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Modi 2.0 effect: SENSEX crosses 40,000 for the first time, NIFTY touches 12,000

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Modi 2.0 effect: SENSEX crosses 40,000 for the first time, NIFTY touches 12,000

As elections results pour in indicating a massive win for the NDA government, the stock markets have soared in an unprecedented way. Mumbai’s BSE SENSEX has crossed the 40,000 mark today by 10.30 am. As per reports, the NIFTY has crossed the 12,000 mark too.


For the first time in India’s history, the S&P BSE SENSEX has now crossed the 40,000 mark. As early trends in election results started showing a massive victory for Modi government, the SENSEX climbed over 750 points in just over an hour.

SENSEX today

The NIFTY too has shown unprecedented gains. As per latest reports, NSE’s NIFTY had also breached the 12,000 mark, gaining by over 2%

The highest gainers in the morning trade in SENSEX were IndusInd Bank, SBI, L&T, PowerGrid, Yes Bank, Kotak Bank, ICICI Bank, RIL, HDFC, Bharti Airtel and Axis Bank, rallying up to 7 per cent.

As per the latest figures, the NDA is leading on 344 seats while the UPA and others are at 91 and 106 seats respectively.

Kanhaiya Kumar’s family uses LPG stove to prepare for his victory, contrary to his claims just a few weeks ago

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Kanhaiya Kumar’s family uses LPG stove to prepare for his victory, contrary to his claims just a few weeks ago

As the counting for 2019 Lok Sabha elections begins, the whole country is waiting eagerly to see which government will rule for the next five years. However, political parties have already started preparations for celebration hoping for their win. Similar preparations are underway at the home of CPI candidate from Begusarai constituency in Bihar, Kanhaiya Kumar.


Sedition accused and CPI Lok Sabha candidate Kanhaiya Kumar‘s family has started preparing poories to celebrate his son’s victory as reported BBC News Hindi. This is a normal sight in view of the counting of votes that are going on but there is something unique about these preparations at Kanhaiya’s home.

Interestingly, one can be Kanhaiya Kumar’s mother preparing delicacies for him using an LPG stove. One recalls that just a few weeks ago, Kanhaiya Kumar, in his interview to India Today’s Rahul Kanwal had claimed that his family cooked using Chullah and not LPG stove since the price of LPG is too how and one cylinder gets exhausted without 3 or 4 days.

At that point of time, many had called his lie out and also asserted that it is a near impossibility for the LPG to be exhausted within 3-4 days.

Interestingly, Kanhaiya Kumar, who listed himself as someone who is unemployed in his election affidavit, had also declared that he earned over 8 L in 2 years.

Shehla Rashid loses it early on counting day, says “Felt like a Muslim when ‘mass murderer’ won in 2014”

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Shehla Rashid loses it early on counting day, says “Felt like a Muslim when ‘mass murderer’ won in 2014”

JNU freelance reporter-turned-full-time-politician Shehla Rashid had a premature meltdown as the early trends started suggesting that Narendra Modi might return as the Prime Minister for his second term.


Reminiscing about the 2014 results day, Shehla Rashid lamented that she had a naive belief that Arvind Kejriwal will be India’s PM and that the people of India would reject a mass-murderer. Rashid insinuated that India’s democratically elected Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a mass-murderer.

The insinuation comes at a time when the results are predicting a comfortable majority to Narendra Modi. It is also pertinent to note that Shehla Rashid refuses to acknowledge the Supreme Court verdict that exonerated PM Modi in the Godhra riots case for which his detractors often attack him.

Ever since the exit polls forecast a landslide victory for PM Modi, panic has set among the opposition leaders who had started blaming EVM fraud to deflect from their defeat and avoid the accountability of the loss. In a bizarre rant yesterday Shehla Rashid asked intervention from United Nations and other International Bodies to intervene to investigate the imaginary EVM tampering.

Puja outside Rahul Gandhi’s residence for a favourable result, pictures of BR Ambedkar and EVM seen

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Puja outside Rahul Gandhi’s residence for a favourable result, pictures of BR Ambedkar and EVM seen

Sensing a huge defeat in the Lok Sabha elections, the Congress party seems to have fallen back to prayers as the party has now reportedly organized a ‘puja’ outside Rahul Gandhi’s New Delhi residence for a favourable result.


According to the reports, ‘puja’ is being carried out with pictures of the Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, Congress Uttar Pradesh-East general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, her son Raihan Vadra, her husband Robert Vadra, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi.

Interestingly, the puja is also being done with the display of pictures of BR Ambedkar along with a picture of an EVM machine.

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Leftist propaganda portal The Wire, says ‘it doesn’t matter who wins today’, fear mongers on result day

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Leftist propaganda portal The Wire, says ‘it doesn’t matter who wins today’, fear mongers on result day

Early trends show that the NDA is leading the UPA in a significant number of seats across the country. However, the liberal meltdown appears to have begun even before counting began. Perhaps, OpEds were written as soon as the Exit Polls were released.

Jawahar Sircar on Ananda Bazaar Patrika, published in English by The Wire, pontificates gravely that “The virus is now too well entrenched to be wished away” in an article titled “It Doesn’t Matter Who Wins Today – India Remains Battered and Divided”.

The article is the usual toxic combination of fear-mongering and masochism. Sircar writes further, “Hate is now legitimate and a large section of Hindus that support the overpowering of Muslims, Christians and Dalits are not expected to cringe and convert to pluralism anytime in the near future.”

The author clearly suffers from a bad case of projection, like liberals are wont to do. “Victimhood and valorisation are the twin pillars of a fascist ideology and these have now been injected into the blood of too many Hindus to be just wished away.” writes Sircar. Well, it appears more true of liberals than Hindus but they are not particularly known for being able to stare at the mirror for too long.

The integrity of the Armed Forces has also been questioned by the author. He believes the armed forces has been polarized and it is currently leaning towards the BJP. He says, “India has always prided itself as the only third world country that had successfully confined its army within barracks and cantonments. But one is not sure how long. A dozen or so retired generals have reportedly joined the BJP, which is ominous, and thousands of other members of the armed forces, retired or in service, appear convinced that only one party is finally giving them their dues — even when it shies away from taking a call on the vexatious ‘One Rank One Pension’ issue.”

In the end, the classical comparison to fascism is also drawn. He writes, “William Reich’s The Mass Psychology of Fascism, a 1933 classic, holds good even today. Nations have paid a heavy price earlier for this choice of politics and have gone through a painful historic scourge of Armageddon – which was dreadful. To expect the poll results in India to change it all is quite unrealistic as the virus is now too well entrenched to be wished away.”

The article has also the classical hallmarks of Peak Liberal Intellectualism: Fear-Mongering, Masochism, Delusions, bizarre allegations of Fascism and inciting further political polarization. Instead of trying to bring the country together after what has been a very polarizing campaign, we can also safely expect the liberals to try and create further political polarization.

A significant question, however, is if it did not matter who wins today, then why was most of the mainstream media, the liberal intelligentsia and the activist hacks campaigning so hard to defeat the BJP?

Upendra Kushwaha to be held responsible if violence breaks out for his statement: Bihar ADG

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Upendra Kushwaha to be held responsible if violence breaks out for his statement: Bihar ADG

A day after RLSP chief Upendra Kushwaha’ controversial statement, Bihar’s Additional General of Police Kundan Krishnan has come out with a strong statement saying that even as the Election Commission has taken cognizance of the matter, if there would be any violence reported due to Kushwaha’s statement, then he would be held responsible for the same.

“If any violence takes place in the state because of the statement Upendra Kushwaha made yesterday, then he will be held responsible for it,” said Krishan, ADG, Headquarters, in a statement.

Kushwaha was seen calling for violence while addressing a press conference in Patna on May 21. Accusing the central government of tampering with EVMs, Kushwaha had said that Mahagathbandhan workers and the people of Bihar should not shy away from picking up weapons if it is needed to protect their votes.

Accusing the Central government of tampering with the votes, Kushwaha said, “Result loot karne ki jo koshish ho rahi hai to nishchit roop se hum Mahagathbandhan ke hamare sathiyo se aur Bihar ki janta se kahenge ki is tarah ki ghatna ko rokne ke liye hathiyar bhi uthana ho to uthaiye. (There are attempts being made to tamper with the election results and in such a situation I would like to urge to the Mahagathbandhan allies and the people of Bihar to even pick up weapons to stop this).”

Responding to the remarks made by Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RSLP) leader Upendra Kushwaha calling for violence over EVM tampering allegations, Union Minister and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) Chief Ram Vilas Paswan had said that there will be ‘tit for tat’.

Talking about the incident where an independent LS candidate from Buxar brandished a gun during a press conference and referring to the Kushwaha’s controversial statement, AGP Krishnan said that it is in cognisance of the Election Commission of India (ECI) as the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) is still in force.

Notably, police had issued an arrest warrant against Ramchandra Singh Yadav for brandishing a gun during a press conference. A police team also raided his residence in Kaimur, but he is absconding.

ADG Krishan has issued the order for Yadav’s arrest and also for the cancellation of the licence of his rifle if so. “If his weapon is found to be illegal, then a case would also be registered against him under the Arms Act,” said Krishnan.

Meanwhile, Yadav had claimed that he had taken out his rifle to protect the Constitution and democracy in the country. “People and leaders should now join me in the fight to secure our democracy. You cannot get your rights without fighting,” said Yadav.

Sensex rallies, up more than 600 points after early trends show PM Modi led NDA ahead on 2019 result day

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Sensex rallies, up more than 600 points after early trends show PM Modi led NDA ahead on 2019 result day

The Sensex seems to be rallying behind PM Modi as early trends show NDA inching ahead. The Sensex is now up more than 600 points as early trends show NDA leading all over the country.


As of now, some Congress stalwarts like Mallikarjun Kharge, Jyotiaditya Scindia are trailing in their seat. Rahul Gandhi, the Congress president is also trailing in Amethi and Smriti Irani of the BJP is leading. Sonia Gandhi is trailing in Rae Bareilly.

In Bengal too, BJP seems be rallying ahead with early trends showing BJP ahead in as many as 15 seats.

After the Exit Polls too, the Sensex had rallied behind a possible PM Modi led government at the centre.

Though the trends are still early, the Sensex, trusting the early trends have gone up by more than 600 points.

Odisha: Hours before counting, Congress MLA candidate shot at by unknown assailants

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Odisha: Hours before counting, Congress MLA candidate shot at by unknown assailants

Hours before the counting of Lok Sabha Assembly commenced, Congress candidate from Odisha’s Aska assembly seat was critically injured on Wednesday after four unidentified people shot at him.

Congress candidate Manoj Kumar Jena and his associate, Anil Kumar Swain were shot at Berhampur in Ganjam district. Jena received bullets in his neck and chest. The assailants also reportedly slashed his neck after shooting at him. He was rushed to MKCG Medical College and Hospital in Berhampur and later shifted to SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack. His condition is said to be critical.

The police have confirmed that Jena was on his bike and returning from Bhubneshwar along with his associate when they were fired upon from close range at Oxford School Square near Lanjipalli in Berhampur town.

The assailants fled after attacking the Congress candidate but while fleeing the assailant’s bike hit a minor boy who was also injured.

Additional Superintendent of Police (Berhampur) Pravat Routray said the exact cause of the firing was unknown. “We suspect it to be due to the previous enmity,” the ASP said.

Before anyone could realise the miscreants fled towards Andhra Pradesh, “At least two police teams have been engaged to search the miscreants,”, ASP furthered.

Jena was pitted from Odisha’s Aska constituency against BJD candidate Manjula Swain, wife of former MP from Aska, Ladu Kishor Swain and BJP’s Debraj Mohanty.

Ganjam is Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s home district. Patnaik contested the Lok Sabha elections from Hinjli Assembly constituency in Ganjam and has earlier represented Aska Lok Sabha constituency.

Nehru loyalist Ramachandra Guha says ‘Dynasty must be dumped’

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Nehru loyalist Ramachandra Guha says ‘Dynasty must be dumped’

As almost all the Exit Polls suggested a BJP-led NDA government at the centre, many so-called intellectuals have made scathing remarks on the opposition party Congress and its inefficiency to put up a strong fight against the saffron party. After Yogendra Yadav said that Congress must die, self-proclaimed scholar and a Nehru loyalist Rama Guha has now asked the Congress party to salvage itself by dumping the Gandhi dynasty.


Guha asserted that the new India is less feudal at the bottom rungs and more authoritarian towards the top. He contended that people, especially younger Indians find it unacceptable that a fifth-generation dynast was appointed as President of India’s oldest political party only because whose son and grandson he is.

Guha has asserted that for the Congress to live, the dynasty must be dumped.

Even Congress loyalist Rajdeep Sardesai had slammed the opposition leaders for raising the false bogey of EVM fraud after the exit poll data hinted BJP sweep in the elections. Rajdeep argued that the allegations levelled by opposition leaders are unsubstantiated and are made purely for political reasons. Lauding PM Modi for turning Varanasi into a VVIP constituency, he claimed that the overhaul of ghats, the improvement in the cityscape, broader roads and interrupted supply of electricity in Varanasi should be credited to PM Modi.

‘EVMS cannot be hacked, they are tamper-proof,’ the unequivocal verdict of various Courts on EVMs

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‘EVMS cannot be hacked, they are tamper-proof,’ the unequivocal verdict of various Courts on EVMs

The Opposition parties and their sympathizers have initiated a tirade against EVMs after exit polls hinted at Narendra Modi’s re-election for a second term as Prime Minister. Despite the Election Commission of India issuing several clarifications and several individuals offering their reassurances about the integrity of EVMs, the ‘Compulsive Contrarians’ are carrying on with their motivated agenda.

Therefore, it is pertinent to highlight what the Courts of the country have said on the matter. On numerous occasions, the integrity of EVMs has been questioned in the Courts. The Madras High Court in 2001, the Kerala High Court in 2002, the Karnataka High Court in 2004, the Uttarakhand High Court in 2017, the Supreme Court in 2018, the Bombay High Court in 2017 are just some of the occasions when the Courts have heard petitions on the matter. And on every single occasion, the Courts have vouched for the integrity of the EVMs.

The Madras High Court observed, “There is also no question of introducing any virus or bugs for the reason that the EVMs cannot be compared to personal computers. The programming in computers, as suggested, has no bearing with the EVMs. The computer would have inherent limitations having connections through Internet and by their very design, they may allow the alteration of the programme but the EVMs are independent units and the programme in EVM is entirely a different system.”

In a judgment in June 2017, the Uttarakhand High Court observed, “Prima facie, it is evident from a combined reading of the entire press release of ECI that this system is safe. The EVMs are not hackable. There cannot be any manipulation at the manufacturing stage. The results cannot be altered by activating a Trojan Horse through a sequence of key presses. The ECI-EVMs cannot be physically tampered with. The EVMs use some of the microcontrollers, dynamic coding of key codes, date and time stamping of each and every key press etc. These EVMs also cannot be tampered with during the course of transportation or at the place of storage. There are checks and balances to ensure tamper-proofing of EVMs”.

The Supreme Court, in judgment just two months later on a bunch of petitions demanding the 100% use of VVPATs, said, “the above statement of the Election Commission of India contained in the counter affidavit acknowledges, that all prayers made in the group of petitions stand fulfilled and satisfied. It is also apparent, that the Government of India has sanctioned funds for the purchase of the VVPAT units, needed during the course of the elections, which are to take place in the immediate future. The position expressed leaves no room for any doubt, that all future elections will be held by using VVPAT. The above stance is reiterated during the course of hearing by the learned counsel representing the Election Commission of India. In view of the above, we are of the considered view that the present bunch of matters does not require any further adjudication at our hands. All the cases clubbed together, are accordingly disposed of in terms of the counter affidavit filed by the Election Commission of India, duly supported by the Government of India”.

The Bombay High Court was unambiguous in its judgment as well. It stated, “the Bombay High Court ordered a detailed forensic examination of the EVMs from CFSL, Hyderabad for checking any manipulation etc. The CFSL report clearly ruled out any tampering, alteration or manipulation in the EVMs. The said report was accepted by Hon’ble High Court and the petition was dismissed.”

The Karnataka High Court had once observed, “This invention (EVMs) is undoubtedly
a great achievement in the electronic and computer technology and a
national pride”.

Thus, it’s quite clear from Judicial judgments that the integrity of the EVMs has never been in doubt in the eyes of the Courts. Furthermore, as is quite clear, the integrity of the EVMs is always questioned only by the parties on the losing side of the battle. This phenomenon was observed when the UPA was winning elections and the same thing is observed now that the BJP is on the driver’s seat.

Therefore, in light of the fact that various institutions of the state machinery have vouched for the integrity of the EVMs, and also individuals closely associated with its functioning, the matter ought to be put to rest. Earlier this week, the Supreme Court dismissed a petition to match 100% of VVPATs with EVMs, expressing their anger that such a matter was even raised. One Congress leader reacted to it by accusing the Supreme Court of rigging the polls.

Undermining the legitimacy of the Indian elections is the greatest threat that the Indian Democracy faces. The Congress party, with its history of undermining democracy in the country through measures such as the Emergency, is again proving to be a grave threat to it.

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