New Delhi: Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Brajesh Pathak has sparked a debate by writing 'Servant' before his name in his social media profile. There are criticisms that Pathak is imitating Narendra Modi. In response to SP president Akhilesh Yadav calling Pathak a servant of Yogi Adityanath and calling him a servant deputy chief minister, Pathak called himself a 'servant' and said that it is a good thing to be a servant of the people. After Rahul Gandhi said Chowkidar Chor Hai in reference to Modi, Modi wrote Chowkidar in front of his name.

On the issue of Akhilesh entering the Jaiprakash Narayan International Center by jumping the gate, Pathak quipped that Akhilesh has proved that the SP likes anarchy and hooliganism. Akhilesh should go to the Asian Games and win a medal for India given that he is good at jumping. Akhilesh retorted that in UP, except the Chief Minister, everyone is a servant, so we do not answer to the Servant Deputy Chief Minister.

Sharmila will fight alone as Congress will not give price

Congress in Telangana and Y.S. The long-running speculation of a tie-up between Sharmila's party YSRTP has come to an end. Sharmila has announced to contest the Telangana assembly elections alone.

Sharmila admitted that talks about an alliance with the Congress had been going on for the past four months but there was no concrete result. Sharmila claimed that she was ready for an alliance but the Congress did not do anything concrete and eventually the talks collapsed.

Sharmila herself has announced that she will contest from the Palair seat. Announcing that she will contest from two seats, Sharmila has also said that her mother Vijayamma and husband Anil can also contest the elections.

Congress sources say that the high command feels that Congress can win Telangana by fighting alone. Due to this, the discussion with Sharmila was not carried forward.

Sashtang Dandawat to BJP MLA DK

Muniratna Naidu, BJP MLA from Rajarajeshwari Nagar assembly seat in Bengaluru, Deputy Chief Minister D. K. Sivakumar has raised a debate by prostrating himself. Naidu fell at Shivakumar's feet and demanded to allocate funds for his constituency. Naidu says that after the Congress government came to Karnataka, there is discrimination in the allocation of funds to the constituencies of BJP MLAs.

Congress leaders are terming Naidu's act as a drama and denying that the Congress government is discriminating. He says that filmmaker-turned-politician Naidu is known for grabbing people's attention by doing such stunts. Naidu was earlier in Congress but left Congress and joined BJP in 2019. One of the 17 MLAs who played an important role in bringing the BJP back to power after toppling the Kumaraswamy government, Naidu has taken such dramatic moves to protest on many issues before.

BJD-BJP clash over highway projects

Navin Patnaik's BJD has suddenly given a shocker by taking a tough stance against the BJP. Naveen's party has taken an aggressive stance on the issue of delay in the projects related to the National Highway and has also threatened agitation against the Modi government. The BJP has also taken an aggressive stance and blamed the new government for the delay. BJP says that the new government is not cooperating so the project has been delayed.

Navin's BJD has sided with BJP instead of other anti-BJP parties in Parliament. In a situation where the BJP does not have a majority in the Rajya Sabha, the BJD has played the role of a crisis reliever by supporting the BJP on many important bills. Due to this there were speculations that BJD will join NDA.

The Congress says that the BJD is playing drama as there are both Lok Sabha and Assembly elections next year. Internally, BJD-BJP is the same.

Sudhir Yadav's resignation in MP is a blow to BJP

Sudhir Yadav resigned from the BJP when the dates for the assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh have been announced. The BJP leader admits that Sudhir Yadav's resignation will have a far-reaching impact in the elections as the BJP has no other face in Madhya Pradesh to siphon Yadav votes. Sudhir Yadav is likely to join AAP.

Sudhir Yadav is the son of Lakshminarayan Yadav who was elected to Lok Sabha from Sagar assembly seat. Lakshmi Narayan Yadav, who has a long political career, has been a minister in Madhya Pradesh. Lakshminarayan, who had been in the Janata Party and Janata Dal, played an important role in shifting the votes of the Yadavs to the BJP.

BJP leaders say that Lakshminarayan had influence but Sudhir Yadav has no influence. Considering that Sudhir contested the assembly elections twice but lost both times, he cannot be given a ticket.

JDU's top Dalit leader quits the party

State Vice President of Nitish Kumar's party JDU in Bihar Lallan Paswan has resigned. Paswan alleges that attacks on Dalits have increased since the JDU joined forces with the RJD, which has an anti-Dalit mindset. Paswan termed Lalu Prasad Yadav as the leader who established anarchy and goondom in Bihar, saying that after the alliance with RJD, incidents of murder, rape and atrocities on Dalits have increased. No steps are taken to prevent these incidents so he himself resigns from JDU.

Another top leader has resigned from the JDU in the last two months. Last month, Ranveer Nandan resigned. Paswan is considered to be close to Upendra Kushwaha and hence is likely to join the BJP.

JDU sources say that Paswan, who lost the Assembly elections, wanted a Lok Sabha ticket, but Nitish has left the JDU and is showing sympathy towards Dalits.

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Congress's support for Palestine: Sarmano's satire on Congress

Congress has supported the Palestinian people amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. BJP leader and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma criticized the Congress and said that it is the responsibility of the Congress party to condemn terrorist activities. There is no mention of terrorism, Hamas and hostages in the Congress resolution, it only talks about Palestine... So we have a question whether the Congress party will form its government in India or in Pakistan?

Prem-Leela in a flying train: Outrage on social media

Among a traveling couple on a running Delhi Metro train, a woman drank a soft drink from a bottle and then poured the liquid from her mouth into her male companion's mouth...! A video of the scene went viral on social media, sparking widespread outrage; While the fellow travelers of the couple were shocked to see this scene.

S. Jaishankar now Z category security

External Affairs Minister Subramanian Jaishankar (68) is currently being provided 24-hour security cover by the Delhi Police's armed squad under 'Y' category. Now, based on the threat analysis report submitted by the IB (Intelligence Bureau), the Union Home Ministry has instructed the CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force) to take charge of Jaishankar's security, which will provide security to the minister under 'Z' security cover. Under this cover, the minister will be protected 24 hours a day by armed twelve commandos wherever he is in the country.

Gehlot's plan to dilute the issue of Hindutva

The Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government of Rajasthan has allocated Rs 3,000 crore for the protection of cows, honorarium of priests and development of temples in the last five years in order to divert Hindu voters towards them by ignoring BJP's Hindutva issue. The BJP has termed Gehlot's efforts as an image-change attempt to woo Hindu voters. The Kesaria party has claimed that this will not have any effect in terms of votes, while the Congress believes that it has made a dent in the BJP's stronghold of votes. Cow-calf politics is prominent in Alwar, Bharatpur and Hausa districts of southern Rajasthan. There are allegations of cow smuggling in these areas. Gehlot has visited cow pens and addressed a gathering of Hindu ascetics.

- Inder Sahni