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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 In 2021, the Modi government repealed these laws, which was widely seen as a victory for the farme...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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‘Punished For Speaking Truth’: Rajendra Gudha Sacked By His Own Rajasthan Government

Praveen RainaJuly 24, 20230

Rajendra Gudha alleges that the Rajasthan government is punishing him for speaking the truth. Rajendra Gudha is a Civil Defense minister in the Ashok Gehlot government and an ex-BSP MLA. Gudha criticized the government for its rising violence against women, citing atrocities as a major concern. In the Vidhan Sabha, Rajendra Gudha stated, "The state government should introspect on its failure to provide security to women in Rajasthan instead of raising the issue of Manipur violence." The Gehlot government sacked him within hours for going against the party line. Ms. Amrita Dhawan, the State Congress co-interchange, stated in the active voice, "Rajendra Gudha should have been sacked earlier as Rajasthan minister." Is the minister's rebellion linked to the dissatisfaction brewing with...

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Metamorphosis of Rahul Gandhi: Revitalizing Congress and Shaping India’s Future

Praveen RainaMay 26, 20230

Rahul Gandhi's political metamorphosis is up and kicking for the Indian National Congress in the recent years since 2019.  He underwent a transformative change, shifting the party's ideology leftward, prioritizing pro-poor policies and embracing welfarism. Inspired by Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra, a 2,200-mile march fostering unity against societal division, he has fundamentally evolved. For the first time, he interacted with real Indians, unfettered by security. This has revitalized not only his leadership but also the entire rank-and-file of the Congress Party.  https://www.timesnownews.com/india/will-repeat-karnataka-in-mp-bag-150-seats-rahul-gandhi-article-100590685 Rahul Gandhi, the leader of Congress, is gaining prominence in national politics and challenging Narendra Modi in t

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Karnataka Assembly Elections: A Heady Concoction of Caste, Religion, Corruption, Development & Controversies!

Milind UtgikarMarch 30, 20230

The Election Commission of India has announced Karnataka Legislative Assembly elections on May 10, 2023. There are 224 total seats in Karnataka Legislative Assembly. Presently, BJP has 119 MLA, Congress 75 MLA and Janata Dal Secular (S) 28 MLA. For a majority and to form government, 113 seats are required. As far as the South Indian states are concerned, BJP had little success in Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu. With only Karnataka in hand, BJP is already campaigning with all its might. Last visit by PM Modi (on March 25) to Karnataka was his Seventh visit underlines the importance. Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP’s national president J P Nadda visited many times. Rahul Gandhi and Arvind Kejriwal promised freebies and accused state government of increased corruption in...

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Why Was Shelly Oberoi, Newly-Elected Delhi Mayor, Attacked?

Adiba GhausFebruary 24, 20230

Fracas started at the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) House session between BJP & AAP members. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) member Shelly Oberoi was elected as Delhi Mayor on 22 February, Wednesday, more than two months after the party won the MCD polls in December. She won with 150 votes, against 116 for BJP’s Rekha Gupta. The voting process concluded on Wednesday 22 February 2023 in the fourth attempt after three failed attempts - on January 6, January 24 and February 6 - to hold the elections. Aaley Mohammad Iqbal was elected as the Deputy Mayor with 147 votes, out of the total 266 votes cast. Two votes were declared invalid.  But hours later, at around 6:30 PM, the House descended into commotion just as the Standing Committee election began. The election for six members of

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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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