Rajdeep Sardesai And may Maharashtra retain its identity, history, cultural ethos, rather than melting into that enigmatic contemporary politico-cultural phenomenon called north😒

Kamgar divas at Khar labour naka.

The social and economic reforms that Ambedkar managed to achieve by collaborating with progressive sections of the British establishment between 1919 and 1947 angered both Hindu and Muslim bigots, capitalists and so-called communists of the time ++

These reforms were possible because he worked in the British Viceroy's Executive Council as a labour member and pushed many bills for labour reform. Worker friendly schemes such as Provident Fund, ESI and bonuses are his brainchild. Yet he is dismissed as merely a Dalit leader

On May Day, red salute to the greatest hero of the Indian working classes. Ambedkar gave us the 8 hour work day, weekend offs, minimum wage guidelines, maternity benefits even before we got independence from the British ++

It took 17 years and 61 hearings for a district court in #Indore to frame charges of attempt to murder against the former #Congress Lok Sabha candidate from Indore, Akshay Bam – a day after he filed his nomination, court records show.

Congress has alleged Bam was under pressure

Prajwal Revanna and the horror of Hassan! South First cartoon. #PrajwalRevanna #JDS

#PrajwalRevanna , JDS MP and joint BJP-JDS candidate in Hassan, has reportedly fled to Germany after multiple video clips depicting sexual assault on #women — some govt employees — started circulating online and an FIR was registered on a complaint by a former employee.

However,

This is very disturbing.
Raises serious apprehensions on manipulation of results.
ECI has not disclosed the final poling figures of the first two phases. Only approximate polling percentages are put out.
Total voters registered in a parliamentary constituency are not on ECI

The Marathas are largely an agrarian community. Increasingly fragmented land holdings and diminishing incomes have pushed many of them into a precarious state.

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smitha nair reports if the #MarathaAgitation will influence the #loksabha2024 results

First, the Congress candidate in Surat was disqualified.
Now, the Indore Congress candidate has left the party and joined the BJP.
Days before he did, an attempt to murder charge was added to 17-year-old case in which he was involved, reports Tabassum
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Piyush Goyal, son of former BJP treasurer and cabinet minister Ved Prakash Goyal, droning on about nepotism with a straight face…

Modi asking people to vote for Prajwal Revanna and saying that every vote to Prajwal is a vote for Modi 🤮

#LokSabhaElections2024 | Will the latest Maratha agitation, led by Manoj Jarange Patil, work to the benefit of any particular political party – or hurt its prospects?

Read smitha nair's ground report from Marathwada.

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Will the Maratha agitation, the manner in which it was dealt with, and the accompanying disquiet among the BJP’s mainstay, the OBCs, damage the party’s chances?

Which alliance will it benefit?

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#LokSabhaElections2024 | Will the latest Maratha agitation, led by Manoj Jarange Patil, work to the benefit of any particular political party – or hurt its prospects?

Read smitha nair's ground report from Marathwada.

scroll.in/article/106701…

Will the Maratha agitation, the manner in which it was dealt with, and the accompanying disquiet among the BJP’s mainstay, the OBCs, damage the party’s chances?

Which alliance will it benefit?

My ground report from Marathwada ⁦Scroll.in⁩ scroll.in/article/106701…

The latest Maratha agitation, unlike earlier ones, has a clear leader in Manoj Jarange Patil.

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But will the agitation influence the outcome of the Lok Sabha elections 2024? Read smitha nair's ground report to know.

#Marathareservation

Modi not only lies and pits one community against the other, he preys on the vulnerabilities of India’s poor

Sample this:

“…if there is a box in your home in which you store bajra grain, even that would be subjected to an X-ray.”

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