Why ex-IAS officer VK Pandian is in crosshairs of PM Modi, Amit Shah and Himanta Biswa Sarma https://youtu.be/d9FL3vQYQbI ThePrint May 27, 2024
Amit Shah asking Odisha CM Patnaik, 77, to retire due to advancing age has raised curiosity in BJP circles. The Print’s Political Editor DK Singh analyses Shah’s Odisha strategy in this episode of #PoliticallyCorrect.

मैंने जिस मोदी को देखा...2024 के मोदी पर विशेष https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YzhLq4Sq3Q Ravish Kumar Official  May 26, 2024
प्रधानमंत्री मोदी चुनाव जीतते हैं, इसकी तारीफ़ होती है मगर चुनाव कैसे जीतते हैं, इस पर बात नहीं होती। वे अपनी जीत के लिए कितनी चीज़ों को दांव पर लगा देते हैं। संवैधानिक और राजनीतिक मर्यादा तो छोड़िए, भाषा की मर्यादा का भी ध्यान नहीं रखते। मोदी एक ऐसे राजनेता हैं जो विशेषणों से बनाए गए हैं। उनके कार्यकाल में उनकी अनगिनत तस्वीरें बता रही हैं कि उन्होंने कपड़े बदलने में अतिरिक्त रुप से दस साल का वक्त खपा दिया होगा मगर उनकी बोली बताती है कि दस साल तक प्रधानमंत्री रहने के बाद भी वे अपने अतीत से नहीं निकल पाए। देखिएगा।

‘Ayega to Modi hi? But how? https://mainstreamweekly.net/article14707.html  Faraz Ahmad  Mainstream, VOL 62 No 21, May 25, 2024..  the Election Commission has abandoned several past practises this time. One, stretching the polling to seven phases and nearly a month and a half. Two, abandoning the practice of holding a press conference after each phase to give out facts, figures and other related information to the media and thereby sharing all relevant information with the voters at large. We need not repeat here the EC reluctance to act strictly against patently communal and divisive speeches by the Prime Minister and Home Minister of the country in this Election campaign, day in and day out...It seems now that Modi and his drum beaters’ confidence in ‘ayega to Modi hi’, derives from this suspected manipulation of the voting machines. 

Will 2024 Results Spell A Change or Not?  | Nilofar Suhrawardy Statistically, the chances of Modi and his party being supported by as many votes as earlier are hardly strong. This may also be stated as the vote-bank favouring BJP appears to be weaker in comparison to 2014 and 2019. However, prospects of BJP not faring as well as it did earlier and/or the number of seats it wins/loses cannot be delinked from a few other factors. It needs to be considered, in whose favour do votes choosing not to support BJP turn to? Division in anti-BJP votes may still help the BJP win. If voters’ decision is primarily decided by their anti-BJP attitude, then a lot is likely to be dependent on who they vote for, whether there is unity/division in this decision of theirs or not..  the 2024 elections may be viewed as a display of democratic strategy being exercised strongly and silently by voters to ensure the command of their electoral prowess in ensuring success/defeat of the party in power. The key question rests on how many votes are specifically cast for Modi or against him, in other words, on whether voters act decisively regarding a change at the centre or not?

Cannes Film Festival: Payal Kapadia is first Indian to win Grand Prix for ‘All We Imagine As Light’ The film, led by Kani Kusruti and Divya Prabha, explores the connections between two Mayalali nurses.https://scroll.in/reel/1068365/cannes-film-festival-2024-payal-kapadias-all-we-imagine-as-light-wins-grand-prix  Payal Kapadia made history at the Cannes Film Festival, becoming the first Indian director to win the Grand Prix  Kapadia won the honour for her debut feature All We Imagine As Light, starring Kani Kusruti and Divya Prabha as Malayali nurses working in Mumbai.

Tracing Payal Kapadia's journey, from protesting against Gajendra Chauhan at FTII to winning Grand Prix at Cannes https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/payal-kapadia-journey-from-protesting-against-gajendra-chauhan-ftii-to-winning-grand-prix-at-cannes-film-festival-101716710188193.html   “Dissent, in art and in life, is a tough path to choose. But sometimes it does create magic.” Payal Kapadia

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/student-who-was-part-of-protests-against-gajendra-chauhan-gets-support-from-ftii/story-4n3V8NVNnorKiyRRnSnpDK.html  Student, who was part of protests against Gajendra Chauhan, gets support from FTII

Modi के मुजरे वाले भाषण पर, Dhruv Rathee-Ravish kumar ने धोया? 2024 Election News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsB11QI1QaU   May 26, 2024 #6thphasevoting #modi #election
The speech given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Bihar yesterday was criticized by journalist Ravish Kumar and YouTuber Dhruv Rathee.

PM Narendra Modi's stay in Mysuru hotel: ₹80.6 lakh unpaid for over a year; Radisson Blu Plaza may go to court: Report 
1 min read 25 May 2024,  https://www.livemint.com/news/india/pm-narendra-modis-stay-in-mysuru-hotel-rs-80-6-lakh-unpaid-for-over-a-year-radisson-blu-plaza-may-go-to-court-report-11716618846099.html

The State Forest Department was told to organise an event from April 9 to 11, costing ₹3 crore with full funding from the Central government. However, following urgent instructions from top officials at MoEF and NTCA, the event's total expense rose to ₹6.33 crore 

RSS - मोदी आमने सामने ! BJP को हराने मैदान में उतरा संघ? 2024 Election Will Decide MODI's Destiny

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbIRBqTnez0  DESH NEETI

RSS-BJP separation is official now. It’s been a long time coming under Modi decade  https://theprint.in/opinion/rss-bjp-separation-is-official-now-its-been-a-long-time-coming-under-modi-decade/2093920/ 
If Modi wins a majority in 2024 election, then the RSS would find the going tougher for itself as the patriarch. But if he fails, then the RSS will have the last laugh.

many analysts have come to believe that the RSS has nothing to complain or worry about the BJP and Modi, since the latter have fully implemented the RSS’ core agenda...

The RSS does want to see its agenda getting implemented, but not at the cost of its foundational thought process about its organisational functioning being altered. At the heart of that thought process is an inviolate principle — that the organisation must reign supreme and must not be dwarfed by any individual or any personality cult.

Much to its discomfiture, that’s precisely what has happened with the whole RSS ecosystem over the past ten years under the Modi rule...

while the RSS doctrinally but slyly promotes the idea of benevolent dictatorship, it can’t put up with any individual assuming that role within the larger Sangh Parivar organisation.

It believes that the moment organisation becomes subservient to any individual, it might prove to be the proverbial death knell for it. Governments and individuals running them will come and go, but the organisation must survive...BJP alluring several RSS cadres with plum positions and critical roles within the government as well as within the party organisation. It has considerably corrupted the value of selflessness that the RSS nurtures within its cadres since childhood.

Economy: From Modi 1.5 to Modi 3.0  May 21, 2024 #modi #debashisbasu #moneylife 
In anticipation of the 2024 general elections, expectations are high for Modi 3.0, but the current state of affairs is more accurately termed Modi 1.5. The first seven years of Modi's rule were marked by ineffective policies and economic struggles, exacerbated by decisions like demonetisation and rushed GST implementation. Despite recent government spending to boost growth, doubts persist about its sustainability given high debt levels. Structural reforms are needed to address issues like business friction, infrastructure, and corruption, which continue to plague the economy. Without tackling these underlying problems, the notion of Modi 3.0 remains uncertain.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBvOf6YLp7s 

https://www.jansatta.com/national/govt-tells-sc-on-electoral-bond-scheme-why-must-voter-know-the-source-of-political-funding/977183/सरकार की तरफ से अटॉर्नी जनरल केके वेणुगोपाल ने कहा कि ‘मेरे विचार में मतदाता को सिर्फ उसके उम्मीदवार को बारे में जानने का अधिकार है, उसे इस बात से क्या लेना-देना कि राजनीतिक दल को चंदा कहा से आ रहा है।