Best of BS Opinion: A lenders warning, NSS at 75, preparing for 2047, more

Here is the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for today

The reasons for Congress defeat in Haryana. Possibilities for a state-run telecom operator. And what the National Sample Survey Organisation needs.

Shekhar Gupta writes: The big headline from the twin verdicts on Tuesday is that it is a huge positive for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). There’s redemption in victory, and vindication in defeat. The Congress showed phenomenal misjudgement.

A K Bhattacharya presents a case for changing Mahanagar Telephone Nigam’s ownership. Based on the notice to the telecom operator from State Bank of India.

S Chandrasekhar & Amitava Saha talk on National Sample Survey Organisation on the eve of the organisation’s 75th year: A lot of thought needs to go into communicating with different audiences in a non-technical manner … The strong connection with academia, which was there in the first 20 years, needs to be revitalised.

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I give full credit to Modi ji (Prime Minister Narendra Modi). With his blessings, under his guidance, people of Haryana have put a stamp on the government’s policies.

 

Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on victory in the elections