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Electoral Bond Controversy: What It Means For 2024 Lok Sabha Elections, And Supreme Court’s Role In It

Snehashish RoyMarch 12, 20240

The 2024 Lok Sabha elections in India are poised to witness significant repercussions following the State Bank of India’s (SBI) recent involvement in the electoral bond controversy. The electoral bonds scheme, which allowed political parties to receive anonymous donations, was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court on February 15, 2024. The court ordered the SBI to provide details of all electoral bond contributions received by political parties from the scheme’s inception in 2019 up to the present date by March 6, 2024. This verdict has far-reaching implications for political funding transparency and accountability. The SBI has sought an extension until June 30, 2024, to disclose donor details associated with electoral bonds. The bank cites logistical challenges and prac...

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Bharat Bandh Today: What Are Farmers Demanding, That Didn’t Resolve In 2020 Protest?

Snehashish RoyFebruary 16, 20240

Farmers across India are once again protesting for guaranteed crop prices, demanding a host of unmet demands. The Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), which is part of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), has called for a Gramin Bharat Bandh on Friday, February 16. Farmers have been asked to suspend work for a day to press the government for demands, and traders and transporters have also been encouraged to join the strike. The farmers' protests began in 2020 when they rode on tractors and trucks from Haryana and Punjab to demand the repeal of three contentious agricultural laws that they believed would hurt their incomes. The protests drew international support and triggered nationwide demonstrations. In 2021, the Modi government repealed these laws, which was widely seen as a victory for the farme...

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Is Electoral Bond Scheme Unconstitutional? What Supreme Court Has To Say

Snehashish RoyFebruary 15, 20240

On February 15, a five-judge bench of the Supreme Court declared the electoral bonds scheme unconstitutional. The scheme allowed individuals and corporations to donate money to political parties anonymously by purchasing electoral bonds from the State Bank of India (SBI). The SBI had sole access to the details of those who purchased electoral bonds, and any unencashed bonds were to be deposited in the Prime Minister Relief Fund. The scheme was introduced in 2017 by then Finance Minister Arun Jaitley as a solution to the issue of opacity in political parties’ funding. However, it was challenged in court by the Communist Party of India (Marxist), and NGOs Common Cause and ADR. The court raised several issues in its verdict. Firstly, it held that the electoral bond scheme violated t...

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Pakistan Election: What Is Military’s Role In Country’s Politics? A Look At Its History

Snehashish RoyFebruary 10, 20240

Pakistan held national elections on February 8, with many predicting that Nawaz Sharif will be re-elected as Prime Minister. However, his predicted victory is not necessarily due to overwhelming popular support for his party, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). In fact, the most popular party in Pakistan at the moment is the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), led by Imran Khan, who is currently in jail and not able to run in the election. Like Imran, Nawaz has faced allegations of corruption in the past and resigned from the Prime Minister's post in 2017 before leaving the country. Despite this, Nawaz is predicted to win thanks to the influence of the Pakistani military, which has been a major player in the country's politics since its formation in 1947. The military has...

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Interim Budget 2024: 6 Key Takeaways From Nirmala Sitharaman’s Speech; What Should You Know

Snehashish RoyFebruary 1, 20240

India's interim Budget speech for 2024 was completed by FM Nirmala Sithatraman within an hour. Here are the six key takeaways from the Budget 2024-25 documents based on the revised estimates for the current year and the Budget Estimates for the coming financial year. 1. The government expects the nominal GDP to grow for the coming financial year (2024-25), projecting India's nominal GDP to be Rs 3,27,71,808 crore, assuming 10.5% growth over the estimated nominal GDP of Rs 2,96,57,745 crore in the current financial year (2023-24). 2. The fiscal deficit has been reduced to a 5.8% level and the FM announced similarly ambitious targets for the FY25 — at 5.1% of GDP— and FY26 — at 4.5% of GDP. While this is welcome news, it leads to questions about how fiscal consolidation is being ac...

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Nitish Kumar’s Split From INDIA Bloc Dampens Opposition’s Caste Pitch, Revamps ‘Hindutva’ Tone

Snehashish RoyJanuary 29, 20240

Nitish Kumar's return to the NDA just before the Lok Sabha elections has significant implications for the BJP. As the mastermind behind Bihar's caste survey, he provided the blueprint for the Opposition's caste census call and social justice pitch against the BJP in 2024. Nitish also chaired the first meeting of the Opposition (INDIA) bloc in Patna in June 2023. This move not only gives the NDA a possible bump in Bihar's tally but also challenges the Opposition's strategy of countering Hindutva with social justice. This strategy has been the political commonsense of the Opposition since the early 1990s when an alliance of Mulayam Singh Yadav and Mayawati prevented the BJP from coming to power in 1993 in UP. Nitish's crossing comes soon after Karpoori Thakur was awarded the Bharat Ratna,...

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Bengal Split: Mamata Banerjee-Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Rift Has Bitter Past As Ex-Congress Colleagues

Snehashish RoyJanuary 25, 20240

The Opposition INDIA alliance is falling apart in West Bengal, where the Left parties have been opposing the TMC for a long time. This is because Mamata Banerjee, the TMC chief and the state’s Chief Minister, has announced that her party will go solo in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, leaving the Congress behind. The relationship between the TMC and the state Congress unit has been sour and bitter for years, especially between Mamata and the state Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, who are also the CM and the Leader of the Lok Sabha respectively. They have been hostile to each other for decades. Mamata, who is 69 years old and has been the CM three times, left the Congress and formed the TMC on January 1, 1998. Adhir, who is 67 years old and has been an MP from Berhampo...

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15 Recently-Elected MLAs Appointed Into Gujarat Cabinet: Check List Inside!

RaviDecember 13, 20220

In the middle of the assumptions that some new faces would be appointed to the Gujarat cabinet, around 17 lately-elected MLAs in the state took pledge as the ministers of Gujarat. During an event that took place at the Helipad Ground near Secretariat, Bhupendra Patel was the 18th Chief Minister of Gujarat, who was allocated the pledge by Governor Acharya Devvrat. Some of the chief leaders from the BJP were there at the grandiose ceremony, comprising PM Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and the chief ministers of various BJP-governed states. Some of the most crucial BJP leaders from Gujarat were former Gujarat Home Minister Harsh Sanghavi, Parshottambhai Odhavjibhai Solanki, Jagdish Vishwakarma Mukeshbhai Zinabhai Patel, and Bachubhai Khabad, among other MLAs who took oath as the

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“Don’t Betray Me” Azam Khan’s Emotional Appeal Ahead Of Rampur Bypoll: Deets Inside!

SHIVANI UJJAINWALNovember 28, 20220

Azam Khan further claimed that the BJP was threatening SP campaigners for the Rampur Sadar Assembly byelection by utilising police and district authorities. Azam Khan, a senior member of the Samajwadi Party, addressed a gathering in Rampur on Sunday and made an emotional appeal to the voters there. The top leader pleaded with the people not to desert him because he didn't have much time left: “We are forced to wait for injustice every moment. Ours is a population of unfortunate. The least fortunate people my people live here. That is why they remain oppressed.” Azam Khan said that the BJP was employing police and district administration representatives to scare SP campaigners for the Rampur Sadar Assembly byelection while he was speaking to the media in Rampur on Saturday. “Akhilesh

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Underperforming MLAs Should Be Ousted, But Only In Strong-Led Parties

Sayani ChakrabortyNovember 16, 20220

The BJP's approach to elections is distinguished by its clinical evaluation of the likelihood of reelection for each existing lawmaker. Fear has spread among several of the BJP's Karnataka legislators after the party lost over 30 sitting MLAs in Gujarat. Only 149 out of 312 UP MLAs from BJP's 2017 triumph were re-elected earlier this year. In general, this is a decent method. As many MLAs run for office under the party's symbol, the party has a responsibility to the electorate not to re-nominate an underperforming member. Keeping the party at arm's length from any local anti-incumbency against the candidate is a plus as well. In most cases, this is possible only for parties with exceptional leadership. It was reported in 2021 that the CPM in Kerala has expelled 38 of its sitting MLA...

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Indo-American Nabeela Syed Makes History By Winning US Midterm Elections; Read Story!

RaviNovember 11, 20220

Nabeela Syed, the Indian-American Muslim, has set a record as she turns out to become the most youthful member to get voted to the Illinois General Assembly. In the lately conducted US midterm elections, the 23-year-old Indian-American won against her Republican contender Chris Bos. Nabeela got a total of 52.3% votes in the election for the 51st District in the Illinois State House of Representatives. While sharing her exhilaration on Twitter, She wrote, "My name is Nabeela Syed. I am a 23-year-old Muslim, Indian-American woman. We just flipped a Republican-held suburban district." She remarked further, "And in January, I'll be the youngest member of the Illinois General Assembly." In a recent follow-up tweet, Nabeela wrote, "Thank you thread incoming tomorrow. We had an incr

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Captain Amarinder Will Now Join BJP, PLC Will Be Merged Into BJP, Know How The Dynamics Of Punjab Politics Changed!!

Gunjan ChaudharySeptember 16, 20220

Former Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh will join BJP in the presence of BJP President JP Nadda and Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi on Monday, 19 September. During this time he will also merge his party Punjab Lok Congress (PLC) with BJP. Along with Captain, six former Punjab ministers, his son Raninder Singh, daughter Jaiinder Kaur and grandson Nirwan Singh will also join the BJP. Meanwhile, preparations are also underway for the reorganization of Punjab BJP, in which it is believed that Captain Punjab will be the main face of BJP and the party will go into the next elections on its own under his leadership. For the last two months, there was talk of merger of PLC with BJP. Although the captain kept avoiding this question, but after returning from abroad, the ca...

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