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« Reply #750 on: June 20, 2019, 06:38:25 PM »



Scenes from a day in the death of Indian Communism.
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« Reply #751 on: June 21, 2019, 12:48:24 PM »

BJP is making a big push again for the concept of "One nation, one election" or holding simultaneous elections for LS and state assembly election by keeping the length of the LS and state assembly fixed and synchronized. 

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/one-nation-one-election/article28073916.ece

The BJP have been push things for at least 20 years. The theoretical reason is that it would save on resources.  But I think the real reason are the following: The BJP noticed that since the early 1990s the BJP vote share drop-off in assembly elections relative the the most recent LS election on the whole is worse than INC or other regional rivals.  So the BJP want to nationalize the assembly elections at a time that the BJP clearly have an edge at the national level.

In terms of execution this would require a constitutional change and I doubt it will be easy to do and most likely will not take place.
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« Reply #752 on: June 24, 2019, 09:19:10 AM »

https://www.livemint.com/politics/news/in-another-jolt-to-tdp-post-electoral-defeat-4-rajya-sabha-mps-defect-to-bjp-1561034851577.html

In AP, 4 out of 6 TDP MPs in the Upper House RS defected to BJP.  This does not trigger the anti-defection law since 2/3 of the party delegation would be defecting.  What is funny is

a) 2 of these 2 TDP RS MPs are industrial titans the the BJP have recently criticized for being corrupt and part of the black money problem in India. Now they will join BJP
b) YSRCP claims that these 4 TDP MPs defected to BJP on TDP instructure as part of some sort of TDP leader Naidu plot to hurt YSRCP in the next elections by recreating the TDP-BJP alliance.
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« Reply #753 on: June 24, 2019, 10:10:06 AM »
« Edited: June 24, 2019, 10:19:29 AM by Snipee356 »

BJP is making a big push again for the concept of "One nation, one election" or holding simultaneous elections for LS and state assembly election by keeping the length of the LS and state assembly fixed and synchronized. 

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/one-nation-one-election/article28073916.ece

The BJP have been push things for at least 20 years. The theoretical reason is that it would save on resources.  But I think the real reason are the following: The BJP noticed that since the early 1990s the BJP vote share drop-off in assembly elections relative the the most recent LS election on the whole is worse than INC or other regional rivals.  So the BJP want to nationalize the assembly elections at a time that the BJP clearly have an edge at the national level.

In terms of execution this would require a constitutional change and I doubt it will be easy to do and most likely will not take place.

This is the first formal step towards dictatorship. And as usual the opposition doesn't/can't care.

To demonstrate the gravity of the situation that everyone seems to be ignoring: This is akin to if the Republicans were to eliminate midterms and off-year elections altogether.
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« Reply #754 on: June 25, 2019, 10:54:19 AM »

BJP is making a big push again for the concept of "One nation, one election" or holding simultaneous elections for LS and state assembly election by keeping the length of the LS and state assembly fixed and synchronized. 

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/one-nation-one-election/article28073916.ece

The BJP have been push things for at least 20 years. The theoretical reason is that it would save on resources.  But I think the real reason are the following: The BJP noticed that since the early 1990s the BJP vote share drop-off in assembly elections relative the the most recent LS election on the whole is worse than INC or other regional rivals.  So the BJP want to nationalize the assembly elections at a time that the BJP clearly have an edge at the national level.

In terms of execution this would require a constitutional change and I doubt it will be easy to do and most likely will not take place.

This is the first formal step towards dictatorship. And as usual the opposition doesn't/can't care.

To demonstrate the gravity of the situation that everyone seems to be ignoring: This is akin to if the Republicans were to eliminate midterms and off-year elections altogether.

It is more like BJP wanting the same domination INC had in the 1951-1967 period where all elections are held at the same time and the only INC had the resources to fight all of them at the same time which in turn led to INC domination of all polls in all states which reinforced the resource disparity.  I doubt this will work out although I think the BJP plan to achieve the same result  by smashing the opposition in all states where it has the strength and co-opting key regional parties where it needs to (JD(U) in Bihar, DMK in TN, YSRCP in AP and BJD in Odisha).  In Kerela BJP mostly likely smell blood and thinks it can completely push out Left Front and take over the non-INC space.  This will not work given my narrative of Dravidian language states  tend to be anti-BJP.
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« Reply #755 on: June 25, 2019, 02:32:32 PM »

In UP BSP has broken up its alliance with SP claiming that SP failed to transfer its core vote to BSP in the LS elections (its is actually the other way around where it seems SP was mostly able to transfer its Yadav-Muslim vote to BSP where BSP did not transfer efficiently its Dalit vote to SP with non-Jatav Dalit vote completely going over to BJP.)  I think deep down Mayawati knows the truth but she needed a face saving way of breaking off and try to retrieve her Dalit vote base by herself.  Mayawati is also appointing relatives to key BSP posts fearing a BSP coup against her leadership given how badly she failed to hold on the BSP Dalit vote base.  It seems Mayawati want to go after the SP Muslim vote which I doubt will succeed.  I suspect BSP might go into terminal decline.

Frankly the UP BJP government is not that popular and a similar SP-BSP alliance in 2022 assembly election has every prospect of winning.  If SP BSP are split then the only way the BJP can be challenged in 2022 would be some sort of SP-INC alliance where INC starts to take over some of its old Dalit vote from BSP in the meantime while SP keeps its Yadav-Muslim vote base.  I think  SP-INC will not win in 2022 but could keep it close.
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« Reply #756 on: June 26, 2019, 10:26:17 AM »

In WB it seems AITC's leader and CM Mamata Banerjee, under siege from surging BJP,  finally came out with the idea of a AITC-INC-Left Front Grand Alliance to beat back BJP in the next assembly election.  It was only in the early 2000s AITC was calling for a AITC-INC-BJP Grand Alliance to defeat the invincible Left Front.  Given the high and growing Muslim population the BJP can easily tag this possible Grand Alliance as the Muslim party and shift more Hindu votes toward BJP.  Between AITC INC and Left Front, one of them has to be the party that does not appeal to Muslims and focus on Hindus to avoid BJP cornering the Hindu vote.   But doing so and giving up the Muslim vote leads to short term electoral losses so none of the 3 are willing to do it.  I think such an alliance actually increases BJP chances of winning in WB in 2021.
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« Reply #757 on: June 26, 2019, 11:38:33 AM »

I saw a news today which I found funny if you dig into the history.

The story is a Kerala former INC leader AP Abdullakutty joined BJP today and also said that  "Modi is new messiah of Muslims"

https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/pm-modi-is-new-messiah-of-muslims-ousted-congress-leader-ap-abdullakutty-before-joining-bjp-1556390-2019-06-26


It seems that AP Abdullakutty was expelled from INC earlier this month for praising Modi.
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/abdullakutty-expelled-from-congress/article27413652.ece

But if look into AP Abdullakutty's past it turns out he was with CPM for decades before joining INC in 2009.  It turned out that in 2009 AP Abdullakutty was expelled from CPM for praising then BJP Gujarat CM Modi and then joined INC.

https://www.news18.com/news/politics/cpm-suspends-mp-abdullakutty-for-praising-modi-306475.html

What is funny about this sequence of events is that if praising Modi is so bad that he has to be expelled from INC in June 2019, why did INC take the same  AP Abdullakutty into their party in 2009 after he was expelled from CPM for praising Modi.

It just seems that  AP Abdullakutty was in the wrong party for decades.  He is clearly a fan of Modi and should have just joined BJP decades ago.  Part of the reason for not doing so, of course, is that BJP had no prospect of winning any seats in Kerala and now they do  AP Abdullakutty is the first person to sign up.
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« Reply #758 on: June 28, 2019, 09:57:58 AM »

It seems Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Haryana assembly elections will be held in October 2019.  Most likely J&K will also be held the same time although it is possible that it gets delayed for security concerns.
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« Reply #759 on: July 03, 2019, 11:14:21 AM »

Looks like Rahul Gandhi has quit for real.  Front-runners for INC leader would be

Motilal Vora: Former MP CM (in 1989 only) but seen as close to Sonia Gandhi
Sushil Kumar Shinde: Former CM of Maharashtra (2003-2004) and seen as a Gandhi clan loyalist
Mallikarjun Kharge: Key INC leader of Karnataka and was floor leader of INC in LS in 2014-2019
Ghulam Nabi Azad: Former CM of J&K and of course is Muslim (all CM of J&K are Muslim)

Main problem with this list is all of them are close to the Gandhi clan with some closer than others and all of them are pretty old.  Since INC is in poor shape anyway they should really take a risk with someone with a less political experience
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« Reply #760 on: July 03, 2019, 11:49:24 AM »

Looks like Rahul Gandhi has quit for real.  Front-runners for INC leader would be

Motilal Vora: Former MP CM (in 1989 only) but seen as close to Sonia Gandhi
Sushil Kumar Shinde: Former CM of Maharashtra (2003-2004) and seen as a Gandhi clan loyalist
Mallikarjun Kharge: Key INC leader of Karnataka and was floor leader of INC in LS in 2014-2019
Ghulam Nabi Azad: Former CM of J&K and of course is Muslim (all CM of J&K are Muslim)

Main problem with this list is all of them are close to the Gandhi clan with some closer than others and all of them are pretty old.  Since INC is in poor shape anyway they should really take a risk with someone with a less political experience

Why is Priyanka Gandhi not considered?
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« Reply #761 on: July 04, 2019, 08:25:36 AM »

Looks like Rahul Gandhi has quit for real.  Front-runners for INC leader would be

Motilal Vora: Former MP CM (in 1989 only) but seen as close to Sonia Gandhi
Sushil Kumar Shinde: Former CM of Maharashtra (2003-2004) and seen as a Gandhi clan loyalist
Mallikarjun Kharge: Key INC leader of Karnataka and was floor leader of INC in LS in 2014-2019
Ghulam Nabi Azad: Former CM of J&K and of course is Muslim (all CM of J&K are Muslim)

Main problem with this list is all of them are close to the Gandhi clan with some closer than others and all of them are pretty old.  Since INC is in poor shape anyway they should really take a risk with someone with a less political experience

Why is Priyanka Gandhi not considered?

She did a pretty bad job with UP in the LS election and the optics will not be good to continue to add the the dynasty narrative.  If Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi want to stay relevent in INC politics they should focus on helping INC do well in assembly elections next few years and them from there get put back in charge of INC officially again.  Or else they should be completely out.  The worse is they are still in charge but others are responsible and do not have a free hand.  One way or another the road ahead for INC will be tough the next couple of years to figure out what is the right role for the Gandhi clan.
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« Reply #762 on: July 06, 2019, 01:00:34 PM »

Looks like terminal crisis for JD(S)-INC government in Karnataka.  2 INC MLAs quit earlier this week and now 11 more MLAs (8 INC and 3 INC(S)) have quit.  This puts the JD(S)-INC government majority at 1 and is likely to fall very soon. What all these MLAs want are ministries for which there are in limited supply.  BJP is likely behind some of them but at this stage they are more likely to be playing a game of blackmail than any prodding or bribing from BJP.

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/multimedia/politics/karnataka-crisis-here-are-the-congress-and-jds-mlas-who-resigned/articleshow/70106407.cms
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« Reply #763 on: July 08, 2019, 06:39:08 PM »

More members of the JD(S)-INC government quit.  BJP now has the numbers to unseat the JD(S)-INC government.  All members of the JD(S)-INC resign in an attempt to give JD(S) CM HD Kumaraswamy a free hand to restructure the government in an attempt to save it

https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/karnataka-govt-political-crisis-congress-jds-bjp-1564960-2019-07-09
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« Reply #764 on: July 11, 2019, 10:41:51 AM »

In Goa it seems BJP has broken the INC legislative party.  10 out of 15 INC MLAs have defected to BJP. Since this number is 2/3 or greater they are exempted from the anti-defection law.  BJP has a very narrow and tenuous majority in Goa so it seems they went all out to buy a solid majority.

https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/goa-congress-mlas-meet-jp-nadda-updates-1566887-2019-07-11
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« Reply #765 on: July 12, 2019, 02:09:54 PM »

In Karnataka it seems JD(S) CM Kumaraswamy will proactively call for vote of confidence.  This move when he clearly does not have the numbers seems to have BJP worried that their own ranks might defect or some of the INC and JD(S) rebels have defected back.   

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/karnataka-political-crisis-live-updates-july-11-2019/article28396367.ece
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« Reply #766 on: July 15, 2019, 06:05:06 AM »

Karnataka vote of confidence will be Thursday 7/18.  JD(S)-INC and BJP are working frantically to get the 15 INC and JD(S) rebels to vote their way.  Of course if they go against their party's whip they will be removed as MLA.  BJP is trying to get them to do so and then run as BJP candidate in by-elections for their seats.
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« Reply #767 on: July 19, 2019, 03:59:40 PM »

JD(S)-INC government in Karnataka  keeps on pushing the vote of confidence.  It is clear they do not have the numbers are and trying delay to try to gain time to lure back the INC and JD(S) rebels.  The vote is now schedule for Monday.  If they do not pull some rabbits out of the hat they will be defeated Monday and we are destined for mid-term elections or a BJP government. 
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« Reply #768 on: July 23, 2019, 07:44:07 AM »

JD(S)-INC created multiple delays in the Karnataka floor test but it seems that the vote will come soon.  JD(S)-INC is almost certain to lose.  The real issue is can BJP form a government or will we be headed for early elections.
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« Reply #769 on: July 23, 2019, 01:57:53 PM »

JD(S)-INC government in Karnataka defeated 99-105.   BJP leader Yeddyurappa, who was left for dead after he failed to form a government last year will now most likely become CM.  This might bode ill for BJP next assembly elections to come to power this way.
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« Reply #770 on: July 26, 2019, 08:11:11 AM »

Karnataka BJP leader Yeddyurappa stakes claim to form government and will be sworn in as CM of Karnataka.
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« Reply #771 on: July 29, 2019, 08:41:39 PM »

BJP leader Yediyurappa wins trust vote and becomes CM again of Karnataka.  You read that right, BJP leader and 3 time CM Yeddyurappa changed is name to Yediyurappa for good luck as he becomes the CM of Karnataka  for the 4th time.  The INC speaker also resigned right after the BJP government is installed.  Before he left his role the Speaker disqualified all the INC and JD(S) rebels. 

So now there will be 17 by-elections which will determine weather the BJP government will survive.  These sets of by-elections will be a "mini-assembly" election just like in TN back in May. If INC-JD(S) wins a majority of the 17 by-elections then the BJP government will fall.  Most likely BJP with the control of the state government in a honeymoon period and a large resource gap should win a majority of these by-elections.  On the other hand the way the BJP attained power means that the next assembly elections in 2023 most likely will go against BJP but that is a long time from now.
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« Reply #772 on: August 04, 2019, 05:31:01 PM »

INC RS MP Sanjay Singh defects from INC to BJP now that his term in the RS is coming up.  He was an ex-MP of Amethi has a long history of party hopping and his wife who is a BJP ex-MLA will also join BJP with him.


Sanjay Singh's history is interesting.  He is from the royal house of Amethi which is a Gandhi clan pocket borough.   As such he has long connections to the Gandhi clan.  He was first elected as INC MP of Amethi in 1980.  He was married to Garima Singh.
 

He was also close the badminton champion of India Syed Modi


And his wife Ameeta Singh who herself was a top badminton player


In 1988 Syed Modi was murdered and it was suspected that Sanjay Singh who was having an affair with Ameeta Singh was behind it.   As the investigation and trial went out Sanjay Singh defected to VP Singh's JD.    Later on was acquitted of the murder of Syed Modi and right after that he divorced Garima Singh and married Ameeta Singh.   Garima Singh never accepted the divorce and claims that she is still the wife of Sanjay Singh.  Around the same time he joined BJP.  He was elected as MP of Amethi  on a BJP ticket in 1998.  He was defeated by Sonia Gandhi in 1999.   

In 2002 Ameeta Singh was elected BJP MLA of Amethi but in 2003 Sanjay Singh defected back to INC and she did so as well.  Sanjay Singh then ran for INC elsewhere in UP while  Ameeta Singh ran for INC in Amethi for UP assembly elections 2007 2012 and 2017 being defeated in all 3 elections.  In 2017 BJP actually ran Garima Singh in Amethi  in a "wife vs wife" battle which she emerged victorious.

Now Sanjay Singh and Ameeta Singh will be in the BJP along with his ex-wife  Garima Singh  who still claims she is legally married to Sanjay Singh and that his marriage to Ameeta Singh is illegal.  The UP BJP party meeting with all 3 of them will be awkward. 
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« Reply #773 on: August 04, 2019, 09:08:16 PM »

Looks like parts of J&K are going into a state of emergency.  JKN's Omar Abdulah and PDP's Mehbooba Mufti and JKPC's Sajad Lone have all been placed under house arrest.  All tourists have been asked to leave Kashmir while internet is being cut off.  It seems something big will take place soon.  It might be because Modi might announce that Article 370 which gives J&K special autonomy will be revoked which is a long cherished plank of BJS/BJP. 

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/jk-omar-abdulah-mehbooba-mufti-sajad-lone-placed-under-house-arrest-at-midnight/articleshow/70527884.cms
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« Reply #774 on: August 05, 2019, 03:36:39 AM »

Annnnddd that's exactly what's happening.
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