Bijay's Blog

Let Me Think, I am bit puzzled...  There is nothing sexier than SENSEX, when over pouring FDI, overwhelms the indices. Political correctness, coerces the leaders to selectively welcome the overseas money while rejecting the same for multi-brand retails, as that would persuade erosion of crucial retailer vote bank. In fact, we already have multinationals making huge inroads into multi-brand retail segment. The Reliance Industries, and the Future Group's operation is not restricted to Indian subcontinent only, and they are big enough to wipe out the entire retailer community here. So whats the fuss all about, its more political than real. The local retailers concern reminds me of early 2K when Bajaj group Chairman, Rahul Bajaj connived with, the then Bajpai Government to stall the possible entry of Chinese automobiles into Indian market. At the hindsight, that was one of the perfect decision ever made by any government. The Chinese products are not only poor in quality but also ...

Charismatic Leader In late nineties, they already decided to move on sans those core but contentious issues. National Democratic Alliance (NDA) drafted its common minimum program that put those matters in back burner in the interest of good governance. The decimated Congress without firm leadership never enthused electorates enough to rally behind it, so nobody made any fuss about the said shift in BJP's election strategy. Also BJP's political formation at national level seem to be the only available and a formidable option. As usual Congress was more concerned about its conventional pockets to put forward a good fight. The rhetoric of secularism and allegations of communal agenda against the nationalist party never gained any ground. The reason was quite obvious, leading the pack was an unblemished character, AB Bajpai. He was able to march the whole bunch of ideological fence sitters behind him. The noteworthy exceptions here were already marginalized, let that be the e...