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by Hari Seldon
Fri May 18, 2018 5:39 am
Forum: Politics, News & Current Affairs
Topic: The_Yogi watch dhaga
Replies: 154
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Meerut: Objection to Muslims offering namaz at a tomb triggers clash (IE) On Tuesday, Meerut Mayor Sunita Verma, of the BSP, had sought to cancel cultural programmes at the Nauchandi fair here contending that the loud music could distract Muslim worshippers when they offered prayers, but this was s...
by Hari Seldon
Fri May 18, 2018 5:27 am
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 2 (Mar 2018 - Oct 2018)
Replies: 3268
Views: 2736780

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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DdbCGLoV0AA9a2a.jpg prafulla ketkar @prafullaketkar 10h10 hours ago Sharia compliant Telangana govt! Special concession from duty for Ramdan to employees belonging to Muslim religion. And this is sold as 'secularism'. Increasingly it seems like, whether NM wants it or no...
by Hari Seldon
Fri May 18, 2018 5:11 am
Forum: Politics, News & Current Affairs
Topic: Election Discussions - National, State etc
Replies: 627
Views: 585736

Re: Election Discussions - National, State etc

TMC sweeps Bengal rural polls, BJP a surprise No. 2 (TOI) KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress has gained an unprecedented stranglehold on Bengal's three-tier village administrative system, gaining 95% of zilla parishad seats, 90% of panchayat samiti seats and 73% of gram panchayat seat s that went for poll...
by Hari Seldon
Fri May 18, 2018 12:29 am
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 2 (Mar 2018 - Oct 2018)
Replies: 3268
Views: 2736780

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Slowly but surely, Modi Sarkar is getting there with the Core agenda. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/ne ... 365288.cms The agniveer model is very inspiring. The arya samaj movement need to be revived and expanded to do massive ghar-wapasi at all levels. With the state covering their back and ...
by Hari Seldon
Fri May 18, 2018 12:27 am
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 2 (Mar 2018 - Oct 2018)
Replies: 3268
Views: 2736780

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ANI ‏ Verified account @ANI Following Following @ANI More TMC has emerged victorious in 90% seats despite the opposition parties coming together. This shows how strong we are at the grassroot level: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee #PanchayatElections https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DdZ8SUWUwAEUqi7.jpg
by Hari Seldon
Fri May 18, 2018 12:26 am
Forum: Politics, News & Current Affairs
Topic: The_Yogi watch dhaga
Replies: 154
Views: 266570

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^Nice, RamaY saar. Agree in principle and all that. In practice, however, we bhAratIyas don't have the luxury of time. The demographics are changing slowly but steadily in seat after seat. Rampant churchist conversions have tilted the demographic balance in scores of southern seats in TN and Kosta. ...
by Hari Seldon
Thu May 17, 2018 11:45 am
Forum: Politics, News & Current Affairs
Topic: Election Discussions - National, State etc
Replies: 627
Views: 585736

Re: Election Discussions - National, State etc

News Flash: Police protection withdrawn from Eagleton resorts (where INC MLAs are camping) and now also from Bangalore's Shantala Hotel where JDS MLAs are staying.

Yeddy acting with speed and purpose, seems like.

P.S. from twitter. TIFWIW.
by Hari Seldon
Thu May 17, 2018 11:33 am
Forum: Politics, News & Current Affairs
Topic: Election Discussions - National, State etc
Replies: 627
Views: 585736

Re: Election Discussions - National, State etc

Seven Congress-JD(S) Alliance MLAs Leave Eagleton Resort, ‘Health Reasons’ Cited For Departure (swarajya) Heh. Can't blame them. Lack of 'moral fibre' in Eagleton's diet can lead to health complications, am told... Local Kannada news sources are reporting that seven MLAs belonging to the Congress-J...
by Hari Seldon
Thu May 17, 2018 9:38 am
Forum: Politics, News & Current Affairs
Topic: The_Yogi watch dhaga
Replies: 154
Views: 266570

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Witness the sheer horror and (l)audacity of Yogi sarkar... इलाहाबाद कुंभ के लिए दिसंबर से मार्च तक बंद रहेंगीं कानपुर के टेनरीज: सीएम योगी (CNN 18 hindi) Yogi orders all kanpur tanneries closed from Dec to March for the Allahabad Kumbh. Orders further that no trash of any kind should be found anywhe...
by Hari Seldon
Thu May 17, 2018 4:49 am
Forum: Politics, News & Current Affairs
Topic: Election Discussions - National, State etc
Replies: 627
Views: 585736

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So its done. Now for the floor test.

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Hearing all kinds of rumors on twitter of course. Sample this one:
4 Congress MLAs, Who had gone to bring back 2 missing Congress MLAs, have gone missing themselves.
by Hari Seldon
Wed May 16, 2018 3:05 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 2 (Mar 2018 - Oct 2018)
Replies: 3268
Views: 2736780

Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - 2 (Mar 2018 - )

Flash News: TTD Board removes all four persons from "pradhAna archakA" post who have voiced their concerns through a presser yesterday. Board also has decided to 'retire' all those archakA-s aged above 65. The same CBN who just the other day claimed he's built '1000s of mosques' and the day before t...
by Hari Seldon
Wed May 16, 2018 6:34 am
Forum: Politics, News & Current Affairs
Topic: Election Discussions - National, State etc
Replies: 627
Views: 585736

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by Hari Seldon
Wed May 16, 2018 5:07 am
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 2 (Mar 2018 - Oct 2018)
Replies: 3268
Views: 2736780

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Just saddening to see this. Tirumala is special to me personally, as I'm sure to lakhs of others like moi. Sigh. Tirumala head priest Ramana Dikshitulu alleges irregularities in TTD governance (NIE) CHENNAI: It's full-blown war between archakas and administrators of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam...
by Hari Seldon
Wed May 16, 2018 4:12 am
Forum: Politics, News & Current Affairs
Topic: Election Discussions - National, State etc
Replies: 627
Views: 585736

Re: Election Discussions - National, State etc

Raj Malhotra wrote:
Wed May 16, 2018 2:19 am
I think BJP/RSS would notice that they lost almost a dozen seats due to NOTA.
Which dozen? What were the margins like otherwise? Just curious.
by Hari Seldon
Tue May 15, 2018 3:34 pm
Forum: Politics, News & Current Affairs
Topic: Election Discussions - National, State etc
Replies: 627
Views: 585736

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^True, FCRA was inexplicably amended quite recently in fact. I railed against it, for the record.

Heh.
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by Hari Seldon
Tue May 15, 2018 11:25 am
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 2 (Mar 2018 - Oct 2018)
Replies: 3268
Views: 2736780

Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - 2 (Mar 2018 - )

Hope is the post mortem for this situ in KA will show that BJP has to go after energizing and consolidating the non-mainority vote, by having majority-specific schemes etc, period. Or so I hope. That can only happen if BJP actually plans to form the government. Looks like has consolidated its votes...
by Hari Seldon
Tue May 15, 2018 11:22 am
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 2 (Mar 2018 - Oct 2018)
Replies: 3268
Views: 2736780

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Following letter from HDK to KA guv'r seeking a 5.30 appointment today and declaring INC support, 'leaked' to the press. P.S. From twitter, so TIFWIW.

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by Hari Seldon
Tue May 15, 2018 10:13 am
Forum: Archive
Topic: The Great Indian Political Drama - 2 (Mar 2018 - Oct 2018)
Replies: 3268
Views: 2736780

Re: The Great Indian Political Drama - 2 (Mar 2018 - )

The mainorities have consolidated like crazy behind the sekular parties regardless of the 'saka saath' rhetoric. They will take whatever vikas comes their way and spit on BJP in return. Proven time and again in poll after poll. And with their growing numbers - the cryptos among the SCs and the malsi...
by Hari Seldon
Tue May 15, 2018 8:56 am
Forum: Politics, News & Current Affairs
Topic: Election Discussions - National, State etc
Replies: 627
Views: 585736

Re: Election Discussions - National, State etc

Time now reporting that JDS has accepted INC proposition and will stake claim tomorrow.

As of now, INC + JDS = 114. INC has offered CM gaddi to HDK.
by Hari Seldon
Tue May 15, 2018 6:36 am
Forum: Politics, News & Current Affairs
Topic: Election Discussions - National, State etc
Replies: 627
Views: 585736

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From twitter:
he came. He Shah. He conquered.
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by Hari Seldon
Tue May 15, 2018 6:07 am
Forum: Politics, News & Current Affairs
Topic: Election Discussions - National, State etc
Replies: 627
Views: 585736

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Trends are swinging. BJP tally dropped just now from 119 to 114. Hopefully the final ECI formalized results will put BJP at 112+ ensuring no outside support needed.
by Hari Seldon
Tue May 15, 2018 5:26 am
Forum: Politics, News & Current Affairs
Topic: Election Discussions - National, State etc
Replies: 627
Views: 585736

Re: Election Discussions - National, State etc

Tipuramaiah trailing in both his seats. Kama is a beach. Bharat-bhakti trumps tipu-bhakti. Onlee. Yay. P.S. Good also that JDS pulling weight and bargaining for corruption enabling perks is also over. Am somehow reminded how disappointed jayalalitha was in 2014 when Modi crossed 272 on his own. ADMK...
by Hari Seldon
Tue May 15, 2018 5:01 am
Forum: Politics, News & Current Affairs
Topic: Election Discussions - National, State etc
Replies: 627
Views: 585736

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Since counting si stil lon, hope is BJP swings some close seats away from INC.

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by Hari Seldon
Tue May 15, 2018 12:03 am
Forum: Politics, News & Current Affairs
Topic: Election Discussions - National, State etc
Replies: 627
Views: 585736

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Hoping for the best but somehow expecting Murphy's law to play out here only. Theek hai. Fingers crossed and all that. P.S. x-posting fro the politics dhaga. Karnataka is gone. http://5forty3.in/gaze_articles.php?articalid=213 Dr. Praveen Patil predicts 91 seats to Bhajpa. 103 at the very maximum if...