#Bihar Election Result 2015

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Day 239

18, mohit vihar Wednesday 5 june 2024 10:36Pm

Namaskar

I am back on Tumblr.

After 2 years ,I am joining again. Gosh!

Election results came out yesterday. Results are in favor of BJP. This time narendra modi will lead the government for the 3rd consecutive term.

This time the battle was between the NDA alliance and INDIA bloc.

India that is bharat is union of state as mentioned in the article 1 of the Indian constitution. The constitution provides for the parliamentary form of government which is federal in nature with certain features of unitary.

Parliamentary form of government means people's government. Where the people as citizen will choose their representative for safeguarding the unity,integrity, equality, faternity ,justice and liberty, rights of them.

India is a land of diversity where people from different races, culture, language, caste, lives under the same umbrella. Their heterogeneous nature and culture has been binded with a common thread by constitution.

The drafting committee that made our constitution has taken the diverse nature of people into consideration for the unification of india as one.

Regionalism is always been a hot topics in politics. States has been divided into many on the basis of regionalism. Telgana from andrapradesh, Uttarakhand from uttar pradesh, bihar from Chattisgarh are the best example.

For eg. In Uttarakhand, Natives says - Uttarakhand is for pahari people. It includes garhwali, kumaoni jaunsari. Rest of the caste are outside. Anyways politics at its best.

As the elections were held india. The momentum was turn out in favor of BJP. The BJP political move was more focused on religion, free ration, article 370 etc. Whereas congress focused on criticising the BJP moves.

I am certain to say that - We are still in very backward position in the world. As government says that India is shining but in reality it is not shinned. It will take more 20 years to get a shine in it's overall structure. We have not achieved the MDG 2015. There is one more global target SDG 2030. Will india be able to achieve by 2030. It seems impossible. India is a very huge state. State means country.

To be continued tomorrow....

India that is bharat is a union of states. It is not a confederation and federation of state but it is union of states.

Tushar gupta

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Latest bihar news

Bihar News: Latest Updates on the State of Affairs in Bihar Bihar is a state in eastern India that has been in the Bihar news a lot lately. Here you will find the latest updates on the state of affairs in Bihar.

1. What's new in Bihar? The state of Bihar is seeing a lot of development and change recently. There are new businesses and industries opening up, and the state is becoming a more popular destination for investment. The infrastructure is also being improved, with new roads and bridges being built. The people of Bihar are benefiting from all of this development, as they are now able to find better jobs and enjoy a higher standard of living.

2. Political developments in Bihar In the year 2015, there were a number of political developments in the state of Bihar. One of the most notable was the election of Nitish Kumar as the Chief Minister of the state. Kumar had previously served as the Chief Minister from 2005 to 2013, but he had then stepped down after his party, the Janata Dal (United), joined the National Democratic Alliance. In the election in 2015, Kumar's party won a majority of seats in the state legislature, and he was subsequently sworn in as Chief Minister.

Another major development in 2015 was the formation of a new political party in the state, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD). The RJD was formed by Lalu Prasad Yadav, who had previously been a member of the Janata Dal (United). Yadav had been expelled from the Janata Dal (United) in 2013, after he was convicted of corruption. The RJD went on to win a majority of seats in the state legislature in the election in 2015.

 Finally, in 2015 there was a change in leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the state. Sushil Kumar Modi, who had been the Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar since 2005, replaced Nitish Kumar as the leader of the BJP in the state.

3. Economic conditions in Bihar Bihar is one of the poorest states in India, with a high level of poverty and unemployment. The state has a weak infrastructure, and a lack of industry and investment has led to low levels of economic development. The government has made efforts to attract investment, but the results have been mixed. The economic conditions in Bihar are improving, but there is still a lot of work to be done.

4. Social conditions in Bihar Bihar is one of the poorest states in India, with a significant proportion of the population living in poverty. This poverty is exacerbated by the state's poor social conditions, which include a lack of education and health care, and widespread corruption. The state government has made some efforts to improve social conditions in Bihar, but these have been insufficient. As a result, the quality of life for most people in Bihar is very poor.

5. Culture and heritage of Bihar The culture and heritage of Bihar are some of the most unique in all of India. The state is known for its colorful festivals, intricate traditional dances, and delicious cuisine. There is a rich history behind the culture of Bihar, and it is evident in the many ancient temples and monuments that dot the landscape.

One of the most notable aspects of Bihar's culture is its music. The traditional Bhojpuri music is a distinctive genre that is beloved by people all over the state. Bhojpuri songs are often filled with joy and happiness, and they are always a joy to listen to. The food of Bihar is also famous throughout India. The state is known for its delicious curries, flatbreads, and sweets. Every dish is packed with flavor, and there is something to please everyone's taste buds.

Bihar is a fascinating state with a rich culture and heritage that is worth exploring. If you are interested in learning more about this unique part of India, be sure to visit Bihar and experience it firsthand. Bihar is a fascinating place with a rich history and culture. I hope that the latest updates on the state of affairs in Bihar will help to improve the living conditions of the people in the state.

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आंकड़ों में समझें : भाजपा-जदयू या फिर राजद-कांग्रेस? किसकी सरकार बनाएगी बिहार की जनता

आंकड़ों में समझें : भाजपा-जदयू या फिर राजद-कांग्रेस? किसकी सरकार बनाएगी बिहार की जनता

पटना. बिहार विधानसभा (Bihar Assembly Election) की तैयारियां जोरों पर हैं. पहले चरण के मतदान के लिए सभी कैंडिडेट्स अपने क्षेत्र में जोर-शोर से प्रचार प्रसार कर रहे हैं. लेकिन इस बार लगभग प्रत्येक सीट का समीकरण बदला हुआ है. इसकी वजह एक ओर लोक जनशक्ति पार्टी (LJP) का एनडीए (NDA) से अलग चुनाव लड़ना है, तो दूसरी ओर राजद (RJD)-माले (CPI-ML)- कांग्रेस (INC) का साथ आना. हालांकि, ऐसा ही दिलचस्प मुकाबला…

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The economics, humanities and politics of "Sarai"...

In February, 2014, the Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Bill was passed and Telangana broke away. The resultant state of Andhra now looks like this. :-)

In 2019, state general elections were held in A.P and YSR Congress won hands down. YS Jaganmohan Reddy became Chief Minister and set out to fulfill a unique electoral promise to his vote bank - Prohibition of Liquor in the state of A.P.

The new liquor policy, which includes a 40% reduction in bar licences, exorbitant hike of new license fees, closure of some 40000 illegal outlets, time restrictions and take over of bars by A.P State Beverages Corporation, aims to make Andhra Pradesh alcohol-free by 2024. A.P will then join Gujarat, Bihar, Mizoram, Nagaland and Lakshadweep as states/territories which have successfully implemented liquor prohibition.

But will Jagan be able to make this initiative a success in A.P? Because, this is not the first time such a thing has been tried in Andhra. In 1995, in a strange reversal of roles, Telugu Desam Party won the state elections, crushing Congress, and TDP Chief N T Rama Rao banned the sale of liquor in A.P. In 1995, his son-in-law, N. Chandrababu Naidu, staged a coup-of-sorts, toppled NTR, became Chief Minister and in 1997, reversed the decision.

But what was all that drama back then in 1990s? Therein lies a tale.

First of all, let's understand the economics of Liquor production and sale. Why is the state government so interested in it? It's very simple. Liquor fills the state government's revenue coffers in form of excise duty on its production. The state government also makes money from the issuance of licenses for its sale. Liquor boosts tourism and entertainment industries too.

The A.P state government discovered this golden hen sometime in the 1970s and since then, liquor has become a state policy. In 1970, the excise duty collected from liquor was INR 40 crores, which jumped to INR 800 crores in early 1990s and quantum leaped to INR 12000 crores in 2015. That's big money coming into the state revenue coffers.

In 1983, when NT Rama Rao came to power for the first time, he introduced a particularly aggressive liquor policy called Varuna Vahini (literally meaning Flood of Liquor), which delivered government-manufactured country liquor - Sarai, in Telugu, Arrack in English - to doorsteps, in easily affordable plastic sachets and bottles. He used some of this revenue to subsidise other populist schemes, like Rs 2 per kilo rice scheme.

Andhra Pradesh typically constitutes about 3-5% of sales of major liquor manufacturers like United Breweries and United Spirits. So, they usually have a word or two to say in this regard.

Oh! By the way, liquor contractors make a truck load of money too, which they invest in real estate, films, finance and construction projects, and make donations to cultural and religious institutions, thus strengthening their socio-political clout.

So, net-net, liquor manufacturing and sale is a well-oiled economic engine for any state, especially for Andhra Pradesh.

Now, let's understand the human aspects of state-promoted liquor sales.

I read a report that said, in 1991-92, the average annual income of a family in Andhra was, hold your breath, INR 1840. This was the total family income, for the entire year!

Out of this, the working male spent INR 830 on liquor. So, the man of the house spent 45% of his measly income on Sarai - Arrack. It was the norm. Every man, in every house, did it. And the government promoted it, supported it and benefited from it.

The logic was - the poor man had spent a miserable day, doing a miserable job, for a miserable pay. So it's ok, if he drowns his misery in a drink after sunset. Hmm. The problem was - the miserable man had a family - a wife, who slogged all day to make ends meet and feed her children. And god forbid, if there was an illness in the family, begging was the only way out.

On top of it, any body who has had a drink in their life knows, liquor is ok as a socializing drink. But it doesn't alleviate a man's misery. Infact, it compounds it.

This foul smelling man, in his foul mood, came home at midnight, in stupor, and sparks flew. Domestic violence, physical and mental abuse, were rampant. Suicides, rapes and murders were common.

Net-net, life in a village in Andhra Pradesh, which had a government-promoted arrack shop, was living hell, especially for the women folk. And because Arrack sale filled government coffers, there was an Arrack shop in every village. So life, in pretty much every village in Andhra Pradesh, was living hell for its women folk.

All of this was indicating an impending change. And change happened - in form of a massive, state level, Anti-Arrack movement, led by the women folk of Andhra Pradesh, which resulted in the prohibition of alcohol in the state!

In 1988, the Government of India launched the National Literacy Mission (NLM). In January 1990, the NLM was launched in Nellore district in Andhra Pradesh. The state-organised mass-literacy campaigns led to women getting together and discussing their problems. The awareness brought on by these group discussions resulted in the women discovering that the consumption of locally made, cheap Arrack was the main source of their unsettled domestic life. This awareness resulted in a spontaneous movement in the small village of Dubagunta in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh.

The rural women of the village, who had no autonomy in any sphere of life, took it in their hands to fight against the production and sale of Arrack. They raided the Arrack shops with broomsticks and chili powder and cowered the owner into shutting the shop.

What started as an agitation in a single village, soon turned into a state-wide movement. In each village, women simply destroyed the ingredients used for the production of liquor. They also started policing the men in their individual households against consuming Arrack.

They then started speaking against the liquor contractors, local bureaucracy, police officials and even the Chief Minister. They started questioning the government on the availability of basic amenities like water, schools etc, which were in a dearth, as opposed to Arrack, which was always easily available. When the government insisted that the excise collected from the production of Arrack was used for welfare programmes, like the subsidy of rice, the women even agreed to contribute a day’s wages to help in the welfare schemes.

For them, it was clear. The cost-benefit equation of government-promoted liquor policies on human indices simply didn't match up to the economics. They put their foot down. Finally, when the movement had gained momentum in three districts, the government had to buckle under the pressure and ban Arrack in the state.

Now, let's go to the politics of the matter. Where there is a people's movement, there will be politics. And political parties.

It was 1994 - the election year in A.P. NT Rama Rao of TDP, the main opposition party, promised his electorate that, if they elected him to power, he would ban all forms of alcohol from the state (Toddy and IMFL - Indian made foreign liquor - were still available.) Ironically, it was his Varuna Vahini programme that was responsible for this situation. But, it was a powerful promise. So, he won a landslide election, came to power, and fulfilled his promise.

In 1995, Andhra Pradesh became alcohol free!

But this situation was shortlived. Within 9 months, NTR's son-in-law, N Chandrababu Naidu, staged a coup against his father-in-law, stating excessive interference of his second wife Parvathy Laxmi, in the party politics. Both NTR and Parvathy Laxmi were ousted from the party.

In 1997, Chandrababu Naidu, repealed the prohibition, stating that the exchequer has lost INR 1200 crores that year in excise revenue, illegal bootlegging had become unstoppable and that he was under pressure from all quarters to repeal the "dry rule." A few hushed and a few not-so-hushed voices say that there was no intent in the first place.

That's why there is some scepticism about Jaganmohan Reddy's latest initiative. Is there political will?

Post Script::

In 2016, 93 year old Dubagunta Rosamma, one of the early Anti-Arrack crusaders passed away, in Nellore.

Inspired by the story Seethamma kadha (the story of Seethamma) taught as part of the adult literacy programme in the night school in her village, the women of Dubagunta, led by Rosamma, destroyed the pots storing Arrack, after giving assurance to the families depending on the trade, thus sparking the first light of what would soon become a state-level agitation.

May this post be a small tribute to her!

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AIMIM threatens regional satraps in Bihar, Jharkhand

  ·        AIMIM won Bihar’s Kishanganj seat in bypoll with a huge margin, indicating a shift in Muslim voter mindset.

It aims to have 1.5 mn members across Bihar before 2020 assembly elections, and to field tribal leaders in Jharkhand polls.

    Asaduddin Owaisi-led All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has set its sights on the Bihar and Jharkhand assembly elections due next year, after winning the Kishanganj assembly seat in Bihar in the recent by-poll. The Telangana-based party lost Maharashtra’s Byculla and Aurangabad Central seats in the state assembly election partly because of its failure to sew a coalition with Prakash Ambedkar-led VBA. However, it won two new seats —Malegaon and Dhule City. “Right now, we are focussed on building our organizational strength," Adil Hassan, leader of AIMIM’s youth wing in Bihar, said over the phone. “We had 1.5 lakh members and that may go up to 5 lakh after the Kishanganj bypoll win this month, and our aim is to have 15 lakh members across Bihar by end of December. The voters in Seemanchal and other areas now have faith in Barrister (Owaisi), who has raised various issues of ours in the Parliament. Minority areas in Bihar are the most deprived for decades." In Maharashtra, the AIMIM contested 44 assembly seats and managed to win two, getting about 740,000 votes across the state. It was an increase from the 500,000 votes in the 2014 polls, where it contested 24 seats. In Bihar’s Kishanganj, AIMIM’s Qamrul Hoda won with a margin of more than 10,000 votes over the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Sweety Singh. More interestingly, the Congress lost its deposit, getting just 25,825 votes, indicating a shift among Muslim voters. The seat falls under Seemanchal, one of the most backward areas in the state. If AIMIM manages to make deeper inroads, it might change the state’s political landscape, especially for the Congress, which gets a chunk of votes from Muslim voters. Hassan did not say how many seats the AIMIM plans to contest in the Bihar state polls next year. Another AIMIM leader based in Hyderabad, who did not want to be named, said that in the 2015 elections, the party had contested just six of the 24 seats in Seemanchal, and plans to contest more than six seats in the 2020 state polls, adding that a decision will be taken on the final tally later for both Bihar and Jharkhand. “We will be contesting in Jharkhand for the first time, and will also put up tribal candidates," he added. The AIMIM would have won a few more votes had its alliance with VBA (an alliance of Ambedkar’s Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh and other caste/community organizations) gone through. The VBA, which managed to get significant deposits in some of the 250-plus seats it contested like Aurangabad Central, however, did not win any seats. The alliance between the VBA and the AIMIM broke in September, just a month before the Maharashtra assembly elections, as the former offered the AIMIM just eight out of the 288 seats. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the AIMIM had wrested the Aurangabad seat from the Shiv Sena, when the alliance between AIMIM and VBA was still intact. AIMIM’s Maharashtra head Imtiyaz Jaleel won the seat, and is the party’s only other parliamentarian apart from Owaisi. “The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Congress would have won some more seats had the VBA and AIMIM not been in the fray. This very much goes much in line with what Owaisi said during the results of the 2019 general elections, that the myth of the Muslim vote bank has been broken. He said that if there is any vote bank, it is the Hindu vote bank (with the BJP)," said political analyst Palwai Raghavendra Reddy. Reddy added that the results of the Maharashtra state polls and the Bihar bye-poll will only help Owaisi and the AIMIM expand across the country. “He will go ahead with his plans, and it is to be seen how the opposition and Congress will deal with that situation," he weighed in.      

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Social Media Soaring to Miraculous Heights

“Social media is not a media. The key is to listen, engage, and build relationship” -David Alston

The Birthplace of Social Media

The definition and classification can although be controversial, in 2019 Merriam-Webster defined the term as "forms of electronic communication (such as websites for social networking and micro-blogging) through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content (such as videos)".

Social media has two large aspects under which it can be studied: the technological and the social. The technological developments and innovation help improve the connectivity while the user-based networking helps transfer different types of data. Users build profiles specific to the service provided by various platforms. It was designed with the idea of connecting a set of users to exchange data across predefined networks with maximum accuracy and quick transfer.

Social media is well on its way to snatch the title of “the fourth pillar of democracy” from the traditional forms of media like print or radio. The term “social media” and its popularity are largely due to the outburst of multiple social media platforms from the mid to late 2000s. Giants like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter have dominated the industry for some time but platforms like Orkut, Reddit and Tumblr remain close to user’s hearts to this day.

The single objective of these platforms is to connect various people and businesses from various parts of the world. This has inevitably resulted in an untraceable amount of networks spreading over the whole world. With advancing technology to complement it, social media is getting bigger by the second only to morph into the next generation of advertisements.

Networks of the New Era

An enormous 3.2 billion internet users are active on social media, that’s a little over 42% of the entire world population. This makes it the biggest audience to any other form of media, ever. After the second quarter of 2019, Facebook report 2.414 billion monthly active users of which 303 million were from India.

But the most significant feature of social media as a new form of marketing is the increase in the number of consumers and as a result, promoters and products. With more individual influencers connecting with consumers online, social media has become an ideal place for big, medium, small brands and start-ups. With 81% of all small to medium businesses and 91% retail brands using a social media platform in some form of the other, the industry is headed nowhere but up!

The wide use of social media has actually also become a relief of sorts to the employment conditions where software and technology firms are hiring largely for social media platforms or other directly related businesses. Marketing Managers, Art Directors and Copywriters are all full-time and readily available jobs as a direct result of social media platforms and their popularity.

That being said, a “social media influencer” or “tweets about your day and Instagram stories with foodie pics” is not a career choice. One can most certainly try and make a career out of it, but not something that might be sustainable. However, saying that having the words “social media” in your job title implies your job is unimportant is simply misguided and can discourage people from entering into an emerging space that is ripe with opportunities.

Where are we headed?

The world of social media is complicated and hard to understand but in this day and age, knowing about the happenings of society is rather important and social media, as risky as it might be, is getting that job done. But the industry is not all flowers, it has had its fair amount of dips. The rise in the number of platforms has sparked debate of invasion of privacy, spreading hate speech and/or racism, government censorship, self-censorship by social media platforms and ownership of content. 

The most recent case was the Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal that revealed Cambridge Analytica (CA) collected personal data of millions of peoples' Facebook profiles without their consent and used it for political manipulation and advertising purposes. 

Notably, CA was hired by the Indian National Congress (INC) to carry out "in-depth electorate analysis" and influence voters, including in the 2010 elections to the Bihar Legislative Assembly. 355 Indian Facebook users installed a Cambridge Analytica app, exposing the data of 562,455 users. In early 2018 Cambridge Analytica made a 50-page proposal for the INC for both the upcoming 2019 general election in India and their upcoming electoral campaign for the Indian states of Karnataka, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh state elections in 2018.

Although the platforms and the overall workings maybe treacherous and uncertain, social media platforms have brought about better connectivity and a great deal of relief to millions with various campaigns all the from terrorism (“je suis charlie” for the attacks on the French newspaper offices of Charlie Hebdo in 2015), sexual assault cases (MeToo for awareness about sexual assault by encouraging survivors to share their stories) to civil movements (Black Lives Matter movement for an end to police brutality and the killings of African-Americans in the U.S).

The platforms, their impact and complexity have all been well studied and documented in recent years and is going through tremendous change even now. The rational step forward is to use these tools effectively and help find ways to help improve as many lives as possible.

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Bihar MLC poll results signal a shift: NDA tally down; RJD leaves JD(U) behind

Bihar MLC poll results signal a shift: NDA tally down; RJD leaves JD(U) behind

The results of the just concluded Bihar Legislative Council signaled a shift in the state’s Upper House, with the NDA partners winning fewer seats than in 2015, when elections were last held, and the RJD emerging as the second largest party. This year, elections were held for 24 MLA seats in the 75-strong Council. The NDA won 13 seats — seven for the BJP five for the JD(U). The Rashtriya Lok…

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Events 8.26

683 – Yazid I's army kills 11,000 people of Medina including notable Sahabas in Battle of al-Harrah. 1071 – The Seljuq Turks defeat the Byzantine army at the Battle of Manzikert, and soon gain control of most of Anatolia. 1278 – Ladislaus IV of Hungary and Rudolf I of Germany defeat Ottokar II of Bohemia in the Battle on the Marchfeld near Dürnkrut in (then) Moravia. 1303 – Chittorgarh falls to the Delhi Sultanate, after which thirty thousand Hindu inhabitants are killed. 1346 – At the Battle of Crécy, an English army easily defeats a French one twice its size. 1444 – Battle of St. Jakob an der Birs: A vastly outnumbered force of Swiss Confederates is defeated by the Dauphin Louis (future Louis XI of France) and his army of 'Armagnacs' near Basel. 1542 – Francisco de Orellana crosses South America from Guayaquil on the Pacific coast to the mouth of the Amazon River on the Atlantic coast. 1748 – The first Lutheran denomination in North America, the Pennsylvania Ministerium, is founded in Philadelphia. 1767 – Jesuits all over Chile are arrested as the Spanish Empire suppresses the Society of Jesus. 1768 – Captain James Cook sets sail from England on board HMS Endeavour. 1778 – The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia. 1789 – The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is approved by the National Constituent Assembly of France. 1791 – John Fitch is granted a United States patent for the steamboat. 1810 – The former viceroy Santiago de Liniers of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata is executed after the defeat of his counter-revolution. 1813 – War of the Sixth Coalition: An impromptu battle takes place when French and Prussian-Russian forces accidentally run into each other near Liegnitz, Prussia (now Legnica, Poland). 1814 – Chilean War of Independence: Infighting between the rebel forces of José Miguel Carrera and Bernardo O'Higgins erupts in the Battle of Las Tres Acequias. 1833 – The great 1833 Kathmandu–Bihar earthquake causes major damage in Nepal, northern India and Tibet, a total of 500 people perish. 1863 – The Swedish-language liberal newspaper Helsingfors Dagblad proposed the current blue-and-white cross flag as the flag of Finland. 1883 – The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa begins its final, paroxysmal, stage. 1914 – World War I: The German colony of Togoland surrenders to French and British forces after a 20-day campaign. 1914 – World War I: During the retreat from Mons, the British II Corps commanded by General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien fights a vigorous and successful defensive action at Le Cateau. 1920 – The 19th amendment to United States Constitution takes effect, giving women the right to vote. 1922 – Greco-Turkish War (1919–22): Turkish army launched what has come to be known to the Turks as the Great Offensive (Büyük Taarruz). The major Greek defense positions were overrun. 1936 – Spanish Civil War: Santander falls to the nationalists and the republican interprovincial council is dissolved. 1940 – World War II: Chad becomes the first French colony to join the Allies under the administration of Félix Éboué, France's first black colonial governor. 1942 – The Holocaust in Ukraine: At Chortkiv, the Ukrainian police and German Schutzpolizei deport two thousand Jews to Bełżec extermination camp. Five hundred of the sick and children are murdered on the spot. This continued until the next day. 1944 – World War II: Charles de Gaulle enters Paris. 1966 – The South African Border War starts with the battle at Omugulugwombashe. 1970 – The fiftieth anniversary of American women being able to vote is marked by a nationwide Women's Strike for Equality. 1977 – The Charter of the French Language is adopted by the National Assembly of Quebec 1978 – Papal conclave: Albino Luciani is elected as Pope John Paul I. 1980 – After John Birges plants a bomb at Harvey's Resort Hotel in Stateline, Nevada, in the United States, the FBI inadvertently detonates the bomb during its disarming. 1997 – Beni Ali massacre occurs in Algeria, leaving 60 to 100 people dead. 1998 – The first flight of the Air Force Delta III ends in disaster 75 seconds after liftoff resulting in the loss of the Galaxy X satellite. 1999 – Russia begins the Second Chechen War in response to the Invasion of Dagestan by the Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade. 2003 – A Beechcraft 1900 operating as Colgan Air Flight 9446 crashes after taking off from Barnstable Municipal Airport in Yarmouth, Massachusetts, killing both pilots on board. 2009 – Kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard is discovered alive in California after being missing for over 18 years. Her captors, Phillip and Nancy Garrido are apprehended. 2011 – The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Boeing's all-new composite airliner, receives certification from the EASA and the FAA. 2014 – The Jay Report into the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal is published. 2015 – Two U.S. journalists are shot and killed by a disgruntled former coworker while conducting a live report in Moneta, Virginia. 2018 – Three people are killed and eleven wounded during a mass shooting at a Madden NFL '19 video game tournament in Jacksonville, Florida.

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As its fate hangs in balance, LJP claims it proved its worth in Bihar

NEW DELHI: With questions being raised about the Lok Janshakti Party‘s prospects after it won only one seat in the Bihar assembly polls, party sources on Sunday cited its “influence” in “changing” results in over 40 seats to assert that it will continue to have a key presence in the state politics. The LJP was instrumental in the defeat of chief minister Nitish Kumar-led JD(U)in at least 36 seats which is evident from its vote share, and the BJP would also have been hit hard if the regional party had gone all out against it in a similar manner, the sources claimed. The LJP might have won only one seat, but it has underscored its presence by fetching 5.7 percent votes, the party sources said. They noted that the party put up candidates in only six seats where the BJP was in the fray while contesting on almost each of the 115 seats where the JD(U) contested in the elections to the 243-seat Bihar assembly polls. With the JD(U), hit hard by the LJP in the elections, likely to oppose any friendly vibes to the party by its ally BJP, the sources in the Chirag Paswan-led party claimed that it was offered only 15 seats to contest in the polls, leaving it with no option other than to fight on its own. So far, there has been no official word from either the BJP or the LJP about the number of seats it was offered. LJP sources said their party could not have accepted only 15 seats after having six Lok Sabha MPs and one Rajya Sabha member in Ram Vilas Paswan, whose death has necessitated a byelection to the seat. “We had the option of either crossing over to the opposition or fighting on our own with a focus on seats being contested by the JD(U) as its reluctance was the main reason the LJP was offered only so few seats,” an LJP leader said, adding that its decision was driven by the desire to cause minimal harm to the BJP. The NDA scraped through in a close contest with the RJD-Left-Congress alliance by winning 125 seats against the opposition’s 110. The JD(U) suffered heavy losses as its tally fell to 43 from 71 in the 2015 polls. The LJP, which had two seats in the outgoing assembly, won only one seat while the BJP emerged victorious in 74. Chirag Paswan has insisted that his party might have left the NDA in Bihar, but it remains a member of the ruling alliance at the Centre. It remains to be seen what shape the LJP’s relations with the BJP at the Centre take as the party’s political presence is confined to Bihar where JD(U) leaders have expressed their opposition to any ties with Chirag Paswan’s party. In his campaign, Paswan was strongly critical of Nitish Kumar and praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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Nitish Kumar looks set to return as chief minister of Bihar (for a sixth time) despite his party’s shoddy performance in the election; the Janata Dal United’s (JDU) went from 71 seats in 2015 to 43 this year. One big factor in the JDU’s downturn in fortunes is believed to be Chirag Paswan and his Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), which fielded candidates against the Chief Minister’s party in…

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जेडीयू के खराब प्रदर्शन के बावजूद नीतीश कुमार बिहार के मुख्यमंत्री के तौर पर छठवीं बार लौटने को तैयार दिख रहे हैं. जेडीयू को 2015 को 71 सीटें मिली थीं और 43 सीटें इस बार मिल पाई हैं. चिराग पासवान की अगुवाई वालीएलजेपी को इसके पीछे बड़ा फैक्टर माना जाता है.पार्टी ने जेडीयू के खिलाफ हर सीट पर…

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Was Chirag Paswan The 'X-Factor' In Nitish Kumar's Bihar Election Result?

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Chirag Paswan’s LJP received only a single seat and secured lower than six per cent of the vote share (File)

Nitish Kumar seems to be set to return as chief minister of Bihar (for a sixth time) regardless of his social gathering’s shoddy efficiency within the election; the Janata Dal United’s (JDU) went from 71 seats in 2015 to 43 this yr.

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Was Chirag Paswan The 'X-Factor' In Nitish Kumar's Bihar Election Result?

Was Chirag Paswan The ‘X-Factor’ In Nitish Kumar’s Bihar Election Result?

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Chirag Paswan’s LJP won just a single seat and secured less than six per cent of the vote share (File)

Nitish Kumar looks set to return as chief minister of Bihar (for a sixth time) despite his party’s shoddy performance in the election; the Janata Dal United’s (JDU) went from 71 seats in 2015 to 43 this year.

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Was Chirag Paswan an 'X-factor' in Nitish Kumar's Bihar election result?

Was Chirag Paswan an ‘X-factor’ in Nitish Kumar’s Bihar election result?

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Chirag Paswan’s LJP won just one seat and got less than six percent vote share (File)

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EC conducts counting procedures with due adherence to Covid norms

NEW DELHI: As the slow-trickling results in Bihar made the wait for the ‘final picture’ longer, the Election Commission chose to play it cool, settling for scrupulous and sincere following of all counting procedures, with due adherence to Covid-19 guidelines, over any “haste” in declaration of results. “The Commission has directed that counting officials need not be in a haste or hurry to declare the results and they should follow all the procedures and take as much time as it is naturally required….It is natural that it may take some more time than normal as you all know this pandemic is not a normal time,” EC secretary general Umesh Singh told reporters on Tuesday. In any case, “most results by late afternoon” appear to have become a thing of the past ever since the Supreme Court ordered voter verified paper audit trails (VVPAT) slips to be counted for five polling stations per assembly constituency. Counting 1,200-1,400 slips manually per polling station in the last round takes an average 45 minutes to an hour, after which the result can be declared. During the polls in Madhya Pradesh in December 2018, results for Bhind-Morena came as late as 8 am on the next day of counting. Interestingly, this was not really the problem in Bihar this time, with the total number of voters per polling station cut to 1,000 from 1,500 in the interest of safety from Covid. With an average 57% turnout in Bihar, EC officials said VVPAT slips to be counted in the final round were far less. In Bihar, the slower pace of results could be explained by many factors. First, the limiting of voters per polling station to 1,000 from 1,500 meant 63% rise in polling stations and a matching rise in EVMs deployed. So results had to be taken from far more EVMs. Secondly, the broad guidelines issued by EC required counting tables to be cut from an average 14 to 7, though Commission officials said this was balanced by an increase in the number of counting centres, from 38 in 2015 to 55 now. On an average, 35 rounds of counting were to be undertaken per assembly constituency, which went up further to even 50-plus in a bigger constituency. Each round takes 30-40 minutes as the results need tabulation and distribution to all the candidates and counting agents. Another factor that made the wait for results longer was the rise in number of postal ballots. While 1.6 lakh ballots were sent to service voters, another 52,000 senior citizens above 80 years of age, people with disabilities and voters engaged in essential services opted to vote by postal ballot. Add to this around 5 lakh election staff — much more than in 2015 — many of whom too would have exercised the postal ballot option. Since postal ballots are first to be counted, the initial rounds of counting may have stretched a bit. Yet, EC not only did multiple media briefings on counting updates till late in the night, in a break from tradition, but deputy election commissioner Chandra Bhushan Kumar also insisted that “there is no delay in dissemination of results and the counting was progressing fast”. Recounts in a few cases — in view of the May 2019 rule by EC directing mandatory recounting/reverification of postal ballot where the margin of votes is less that number of postal ballots rejected as invalid — led to allegations and protests by the losing parties, while claims by RJD that returning officers had congratulated 119 candidates on their ‘win’ but the results were not being declared, were countered by EC saying its website had the properly authenticated results. EC also denied an earlier claim that postal ballot counting was stopped midway in some seats, saying this could not be substantiated after checking with the Bihar chief electoral officer.

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