New Delhi: The Supreme Court's historic verdict on the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners as well as the CBI director has left the BJP reeling. The Supreme Court has ordered that a committee of the Leader of the Opposition and the Chief Justice in the Prime Minister's Lok Sabha appoints the country's Chief Election Commissioner and two commissioners. Until now only the Central Government used to select the Chief Election Commissioner and two Commissioners of the country. As per the court order, the final decision will be taken by the President after this committee recommends the names to the President. The Supreme Court has to follow the same selection process in selecting the CBI Director. This process will remain in place until Parliament enacts a law regarding the appointment of Election Commissioners.

The order of the Supreme Court is important. There will be a break on the BJP government appointing retired officers it deems to be its own. If the Modi government wants to maintain its supremacy, a law has to be made quickly regarding the appointment of Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioner in the country.

Sangh Maidan against reservation to Christian-Muslim Dalits

K.G. to make recommendations on whether the central government should give the benefit of reservation to Dalit Muslims and Christians. While the Balakrishnan Committee has been formed, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh on the other hand has tightened its belt. The Sangh is against giving benefits of reservation to Dalit Muslims and Christians.

The Sangh, through its intellectual wing Vishwa Samwad Kendra, has organized a two-day convention in Noida to discuss issues related to Scheduled Castes to pressurize the government on the issue. The conference will discuss whether Muslims and Christians from Dalit and tribal communities should get the benefit of reservation or not. This two-day convention will start from March 4. The conclusion of the discussions in this conference will be presented to the central government. The Sangh believes that only Dalits whose religion is Hinduism should get the benefit of reservation while those who convert should be stripped of that right.

Jagan's Hindu card will build 3000 temples in Andhra

The Jagan Mohan government of Andhra Pradesh has also played the Hindu card and announced to build a temple in every village of the state. A total of 3000 temples will be built in the state. Deputy Chief Minister Kottu Satyanarayan has announced that, Chief Minister Y. S. This initiative has been taken by the order of Jaganmohan Reddy to protect and promote Hinduism.

Satyanarayan, who is also in charge of the department of religious affairs in the Andhra government, announced that temples have been started in the backward areas. Sri Vani Trust of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam has allocated Rs 10 lakh per temple for the construction of temples. Construction of 1330 temples in the state has been started from this fund. Another 1465 temples have been added to the list based on public submissions. On the insistence of some MLAs, more than 200 temples will be built. In this way a total of 3000 temples will be built.

In Karnataka, BJP defeated AAP veteran Rao

Ahead of the Karnataka assembly elections, the BJP has defeated Bhaskar Rao in a major blow to the Aam Aadmi Party. Aam Aadmi Party manifesto committee president and former Bengaluru police commissioner Bhaskar Rao joined AAP in April last year. In less than a year, he has ditched Arvind Kejriwal and resigned from AAP to join BJP. Rao, who resigned from IPS, joined AAP in April last year.

The fact that BJP had to break Bhaskar Rao means that you can become a threat to BJP in Karnataka. BJP dominates urban areas. Since you are also a party of urban areas, BJP has started to reduce your strength by showing caution.

Bhaskar Rao Karnataka Revenue Minister R. Ashok has pulled out. Ashoka, who is co-in-charge of the party for the Karnataka elections, Tamil Nadu BJP president K. After meeting Rao with Annamalai and Union Minister Prahlad Joshi, Rao left AAP.

Kejriwal's private meeting with Uddhav

The private meeting between Arvind Kejriwal and Uddhav Thackeray in Matoshree, Mumbai has become a topic of discussion. After the meeting between Kejriwal and Uddhav, speculations have started that new equations are being formed in Maharashtra politics. Along with Kejriwal, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh and Raghav Chadha also went to Matoshree. were These four people are think tanks of Aam Aadmi Party, so there are signs of alliance between AAP and Uddhav.

Right now, both AAP and Uddhav's Shiv Sena are in trouble. Some time ago, the Election Commission has recognized the Shiv Sena led by Eknath Shinde and given the party's election symbol. On the other hand, the BJP government has surrounded Kejriwal's special ally Sisodia in jail.

After this meeting, there are speculations that AAP and Uddhav-led Shiv Sena may tie up in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections.

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Curtailments on Academic Freedom in India : Report

A day after the Union Home Ministry imposed foreign funding restrictions on the capital's Center for Policy Research, an international group of political scientists released a report titled 'Academic Freedom Index Update 2023', showing that universities in 22 countries including India, China, the US and Mexico Scholars are not as free as they were 10 years ago. An international group of political scientists has said in a report that there has been a significant erosion of educational and cultural expression and institutional autonomy since the government came to power in India.

SSC scam in West Bengal: 50 lakhs caught

The CBI said it has seized around Rs 50 lakh, a list of 1,500 job aspirants, 1.5 kg of gold and documents related to property from a house belonging to a former consultant of the School Service Commission (SSC) of West Bengal. The CBI, without disclosing the name of the consultant, said that the then consultant of the West Bengal School Service Commission and his wife had bought the property in the name of another person. Multiple CBI officials said that as per the preliminary investigation, Shanti Prasad Sinha, who was the chairman of the SSC Advisory Committee between 2016 and 2021, had paid the entire amount required for the purchase of the property to the legal owner of the apartment. However, the property is not in his name. We will question the flat owner about the source of the money and the gold, said an official.

Jakhalu- First woman legislator from Nagaland

Hekani Jakhalu on Thursday became Nagaland's first elected woman MLA. Jakhalu (48), who is contesting as the candidate of NDPP (Nationalist Democratic Party), an ally of BJP, defeated his nearest rival Lok Janshakti Paksha (Ram Vilas Paswan) Azhito Zimomin from Dimapur-3 constituency by 1536 votes.

The effect of Corona on college students

In a survey conducted among 430 female students of Delhi University, it was found that many students felt that their movement and freedom were limited during the Corona period, which caused them mental health problems. We were frustrated, said a group of four female students. It was the month of November during Corona period. Colleges were closed due to lockdown everywhere. The classes were being conducted online. In such crisis period, it was decided to investigate the life of the students of University of Delhi and arranged a meeting with the students. In response, he said that I was suffering from social awkwardness. I was afraid that I would be able to communicate normally or not? Another student said that I would only 'attend' classes if I felt fit. Another said that I only take classes in my favorite subjects.

- Inder Sahni