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> From: George Pinto <[email protected]> > Date: August 9, 2022 at 9:33:53 PM EDT > To: Roland Francis <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Not Totally Corrupt > Reply-To: George Pinto <[email protected]> > > Roland: please post my comments to your email. > > 1. There are no women in the current Cabinet, although that might change in > the future. > 2. The Shiv Sena government under Uddhav Thackeray collapsed since the party > did not support the core Hindu Nationalist agenda and partnered with centrist > parties. It is interesting since the late Bal Thackeray vigorously promoted > Hindutva. > 3. Christians have no hope in India. The Muslim community, although a > minority has some strength in larger numbers. > > George > > > On Tuesday, August 9, 2022 at 05:13:45 PM PDT, Roland Francis > <[email protected]> wrote: > > If you have been following the political events in Maharashtra State over the > past few weeks, it’s inevitable that you would have had more than a few > laughs. The state legislators not just crossed the floor (as in Goa and > elsewhere), they hijacked an entire political party. > > There’s one more laugh you can have with the latest news that happened today > related to that same set of events. > > The Shinde faction of the Shiv Sena party or should I say the new Shiv Sena > party that tore itself away from the Uddhav Thackeray faction, formed its > first cabinet, with 18 ministers. > > While several quarters grumbled about corrupt politicians inducted into that > cabinet, the NCP (one of the parties who formed the previous government which > Shinde brought down with the help of the BJP, put an actual number to it. > > They said 17 of the 18 cabinet ministers are corrupt. Not unbelievable, given > their declared assets published in the media. The notorious builder Lodha, > one of India’s richest developers is in the cabinet too. It’s like putting > Nirav Modi, a crook, in charge of a government bank. > > If that doesn’t get you laughing and crying, nothing else will. > > Roland. > Toronto. >
