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India's time has come..

When Modi came to Delhi in 2014 he thought he'll create a Gujarat model. Kept talking about it. He realised the judiciary was still with Congress. Media was with Congress. Bureaucracy was with Congress. He just had Lok Sabha with him, not even the entire Rajya Sabha. BJP tried to nail Vadra, Raja & Kanimozhi for 2G and P. Chidambaram. They also tried to touch the others. But they couldn't. Modi wasn't expected to last beyond one term. But they didn't bargain for the crafty Modi mind. He pulled out a couple of magic crowd pulling events and he became a huge crowd gatherer with the Non Resident Indians. He promised change. He promised to break the Congress loot maar ideology which kept India a poor country but made the Congress leaders rich. Demonetization followed. Though opposition and Lutyens journos criticized it, fact is that a record number of people came out and declared their Black money. Reservations for Economically weak sections of upper castes w...

#HelpTheNeedy by Alert Citizens Forum

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#HelpTheNeedy While announcing the Lockdown, Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed to all Citizens to help the needy in this hour of need. The pandemic hit all of us very badly. It was time to support each other. Problem was with the lockdown. Movement was restricted. Alert Citizens Forum hit upon the idea of networking with like-minded philanthropist individuals and NGOs. Appeals were sent out for donations. People were asked to donate food packets, food grains, medicines, water and so on. No money in cash was taken from anyone. The same was then routed through the "on field" people from Mandala &  NGOs and distributed to needy people, frontline warriors - the police and the migrants who were leaving for their homes. 2 medical camps were organised in Mumbai for testing people. No Publicity - only service - was the motto. And hence no photographs were circulated, no media was invited. In our own humble way, time and effort, we distributed food and snacks...