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Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Topic2019 elections

Topic: 2019 elections

Mumbai breaks jinx of low voter turnout as four of six seats cross 50% mark

Mumbai North clocked 54.72 per cent turnout, the highest among the six seats, followed by Mumbai North East at 52.3 per cent and Mumbai South Central at 51.53 per cent.

EC sent report on PM Modi’s Barmer speech that allegedly violates model code of conduct

The Congress party claimed that PM Narendra Modi's speech had violated the poll code by repeatedly invoking the armed forces.

Shatrughan Sinha has a problem – he still thinks he has to attack Congress

Congress workers are finding it hard to warm up to Shatrughan Sinha, who switched over from BJP this month. His unwitting jibes at Congress don't help.

Between 2014 & 2019 polls, all parliamentarians got richer but BJP MPs especially so

If JMM’s Champai Soren managed to double his wealth between 2014 and 2019, BJP’s Arjun Munda quadrupled his riches during the same period.

Rahul Gandhi’s Amethi, Sonia’s Rae Bareli & Maneka-Varun’s Pilibhit rank low on nutrition

On child nutrition, legislators trusted over repeated terms or across generations have failed the Indian voter.

The traditional BJP voter is upper caste, upper class & a staunch believer in Hindu pride

The traditional BJP voter traces his/her roots to the 1989 general election.

BJP is staring at a crisis in ‘Jatland’ and Sunny Deol is just another quick-fix solution

Sunny Deol’s candidature is another BJP attempt to produce Jat leaders, without whom it is politically hamstrung in Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and western UP.

This election is not a level-playing field

A free and fair election gives all parties equal opportunities. This Lok Sabha election is not one such.

The Haryana leader who’s uniting anti-Jat forces and could hurt BJP & Congress

Former BJP MP Rajkumar Saini is the man behind the Lok Suraksha Party, an astute political formula consolidating the anti-Jat vote in Haryana.

Narendra Modi is contesting 2019 elections not as India’s PM but as Gujarat’s CM of 2002

Narendra Modi has his priority right in 2019. He is no longer talking about bullet trains or smart cities.

On Camera

Tirupati controversy shows temples can’t run as public sector units. They must be privatised

A private temple could make crores by selling better laddus and investing in goshalas and captive production units to control quality.

After a brief surge, private investment & hiring has again turned cautious. Focus is on cutting debt

Financial year 2022-23 saw private investments & hiring surge, but since then firms are using cash to reduce debt. General elections didn’t help matters, either.

Indian envoy in Oman dons Army combat print for photo ops, sparks controversy

Ambassador Amit Narang wore combat uniform at closing ceremony of India-Oman joint military exercise. Only serving personnel can wear service uniforms, say veterans.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?