again amounting to 10 per cent of GDP, that Trump had announced some time ago in the context of the pandemic.

Kalyani: Churchill Brothers will aim to extend their four-point lead at the top of the Hero I-league table when the Red Machines clash against second-placed TRAU at the Kalyani Municipal Stadium in Kalyani, tomorrow in a top-of-the-table clash.

Abu Dhabi: Defending champions Maratha Arabians, riding on wicketkeeper-batsman Abdul Shakoor’s whirlwind 28 balls 73( 5x6, 7x4) pulled off an exciting five-wicket win off a last-ball thriller in the opening match of the fourth edition of the Abu Dhabi T10 at the Abu Dhabi Zayed Cricket Stadium.

Fatorda, Goa: As the race for the Hero Indian Super League playoff heats up, third-placed Goa have gathered momentum on their side. They have been unbeaten in their last six games, winning thrice.

Vasco, Goa: Two late goals in a span of five minutes broke Bengaluru resistance as Hyderabad came from behind in dramatic fashion to draw 2-2 in the Hero Indian Super League at the Tilak Maidan, Vasco, on Thursday.

Was what happened in Red Fort, Delhi on January 26 comparable to what happened on January 6 in Capitol Hill, Washington DC? In Delhi and in India, it’s being talked of as if the farmers’ protests warped into insurrection and that the fullest punishment should be meted out to the “guilty” with the full force of the law. Strangely, the person shouting from the top of his lungs for the immediate arrests of “farmers’ leaders” is none other than the guy who was recently bailed out by the Supreme Court with Justice DY Chandrachud declaring that ‘We must send a message today to the high courts as well: Please exercise your jurisdiction to uphold personal liberty.”

It was really a historic moment for BJP on March 3, 2018, when the party — which was hardly even visible in the state just some years ago — was able to dethrone the 25-year-old CPI(M) led Left Front government in Tripura. The saffron party — aided by prime minister Narendra Modi’s personal popularity — highly benefited from the strong anti-incumbency generated by the 25 years of CPI(M) rule. There were high expectations from the people of every corner of the state.

The self proclaimed disciple of famous socialist leader Ram Manohar Lohia, the Bihar chief minister, Nitish Kumar has preferred to follow in the footsteps of his rightist autocratic friends.