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Here is one more interesting informational video in the hype vs reality series. And when we talk of hype, no one can do it better than the BJP.
The oft rumored, ‘prachand’ mandate of the BJP withers down when we look at the data behind the hype.
Go through this episode and decide for yourself.
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.
Karnataka is being let down by the politicians. It’s rather painful to see, the once upon a time India’s premier state, going down since it appears to be in the wrong hands.
The next assembly elections in Karnataka are due in may 2023.
If the BJP does not carry out a course correction, it could well see Karnataka slipping our of it’s hands.
But then, as they say, one year is a longtime in politics.
ONDC – Open Network for Digital Commerce. India’s answer to the dominance of e-commerce marketplaces of Amazon and Flipkart. A government of India initiative being designed by none other than Nandan Nilekani. The pilot project is going to launched very soon.
It is the right time to enter the e-retailing market in India.
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.
KTR threatened to cut power and water supplies to the Army in Secunderabad. A harsh statement, but there is a lot that goes behind this statement. For years the local military authorities have been troubling the citizens by blocking public roads without following the laid down legal procedures. The Secunderabad Cantonment Board is heavily tilted in favour of the Army so it cannot act independently. The Army officers are least inclined or capable to run a municipal corporation.
Pankaj Sethi, a Secunderabad based researcher, takes you through the amazing truth behind this story.
The five state elections over – now it’s time to dig into the results. The two national parties, BJP and Congress, are both losers in terms of seats. BJP down by 50 seats and Congress by 85.
The story doesn’t end here. If we look at the national scenario of State Assemblies, BJP has been slowly losing seat share. The gain is of the regional parties.
There are many states which will go to polls before the 2024 General Elections. I try to to visualize the outcomes based on today’s political sentiments.
Lastly, at the risk of being proven wrong, and rather too early in the day, I extrapolate the same arithmetic to the 2024 General Elections. The results are very surprising.
But BJP is BJP, a tough and unpredictable opponent. Watch the full episode for some debatable yet interesting data.
Are Indians fleeing the country due to the current environment; or are NRIs returning back. Let us look into the data to answer these two questions.
In 2004, both the Vajpayee government at the center, and the Naidu government in Andhra Pradesh were voted out by the people of India.
This happened in spite of the fact that both government performed well during their five-year term.
Why did this happen? See this episode and you will see that the Indian public remain unforgiving, if pushed to the brink. Then political loyalties are thrown to the wind.
You could extend the same to todays Uttar Pradesh where Yogi Aditya Nath is facing similar challenges.
See the full episode for details.