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

[chetak]

ED in Delhi Court says that "Kejriwal's health did not stop him from campaigning ?"

"Even today he is campaigning in Punjab" - ED

"His health did not hinder him from campaigning. He moves the bail on last date so that we get very little time"

"His conduct doesn't entitle him for any orders today" - ED

[triank]

Not planning, they did and it was removed later. From a recent article in Swarajya:

India Had To Fight 'Secularism' Even To Build The Vivekananda Memorial

The rock is also significant for Hindus because of the presence of the footprints of Goddess Kumari.

But there were objections to this plan by sections of the Christian community, who called it St Xavier’s rock. They also put up a cross on the rock, which was visible from the shore.

Hindus protested against this. Around this time, the Dewaswom Board staked claim to the rock, citing its religious significance.

The Board agreed, provided that everything was handed over to them after the construction. The ferry service was started, with help of fishermen from Kerala, as local fishermen (most of whom were Christians) opposed it.

A judicial probe was ordered. The cross was removed and the area was declared as Vivekananda Rock by the government.

The removal of the cross caused angst among the Christians. Section 144 was imposed in the area by the police and access to the rock was prohibited. Armed guards were posted.

The entire article is a good summary on how the memorial came about. It was not that straightforward.

SRajesh ji, was this article written by you?

[SRajesh]

Triankji
No saar
My namesake (doppelgänger)

[triank]

Triankji
No saar
My namesake (doppelgänger)

[chetak]

TMC MP Sagarika Ghose, turdesai's bitter half

[chetak]

[chetak]

Congress' trusted journalist Rashid Kidwai:"INDI Alliance has prepared probables of Cabinet, if voted to power.

Home Minister: Tejaswi or Uddhav

Finance: Kejriwal, Siddharamiah or Chidambaram

External Affairs: Shashi Tharoor." (one would have thought that shampoo boy was most suited for just plain affairs)


thieves, crooks and goondas.

and do they think that mumtaz banoo will be chirpily singing rabindra sangeet, while all these shenanigans are going on ....

yecch-ury will expect both HRD and industries ministries: jobs for the academic boys and malai too





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[SRajesh]

Chetakji
I saw this report few days earlier.
What does this mean to the secular idiots!! say like Suhasini Haider
Long term live-in relationships or living in sin or planning to raise illegitimate children!!
How can this be left unchallenged in SC???
Sibal and Pant-dropper must be licking their lips just thinking of all the moolah they will plan to collect

[isubodh]

Why Indian courts going into Mahomedan law ? Can they apply any law are fiction ?

[srin]

^^^
Good, they are making the case for UCC much better !

[triank]

ED in Delhi Court says that "Kejriwal's health did not stop him from campaigning ?"

"Even today he is campaigning in Punjab" - ED

"His health did not hinder him from campaigning. He moves the bail on last date so that we get very little time"

"His conduct doesn't entitle him for any orders today" - ED

further hilarious details of kachorilal's dhulaayi (with free delhi tanker-water) in the court:



1. ED asked girgitwal's lawyer that he himself publicly issued a vid-statement y'day saying that he's gonna surrender tomorrow, and now here you are standing in court pleading for extension. whats this? lawyer replied i dont know anything about this, to which ED said either you're lying or this is an amazing client you've got who keeps his lawyer only in the dark!

2. there had been a lot of tamasha about khansiwal being heavily diabetic, not being given proper food, that he may die because of that ("conspiracy of murder"), this-that earlier, and it was being claimed that he has lost 7kg.....ED produced proof that when he came in he weighed 64kg, and when he went out he was 65kg, so the weight-loss nonsense is not only a lie but that his weight has increased by a kilo and for a man measuring 5'5", its also perfect on the BMI-scale!

3. the judge also asked about the missing blood-sugar report on the claims being made about high level of ketones, blood sugar etc. it was revealed that all these claims were being made on the basis of urine-test report; the blood-test hadnt been done, onlee! and the medicines that he has been taking spikes sugar-level in his URINE. and he has been out since a week but didnt bother to spare even an hour in all these days to get a blood-test done! just propaganda!

4. and the final punch by the ED - addressing the judge it said that thugesh's lawyer has been claiming that he can fall unconscious any time, can fall sick anytime, can catch "unknown disease" anytime, can die anytime....and then it showed the judge a video of him from 10 mins before the proceedings started, of him going to attend ghamandiya alliance's meeting!

this nailed it, and the judge reserved her decision despite repeated begging by kachrawal's lawyer to give him extension atleast for 3-4 days, and said no ifs and buts, he'll have to return to jail and i'll give the judgement on 5th june only!

[Sachin]

Why Indian courts going into Mahomedan law ? Can they apply any law are fiction ?

If this is the level of High Courts, then we would have 100% Shariah compliant judicial system. The Special Marriage Act was drafted with a precise intention to keep it non-religious. A marriage done using provisions of Special Marriage Act can stand by itself and it NEED NOT comply with any other personal laws. A marriage done under Special Marriage Act legally solemnises the marriage and the kids born out of such marriage gets equal inheritance rights. If the couple decides to divorce, even there the women and children have rights of maintenance etc.

Good, they are making the case for UCC much better !

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_Gupta]

> 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 the woman to convert.

I noted in 2019:

Wednesday, July 10, 2019
In India, a Hindu wife cannot inherit from a Muslim husband
When, in India, a Hindu woman marries a Muslim man,

the marriage of a Hindu female with a Muslim male is not a regular or valid (sahih) marriage, but merely an irregular (fasid) marriage.
Thus has the Supreme Court of India ruled, January 22 of this year. The Court further notes that "the legal effect of a fasid marriage is that" the wife "is not entitled to inherit the properties of the husband".

The Supreme Court judgement is available here (Google Drive Link, hope it works).
https://drive.google.com/file/d/13cjap- ... fsS5x/view

The only proponents for the Uniform Civil Code that the Directive Principles of the Indian Constitution call for, are the so-called Hindu nationalists. The so-called secularists don't want to fix these kinds of problems.

PS: Until this problem is fixed, anyone who finds inter-religious marriages of Hindu women with Muslim men to be acceptable has to be termed as an anti-Hindu misogynist.

——

And now the Madhya Pradesh Court is saying that even a UCC won’t fix this problem?

[Dilbu]

BJP will lose onlee.

[Amber G.]

Let us see how this age in next few days:

[Amber G.]

Meanwhile:
PM Modi to hold a review meeting with top officials on the first 100 days of his third term

[Amber G.]

xpost from understanding US dhaga ...

As many have pointed out, Rahul Gandhi's tactics are dangerous and I am little concerned .. but




--- Seriously ...Rahul Gandhi may be the hope of the Indian left, but he's been acting very Trumpy.

He recently said: "Mr. Modi can’t win elections without EVMs, ED, CBI, and IT." By implication, Gandhi only loses if the EVMs are rigged.

Compare this to Trump in August 2020: "The only way we're going to lose this election is if this election is rigged."

Many see parallels and speculate that if Modi wins, a large chunk of Indians will lose faith in democracy and riot like Trump supporters did on January 6, 2021.

That's not to say there won't be significant street protests, but it's doubtful they'll escalate into an almost constitutional crisis like the near-miss in the US in 2020.

Can we say that the Republic of India is the more "mature" democracy than the US, at this point in history?

[Amber G.]

After returning from mega 45 day campaigning and meditation, PM Modi holds meeting with top officials of PMO and takes stock of action-plan of Modi 3.0

Before embarking on his mega election campaign, He made it clear to them that all the tough decisions will be made in the first 100 days of his government and that he will not wait this time.

[Jay]

Before embarking on his mega election campaign, He made it clear to them that all the tough decisions will be made in the first 100 days of his government and that he will not wait this time.

And wait Modi should not. We are in an fortunate geo political space that might only last the next 10-12 months. Thanks to elections and unpopular governments in US, UK, Canada, and other European nations; two major global conflicts spanning Europe and middle-east; trade war between cheen and US this will be the time to make those tough decisions and make it easy on ourselves knowing there might not be much outside support to any opposition noise.

[Tanaji]

Counting hasn’t begun yet and already Congress is alleging counting irregularities.

We will see the opposition completely rejecting the mandate and attempting to get the election results annulled. This will be backed by large scale disorder and covering fire from western publications and hoping hizzoners step in. Wouldn’t be surprised if Chandrachud and gang order reelections in a large number of conspiracies in an attempt to reduce the mandate.

I hope BJP has gamed this already

[Cyrano]

IMO, nothing like that will happen. Another performance of Mohini attam will only happen saar...

[A_Gupta]

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 retain significant clout. I don't know about Karnataka. I doubt anything noteworthy will happen anywhere else.

[Dilbu]

BJP will lose onlee.

[Amber G.]

Meanwhile ... Indian elections over, next BIG elections will be European Parliament elections from 6-9 June. With 720 seats & 373 million voters, Italy's Giorgia Meloni cud be a kingmaker, & 28 yr old French far right politician Jordan Bardella is the rising star...

[Amber G.]

Nigeria, Germany became the first countries to react to the Indian election process, lauding the successful conduct.

Nigerian Foreign Minister Yusuf lauds the Indian elections process & for 'exemplifying status as the world’s bastion of democracy'

Congratulations to the people of #India @DrSJaishankar for exemplifying their status as the world’s bastion of democracy. This historic election, which lasted 44 days, was the largest-ever in history, with more than 968 million eligible voters out of a population of 1.4 billion.

As the largest democracy in Africa, we join you in championing democracy, which is a key pillar of our 4Ds foreign policy agenda.

Congratulations once again on a successful electoral season.

(Germany's reaction (with Dhruv Rathee and all) was short of unexpected (IMO) but was nice to as being first I could see))
https://x.com/GermanyDiplo/status/1797233647260479684

[Amber G.]

BJP will lose onlee.

First reaction, Rajdeep Sardesai announces retirement from Poll Coverage after prediction of BJP's MASSIVE victory in Exit Poll

He declares "This is my last election" Another Good News Announcement comes right after Exit Poll.

During elections, he always used to say "There is no level playing field in this election"

[Amber G.]

BJP will lose onlee.

Arvind Kejriwal surrenders at Tihar Jail.

Kejriwal said "All Exit Polls are fake. June 4 is Tuesday & Lord Hanuman will destr0y the dictators of our nation"

"They are trying to manipulate the machines (EVMs)"

"This time, I am unsure of my return. They can even h@n*g me" - KEJRIWAL
<Chale Hain Chale Hain Chale he Sasural ..

[Amber G.]

Counting hasn’t begun yet and already Congress is alleging counting irregularities.

We will see the opposition completely rejecting the mandate and attempting to get the election results annulled. This will be backed by large scale disorder and covering fire from western publications and hoping hizzoners step in. Wouldn’t be surprised if Chandrachud and gang order reelections in a large number of conspiracies in an attempt to reduce the mandate.

I hope BJP has gamed this already

[Amber G.]

^^^ Nirmala Sitharaman led BJP delegation met Election Commission after Congress delegation met EC

BJP said there can be vioIence & unrest on Counting Day & urges ECI to prevent it

They said Congress is repeatedly making attempts to undermine India's electoral process & BJP won't allow this

(Earlier Opposition delegation met ECI with 7 demands)

Link: https://x.com/i/status/1797302930040655959

[A_Gupta]

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 of the vote at each polling booth? Does it mean count all the VVPAT for one of the EVMs?

I am unable to find 3-7.

[Amber G.]

On completing his meditation on the Vivekananda Rock Memorial PM writes:

“

Visiting the 'Vivekananda Rock Memorial' at Kanyakumari, the southernmost tip of India, I feel a divine energy.

It is on this rock that Mother Parvati and Swami Vivekananda had meditated. Later, Eknath Ranade transformed this rock into a ‘Shila Smarak’ that brought Swami Vivekananda's thoughts to life.

Swami Vivekananda, a leader of spiritual renaissance, has been my ideal, my energy, and the source of my spirituality.

Years ago, after traveling across the entire country, when Swami Vivekananda meditated here, it was here that he envisioned a new direction for India’s revival.

It is my fortune that today, after so many years, as India embodies the values and ideals of Swami Vivekananda, I too have had the opportunity to meditate at this sacred place.

My meditation at this ‘Shila Smarak’ is one of the unforgettable moments of my life. Sitting at the feet of ‘Ma Bharati’, I once again reaffirm my resolve that every moment of my life and every particle of my body will always be dedicated to the service of the nation.

With wishes for the progress of the nation and the welfare of its citizens, I offer my utmost reverence to ‘Ma Bharati’.

[Prem Kumar]

1) In 2019, claims of "EVM tampering" were flimsy and fizzled out. After being emboldened by the Trump toolkit, this time around, the delegitimizing of elections is a seriously funded & thought through activity

2) We should not be surprised if there are even C-system agents (bribed, threatened) inside ECI who will make intentional "goof ups", which will be picked up by the Congress, media, NGOs and the SC to throw mud on the entire process. A prolonged case in the courts plus re-ordering of elections in several constituencies (once a threshold is crossed) can stifle Modi 3.0 right at the start

Amit Shah must have his knives out and be ready to draw blood where needed

Congress motto is: In defeat, malice. In victory, revenge

[Vayutuvan]

External Affairs: Shashi Tharoor." (one would have thought that shampoo boy was most suited for just plain affairs)
/quote]

Mehr Tarar

A blast from the past: https://www.firstpost.com/living/all-th ... 42797.html

The Tharoor tweets:

@mehrtarar I love you, Shashi Tharoor. And I go while in love with you, irrevocably, irreversibly, hamesha. Bleeding, but always your Mehr, Shashi. I’m not crying any more. I’m not falling to pieces. I’m more lucid than ever. How little I knew you became visible to me.@mehrtarar

You unfollowed me. You don’t RT me and you don’t answer me on twitter. I can live with your favourites. I have your personal validation have your personal validation of my words, I don’t need any public one. For that I will wait until we are together publically really mehr

[Vayutuvan]

ED in Delhi Court says that "Kejriwal's health did not stop him from campaigning ?"
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@chetak gaaru, did he surrender? It is past midnight June 2nd in Bharat.

[Vayutuvan]

--- Seriously ...Rahul Gandhi may be the hope of the Indian left, but he's been acting very Trumpy.
...
Can we say that the Republic of India is the more "mature" democracy than the US, at this point in history?
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India is a more mature democracy. We don't need "Rahul Gandhi acting very Trumpy" to deduce that. In fact, Rahul G is following his patrons in the Democrat party who, by convicting Trumpwa in a kangaroo court, are in effect saying that 2016 elections were stolen from Hillary C. Recently, at an Oxford Union debate, Nancy P herself stated and reiterated that Trump hijacked 2016 elections.

Let us not compare Trump and Khujliwal. Khujli committed real crimes. As for Trump, we don't know and will never know.

It is counterproductive to say Modi ji is same as Biden and Rahul G is same as Trump. It is not a good comparison.

Democrats say that Trump and his supporters are uneducated rednecks and show contempt for these "non-elites".
Rahul G and INC say that Modiji and his bhakts are superstitious, unsophisticated, and backward caste/cow Hindus and show contempt for these Non-English speaking "non-elites".

Case in point: Khujilwal always brings in his IITKgp background and 8.5 GPA, his Civil Services Exam success. Rahul G talks incessantly about his Cambridge/Harvard education.

Hillary C and Bill C talk about their elite education and Rhodes Scholarship, Obamas talk about their Ivy League background, and so on.

[Vayutuvan]

riddle me this @AmberG ji.

Why does US Democratic party bigwigs give a platform to Rahul G while lecturing - Ilhan Omar, Pramila Jayapal and Kamala Harris come to mind - Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar, hain jee?

[AkshaySG]

India is a more mature democracy...

Neither the democrat party nor the repupblican party has any direct comparisons with any political parties in India or its nuances , However one shouldn't let their favorites and biases in the American context shape opinions in the Indian context

We have several times even in this thread opined on how Raga and dotty have used Democratic/Deep State/ Soros tactics to achieve certain goals so it should not be any affront to do the same with Trump and co.

The fact is that the staements coming out and the plan that seems to be in place for dotty alliance and Raga is very similar to what Trump and his cohorts had in mind for 2020 , "Basically we didn't lose and if we did it wasn't made up votes and if it was real votes then then the EVMs were hacked"
The statements of Jairam Ramesh and other alliance partners are sounding very very similar to what Giulani ,Barr and co made up during 2020 to delegitimize the election .Now that doesn't make Raga=Trump and Modi = Biden , Its just a strategy that is being reused as is quite normal in battles of all sorts.

Everything is fair in love and war and this is the war for the very survival of congress ( and the people who exert their control on India via it)

[chetak]

ED in Delhi Court says that "Kejriwal's health did not stop him from campaigning ?"
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@chetak gaaru, did he surrender? It is past midnight June 2nd in Bharat.

Vayutuvan ji,


khujli is back in jail. He surrendered

[Vayutuvan]

khujli is back in jail. He surrendered

Nice. I just saw a video of him waving out of his limousine on his way to chekki peesing at Tihar. This was posted on X.

[LakshmanPST]

Exit polls reduced my Dhoti-shiver a bit, but somewhere it doesn't feel right....
I guess we need to wait for another 30-36 hours...