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‘BJP got 10 lakhs votes less than Congress in 5 states, then why did Congress lose’: Ultra Pro Max analysis by ‘journalist’ Hari Desai, here is what he didn’t say

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‘BJP got 10 lakhs votes less than Congress in 5 states, then why did Congress lose’: Ultra Pro Max analysis by ‘journalist’ Hari Desai, here is what he didn’t say

‘Neutral’, ‘liberal’,’secular’ YouTube journalists are Congress’ greatest asset—not workers or voters. After PM Modi’s arrival on national stage, those whose ideological establishments have been closed have now assembled on YouTube. Their daily routine consists of criticising PM Modi or the government after waking up, and indirectly or directly fostering an environment favourable to the Congress party. However, as the Lok Sabha election approaches, these “responsibilities” take on a greater significance.

There have been elections in five states recently, Telangana, Mizoram, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Rajasthan. Two states were led by the Congress, one by the BJP, one by the MNF, and one by the BRS before the polls. Post-elections, three states will be ruled by the BJP, one by Congress, and one by ZPM. The BJP won Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Rajasthan, while the Congress won Telangana. Following the results, the only regional party that was in power was in Mizoram before and a regional party will continue to do so.

After these results, the analysis of the elections has now begun. The greatest thing about “analysis” is that if one says something with a little seriousness and confidence, there’s a good chance the audience will take it at face value. Gujarat’s “Journalist,” Senior Dr. Hari Desai, and his audience experienced this recently. He has a channel on YouTube named Dr. Hari Desai’s Satyam and Fact. Here, political analysis is carried out.

Hari Desai has demonstrated such “courage” in his election analysis once more recently, following the elections in five states. A 25-minute has been posted on the ‘senior journalist’s’ channel which is titled, “Why Did Congress Lose in the Recent Elections of Five States Despite Receiving 10 Lakh More Votes Than BJP”.

In the video, Haribhai gives statistics and says that BJP has won in three out of five states, but they have got 10 lakh less votes than Congress. Then they also provide state-wise figures for the ‘viewers’ benefit’. Which is as follows-

Madhya Pradesh

Congress- 1,75,71,582

BJP- 2,11,16,197

Chhattisgarh

Congress- 66,02,586

BJP- 72,34,968

Rajasthan

Congress- 1,56,67,947

BJP- 1,65,24,787

Telangana

Congress- 92,35,792

BJP- 32,57,511

Mizoram

Congress- 1,46,113

BJP- 35,524

With the help of these numbers, Dr Hari Desai claims that the Congress received 4 crores 92 lakh votes and the BJP received 4 crores 81 lakhs, meaning that the Congress received 10 lakhs 55 thousand 33 votes more than the Bharatiya Janata Party in all five states. 

He continues his analysis of the defeat by pointing out that the Congress would have had a higher chance of winning if it had included the INDI coalition’s allies in its alliance. Haribhai has refrained from saying that the other parties have not engaged in much activity during this election.

He also addresses the topic of EVMs at the end of the video, but he does so in a manner that he both establishes his objectivity and advances the theory of EVM hacking. Without taking any party’s name, Hari Desai also said that parties blame EVMs for losing elections but they don’t care about the machines when they win.

In short, after watching and listening to this entire video, one is made to think about how did BJP won in three states despite getting 10 lakh less votes by Congress. Such ‘analysis’ makes people frame their opinions against the winning party by feeding their brains with assumptions that say the BJP has tampered with the EVMs.

Hari Desai has forgotten soomething, so we say it in the larger public interest

When adding up the votes from all five states, it is true that the BJP received 10 lakh fewer votes than the Congress in this case. The figures given by Haribhai are available on the Election Commission’s website, so he is not wrong in that. But let us reveal to you what he did not say, though.

According to the data, the Congress receives fewer votes in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Rajasthan than the BJP. However, there is a significant disparity in the votes cast for the two parties in the state of Telangana since the BJP only has eight seats while the Congress has 64. As a result, there is a significant difference in the number of votes cast as well as in the seats they won. However, the difference between the seats that the two parties won in the other three states (except Telangana) is comparatively smaller.

In Telangana, the BJP received 32 lakh votes while the Congress received 92 lakh. That is sixty lakh votes difference. Though the difference is not as great as it is in Telangana, the BJP has more votes in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Rajasthan. In Chhattisgarh, the margin is 6 lakh votes, while in Rajasthan, it is 9 lakh votes, and this difference is 36 lakhs in MP.

Accordingly, the votes of Telangana will be added when the votes from the five states are totaled, increasing the total number of votes for Congress. It’s just math, nothing complicated. There isn’t a mistake in the computation or a problem with the EVMs, it is common sense.

Haribhai and his supporters need to understand the difference between ‘truth’ and ‘fact’ and pay some attention to mathematics. If this continues, after the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Haribhai and his supporters may also say that Rahul Gandhi got more votes from Wayanad than Modi got from Varanasi, yet why is Modi being made the Prime Minister?

I-T raids on Congress MP Dhiraj Sahu and liquor traders across Odisha and Jharkhand: Over 150 crores seized in several districts

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I-T raids on Congress MP Dhiraj Sahu and liquor traders across Odisha and Jharkhand: Over 150 crores seized in several districts

On Thursday (December 7), the Income Tax Department conducted raids at Boudh Distilleries Private Limited (BDPL) in Odisha and Jharkhand. The raiding team has confiscated a huge cache of currency notes from the premises linked to the company in question. Reports say that Boudh Distilleries Pvt Ltd. is linked to Congress MP Dhiraj Sahu. According to a Prabhat Khabar report, cash exceeding Rs 100 crore has been seized, however, authorities have not confirmed the same.

According to an OdishaTV report, more than Rs 150 crore in cash was confiscated during raids at the Bolangir office of Baldeo Sahu & Group of Companies, one of the largest country-liquor manufacturing and selling firms in western Odisha. Baldeo Sahu & Group of Companies is reported to be the partnership firm of Boudh Distillery Pvt Ltd. Reports say that the companies in question were concealing business activities to evade taxes. The Income Tax officials also raided the residence of Ashok Kumar Agarwal, a businessman from Purunakatak for his alleged links with the company.

The police have recovered an almirah with currency notes. The counting of notes is still in progress. ANI reported that the counting of notes up to Rs 50 crore was completed yesterday, however, the counting machines stopped working since the number of notes was huge. On Wednesday (6 December), searches were carried out at five different locations, including Ranchi and Lohardaga residences of Congress MP Dhiraj Sahu. Other than the Sushila Niketan residence on Radium Road in Ranchi, raids were also carried out in Odisha’s Bolangir, Sambalpur, and Kalahandi.

OTV reported that in Bolangir, the IT personnel ran out of bags to carry the seized cash. Hence empty sacks were brought in to load the bundles of cash. As the machines stopped working on Wednesday, over 150 bags and sacks full of money were brought to the SBI branch in Bolangir where they were awaiting to be counted.

In addition to Boudh Distilleries, the Income Tax Department searched the offices of Ramchandra Rungta, a renowned businessman in Jharkhand. Since this morning, the Income Tax Department has been raiding his homes and businesses in Ramgarh, Ranchi, and other locations. According to reports, a raid is underway at various locations in linked to Rungta in Ramgarh and Ranchi. CRPF personnel are providing security to the Income Tax officials. Officials are also present at Ramchandra Rungta’s residential office, close to the Punjab National Bank in Ramgarh.

As per the information available on BDPL’s website, BDPL Group, headquartered in Odisha, has various business divisions such as Baldeo Sahu Infra Private Limited (fly ash bricks), Kwality Bottlers Pvt Ltd (IMFL bottling), and Kishore Prasad Bijay Prasad Beverages Pvt Ltd (IMFL brand sales and marketing).

Pranab Mukherjee bit the hand that fed him: Congress leader Udit Raj on revelations about Rahul Gandhi in Sharmistha Mukherjee’s book

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Pranab Mukherjee bit the hand that fed him: Congress leader Udit Raj on revelations about Rahul Gandhi in Sharmistha Mukherjee’s book

On Thursday, 7th December, Congress leader Udit Raj, who is chairman of the ‘Unorganised Workers & Employees Congress’, has voiced his outrage about the assertions about Rahul Gandhi in the book by Sharmistha Mukherjee, the daughter of late former President Pranab Mukherjee.

Udit Raj complained, “It was Congress that raised Pranab Mukherjee from the ground to the sky and he perceived evil inside the same party. He witnessed goodness in PM Modi who had no role in his (career’s) progress. This is called ‘to bite the hand that feeds you.’ It might have been the mistake of Congress to elevate those who did not have a vote bank to such high positions. Had he been very capable, he would have established Congress in Bengal.”

The book ‘Pranab, My Father: A Daughter Remembers’ authored by Sharmistha Mukherjee, the daughter of late former President Pranab Mukherjee has sent Congress officials into a frenzy. There are certain disclosures concerning Congress scion Rahul Gandhi in the book which have upset party leaders. Sharmistha Mukherjee, Pranab Mukherjee’s daughter, who stepped away from active politics two years ago, asserts that she still has faith in the party because of its liberal and secular ideology.

Furthermore, Sharmistha Mukherjee stated that the Congress is now doing everything it accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of doing. She said that those with contrasting viewpoints are not tolerated by the party’s high command and, accused the party of intolerance. She divulged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi used to show respect by touching her father’s feet even in private meetings and expressed surprise at how successfully two individuals with such diverse ideas could work together.

Congress Deputy Leader in Rajya Sabha, Pramod Kumar Tiwari, was another leader who criticised the book as he claimed that Pranab Mukherjee became President only on the instructions of Sonia Gandhi. He alleged that Sonia Gandhi made him the president of the country and he had consistently been the most senior cabinet minister in the government. He recalled that Sharmistha Mukherjee chastised her father when he went to Nagpur to visit RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh) headquarters. Pranab Mukherjee addressd a program there in 2018 at the end of his term as president.

Pranab Mukherjee served as India’s finance minister and subsequently became minister for External Affairs, Defence, Finance and Commerce. He was country’s 13th president from 2012 to 2017. He died on August 31, 2020, at the age of 84. He was awarded India’s highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna in 2019 by his successor, President Ram Nath Kovind, under the NDA (National Democratic Alliance) government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Maharashtra govt to announce team of investigators that will probe Disha Salian death case: Reports

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Maharashtra govt to announce team of investigators that will probe Disha Salian death case: Reports

The files of Disha Salian death case are set to be opened again. The BJP-Shiv Sena alliance government in Maharashtra is soon expected to announce the name of the officers who will resume the investigation in the case of the mysterious death of Disha Salian. Salian was the manager of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput, who was also found dead under suspicious circumstances.

As per reports quoting sources, the Shinde government will likely announce the team of investigators in the legislative assembly. Maharashtra Home Minister and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis in December 2022 had announced in the assembly that an SIT will be formed to investigate Salian’s death.

In a latest update, a high panel will be constituted by the state and DIG rank officials are likely to monitor the SIT probe. As per Republic, Special Commissioner of Police Deven Bhati may lead the investigation.

Some MLAs in the state have been demanding that Aditya Thackeray be probed in the case. The alleged suicide had come just days before Sushant Singh Rajput’s mysterious death.

Disha Salian death case background

On 8th June 2020, Disha Salian (28) allegedly committed suicide, as per the Mumbai Police, by jumping from a high rise building in Mumbai’s Malad area.

Several discrepancies were found in the claims made by the Mumbai Police under the Uddhav Thackeray-led MVA government.

In August 2020, a sensational detail was revealed in Disha Salian’s post mortem report which was not revealed by the police. The report said that Disha Salian didn’t have clothes on her body when she was found dead after falling from the 14th floor of a building.

Another disturbing fact that had emerged was that Disha Salian’s post-mortem was conducted two days after her death. While she had died on the night of 8-9 June, documents show that the post-mortem was done on 11th June.

In September 2020, an eyewitness had told News Nation that Disha Salian was gang-raped by 4 men in the party which she attended on the eve of her death on 8th June.

The person, who the media house claims was present at the party which the celebrity manager had attended in Juhu, said that Disha’s screams were suppressed behind the blaring music which was being played in the party.

The eyewitness confirmed that there were a total of 6 people in the party, including Disha Salian’s fiance Rohan Rai.

However, the gang-rape angle has been dismissed by Disha’s parents. In February 2022, the parents filed a complaint against Union Minister Narayan Rane and his son Nitesh Rane accusing them of character assassination of Disha Salian.

In March 2022, Nitesh Rane had claimed that he had in his possession a pen drive and had prepared a transcript of an eyewitness account of Disha Salian’s gang rape and alleged murder, stating that a state minister is involved in the case.

As ‘Love Jihad’ and Islamist violence rages on in Kerala, Samastha Islamic cleric blames Communist cadre for helping Muslim women marry Hindu men

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As ‘Love Jihad’ and Islamist violence rages on in Kerala, Samastha Islamic cleric blames Communist cadre for helping Muslim women marry Hindu men

Several incidents of Love Jihad and violence by Islamists have emerged from the state of Kerala in the recent past, drawing attention to the concerns regarding the safety of non-Muslim women. Amid this, a well-known Islamic leader in Kerala has indicated that Muslim girls are deliberately being targeted by non-Muslims and are being converted to other religions.

Nasar Faizy Koodathai, secretary of the Sunni Yuvajana Sangham, the youth wing of the influential Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama addressed the community meeting in Kozhikode on Wednesday (6th December). He blamed the ruling CPM for promoting interfaith marriages against Muslim girls. He stated that the Muslim girls are being ‘abducted and married off to non-Muslims’ with the backing of the party and its youth and student wings.

He warned the Muslim community people to ‘beware’ of such incidents and said that the community should remain vigilant about the CPM’s ‘tactics with the label of secularism’.

“Recently we have seen unscrupulous political strategies to promote interfaith marriages. The Constitution permits Muslims should marry Muslims and Hindus should marry Hindus. But certain people have a crooked view that Bhartiya culture can be promoted only when a Hindu marries a Muslim. Muslim girls are being abducted with the backing of the party’s offices, newspaper offices, leaders of the CPM, DYFI, and the SFI, and they are being married off to non-Muslims. Mahallu (masjid) committees should stand united against such rejection of religion,” he said.

Kerala’s Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama, known as ‘Samastha’ has ties to the Indian Union Muslim League, a Kerala Congress ally. On the other hand, the CPM has been courting Muslims through the organization lately, and its leaders have discussed a wide range of topics on stage with the clerics.

This is the first time a Muslim leader associated with the influential body of Sunni Muslim clerics has raised his voice against interfaith marriage in a state. Notably, Kerala is notorious for several incidents of Love Jihad against Hindu women. Hindus have time and again exposed Muslims for engaging in love jihad. Thr Catholic organizations in Kerala too have complained repeatedly about incidents of love jihad where Christian girls are targeted and brainwashed by love affairs, then converted to Islam.

Non-Muslim girls and women are deceptively trapped in a ‘love affair’ by Islamists who later forcefully convert their respective religions to Islam. The Islamists are also offered monetary rewards and capital benefits for converting Hindu women to Islam. Reports mention that several Islamic organizations from several Islamic countries provided funds to these people for this purpose.

Several such cases and the deliberate intentions of Islamists regarding conversion came to the fore recently after the Indian government imposed a ban on a terrorist organization named the Popular Front of India (PFI). It was reported that the PFI asked its cadres and other Muslims to force Hindu women to convert their religion to Islam. At every PFI gathering, the activists would influence Muslims to run the agenda of love jihad and religious conversion. The organization had also declared a financial reward of Rs 2 lakh, a shop, and a house to anyone who would convert a Hindu girl to Islam.

The roots of radical Islam have sunk deep into Kerala. Though such incidents get less attention from the mainstream media, there’s no denying that it’s a ticking time bomb. Using women as tools and weapons, through either sex slavery or usage in terror recruitment is no longer a secret in the post-ISIS era. Both state and federal governments must treat it seriously and come up with effective solutions to combat it.

A recently released Bollywood movie named The Kerala Story also exposed the harsh reality of the state of Kerala where Islamist terrorists and Muslims trap non-Muslim girls in ‘love affairs’ and forcefully convert their religion to Islam. The incidents of love jihad were brought to attention when it was discovered that multiple women have been recruited to be sent as ISIS wives and sex slaves by a dedicated group working in Kerala.

Late Maulana Mushtaq Ali and his sons sexually assaulted, forcibly converted Hindu woman and daughter to Islam; Akram, Junaid, and Faizan arrested in Prayagraj

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Late Maulana Mushtaq Ali and his sons sexually assaulted, forcibly converted Hindu woman and daughter to Islam; Akram, Junaid, and Faizan arrested in Prayagraj

On Tuesday (5th December), Prayagraj police arrested three youths named Akram, Junaid, and Faizan (all sons of Mushtaq Ali) for forcibly converting a Hindu woman to Islam. Another accused Mushtaq Ali has already died. A case in this matter has been registered in the Colonelganj police station of Prayagraj under sections 147 (rioting), 323 (causing hurt), 504 (intentional insult), 506 (criminal intimidation), 342 (wrongful confinement), 354(A) (sexual harassment) of the IPC and sections 3 and 5(A) of the Uttar Pradesh Prevention of Illegal Religious Conversion Act 2021.

According to reports, the victim young woman Puja Gupta (name changed but surname retained) told in her police complaint that deceased Maulana Mushtaq Ali lured her father late Bachcha Gupta to convert to Islam. For this, Maulana Mushtaq Ali told Bachcha Gupta that his business of sweets would grow if he converted to Islam. Influenced by the Maulana, Bachcha Gupta started visiting mosques, going to various Mazars, offering chadars and doing other Islamic activities like namaz. He stopped worshipping Hindu deities. Mushtaq Ali also forced Bachcha Gupta to build a grave in his house failing which – he threatened Bachcha Gupta – his whole family might die.

According to the allegations made by Puja Gupta, Mushtaq Ali began exerting influence over her, her husband, and other family members following the death of Bachcha Gupta. Mushtaq allegedly compelled Puja and her daughter to visit the Mazar situated in the Chhota Baghada area of the town. Once there, he allegedly confined the minor to a room and subjected her to sexual assault.

Upon the minor disclosing the incident to Puja, she confronted Mushtaq Ali, who reportedly threatened her with severe consequences. Mushtaq claimed to possess the ability to inflict harm, similar to what allegedly happened to her father through his purported magical powers. Subsequently, the daughter’s health reportedly deteriorated, ultimately leading to her demise on December 28, 2018.

Puja Gupta succumbed to his terror and complied with Mushtaq’s every demand like giving money, jewellery, and other goods asked for the Mazar, all in fear of his alleged magical abilities. On 23rd October 2023. Mushtaq Ali died. On the same day, his sons Akram, Junaid, and Faizan came to Puja’s residence, stating that Mushtaq Ali had commanded them before dying that they must bring her to Mushtaq’s tomb at any cost. She hesitantly went to the Mazar on 24th October, fearing their threats and intimidation. She faced verbal and physical abuse there.

Puja stated in her legal complaint that Akram and his siblings forced her to spit on the floor and consume it. They kept her in a room and subjected her to undesirable touching and rude remarks. They also demanded that Puja bring her eldest daughter to the Mazar.

She stressed that she was not the only victim of their malice; countless other women had been subjected to similar torture and abuse. The accused and their family, according to Puja Gupta (name changed), pressured these ladies into converting to Islam. Females in their household also assisted in the conversion and manipulation when needed.

Puja said, “With all these claims I approached both Colonelganj and Annie Basent police stations but to no avail and no one filed an FIR against the perpetrators.”

The authorities received her complaint letter on 11th November 2023, and the FIR was filed on 5th December. Mushtaq Ali was not booked as he died. His three sons were booked in the FIR filed at the Colonelganj police station. All the three accused were arrested on 5th December.

Uttar Pradesh: Cardiologist in Kanpur hands over holy scriptures like Ramayana and Bhagavad Gita to patients as a part of treatment

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Uttar Pradesh: Cardiologist in Kanpur hands over holy scriptures like Ramayana and Bhagavad Gita to patients as a part of treatment

A cardiologist from Kanpur has started the practice of presenting a Hindu book of faith as an obligatory part of treatment, according to a report in The Times of India. Dr. Neeraj Kumar, a cardiac surgeon at the Laxmipat Singhania Institute of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery is winning over his patients’ hearts by having them read holy scriptures including the Ramayana, Sunderkand, Hanuman Chalisa and Bhagavad Gita before long-term care and surgery.

Reportedly the initiative has improved the health and recuperation of patients since the campaign commenced around a year ago. The cost of these books for his patients is covered directly by the doctor. He said, “Reading religious books makes patients mentally stronger, and boosts their morale during treatment. Whether it is for treatment of heart ailments or other diseases, the immunity power of the patient together with medicines plays a crucial role in the recovery.”

He further mentioned, “Once the disease is diagnosed, the patient gets mentally worried about his treatment and family. In such a situation, reading the Gita, Sunderkand Hanuman Chalisa and Ramayana divert the patient’s mind, which also has a positive effect on his health. Patients who read religious books when they are admitted in the hospital and appear happier than other patients when they are discharged.”

He disclosed that while patients were first given newspapers, this proved to be ineffective and the practice was later changed to providing religious materials which benefitted them immensely. “Initially, patients were given newspapers to read. But since the feedback was not encouraging, I started giving these books to our patients. It surely made them mentally strong and their immune power was found to be increased.”

Vasundhara Raje, Gajendra Shekhawat or Mahant Balaknath: Who will be next Rajasthan CM? Here are top names in the race

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Vasundhara Raje, Gajendra Shekhawat or Mahant Balaknath: Who will be next Rajasthan CM? Here are top names in the race

After the BJP secured a comfortable majority in Rajasthan, the focus is now on who will be the next chief minister. The BJP, which won 115 seats in the 200-member Rajasthan Assembly, is said to have several leading contenders for the position of Chief Minister. The party, which did not project a CM face, fought and won the Rajasthan elections collectively under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership.

According to the reports, former chief minister Vasundhara Raje, Mahant Balak Nath, who won the Tijara assembly constituency on Sunday (3rd December), Law Minister of India Arjun Ram Meghwal, MP Diya Kumari, Rajasthan BJP chief CP Joshi, and Union Minister Gajendra Shekhawat are said to be among the strongest candidates for the position of chief minister.

Vasundhara Raje

Vasundhara Raje, a two-time former chief minister, was re-elected to the House from the Jhalrapatan constituency in Jhalawar by a margin of 53,193 votes. She received a total of 1,38,831 votes and defeated Congress candidate Ramlal, who received 85,638 votes.

Vasundhara Raje Scindia of the Bharatiya Janata Party holds the record for being the only woman chief minister of the state. She belongs to the prominent Scindia royal Maratha family and is the daughter of Vijayaraje Scindia-Shinde and Jivajirao Scindia-Shinde, Maharaja of Gwalior. She finished her graduation from Sophia College for Women in Mumbai with degrees in economics and political science and began her political career in the year 1984.

Vasundhara Raje, known as Raani among her supporters, is eyeing a third term after the BJP swept the election with 115 seats, defeating the incumbent Congress, which managed to secure 69 seats. The BJP is scheduled to hold a meeting in Delhi on Thursday (7th December) to discuss who might be the next CM of the state. Amid the race, Raje on 6th December made a visit to Delhi and dodged any questions on the meeting. “I have come to Delhi to see my daughter-in-law,” she was quoted as saying by the media.

Mahant Balaknath

Mahant Balaknath, a spiritual leader and Alwar MP, defeated Congress candidate Imran Khan in the Tijara assembly constituency by a margin of 6,173 votes. he belongs to the Yaduvanshi community and is Chancellor of the Baba Mastnath University (BMU). His political career was shaped by his Guru, Mahant Chandnath, a former Member of Parliament from Alwar. 

Balaknath Yogi is one of the most influential leaders in the state of Rajasthan. He is known for supporting Hindutva and belongs to the Nath sect. He was nominated as the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Lok Sabha candidate from Alwar, Rajasthan, and he won in 2019 by a margin of 3 lakh votes over Indian National Congress candidate Bhanwar Jitendra Singh.

Arjun Ram Meghwal

Meghwal is the Union Minister of Law and Justice at present. He has also served as Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs since 2017 and Culture since 2021. Meghwal, a BJP leader, previously served as Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises from 2019 to 2021, Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs from 2016 to 2017, and Minister of State for Water Resources from 2016 to 2017.

He has also served in the Lok Sabha since 2009, representing the Rajasthan constituency of Bikaner. In 2013, he received the award for Best Parliamentarian. His name is at present being discussed as a strong contender for the post of Chief Minister in the state of Rajasthan.

Diya Kumari

Another rising leader Diya Kumari, who won the Vidhyadhar Nagar seat on a BJP ticket by defeating Congress candidate Sitaram Agarwal by 71,368 votes, is seen as a strong CM contender. The Vidhyadhar Nagar constituency is located in the Jaipur district.

Kumari is the granddaughter of Man Singh II, the last ruler of the princely state of Jaipur during India’s British Raj. She joined the BJP in 2013 and was elected to the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly as a BJP candidate from Sawai Madhopur in 2013.

She was elected as a Member of Parliament from Rajsamand to the Lok Sabha in 2019. She received 8.58 lakh votes, and her victory margin of 5.51 lakh votes ranks among the top 20 largest in 2019.

CP Joshi

CP Joshi, a two-time Lok Sabha member from Chittorgarh who presently heads the BJP’s state unit, is also considered to be a dark horse for the CM post. In the run-up to the elections, PM Modi praised his work as Rajasthan BJP State President in Udaipur. Joshi is widely regarded as a popular, simple, and soft-spoken. He began his political career as vice-president of the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) from 1994 to 1996. He later joined the ABVP, rising through the ranks to become a Member of the Chittorgarh District Council (Zilla Parishad) in 2000.

He was elected to the 16th Lok Sabha in 2014 and the 17th Lok Sabha in 2019 from the Chittorgarh Lok Sabha Constituency. He received 9.79 lakh votes, and his victory margin of 5.76 lakh votes ranks among the top ten largest margins of victory in 2019.

Gajendra Singh Shekhawat

Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, the Union Jal Shakti Minister who was elected to the Lok Sabha from Jodhpur, is also seen as an effective candidate for the post of chief minister in the state. Shekhawat has been the Lower House representative for Jodhpur since 2014.

He was born in Jaisalmer. Jai Narain Vyas University in Jodhpur awarded him a Master of Arts and a Master of Philosophy. Shekhawat began his political career as president of the Student Union at JNVU University in 1992. He was then named National General Secretary of the BJP Kisan Morcha, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s farmers wing. He was also a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Rajasthan State Executive.

He was elected to the 16th Lok Sabha in 2014 with the highest-ever winning margin (4,10,051 votes) from the Jodhpur constituency.

On November 25, Rajasthan went to the polls for 199 of the 200 assembly seats. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the elections and is poised to form the state government in the 200-member state Assembly, having secured 115 seats.

Earlier on 6th December, a purported press release attributed to BJP claimed that the party had selected Mahanth Balaknath Yogi as the next Chief Minister and appointed two Deputy Chief Ministers to assist the CM.

It also stated that Senior BJP leader and MLA from Sawai Madhopur Kirodi Lal Meena and MLA from Rajsamand Diya Kumari will be the two Deputy Chief Ministers. However, the Bhartiya Janata Party’s state unit took to X (formerly Twitter) and alerted that the press release was Fake. 

From its official Twitter handle BJP4Rajasthan, the party tweeted, “Fake Alert!” along with the forged press release having the party’s name as the header to make it look authentic.

Earlier on 3rd December, the BJP defeated the ruling party Congress after it secured 115 seats. While Congress bagged 69 seats, other parties in the likes of Bharat Adivasi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party secured 3 and 2 seats respectively. 

“Stop going to temples where you are raped, killed,” AAP MLA Rajendra Pal Gautam tells Dalits, had participated in conversion event in 2022

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“Stop going to temples where you are raped, killed,” AAP MLA Rajendra Pal Gautam tells Dalits, had participated in conversion event in 2022

Controversial AAP MLA Rajendra Pal Gautam is at it again. The former Delhi Minister has this time targeted Hindu temples and asked Dalits not to visit temples. He said that Hindu temples are places “where Dalit women are raped and Dalits are killed”. In a video shared on social media platform X, the AAP MLA can be seen addressing a crowd donning a Buddhist flag-coloured scarf.

“Don’t trust in such things which hurt you. Tell me one thing, if our people are killed for going to a temple, if our youth is killed for touching idols then why do you go to such places where you are insulted, where the dignity of your sister and daughter is violated, where you are murdered. Stop going there where you are insulted,” said the MLA from Seemapuri constituency.

Gautam was speaking at an event in the Lahrada village in Sonepat. The BJP has hit out at the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) asking why the MLA has not been removed from the party yet.

BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia wrote on X, ” “Stop going to temples”, “Women are raped in temples”, “Dalits are killed in temples”. AAP MLA Rajendra Pal Gautam once again abused temples and Hindus. Earlier, during the mass conversion of 10,000 people, he was making people take an oath to boycott Hinduism and Hindu gods. Why hasn’t Kejriwal, a staunch “Hanuman devotee”, taken action against him for repeatedly insulting Hindu religion and expelled him from the party?”

In October last year, Rajendra Pal Gautam was forced to resign from the post of Minister of Social Welfare, Cooperation, SC/ST welfare and Gurudwara election of Delhi. This was owing to his participation in a conversion event in the national capital.

10,000 Hindus were converted en masse to Buddhism at the event organised by the Buddhist Society of India at the Dr BR Ambedkar Bhavan in Jhandewalan. He later took to X to gloat over the mass conversion.

A month after his resignation, the AAP MLA during an interview with so-called ‘journalist’ Arfa Khanum Sherwani of The Wire, said that Hindus will remain a majority only for a few years’ time.

I.N.D.I. Alliance meetings were limited to chai-samosas: JD(U) MP Sunil Kumar Pintu who praised PM Modi after BJP victory in assembly polls

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I.N.D.I. Alliance meetings were limited to chai-samosas: JD(U) MP Sunil Kumar Pintu who praised PM Modi after BJP victory in assembly polls

Following the Bharatiya Janata Party’s landslide victories in the assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan, Janata Dal (United) Lok Sabha MP from Sitamarhi, Sunil Kumar Pintu caused a political stir by endorsing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and bringing up the party’s poll slogan, “Modi hai toh mumkin hai” (Modi makes it possible).

Now, he has revealed that the meetings of the opposition Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (I.N.D.I.A.) bloc were restricted to tea and samosas until seat distribution happened. “I.N.D.I. Alliance meetings are limited to chai-samosas until seat distribution takes place.”

Regarding his compliments for PM Modi, the parliamentarian stated that he was merely expressing the reality and that the former’s supporters are the inhabitants of the Hindi heartland states. “We must understand and consider people’s choices and work on our strategies for the upcoming elections.”

He proclaimed that he was and would always be a BJP member at heart and asserted that the party had sent him to Janata Dal (United). He declared his readiness to step down at the request of his leader, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. Furthermore, he voiced unease about running in the forthcoming Lok Sabha election with the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) as a coalition partner.

The lawmaker lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi and raised the BJP’s vote slogan which sparked a furore in Bihar just after the results of the five-state poll were announced. He made the remarks amid the BJP’s resounding triumph in the Hindi heartland. He obserevd, “Jo nara Bharatiya Janata Party ne diya hai ki ‘Modi hai toh mumkin hai’ aur ‘Modi magic hai’ yeh janta ne uspar apni mohar lagakar uss baat ko sahi kar diya ki sahi mein Modi magic hai. (The slogans that the BJP has given that with Modi it is possible and it is Modi magic, this was approved and proven by the people that there is indeed Modi magic).”

He also endorsed the prime minister’s call for the development of the “4 castes” namely women, youth, farmers and the poor. “The attempt to employ our farmers, women, youth and poor is right. Until and unless these 4 castes are uplifted we will not be able to develop the nation. It is important that there should be development for women, farmers and youth and we can become a world power by 2047 only by uplifting the 4 castes including the poor.”

The JDU leader slammed the Congress and charged that the party only recalled its political allies after suffering defeats in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. He highlighted that Congress lost because of the disregard of its partners. He further accused that the I.N.D.I. Alliance lacks effective communication and influential leaders are not consulted. He unveiled that the coalition would only survive in 2024 if Congress put forward regional parties.

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