BSP receives more votes than Victory Margin in 16 UP Seats, benefitting NDA's tally
Lucknow: The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in Uttar Pradesh emerged with more votes than the winning margin in 16 constituencies, despite not clinching any seats themselves. This has notably benefitted the National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) total tally in the Lok Sabha elections.
Out of these 16 seats, the BSP's vote count surpassed the winning margin in 14 seats won by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and two seats won by its allies, the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) and Apna Dal (Soneylal).
Had these votes been transferred to the INDIA alliance, it could have significantly altered the election outcome. Had these seats also gone to the INDIA kitty, it would have taken the NDA’s total tally down to 278 and the BJP’s to 226. BJP, which secured 33 seats in Uttar Pradesh, might have seen its tally reduced to just 19 seats.
The absence of a formal SP-BSP alliance in this election raised questions about the voting dynamics, as anecdotal evidence suggested a shift in the BSP's core base towards INDIA alliance.
The Samajwadi Party had set aside the Bhadohi seat for Trinamool Congress and in return it got a seat in Madhya Pradesh from the Congress, despite the fact that neither TMC nor SP has ever won a Lok Sabha seat in either state.
The TMC candidate who polled nearly 4.2 lakh votes, lost to the BJP candidate by a margin of 44,072 votes. The BSP candidate polled nearly 1.6 lakh votes, which may have helped the BJP candidate, Dr Vinod Kumar Bind, win.
In Mirzapur, Apna Dal (Soneylal) candidate Anupriya Patel won by 37,810 defeating SP’s Ramesh Chand Bind. BSP’sManish Kumar polled over 1.4 lakh votes here.
Seats where BSP’s tally was higher than the winning margin are not confined to any specific region and are spread from Bijnor to Mirzapur.
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AIITA welcomes Karnataka’s ban on obscene songs in school events
Bhatkal: The Karnataka unit of the All India Ideal Teachers Association (AIITA) has welcomed the Karnataka government’s decision to strictly ban school children from dancing to obscene songs during educational and cultural programmes in government, aided, and private schools across the state.
AIITA Karnataka State President M. R. Manvi congratulated the government for taking what he termed an important step to preserve the sanctity of education.
“Such decisions to safeguard the dignity of school children and uphold the values of education are the need of the hour. This rule should not be limited to government schools alone but must be strictly implemented in all private educational institutions as well,” he said.
He further urged the government to address other concerns within school programmes.
“The government should not only prohibit obscene dances in the name of school anniversaries, but also ensure that plays and dialogues that incite religious hatred are avoided. Schools should be centres of harmony, not platforms for spreading hatred,” he added.
According to a recent circular issued by the Department of School Education and Literacy, obscene dances are adversely affecting the mental health and moral values of students.
In this regard, schools have been advised to use songs that promote nationalism, positive thinking, the greatness of Kannada culture, and value-based traditions instead of inappropriate content during programmes.
The circular also emphasises that students should be dressed in decent attire.
AIITA also backed the department’s warning that disciplinary action would be taken against head teachers if such guidelines are violated. The association has further demanded that district Deputy Directors of Public Instruction strictly monitor the implementation of these rules.
