#BREAKING
EC RESPONDS TO ‘INTERNAL DISSENT’ REPORT
Election Commission pushes back after The Indian Express reported that ECs Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi raised concerns 14 times in 10 months over decisions linked to voter rolls
EC says differences or suggestions while decisions are being drafted are part of routine institutional deliberations and do not mean the Commission is divided
It stresses that all final decisions taken by the three-member Commission over the past year, including nearly 40 initiatives and electoral reforms, were unanimous
In short: there may have been differences during deliberations, but no dissent in the final decisions
Meat is core to Shakta Hinduism. It is offered to Ma Durga and Ma Kali as part of the ancient rituals. The Prasad eaten by the devotees on Navami/Dasami at Durga Puja is meat. Any interference in this sacred ritual will not be tolerated.
If you want to study UP electoral trends 📈📊📉- Don’t miss this
Four decades of UP elections tell a remarkable story of political consolidation and BJP’s pro-incumbency post 2014.
Once, governments in UP were routinely formed around the 25–30% vote-share zone.
MODI + Shah’s BJP has shifted the benchmark to 40%+: 39.67% in 2017 → 41.29% in 2022, despite five years of incumbency.
Continued the same in Lok Sabha elections: 42.63% (2014) → 49.98% (2019) → 41.37% (2024).
Congress’s historic collapse created the space occupied by SP and BSP. Their fortunes have since depended heavily on the consolidation and fragmentation of caste blocs and the Muslim vote.
2024 was the exception worth understanding. SP reached its highest-ever statewide vote share, 33.59%, after joining hands with Congress (9.46%), allowing INDIA collectively to edge past BJP. Yet BJP itself still retained 41.37% after ten years in power and 43.69% with collation partners.
The question for SP is what comes next? 33.59% is a stretch for SP. Its 2024 coalition maximised several existing caste/community blocs, while subsequent UP bypolls suggest that this alignment is not automatically transferable election after election.
Unless SP creates a genuinely new social coalition beyond formula-based caste arithmetic, where does the next 5–7% come from?
That is BJP’s structural advantage in UP today: a remarkably resilient ~40% base and face like YOGI. While its challengers still need coalition arithmetic to get past it.
Netaji’s name must not be used for the politics of lies and deceit. A dilapidated statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was restored, and photographs of the restoration are now being deliberately circulated as a false story of vandalism.
The people of West Bengal will not be misled by such petty politics using the name of one of India’s greatest patriots. Those who allowed our heritage to decay for years are now spreading misinformation about its restoration. Netaji’s legacy deserves respect, not political exploitation. Protecting Bengal’s heritage and pride remains our commitment.
Today, Kolkata walks for women’s safety and freedom. 🇮🇳
‘Freedom Beyond Midnight’ — Women-Only Walkathon🕘9 PM onwards | 📍 Ballygunge Shiksha Sadan School → Golpark
Let’s walk together for a fearless, safer Kolkata.
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