Five states packed quite a punch!
The results of five states where the election was held in India is somewhat promising. This is the first massive blow to the politics that was being played using lies, manipulation, and illusions through media. This is the first needle that burst the Modi bubble. This has to be perceived as a response people gave for massive bungling of country’s economy and anti people policies to Modi. The colour of blue fox Modi, has washed off in the torrential rains that lashed the five states. This is the first decisive result delivered by the people of the nation, that effectively shows the clarity in judgement after being under the communalism spell for long.
People of just country could not live with this of mind for the last 4 and half years. This government did not allow people to live there private life score get full saleem promises of either bringing back black money or creating 2 crore jobs annually.
Diktats were sent out to decide what people should eat. The government had entered our dining rooms. The families of those who lost their bread winners owing to false rumours of consuming or storing beef have been orphaned. Small traders suffered prong to badly executed GST. Middle class and lower class faced massive problems during the worse phase of unplanned and shocking demonetisation. Law and order situation went to dogs. Assaults were launched on someone as rational as Swami Agnivesh. The Prime Minister never commented on anything wrong done by his people. The fear of losing the secular fabric of this country was beginning to grow. But then our people have answered all our fears with optimism.
The party that ruined BJP, the man that was the most prominent face of BJP in Gujarat came to national politics to deliver bad administration. Self declared cow protectors massacred people in broad daylight. They even killed an upright police officer recently. UP CM Yogi Adityanath called it an accident, in a blatant effort to cover up for his people's excesses. Modi has dedicated himself to the service of his corporate bosses and most importantly, his puppeteers, the RSS in Nagpur. He has weakened premier secular autonomous institutions such as the CBI, RBI, ICHR and UGC. Four Supreme Court judges called a press conference and said external influences were deciding the course of judgements and cases at the highest law institution in the country.
RBI governor Urjit Patel resigned from his post on Monday citing ‘personal reasons’. People were sick of vyapam scam that was inconclusive and having claimed many lives in Madhya Pradesh where the BJP was ruling, and bad administration by Vasundhara Raje in Rajasthan again, a BJP ruled state. A good lesson has been served to the BJP with this now.
The attempt to twist the history and write convenient narratives as per the Sangh directions were on since a long time after Modi became the PM. This government ruined every premier public service units and institutions in its bid to remain subservient to its corporate bosses.
The rotten smell of corruption is too hard to ignore in case of buying Rafale jets ignoring the expertise of HAL.
To cover up for this act, RSS has started with its usual chanting of Ram Mandir again. They are trying to drown people in that hysteria in order to keep them distracted from problems that are really affecting their lives. The true colours of Sangh Parivar and BJP which had worn the sacred marks of Ayyappa Swami in Sabarimala to capture the Hindu votes in Kerala by spreading unrest and communal disharmony, are now in the open.
RSS leaders tried to instigate people against Supmre Court order, and get them on streets. They are trying to coin terms such as love Jihad, gau hatya (cow slaughtering) and matantar (conversion) to divide people. Even Pejawar Swamiji has spoken against Supreme Court order. Forget him, even our own PM whose duty is to honour the constitution has spoken in extremely bad manner against problem during his numerous rallies. He called Sonia Gandhi a 'widow’ a term much derogatory to be used against anyone. He said the widow pension was being usurped by ‘Congress widow’.
Modi government destroyed the banking system. They used the implementation agencies to suit their agendas. Lalu Prasad Yadav who stood to resist Modi was being jailed. The same regime evoked the fear of IT raid and took Nitish Kumar on to their side. More than anything else, Indians were being divided in the name of caste, faith, religion and all things that could poison the minds. It had conspired to destroy all the premier institutions by giving them up to corporate sector, that were built in post-independent India to take the country in the path of progress. But the people of this country are mature enough to show BJP its place when they realised that the party wasn't delivering on its promises.
The result of five states has delivered a massive blow to the BJP. If the opposition comes together before Lok Sabha elections next year, BJP may suffer a massive loss of face.
At the same time it does not mean the verdict is for Congress and clearly against the BJP. This is not a Congress wave yet.
People have indeed voted against the BJP but it's not a clearly favourable verdict for Congress. BJP has not lost its vote share yet. There is a small margin that separates Congress victory and BJP's loss in Rajasthan. The elite Rajasthan has rejected the lower caste BJP. A strong community like Jat's demand for reservation has also played a role.
Since Congress is being represented and controlled by upper caste in Rajasthan this victory is not that of shudra castes clearly. BJP lost Madhya Pradesh owing to self inflicted mistakes and arrogance. Anti incumbency wave was pretty clear in this case.
As for Telangana, we should not forget the fact that TRS has a very soft corner for BJP. The loss of five states has made violence and communal approaches inevitable for the BJP and Sangh Parivar in the coming days.
Now no one can seek votes in Modi's name. The Modi style of administration has failed totally in the last four and half years. The only route left is to divide people on the name of Ram Mandir, cow protection, hindu minority dry and violence if BJP hopes to come back into power next year. If RSS makes plans on those lines, the next year's elections will prove to be very costly. For this sake all the secular forces have to come together in solidarity to protect India from being appropriated. Else the opposition parties will lose all the moral rights to criticize the BJP and RSS and their communal politics.
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UDF leaders see local body poll trends as pointer to 2026 Assembly elections in Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram (PTI): Buoyed by the strong performance of the Congress-led UDF in the local body polls, KPCC president Sunny Joseph said on Saturday that the front's results indicated the people had rejected the LDF government.
According to early trends, the UDF was leading in more grama panchayats, block panchayats, municipalities and corporations than the LDF.
The local body polls were held in two phases in the state earlier this week.
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Speaking to reporters here, Joseph said the people of Kerala had extended their support to the UDF.
"We could expose the LDF government’s anti-people stance and the people understood it. The LDF’s fake propaganda was rejected by the people. The UDF is moving towards a historic victory," he said.
He said a united effort, proper preparations, good candidate selection and hard work had resulted in the Congress and the UDF’s victory in the elections.
Asked about the prospects in the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, Joseph said the party was studying the matter and would comment later.
LDF convenor T P Ramakrishnan said the results would be closely examined.
According to him, the government had done everything possible for the people.
"Why such a verdict happened will be examined at the micro level. People’s opinion will be considered and further steps will be taken," he said.
He added that decisions would be taken after analysing the results. "If any corrective measures are required, we will initiate them and move forward," he said.
AICC leader K C Venugopal said the results showed that people had begun ousting those who, he alleged, were responsible for the loss of gold at Lord Ayyappa’s temple.
"This trend will continue in the Assembly elections as well. It is an indication that the people are ready to bring down the LDF government," he said.
Venugopal said the UDF had registered victories even in CPI(M) and LDF strongholds.
"I congratulate all UDF workers for their hard work. Congress workers and leaders worked unitedly," he said.
Referring to remarks made by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan against the Congress on polling day, Venugopal said the voters had responded through the verdict.
"I do not know whether the chief minister understands that the people are against him. Otherwise, he does not know the sentiment of the people. The state government cannot move an inch further," he said.
He said the results indicated a strong comeback for the UDF in Kerala.
Asked whether the Sabarimala gold loss issue had affected the LDF in the local polls, Venugopal said the CM and the CPI(M) state secretary did not take the issue seriously.
"We took a strong stand on the matter. The BJP played a foul game in it," he alleged.
On the BJP's role in the local body elections, Venugopal alleged that the party operated with the CPI(M) 's tacit support.
"The CPI(M) supported the central government on issues such as PM-SHRI, labour codes and corruption in national highway construction. The CPI(M) is facing ideological decline, and the state government’s policies are against the party’s own decisions," he said.
Meanwhile, LDF ally Kerala Congress (M) leader Jose K Mani said the party could not win all the wards it had expected in the elections.
He congratulated winners from all parties and said the party would closely examine the losses and identify shortcomings. "Later, we will take corrective measures," he added.
Senior Congress leader and MP Rajmohan Unnithan said the trends in the local body elections indicated that the UDF would return to power in the 2026 Assembly elections.
"We will win 111 seats as in 1977 and return to power in 2026. The anti-government sentiment of the people is reflected in the elections," he said.
Unnithan said the people were disturbed and unhappy with the present government.
"The trend indicates the end of the LDF government," he added.
CPI(M) MLA M M Mani said the people had shown ingratitude towards the LDF despite benefiting from welfare schemes.
"After receiving all welfare schemes and living comfortably, people voted against us due to some temporary sentiments. Is that not ingratitude," he asked.
Mani said no such welfare initiatives had taken place in Kerala earlier.
"People are receiving pensions and have enough to eat. Even after getting all this, they voted against us. This is what can be called ingratitude," he said.
Muslim League state president Panakkad Sayyid Sadiq Ali Shihab Thangal said the results were beyond expectations.
"The outcome points towards the Secretariat in Thiruvananthapuram, indicating that a change of government is imminent. We are going to win the Assembly election," he said.
