New Delhi: In the raid of the Income Tax Department in Bengaluru, there has been a commotion after finding cash worth Rs 42 crore. Former corporator of Bangalore Municipal Corporation and Congress leader Ashwathamma and her husband R. The officers were also stunned to see the cash found in 30 boxes filled with Ambikapati in the raid there. Ambikapati is a contractor and president of Karnataka's largest contractors association. During the BJP rule, he created a sensation by alleging that 40 percent of the commission ministers were eating.
The BJP has alleged that this cash is money extorted by the Congress from contractors to contest the Telangana elections. Ambikapati was supposed to collect this amount from the contractors and deliver it to the Congress, but before that the raids took place, so the pot of corruption exploded. Kumaraswamy has also alleged that out of the Rs 650 crores recently paid by the Bengaluru Corporation to the contractor, this amount was given as commission. Congress says that Congress has nothing to do with this matter. This whole case is motivated by politics.
Homecoming of Congressmen who went to BJP-Akali Dal
Rajkumar Vekra, Balbirsinh Sidhu and Gurpreet Kanger, who left the Congress along with Sunil Jakhar in Punjab, have returned home to the Congress after defeating the BJP. Apart from these three, Mohinder Sidhu, Hansraj Joshan, Mohinder Rinwa, who left Congress and joined Akali Dal, will also return to Congress. All these leaders will be formally admitted to the Congress on Sunday.
Vekra is considered a top Dalit leader in Punjab so this is a big blow for BJP. Vekera alleges that, unlike the Congress, the BJP cannot easily accommodate all sections of the society and is therefore disappointed.
Congress sources say that AAP and Congress are fighting in the Lok Sabha elections due to an agreement between Akali Dal and BJP. Old leaders have estimated that if Congress and AAP join hands, all other parties will be wiped out, so the race to return to Congress will accelerate.
The Supreme Court slapped the Speaker on the Shinde issue
The Supreme Court has gone wrong as Assembly Speaker Rahul Norvekar will not take any decision on the disqualification of other rebel MLAs of Shiv Sena, including Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. The Supreme Court questioned why there is a delay in disposing of the petitions against the disqualification of the MLAs who left the Shiv Sena. The Supreme Court has also threatened Speaker Narvekar that if Narvekar does not speed up the process, the Supreme Court will have to fix a fixed time frame. The Supreme Court had slapped the Speaker on this issue before but still no decision was taken and the Supreme Court has taken a tough stand.
Both the BJP and the Shiv Sena have fallen victim to the harsh stance of the Supreme Court. Both admit that since the case of the MLAs including Shinde is weak, Narvekar is delaying the decision but now a decision has to be taken.
Anger at BJP giving tickets to defeated candidates
In Chhattisgarh, there is great dissatisfaction within the party itself against the BJP list. BJP won only 11 seats in 2018 elections. BJP has repeated all these MLAs but giving tickets only to the candidates who lost on the remaining seats has caused a furore in the BJP. BJP has announced candidates for 85 out of 90 seats and 30 of them are candidates who lost in the last election. Dr. The BJP leader believes that the BJP cannot compete with Bhupesh Baghel's Congress by fielding 17 defeated ministers of the Raman Singh government and another 13 defeated candidates.
The BJP leaders say that the people rejected the BJP because of the people's outrage against the corruption of the ministers of the Raman Singh government. Now BJP has made a big mistake by giving tickets to the same printed people.
BJP will give 33 percent women tickets in many states
While the bill to reserve 33 percent seats in the Lok Sabha has already been passed, sources claim that the BJP will give a third of the tickets to women in some states to show that it is serious about the issue. Brainstorming is currently going on in which states to implement this policy and where not to, but BJP is thinking of giving one-third of the seats to women in Delhi, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh etc. BJP will not implement this policy in states where the opposition is large and strong like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Maharashtra.
By playing this bet, BJP wants to bully the opposition including Congress. BJP's strategy is to sway women towards BJP by giving the message that BJP is keen to give women greater participation in power.
Ram Mandir Theme Pandals in Durga Puja in Bengal
BJP will once again rely on Hindutva to defeat Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal. As part of this, BJP will build pandals based on Ayodhya's Ram Mandir theme during Durga Puja. Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to inaugurate the first Durga Puja pandal based on the theme of Ram Mandir at Santhosh Mitra Chowk in north Kolkata on Monday.
Even during the 2021 assembly elections in Bengal, Amit Shah started campaigning by inaugurating a Durga Puja pandal. Shah inaugurated a number of Durga Puja Pandals at that time. Narendra Modi attended many of these programs virtually. The BJP did a great job in the assembly elections, so the BJP is confident that Durga Puja will benefit the BJP in the Lok Sabha elections as well.
In Bengal, BJP made a great performance by winning 18 seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Since repeating that performance this time seems difficult, the BJP has tightened its belt so far.
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500 crore black money in locker: MP's claim
BJP's Rajya Sabha MP Kirodilal Meena has claimed that 500 crores of black money and 50 kg of gold were kept in 100 private lockers in Jaipur in connection with the Rajasthan paper leak case. He has demanded that the police open these lockers and added that out of the total 50 lockers are working, while the other 10 lockers are owned by some government officials. Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot told the reporters in response to Meena that what do we do with lockers? Meena went there and sat on dharna. Meena keeps doing this to stay in the news. They go to the ED (Enforcement Directorate) and make false complaints, added Gehlot.
Caste-based Census: A lash out at Congress
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao's daughter and Bharat Rashtra Samithi Legislative Council member Kalvakuntala Kavita at a public meeting in Nizamabad, Telangana slammed the Congress party and Rahul Gandhi on the issue of caste-based census, saying that the Congress party is making pre-election noise on the issue. Rahul has started talking about census of backward classes. He did nothing about it when he was in power for 60 years. Saying that something should be done about it now, Kavita took a swipe at the BJP and asked why are you (BJP) silent on the creation of a separate ministry for backward classes at the centre.
One Nation, One Card can be used only in three states
The National Common Mobility Card (NCMC), launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi four years ago, allows for seamless travel and can also be used to pay toll tax, parking charges, and retail bills and can also be used to withdraw money. Only metro corporations in the country - Delhi-NCR (National Capital Region), Mumbai, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Kanpur and Bengaluru - have the facility to use NCMC, while the ST (State Transport) services of Mumbai, Goa, and Haryana have successfully used the facility to use NCMC. is
Why is BJP betting on Diakumari in Rajasthan?
Ever since the BJP this week announced the candidature of Rajasthan's Rajsamand MP Diakumari for the safe Vidyadharnagar assembly seat, the state's political circles have been buzzing. It appears that the BJP is trying to line up fresh royal talent to replace former chief minister Vasundha Raje by fielding Farjand Diakumarri (52) of the then Jaipuri royal family. A personality that can appeal to women and Rajput voters. Also, Diakumari, whose seat has been given the ticket, is a member of the core committee of sitting MLA Narpatsingh Rajvi, Vasundhararaje.
- Inder Sahni
