The tactical dimension of the caste census apart, it will have long time substantial effects: even if fewer jatis than expected benefited from Mandal at first, the implementation of Mandal II, or reservation in higher educational institutions in 2006, helped thousands of young men and women experience upward social mobility.

https://thewire.in/politics/caste-versus-hindutva-again 

 Since the 1980s – even before Mandal – two political repertoires are in competition in the Indian public sphere: caste politics and Hindutva. This dialectic started in Gujarat when the BJP reacted to the reservation policies of Madhavsinh Solanki by promoting anti-Muslim polarisation in order to create a Hindu vote bank transcending caste-based divisions – a strategy that implied communal violence.

The dialectic between caste politics and Hindutva may be at a critical juncture again for good reasons as well as by default. First, paradoxically, the completion of the Ram Mandir is affecting the Sangh parivar’s mobilisation power. For decades its followers fought for what they considered their rights against an illegitimate mosque – and in the name of a sacred cause. But they’ve arrived and a kind of anti-climax is now palpable: they’ve achieved a decades-old objective, but this is not changing the face of the earth. But why should caste politics be more attractive than class-based issues for the opposition? For many reasons. First, caste and class overlap to a great extent – even though a small Dalit bourgeoisie and a larger OBC middle class are shaping up. Second, these two emerging social groups are primarily the products of caste-based positive discrimination – so much so that even dominant castes like the Marathas are asking for reservations.

by Christophe Jaffrelot

09/082024

2024: Is The Mandate Stolen? | Parakala Prabhakar | Voice Of TN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3-9ptOYJgE KULUKKAI

क्या जेल में CM केजरीवाल को मारने की साजिश रच रही BJP? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxylHzwnM7E  Atishi | CM Arvind Kejriwal Health 14.7.24

Why LG Violated SC? SC Warns, Takes Contempt Action https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=broF_iePLNA 

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 SC says ‘non-application of mind by L-G’  https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/delhi/2024/Jul/13/sc-says-non-application-of-mind-by-l-g 
The court wondered whether the DDA officials had told him that top court’s permission was required for cutting off trees. 

Justice Abhay S Oka wondered whether the DDA officials had told him that top court’s permission was required for cutting off trees. It was hearing suo motu contempt proceedings against the vice chairman of the DDA regarding the felling of 1,100 trees in the ridge forest for a road widening project.

“First day, everybody should have come to the court and said there was a mistake by us. But cover up goes on. After four or five orders, the truth comes out in the form of a DDA officer’s affidavit. All have committed the mistake including the Lieutenant Governor. The court said that it realised the L-G’s role when Attorney General R Venkataramani appeared independently, indicating sufficient involvement.

 

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Extrapolated Vote Increase translates into 79 seats countrywide! https://votefordemocracy.org.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/NEW-Edited-ED-240720-Press-Release-LS-2024-election-English.pdf This unprecedented vote percentage increase translated into actual votes has meant that the thus “manipulated” figures of Votes Recovered and Counted ensured that 18 more seats were arguably won by the ruling NDA (BJP) in Odisha, eleven in Maharashtra, 10 in West Bengal, 7 in Andhra Pradesh, 6 in Karnataka, 5 each in Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan, three each in in Bihar, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh and Telangana, 2 in Assam and 1 each in Arunachal Pradesh Gujarat and Kerala. This means that a possible, minimum of as many as 79 seats in 15 states could have been won by the NDA/BJP through this hike of Votes!

NOTICE TO ECI on 19th July 2024 we citizens seek explanation and answerability of the ECI https://votefordemocracy.org.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/NEW-Edited-ED-240720-Press-Release-LS-2024-election-English.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SH0UZxD3RTs Jul 22, 2024 Prof. Harish Karnick on the notice served to the Election Commission of India on allegations of gross irregularities and misconduct in the 18th Lok Sabha Election 2024 on the appointment of the election commissioner in partiality, violation of People’s Act 1951, conducting election through EVMs, registration and counting manipulation in election, large scale spurious injection of votes, illogical and chaotic scheduling of election, voting misconduct and malpractices, serious violation of MCC, complaints of not providing Form 17C to the voting agents, delay in releasing voter turnout, violation of statutory directions by the Returning Officers and discrepancies between votes polled and votes counted Full report: https://votefordemocracy.org.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/FINAL-PUBLISH-VFD-REPORT-JULY-22-2024.pdf 1 Report Authored and Compiled by Vote for Democracy (VFD), Maharashtra under the guidance of experts MG Devasahayam, Dr Pyara Lal Garg and Professor Harish Karnick.

https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/lok-sabha/story/will-climate-change-allow-india-hold-another-summer-elections-2536037-2024-05-07 According to Climate Central, a US-based organisation working on climate change, day temperatures were at least twice as likely because of climate change. The temperature conditions in the southern half of the country had a much stronger climate change influence . The fingerprint of climate change is especially apparent along both coasts. In coastal areas, 37°C is commonly used as a threshold for dangerous heat. This temperature occurs throughout most of the country, including along the eastern coast. Thirty-six out of 51 major cities had three or more days above 37 degrees Celsius since the start of the election season (April 19-April 30), and 18 cities had more than three days above 40 degrees Celsius

UNEP: A global foresight report on planetary health and human wellbeing https://www.unep.org/resources/global-foresight-report Will India be uninhabitable by 2035? Richard Mahapatra https://www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-change/will-india-be-uninhabitable-by-2035 18 Jul 2024 A critical new report by the UN has revealed some staggering statistics and forecasts about forced displacement and climate change . one such study: “Scientists projected that over the coming 50 years, up to three billion people could be living well outside climate conditions (and particularly temperature) that have served humanity over the past 6,000 years, and worse, that by 2070, absent climate mitigation or migration, certain regions—Northern South America, central Africa, India and northern Australia—could simply become too hot to allow human life.” Future of the human climate niche https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1910114117 In the current climate emergency, reports are already showing evidence of internal migration caused by extreme climatic events. Whether these are precursors to a planetary movement of humans will only be established much later.