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by A_Gupta
03 Jun 2024 06:40
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2024 Lok Sabha Elections Exit Polls & Results
Replies: 116
Views: 14008

Re: 2024 Lok Sabha Elections Exit Polls & Results

A very detailed look at axis MY INDIA exit polling data (in Hindi):
https://youtu.be/WtTyCJDDy7U?si=O9DgynFYriKOxB-9

A general observation is that where Congress gained, it was not at the expense of the BJP.
by A_Gupta
03 Jun 2024 00:39
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2024 Lok Sabha Elections Exit Polls & Results
Replies: 116
Views: 14008

Re: 2024 Lok Sabha Elections Exit Polls & Results

https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2022466 Election Commission General Elections 2024 -Dissemination of Counting Day Trends and Results Posted On: 01 JUN 2024 7:44PM by PIB Delhi The counting of votes for General Election to the House of the People – 2024 and State Legislative Assemblies ...
by A_Gupta
03 Jun 2024 00:05
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]
Replies: 1560
Views: 313037

Re: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]

What are the 7 Opposition Demands to the ECI? 1. Count postal ballots first. 2. Count "a minimum five per cent of voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) per polling booth" Not sure what 2. means. Counting 5 percent of the polling booths completely may be useful; but counting 5 percent ...
by A_Gupta
02 Jun 2024 22:37
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2024 Lok Sabha Elections Exit Polls & Results
Replies: 116
Views: 14008

Re: 2024 Lok Sabha Elections Exit Polls & Results

Reasons for Indians to sigh a breath of relief that the INDI alliance is nowhere near taking power: 1. Constitutional - Pappu & his kind have totally distorted the meaning of the Constitution - whether it be inserting "secular" & "socialist" in the preamble or their whole...
by A_Gupta
02 Jun 2024 22:01
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2024 Lok Sabha Elections Exit Polls & Results
Replies: 116
Views: 14008

Re: 2024 Lok Sabha Elections Exit Polls & Results

> One expects a constitutional amendment to block secession from the Indian state, federalism and other pillars be damned Shows just how successful the Congress propaganda has been that one could think that a constitutional amendment is needed. I assure you, it is not at all necessary. I do not know...
by A_Gupta
02 Jun 2024 21:45
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]
Replies: 1560
Views: 313037

Re: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]

Kejriwal tried a "Jail Bharo" march on the BJP headquarters in Delhi on May 19th. That turned out to be nothing. Maybe in Kerala and Tamil Nadu a "national bandh" will shut down things for a while. Maybe West Bengal too. These are states where the INDI "Alliance" may re...
by A_Gupta
02 Jun 2024 21:27
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Replies: 7965
Views: 2290278

Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch

From Yawn: “ Over time, debt servicing costs have grown from 4.8pc of GDP in 2019 to 6.9pc last year. During the same period, debt payments have jumped from 51pc of the federal tax revenues to 81.4pc.” Implicit in the above is federal revenues were 9.4% of GDP in 2019 and 8.48% last year - I.e., Pak...
by A_Gupta
02 Jun 2024 02:47
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2024 Lok Sabha Elections Exit Polls & Results
Replies: 116
Views: 14008

Re: 2024 Lok Sabha Elections Exit Polls & Results

:(( :(( :(( If it turns out, as I expect, that the women's vote was majorly in favor of the BJP, then I also expect magazine articles and academic articles on "Modi's Naari Shakti & Devi worship as the genesis of female Hindu nationalist fascism". :(( :(( :(( The reality which they won...
by A_Gupta
02 Jun 2024 00:16
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2024 Lok Sabha Elections Exit Polls & Results
Replies: 116
Views: 14008

Re: 2024 Lok Sabha Elections Exit Polls & Results

https://www.newindianexpress.com/web-only/2024/Jun/01/the-conspiracy-theories-about-elections-in-india-must-stop The conspiracy theories about elections in India must stop In India, fears about the election are being fanned. Right now, an online mob is being prepared. If these people do not get what...
by A_Gupta
01 Jun 2024 23:33
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2024 Lok Sabha Elections Exit Polls & Results
Replies: 116
Views: 14008

Re: 2024 Lok Sabha Elections Exit Polls & Results

Everyone who attended the INDI get-together in the past day has come out with this 295+ statement. There is a similar statement from Kejriwal.
by A_Gupta
01 Jun 2024 20:05
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2024 Lok Sabha Elections Exit Polls & Results
Replies: 116
Views: 14008

Re: 2024 Lok Sabha Elections Exit Polls & Results

Pradeep Bhandari on the Charvaka podcast yesterday said that those who think that the NDA will be routed in Maharashtra are in for a surprise.
by A_Gupta
01 Jun 2024 19:33
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]
Replies: 1560
Views: 313037

Re: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]

> IMHO Hizzoners are trying to set a precedent that marriages done under Special Marriage Acts will only get valid if they also are in compliance with Muslim personal laws. Basically Shariah through the back door. A woman has no inheritance rights in a fasid marriage. Basically the Court is pushing ...
by A_Gupta
01 Jun 2024 06:07
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2024 Lok Sabha Elections Exit Polls & Results
Replies: 116
Views: 14008

Re: 2024 Lok Sabha Elections Exit Polls & Results

Psephologist Pradeep Bhandari has 350 as his upper end of estimate for the BJP. what about lower? Better than 2019. :). Pradeep Bhandari seems to think 325 for BJP is about right. I checked his 2019 prediction - he underestimated. He had BJP 244-260; NDA 304-316. From the chart above, actual was BJ...
by A_Gupta
01 Jun 2024 05:26
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
Replies: 8518
Views: 3116597

Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017

Solid if not spectacular GDP growth. The Gross Value Add and the Manufacturers Price Index are the two key numbers which work together to make it less than spectacular. Private consumption is not growing fast so the exports will have to grow to keep up the economic growth. Manufacturing did very wel...
by A_Gupta
01 Jun 2024 03:13
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]
Replies: 1560
Views: 313037

Re: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]

https://x.com/erbmjha/status/1796556928966947087 "OpenAI has found a network linked with an foreign firm that was involved in peddling anti-BJP propaganda and boosting Congress's impressions on social media." https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/openai-removes-influence-ops-targeti...
by A_Gupta
01 Jun 2024 02:48
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]
Replies: 1560
Views: 313037

Re: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]

Main reason for my Dhoti-Shiver... RG's 1 lakh per year promise... Wonder how many women are influenced by that freebie... Will probably know tomorrow... In that Barkha Dutt - Pradeep Gupta interview linked above, Pradeep Gupta says the credibility of the Opposition's promises is what can get them ...
by A_Gupta
31 May 2024 22:04
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]
Replies: 1560
Views: 313037

Re: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]

Dynasts lost and hence results are not acceptable. Results are out. :D BJP must up the Ante for the final phase and tell the people that Congress has already declared that they are not going to accept result. Its time to give a strong response by the people in the Final phase. :twisted: The Congi s...
by A_Gupta
31 May 2024 22:01
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]
Replies: 1560
Views: 313037

Re: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]

Sachin garu am also trying to find an article where someone from hindu munnani swamp overnight and put swamiji's statue or something because xtianists were planning to put a cross in the morning in connivance with local officials I have heard that too. A version of events is here: https://groups.go...
by A_Gupta
31 May 2024 21:39
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2024 Lok Sabha Elections Exit Polls & Results
Replies: 116
Views: 14008

Re: 2024 Lok Sabha Elections Exit Polls & Results

Psephologist Pradeep Bhandari has 350 as his upper end of estimate for the BJP.
by A_Gupta
31 May 2024 17:00
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]
Replies: 1560
Views: 313037

Re: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]

https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2022274 The Election Commission of India is all geared up to hold Phase-7 of Lok Sabha polls tomorrow, which also is the last phase. Polling is scheduled in 57 PCs across 8 States/UTs including Bihar, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Punj...
by A_Gupta
31 May 2024 06:49
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 9006
Views: 2628714

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

If Trump can get his appeal to the Supreme Court, given his allies there, he has a chance of getting his conviction thrown out.
by A_Gupta
31 May 2024 04:32
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]
Replies: 1560
Views: 313037

Re: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]

294 sure shot, 110 high chance, 55 low chance, 84 no chance.

If we assume this is overly optimistic and go with 95% of sure short, 40% of high chance, 5% of low chance and 0% of no chance, we get

294 * 0.95 + 110 * 0.40 + 55 * 0.05 = 326.
by A_Gupta
30 May 2024 21:01
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]
Replies: 1560
Views: 313037

Re: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]

^^^ @vijayk neat chart! Are the totals of Sure Shot, High Chance, Low Chance and No Chance available too? Thanks!
by A_Gupta
30 May 2024 17:52
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]
Replies: 1560
Views: 313037

Re: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]

If the media gave a politician nonstop coverage during the pre-polls quiet period, it is the media that is violating the code of conduct.
by A_Gupta
30 May 2024 09:20
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]
Replies: 1560
Views: 313037

Re: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]

Think about it - PM Rajiv Gandhi said that only 15 paise out of every development rupee reached the intended recipient. (That could be an overestimate, it could be as low as 10 paise.). Now, the Govt of India spends many lakhs of crores on development. Think of all the people munching on the 85% of ...
by A_Gupta
30 May 2024 05:18
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Replies: 4510
Views: 1396885

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Nawaz Sharif's fundamental complaint is that India is not giving him any agreement that he can casually violate and then accept blame for it a few times, till India is convinced to give him yet another agreement to violate. In other words, this "confession" is not an attempt at seeking for...
by A_Gupta
30 May 2024 02:37
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]
Replies: 1560
Views: 313037

Re: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]

> P.S. People were also charged with disputing the actual count in the US. If they do the same here, they should again be charged. Some 50+ cases went to court disputing the actual count, all were dismissed for no evidence, but when people faked evidence, such as fake documents, video, etc., they we...
by A_Gupta
29 May 2024 21:16
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]
Replies: 1560
Views: 313037

Re: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]

VIDEO : https://x.com/OfficeOfDGP/status/1795757758446534890 ---> He is not warning, He is telling what they will do after June 4th. June 7th would be a critical day. IMO, while the govt should be prepared for this, it is a whole lot of hot air. "If the BJP wins the match fixed election" ...
by A_Gupta
29 May 2024 04:31
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]
Replies: 1560
Views: 313037

Re: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]

"Meaning of BJP dropping more & more sitting MPs in each poll, 43% now, or 142 of 300" Shekhar Gupta has some interesting statistics, but, IMO, some lame conclusions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCwtHX7LQ2Q IMO the point of dropping sitting MPs is probably to winnow out non-perform...
by A_Gupta
28 May 2024 22:14
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]
Replies: 1560
Views: 313037

Re: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]

Any info on what Zee News Hindi broadcast that got Kejriwal upset? It is precisely that info that we have to propagate vigorously on social media. Searching, I found this: Kejriwal Latest Update: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has suffered two big shocks. On one hand, the Supreme Court has rejected the ap...
by A_Gupta
28 May 2024 05:51
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Global Media Watch
Replies: 151
Views: 48980

Re: Global Media Watch

'The Economist cr*p Barring a huge political upset, Narendra Modi looks likely to begin a third term as India’s prime minister soon after June 4th, when the results of the general election will be announced. But the poll has not been pretty: on March 21st Arvind Kejriwal, an opposition leader who is...
by A_Gupta
28 May 2024 05:01
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]
Replies: 1560
Views: 313037

Re: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]

Too much fake news, falsified Satta Bazaar info, out there for me to figure it out. I don't know what is real and what is faked.
But among those that I favor:
The Jaipur Dialogues
@JaipurDialogues
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May 14
Phalodi Satta Bazaar predicts Madhavi Latha's Victory in Hyderabad 🔥
by A_Gupta
27 May 2024 21:59
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]
Replies: 1560
Views: 313037

Re: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]

I found this:

Ankit Jain (मोदी जी का परिवार)
@indiantweeter
Satta bazar is giving odds of 1-10 of Congress beating BJP in Amethi and 4-10 of Congress beating BJP in Raebareli.
3:26 AM · May 24, 2024
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by A_Gupta
27 May 2024 18:53
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
Replies: 5683
Views: 1667751

Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017

India needs healthy export markets.
by A_Gupta
26 May 2024 22:04
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]
Replies: 1560
Views: 313037

Re: Lok Sabha Elections 2024 - World's largest elections - Desh Ka Garv [World's envy]

Mahua Moitra spouts off in The Guardian. Unfortunately, it looks likely she will win. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/26/electoral-laws-opposition-mps-arrested-narendra-modi-election-india "Electoral laws flouted, opposition MPs arrested – this is what it’s like to st...
by A_Gupta
26 May 2024 15:55
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)
Replies: 2025
Views: 509405

Re: India - Canada - News and Discussion. (2018)

https://sundayguardianlive.com/top-five/trudeaus-india-allegations-meant-to-divert-attention-from-nijjars-misdeeds Official sources told The Sunday Guardian that one of the four arrested youths in the killing of Nijjar is the 22-year-old Kamalpreet Singh, son of Satnam Singh Bagri, a resident of Cha...