The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 has not only resulted in the splitting of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh into two states - Telangana and Andhra Pradesh - but has also been the cause of two historical events in the country’s polity.
The Modi government has taken numerous initiatives to assist farmers over the last ten years, ranging from MSP to fertiliser subsidies. Fertiliser subsidies have nearly tripled, while the agricultural budget has increased fourfold.
While opposition parties like TMC and DMK are welcoming the SC verdict striking down the electoral bond scheme, the same parties are major beneficiaries of the scheme
The state unit of BJP shared a video clip wherein TMC MLA Narayan Goswami is heard making an extremely racist remark against the indigenous tribal women victims who have come on camera and spoken about the atrocities meted at them by the TMC goons.
Women in several areas in Sandeshkhali of North 24 Parganas district in West Bengal have been protesting, demanding the arrest of TMC leader Sheikh Shahjahan and others.
The CJI while pronouncing the judgment, stated that the Union of India had "failed to establish least restrictive measures of the Electoral bonds scheme for political funding."