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We are living in a time zone when our children, hardly within three months time, learn to live without anything, solid or liquid. They consume their own strength as nourishment and manage to survive. Who will own up the crime? Perhaps it is a living reproach to the entire civilisation.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi filed his nomination from the minority-dominated Wayanad parliamentary constituency of Kerala, angering INDIA allies , a partner of INDIA bloc CPI, which has its own candidate contesting from the constituency. Wayanad constituency actually has a sizable Muslim electorate and a section of the Muslim-centric Malappuram district is also part of the constituency. And this time, the Congress is claiming that Muslims are fiercely pro-Congress, adamant that the Constitution had been under constant attack under the Modi regime and it was upon the Congress an the INDIA bloc to save democracy.

Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana, and West Bengal have lately been emanating conflicting political signals. These states send 328 MPs in the Lok Sabha, and are inching forward with a potentially decisive election results in election 2024, which make or mar the possibility of PM Narendra Modi’s return to power for his third term.

Rahul Gandhi is often accused of barking up the wrong tree, particularly when during his foreign trips. But he got everything right the other day while addressing the ‘maha-rally’ of INDIA Bloc. His ‘match-fixing’ charge against Modi was in perfect sync with the IPL season, which is acquiring a feverish pitch as the tourney advances to the next rounds.

Remember K Chandrasekhar Rao, the man who till a year ago straddled Telangana politics like a Goliath but is now a 70-year-old fearful of his legacy going to the dogs? People to whom KCR gave Telangana ditched him. KCR's daughter is behind bars. KCR's son is minus the ambitious streak he was getting used to under his father’s awesome tutelage. Without cutting corners, ex-Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao’s Bharat Rashtra Samithi can do with a change of diapers for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

The term "Didi" aka elder sister has spread far beyond borders of West Bengal ever since Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee who is referred to as such gained political prominence over the years. None else in the TMC was addressed "Didi" but as the poll bugles were sounded for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, another Didi emerged from the most unlikeliest place, the television world of Bengal.

It is true the popularity of Arvind Kejriwal has been growing rapidly. It has touched a new high after AAP’s unexpected victory in Punjab. In Delhi AAP-Congress combo is expected to romp home comfortably in coming elections. BJP is obviously worried at his rising clout. Besides Delhi and Punjab, Kejriwal may step in other states in ensuing Lok Sabha polls. His arrest appears to be politically motivated. His arrest may make Delhi CM more powerful as he is certain to draw sympathy of people country-wide. One doesn’t know if charges against him are true or not but he will have sympathy factor in polls.

Sufferings of the people of Delhi have multiplied ever since Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was put behind bar on March 21. He is still the Chief Minister of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. Citizens of Delhi have lost access to their Chief Minister. Movements of files have severely impacted. AAP Ministry is there on the seat of power, but the bureaucracy is not listening to them. Lieutenant General of the Union Territory is also not able to ensure smooth running of Delhi Administration. It has resulted in great suffering of the people of Delhi, since everything is moving on snails’ pace. Everywhere there is blame game between AAP and BJP.

Undeniably contesting the parliamentary polls is essential for recognition as national parties by the Election Commission of India, but the winnability index is a vital issue for the 2024 Lok Sabha election. In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, in Jharkhand, the BJP had secured 11 seats, while the AJSU Party, Congress, and JMM won one seat each in the state.

LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party and Congress are busy in setting up coordination committees from state level to booth level to take on BJP in crucial Lok Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh. There has been a long meeting of senior leaders of Samajwadi Party with important leaders of the Congress. The latest status of the preparedness was reviewed and the measures to take on the BJP discussed.