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  • Congress releases manifesto for Mizoram, promises social justice along with development

    Congress releases manifesto for Mizoram, promises social justice along with development

    New Delhi:

    Mizoram Assembly Elections: The Congress party, which ruled Mizoram for almost 22 years, has issued a manifesto regarding the upcoming assembly elections. The manifesto released by the party talks about balancing social justice with development. Congress has promised voters subsidized cooking gas, pension for the elderly, widows and disabled, health insurance coverage of Rs 15 lakh, special schemes for farmers and entrepreneurs.

    Congress promised to strengthen democracy

    Promising to set up an efficient, transparent and corruption-free government in its 12-page manifesto, the Congress said that if it comes to power, it will give more power, responsibilities and financial resources to the grassroots level by giving more power, responsibilities and financial resources to village councils and local bodies. But it will strengthen democracy. On Sunday, Congress’s Rahul Gandhi led a padayatra in the state capital Aizawl where he promised to preserve the state’s culture, language, traditions and religion.

    Possibility of multi-cornered contest in this election

    This year’s elections in Mizoram are expected to be multi-cornered, with new, emerging regional party Zoram People’s Movement fielding a young face for the state’s top post, and Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party also announcing it will contest the elections. Is. In 2018, the Mizo National Front won 26 of the 40 assembly seats with 37.8 percent vote share. Congress won five seats and BJP won one seat.

    Assembly elections will be held in Mizoram on 7 November. In this round, elections are also to be held in four other states – Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Telangana. Counting of votes will take place on December 3.

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  • CM Baghel was busy playing Candy Crush in Congress meeting, BJP taunted by sharing photo

    Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) claims that Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel was playing ‘Candy Crush’ during an important meeting of Congress. However, there has been no reaction from Congress regarding this. According to the program released by the Election Commission of India i.e. ECI, voting is going to be held in the state in two phases on 7th and 17th November.

    BJP’s IT cell chief Amit Malviya has shared a picture. He has claimed that CM Baghel was seen playing games on the phone during the meeting. He wrote, ‘Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel is also relaxed, he knows that no matter how much he fights, the government will not come. Perhaps that is why instead of paying attention to the meeting related to Congress candidate selection, he thought it appropriate to play CANDY CRUSH.

    On Tuesday itself, Chhattisgarh in-charge of Congress Kumari Selja said that the Central Election Committee is going to meet on October 12 to discuss the candidates. He said, ‘…there will be a meeting of our Central Election Committee on October 12…. The final decision will be taken by CEC only. When they give the final approval to it, then the final list of candidates will be released.

    Political atmosphere of Chhattisgarh

    In 90-seat Chhattisgarh, Congress had achieved absolute majority in 2018 by winning 68 seats. Whereas, BJP was limited to only 15 seats. This time BJP has launched a campaign in the name of Prime Minister Narendra Modi without presenting the chief ministerial face. On one hand, Congress is moving ahead with the help of public welfare schemes. At the same time, BJP has made preparations to corner the Baghel government on the issue of corruption.

  • What are the biggest election issues in Chhattisgarh? Understand here in 10 points

    Today the Election Commission has announced the election dates of five states including Chhattisgarh. Shortly after the Election Commission’s announcement, Bharatiya Janata Party has also released the second list of its candidates in Chhattisgarh. Now both the parties have geared up to enter the electoral battle. On one hand, Congress is hoping to retain its power in the state by relying on the welfare schemes of the Bhupesh Baghel government. At the same time, Bharatiya Janata Party is trying to corner the government on the alleged corruption of the state government, religious conversion and unfulfilled election promises. Let us know what are the 10 big election issues in Chhattisgarh elections, which will decide who will become the CM of the state.

    Corruption

    The Congress government is facing criticism over alleged scams in coal mining, liquor business, District Mineral Foundation (DMF), cow dung procurement scheme and Public Service Commission. Along with this, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is investigating money laundering cases related to alleged coal levy racket, liquor scam, use of DMF funds and an illegal online betting app in the state. Top BJP leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and party president JP Nadda, cornered the Bhupesh Baghel government over these issues in their rallies and accused the Chief Minister of turning Chhattisgarh into an ATM for the Congress. Responding to the attack, Baghel accused the BJP-led central government of misusing central investigative agencies to malign his government’s image.

    Schemes for farmers

    Three major pro-farmer schemes have helped the Congress strengthen its position in rural and semi-urban areas. Under the Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana, the government has given input subsidy of Rs 21,912 crore to about 23 lakh farmers growing Kharif paddy. A total of Rs 580 crore has been paid to cattle herders, Gauthan committees and women self-help groups under the Godhan Nyay Yojana (cow dung purchase scheme) in the state. Rajiv Gandhi Rural Landless Agricultural Laborer Krishi Nyay Yojana provides annual financial assistance to landless agricultural laborer families in rural areas. According to official data, assistance worth Rs 7,000 crore is being provided to approximately 3.55 lakh beneficiaries. The Baghel government has also announced that it will purchase 20 quintals of paddy during the current Kharif season compared to 15 quintals earlier. The positive impact of these schemes can pose a big challenge for BJP.

    Chhattisgarhiism

    Chief Minister Baghel promoted Chhattisgarhianism i.e. regionalism in the last five years and continuously requested to be proud of regional pride. Congress claimed that the people of Chhattisgarh were completely marginalized during the 15-year BJP rule. Baghel promoted regional festivals, sports, art and culture. He directed that a statue of Chhattisgarh Mahtari (a maternal image representing Chhattisgarh) be installed in every district. The official residence of the Chief Minister hosts festivals like Teeja-Pora and Govardhan Puja. The state government also organized the National Tribal Dance Festival. Constructed Devgudi and Ghotul (traditional community centres) in tribal areas of the state and established Adivasi Parab Samman Nidhi.

    Tension between Christian and non-Christian tribals, religious conversion

    In the last two years, many incidents of clashes over religious conversion have come to light in tribal dominated areas, especially in Bastar division. Violent clashes between tribals who converted to Christianity and local tribals were reported from the Narayanpur-Kondagaon border area in December 2022. The BJP accused the government of protecting those involved in conversion. However, Congress denied this allegation.

    sectarian violence

    Following incidents of communal violence in Kabirdham district in October 2021 and Bemetara district in April this year, the BJP accused the government of being biased towards a particular community. Congress accused BJP of playing communal politics in the absence of real issues. According to political experts, these incidents can polarize voters in Central Chhattisgarh.

    prohibition of alcohol

    The BJP has targeted the Baghel government for not fulfilling the key election promise of liquor ban made by the Congress. It is believed that this promise helped Congress get women’s votes in 2018.

    Regularization of services of contract employees

    This was another major promise made by Congress in the 2018 elections which has not been fulfilled yet. In the last two years, around 1.50 lakh contractual daily wage earners and outsourced workers have protested over this issue. BJP has promised to include the demand of contractual employees in its election manifesto.

    OBC issue

    Other Backward Classes (OBC), which constitute about 52 per cent of the state’s population, are demanding 27 per cent quota. The three major OBC communities, Sahu, Kurmi and Yadav, had largely supported the Congress in the 2018 elections. The issue became a matter of concern for the ruling party Congress when the Chhattisgarh High Court last year struck down the BJP government’s 2012 order increasing the overall quota in the state to 58 per cent. In the 2012 order, the quota for Scheduled Castes was reduced by four percent to 12 percent, while the quota for Scheduled Tribes was increased from 20 percent to 32 percent. Reservation for OBCs was kept unchanged at 14 percent.

    The Congress government challenged the High Court’s decision in the Supreme Court. Later, a bill related to reservation was passed in the state assembly under which 32 percent quota was given to tribal community, 27 percent to OBC, 13 percent to Scheduled Caste and four percent to Economically Weaker Section (EWS). With this, there is a provision to give overall 76 percent reservation in the state. Both the bills are awaiting the approval of the Governor. In May, the Supreme Court had directed the government to implement 58 percent reservation.

    infrastructure

    The BJP has alleged that infrastructure development in the state has stopped in the last five years and the condition of roads has deteriorated.

    central schemes

    The BJP has accused the Baghel government of failing to implement the Centre’s Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana and not implementing the Jal Jeevan Mission properly.

  • Congress is supporting terrorist organizations: BJP said on Palestine-Israel issue

    Congress is supporting terrorist organizations: BJP said on Palestine-Israel issue

    BJP said that Congress is openly standing with violence.

    New Delhi:

    congress working committee The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has accused the main opposition party of supporting terrorist organizations in the wake of the Congress Working Committee saying it supports the rights of the Palestinian people to land, self-governance and to live with dignity. Charged on Monday. Union Minister Pralhad Joshi, through the social media platform ‘X’, questioned how the Congress will protect the country and its citizens when it is “openly standing with violence”.

  • Conspiracy of ‘Lal Diary’ was hatched in BJP headquarters: Ashok Gehlot

    Conspiracy of 'Lal Diary' was hatched in BJP headquarters: Ashok Gehlot

    Jaipur:

    Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday launched a scathing attack on the BJP, alleging that the ‘Lal Diary’ conspiracy was hatched at the BJP headquarters, but it failed. Gehlot said that Amit Shah, JP Nadda, Dharmendra Pradhan, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and Zafar Islam were involved in the conspiracy related to ‘Lal Diary’ to topple the government. He said, “They (BJP) are toppling the elected government, they have no moral right to remain in power.” They toppled elected governments in Maharashtra, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh. Then what is the meaning of elections?

    It is noteworthy that Rajendra Gudha, the then minister of Gehlot government, had targeted the state government on crimes against women in the Assembly in July, after which he was dismissed. He had claimed to have a red diary which allegedly contained details of the Chief Minister’s irregular financial transactions. In Jodhpur on Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the public in a questioning tone, “People say that every black act of corruption of Congress is in the Lal Diary. Should the dark secrets of Lal Diary be revealed or not? Should everything come out openly or not?

    Sacked minister Rajendra Gudha had claimed that it contained details of financial transactions of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. Gehlot also alleged that BJP leaders Amit Shah, Dharmendra Pradhan, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat had conspired to topple his government. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot was referring to the political crisis caused by the rebellion of the then Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot and 18 other Congress MLAs in 2020.

    Addressing a function at the Commerce College in Jaipur, Gehlot also hit out at the Prime Minister for targeting the Congress government for the communal riots in Jodhpur. Referring to the communal violence that took place in Jodhpur in May last year, the Prime Minister asked where the Chief Minister was when Jodhpur was burning.

    Responding to this, Gehlot said, “I regret that today the Prime Minister said in Jodhpur that when people were dying in this city, where was the Chief Minister?” Don’t know who gives them information? Not a single person died in Jodhpur, there was only communal tension in Karauli and Jodhpur.” In the program on Thursday, the Chief Minister released the ‘Vision Document’ of the ‘Mission 2030’ Master Plan and ‘Gig Workers’ Also announced a lump sum assistance of Rs 5000.

    He announced 90 percent concession in fare for women and girls on monthly travel passes in roadways buses. Gehlot also laid the foundation stone of works worth Rs 12,700 crore. He alleged that the Center has reduced the money given to the state. In the program, Gehlot announced to give a lump sum amount of Rs 5000 to the gig workers if they register with the state government. This amount will be given to them for the purchase of helmets, dresses, shoes and other items of daily use for the ‘gig workers’. Gig workers include ‘company representatives’, drivers etc. working with companies like Ola, Uber, Swiggy, Zomato. He said that all girls and women will be given 90 percent discount in bus fare if they get monthly roadways pass.

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  • AAP MP Sanjay Singh arrested in Delhi, politics heated up in UP too, Akhilesh said a big thing about the government..

    Lucknow. The arrest of Aam Aadmi Party Rajya Sabha member and party’s UP in-charge Sanjay Singh after ED raid on his house has heated up the politics of the state. AAP workers have come out on the streets to protest against this action taken against their leader. Akhilesh Yadav has opposed this action. On the arrest of AAP MP Sanjay Singh, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said, “I am sad that the government feels that whoever is against them should be arrested. In the same day, journalists and AAP leader were arrested.” Arrest was made. BJP should understand that this time 100 crore people are against them. This time INDIA will wipe out this BJP. ED, CBI, and IT are part of their (BJP) organization, so there is no need to panic. SP Supremo says, “The government thinks that arrest those who are in protest, arrest the leaders, arrest the journalists. First the journalists were arrested and then Sanjay Singh was arrested. BJP should understand that 100 crore people are against them. 100 crore people will be against him in the 2024 elections. “Will they arrest 100 crore people? Bharat, India and people of PDA will wipe out BJP…”

  • Caste-based calculations show that “80 per cent” are our supporters: BJP

    Choudhary said, “BJP welcomes the caste-based enumeration which was ordered by the state cabinet when there were 16 ministers from our party, including two deputy chief ministers.”

    The state president of BJP said, “Eighty percent of the figures that have come out are supporters of BJP.”

    Choudhary’s reference was to the survey showing majority Hindu community as 80 percent of the state’s total population, which is being linked to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s so-called “80 versus 20” statement.

    However, the Bihar BJP leader also claimed that many Extremely Backward Class (EBC) people like Dhanuk are complaining to him that their numbers have been shown less than estimated.

    He said, “We will try to know the methodology of the survey from the government.” We suspect that Nitish Kumar has worked under the pressure of Lalu Prasad, whose politics of appeasement is well known.

    Chaudhary said that if Nitish and Lalu really care about the MBCs then they should give up their hold on power and hand over the reins to the MBC people.

    According to the survey, the Muslim population of the state’s total population of 13.07 crore is 17.70 percent.

    Many RJD leaders say that according to the survey, the increase in Muslim population in percentage terms since the 2011 census has been less than one percent. This is contrary to BJP’s claims that the districts with open borders with Nepal and Bangladesh were undergoing demographic changes due to uncontrolled infiltration.

    The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar on Monday released the findings of its much-awaited caste survey ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections which revealed that OBCs and EBCs constitute 63 per cent of the state’s total population.

    According to the data, EBC (36 percent) has emerged as the largest social class followed by Other Backward Class population at 27.13 percent.

    The survey also said that the population of Yadav community falling under OBC group is the highest at 14.27 percent.

    Dalits, also known as Scheduled Castes, constitute 19.65 percent of the total population of the state, of which the Scheduled Tribe population is about 22 lakh (1.68 percent).

    People belonging to the “unreserved” category, which refers to the upper castes that dominated politics until the Mandal wave of the 1990s, constitute 15.52 percent of the total population.

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  • Chhattisgarh Election Survey: Whose government will be formed in Chhattisgarh? Shock to BJP in latest opinion poll; Congress’s bat-bat

    Chhattisgarh Election Survey: A round of speculations has started even before the results of Chhattisgarh Assembly elections. On one hand, BJP is busy campaigning vigorously by announcing candidates on many seats. At the same time, the ruling Congress is continuously engaged in connecting the workers from the grassroots level. Congress had made a strong comeback in the 2018 assembly elections by ousting the BJP, which was in power for 15 years. Meanwhile, PEACS Media and News 24 have conducted a shocking survey regarding Chhattisgarh Assembly elections. According to the latest survey, BJP may face a setback in the state.

    According to the latest survey, Congress is likely to get 55 to 60 seats. Whereas BJP seems to be limited to only 30 to 35 seats. Apart from this, one to three seats can go to others’ account. Whereas, if we talk about vote share, Congress had got 43 percent votes in the state in 2018. This time it is expected to get 45.1 percent votes. It is known that the majority figure in Chhattisgarh is 46.

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    BJP has advantage in vote share

    However, BJP may get a shock after seeing this survey. But it cannot be denied that BJP will perform better than in the 2018 assembly elections. In the last election, BJP had got only 33 percent votes, which is expected to increase to 38.9 percent this time. At the same time, the vote share of others will decrease. In the last election, others had got 24 percent votes, this time the vote share may decline. Can get only 16 percent votes.

    BJP had lost in the last election also

    It is noteworthy that assembly elections are to be held in Chhattisgarh at the end of this year. The Raman Singh-led BJP government was defeated by the Congress in the 2018 assembly elections in Chhattisgarh. BJP, which was in power for 15 years, could get only 15 seats in this election. Congress had won 68 out of 90 assembly seats in the state. Congress currently has 71 seats.

  • BJP attacks Mamata Banerjee, raises questions on incident of cruelty to women in West Bengal

    BJP attacks Mamata Banerjee, raises questions on incident of cruelty to women in West Bengal

    BJP alleged that it would not be surprising if TMC-protected criminals involved in women trafficking were behind this incident.

    Yesterday, a hair-raising incident came to light from North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, in which a partially burnt body of an unidentified woman was recovered. BJP IT Cell Head Amit Malviya has attacked West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee regarding this shocking incident. He has also questioned Mamata Banerjee’s silence on such cruelty against women in the state.

    Along with this, he has also taken on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and India Alliance.

    Mamata Banerjee cornered over law and order situation in West Bengal

    Sharing the video of the incident on social media platform X (formerly Twitter), Amit Malviya wrote, This is the law and order situation in West Bengal. A tied up body of a girl, soaked in blood, was found in a garden near the India-Bangladesh border in North 24-Parganas, her throat was slit and her face was so burnt that it could not be recognised. But Mamata Banerjee will not say a single word on this.

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    He alleged that it would not be surprising if TMC-protected criminals involved in women trafficking were behind this incident. But then it will be called a tragic death and buried quietly.

    Questions raised on Rahul Gandhi and India alliance

    BJP’s Amit Malviya also attacked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi regarding this horrific incident. He asked in his tweet whether Rahul Gandhi, who sheds crocodile tears whenever politically necessary, will criticize Mamata Banerjee for failing to protect women in West Bengal or will the compulsion of the India alliance come in the way?

    A soul-shattering video of the incident surfaced

    In this post, Amit Malviya has also shared a video of an unknown woman in a burnt state. In which his hands are tied behind his knees. The woman’s face seemed to be covered with a cloth and smoke was coming out from the burnt cloth. His face was so burnt that it could not be recognized. This video is disturbing. That’s why we are not showing you the video.

  • Fielding veterans in Madhya Pradesh, what is the plan in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh? BJP’s strategy decoded

    BJP’s strategy in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh assembly elections will be different from Madhya Pradesh. The party leadership can field some big leaders in these two states also, but like Madhya Pradesh, not all the big leaders will be fielded. A major reason for this is the existence of Congress government in both the states.

    BJP will decide its candidate carefully in Rajasthan, because it is very important to worship Vasundhara Raje there. In Chhattisgarh, BJP has already fielded an MP in the first list.

    More efforts on lost seats: At the end of this year, elections are being held in five states, but the most important ones for BJP are Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan. These three states are BJP’s strongholds and the party has 72 out of 75 seats in the Lok Sabha. In such a situation, she is leaving no stone unturned to win the assembly elections of these states. As part of the strategy, she is working harder on the lost seats. In Madhya Pradesh, BJP has recently fielded most of its big leaders in the assembly elections, including three Union Ministers, four MPs and one National General Secretary.

    Party’s strategy to bet on big leaders: BJP sources say that the party is fielding big leaders under the new strategy, but the need and strategy of every state is different. Big leaders will also be fielded in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, but it is not necessary that it be like Madhya Pradesh. BJP has been in power in Madhya Pradesh for the last two decades.

    Keep an eye on the anti-incumbency environment: He is in opposition in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. In such a situation, the anti-government atmosphere is different. In Rajasthan, power is changing every five years. In such a situation, where and how much the big leaders have to stake will depend on the situation there. In Chhattisgarh, BJP has already declared an MP Vijay Baghel as its candidate for the seat of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel. The party can also contest state president MP Arun Sao and MP Saroj Pandey.

    Emphasis on harmony in Rajasthan: According to sources, BJP may field Union Ministers Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and Arjunram Meghwal in Rajasthan. But the kind of equation that exists between Vasundhara Raje and Shekhawat in the state also has to be seen. The party is unlikely to anger the already angry Vasundhara Raje further. Sources say that the party may also contest elections from Rajasthan MP Bhagirath Choudhary. Later, Jyoti Mirdha from Congress can be fielded from her Lok Sabha seat. Along with Union Minister Kailash Choudhary, the names of MPs Kirori Mal Meena and Sukhbir Singh Jaunpuria are also among those contesting the elections.