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Narendra Modi Story

Narendra Modi (born September 17, 1950, Vadnagar, India) Indian politician and government official who rose to become a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). In 2014 he led his party to victory in elections to the Lok Sabha (lower chamber of the Indian parliament), after which he was sworn in as prime minister of India. Prior to that he had served (2001–14) as chief minister (head of government) of Gujarat state in western India.

After a vigorous campaign—in which Modi portrayed himself as a pragmatic candidate who could turn around India’s underperforming economy—he and the party were victorious, with the BJP winning a clear majority of seats in the chamber. Modi was sworn in as prime minister on May 26, 2014. Soon after he took office, his government embarked on several reforms, including campaigns to improve India’s transportation infrastructure and to liberalize rules on direct foreign investment in the country. Modi scored two significant diplomatic achievements early in his term. In mid-September he hosted a visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping, the first time a Chinese leader had been to India in eight years. At the end of that month, having been granted a U.S. visa, Modi made a highly successful visit to New York City, which included a meeting with U.S. Pres. Barack Obama.

As prime minister, Modi oversaw a promotion of Hindu culture and the implementation of economic reforms. The government undertook measures that would broadly appeal to Hindus, such as its attempt to ban the sale of cows for slaughter. The economic reforms were sweeping, introducing structural changes—and temporary disruptions—that could be felt nationwide. Among the most far-reaching was the demonetization and replacement of 500- and 1,000-rupee banknotes with only a few hours’ notice. The purpose was to stop “black money”—cash used for illicit activities—by making it difficult to exchange large sums of cash. The following year the government centralized the consumption tax system by introducing the Goods and Services Tax (GST), which superseded a confusing system of local consumption taxes and eliminated the problem of cascading tax. GDP growth slowed from these changes, though growth had already been high (8.2 percent in 2015), and the reforms succeeded in expanding the government’s tax base. Still, rising costs of living and increasing unemployment disappointed many as grandiose promises of economic growth remained unfulfilled.

This disappointment registered with voters during the elections in five states in late 2018. The BJP lost in all five states, including the BJP strongholds of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Chhattisgarh. The rival Indian National Congress (Congress Party) won more state assembly seats than the BJP in all five elections. Many observers believed that this portended bad news for Modi and the BJP in the national elections set for the spring of 2019, but others believed that Modi’s charisma would excite the voters. Moreover, a security crisis in Jammu and Kashmir in February 2019, which escalated tensions with Pakistan to the highest point in decades, boosted Modi’s image just months before the election. With the BJP dominating the airwaves during the campaign—in contrast to the lacklustre campaign of Rahul Gandhi and Congress—the BJP was returned to power, and Modi became India’s first prime minister outside of the Congress Party to be reelected after a full term.

In his second term Modi’s government revoked the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, stripping it of autonomy in October 2019 and bringing it under the direct control of the union government. The move came under intense criticism and faced challenges in court, not only for the questionable legality of depriving Jammu and Kashmir’s residents of self-determination but also because the government severely restricted communications and movement within the region.

In March 2020, meanwhile, Modi took decisive action to combat the outbreak of COVID-19 in India, swiftly implementing strict nationwide restrictions to mitigate the spread while the country’s biotechnology firms became key players in the race to develop and deliver vaccines worldwide. As part of the effort to counter the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Modi undertook executive action in June to liberalize the agricultural sector, a move that was codified into law in September. Many feared that the reforms would make farmers vulnerable to exploitation, however, and protesters took to the streets in opposition to the new laws. Beginning in November, massive protests were organized and became a regular disruption, particularly in Delhi.

Modi’s policies backfired in 2021. Protests escalated (culminating in the storming of the Red Fort in January), and extraordinary restrictions and crackdowns by the government failed to suppress them. Meanwhile, despite the remarkably low spread of COVID-19 in January and February, by late April a rapid surge of cases caused by the new Delta variant had overwhelmed the country’s health care system. Modi, who had held massive political rallies ahead of state elections in March and April, was criticized for neglecting the surge. The BJP ultimately lost the election in a key battleground state despite heavy campaigning. In November, as protests continued and another set of state elections approached, Modi announced that the government would repeal the agricultural reforms.

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Prashant Kishor and Yogendra Yadav’s Contrasting Predictions for Lok Sabha Elections 2024

Renowned political analysts Prashant Kishor and Yogendra Yadav have recently offered their predictions for the outcome of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections in 2024. While both analysts have provided their insights, their forecasts diverge on crucial points, adding intrigue to the electoral landscape. Here’s an in-depth look at their predictions and the implications for the political scenario:

1. Prashant Kishor’s Projections:

Kishor foresees a scenario where the BJP replicates its performance from the 2019 Lok Sabha elections but falls short of crossing the 370-seat mark.

He suggests that while the BJP may not exceed 400 seats, it is unlikely to drop below the 270-seat threshold necessary to form a government independently.

Kishor’s analysis underscores the significance of alliances and coalition politics in securing a majority in the Lok Sabha.

2. Yogendra Yadav’s Forecasts:

In contrast, Yadav presents a more conservative outlook for the BJP, predicting that the party will struggle to surpass the 300-seat mark.

He emphasizes the challenges faced by the BJP in achieving its ambitious ‘400 paar’ claim, suggesting that the party’s seat tally may fall short of expectations.

Yadav’s projections highlight the potential for shifts in the political landscape, particularly in key states, which could influence the final outcome of the elections.

3. Alignment with Alliance Dynamics:

Both analysts acknowledge the importance of alliances in shaping the electoral arithmetic.

Kishor���s assessment recognizes the role of NDA allies in bolstering the BJP’s prospects, albeit within a defined seat range.

Yadav’s analysis raises the possibility of the INDIA bloc, led by the opposition, emerging as a formidable challenger to the NDA, contingent on developments in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.

4. Regional Insights and Seat Projections:

Yadav provides a detailed breakdown of seat projections across various regions, offering insights into potential gains and losses for the BJP.

His projections suggest nuanced dynamics in states like Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Odisha, with implications for the BJP’s overall performance.

Additionally, Yadav anticipates significant shifts in heartland states like Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and others, which could shape the final outcome of the elections.

5. Impact of Regional Factors:

Yadav’s analysis underscores the influence of local dynamics, including state-specific issues and political narratives, on electoral outcomes.

He highlights the potential for surprises in states like Karnataka, West Bengal, Northeastern states, Punjab, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, and Jammu and Kashmir, which may defy conventional expectations.

6. Implications for the NDA and Opposition:

Kishor and Yadav’s divergent forecasts offer contrasting narratives for the BJP-led NDA and the opposition alliances.

While Kishor’s projections suggest continuity in the BJP’s dominance, albeit within defined parameters, Yadav’s analysis hints at potential vulnerabilities and opportunities for the opposition to capitalize on.

In conclusion, Prashant Kishor and Yogendra Yadav’s predictions provide valuable insights into the evolving dynamics of Indian politics, highlighting the complexities and uncertainties inherent in electoral forecasting. As the elections unfold, the accuracy of these projections will be closely scrutinized, shaping the narrative of India’s democratic journey.

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108,940 MBBS and 70,645 PG Seats: Navigating India's Medical Education Landscape, Spotlight on Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya reveals India's medical education landscape: 108,940 MBBS and 70,645 postgraduate medical seats, as informed in the Lok Sabha.

As per data shared by the Union Health Minister, India's medical education landscape has witnessed significant expansion since 2014. A comprehensive comparison of the seat and medical college matrix from that period reveals an impressive 82% increase in the number of medical colleges. Moreover, there has been a remarkable surge of 112% in MBBS seats and an even more substantial rise of 127% in PG medical seats.

Tamil Nadu emerges as a leader in this growth, boasting the highest number of medical colleges at a total of 74. Meanwhile, Karnataka takes the lead in MBBS seats, offering a substantial 11,745 seats for aspiring medical students. Noteworthy is Karnataka's dominance in the private medical sector, with 46 private medical colleges during the academic year 2023-2024.

Furthermore, Karnataka stands out with the highest number of PG medical seats, reaching an impressive 6,449. Most of these postgraduate seats are situated in private medical institutes, emphasizing the state's role in fostering medical education.

These revelations came to light as the Health Minister responded to a series of questions posed by Shrimati Poonam Mahajan and Dr. Beesetti Venkata Satyavathi. The queries covered a range of topics, including government measures to meet WHO medical standards, details of medical colleges and seat increases over the past five years, and initiatives aimed at improving the overall quality of medical education across the country.

In response to the queries, the Union Health Minister conveyed crucial information through a written statement, stating, "The Government has undertaken significant efforts to augment the number of medical colleges, resulting in a noteworthy increase in MBBS seats. The data reveals an 82% rise in the number of medical colleges, increasing from 387 before 2014 to the current count of 706. Additionally, there has been a substantial 112% increase in MBBS seats, growing from 51,348 before 2014 to the current total of 1,08,940. The surge extends to PG seats as well, with a remarkable 127% increase from 31,185 before 2014 to the current count of 70,645."

The statement continued to highlight the progress made in the last five years, noting, "In the last five years, the number of medical colleges has seen a rise from 499 in 2018-19 to 648 in 2022-23. Simultaneously, there has been an increase in MBBS seats from 70,012 in 2018-19 to 96,077 in 2022-23. PG seats have also witnessed growth, increasing from 39,583 in 2018-19 to 64,059 in 2022-23.

The Ministry further furnished details pertaining to the State/UT-wise distribution of medical colleges and their intake capacities for the current academic year (2023-24). Additionally, comprehensive information on the number of medical colleges, MBBS seats, and PG seats for both 2018-2019 and 2022-2023 was provided in the statement.

As per the data shared by the Union Health Minister, for the current academic year, there is 1 Government medical college with an intake capacity for 114 MBBS seats at Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Andhra Pradesh has 37 medical colleges with 6485 MBBS and 3568 PG medical seats, Arunachal Pradesh has 1 medical college with 50 MBBS seats, Assam has 13 medical colleges with 1550 MBBS and 738 PG medical seats, Bihar has 21 medical colleges with 2765 MBBS and 1229 PG medical seats, Chandigarh has 1 medical college with 150 MBBS and 585 PG medical seats, Chhattisgarh has 14 medical colleegs with 2005 MBBS and 589 PG medical seats, Dadra and Nagar Haveli has 1 medical college with 177 MBBS seats, Delhi has 10 medical colleges with 1487 MBBS and 2838 PG medical seats, Goa has 1 medical college with 180 MBBS and 137 PG medical seats, Gujarat has 40 medical colleges with 7150 MBBS and 2910 PG medical seats, Haryana has 15 medical colleges with 2185 MBBS and 897 PG medical seats, Himachal Pradesh has 8 medical colleges with 920 MBBS and 356 PG medical seats, Jammu & Kashmir has 12 medical colleges with 1339 MBBS and 657 PG medical seats, Jharkhand has 9 medical colleges with 980 MBBS and 263 PG medical seats, Karnataka has 70 medical colleges with 11745 MBBS and 6449 PG medical seats, Kerala has 33 medical colleges with 4655 MBBS and 1945 PG medical seats.

The data reveals a diverse landscape of medical education across Indian states. In Madhya Pradesh, there are 27 medical colleges offering a total of 4,800 MBBS seats and 2,348 PG medical seats. Maharashtra boasts 68 medical colleges, providing 10,845 MBBS seats and 6,074 PG medical seats. In Manipur, there are 4 medical colleges with 525 MBBS seats and 255 PG medical seats. Meghalaya has 1 medical college offering 50 MBBS seats and 37 PG medical seats. Mizoram has 1 medical college with 100 MBBS seats, while Nagaland also has 1 medical college with 100 MBBS seats.

Moving on, Orissa has 17 medical colleges, contributing 2,525 MBBS seats and 1,234 PG medical seats. Puducherry hosts 9 medical colleges, providing 1,830 MBBS seats and 1,034 PG medical seats. Punjab has 12 medical colleges with 1,800 MBBS seats and 792 PG medical seats. Rajasthan stands out with 35 medical colleges, offering 5,575 MBBS seats and 3,288 PG medical seats. Sikkim has 1 medical college with 150 MBBS seats and 34 PG medical seats. Tamil Nadu leads with a remarkable 74 medical colleges, providing 11,650 MBBS seats and 5,134 PG medical seats.

Telangana boasts 56 medical colleges, contributing 8,490 MBBS seats and 3,112 PG medical seats. Tripura has 2 medical colleges with 225 MBBS seats and 91 PG medical seats. Uttar Pradesh hosts 68 medical colleges, offering 9,903 MBBS seats and 4,220 PG medical seats. Uttarakhand features 8 medical colleges, providing 1,150 MBBS seats and 1,832 PG medical seats. Finally, West Bengal has 35 medical colleges with 5,275 MBBS seats and 2,088 PG medical seats. This comprehensive overview underscores the varied healthcare education landscape across different states in India.

The State/UT-wise details of Medical Colleges along with UG and PG seats for the current academic year 2023-24.

Note: The count of PG seats includes 1621 CPS and 14190 DNB seats, which have been factored into the overall statistics.

Moreover, the Minister provided comprehensive data illustrating the count of medical colleges, MBBS seats, and PG medical seats for both the academic years 2018-2019 and 2022-2023. Notably, Tamil Nadu has witnessed a substantial surge in medical colleges over the last five years. In 2018-2019, the state hosted 49 medical colleges, a number that has significantly expanded to 71 in the academic year 2022-2023. This growth is indicative of a notable increase in the healthcare education infrastructure in Tamil Nadu.

Interestingly, other states have also seen significant developments in their medical education landscape during this period. Andhra Pradesh added 1 medical college, Bihar experienced a noteworthy increase with the addition of 8, Chhattisgarh saw a rise of 5, and Delhi witnessed the establishment of 2 new medical colleges. Gujarat recorded a remarkable growth with the addition of 10 medical colleges, while Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, and Jammu & Kashmir each gained 2, 1, and 6 medical colleges, respectively. Jharkhand and Karnataka witnessed the establishment of 6 and 10 new medical colleges, respectively.

The trend continued with Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Manipur adding 3, 12, and 2 medical colleges, respectively. Orissa, Pondicherry, and Punjab experienced growth with the establishment of 4, 1, and 4 new medical colleges, respectively. Rajasthan recorded an increase with 9 new medical colleges, and Tamil Nadu again stood out with an impressive addition of 22 new medical colleges. Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, and Uttarakhand also contributed significantly with the establishment of 14, 19, and 2 new medical colleges, respectively. Lastly, West Bengal saw a commendable increment with the addition of 13 new medical colleges. This data underscores the dynamic evolution of medical education infrastructure across various states in India over the specified period.

* Number of INIs and their UG seats for the year 2022-23 are mentioned in concerned State/UT.

# PG seats also includes 1320 & 1621 CPS and 6848 & 12648 DNB seats for year 2018-19 and 2022-23 respectively.

As per the data provided by the Health Minister, the measures/steps taken by the Government to augment the medical education facilities and to improve the medical standards in the country include the following:

i. Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) for establishment of new medical colleges by upgrading district/ referral hospital under which 157 new medical colleges have been approved, out of which 108 are already functional.

ii. CSS for strengthening/ upgradation of existing State Government/ Central Government medical colleges to increase the number of MBBS (UG) and PG seats, under which support has been provided for increase of 4977 MBBS seats in 83 colleges with an approved cost of Rs. 5972.20 Cr, 4058 PG seats in phase-I in 72 colleges with an approved cost of Rs. 1498.43 cr and 4000 PG seats in phase-II in 65 colleges with an approved cost of Rs. 4475.25 Cr.

iii. Under “Upgradation of Government medical colleges by construction of Super Specialty Blocks” component of Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY), a total of 75 projects have been approved, of which 64 projects are complete. iv. Under the Central Sector Scheme for setting up of new AIIMS, 22 AIIMS have been approved. Undergraduate courses have started in 19 of these.

v. DNB qualification has been recognized for appointment as teaching faculty to take care of shortage of faculty.

vi. Enhancement of age limit for appointment/ extension/ re-employment against posts of teachers/dean/principal/ director in medical colleges upto 70 years.

To view the Health Ministry statement, click on the link below:

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Projections for 2024 Lok Sabha elections

The last elections for 2023 are over. Now it's time to prepare for the 2024 General Elections. BJP showed that it can beat anti-incumbency factors and return with a bigger share of seats. INC is at a loss as to where it went wrong. Were they wrong from the beginning or did that happen after the nominations were filed? Success in Karnataka elections barely 6 months back put them in an overconfident mode and thought the same formula works for all seasons. Whoever thought so made the only terrible mistake of their life in the Hindi belt or the cow belt as most political commentators would like to call those states - Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh.

I did some simple calculations and arrived at my seat projections for 2024. No surprises. NDA is returning to power, and BJP is improving its 2019 tally. States where they were expected to lag behind are now moving towards BJP. Congress party & I.N.D.I alliance are in for a big shock when the results are announced in mid-May 2024. BJP may improve its tally and will walk away with 308-360 seats and NDA allies will contribute another 20-25 seats. If NDA comes with the slogan "abki baar Modi sarkar aur 400 paar", don't be surprised; it will definitely happen. In the south, Karnataka BJP is likely to lose a couple of seats. They can still come back with a decent number of seats - between 20 to 24. Telangana 4 to 6, Tamil Nadu and Kerala there is a fair chance of them opening their account with one or two seats. Andhra I don't see anything happening now, but as election dates come near, things can change. Bihar & Maharashtra BJP will improve its tally, but the allies will underperform.

BJP will win between 310-360 seats and allies will add another 20 seats taking the NDA tally to 330 to 380 seats. Another projection will be given in mid-January 2024.

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Ahead Of Rahul Gandhi's Appeal In Court, Congress Alleges "Illegal Arrest"

Senior Congress leaders, including Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, are accompanying Rahul Gandhi to the court.

New Delhi: The Congress on Monday alleged that "illegal arrests" were being made to prevent party leaders and workers from going to Surat where Rahul Gandhi is set to file an appeal in a court against his conviction in a criminal defamation case.

Senior Congress leaders, including Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, are accompanying Rahul Gandhi to the court.

The Congress leader will seek suspension of his sentence by the sessions court, sources said.

In a tweet in Hindi, Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said, "There are continuous reports of illegal arrests by the BJP government in Gujarat to prevent Congress leaders and workers from going to Surat." "The undemocratic face of BJP is being exposed again and again," he said.

The Congress condemns all these activities and demands their immediate release, Ramesh added.

Rahul Gandhi will land in Surat at around 2 pm, according to the Congress sources.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Congress Rajya Sabha member K C Venugopal and other senior party leaders will also be in Surat.

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel and Himachal Pradesh CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu are also likely to be in the city as Gandhi moves court, the sources said.

The court of Chief Judicial Magistrate H H Varma here had on March 23 convicted the 52-year-old Gandhi and sentenced him to two years in jail in a 2019 criminal defamation case filed against him over his "Modi surname" remarks.

The case was filed against Gandhi on a complaint by Bharatiya Janata Party MLA and former Gujarat minister Purnesh Modi for the Congress leader's alleged remarks "How come all thieves have Modi as the common surname?" Mr Gandhi, who had served as an MP from Wayanad in Kerala, made the remarks while addressing a rally at Kolar in Karnataka on April 13, 2019 during the Lok Sabha elections campaign.

The sentence of two years invited his disqualification from the membership of Parliament under provisions of the Representation of the People Act, 1951.

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L'historien Ramachandra Guha a déclaré mardi que pour "faire revivre" une démocratie saine en Inde dans laquelle un parti ne renverse pas l'opposition, beaucoup dépend du fait que le Congrès devienne plus compétitif, ce qui ne se fera pas simplement par une marche mais en remportant des votes. Guha s'exprimait lors du lancement de la troisième édition de son ouvrage phare, "L'Inde après Gandhi", ici. "Objectivement, seul le Congrès a une empreinte, dirons-nous, dans huit à 12 États. Donc, pour avoir une démocratie saine dans laquelle un parti n'écrase pas l'opposition, comme celle que l'Inde a connue de la fin des années 1970 à 2014, pour faire revivre cela, pour le restaurer, ce qui, je pense, serait très bon pour nous tous, cela dépendrait beaucoup du fait que le Congrès devienne plus compétitif », a-t-il affirmé. Pour étayer son propos, Guha a expliqué que, parmi tous les autres partis, c'est le Congrès qui a combattu le BJP en tête-à-tête avec pas moins de 191 sièges lors des élections de 2019 à Lok Sabha. Il a affirmé que la même chose se produirait aux élections générales de 2024 parce que des partis comme JD (U), AAP, DMK et TMC n'ont aucune chance contre le BJP dans des États tels que le Madhya Pradesh, le Chhattisgarh, le Rajasthan, l'Uttarakhand, le Karnataka et l'Himachal Pradesh. Le Congrès a remporté 16 des 191 sièges avec un taux de réussite de 8% seulement, a déclaré Guha, ajoutant que les alliés auraient un rôle important à jouer, mais ce ne sera alors que "Congrès plus plus". "Donc, cela pourrait être RJD plus JD (U) dans le Bihar, NCP et Shiv Sena dans le Maharashtra, DMK dans le Tamil Nadu, qui est le Congrès plus plus. Mais il faudrait que ce soit la renaissance du Congrès", a-t-il expliqué. Se référant au Bharat Jodo Yatra récemment conclu par le chef du Congrès Rahul Gandhi, l'historien de 64 ans a déclaré que la renaissance du parti ne se ferait pas "simplement par une marche". "Cela dépend beaucoup de la façon dont ils peuvent se revitaliser (eux-mêmes), non seulement par le biais d'une marche, mais en remportant des votes", a-t-il déclaré. Le Bharat Jodo Yatra, parti de Kanyakumari au Tamil Nadu le 7 septembre, s'est terminé à Srinagar le 30 janvier après avoir parcouru plus de 4 000 kilomètres en 136 jours. Qualifiant Gandhi d '"homme décent", Guha a déclaré qu'il y avait un point d'interrogation sur le fait qu'il était un "politicien capable" ou sur la question de savoir si l'Inde méritait un "dynaste de cinquième génération", mais il pense que c'est "moralement répréhensible". "L'Inde après Gandhi", un tome de 980 pages, publié pour la première fois en 2007. Il est présenté comme un récit magistral des douleurs, des luttes, des humiliations et des gloires de la plus grande démocratie du monde. PTI MG DIV DIV(À l'exception du titre, cette histoire n'a pas été éditée par le personnel de NDTV et est publiée à partir d'un flux syndiqué.)

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दूसरे दौर में छह बजे तक हुआ 66 प्रतिशत मतदान, पहले चरण से तीन फीसदी कम हुए मतदान

ले पंगा न्यूज डेस्क, अशोक योगी। लोकसभा चुनाव के दूसरे चरण में गुरुवार को 12 राज्यों की 95 सीटों पर शाम छह बजे तक मतदान का स्तर 66 प्रतिशत रहा। पहले चरण के मतदान की तुलना में यह तीन प्रतिशत कम रहा। गौरतलब है कि पहले चरण में 11 अप्रैल को 20 राज्यों की 97 सीटों पर 69.4 प्रतिशत मतदान हुआ था।

भाषा को उपचुनाव आयुक्त उमेश सिन्हा ने बताया कि मतदान के अंतिम आंकड़ों के मुताबिक दूसरे दौर में सर्वाधिक 78 प्रतिशत मतदान पुदुचेरी की एक लोकसभा सीट पर रहा। उन्होंने बताया कि 70 प्रतिशत से अधिक मतदान वाले राज्यों में पुदुचेरी के अलावा पश्चिम बंगाल (76 प्रतिशत), मणिपुर (74.3 प्रतिशत), असम (73.32 प्रतिशत), और तमिलनाडु (72 प्रतिशत) शामिल हैं। तमिलनाडु की वेल्लोर और त्रिपुरा की पूर्वी त्रिपुरा सीट पर किया मतदान स्थगित सिन्हा ने बताया कि उत्तर प्रदेश और बिहार में दूसरे चरण में, पिछले लोकसभा चुनाव के दूसरे चरण की तुलना में मतदान लगभग एक प्रतिशत बढ़ा है। जबकि उड़ीसा में मतदान में कमी आई है। लोकसभा चुनाव के दूसरे चरण में तमिलनाडु की 39 में से 38 सीटों पर मतदान हुआ। इस चरण में तमिलनाडु की वेल्लोर और त्रिपुरा की पूर्वी त्रिपुरा सीट पर मतदान स्थगित किया गया है। चुनाव आयोग के आंकड़ों के मुताबिक शाम छह बजे तक उत्तर प्रदेश की आठ सीटों पर 62.3 प्रतिशत और बिहार की पांच सीटों पर 62.53 प्रतिशत मतदान हुआ है। वहीं महाराष्ट्र की दस सीटों पर 62 प्रतिशत मतदाताओं ने अपने मताधिकार का उपयोग किया। उड़ीसा की पांच लोकसभा सीटों पर 64 प्रतिशत, पश्चिम बंगाल की तीन सीटों पर 76 प्रतिशत और जम्मू कश्मीर की दो सीटों (उधमपुर और श्रीनगर) पर सबसे कम 43.4 प्रतिशत मतदान हुआ। मतदान के लिहाज से संवेदनशील इलाकों में शुमार छत्तीसगढ़ की तीन सीटों (राजनंदगांव, महासमंद और कांकेर) पर 71 प्रतिशत मतदान हुआ। उन्होंने बताया मतदान के ये अंतिम आंकड़े नहीं हैं। अभी कुछ लोकसभा सीटों पर मतदान जारी है।  गौरतलब है कि दूसरे चरण के मतदान वाली सीटों पर सुबह सात बजे से शाम पांच बजे तक का समय तय किया था। लेकिन कुछ सीटों पर शाम छह और कुछ पर सात बजे तक मतदान का समय निर्धारित किया गया था।

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State-wise list of constituencies in 17th Lok Sabha

Soon after the announcement of  Rajasthan Assembly Elections 2018, the Lok Sabha Elections is going to happen in India. The Rajasthan Politicians are already preparing their plan to earn healthy votes for victory. To get all the updates, you need to read Rajasthan News regularly. About Lok Sabha Election 2019: Lok Sabha Elections 2019 is going to be conducted in the month of April-May. Lok Sabha is the Lower House of Parliament which is made by the Members of Parliament. This year, the prominent political parties include United Progressive Alliance (UPA) aka Congress and Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). Total Lok Sabha Seats: Currently, there is a total of 543 seats in the Lok Sabha. There are total 552 seats as per the Constitution of India. Out of them, 530 seats will be selected from States, 20 seats will be selected from the Union Territory and 2 seats will be occupied by the Anglo-Indians. The President of India has the right to select 2 Ango-Indians for Lok Sabha. State-wise list of constituencies in 17th Lok Sabha Election 2019 State/Union TerritoryLok Sabha seats Andhra Pradesh- 25 Arunachal Pradesh - 2 Assam - 14 Bihar - 40 Chhattisgarh - 11 Goa - 2 Gujarat - 26 Haryana - 10 Himachal Pradesh - 4 Jammu and Kashmir - 6 Jharkhand - 14 Karnataka - 28 Kerala - 20 Madhya Pradesh - 29 Maharashtra - 48 Manipur - 2 Meghalaya - 2 Mizoram - 1 Nagaland - 1 Odisha - 21 Punjab - 13 Rajasthan - 25 Sikkim - 1 Tamil Nadu - 39 Telangana - 17 Tripura - 2 Uttar Pradesh - 80 Uttarakhand - 5 West Bengal - 42 Andaman and Nicobar Islands - 1 Chandigarh - 1 Dadra and Nagar Haveli - 1 Daman and Diu - 1 Lakshadweep - 1 NCT of Delhi - 7 Puducherry - 1

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Lok Sabha election 2019 || Dates declared || Schedule

LOk sabha elections dates are declared by the Election commission after such a long meeting held in Delhi and loksabha election will be held from the month of April and May that is 11, 18, 23, 29 April and 6, 12, 29 May of 2019. more than 10 lakh aprox booth will be establish for votings for the election of Lok sabha elections 2019.Lok Sabha election 2019 Loksabha Elections Phase wise and Places where elctions Took place Date wise Phase 1 (April 11) 1. Andhra Pradesh: 25 seats 2. Arunachal Pradesh: 2 seats 3. Assam: 5 seats 4. Bihar: 4 seats 5. Chhattisgarh: 1 seat 6. Jammu and Kashmir: 2 seats 7. Maharashtra: 7 seats 8. Manipur: 1 seat 9. Meghalaya: 2 seats 10. Mizoram: 1 seat 11. Nagaland: 1 seat 12. Odisha: 4 seats 13. Sikkim: 1 seat 14. Telangana: 17 seats 15. Tripura: 1 seat 16. Uttar Pradesh: 10 seats 17. Uttarakhand: 5 seats 18. West Bengal: 2 seats 19. Andaman and Nicobar Islands: 1 seat 20. Lakshadweep: 1 seat Phase 2 (April 18) 1. Assam: 5 seats 2. Bihar: 5 seats 3. Chhattisgarh: 3 seats 4. Jammu and Kashmir: 2 seats 5. Karnataka: 14 seats 6. Maharashtra: 10 seats 7. Manipur: 1 seat 8. Odisha: 5 seats 9. Tamil Nadu: 39 seats 10. Tripura: 1 seat 11. Uttar Pradesh: 8 seats 12. West Bengal: 3 seats 13. Puducherry: 1 seat Phase 3 (April 23) 1. Assam: 4 seats 2. Bihar: 5 seats 3. Chhattisgarh: 7 seats 4. Gujarat: 26 seats 5. Goa: 2 6. Jammu and Kashmir: 1 seat 7. Karnataka: 14 seats 8. Kerala: 20 seats 9. Maharashtra: 14 seats 10. Odisha: 6 seats 11. Uttar Pradesh: 10 seats 12. West Bengal: 5 seats 13. Dadra and Nagar Haveli: 1 seat 14. Daman and Diu: 1 seat Phase 4 (April 29) 1. Bihar: 5 seats 2. Jammu and Kashmir: 1 seat 3. Jharkhand: 3 seats 4. Madhya Pradesh: 6 seats 5. Maharashtra: 17 seats 6. Odisha: 6 seats 7. Rajasthan: 13 seats 8. Uttar Pradesh: 13 seats 9. West Bengal: 8 seats Phase 5 (May 6) 1. Bihar: 5 seats 2. Jammu and Kashmir: 2 seats 3. Jharkhand: 4 seats 4. Madhya Pradesh: 7 seats 5. Rajasthan: 12 seats 6. Uttar Pradesh: 14 seats 7. West Bengal: 7 seats Phase 6 (May 12) 1. Bihar: 8 seats 2. Haryana: 10 seats 3. Jharkhand: 4 seats 4. Madhya Pradesh: 8 seats 5. Uttar Pradesh: 14 seats 6. West Bengal: 8 seats 7. Delhi: 7 seats Phase 7 (May 19)COMMENT 1. Bihar: 8 seats 2. Jharkhand: 3 seats 3. Madhya Pradesh: 8 seats 4. Punjab: 13 seats 5. West Bengal: 9 seats 6. Chandigarh: 1 seat 7. Uttar Pradesh: 13 seats 8. Himachal Pradesh: 4 seats Read the full article

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BJP wins 41 out of 59 bypoll seats, 31 at Cong’s expense

In a tidal sweep of byelections in seven out of 11 states, the BJP or an ally on Tuesday won 41 of the 59 seats at stake –– as many as 31 of them at Congress’s expense. Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat provided the big bang in this cracker of a pre-Diwali performance, with the saffron party wresting 26 seats from Congress in these two states alone. In Gujarat, BJP’s “double engine” steamrollered Congress in all eight seats to which bypolls were held, including five in Saurashtra and the tribal-dominated constituency of Dang. Five of the victors are turncoat Congress MLAs who had switched sides ahead of the Rajya Sabha polls. In the 182-member House, BJP now has 111 seats to Congress’s 65. Manipur was the third state where BJP scored a near-perfect 4 in Congress strongholds. The fifth Congress-held seat was captured by an independent.

Uttar Pradesh, too, played to BJP’s script, strengthening CM Yogi Adityanath’s hand with a six-on-six show in seats held by the party, including the Bangarmau constituency that rape and murder convict Kuldeep Singh Sengar used to represent. One of the BJP victors was the late cricketer-turned-politician Chetan Chauhan’s wife Sangeeta Chauhan, who won the Naugawan Sadat seat that fell vacant when her husband died after a bout of Covid-19 in August. The Samajwadi Party narrowly retained the seventh UP seat that went to poll, maintaining status quo in the assembly. BJP continued its march in Karnataka, wresting the Sira seat from JD(S) and RR Nagar from Congress to silence CM BS Yediyurappa’s detractors and possibly put a lid on talk of a leadership change. As in Gujarat, voters re-elected a turncoat Congress MLA contesting the RR Nagar seat on a BJP ticket. Winner N Munirathna’s resignation after crossing over had necessitated the bypoll. The saffron party’s strength in the House now stands at 119, while Congress has 67 and JD(S) 33 MLAs.

In Telangana, BJP engineered a coup of sorts when its candidate M Raghunandan Rao beat the Chandrashekar Rao-led TRS’s nominee Solipeta Sujatha by a wafer-thin margin of 1,079 votes in the Dubbak byelection. For Raghunandan, it was fourth time lucky in Dubbak after thrice ending up on the losing side. Sources said the verdict could well be an affirmation of how Telangana’s future politics will play out, with BJP replacing Congress as the main opposition party in the state. The first sign of this was BJP winning four seats for the first time in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. In MP, 18 of the 19 seats won by BJP were those that Congress lost. For the grand old party, the big gain was in Chhattisgarh, where it wrested the Marwahi (ST) seat — a stronghold of the Ajit Jogi family for almost two decades. Dr Krishna Kumar Dhruw defeated BJP’s Dr Gambhir Singh by over 38,197 votes there. The nearly 25% difference in vote share told the story — while ruling Congress got 56% votes, BJP managed 30.4%. With this win, Congress now has 70 seats in the 90-member assembly after winning the Dantewada and Chitrakot (ST) byelection in September last year. One of the two Nagaland seats that went to poll was won by NDPP, a BJP ally. The other went to an independent.

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If today the RJD gets an absolute majority in the Bihar Legislative Assembly, will you now become the leader of the stunning secular camp.  Will this flood the tension with Akhilesh Yadav, Kanhaiya Kumar and other opposition leaders, including Rahul Gandhi and the development of Bihar and Bihar will come to the center and stand on their own.  So, amidst all this, will Bihar be able to register its strength in the politics of the country and the country, it will be able to lift its plight.  Which stood at zero in the last 15 years.

 Amidst the preparations of Tejashwi Yadav's coronation, where there is silence in the NDA camp, on the other hand there is a lot of flak in the other parties, including the Congress, the constituent party of the Mahagathbandhan camp.  If the actual election results are in line with the exit poll, then parties like Congress, Left, Samajwadi Party can be seen cheering, but the other aspect of this is that it will also become a matter of concern for these parties.  Now you must be thinking that when these parties have supported Tejashwi Yadav in Bihar elections, then why would he come into tension with his victory.  Let us try to understand the answer to this question arising in your mind.

 If we look at the recent politics of the opposition parties, it is clearly visible that there is a great lack of mutual coordination between them.  There is a competition among all parties to lead the opposition.  During the formation of the Congress + JDS government in Karnataka in the year 2018, opposition parties tried to show unity on the platform.  During this, Congress President Sonia Gandhi and BSP chief Mayawati tried to show friendship by hitting each other on the stage.  But about a year later, in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Mayawati started to fire against the Congress.  At the same time, the Samajwadi Party also parted ways with the Congress.

 Opposition parties are vying for the leadership of their party.  While the Congress is trying to establish Rahul Gandhi, Akhilesh Yadav is trying to establish himself as the Leader of the Opposition.  At the same time, the Left has put forward Kanhaiya Kumar's face.  It is worth noting that the performance of these three faces has not been special in the recent elections.

 Under the leadership of Rahul Gandhi, the Congress has so far won only Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Punjab.  In this too, in a few months, Madhya Pradesh has also come out of the Congress.  At the same time, there is a constant dispute between Sachin Pilot and Ashok Gehlot in Rajasthan.  At the same time, Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party 2014, he has lost the 2019 Lok Sabha elections and 2017 assembly elections badly.  Kanhaiya Kumar, who was trying to become the young face of the Left parties, also lost heavily in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.  This is the reason that he was not given much attention in the Bihar assembly elections.

 In such a situation, if Tejashwi Yadav is successful in forming a government on his own in a big state like Bihar, then his stature in the opposition camp will be very big.  After the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Arvind Kejriwal, Hemant Soren and Nitish Kumar have been three such faces who have been able to win in front of PM Modi's image on their own.  Of this, Nitish Kumar is already with the BJP, while Soren and Kejriwal are not CMs of such a large state that they get a chance to lead the opposition camp at the national level.

 Lalu Prasad Yadav's family has been vocal towards BJP and PM Modi from the beginning, due to which he has been described as the biggest advocate of secularism.  Tejashwi Yadav shared the stage with Rahul Gandhi only once during the campaigning for this time assembly elections.  At the same time, it is said about the Lok Sabha elections that Kanhaiya Kumar should not win, so Tejashwi had fielded RJD candidates from Begusarai seat.  The Lalu family never wants any other face in front of their young leader to rise to the competition.  In such a situation, the formation of a government in Bihar under Tejashwi Yadav will increase the tension of leaders like Rahul Gandhi, Akhilesh Yadav and Kanhaiya Kumar.

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– Board of Control for Cricket in India

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– Jammu BSF IG NS Jamwal

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Modern technology is helping deal with the challenges related to agriculture. One example of it was how the government used technology to minimize damage caused by locust attack in about 10 States recently

– PM Modi

Financial experts express mixed feelings on RBI’s restructuring package

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Govt implementing several projects to ensure availability of water in drought-prone Bundelkhand region: PM Modi

Jharkhand allows public transport within state; hotels, lodges to reopen in view of JEE/NEET exams

India has controlled spread of locust swarms using modern technologies including drones

– PM Narendra Modi

When we talk about self-reliance in agriculture then it is not limited to self-sufficiency in food grains but encompasses self-reliance of the entire economy of the village

– PM Narendra Modi

West Bengal govt writes to Railway Board, says metro, local train services can be resumed

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– PM Modi

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– P Chidambaram

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– PM Narendra Modi

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It has reinforced a common belief in the Valley: the August 5 decisions were aimed at robbing Kashmiri Muslims of economic and political rights.

One year after special status ended, Kashmiris have disappeared from government in J&K

On April 2, a photograph from an official meeting of the Jammu and Kashmir administration created a buzz on social media in the Kashmir Valley. At first glance, the picture appeared unremarkable. It showed Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor GC Murmu holding a meeting with a battery of bureaucrats.

Social media users in the Valley were quick to point out that, out of the 19 men in the photograph, there was only one Kashmiri Muslim – Farooq Ahmad Lone, a former Indian Administrative Service officer from the Valley.

“Islam is the major religion practiced in Kashmir, with 97.00% of the region’s population identifying as Muslims and among them just Farooq Lone sb is standing alone in decision making with regard to highly Muslim populated Jammu and Kashmir as I could see,” said a Facebook user from Kashmir.

The picture cut to the heart of the anxiety that has gripped the Valley ever since August 5, 2019, when the Centre stripped Jammu and Kashmir of special status and split the former state into two Union Territories amid the severest lockdown the region has ever seen. Parliament also repealed Article 35A, which had empowered the government of the former state to define “permanent residents” of Jammu and Kashmir and reserve for them specific rights, such as the right to own land and hold government jobs, in the state.

The common refrain among Kashmiris in the aftermath of the decision was this: the move was aimed at introducing demographic change to the predominantly Muslim Kashmir Valley, robbing its inhabitants of economic and political rights.

The legislative assembly of the former state, now disbanded, had traditionally been dominated by the Muslim-majority Valley. With the August 5 decisions, Valley residents feared the “comeback of Dogra rule”, referring to the unpopular Hindu kings of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, which existed before 1947. In other words, they feared a government and administration that did not represent the Kashmiri Muslim majority of the region.

It was not just the picture that triggered these fears.

Vanishing Kashmiris “In civil bureaucracy, police and judiciary, Muslims in Kashmir feel nowhere,” said Ghulam Hassan Mir, a former minister in the state and now a member of the newly floated Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party, in a recent interview. “They are being sidelined and there is complete imbalance in the system. Kashmiris are found nowhere and even in the civil secretariat, which is the seat of power, the dejected Kashmiri officers are feeling detached.”

This marginalisation may not have started last year. Two former ministers who had served in the governments of the former state said that Delhi had always intervened in crucial appointments. A former cabinet minister who served in the People’s Democratic Party-Bharatiya Janata Party coalition government traces the marginalisation of Kashmiri officers back to 1989, when militancy spread rapidly across the Valley.

“It has been like this since 1989,” said the minister, who was among the many Kashmiri politicians arrested just before August 5. “Most of the key posts in the administration and police were held by non-local bureaucrats and officers on Delhi’s bidding. But state governments did act as a bit of buffer in such a scenario because there was accountability before the people. Tomorrow, they would have to go to people for votes.”

That has changed dramatically since the state assembly was dissolved, said another former cabinet minister. “The bureaucrats leading this administration don’t even want to stay in Kashmir,” he said. “Either they stay in their fortified official accommodations or they prefer to spend their week days in Jammu or Delhi. There’s no connection with the public.”

The change in leadership starts from the top. For years, the state had coalition governments led by a Kashmir-based party and a Kashmiri chief minister. The coalition partner was usually a national party, which won most of its votes from Jammu. But after the PDP-BJP government fell in June 2018, Kashmiri Muslims have had a waning presence in government.

Since the BJP walked out of the coalition in 2018, Jammu and Kashmir has been governed directly by the Centre, first through the governor and then, after it became a Union Territory, through the lieutenant governor. Both acted in consultation with an advisory council. In these two years, only one Kashmiri bureaucrat has been part of the council – Khurshid Ahmad Ganai, a retired Indian Administrative Service officer. His term ended on October 31, 2019, the day Jammu and Kashmir officially lost statehood.

Since then, Kashmiris have disappeared from the core unit of the administration altogether. While the administration is closely controlled by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs – most important policy decisions have been announced by it – the lieutenant governor and his four advisors are now the face of government in Jammu and Kashmir. Each advisor has the powers of a minister, supervising different departments instead of holding portfolios. Three of the advisors are from Jammu. The fourth is from Uttar Pradesh. None of them is from the Kashmir Valley.

Faces of the Union Territory administration

GC Murmu, a 1985-batch Indian Administrative Service officer of the Gujarat cadre, served as principal secretary to Narendra Modi during his tenure as chief minister of Gujarat and later as expenditure secretary at the Centre. Back in 2004, he had also faced allegations that he “tutored” witnesses who appeared before the Nanavati Commission, set up to look into the 2002 Gujarat riots. The allegations were dismissed by the Supreme Court-appointed special investigation team. Murmu was appointed lieutenant governor on October 31.

Kewal Kumar Sharma, on the governor’s advisory council since 2018, continued with Murmu. A retired Indian Administrative Service officer from Jammu division’s Kathua district, he has been chief secretary of Delhi and Goa as well as advisor to the administrator of Chandigarh. He was also secretary in the Union human resources ministry in 2016. At present, Sharma supervises a wide range of departments – from revenue, planning development and industries to education and horticulture.

Also continuing from the 2018 advisory council is Farooq Khan, a former Indian Police Service officer from Jammu. After he retired from the police, Khan had joined the BJP at a public rally held by Modi in Kathua during the run up to the Lok Sabha elections of 2014. He is the grandson of Peer Mohammad Khan, the first state president of the Jammu and Kashmir Jana Sangh.

Farooq Khan was instrumental in establishing the Jammu and Kashmir Police’s counterinsurgency wing, now known as the special operations group, during the peak of the militancy in the early 1990s. But his career was attended by controversy. In 2000, when five men were killed in an alleged fake encounter in Pathribal in Anantnag district, he was the senior superintendent in charge. In April 2003, he was suspended by the state government for two and a half years. In September 2005, he was exonerated by the Central Bureau of Investigation.

At present, Farooq Khan handles food, civil supplies and consumer affairs, social welfare, tribal affairs, labour and employment, youth services and sports, among other departments.

The only person from outside Jammu and Kashmir to be part of the advisory council is Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, who retired as director general of the Central Reserve Police Force. Bhatnagar is in charge of health and medical education, public works, irrigation and flood control, transport and animal husbandry in the union territory administration.

The most recent entrant to the advisory council is Baseer Ahmad Khan, appointed in March. This was soon after the Jammu and Kashmir High Court had expressed concern about the “inordinate delay” in framing charges in the Gulmarg land scam. Khan is one of the accused.

Baseer Khan was due to retire from the Indian Administrative Service on June 30, 2019. But as the government secretly geared up for sweeping changes to the state, it gave him a one-year extension, calling it a “special case”. When Jammu and Kashmir lost statehood, he was divisional commissioner of Kashmir. As advisor, Khan handles power development, rural development & panchayati raj, disaster management, culture, tourism and floriculture.

Also aiding the council is chief secretary BVR Subrahmanyam, a 1987-batch IAS officer of the Chhattisgarh cadre. He hails from Andhra Pradesh.

The chain of command

Kashmiri officers have vanished further down the chain of command as well. There were 58 Indian Administrative Officers in the state cadre of the former state of Jammu and Kashmir – the cadre has now been merged into the Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram-Union Territories cadre. Of those 58, only seven were Kashmiri Muslim. That included Shah Faesal, the star bureaucrat who went on to form his own political party. After August 5, he was among the scores of political leaders detained under the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act, a preventive detention law. He remains under house arrest.

Key departments like home, finance, health, environment are headed by officers from outside Jammu and Kashmir. The only officer from the Kashmir Valley running an important department is Asgar Hassan Samoon, principal secretary for school education.

While Jammu division is headed by Sanjeev Verma, a local resident, Kashmir’s divisional commissioner, Pandurang Kondbarao Pole, hails from Maharashtra. In the 10 districts of the Valley, only four district commissioners are Kashmiri.

Meanwhile, the Jammu and Kashmir Police force is headed by Dilbag Singh from Punjab. Mukesh Singh from Delhi heads the police in the Jammu division and Vijay Kumar from Bihar is the inspector general of Kashmir. None of the five deputy inspector generals is from Kashmir. In the 13 police districts of the Kashmir Valley, only two are under the charge of Kashmiri superintendents.

Kashmiri judges are a minority in the Jammu and Kashmir High Court, too. Of the 11 sitting judges, only two are Kashmiri Muslim while two are Kashmiri Pandit.

A logjam

The August 5 decision also brought about a crucial change in the bureaucratic structure. While Jammu and Kashmir had special status, only 50% of its All India Service officers were direct recruits chosen through examinations held by the Union Public Service Commission. The other came from Kashmir service officers who were promoted into All India Services. In other states, 67% of the officers are direct recruits while only 33% are officers inducted from the state services. When Jammu and Kashmir lost special status, it also became subject to the 67:33 rule.

Central changes apart, internal wrangles have meant promotions are stalled in both the Kashmir Police Service and the Kashmir Administrative Service.

“You can blame the failure to induct local KPS officers into the Indian Police Service on three reasons,” said a senior police officer in the Valley, speaking off the record. “The seniority disputes between officers, litigation and the failure of state governments in the past. There’s no word on when it’s going to happen.”

Since 2009, no Kashmir Police Service officer has been promoted into the Indian Police Service. At present, all 66 Indian Police Services officers in the Jammu and Kashmir cadre are those who were recruited directly through examinations held by the Union Public Service Commission. The total strength of the Jammu and Kashmir Police’s IPS cadre is 147, out of which 80 posts are for direct recruits and 67 slots are reserved for those promoted from the state service. A majority of the posts now lie vacant.

There is a similar logjam with inductions from the Kashmir Administrative Service into the Indian Administrative Service. “There has been no induction into the IAS for more than 10-11 years because of the dispute over the seniority list of the 1999 KAS batch,” said a Kashmir Administrative Service officer who did not want to be named. “There have been petitions, counter petitions and all those discussions but so far the logjam hasn’t been broken.”

Had the dispute been solved in time, the officer calculated, 50 to 55 Kashmir Administrative Service officers would have been inducted into the Central service over the last decade.

A poor track record

Even within the state services, observers have noted that recruitments have been skewed against Kashmiris for years. Historian and former civil servant Khalid Bashir Ahmad notes that between 1995 and 2014, over 65% of the state services were made up of recruits from Jammu and about 32.7% by recruits from Kashmir. This despite the Kashmir division being the most populous region of the former state.

As for Kashmiri representation in the police, Ahmad traces a long history of marginalisation that goes back to Dogra times. “During the last 102 years for which record is available, out of 34 police chiefs in the Muslim majority Jammu and Kashmir, only 2 were Muslims,” he writes. “In Ghulam Jeelani Pandit, the state had its last Muslim police chief as back as in 1989.”

The former minister who was imprisoned after August 5 was unsurprised by this track record. “This is nothing new,” he shrugged. “But what’s happening now is the culmination of ultimate design of Hindutva which is the decimation of Kashmiri Muslims.”

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Why using Modi's name is not helping BJP win states!

Over the past one year the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) has not had too many victories as far as state elections are concerned. For me there are many factors but the main reason is BJP believing that they can win state elections just on Modi's name. Winning the elections at the Centre with his name is not an issue since it is under his leadership and the way the Central Government has worked whether it was handling the Covid 19 situation or fulfilling promises like Tripal Talaq, Ram Mandir, Abrogation of Article 370, Bodo Accord, Bru Refugees settlement and Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). Hopefully the National Register for Citizens (NRC) promise also gets fulfilled and the Economy gets back on track.

But coming back to BJP, who are currently living in a fools paradise and thinking that they can win elections just on Modi's name is definitely not the case when we look at the results in state elections. This was first seen in the Gujarat election where it felt like the Congress will finally come back to power but it was because of the BJP increasing Modi's rallies, they just about won majority. Their state leadership of Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel were too busy fighting internally for power which would have lead to defeat in the state elections if not for Modi. The BJP again had the same strategy in Karnataka where they got a majority because of Modi and not because of the state leadership of BS Yeddyurappa. It was a clear message to the BJP leadership that then can't keep winning on Modi's name and that they need to focus on local issues and get credible state leaders.

Just months before the Lok Sabha 2019 elections the BJP got a reality check where they lost 3 states that were Rajashthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. Now the argument can be given by them that Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh had a 15 year anti incumbency but the fact is the strategy to just use Modi's name and not focusing on localised issues lead to the BJP'S defeat. Rajasthan was a clear example where people had made it clear that they did not have a problem with Modi but Vasundhara Raje won't be spared in the elections for not working which was seen in the results. Also one should give Congress due credit for fighting these elections well.

After the Lok Sabha elections the BJP got another reality check where they lost Jharkhand, just about won Haryana and were not able to form the Government in Maharashtra. As far as Maharashtra is concerned they can make an argument that their alliance had won but their alliance partners ditched them for their own ambitions. In Haryana even after the Congress gave Mr Bhupinder Hooda only one month to campaign he was able to get them 30 seats and the BJP just about managed 40 seats only because they increased Modi's rallies in the end. In Jharkhand it was a clean sweep where the JMM (Jharkhand Mukti Morcha) stole the show and the BJP again had only one strategy that is to use Modi's name for votes. Now one important point to note in these 3 elections was that all 3 sitting Chief Minister's were not from the majority caste from that state which had happened for the first time in India's history. Mr Devendra Fadnavis was a non Maratha, Mr Manohar Lal Khattar was a non Jat and Mr Raghubar Das was a non Tribal. For this we should give BJP credit for choosing competence over caste which we all want to see but as always such things are not shown in the media. The caste and religion factor does get negated in the Lok Sabha elections but unfortunately in the State elections it is still a big factor. It definitely cost the BJP votes during these elections especially in Jharkhand where the BJP won only 2 out of the 28 Tribal majority seats. All said and done BJP's over reliance on Modi still continued and they weren't able to perform at the level that was expected.

In Delhi the trend continued, where the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) who focused completely on local issues and fought under the state leadership of Mr Arvind Kejriwal swept the elections. The BJP again went into the elections telling people to vote on the name of Modi and his work. The people of Delhi were very clear that they had voted Modi on his work in the Lok Sabha and continue to support him but for the state they preferred Kejriwal for local issues. The BJP also knew the fact that their state BJP leadership is not good enough as compared to the AAP. The people of Delhi did elect the BJP for the MCD (Municipal Corporation of Delhi) elections but as always there has been corruption and not too much work to show. Yes we need to factor in that the Congress on purpose gave up their vote share in order to stop the BJP which played an important role in the victory of AAP but the BJP again had only the Modi strategy to go back to.

The fact is that BJP does not have a strong leadership or the right leader in states like Rajasthan, Delhi, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka and many other states. In Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh they have credible leaders in the form of Fadnavis, Yogi, Shivraj Singh and Raman Singh but they need to make themselves stronger at the state level and not just be a Modi party. His name and work can be used as an added advantage but the main focus needs be to local issues because as we have seen in the state elections, people are voting based on that.

In a way it is good for democracy that one political party is not winning all elections. It gives rest to those lame claims of democracy being in danger, EVM's (Electronic Voting Machines) being hacked and Election Commission working on the behest of the Modi Government. It is high time the BJP relooks at their strategy as far as state elections are concerned with important states like Bihar and West Bengal coming up. In the end whether the BJP wins or some other party, it is only their work that should win and that is what will make India win.

Jai Hind !!!