"If a young man gets a ticket, his ideology is attacked. If a young woman gets a ticket, her sexuality is attacked. Strange!! Also, Congress people are sexualizing a small town’s name. Mandi is being used in sexual context everywhere, just because it has a young woman candidate, shame on Congress people for displaying sexist tendencies."
NEW DELHI: BJP on Sunday had the jaws dropped, with its fifth list of Lok Sabha candidates becoming an eclectic mix of TV stars, film stars, celebrated authors-cum-politicians, magnanimous-businessmen and turncoats as 1987’s Doordarshan avtar of Lord Ram, Arun Govil, and Pahari-motormouth actor Kangana Ranaut also found featured them alongside the heavyweights on their candidature. […]
In a surprising turn of events, candidates of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)-backed Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) are leading in the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) election after the counting of 2645 ballots. The counting process is still underway, and final results are anticipated by this evening. Amidst a four-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the elections witnessed a keenly contested battle between the United Left alliance, comprising the All India Students’ Association (AISA), Democratic Students Federation (DSF), Students’ Federation of India (SFI), and All India Students’ Federation (AISF), and the RSS-affiliated ABVP.
The state government counsel argues that this is a violation of constitutional principles and is an arbitrary move. The state government also contended that Governor Arif Mohammed Khan is accused of keeping the bills pending for an indefinite period and later referring them to the president.
"Money from companies linked to Sharath Reddy was channeled into the BJP's coffers via Electoral Bonds. Initially, 4.5 crores were transferred, followed by an additional 55 crores post his arrest. I challenge Prime Minister Modi and the ED; now that the money trail in the liquor scandal has been uncovered, they should arrest BJP's National President JP Nadda,"