First they come for Muslims who eat beef
Then they come for Hindus who eat mutton

The Lancet on “India's elections: why data and transparency matter”

“Health care under Modi has fared poorly, as described in this week's World Report. Overall, government spending on health has fallen and now hovers around an abysmal 1·2% of GDP.” thelancet.com/journals/lance…

Congress will declare Rahul Gandhi’s candidature from Amethi only after Wayanad election on April 26, says Amethi DCC president.

Rahul needs to be a little more transparent with his Wayanad voters!

Economic prosperity and social progress, the top concerns in the south, have no place left in the north. Modi didn’t create the vacuum of hope. He just filled the hole in people’s material lives with religious fervor. Andy Mukherjee writes

bloomberg.com/opinion/featur…

Modi is “Orban times 100”.

Some incorrigibles r defending Kangana's Bose as first PM remark. Sure, he headed a govt in exile in 1943. But one can go few decades back into history. The first govt in exile was in Kabul in 1915 with Raja Mahendra Pratap as President and Maulvi Barkatullah as Prime Minister.

This is good to see. Rajeev Chandrasekhar pulled the same stunt -- underreporting his wealth -- in the last general election as well. See this Scroll.in report from 2019. scroll.in/article/916187…

Katchatheevu is a katchithurumbu for Modi.

Nirupama Subramanian tells you the full story.

newslaundry.com/2024/04/01/mod…

In the Hindu kingdom of Travancore, they fought for the bare minimum rights of lower castes. They were agitating not to enter a temple but just to walk on a road around it. They protested for 1 year, 8 months. They were jailed, beaten, taunted, had lime poured into their eyes.

In 2019, Modi allowed himself to be ‘interviewed’ by Akshay Kumar—the infamous 🥭 interview.

In 2024, when there is bad foreign press about India’s democratic slide, Modi upgrades interviewer to Bill Gates.

Soft interview to Microsoft interview. No hard Q, no press conference.

Two reports:

1. The Maguntas allegedly got undue benefits from Delhi liquor “scam”, but son turns approver, is released by ED and now both he and his father happily campaign for BJP ally TDP.

2. ED files closure report in a case against Praful Patel 8 months after he joins NDA.

“We very much hope that in India… everyone is able to vote in an atmosphere that is free and fair”

Did the UN ever have to say this about an Indian election earlier?

5. The three North Indian states - UP, MP & Rajasthan had 5.22 lac schools in 2014 which fell to 4.80 lac schools in 2022 a drop of 8%. From 2011 to 2023, the population in these 3 states increased from 34.1 Crores to 40.3 crores, a growth of 18%

For all the pre-poll analyses, the truth is that you can understand an election only in hindsight.

JNUSU Results

The Left sweeps JNU students union.

The saffron establishment may slander, discredit, denounce the finest university in the country but it remains the reddest fort in Delhi.

Ex-JNUSU president Aishe (ঐশী) leads the victory procession

Counting on in JNU for students’ union!