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The recent statement on seat sharing formula by the JD(U) Vice President Prashant Kishor, has increased worries for the Bharatiya Janata Party. Prashant Kishore, a well-known poll strategist, who helped Modi win  2014 Lok Sabha elections , is one among those who strongly opposed the  Citizenship Amendment Act  (CAA). On this, he even urged the non-BJP chief ministers to “save the soul of India” by saying no to the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill [ CAB ].  Prashant Kishor was the first JD(U) leader to publicly express disappointment over his party’s support to CAB in the Lok Sabha, holding that the legislation discriminates against people "on the basis of religion". If this is an act of vengeance, who else can tell this better than him? It is an established fact that after Modi’s victory in 2014 general elections, Prashant departed from the Modi camp, after there were disagreements over the lateral entry of people into government. The election strategis...

As the session of the current Kejriwal government expires on February 22, election campaign by the major political parties for the upcoming  Delhi assembly elections  is in full swing. The Aam Aadmi Party which is the ruling party, has hired Prashant Kishore’s Indian Political Action Committee (IPAC), to manage its election campaign. Few days back Chief Minister and AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal announced that I-PAC has come on board with the party. Delhi is set for a triangular electoral contest that will see three parties the ruling AAP, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress fighting it out. While both the BJP and the Congress party do not have strong contenders for the chief ministerial post, Arvind Kejriwal is looking for a third consecutive term as CM.   On Thursday, the  election commission  held a review meeting to review the preparedness ahead of the  Delhi Assembly elections 2020 . ...

After protests over CAA, NRC continue to make news headlines, this time it’s a fresh row over National Population Register (NPR) and what has highlighted this issue even more is the recent statement made by Arundhati Roy over NPR. Arundhati Roy is a well-known writer, Booker Prize winner and an activist.   In 2015, she had joined the league of writers and filmmakers who had returned their awards as a protest against the growing intolerance in the country. A case was filed against her, in 2010, for sedition for saying Kashmir was not an integral part of India. In her defence, Arundhati claimed that she "spoke about justice for the people of Kashmir who live under one of the most brutal military occupations in the world".  Read more:  How civil society, opposition & students responded to the CAA Roy, a booker prize winner, even accused the Narendra Modi-led government of "promoting Brahmanism" in the name of "Hindu Rasht...

Amidst growing uproar over the  Citizenship Amendment Act  across the country, the police on Saturday, arrested the Bhim army chief Chandrashekhar Azad, outside the Jama Masjid in Delhi. Though Azad was denied a permission to protest, he was spotted in a huge crowd which gathered in front of Jama Masjid after the Friday prayers. During the protest the dalit leader was seen holding the photograph of B R Ambedkar. Slogans of ‘Jai Bhim’ rang out from the steps of Jama Masjid. Recent crackdown by police officers on peaceful protesters is uncalled for in a healthy democracy. Earlier to this several protests and the subsequent arrest of the protesters took place in the National Capital region. Days have passed, however, the anger against the contentious law doesn’t seem to calm down. On Friday, eleven persons were killed in several clashes between protestors and police in parts of  Uttar Pradesh . Several other States which include Karnataka, West Bengal, Assa...

After a lot of hue and cry and widespread protests across the country over the   Citizenship Amendment Bill , the Supreme Court on Wednesday, refused to stay implementation of CAA and has scheduled January 22 to hear 59 pleas.  The bench issued notice to the Centre on the batch of pleas seeking stay on the operation of the law as well as on the main petition challenging the constitutional validity of the contentious law.  The amended citizenship bill which excludes migrants of the Muslim community from availing citizenship benefits in India, has continued to dominate headlines since past few days. Past precedents show, when a bill is passed in both the houses of parliament and gets SC’s nod, no State can refuse it’s implementation, no matter how much they oppose it and how many supporters they have backing their decision.   After the   CAB got presidential assent , flare-ups in premier educational institutions and north-eastern states re...

Seven years have passed, however, Nirbhaya is still awaiting justice. On the intervening night of December 16-17, a 23-year-old paramedic student who came to be known as Nirbhaya, was gang-raped inside a running bus in south Delhi by six people and was later thrown out on the road. The deceased later succumbed to her injuries. Asha devi, the mother of the victim, has yet again on Monday, appealed the government and judiciary to hang the four convicts. Whenever, this day, December 16 arrives, one question which probably hits all of us, is, whether anything related to women safety has really changed in our country, or the situation is still the same? Nirbhaya incident   and other such instances of brutal rape have given India the dismal reputation of being one of the worst places in the world to be female. To answer the question if India has become safer for women in all these years, the statistics present a bleak picture. Statistics, bear out t...

“ये तो सीधे-सीधे असम में वोटबैंक की राजनीति करने के लिए और पूरे देश में हिंदुओं का मसीहा बनने के लिए इस देश के संविधान के साथ खिलवाड़ है।” United Against Hate के द्वारा  NRC और CAB  के विरोध में आयोजित एक कार्यक्रम में योगेंद्र यादव ने आगे बोला कि “सरकार की तरफ से कहते हैं कि ये बिल पाकिस्तान, बांग्लादेश और अफगानिस्तान में अल्पसंख्यकों को बचाने के लिए है। मैं कहता हूँ कि बिल्कुल कीजिए। बेशक इन देशों में अल्पसंख्यकों के साथ अन्याय हुआ है लेकिन केवल हिंदुओं के साथ नहीं हुआ है। और लोगों के साथ भी अन्याय हुआ है।“ Read more:  Why is there an uproar over Citizenship Amendment Bill? क्या है बिल में? संसद के दोनों सदनों, लोकसभा और राज्यसभा में  CAB  (नागरिकता संशोधन विधेयक) पास हो गया है। इस विधेयक के जरिए 64 वर्ष पूर्व के नागरिकता एक्ट में संशोधन किया गया। एक्ट के अनुसार बांग्लादेश, अफ़गानिस्तान और पाकिस्तान से भारत आए हुए शरणार्थियों, जो ग़ैर मुस्लिम हैं को नागरिकता दी जाएगी। सरलीकरण के जरिए नागरिकता के लिए निश्चित 12 वर्ष की अवधि को घटाकर 6 वर्ष कर दिया ग...