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Deshmukh runs Walmart of Opinion Polls. He will deliver whatever is ordered

Prashant Kishor's first major move as MLA for Bankipur, Patna, deserves a closer look than a simple pat on the back. Having won the bypoll, he has toured his constituency and asked unemployed youth to submit their CVs, promising to place 10,000 of them in private-sector jobs within one to two years. Notably, he has been candid that these positions will initially lie outside Bihar, arguing that only once Jan Suraaj forms a government on its own strength will employment be generated within the state itself. There is something refreshingly direct about a representative engaging constituents on jobs and grievances rather than retreating after a single by-election win, and citizens are right to welcome that responsiveness. Kishor's own admission that real change awaits Jan Suraaj forming a government is, in that sense, both an honest acknowledgement of his current limits and a clear political pitch for 2030. Voters would do well to watch whether the promised CVs actually convert into placements, before treating this as proof of intent rather than a tested outcome. @PrashantKishor

It shouldn’t have required a dirty protest with so much bad blood to push the govt to constitute a task force headed by Nandan Nilekani. Sigh!

📌 NO RAJYA SABHA FOR EX-PM H. D. Deve Gowda will no longer be a member of either House of Parliament. From 2002 to 2019, he served as a Lok Sabha MP. From 2020 onwards, he served as a Rajya Sabha MP. Between 1991 and 2000, he was elected twice to the Lok Sabha and once to the Rajya Sabha. With this, he is now India's only living former Prime Minister who is not a member of either House of Parliament.

I did not to go to the Supreme Court today to hear its order in the SIR case. As a litigant in this case, and as someone who was given the honour of addressing the court, I should have been hopeful, anxious, or at least curious. I was not. The case was decided long ago. We were only waiting for the transcript and its fine print. The course of this case was settled in August last year. Having heard arguments against SIR for three days, the court moved away from examining the constitutionality of SIR and effectively converted itself into a Consumer Forum, focused on grievance redressal and arbitration, rather than constitutional principles. The case was effectively decided when the apex court allowed the ECI to rush through the Bihar elections without first deciding the matter, and without requiring the ECI to rectify even the most glaring defects in post-SIR rolls. There was little left of this case once the ECI proceeded with the second and then the third phase of SIR, while the Hon’ble Court leisurely heard arguments about its constitutionality. SIR had become a fait accompli. Any remaining doubt disappeared when the Hon’ble judges observed in open court that no one would be allowed to obstruct SIR. The final nail in the coffin of this petition was hammered during the hearing of another petition before the same Bench, when an Hon’ble judge remarked that millions denied their right to vote need not fret, since they could vote in the next election. At that moment, the court abdicated its constitutional responsibility. Shorn of legalese, the simple truth is that the highest court of a constitutional democracy has already authorised the disenfranchisement of millions of citizens — at least 59 million so far, could go up eventually to 100 million. It was inconceivable that the court would now declare SIR unconstitutional and annul all post-SIR elections. The lawyers were waiting for the the exact legal reasoning deployed to arrive at a conclusion that was already known. Such legal gymnastics did not interest me. Some friends were looking for some crumbs in the hope that the court might at least wish to save face, if not save the voters. Eventually that too did not happen. Polite noises apart, the Court has handed over a carteblac to the ECI to do what it pleases with the voters list. ADR vs Union of India (2026) is to our times what ADM Jabalpur vs Shivkant Shukla (1976) was to the previous assault on our democracy. We must hope that the SIR judgment does not mark the crumbling of the last constitutional wall, as ADM Jabalpur once did. We must believe that one day this constitutional abdication by the guardian of the Constitution will be recognised for what it was. And reversed. Jai Hind!

Kids dressed in traditional Indian cloths ready to welcome PM Modi in Oslo

Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari takes oath as MLA in Assembly.

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I was looking for a Bengali idiom expert.

Am very glad he said this - to those cong trolls specially who were acting up

The @AITCofficial 's counting agents are being beaten, threatened and harassed by the @BJP4India . In Bhabanipur AC, Smt @MamataOfficial 's counting agent is not being allowed inside. Wins and losses are part of democracy and all parties accept the will of the people but there is NO PLACE for physical violence, threats and intimidation in democracy. @BJP4India again revealing its governance deficit and its politics of violence and intimidation.

Those making fun of 3 seats for BJP in Keralam , don’t forget the trajectory in WB - 3-77-204 - Btw when BJP gets 77 in Keralam they are forming the govt

Indian politics has seen none like Modi-Shah in its history in last 100 years. Congress dominance was built on the back of freedom movement that was hijacked by Gandhi, for Nehru dynasty. Of course, what Modi-Shah built was by standing on the shoulders of ABV-Advani, but even they could not have dreamt of such dominance.