New Delhi: Sources claim that an agreement has been reached for direct competition of 450 candidates from the opposition front against the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Akhilesh Yadav did not agree with the runner up formula for this as the Samajwadi Party was getting only 36 seats in Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha.

According to the runner up formula, the seats won and placed second in the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections will be given to the opposition party. SP won 5 seats while it was second on 31 seats. Akhilesh's objection was that in 2019, the SP had joined hands with Mayawati's BSP to contest the elections, so they should also get BSP seats. The opposition leader agreed to this and the SP will contest on about 70 seats in UP. If the SP ties up with Jayant Chaudhary's Rashtriya Lok Dal or another party, it will give seats from its quota.

After a lot of drama in the CPM coordination committee

A 14-member coordination committee has finally been announced after much drama in the meeting of the Indian National Developmental Alliance (INDIA), a front of anti-BJP parties in Mumbai. Earlier, a coordination committee of 13 members was announced, but later it was announced that the representative of CPM will also be included in the committee, and the committee will have 14 members.

CPM leaders attended the meeting but refused to be part of any committee of Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress. Despite heavy persuasion, the CPM leader did not believe, and finally it was decided to form a coordination committee of 13 members.

Meanwhile, the Congress made it clear to the CPM leadership that if the CPM is not in the opposition front, it will not be with it even in Bengal. This pressure tactic of Congress worked and the CPM leadership had to bow down. It has not been announced who will be in the committee from the CPM.

Deve Gowda's grandson's Lok Sabha victory annulled

There has been an uproar after the Karnataka High Court annulled the election of Prajwal Revanna of the JDS who won from the Hassan Lok Sabha seat in Karnataka. Prajwal Revanna Former Prime Minister H.D. He is the grandson of Dev Gowda. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, JDS won the only seat of Hassan. This is yet another big blow to the JDS after its crushing defeat in the assembly elections held a few months ago.

With the allegations that Prajwal committed irregularities in this election, the defeated BJP candidate A. Manju and one voter applied. It was claimed in the petition that Prajwal has not disclosed the details of his properties. The High Court has annulled Prajwal's victory on this issue.

Interestingly, Manju, who lost to Prajwal, later joined Prajwal's party JDS. Manju is currently a JDS MLA after winning the assembly elections held this year.

Shinde likened the opposition front to Ravana

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has created a controversy by comparing the leaders of the opposition Front India with Ravana. When asked who will be the candidate for the post of Prime Minister of India, Uddhav Thackeray said that we have more than one option, there are many faces. Shinde has quipped that Ravana had many heads in history so India block is like Ravana but people in this country will not rest until they burn the Lanka of Ravana.

People are calling Shinde's comment a bad test. People say that any party having a large number of capable leaders is not its weakness but its strength. If India also has more good leaders and more options, it is good for democracy, but a wise BJP leader like Shinde will not understand this.

Shivlinga-shaped fountain trapped BJP

The BJP has been caught in the act of installing fountains in the shape of Shivlinga to beautify the roads ahead of the G20 summit to be held in Delhi. The Aam Aadmi Party has accused the central government of hurting the sentiments of Hindus by using the Shivling for beautification and demanded that the BJP apologize to the people for hurting religious sentiments. In social media too, people have objected and accused of hurting religious sentiments.

On this issue, Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinay Kumar Saxena is also being washed. When Saxena inspected the preparations for the G20 on August 27, there were fountains in the shape of a Shivling. Excited, Saxena posted photos on her social media handle, people are demanding an apology by posting these photos. BJP tried to put the blame on you, but after the pictures of Saxena, BJP has stopped speaking.

BJP will field Madhavan from Jharkhand

R. who worked in films including Three Idiots. Madhavan has been made the President of Film and Television Institute of India by the Central Government. BJP sources say that Madhavan will be contested from Tamil Nadu or Jharkhand in the Lok Sabha elections. Madhav has been made President of FTTI showing readiness for this. Madhavan's film 'Rocketry: The Nambi Effect', which came out some time ago, won the National Award for Best Feature Film.

Madhavan hails from a Tamil family but was born and brought up in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand. Jamshedpur Lok Sabha seat has been a BJP stronghold for years. BJP candidate Baran Mahato is winning from this seat for the last two terms. Given the dominance of the Mahats, the BJP wants to take over the state politics so will field a new candidate from this seat. As Hemant Soren's government is performing well in Jharkhand, BJP needs a strong candidate and Madhavan will prove to be the best choice.

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First implementation of One Country, One Election from UP

A day after the central government formed a committee to examine the possibility of one country, one election, Samajwadi Party leader Khilesh Yadav has suggested that the program be first tried in Uttar Pradesh. Yadav said in a social media post that holding the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections simultaneously in the country's most populous state would cast doubt on the capacity of the Election Commission. Besides, the BJP will be well aware of how angry people are with the BJP and how eager they are to oust it from power, added Akhilesh, a leader of the Navarchit opposition front.

India next meet in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

The next meeting of Navarchit Opposition Front 'India' is likely to be held in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. The leaders at the third meeting held in Mumbai on Friday discussed several issues like seat-sharing arrangement, core committees and campaigning in the elections. It is also announced that the opposition has decided to jointly contest the next Lok Sabha elections. Although they could not decide on the appointment of the Morcha's coordinator or the Morcha's logo, the third meeting witnessed a clear attempt by the opposition to maintain unity. The opposition has also formed a 14-member coordination committee to decide the future programme.

Pakistani infiltrator arrested from Hyderabad

A 24-year-old Pakistani who entered India through Kathmandu, Nepal last November has been arrested by the Hyderabad police. He belongs to Shangal district of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, identified as Faiz Mohammad, police said. He lives at NM Guda in Kishanbagh area of ​​Hyderabad without any visa. The police have confiscated his Pakistani passport and other documents.

Antony father-son: Congress-BJP face off

Congress leader A.K. Antony is a Congress candidate, while his son Anil Antony is campaigning for a BJP candidate. Thus voters here are witnessing a unique political rivalry between members of the same family. Although they have not been seen together or photographed together, it is the first time they have been seen campaigning for candidates who are political opponents of each other. Notably, father Antony is still a member of the Congress Executive Committee, the highest decision-making body in the Congress, while son Anil defected to the BJP last April after being on the fence of the Congress digital cell earlier in Kerala, where he is the party's national minister and spokesperson Byvya on Thursday. It may be noted that Sr. Antony has retired from active politics and is living in Thiruvananthapuram.

In Rajasthan, the husband made his wife run naked!

In Rajasthan, a woman has again become a victim of a shameful crime. In a village of Pratapgarh district of the state, a 21-year-old tribal girl was forced by her husband's relatives to run naked! After the video of the incident went viral on social media, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot instructed the police to take strict action on the incident, while the BJP commented that Darajsthan had to be embarrassed again. The police have detained three persons, including the girl's husband, in connection with the incident on Saturday.

Dissolution of Panchayats: Akalis lash out at Chief Minister

A day after Punjab's AAP government suspended two senior IAS officers for taking a major decision to dissolve gram panchayats across the state months before elections in rural areas, opposition Shiromani Akali Dal said the decision to dissolve panchayats was taken at the level of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and Minister for Village Development and Panchayats Laljit Singh Bhullar. . Akali leader Vikram Singh Majithia showed the note paper of Minister Bhullar's file in the video. The Chief Minister himself, on August 8, gave his nod to the decision to dissolve over 13,000 Gram Panchayats in the state. Majithia added.

Festival holidays cut in schools in Bihar

The Bihar education department has announced a cut in 12 school holidays, including the Sri Krishna Janmashtami holiday. Opposition BJP state president Samrat Chaudhary, in response, said the state's Nitish Kumar-led JD(U) government was adopting a policy of indulgence at the expense of Hindu festival holidays. Union Minister Girijasingh said that the Bihar government has canceled Durga Puja, Diwali and Chhath Puja holidays in schools. It is possible, tomorrow, Shariat will be implemented in the state and the celebration of Hindu festivals will be banned. On the other hand, the JD(U) has alleged that the BJP is giving a communal look to the education department's announcement.

-Inder Sawhney