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The bitter personality clash between the present President of Bolivia Luis Arce and the former President of the country Evo Morales has led to the split of the Latin American nation’s ruling party Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) posing a big danger to the sustenance of the Left wing government. The developments have got the left wing parties of the continent worried as the vertical split has given a big opportunity to the rightist elements and the US multinational companies to fish in troubled waters.

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.”

Jordan's King Abdullah is caught between a rock and a hard place. Hamas and its regional supporters, as well as Israeli politicians and vigilantes, are pressuring King Abdullah from both ends of the political spectrum. Iranian-backed Syrian and Iraqi militants seek to draw the kingdom, in which Palestinians account for at least 50 per cent of the population, into the Gaza war.

For Latin American Left as also the Global Left, there seems to be a welcome news waiting on June 2 as nearly 100 million voters of Mexico including a record number of first timers will be polling to elect a new President as also many other positions including 628 member Parliament. All indications suggest that the ruling Left wing coalition MORENA will win the polls vindicating the acceptability of the incumbent President Andres Manuel Lopez Abrador’s (better known as AMLO) popular programme for transformation.

The last 7th phase of Lok Sabha Election 2024, has acquired double distinction. It offers the best of times to PM Narendra Modi in Varanasi, but also presents the worst of times in majority of the Lok Sabha constituencies scheduled for poll on June 1 in the eight states and UT. Election campaigns will end on May 30 for the last 57 seats.

Pentagon officials are speaking out about possible dangers as China expands its activities in space and Russia expresses interest in equipment capable of destroying satellites. The U.S. military aims to dominate space in future conflicts. Satellites, crucial for national defense and worldwide communication, have always been vulnerable to ground-based threats like signal jamming and missile strikes. Now, new dangers are emerging from space itself.

Political analysts are crouching tigers hiding behind “public mood is tough to read”. A plausible narrative for the 2024 Lok Sabha Election eludes them. Will the BJP get a majority again, will Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “abki baar 400 paar” come true? Taking the safe line “expect the unexpected” has become the norm. Contrary to general belief, there aren’t undecided voters, there are only undecided political analysts with each his/her pet theory.

KOLKATA: Time was when the "mother of all electoral battles" in West Bengal used to be fought in Kolkata South constituency with CPI (M)-led Left Front sparing no efforts to defeat Kolkata (South)'s sitting MP Mamata Banerjee. Kolkata(South) has lent an aura of invincibility to any Trinamool Congress candidate after "didi" (elder sister) as Banerjee is popularly known, chose to vacate this seat to be chief minister in 2011 after emerging victorious in six successive elections. This traditional Kolkata South is going to polls on June 1 in the last phase of the Lok Sabha elections.