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When will Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav come to learn the tricks of the real politik is not known, but one thing is absolutely clear that with an inflated ego, he will certainly mutilate the electoral prospect of the INDIA bloc not only in his home state Uttar Pradesh but in Maharashtra too.

Only a few weeks ago on September 17, Union Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah had said that India will soon begin Census exercise. Now, TDP leader and Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Chandrababu Naidu has planned legislation to encourage people to ‘have more children for the benefit of the nation’ and the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and DMK leader M K Stalin has talked about aiming at 16 children, in a country that is already largest populated in the world. There have been other utterances in the past by communal forces who want their population to increase. All these indicate about an emerging complex political issue in the country in near future.

Lt. Gen (Rted.) Zamir-Uddin Shah, who was Deputy Army Chief and after retiring from the Army, Vice-Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University from 2011 to 2017, wants Indian Muslims to build a steely resolve to fight to survive in Modi & Yogi's India. And quite like the Yogi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and RSS 'Sarsanghchalak' Mohan Bhagwat, all of whom have urged Hindus to stick together, Lt. Gen Shah has asked Muslims to forge "unity" and not let “Kauf” take hold. “We're in a 1857-like situation. Drive the fear away from your heart,” he told a gathering of Muslims at Aligarh Muslim University on the birth anniversary of AMU founder Sir Syed Ahmed on October 19.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is attending the summit of the expanded BRICS block at Tatarstan city of Kazan in Russia on October 22 to 24 to be hosted by President Putin. This summit is of crucial importance for both the Indian PM as also the President Putin. Narendra Modi is attending it in a situation when he is facing diplomatic as well as political embarrassment at the hands of the western powers led by the USA over the government agency’s alleged involvement with the killing of a Canadian national in Canada and also with the assassination attempt on another in USA..He has to get out of it and he needs friendly help from non-western nations.

Centre is getting ready for an early roll out of the four labour codes while the joint platform of the 10 Central Trade Unions has threatened fresh nationwide agitation, including strike action, if the Union government goes ahead with its roll out plan. Union Ministry of Labour and Employment has been talking with the CTUs on early implementation of the labour codes, but differences still persist, because the joint platform of CTUs are sticking to their demand of repeal of the four labour codes.

The unveiling of the new statue of Lady Justice, with eyes wide open and a copy of the constitution in hand, has sparked animated debate across legal and public domains. Its design is a striking departure from traditional representations: the blindfold has been removed, and the sword has been replaced by the constitution. The symbolism is palpable, reflecting a shift towards transparency and a commitment to constitutional values. Yet, despite the powerful message this new imagery conveys, it does little to address the deeper, systemic issues plaguing India's judicial system.

Over 9 lakh acres of India is Waqf owned and “once Waqf, always Waqf” is the unwritten code, brought to India straight from Heaven. Hence, AIUDF Chief Badruddin Ajmal cannot be blamed for claiming land on which India’s new Parliament building stands as Waqf. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Sengol' can take a break! Now, if all the Waqf land all over India was a single unbroken landmass, a separate Waqf country could have been declared.

With less than a month left for holding of the assembly election in Jharkhand, the INDIA bloc is gearing up to frustrate any attempt by Narendra Modi and his lieutenant Amit Shah to repeat Haryana results in this tribals dominated state.

The allegation by the Canadian Prime Minister Justine Trudeau involving Indian diplomats of the high commission in the killing of the Sikh extremist Canadian citizen, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, last year and also in the assassination attempt on another Sikh lawyer G S Pannun in USA, has created a storm in the global diplomatic community. India-Canadian ties have reached its lowest ebb with the expulsion of diplomats by both governments. What is more, the name of the Indian Union Home Minister, Amit Shah, has come up in the mails accessed by the Canadian authorities in the course of investigation.

In view of the recent Global Hunger Index 2024 and UN’s Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2024, Narendra Modi government must not continue turning its blind eye to the serious level of hunger and poverty in the country, and the alarm sounded must not be shouted down referring its GDP without talking about the nature of its growth that has been sharply widening inequality.