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On the eve of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s roadshow, Raghubar Das faces flak during padyatra 

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On the eve of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s roadshow, Raghubar Das faces flak during padyatra 

Ranchi: As Jharkhand’s state capital, Ranchi gears up for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s roadshow on Tuesday, April 23, Chief Minister Raghubar Das faced the wrath of the residents of Ranchi’s Kanke area, for the poor road condition and lack of other basic amenities.

On Sunday evening, when Jharkhand’s Chief Minister was participating a padyatra (campaign by foot), at Sukurhutu village, many young boys and women shouted Road Nahi To Vote Nahi (If there is no road, we will not give our vote).

Here Das was participating in the padyatra for Sanjay Seth, the Ranchi candidate of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). However, in the absence of Seth during the yatra, local MLA Jitu Charan Ram was seen accompanying Das.

As the yatra proceeded, residents started to shout “No Road, No Vote”, needless to say, both Das and local MLA Ram were seen in a state of shock. Following which, the chief minister announced that within a month, roads will be constructed.

Significantly, the area is only 10 kilometers away from the Chief Minister Office (CMO), Jharkhand.

While, because of ticket distribution, Ranchi parliamentary constituency is already witnessing a heated contest. BJP denied ticket to its 5-time sitting veteran party leader Ramtahal Choudhary and fielded Seth, Choudhary is contesting independently.

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Since the protest got reported, many Ranchites started sharing pictures of garbage littered streets, roads in bad condition and other issues that plague their areas on social media.

A Twitter handle, The Unstoppable Truth, tweeted, “PM Sir is coming to city, but there is no garbage cleaning in Church Road, Karbala Chow area, Bahu Bazar and Hindpidi.”

This is not the first time that Das has had to face the public wrath. On several occasions, he has been shown the black flag and even shoes have been hurled at him.

The chief minister had also banned black clothes for his rallies. Women sporting black dupattas and shawls were asked to remove them if they wanted to attend his rally.

Meanwhile, Narendra Modi is all set for a lead a mega roadshow in Ranchi on April 23. Significantly, the Prime Minister will spend a night in Jharkhand’s Raj Bhavan following which he will address a rally in Lohardagga.

So, many believe that the protest that the CM had to face on the eve of Prime Minister’s roadshow, is definitely not good news for the party.

If you believe Mamata Banerjee does Muslim appeasement, visit Jangipur– Dr SQR Ilyas of WPI

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If you believe Mamata Banerjee does Muslim appeasement, visit Jangipur– Dr SQR Ilyas of WPI

Kolkata: Jangipur or Jahangirpur has been a bone of contention for political parties this election. Given the fact that the people of this constituency sent both Congress and CPM seven times each to Lok Sabha (Lower House of Indian Parliament). But problems like unemployment, arsenic-contaminated drinking water, little or no industrialisation and poor road connectivity still haunts this constituency.

 

The Welfare Party of India has fielded it’s president Dr SQR Ilyas from Jangipur. Dr Ilyas, a PhD in Chemistry has been a journalist too. Another introduction of Dr Ilyas is, he is the father of student leader Umar Khalid, who has been accused of sedition charges on the basis of doctored videos along with Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Kanhaiya Kumar. Interesting questions like a native of Maharashtra, he chooses to contest from Jangipur and why WPI prepared a separate manifesto for Jangipur, why he feels that people in Jangipur are in a mood for change along with many other significant questions Dr Ilyas answered for eNewsroom.

 

Following are excerpts:

 

eNewsroom: Why you choose Jangipur to contest? 

 

Dr Ilyas: Even after 72 years of India getting independence, Jangipur continues to enjoy the status of being a ‘backward’ place. Despite it being a jute producer, there are no jute factories here. This town has been deprived of any progress in these many years by all their elected representatives. There are no proper roads and lesser public transport facility. With no other factories other than the bidi factories, which often exploits them, in Jangipur, the men often move out to other Indian states to work as migrant labours. 

 

The water table here has a serious arsenic contamination issue. But the state government, including the elected MPs from this town, have done little to make it possible for the locals to have access to safe drinking water. The rich or the well-off people in this town simply buy packaged water to drink, while the poor continue drinking the contaminated water. The condition is deplorable here.  

 

All these factors have made me choose this constituency which WPI has adopted with a vision of making the locals aware of their right, whether we win or don’t win the election. 

 

eNewsroom: What makes you think that TMC has failed in Jangipur, which has about 70 per cent Muslim population? 

 

Dr Ilyas: Mamata Banerjee, I believe likes to promote herself and her party as the only saviour for the Muslims, when in reality she does the basic or minimal work for the community’s development. Why has there been no industry set up in Jangipur even after being in power for seven years now? Why there is no proper college here when the neighbouring town Nadia has plenty of educational institutes. 

 

There is actually very little work that has been done at the ground level for Jangipur to become a developed town.  

 

eNewsroom: Did you face the ‘alleged hooliganism’ of the ruling party here?   

 

Dr Ilyas: During the Panchayat elections, TMC won in 34 seats unopposed. Why? Simply because people were barred from filing their nominations. This shows how it works here. Even now several party workers are heckled and asked to refrain from working for any other political party. The saddest part is that even the police is part of this. 

 

eNewsroom: Mamata Banerjee has been accused of Muslim appeasement in Bengal, your take?   

 

Dr Ilyas: I guess it’s a myth. Visit Jangipur, Malda and Murshidabad to understand that while she claims and does a lot of propaganda of doing development work for the Muslim but does little in reality. There is some unwritten pact between the TMC and BJP in Bengal. BJP and RSS presence has increased beyond imagination during her tenure.  

 

eNewsroom: Has Umar Khalid campaigned for you here?   

 

Dr Ilyas: Yes. He has campaigned twice for me in Jangipur.  

 

There is a section of people, who are referring to you as the “father of tukde-tukde gang leader Umar Khalid” to dent your candidature. Do you think it will dent your image in Jangipur?  

 

These people took three years to file the charge sheet against my son Umar Khalid and are yet to prove the same before the court. In fact, the video, on the basis of which they started to refer Umar, Kanhayia and Shehla as the leader of the tukde tukde gang was found to be doctored. So, I believe as they continue saying what they want, we will continue doing what we want, which is to help every citizen get their democratic right.  

 

eNewsroom: You are being accused of being a voter cutter… 

 

Dr Ilyas: One thing is clear here that BJP won’t win from Jangipur, even if we eat into the vote share of any other party. Despite the fact that Jangipur happens to be the only place where BJP has fielded a Muslim candidate, I believe she won’t win. On the contrary, the Hindu voters will also refrain from voting for her.  

 

eNewsroom: What are your chances to win from Jangipur?   

 

Dr Ilyas: Jangipur has voted for Congress and CPIM during the Lok Sabha election not once but seven times each. The former president of India, Pranab Mukherjee has been an MP from here twice and so has been his son Avijeet Mukherjee, who happens to be the incumbent MP from Jangipur, this election.  

 

TMC too has not delivered much to the people of this constituency. Can you believe it, even today, maximum people over here have boiled rice with salt for their meal? So, people of Jangipur want the change that they have been promised and denied over these many years. WPI has been working at the grassroots level since 2012 and am hopeful of winning.

 

eNewsroom: What is the agenda of WPI for Jangipur? 

 

Dr Ilyas: Let me clear one thing – WPI is not a political party which took birth with the sole intention of winning seats during the election. We not an addition to existing political parties in India. WPI, I repeat, is a value-based political party which is looking forward to bringing in democratic reforms and also educate the common man about their rights. 

 

The fact that we have created a separate manifesto for Jangipur shows how serious we are about it. If we win, we will promote all kind of developmental work that this constituency has been denied of till date.

Aliah University Reinstates Expelled and Suspended Students with Conditions

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Aliah University Reinstates Expelled and Suspended Students with Conditions

Kolkata: Considering the impact that suspension and expulsion could have on the academic careers of the five expelled and nine suspended students of Aliah University, the executive council has decided to give them another chance to complete their courses. The suspended students will be allowed to resume classes from July 2019, while the expelled students can return after a one-year period, in September 2019.

During a press conference, Vice-Chancellor Md Ali stated, “The expelled and suspended students had written to the university authorities seeking forgiveness and requesting permission to appear for examinations and complete their courses. Since April 2, they have also been on a hunger strike. Given that most of our students come from economically weak backgrounds, the executive council and academicians felt they could be given the opportunity to continue their education.”

However, Ali emphasized that the students were repeat offenders who had previously been excused, leading the council to impose strict conditions. The reinstated students must submit an affidavit from the High Court pledging to maintain discipline, refrain from violence on campus, and not disrupt academic activities.

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VC of Aliah University Md Ali addressing media persons about the hunger strike taken place in the university

Ali also urged the protesting students to end their hunger strike and focus on their studies. He added, “The expelled and suspended students will not be eligible for admission to any other academic course at the university, as they have poor academic records and multiple past violations. Some have as many as 21 supplementary papers to clear.”

Despite this decision, the protesting students refused to call off their demonstration. “We are minority students. If we can’t get admission in a minority university, where else will we go?” questioned Rakesh Sarkar, one of the expelled students. When asked about allegations of repeated misconduct, including assaulting students and faculty members, Sarkar denied being a repeat offender and accused the university of trying to blacklist them.

Meanwhile, one of the alleged victims, Mansur Habibullah, a third-year Chemistry Honours student, expressed disappointment at the decision. “We accept the university’s ruling, but we would have preferred if they were not allowed back on campus. They are repeat offenders and troublemakers. They assaulted me and other seniors when we opposed their attempts to take over the university mess for personal profit. This hunger strike is just a way for them to regain control.”

Battle of Crorepatis in ‘Beedi Town’ Jangipur, total eleven crorepatis in fray

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Battle of Crorepatis in ‘Beedi Town’ Jangipur, total eleven crorepatis in fray

Kolkata: Situated along the banks of river Bhagirathi, the Jangipur constituency which has been a Congress stronghold since the nineties is marred with extreme uncertainty. Thanks to its topography which makes its farms suffer in silence as the angry Bhagirathi engulfs it every monsoon to leave its farmland eroded, the underdeveloped roads that make communication difficult and the underground water contaminated with arsenic denies the people of this area the right to safe drinking water. With the men of this town migrating to other parts of India to provide cheap labour, the women make a beeline to the local beedi factories to make up for its cheap, unskilled labour.

However, according to the latest survey brought out by the Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR) and West Bengal Election Watch (WBEW), in which they analysed the candidates for WB Phase III Elections 2019, all three major political parties – CPM, Congress and All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) have fielded crorepatis from the beedi town of Murshidabad – Jangipur. The Bharatiya Janata Party is the only party to have fielded a non-crorepati from the region.

While releasing the study at the Kolkata Press Club, Ujjaini Halim, the state coordinator of WBEW stated, “We have analysed these candidates with the sole intention of sharing this information with the voters so that they can think and cast their votes in a responsible way.”

Sharing the details of the study she said, “The analysis of the candidates of these five constituencies has shown a great disparity. Where we have 11 crorepatis contesting the election, we have also seen three candidates with as little as only Rs 5000 as their total asset. What makes it even more interesting is the fact that a poverty-ridden place like Jangipur has three crorepatis in the fray.”

The study further revealed that out of the 61 candidates contesting from the five WB seats – Jangipur, Murshidabad, Balurghat, Malda Uttar (North) and Malda (Dakshin), only six are women. Reacting to that Ujjaini said, “The fact that only 10 per cent of the candidates is females, shows how serious women are about women representation.”

Of these 61 candidates, surprisingly, seven candidates have not declared their Income Tax Returns details. Another eight candidates have not declared their PAN card details.

The study also revealed that 25 per cent of the candidates had criminal records, while 23 per cent of the candidates had declared serious criminal records. BJP topped the list with four of its five candidates having serious criminal cases registered against them.

We say Chowkidar Narendra Modi is Chor, not all Chowkidars — Jharkhand Congress president Ajoy Kumar 

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We say Chowkidar Narendra Modi is Chor, not all Chowkidars — Jharkhand Congress president Ajoy Kumar 

Giridih/Ranchi: The President of Jharkhand Pradesh Congress Committee, Dr Ajoy Kumar has donned many hats. The 56-year-old Congress leader has been a doctor then an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer and now a politician. Kumar had become Member of Parliament from Jamshedpur seat on his very first election.  However, in the ongoing 17th Lok Sabha election, he is not contesting as a candidate. He is leading the Congress, in Jharkhand, which has got 7 out of 14 seats in mahgathbandhan (grand alliance). He accompanied former Chief Minister Babulal Marandi to Giridih. Marandi filed his nominations for Koderma parliamentary seat.

eNewsroom did an exclusive interview of Dr Kumar to know what will be the elections issues for Congress in Jharkhand – will it be Rafale scam controversy, mob lynching or hunger deaths in Jharkhand. How he will deal with the opposition Kirti Azad is facing for his candidature from Dhanbad, will the party keep using Chowkidar Chor Hai slogan even after BJP moved to Supreme Court over Rahul Gandhi’s comment, and how party will deal with the fact that not a single candidate from minority community has been field either by Congress or other partners of Mahagathbandhan. Following are excerpts of the conversation:

eNewsroom: Will Rafale controversy, which has taken a new turn with the Supreme Court rejecting Narendra Modi government’s request of not considering leaked document as an evidence, be the focal point for the Mahagathbandhan or Congress in Jharkhand?

Dr Ajoy: When the Supreme Court has said that the documents which were published in The Hindu newspaper can be seen as evidence. Since the way Narendra Modi and Amit Shah are escaping to show the document to court. Rafale’s corruption story is based on four to five important facts. The project has been given to such a company whose Rs 7000 to 8000 waive by the France government immediately after it. Leave aside aeroplane, you have given the project to such a company which doesn’t even manufacture a needle. You are giving it to such a company which has no prior experience, did not given to Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL).

Besides these, we have suspicion that in the electoral bond which has been kept confidential. Companies are giving 1000 crores to parties but the names are not being made public and is being kept confidential. One gets receipt for donations made above Rs 20000, but 100 crores donations are being kept confidential during the BJP era. All these game are being played on the basis of money only.

I don’t know whether you know or not, that five airports have been given to Adani, even after implementation of Model Code of Conduct (MCC). So in every sense, PM works for the super-rich people.

I think Rafale is a big issue, but the biggest issue is the war on poverty. Rahul Gandhi has shown the commitment before the country. When Rs 6000 will go to the account of women every month then there will be no poor in the country then. There will be a major shakeup in the Indian economy. It will really save poor. But BJP spokesperson says, “If poor get the money, then who will wash their car and who will do labour works, where will we get cook and cleaners?” In foreign, the owners themselves wash their cars, and you will keep poor people for it? The very comment indicates that they want to keep poor that way only. It is the mentality of RSS and BJP.

Listen to Dr Ajoy Kumar, President, Jharkhand Pradesh Congress Committee

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eNewsroom: At least 19 people have died from hunger and lynching cases in Jharkhand and the trend is not reducing in Jharkhand. How big is an issue will these be during election campaigning?

Dr Ajoy: Whether it is starvation death or lynching, it is the weakest person from the society who is being targeted. In the last five years, there has not been a single day, when there was no tension in any part of the country. It is the BJP which is creating tension, among brothers. They look for pawns, today it’s the Muslims, it may be the tribals or farmers may follow next. They do the politics of polarization.

eNewsroom: On the candidature of Kirti Azad from Dhanbad seat, there is an ongoing protest against Azad also. Will this damage the Congress and its candidate’s prospect?

Dr Ajoy: Five people have protested against me, while thousands had welcome. Five people are showing the black flag, and those are the suspended people. What is the importance of the protest few people? It is laughable.

eNewsroom: Rahul Gandhi, had been repeatedly using – Chowkidar Chor hai, but now the BJP has gone to the Supreme Court regarding this issue, so will Congress stop using it during the election?

Dr Ajoy: Chowkidar Narendra Modi Chor hai (Watchman Narendra Modi is a thief), it is what we say, which also means Chowkidar Chor Hai. And Rahul Gandhi is saying it continuously, in the issue of Rafale and other matters of corruption.

eNewsroom: There is growing discontent among the minority community against the Mahagathbandhan in Jharkhand, especially against Congress as not a single candidate has been fielded from the community. How will you deal with it, as your alliance may face problems because of it?

Dr Ajoy: We couldn’t field minority candidate from Godda because of JVM, but we have decided that we will send a representative from the minority community to the Rajya Sabha (Upper House).

Modi’s game plan exposed by Imran Khan

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Modi’s game plan exposed by Imran Khan

Narendra Modi’s sinister game was exposed when Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan came out openly in support of Modi’s second term as Prime Minister of India. Suspicion about some clandestine understanding between Indian Prime Minister and the Pakistani establishment resulting in increased terrorist attacks in Kashmir has prevailed for some time. The suspicion got strengthened when the Pathankot Air Base, one of the armed forces establishments with the highest security, was attacked and the Modi government invited Pakistan’s ISI operatives to inspect it in the name of helping Indian investigating agencies. Incidentally, the armed forces have their own effective mechanism to investigate such enemy actions but the government insisted on civilian National Investigation Agency (NIA) being involved with the investigation.

National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval is behind Modi’s strategic decisions. During his career in the Intelligence Bureau (IB) he had spent over half a dozen years as intelligence operative in Pakistan. Apparently he maintained contacts with Pakistani operatives even after retirement and strengthened these contacts on being appointed NSA in 2014. Over the years he has developed what is now known as Doval Doctrine about Kashmir. Bereft of blah blah, the Doctrine simply means use of more and more force to suppress any voice of dissent with the apparent objective of making Muslim-mukt (or at least a Muslim minority) Kashmir. Hence his suspected complicity with the Pakistani establishment and the increased number of terrorist attacks with more casualties in Kashmir which helps justify the more indiscriminate use of force by the armed forces.

In July 2014, journalist Ved Pratap Vaidik had a meeting with Hafiz Muhammad Saeed in the latter’s fortified hideout in Pakistan. Vaidik was then very close to Modi and Doval, though now he writes critically of Modi government. Hafiz Muhammad Saeed had, along with Abdullah Azzam, founded in1987 Markaz Dawa-Wal-Irshad, a group with roots in the Jamait Ahl-e-Hadis.
This organisation spawned the jihadist group Lashkar-e-Taiba in 1990 with the help of Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) officers. Lashkar’s primary target is Jammu and Kashmir. Saeed is often quoted as saying, “There cannot be any peace while India remains intact. Cut them, cut them so much that they kneel before you and ask for mercy.”

Hafiz Saeed lives in Lahore in a ‘fortified house, office and mosque’ that is guarded by Pakistani police and his supporters and closely watched by ISI officers. It is said that no one is allowed near Saeed’s ‘fort’ without the approval of the ISI. How did Vaidik get clearance of the ISI? Apparently with the help of Ajit Doval. There was a rumour that Vaidik had gone to give ‘hush money’ to Hafiz Saeed to ensure that he does not create any trouble during Modi’s visit to Pakistan.https://chickendogfood.com/can-dogs-eat-lamb-bones/

Pulwama and Balakot on the eve of Lok Sabha elections cast further doubts on the roles of Modi and Doval. Hari Shankar Vyas, Editor of Hindi daily ‘Naya India’, who was once an ardent supporter of Narendra Modi, wrote in one of his columns that NSA Doval was squarely responsible for Pulwama terrorist attack as well as for providing wrong information (coordinates) about Balakot target to Indian Air Force with the result that terrorists and the madarsa they were staying in escaped in the attack. Even the family members of some CRPF jawans killed in Pulwama attack have not believed the propaganda being mouthed by Modi and wanted the government to provide evidence of terrorists having been killed in Balakot.

In view of all this, why should Imran Khan expose Modi by lending support to him for a second term as PM? There is only one possible explanation. Modi and ruling party president Amit Shah had started mentioning Pakistan too often in their election speeches with the implication as if Pakistan was helping opposition parties in the elections and there will be celebrations in Pakistan if Modi was defeated. It brings international embarrassment to the Prime Minister of country if the Prime Minister of a neighbouring country accuses him of working to defeat the ruling party. Perhaps that prompted Imran Khan to state that Modi’s return to power would be good for India-Pakistan relations.

This served the purpose eminently. Both Modi and Shah were stunned and Modi took several days to utter the word Pakistan. But there, too, he played a mischief by blaming Pakistan for only two terrorist incidents – at Uri and Pulwama. He did not even mention Pathankot which, though, did not witness as many casualties as Pulwama but was more serious as the terrorists there had penetrated the highest security establishment. The sordid fact is that terrorist attacks and killings in Kashmir have tremendously gone up after Modi became Prime Minister and made Ajit Doval his NSA. According to a written reply given by Minister of State for Home Affairs Hansraj Gangaram Ahir in Lok Sabha on February 5 this year, there has been an increase of 93 per cent in the number of security personnel killed in terrorist incidents in Jammu and Kashmir between 2014 and 2018 while the terrorist incidents during the period grew by 176 per cent.

For Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das, opposition leaders are Jackals, Foxes and Wolves

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For Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das, opposition leaders are Jackals, Foxes and Wolves

Giridih/Ranchi: It seems like there is a competition going on in the 17th Lok Sabha campaign between political leaders as to who will stoop down to the lowest order in attacking their rivals. Today, during the nomination of Annapurna Devi, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s candidate for the Koderma parliamentary constituency, Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das while addressing the party supporters compared the opposition leaders of the Mahagathbandhan with Siyar, Lomadi, Bhedia, Gidar (Fox, Wolf and Jackal). While he referred to Prime Minister Narendra Modi as Mahabali (Supreme).

During the speech, while describing the grand alliance or Mahagathbandhan, Jharkhand’s chief minister said, “What is this alliance is all about? There is no such alliance working among them. The alliance is taking place in the day and is being broken at night. The gathbandhan has been made only to remove Modi. Why remove Modi? That’s because Congress, JMM and RJD have done a PhD in corruption. And they know that if Modi will return to power, then they all will be in jail.”

Raghubar Das then added, “They are afraid and are getting together as they can’t face Mahabali (Modi) since 120 crores people have restored their faith in him. Just like when jackal, wolf and fox even after combining forces can’t compete with the lion, similarly, it is not possible for some siyars (jackals) to face the lion.”

He further alleged, “We have seen the gathbandhan rule for 14 years here (Jharkhand) and 2004 to 2014 in Delhi. It is an alliance of corrupt people, will you let them loot you?”

Listen to Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das and the use of derogatory language for opposition leaders:

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The name of the animals—fox, wolf and jackal used by the CM, has a negative repercussion in the society, as it symbolizes dishonesty, cunning attitude, cleverness and mischievous behaviour.

While yesterday, on the same stage, from where Das was addressing today, gathbandhan, which has two former chief ministers—Hemant Soren and Babulal Marandi had addressed. Marandi, a contestant against BJP candidate now, has been Jharkhand’s chief minister as a BJP leader only between 2000 and 2002. While Jharkhand Congress President Dr Ajoy Kumar, who was also present in Marandi’s nomination has been a doctor and IPS officer before taking a plunge into politics.

Significantly, in his half-an-hour-long speech, Das either abused the opposition or mentioned how India is safe under the 56-inch chest of Narendra Modi, who attacked Pakistan twice, first a surgical strike after Uri attack and later the air strike post-Pulwama terror attack.

Development got only mentioned once in Jharkhand chief minister’s speech, and the only scheme he mentioned was Prime Minister Residential Scheme (PMAY) that how poor got houses and how women who had to wait till sunset to relieve herself have got relief because several places become ODF (Open Defecation Free).

Other than PMAY, the chief minister did not mention any other development works either done by Narendra Modi led BJP government in center and his government in Jharkhand.

Narendra Modi remained out of country for 22 months; did not fulfill his promises made to the people of India—Babulal Marandi 

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Narendra Modi remained out of country for 22 months; did not fulfill his promises made to the people of India—Babulal Marandi 

Giridih/Ranchi: Amid the show of mahagathbandan’s unity in Jharkhand, former Chief Minister Babulal Marandi filed his nomination for Koderma Lok Sabha parliamentary seat. On the occasion, he was accompanied by the heads of the opposition parties who are part of the gathbandhan in Jharkhand including Jharkhand Mukhti Morcha (JMM)’s working president and former Chief Minister Hemant Soren, President of Jharkhand Pradesh Congress Committee Dr Ajoy Kumar, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)’s Jharkhand President Gautam Sagar Rana and Congress’ Ranchi candidate Subodh Kant Sahai.

After filling his nomination papers, Marandi made a scathing attack on the Narendra Modi led Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) government.

“If you can recall 2014’s Lok Sabha election, then you shall remember that Narendra Modi had promised to provide two crores jobs to youth every year. Now they do not discuss employment. Had they given the jobs, then by now 10 crores youth would have got employed. But now even the government reports indicate that in the last five years 12 cores unemployed youth have had themselves registered at the employment exchange,” said the Jharkhand Vikash Morcha (JVM) chief, during his speech.

He further said, “Modi had promised that farmers of increasing their income by one and half time, but it did not happen. Now they do not talk about farmers. In fact, several laws have been brought to displace farmers. BJP has tried to finish or weaken all the constitutional bodies. And tried to finish the constitution too.  Whether it is CBI, RBI or election commission, nothing has been left. Even the judiciary has not been spared and judges have had to hold a press conference.”

He then added, “Narendra Modi had asked for 60 months to fulfill all the promises, but he spent 22 months outside India. This government is neither of the tribal, schedule caste nor of the minorities. They tried to end the diversity of the country. And created enmities among communities. They garlanded the killers. The work which should have been done, they did not do, and what should not have been done, they did it.”

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Mahagathbandhan leaders share stage in Giridih

While JMM working president, Hemant Soren, on the occasion said, “India is safe in the hands of the army, there is no threat country. But if the country has any threat, then it is from BJP and NDA people.”

He added, “The people (BJP) who says it has double engine government, has looted the country double–, country as well state. The farmers are forced to die today, and by giving farmer Rs 6000 annually, Prime Minister has made the farmers look like beggars.”

He also praised the Congress Nyay scheme and that when Rs 72,000 will come to farmers and later in the market, it will definitely boost the economy.

“At one side capitalists are standing and on other farmers, labours, poor, Dalit, and advasi. Let’s see who wins?” Soren added

While Dr Ajoy Kumar mentioned in his speech about the gaffe in the BJP manifesto which stated that they will increase crime against women. And also pointed out that while the Jharkhand government is closing down schools, it is opening wine shops.

“You can understand the mentality of BJP, by knowing what they think about women. If BJP comes to power again, jobs won’t be created and the farmers will be ruined, he said.

He further motivated the crowd by saying, “It is your responsibility, and no else. Keep your future in your hand. Throw away the ones who are spreading fake nationalism, casteism and communalism.” And added, “A para-teacher gets Rs 8000 to 10000, but a wine shop employee earns Rs 32,000 in Jharkhand, so this is BJP. When they come seeking your vote, remember that they have beaten the poor to death in the name of Hindu-Muslim, beaten the schedule caste people, and remember that youth are jobless even after doing engineering.”

BJP is an anti-woman party, women empowerment low on its agenda- Nandini, CPM Kolkata South candidate

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BJP is an anti-woman party, women empowerment low on its agenda- Nandini, CPM Kolkata South candidate

Kolkata: Communist Party of India (Marxist) has fielded once again Jadavpur University’s Professor Nandini Mukherjee as its candidate from Kolkata Dakshin (South). The 53-year-old scientist has been contesting elections from this area since she chose to contest against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in 2011 by-election. Post nomination she has been diligently campaigning from the party at various wards. The JU professor has been hitting the streets of Kolkata South twice a day, even in this heat. In between her Sunday campaign, Nandini chose to engage in a candid talk with eNewsroom, on she finds herself in politics being a scientist, Mamata Banerjee rule in Bengal, and how women friendly is BJP. Following are excerpts from the conversation:

eNewsroom: Rarely have we seen scientist’s contest elections. What made you come into politics?

Nandini: I think more and more people like us should join politics as there is a need for honest and hardworking people in this sector (politics). However, coming to that, I have always been part of CPI (M), first I was associated with its student movement and the teacher’s movement. But, it was post-2011 Assembly election that I chose to jump into active politics. As we realised that TMC had no policies to benefit the people and that it is actually not a party and is run by some really corrupt people.

eNewsroom: But wasn’t 1991 the last time that CPM won from this constituency? Hasn’t it been a TMC stronghold since then?

Nandini: It’s true when you say so. It definitely had been TMC’s stronghold till 2011, but seven-and-a-half years of its rule in Bengal is making many voters more inclined towards the Left. As I campaign for the election in this constituency, several people have asked me as to when we (CPIM) would be coming back into power?

Also, talking about the 2011 or 2014 election, we have heard stories of how the TMC ministers had gone to the slum areas and forced the people to cast votes in favour of TMC on the polling day.

eNewsroom: Being a data scientist, have the election data of both 2011 and 2014 been analysed to benefit the party this year?

Nandini: That way, we haven’t really analysed the data. I know such data analysis is often done internationally but we haven’t done it so far. But yes, we do have data on how votes were cast on the polling day in certain pockets. I guess that will definitely help us.

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The two sides of coin being carried by a CPM worker during the campaigning of Nandini Mukherjee

eNewsroom: Kolkata Dakshin has three educated women pitched against each other by three main political parties. Your comment, please?

Nandini: I feel proud that I am contesting from such a progressive constituency, where all the three main political parties – CPM, Congress and TMC have opted to field women candidates, despite these seats not being reserved as ‘women seat’ for the election.

eNewsroom: Your only male opponent for this seat is Chandan Kumar Bose, grandnephew of Neta Ji…

Nandini: I really don’t want to comment on his candidature. But then I want to ask him only one thing – if he is the grandnephew of Neta Ji Subhash Chandra Bose then why has he joined the BJP. Neta Ji was not pro- Hindu Mahasabha, he had clearly called it as an anti-India and pro-British group. In fact, we all know of this freedom fighter’s proximity with the Congress during India’s fight for independence.

eNewsroom: How serious do you think is BJP about women safety, given the faux pas they made in their 2019 manifesto?

Nandini: BJP has never been a pro-women party. They are the Manu vadis who believe that women are meant to be at home, produce children and take care of their family. Many BJP leaders have even given very anti-women comment. BJP in no way is for women empowerment, as a party women empowerment and women issue to feature in their political agenda.

eNewsroom: What do you think of PM Modi and his frequent visit to Bengal? How serious do you think BJP is on winning seats in Bengal?

Nandini: Given the fact that the BJP wants to form the government at the centre once again, they definitely want to win seats in Bengal to increase their prospect. But despite all of the BJP leaders making it very clear that the fight in Bengal is between BJP and TMC, we believe that some compromise has been reached between the two parties.

The fact that the centre has handled both the Sharadha and Narada scam cases so lightly makes it evident that some compromise has been reached between the two parties.

eNewsroom: What’s the agenda for your election campaign?

Nandini: Communal harmony, unemployment, slum development and ensuring that healthcare and education is not privatised, form the core of our election campaign.

Both the centre and the state government have failed to provide employment to the youths. Recently around 400 would-be teachers sat on a 29-day hunger strike near the Calcutta Press Club. Healthcare and education are sectors that should not be privatised. Here again, we have seen both the centre and state government pushing these sectors into private hands. This will definitely make education and quality healthcare facilities beyond the reach of the poor?

eNewsroom: How do you rate Subrata Baksi, the sitting MP of Kolkata Dakshin?

Nandini: One should check the details of his attendance at the Parliament and questions he raised. An Mp is entitled to claim a maximum of 25 crores various projects during his tenure, but he has been able to avail only 17 crores, which we are unable to comprehend where it has been used as the wards that we have been frequenting have witnessed little developmental work.

Kanhaiya Kumar’s photoshopped image being circulated with appeal of not voting for him

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Kanhaiya Kumar’s photoshopped image being circulated with appeal of not voting for him

Kanhaiya Kumar, Communist Party of India (CPI)’s candidate for Begusarai Lok Sabha constituency is fighting a crucial election against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s Union Minister Giriraj Singh. The student leader is reportedly giving tough fight to Giriraj Singh and grabbing the attention of India.

The oratory skill of the 32-year-old student leader has appealed to the masses in recent times and in Begusarai, which is his native place also, is creating a huge buzz.

But, to defeat Kanhaiya Kumar, one of the youngest and firebrand leaders of India, BJP’s IT Cell has started using the same trick– circulating doctored and photoshopped images to malign credential of the opponent.

A photoshopped image, which was started circulating in 2016, soon after Kanhaiya was slapped with sedation charges over a doctored video has surfaced again with a fresh message that connects it with the election.

In 2016, when sedation charges were slapped against Kanhaiya, the former president of Jawahar Lal Nehru University Student Union (JNUSU) was doing his Doctorate in Philosophy (PhD) and in February, this year, he has completed it.

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The hate message which is circulating along with the fake image of Kanhaiya Kumar

Not only is fake image being circulated against the challenger of Giriraj Singh, but a very strong hate message is also doing round along with it, this time appealing people to not vote for him.

Rough translation of the message circulating along with the photoshopped image is, “Look at the map behind this cunning, traitor carefully. Now think from this, what kind of PhD one does in JNU. Whom the Left wing people consider their leaders? Whom the Bhim (Ambedkar) ideologue support? And what is their mentality.”

It adds, “The plan is to break India into 36 pieces. Before that, the guy (Kanhaiya) can raise his head again, crush him, this is the call of the nation.”

There is a religious slogan also at the end of the message. And three emoticons have been used at three different places of the message to give it emotional touch.

In 2016 itself, Lallantop, a news portal had done a story on the fake image of Kanhaiya Kumar being circulated and had debunk it. But as Kanhaiya is challenging PM Modi’s minister, once again the old image is out and is being pushed to WhatsApp group and other social media platform.

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