On 21/6/2022 soon after 2.30 p.m. Opposition parties decided Yashwant Sinha as their candidate for President. He was fourth choice. Sharad Pawar, Farooq Abdullah and Gopalkrishna had declined to contest. He had to give up TMC membership as Congress and Left Front were not ready to support a TMC member. At around 9.29 p.m. BJP…
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Mamata Upstages Sonia
On 9/6/2/2022 Election Commission announced the schedule for election of President of India. Sonia Gandhi had spoken to Mamata Banerjee, Sharad Pawar and Sitaram Yechury about a common candidate from Opposition. She had deputed Mallikarjun Kharge as point person for talks. Kharge had gone to Bombay and met Sharad Pawar. On 11/6/2022 Mamata wrote to…
Nupur and Naveen
On 5/6/2022 BJP suspended its national spokesperson Nupur Sharma and expelled its head of media unit in Delhi Naveen Kumar Jindal for their comments regarding Islam. Kuwait, Qatar and Iran had summoned Indian ambassadors. Vice President Venkaiah Naidu was on tour to Qatar. In the days that followed Afghanistan, Bahrain, Indonesia, Jordan, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives,…
Vijay Singla Arrest
On 24/5/2022 Punjab CM sacked Health Minister Vijay Singla for corruption. Singla was later arrested by Punjab Police. Bhagwant Mann went public about sacking. Bhagwant Mann had advised people to have audio recording in case bribe is demanded. In this case it was done and led to the sacking of minister and arrest. It is…
India Win Thomas Cup
On 15/5/2022 India won Thomas Cup. First time India had entered the final and first time it won. When the tournament began not many expected India to do well in Thomas Cup. India was in Group C. On 8/5/2022 India defeated Germany 5-0. On 9/5/2022 India defeated Canada 5-0. On 11/5/2022 India lost to Taiwan…
CM Post for Sale
Basanagouda Patil Yatnal on 6/5/2022 claimed that some people from Delhi came and offered to make him Karnataka CM if he paid Rs.2,500 crores. They assured him of candidature of Assembly election and meetings with Congress President Sonia Gandhi and BJP President J. P. Nadda. Yatnal said people should not fall prey to such assurances….
UK and Human Rights
UK PM Boris Johnson was in India on a two-day visit. On 22/4/2022, second day of visit, he was in Delhi. He said UK raises human rights issues in India privately and in a friendly way. India should remind UK its record on lack of human rights. Children have died because of judicial and medical…
BJP and Corruption
Two recent events have damaged BJP in Karnataka. First was contractor Santosh Patil’s suicide. Second was statement by Dingaleshwar Swamiji of Balehosur Mutt that 30% commission is demanded from mutts to get their money. Santosh Patil was a BJP member. He had accused Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister Eshwarappa’s aides of demanding 40% commission…
BJP to TMC
On 16/4/2022 results of five by-elections were out. Congress retained Kolhapur Assembly seat. RJD wrested Bochahan Assembly seat from NDA. It was held by VIP which was part of NDA. This time VIP was against BJP. BJP finished second. Congress wrested Khairagarh Assembly seat from Janta Congress. BJP finished second. It is in West Bengal…
India Most Populous
As per I-Media of Taiwan on 4/3/2022 at 11.58.35 p.m. India became the most populous country in the world with a population of 1,415,653,821 i.e., one billion four hundred fifteen million six hundred fifty-three thousand eight hundred twenty-one, as per Western numbering or 141,56,53,821 i.e., One hundred forty-one crores fifty-six lakhs fifty-three thousand eight hundred…