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The Supreme Court’s orders of May 15, 2024 in the midst of the ongoing General Elections to the Lok Sabha (House of the People), declaring arrest of the founder Editor-in-Chief of the NewsClick channel, Prabir Purkayastha invalid and illegal under the most draconian anti-terror law, the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, 1967, as amended to date, and freeing him immediately from incarceration is a slap in the face of the fascist Union government.

Fact-checker Muhammed Zubair checked and declared Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not speak the truth. Modi did indeed do ‘Hindu-Muslim’ as he went about drumming support from Hindus. But Zubair stopped short of asking Modi to "quit public life" as Modi said he would if he ever did ‘Hindu-Muslim’. Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the TV anchor “I have never done Hindu-Muslim and will quit public life if I ever will.”

Narendra Modi has an uncanny knack for converting insults hurled at him into campaign rallying points, with verbal slips by Congress leaders ending up overturning Modi and his party’s s electoral fortunes.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the first prime minister of India alleged to have violated the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) on Hindu-Muslim communal lines during his campaigns for the Lok Sabha General Election, and a petition was filed in the Supreme Court of India to ban him from election for six years The Supreme Court refused to entertain the petition on the ground that the petitioner went directly without going to the Election Commission of India (ECI). The opposition had complained to the ECI but no action has been taken so far against PM Narendra Modi for violation of MCC. Having felt the damage his rash election campaigns have brought him and his party in the first four phases of election, he turned defensive in Varanasi on Tuesday the day he filed his nomination papers.

KOLKATA: A turncoat bahubali the present member of Lok Sabha Arjun Singh of BJP will take on an actor turned state minister Partha Bhoumik when Barrackpore constituency o West Bengal goes to the polls on May 20. Even as sitting MP Arjun switched loyalty from Trinamool Congress to BJP for the second time, state PWD minister and his political opponent Partha , is well prepared to get back the seat for TMC with their organizational might.

Rahul Gandhi faces a tough battle in Rae Bareli where he locks horn with local strongman Dinesh Pratap Singh of the BJP. For every boundary that is breached in politics; there is a homecoming; for every leap into the unknown, a fallback into the comfort of the old. It is the memory of that solace that seeps through the faded yellow brick walls latched onto brown doors that run around a large courtyard at Gurujikaghar.

BHOPAL: Concern is being expressed, both in political and official circles over the drop in voting percentage while final picture yet to emerge. It is estimated that polling was better in rural areas while there was marked apathy in urban areas. The apathy was so acute that 40 percent of Indore did not ever turn up at polling booth. Indore always used to record heavy polling in last elections. It was however noted that constituencies where clash between candidates was sharp recorded better polling. Another factor was that the constituencies where voting was on caste basis percentage was impressive.

The first four phases of Lok Sabha election 2024 concluded on May 13, has brought serious level of anxiety in BJP leadership, chiefly PM Narendra Modi, who is seeking re-election for his third term. Contrary to his great hope on Hindi heartland, the party did not perform so well as to even retain its seats in the poll held in 132 constituencies in first four phases. Election would be held for the rest 94 seats in this region in the next three phases, where the party is facing ever mounting challenges from the allies of INDIA bloc.

On Monday May 13, the Indian government, led by Narendra Modi, announced the signing of a 10-year agreement with Iran to enhance cooperation in the development and operation of the port of Chabahar. This move aims to strengthen India's ties with Iran, an important country in the Middle East.

What does a dictator sound like? Germany-based YouTuber and Social Media influencer Dhruv Rathee is an expert on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who he labelled ‘Dictator’, garnering over 50 million views and loads of dollars in the bargain. Modi is Member of Parliament from Varanasi and Modi’s Social Media outreach puts Rathee in the deep shadows but Rathee has the aura of a ‘dictator-killer’ which is what the opposition INDI-Alliance likes best about Social Media.