As a poor learner in politics. I took the help of Google. The tool told me that to guarantee a 100% kill rate against the insect we may use the combination of gels, IGRs, and boric acid. This is the ‘industry standard’ for complete elimination. I searched further. Another advice was – use commercial gel baits (e.g., Advion or Maxforce) and insect growth regulators (IGRs).
Baits use slow-acting poisons that roaches share in the nest !! I thought this was enough. Further information cropped up.
Modern cockroaches are an ancient group that first appeared during the Late Jurassic. Their ancestors, known as “roachoids”, likely originated during the Carboniferous period around 320 million years ago. Cockroaches are somewhat generalized insects.
Now Politics:
The people, some hundreds of protesters and political parties are trying to manufacture unrest or anarchy in the country. This anarchy -as a plot has not happened for the first time. The BJP was nowhere in scene when anti-Mandal Commission protest had happened. Students even indulged in self-immolation but V P Singh or his Home Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed did not resign.
In PM Modi’s case; he always handles things taking every matter in perspective. When he says ‘India first’; he actually people’s first. Hence, people’s wishes are respected. In 2021, he withdrew agricultural reform Bills because the farmers and others in UP and Punjab had taken to the streets.
In 2021-22 protest; farmers and middlemen especially from the western belt of UP had joined the Sikhs in Punjab in protesting the farm laws. The Sikh protest even left impact overseas. PM Modi could read it well that things may derail.
He was cautious that the old Hindu-Sikh division should not revive again. This time too in Delhi protest; there were foreign hands and sources of money providing free food for days to the protesters must be investigated. Even foreigners were found on the spot. Pakistan’s involvement is not ruled out.
Our Prime Minister is always an inclusive administrator. Many Christians across India appreciate the fact that the prime minister had met Pope Francis and invited him to visit India. The outreach to Sikhs in 2021 was a vial step and it kept things stable even as the repeal of the farm laws hampered India’s reform journey. In 2026, our good friend and Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan ji has resigned largely because the protest in Delhi was going chaotic.
Dharmendra Pradhan has been a good organiser in the party and the country has seen his sincere dedication to strengthening India’s education ecosystem. But often we have to take a bitter pill.
In democracy, good governance often gets marginalized by anarchy and street politics. And that’s exactly what has happened.
The BJP is ‘Bharatiya Janata Party’ … that is — Indian people’s political party.
We know how to bow down before people’s wishes, which this time Dharmendra Pradhan and the party leadership have done courageously.
We are not against the protesting students. But there was chance they could fall into wrong hands. This had to be prevented. Our leaders and party colleagues stand by the fundamental principle of ‘Nation first, party next, self … last.’ Dharmendra Pradhan resignation comes in that spirit. Indian opposition parties must also remember that during the UPA government, question papers for various exams were leaked 72 times.
Where was accountability for those? The opposition parties should have been more responsible.
For the BJP, I suppose the focus will now shift to Parliament. Here again, the opposition parties are expected to be responsible. If Parliament functions; we should all get together – the NDA and the opposition – and get two much talked about Delimitation and Women reservation bills passed. Good governance should be revived hopefully.
M Chuba Ao
BJP national
vice president
(Views are personal)
Tuesday, July 28, 2026