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Why do you keep seeing ads showing Modi ji and some statistics next to it? Did you ask for it? Is it relevant at all? Why misleading ads are being released by the BJP?
The BJP government led by Prime Minister Modi is very hesitant to release any data in the public domain that would affect the perceptions that have been created by them. More so, when the economy is on the backfoot, rising prices, all time high unemployment and a global recession staring in the face. In this episode I discuss some of the disturbing facts that we should be worried about.
The TRS has a lot to showcase in Telangana. The state has progressed significantly in the last eight years. The BJP is again on the wrong foot in trying to target the TRS. BJP does not have a face in Telangana, and neither any specific agenda. All it can do is to try to polarize the society. Yet, Hyderabad remains too far away from Delhi.
With the Presidential and Vice Presidential elections just around the corner, BJP is getting into action.
In spite of having a majority in the electoral college, the party appears worried. Its their own allies that are giving the BJP bosses sleepless nights.
Last month, in a parliamentary committee meeting, Home Minister Amit Shah said that people in India should communicate in Hindi instead of English. An unnecessary comment which ignited a war of words between the Hindi chauvinists of the north and the anti Hindi brigade of the South.
I bring out some interesting data about our Indian languages. Decide for yourself whether English can ever be replaced.
Our health insurance sector is in shambles. Even toady, 40% of Indians have no protection against catastrophic health illness. Successive governments have failed miserably and after 2014 things have become worse, according to NITI Aayog. 7% of our citizens from the lower strata are pushed below the poverty line each year.
I present some interesting data taken from the government.
In all the euphoria of forthcoming elections in Uttar Pradesh and four more states, we should not forget, that another crucial election is coming just around the corner. India will get its next President in July this year. The political battle will be a tough one for all involved. Will there be any on the President’s election due to the current Legislative Assembly polls? Watch this episode for an interesting analysis.
For a change we talk about Punjab – another election-bound state. For people who know less about Punjab or stay outside, I present a quick overview of the demographics, geographic regions and the history of elections.
However, while analyzing data of 2012 and 2017 state assembly elections, some very interesting facts emerged from the data sets. The arithmetic calculations indicate that we are well heading for a hung assembly in Punjab in the 2022 election. But remember – it is politics which rules in the end, not the arithmetic. Watch the full episode for some interesting calculations.
With inflation hitting five percent, and wholesale inflation at fourteen percent, everyone is feeling the pinch. But governments are notorious when it comes to providing unpleasant data. What has to been told that seven crore people were added to the below poverty line (BPL) post corona. The future remains bleak on the economic front, and no party will be able to control prices.
Watch this episode till the end so that you are able to take informed decisions about your own future course of action.