The issue of the Muslim quota has the potential to polarise SCs, STs, and OBCs along religious lines in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. It benefits the BJP.
Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
This should not detract from the dark underbelly of the sanitised Swachh Bharat campaign, with its photo ops. Till mechanical options become available for wider use, sanitation workers should be given safety equipment and better working gear. Also a worthwhile life insurance policy, with the employer paying the premium.
This should not detract from the dark underbelly of the sanitised Swachh Bharat campaign, with its photo ops. Till mechanical options become available for wider use, sanitation workers should be given safety equipment and better working gear. Also a worthwhile life insurance policy, with the employer paying the premium.