Political leaders in Manipur are readying themselves for two-phase voting on 27th Feb and 3rd March in the coming Assembly Election. Apart from political instability, the election is being held at a time when the security forces had several skirmishes with insurgent outfits creating an atmosphere of insecurity and instability thus breaking the tenuous peace of the state. In the recent ambush and bomb blast, one Assam Rifles officer and a soldier were killed respectively. Against this backdrop, the Chief Election Commissioner has assured the people of a safe election. PREVAILING POLITICAL SITUATION In the last election, Congress won 28 seats out of 60 assembly seats and thus became the largest elected party. However, when they failed to form the govt, BJP succeeded in forming the gov...
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The crossing over of "illegal Bangladeshis" has been a central part of the discussion since BJP came to power in 2014. The party even introduced the Citizenship (Amendment) Act for the same. Evidently, during several meetings in Assam and West Bengal, Amit Shah was quoted saying, "Bangladeshi immigrants are termites and will be removed from voters." The current Union home minister was also heard earlier vowing to stop the "illegal immigrants" if voted to power. What BSF And BGB Officials Say According to some experts, this issue has become more of a political game than a motive to find a resolution. They argued why this issue is not being tabled when the representatives of the government meet if it is considered serious. Bangladeshi official justifies that illegal immigration to...
Read MorePakistan Taliban Keeps The Pakistani Govt On Tenterhooks- Deets Inside
TTP ( Tehreek - e - Taliban Pakistan) or in short Pak Taliban is the largest anti-state militant group in Pakistan. It has its strongholds both in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The stated objective of the group is to overthrow the elected govt of Pakistan and turn primarily it into an Islamic state. Therefore it wages armed deadly militant insurance in Pakistan. Over the period it has carried out several military attacks against Pak armed forces and killed more than 83000 people including school children in Islamabad sending shock waves throughout the world. However, the Pakistan govt took strong action against this militant group, killed many militants including those who originally belonged to the group, and was able to destroy its infrastructures across the country. Some militants, how...
Read MoreNepal has vociferously protested against India's construction activities along its border and reiterated that Limpiyadhura, Lipulek and Kalapani are the "integral part" of the country. “The government of Nepal has been urging the government of India to stop all unilateral steps such as construction and expansion of any roads that go via Nepali territory,” said the Communications and Information Technology Minister of Nepal Gyanendra Bahadur Karki.The response came following the remarks made by the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu saying that India's position on its boundary with Nepal is “well known, consistent and unambiguous. It has been communicated to the Government of Nepal”. The statement further said, “Mutually agreed boundary issues that are outstanding can always be addressed in th...
Read MoreGoa Assembly Election: Amid Inter-Party Unrest, TMC Makes Strides In National Politics
Goa Assembly Election is due next month, and there have been several interesting turns of events with the TMC taking root in the state. The party is now making a grand alliance with some opposition parties with the sole purpose of preventing BJP from coming to power. The parties in the process of forging an alliance other than TMC are the Congress, NCP, Goa Forward Party (GFP) and Maharastrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP). However, AAP is keeping itself away from such an alliance. Hurdles To Form The Alliance However, there is an apprehension against the alliances. It is being said that alliance will be difficult as the Goa Congress unit and national leaders are peeved with TMC. They have reservations because they oppose TMC's sustained effort to weaken the Congress in Goa. Apart fro...
Read MoreCan Andhra Pradesh’s CM Make The State Free Of Liqour Before 2024 Election??
To win over rural women votes the Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy had promised to make the state liquor free by 2024, when the state will go for Legislative Assembly election. This was also a good tactic to tarnish the image of his rival TDP Chief N. Chandrababu Naidu who had revoked the liquor ban in 1997 who had imposed the ban by his predecessor N.T.Rama Rao. The CM had, however, planned to do it in a phased manner and had also initiated some steps towards it. JAGAN'S STRATEGY The women of the diehard tippers were the worst sufferers. It is recorded that the govt earns a significant amount of revenue from liquor, this proves that a very large number of people are habituated to drink regularly. Therefore, the ban will help him win women's support. Apart from this he had...
Read MoreCooperatives in Maharashtra have emerged as the cause of corruption and electoral irregularities. These cooperatives in the states' rural economy are controlled by political parties, thereby regulating the voting pattern of the villagers. But very recently Amit Shah, Union Home, and Cooperation Minister declared that the Centre is going to introduce a new cooperative policy soon. This has unnerved the political leaders who are in control of these cooperatives. The NCP, Congress stalwarts controlling such cooperatives are brazenly shaping the states' cooperative movement and also ensuring their win in the election by means of arm twisting the poor villagers. HOW DO THE BARONS CONTROL THE CO-OPERATIVES? There are various types of cooperatives in the state, Let's take the example of S...
Read MoreChina is adept at playing mind wars with its adversaries and it can be considered a crucial tool of treachery in the armoury of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The country has renamed various locations in Arunachal Pradesh followed immediately after Mohan Bhagwat, the RSS chief, met with the Dalai Lama and other leaders of the Tibetan Government on December 21 last year. Whenever any Indian dignitary visits Arunachal Pradesh, China raises strong objections or issues outrageous statements against such a visit. It is a Chinese ploy to keep the Indian government on the tenterhooks by sending a message of their new strategy concerning the boundary dispute in Arunachal Pradesh. However, the strategy being employed by China is nothing new. They sent 27 fighter planes and bombers int...
Read MoreTamil Nadu is on its way to touching the target of becoming a $1 trillion economy by 2030, the finance minister of the state, Palanivel Thiagarajan, said on January 13. He also said the state will also log in $100 billion exports by the same year. “Not only can we achieve the $1 trillion target very reasonably, we also have unlimited potential if we get some basic things right. We require nominal growth of 13 per cent for the next ten years to achieve this. If you take out the inflation of 5-6 per cent, 7-8 per cent real growth is easily achievable,” Thiagarajan said during a summit. The state has announced two policies -- Tamil Nadu Export Promotion Strategy and Tamil Nadu Fin-Tech Policy. It is being hoped that these new-fangled policies would play a vital role in achieving the vi...
Read MoreGalwan Valley has been a friction point between Chinese and Indian soldiers for a long time now. China, in association with the People's Liberation Army (PLA), has always been desperate for letting its people and the world know that they are in full occupation of the region. As a result, a video was released depicting Chinese troops sending new year greetings to its people from the Galwan Valley, only to be debunked as purported video propaganda. The video was posted at a time when China implemented its new Land Border Law on January 1. Just after 3 days, India busted this propaganda by releasing a photo of 30 soldiers holding a tricolour at the same spot. Even another Indian flag was seen fluttering high on a pole near an observation post. It is stated that the photos were taken on J...
Read MoreCall centres in India have established itself as a new and one of the fastest growing industries providing employments to a vast number of English speaking and technically sound college graduates. This occupation has helped them achieve their financial independence much earlier. What has helped these centers to mushroom is that these students are prepared to accept the time schedule being offered by the English Speaking Countries, working whole night and resting in the day. WHY IS INDIA CHOSEN AS A HOTSPOT? Basically two chief factors spurred Fortune 500 companies to out source their call centers process overseas. First- to reduce cost of operation and second- to enhance the efficiency of business. Beginning in 1990, India has emerged a call center Hot Spot. Companie...
Read MoreDalits constitute 17% of the states' population. Keeping an eye on 2023 election KCR the present Chief Minister of Telangana is getting ready to plunge into it. It is known that Dalits favour Congress, and the Chief Minister fears that with the appointment of Revanth Reddy as the PCC chief, he will loose the Dalit votes. But the Dalit vote bank is extremely important for him and he can't neglect it. Therefore, with various schemes and sops he is trying to woo them. For the empowerment of Dalits, he has launched a scheme called Dalit Bandhu. Under this scheme Rupees 10 lakhs would be credited to the bank account of every family directly. But Congress was quick to slam the Chief Minister. The party ridiculed him saying that KCR suddenly wanted to act as a messiah of Dalits when they char...
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