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As the last phase of polling is about to be completed, there is no doubt that the Constitution of India and its protection has been one of the main issues in the Lok Sabha election. Right from the beginning, the leaders of the INDIA bloc of parties had pitched the defence of the constitution as a central theme in their election platform.

The surround sound around Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 'Meditation' at the Vivekananda Rock Memorial in Kanyakumari during the ‘silence period’ in force before the last and seventh phase of the 2024 election is at its crescendo. Modi recently astounded people with “nobody knew Mahatma Gandhi before the 1982 Gandhi film." Rival politicians including Congress rival Rahul Gandhi had a good laugh, saying this "guy Modi is the limit". Now, it is like "nobody knew Narendra Modi before the ‘2024 Modi meditation’ at the Vivekananda Rock Memorial”. Such is the decibel level. Either Modi wants to make a last pitch to avoid defeat or he is desperate that the BJP/NDA doesn't fall short of the brag 'abki baar 370/400'.

KOLKATA: Peppered with palaces, mansions and manors dating back to the 18th century that earned the city then called Calcutta the moniker of "The City of Palaces", three principal contestants of Kolkata (North) Lok Sabha constituency once belonged to the same political outfit, Indian National Congress. Though not exactly representatives of the "Babu culture" north Kolkata, these men even as they campaign long and hard, are not prone to mud slinging in their poll speeches.

Marx has written that religion is the opium of the masses. Also it is the sigh of the oppressed. Both express the wretchedness of our populace. They need to forget the present, which is awfully painful. Future appears to be bleak and past is lost in the gloom. It is this anguish that is used by those in power for to be in power, despite the fact that people are suffering because of their policies. They are the cause and also the effect.

LUCKNOW: Irrespective of outcome of Lok Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh, credit goes to India Alliance to make BJP struggle in all the 13 seats in Poorvanchal part of state. Knowing fully well the outcome of most VIP constituency Varanasi where PM Narendra Modi is contesting for third term, Samajwadi Party and Congress mobilised all resources in favour of INDIA alliance candidate Ajay Rai. .All these constituencies are going to the polls on June 1, the last day of the seven phase polling.

BHOPAL: Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has experienced a significant turnover after a period of stagnation in orders and productivity. BHEL had been facing challenges in recent years, has reported notable improvements in its financial performance for the financial year 2023-24.

The credibility and trustworthiness of the Election Commission of India (ECI) have hit a new low in the current Lok Sabha elections and the situation has come to such a pass that it cannot be retrieved without certain cataclysmic changes in the system.

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi was busy with his Ayodhya Ram Temple inauguration in January, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik was busy with Shree Jagannath Heritage Corridor in Puri. Patnaik inaugurated his project on January 17, 2024, and Modi inaugurated his project on January 22, five days later. Neither PM Modi participated in Lord Jagannath event, nor Patnaik participated in Lord Ram event. It was simple politics, no religion, just on the eve of Lok Sabha Election 2024.

KOLKATA: Sandeshkhali of Basirhat constituency of Bengal has been in the news long before Lok Sabha election bugle was sounded. It was a blow in the guts of the collective conscience of the country when sexual exploitation charges of some local women by a Trinamool Congress strongman, Sheikh Shahjahan came to the surface.

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has started speaking Rahul Gandhi’s language, the aggressiveness passing on from the Wayanad Congress candidate to the Thiruvananthapuram Congress candidate seamlessly and effortlessly. Quite sure that the INDIA bloc will come to power, which Rahul Gandhi says is a fait accompli, Tharoor divulged that “we will repeal the amendments made to the anti-terror law UAPA and references to religion in the law meant to grant citizenship to the refugees.”