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How Leftist Pro-Congress Propaganda Outlets Came Together To Run A Flop Show And Other Meltdowns On BJP’s Victory In Hindi Heartland

By
The Commune
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The Bharatiya Janata Party’s victory in 3 states in the Hindi heartland seems to have left the pro-Congress and leftist propaganda outlets with a lot of heartburn. Let’s take a look at how the meltdown occurred and what kind of reasons were named for the failure of the Congress to stop the BJP from winning in Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, and Madhya Pradesh. 

While it was a surprise for almost everyone that BJP won Chhattisgarh, it seemed like the Congress itself was pretty sure that it would lose the polls in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. Here is how the leftist media melted down after the results were announced.

The Wire

While this article published in the leftist media portal, The Wire, came out in November 2023, it seemed to have been trying to set the stage already for the loss by blaming EVMs. 

Alleged psephologist and failed politician Yogendra Yadav wrote in The Wire that the claims of an imminent Lok Sabha hat-trick were actually a narrative that was being set and that there were challenges. He claimed that despite winning three states, the BJP received fewer overall votes than the Congress in the four states (Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, MP, and Telangana). He wrote that historical patterns show Lok Sabha outcomes differ from state assembly results and that the BJP’s challenge was to maintain its seats, while the Congress, with nothing to lose, was eyeing national gains. In the 2024 scenario, using assembly results, the BJP Yogendra Yadav feels might lose 19 seats, and the Congress could gain 22, signalling a “potential shift” despite the claimed hat-trick.

Newslaundry, The News Minute & Other “Independent” Media

The Newslaundry in partnership with The News Minute conducted a live streaming of election results analysis on counting day. 

They streamed for nearly 8 hours and going by the comments it felt as if the viewers had come by only to leave “Moye Moye” comments and have a field day laughing at the meltdown of the people on screen. 

Newslaundry and TNM were seen begging for donations through their videos as well as their newsletters and are said to have collected election funds to cover the 5 state elections. Their goal was to collect Rs 44 lakhs and they ended up collecting close to 20 lakhs. The initial viewership was not even 2000. 

YouTuber Kushal Mehra pointed this out and wrote on his social media handle, “Newslaundry did a 7-hour livestream where, for 4 hours, people in their live chat were typing moye moye.”

Geopolitical analyst Abhijit Iyer-Mitra ridiculed how the “independent media” portals begged for donations and how the audience reacted to it.

Here is another video of the “begging”. 

https://twitter.com/angryoldman27/status/1731292345847726091

In the same video, one viewer had even left timestamps for future viewers to enjoy the meltdown.

Speaking about Madhya Pradesh, Wire journalist Arfa Khanum Sherwani discusses the strategy that one had to adopt while doing politics. In a video clipping from the “independent media’s” 8-hour livestream, she said, “When we went around in Madhya Pradesh, the politics of soft Hindutva, all of us here will probably not be in agreement of it, there is an idea that the pressure of Hindutva is so much on Indian politics that you cannot do idealistic politics and you have to make this side also happy. Once you win the elections, then you can do secular politics.”.

Other Leftist Reactions

Some other leftists were also having a meltdown blaming the “illiterate voter” of the Hindi belt. Here are a few reactions:

https://twitter.com/saliltripathi/status/1731317712083910999

 

Meltdown In The South

Down south was no different. In an election analysis programme conducted by News18, a pro-BJP speaker said talking about DMK spokesperson and advocate Saravanan who is fondly referred to as Melting Point Saravanan in X circles, “He is lecturing about social justice, social justice is just lip service. Vengaivasal still remains the same, last week also some incident happened in a school. Time and again social justice is suppressed in Tamil Nadu. This is not the Dravidian Model. This is Maximum Politics, Minimum Governance. This is the Tamil Nadu model. The DMK is only capable of doing this and nothing else. The Dravidian Model is for their party not for the people of TN.”

In response, Saravanan said, “He is speaking as he wants to about the Dravidian Model, looks like he is in a victorious joy. He will speak like that only. You cannot just blabber as you wish, just keep your mouth shut for some time.”

He added, “You do not know what the Dravidian Model is, let me explain. People from all castes can become priests, this was done by DMK’s Dravidian Model for the first time in India.”

Refuting this, BJP spokie, Srikant Karunesh said, “Try making people from all castes the head of DMK party then. From 1964 till date, there have been 13 leaders in the party and it has always been Karunanidhi, Karunanidhi, Karunanidhi, Stalin, Stalin, Stalin, and then Udhayanidhi, Udhayanidhi, Udhayanidhi. How is this social justice, ask them to change it.” 

To this, Saravanan said, “Hey you, Shut up!”

Other leftist propagandists were also melting down. One example is alleged journalist, Swati Chaturvedi, who blamed Udhayanidhi Stalin’s “eradicate Sanathana Dharma” remarks as the reason for the Congress’ loss. She wrote, “The Sanatan Dharam attack may have given Jr Stalin a national public profile but has cost the Congress a huge loss in the North. The BJP expertly played up the indiscreet sweeping comment & the voter heard no Cong repudiation”

Quoting Swati, a Dalit activist from TN, Shalin Maria Lawrence, felt those remarks were blown out of proportion by the national leaders and that the news reached only the urban crowd and not the rural people. She rebuked Swati and said, “Let me put it as bluntly as possible. Udhayanidhi’s comment on Sanatana was made a big issue by BJP TN and very few national leaders. And the news only reached urban crowds who follow politics and IT wing groups.Which might look like a big num (hindsight bias) which it is not .In fact most voters from rural areas who form a big chunk of the population are neither on social media nor are they exposed to news room debates .And the comment was not that strong that it would send a ripple across the country. It made for poorly written articles on communemag and opi India.That’s it . Therefore to think that a tribal person from Chattisgarh,a farmer from MP ,or a marginalised person from Rajasthan came to know about Udhay’s comment and voted against Congress is laughable. It’s the most stupid thing to say . In fact DMK has said more notorious anti -brahmin stuff and is still won in parliamentary election alliances . Do read and cultivate knowledge.”

Netizens showed Shalin the mirror for underestimating the rural public and their sentiments towards the comments made by Udhayanidhi Stalin.

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I.N.D.I. Ally DMK MP Senthilkumar Calls Hindi Heartland States As “Gaumutra States”

By
The Commune
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DMK MP from Dharmapuri S. Senthilkumar during his speech in the new Parliament made derogatory remarks about states of the northern part of India calling them as ‘Gaumutra’ states.

The DMK MP said “People of this country should think that the power of this BJP is only winning elections and mainly in the heartland states of Hindi or what we generally call as the Gaumutra states. You cannot come to South India. You see all the results of what happens in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra, and Telangana.”

In his 7-minute long speech, the DMK MP also tried to peddle propaganda that the BJP would reduce the south Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka into Union Territories like Jammu & Kashmir in order to rule them indirectly.

This is not the first time that the DMK MP has made such hate speech against north Indian states.

In February 2022, DMK MP Senthilkumar had taken jibes at north Indian states saying that if the Central Government wants to enforce the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, they should do it in ‘gaumutra’ states.

The DMK MP had said, “The goal of the government in the National Education Policy is to have a Gross Enrollment ratio (GER) of 50%. This has already been achieved by Tamil Nadu. Whereas, India’s national GER is around 24.6%. We are much ahead of the American GER. Why is it that the Central Government is seeing to thrust the National Education Policy upon us? We have set principles and we have set models, the Dravidian principle models, which are successful models. If they want to implement it to make India a developed state, let them implement Tamil Nadu’s model throughout the state. Instead, why is it being thrust upon us? We totally reject it. If they want, they can go implement them in Gaumutra states, which they are very keen upon.”

The DMK MP has gained notoriety for not just for his remarks against non-Tamils but also his attitude towards Hindus and Hinduism.

Earlier in July 2022, Senthilkumar who had gone to attend a Bhumi Pooja function in his constituency blurted out at government officials and forcefully stopped the traditional Hindu prayers from happening in an attempt to ‘secularize’ the event.

In the past many senior DMK leaders including MPs, MLAs and Ministers have made offensive remarks about north Indians and Hindi speakers.

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How Media & Dravidianist Mouthpieces Tried To Change The Narrative To Cover Up The Failures Of The DMK Govt; Netizens Call Out Hypocrisy Of All Involved

By
The Commune
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The Michaung Cyclone has caused severe devastation to the residents of Chennai with flooding occurring in almost the entire city. While it is expected of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam’s mouthpieces and supporters to pretend as if the government is doing amazing work, other media channels have also been playing the same tune. From talking about the rains as “unprecedented” to blaming the “high tide” for the flooding to reporting how hot samosas were being sold during the rains and floods, tv news channels were blatantly buttressing the ruling government to help cover up their failures.

Here are the various reasons attributed to the rainfall and the reason why the city was inundated yet again. First, they said it was unprecedented rainfall level and then they said it was the worst ever seen in 47 years!

Then they blamed the “high tide”. Leading this narrative was The News Minute’s Shabbir Ahmed.

What Was The Media Focusing On?

Of all the updates they could give, channels like Puthiya Thalaimurai shared some really valuable information about the closure of TASMAC outlets in the 4 districts where the cyclone was wrecking havoc.

They also reported about the “fishing” expeditions of people during the cyclone.

News18 Tamil Nadu also ensured people were aware where to get “hot samosas” from.

They also shared videos of “rapidly receding rainwater”.

Comparing 2015 And 2023

One part of the narrative setting was to compare the 2015 floods with the 2023 floods. Since the 2015 floods occurred during the AIADMK regime under J Jayalalithaa, the Dravidianists ensured that this comparison had to be made to make the present government look like they were doing a better job.

Justifying The ₹4000 Crore Project

Dravidianists also made sure that the ₹4000 crore stormwater drain project was justified.

The Chief Minister of the state, MK Stalin also said that the level of devastation was less because of the implementation of the 4000 crore project!

As usual, the DMK IT Wing was projecting the government in good light by sharing videos of the TN CM Stalin visiting relief camps.

DMK mouthpiece Sun News also shared datapoints showcasing how the present government handled the floods compared to 2015. They wrote, “Even when experiencing unprecedented floods, the impact is lesser than in the past. Compared to 2015, the amount of rain caused by cyclone Michaung was more. Even though there was a major flood in Chennai, due to the precautionary measures taken by the Tamil Nadu government, the casualties and damages have been reduced to a great extent. 199 people died in the 2015 floods. But now only 9 people have died even though it rained more than 2015.”

Blamed The IMD For Not Predicting The Amount Of Rainfall To Be Expected

Puthiya Thalaimurai carried an interview of G Sundarrajan, an “environmental activist” who is also in the DMK government’s climate action committee. He was recently in the news for spreading fake news linking Adani to the Silkyara tunnel collapse blames the IMD for not predicting the amount of rainfall to be expected.

Did Weather Blogger Pradeep John Fudge Data?

Political commentator Kishore Swamy alleged that weather blogger Pradeep John who was seen in the press meeting with other DMK ministers manipulated the 36 hours’ rain data with 24 hours’ rain data and justified that the present establishment is better. It is noteworthy that Pradeep shot to fame during the 2015 floods.

What Was The Reality Like?

In reality, the city was inundated like no other. Areas that had never been flooded even during the 2015 floods like Annanagar, Madambakkam etc which do not flood during the monsoon season, were all inundated and water had entered most of the ground floor homes by 4 December 2023. Kollywood actor Vishal who took to social media platform X shared his plight from his Annanagar home. He said, “During such rains, we all know what will happen and is happening. First they switch off the power, then waterlogging starts on the streets and then it enters homes. I am in Annanagar and water has entered my home. If this is the state of Annanagar, then imagine how it will be in low-lying areas. In 2015, we were able to help others as much as possible, but after 8 years, the situation is even worse. They announced a stormwater drain project, I am not able to find anything related to that – when was it started, when did they finish it, I have no idea. This is a request as a voter in the state, all MLAs from Chennai, please come out of your homes and have a look at the city and do whatever your constituency needs. This is not a political remark, this is a remark against the waterlogging problem. Even for a small rain, water gets logged in T Nagar but this time the entire city is waterlogged and it is a disgusting and embarrassing situation we are in. Please take immediate measures for resolving this.”

Even Kollywood actor Vishnu Vishal posted from his home in Karapakkam on 5 December 2023 that they did not receive any help.

Poes Garden, one of the posh areas of Chennai also saw crumbling infrastructure.

City centre, Mount Road was not far behind.

In this video, a resident from Chief Minister Stalin’s constituency, Kolathur, says in the past 30-40 years, water has never inundated our homes but this is how it is now.

https://twitter.com/SaffronSurge3/status/1731640018433970383

The city was totally in the dark for more than 24 hours starting from late Sunday night, 3 December 2023. Some of the videos that were circulated in the internet for the past couple of days include videos of cars getting washed away by the flood.

Citizens Questioned Their Absent MPs

Amidst all this, citizens questioned their MPs. It is noteworthy that Chennai’s representatives in the Lok Sabha are all from the DMK. Be it Dayanidhi Maran or Thamizhachi Thangapandian from South Chennai which was the worst affected of the lot.

Some netizens reshared old tweets of Udhayanidhi Stalin from 2020.

Underprepared Then And Now

As netizens pointed out, no lessons have been learnt from 2015 or the previous instances of heavy rains. The city and government was unprepared for 2015 as well as for 2023.

In addition to all this, the Tamil Nadu government was seen making a demand of ₹5000 crores to the central government as relief funds for the devastation due to the cyclone.

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Insensitive Post By DMK Spokesperson Salma Amidst Cyclone Michaung Crisis Slammed By Netizens

By
The Commune
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While on the one hand, people were aiding rescuing of fellow Chennaiites stranded in the Cyclone Michaung and several others were forwarding SOS messages to fellow netizens on social media platform X, on the other, people like Salma, a DMK Spokesperson who also functions as the Joint Media Secretary, made a really insensitive (now deleted) post. She was commenting on a request for food for 20 families based out of T Nagar. The original post was made by film reviewer, Prasanth Rangasamy. It said, “20 families stranded in an apartment in tnagar without food. Please help them Chennaicorp. Brother @rajiv_dmk – please help them!”

Quoting this post, she wrote, “Have they licked clean the rice and dal at home? The announcements given by the government that the storm is coming are also for you. Simple people can say this.”

Netizens slammed her for her insensitivity in a time of crisis. 

Netizens also questioned the DMK for usurping the 4000 crores allocated for flood management as claimed by them. 

Some netizens also questioned her hypocrisy when she posted about a request made by a lady from Singapore who was visiting the city, for milk.

https://twitter.com/aravindhwar/status/1731896088473289070

https://twitter.com/aravindhwar/status/1731723774951616872

The post has been deleted following backlash from the public.

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Kamal Haasan’s Shifting Stance On Government Response To Rain Crisis; Netizens Call Out Hypocrisy

By
The Commune
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Actor, “politician”, founder of the Makkal Needhi Maiam, Kamal Haasan known for his quirks and confusing tweets seems to have ensured he gets on to the good side of the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam government as his party is sinking, falling apart, and becoming irrelevant by the day. With the DMK in power, Kamal Haasan’s tone seems to have undergone a notable shift. 

As the city of Chennai reeled under the duress of Cyclone Michaung, Kamal Haasan posted on his X handle in a manner that seemed to blame the cyclone for the entire problem while turning a blind eye to the mismanagement, poor or absence of preparedness from the establishment. He wrote, “No matter how much precaution the government takes, the effects of natural disasters can only be controlled to a certain extent. At this juncture, it is necessary to ensure our safety and work hand in hand with the government machinery to help the situation stabilize. #CycloneMichuang Kindly request Maiamofficial people to help those affected by the heavy rains caused by the storm.”

Netizens while thoo-thooing his comments on the current situation, reminded him of his own words during the 2020 rains. In 2020, during the AIADMK government’s tenure in Tamil Nadu, Kamal Haasan took a strong stance on the state’s preparedness for rainwater management. Haasan criticised the administration, asserting that water bodies were ill-equipped to handle the influx of rainwater. He argued that crucial lessons from the devastating 2015 floods had gone unheeded, emphasizing the persistent issue of uncleared drains. He wrote, “An hour of rain. Tamil Nadu’s head is shaking. Northeast Monsoon threatens. The water bodies are not prepared to collect the mercy rain. There are no lessons learned from past floods. Drains are not covered. Water inundation at Children’s Hospital has not reduced. At least keep an eye on coastal districts.” 

Even in the floods caused by Cyclone Michaung, the Met Department had warned of the incoming cyclonic storm for over a week. Despite all these warnings by both freelance weather bloggers and the Met Dept, the government failed the people by not being prepared for the torrential rains. No lessons learnt whatsoever from the past. 

Netizens denounced his stance and questioned his blatant bootlicking of the DMK government.

https://twitter.com/aandavaroff/status/1731673598392193049

https://twitter.com/TheNameisAnnush/status/1731664187007586642

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BJP Is All Set To Smash Records In 2024 Lok Sabha Elections

By
M Ananth Narayan
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What an eventful weekend it has been! Reading in between the lines on everything that I saw and heard from the exit polls and analysis, I came to a conclusion and tweeted on the night of December 2nd that BJP is going to comfortably win in Madhya Pradesh, form governments in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh and BRS will form the government in Telangana with the help of BJP.

Although Congress has won the Telangana elections comfortably I still feel that their government will not last long given several of their leaders have jumped ship from BRS only. The fact that DK Shivakumar had to do his usual task of keeping the flock together showed clearly that Congress couldn’t completely trust their MLAs but how long will they be able to do this resort politics? Time will tell.

Be that as it may. What led to the outstanding victory of BJP in the Hindi heart land?

Based on their victory in Karnataka, Congress thought that that giving freebies left, right and centre will make the public vote for them and winning is a given. They showed great confidence and even most of the exit polls corroborated their sentiment. However, everyone except for a handful of pollsters underestimated the inherent mastery of BJP when it comes to fighting elections.

Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh election was nowhere close to Karnataka scenario. In Karnataka, BJP didn’t have a very strong existing face, they couldn’t set the narrative well and anti-incumbency easily brought them down. Due credit must be given to DKS and Siddaramaiah for steering their ground organization. BJP is a party that learns from its mistakes quickly. In MP, they sensed that Congress will again apply their freebie toolkit and Kamal Nath gave early indications. Shivraj Singh Chauhan, fondly known as Mama in MP, immediately rolled out his Ladli Behna scheme which put immediate money in the hands of female voters. Why would they then wait for something to be done by Congress in the future when already its happening in the present and so they rallied around Mama. The corruption mudslinging similar to Karnataka didn’t stick on BJP unfortunately for the Congress who were clearly using the Karnataka template.

Initially, BJP top brass even thought that public in MP was tired with Shivraj Chauhan and didn’t want to expose him a lot during the campaigns. However, Shivraj was patient and BJP also realized that he still enjoyed the clout and brought him back visibly in the rallies and cutouts which paid off even though they didn’t announce any CM face and Modi asked people to vote for his guarantee.

Rajasthan

Congress’s infighting in Rajasthan between Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot was out in the open for everyone to see and they wasted almost 4 years of opportunity to project a good governance and administration image for themselves. On the other hand, BJP managed its internal rumblings much better during their election campaign. Its rumoured that Vasundhara Raje wanted to be projected as the CM face and did all that she could to reinforce her presence as a force to reckon with but BJP top brass kept her in check although they gave her confidants tickets and prevented her from doing any significant damage. She had to give in and BJP went without a CM face to the public and still won.

Congress’ Rhetoric Flops 

Congress’s attempt to play the caste card also didn’t click in all the three states. Their usual jibes at Narendra Modi using Adani card and abusing him as Panauti (bad omen) linking it to the loss in the recent world cup didn’t find any audience as people couldn’t relate to it all. This was terrible strategy on the part of Congress. In Rajasthan, BJP was very successful in setting the narrative of corruption and female atrocities that people could easily relate to as it affected their day to day life. Even in Chhattisgarh, BJP was able to set the corruption narrative on the Congress very smartly.

People Confident Over Modi’s Guarantees Than Congress Freebies

Its very important to note the significant point that BJP has now learnt to counter the freebie guarantee politics of the Congress. Its very evident that the public trusts the Modi guarantee more as they have seen the results visibly already on the ground. Going to 2024, this will act as a big plus to BJP. Another very important point is that the Anti-Sanatana Dharma comments by the Congress allies were met with anger in the Hindu voters which they silently showed in the ballots. The fact that Congress didn’t publicly condemn the likes of DMK for their Anti-Hinduism slogans remained etched in the minds of people and BJP didn’t make any mistake in ensuring the same.

Easily Modi’s BJP looked much more credible in the eyes of the public and the Congress leadership couldn’t erase this even though Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Vadra went about with their usual speeches during their campaigns. BJP’s corrective measures in MP by changing the candidates and bringing union leaders to fight and not going with a CM face in any state paid off. BJP’s alacrity in changing their strategies stumped Congress big time in these elections.

I strongly believe that with the current momentum and public sentiment that has built up in these three states, BJP will definitely cross 400 in 2024. In order to ensure this, I think BJP should bring the Loksabha elections forward around February end/March itself. The fact that they now have counter to the opposition strategies of freebies, caste formulas although they still might not have the Muslim vote base which is not a big issue if they can keep the Hindu votes together. BJP must continue with Shivraj Chauhan as the CM in MP due to the public sentiment but can bring new faces like Balaknath in Rajasthan and similarly in Chattisgarh.

The losses in these three states have shattered the Congress dreams of becoming a dominant leader of the I.N.D.I alliance running up to the 2024 elections. BJP looks in tremendous form, understands the pitch really well, is now the seeing the ball also very well and has perfected its art of pull shots very well learning from their earlier mistakes. BJP is all set to win the world cup in 2024 by breaching the 400 runs mark. Ab ki baar, 400 paar! Lets wait and watch!

Ananth Mahadevan is a political commentator based in Bengaluru.

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All You Need To Know About BJP’s Venkata Ramana Reddy, The Dark Horse Of Kamareddy

By
The Commune
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In a highly contested battle within the Kamareddy constituency of Telangana, Katipally Venkata Ramana Reddy of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerged victorious, overcoming the challenges posed by K Chandrasekhar Rao of Bhartiya Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and A Revanth Reddy, the state Congress chief. In this three-way competition, Reddy secured 66,652 votes, surpassing KCR and Revanth Reddy who obtained 59,911 and 54,916 votes, respectively, securing the second and third positions.

Despite the Congress party’s overall success in the Telangana assembly elections, defeating the ruling BRS, the defeat of A Revanth Reddy, a prominent contender for the Chief Minister’s position, has brought a sense of embarrassment to the party. Notably, there were 39 candidates in the Kamareddy constituency.

A 53-year-old businessman, Katipally Venkata Ramana Reddy, holds a Class 12 qualification. According to his election affidavit, his total declared assets amount to Rs 49.7 crore, including Rs 2.2 crore in movable assets and Rs 47.5 crore in immovable assets. His total declared income is Rs 9.8 lakh, of which Rs 4.9 lakh is self-income, and he has total liabilities of Rs 58.3 lakh. There are 11 criminal cases registered against him.

In the previous 2018 assembly elections, Gampa Govardhan from Telangana Rashtra Samithi (now BRS) secured the MLA position in Kamareddy, obtaining 42% of the total votes. He won against Congress’ Mohammad Ali Shabbir by a margin of 2%.

Kamareddy Assembly constituency, numbered 16, is situated in the North Telangana region and Kamareddy district, falling under the 5th Zahirabad (General) Lok Sabha (Parliamentary) constituency. Categorized as a General Rural constituency, it has an estimated Scheduled Caste population of 14.73% and a Scheduled Tribe population of 4.67%, as per the Delimitation Commission report of 2008. The district’s estimated literacy level is 48.49%, according to the Census of India 2011.

In the 2023 Telangana Assembly elections, the Kamareddy constituency had a total of 2,45,822 eligible electors, with 1,18,718 males, 1,27,080 females, and 24 registered voters belonging to the third gender.

Following his triumph, KV Ramana Reddy, a businessman turned politician, expressed gratitude to the people of Kamareddy, stating in a tweet, “This victory belongs to all the people of Kamareddy constituency.”

K Chandrasekhar Rao, who has served as Chief Minister of Telangana twice since its formation in June 2014, faced a significant setback with this defeat. Meanwhile, despite losing the election, A Revanth Reddy is purportedly leading the race for Chief Ministership if Congress forms the government in the state, based on the current trend, although he lost the election.

KV Ramana Reddy’s victory is being highlighted as that of a ‘giant killer’ who defeated both the outgoing and potentially the next Chief Minister of Telangana, signaling a groundswell and the emergence of leaders for the BJP in the Southern state.

Commending Reddy’s triumph, former Union Minister Kiren Rijiju tweeted, “Please don’t ignore this great man! BJP’s Katipally Venkata Ramana defeated both the sitting CM of Telangana, KCR, and Congress CM candidate, Revanth Reddy from the Kamareddy Assembly seat. This is a major victory which is not being discussed at all!”

G Kishan Reddy, BJP’s Telangana state President, echoed the sentiment, tweeting, “It’s Saffron Wave in Kamareddy. Hearty Congratulations to Shri Katipally Venkata Ramana Reddy @kvr4kamareddy on winning the Kamareddy seat. It is extremely heartening that our Kamareddy Candidate, Shri Katipally Venkata Ramana Reddy has defeated both the Telangana CM KCR and the President of the Telangana Congress, Shri A. Revanth Reddy. This shows that the BJP candidates have the Telangana people’s support and can humble any leader of any stature.”

 

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I.N.D.I. Ally DMK Supporters Abuse North Indians, Congress Stokes North-South Separatism As BJP Sweeps Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan And Chhattisgarh

By
The Commune
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The BJP has emerged victorious in the states of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh with the party snatching power from the Congress in the latter two.

In Madhya Pradesh, the BJP is coming to power for the fifth time in the last 20 years except for 2018 when the Congress managed to win by a wafer thin margin. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s women centric schemes coupled with Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia’s strategy has propelled the party to victory. The BJP has also snatched power from the Congress-ruled Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan and has made impressive gains in Telangana. BJP’s Katipally Venkata Ramana, emerged as the dark horse slaying both sitting CM K Chandrasekhar Rao and CM aspirant Revanth Reddy, in Kamareddy in Telangana.

With the BJP’s landslide victory in the Hindi heartland states, the I.N.D.I. Allies Congress and DMK have gone on a tirade against the people of these states.

Congress, DMK, Leftists Stoke Separatism

Congress supporters and leaders have been peddling a divisive rhetoric pitting north-India and south-India.

Praveen Chakravarty, Chairman of the Data Analytics department of Congress party appointed by Rahul Gandhi shared a picture titled “South Vs North” with a caption saying that the boundary line is getting thicker and clearer straight of its ally DMK’s playbook.

He has now deleted this tweet after social media outrage.

Another Congress youth functionary from Tamil Nadu called for cutting off the southern states from the rest of India. She said “Just cut us off man.. South is for us. North, go wherever/however you want!”

In another tweet, she dehumanized the people of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh for voting BJP saying “Are you guys humans?”

Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram’s son and Congress MP from Tamil Nadu Karti Chidambaram too peddled the north-south divisive rhetoric.

Congress MLA from Tamil Nadu JG Prince posted a cryptic tweet saying “Therku” which means “South” in Tamil.

Founding Editor of leftist propaganda portal The Wire too harped on to the North Vs South rhetoric saying that the divide has become sharper with the election results.

In Kerala, Dr. Arun Kumar, Chief Editor at Reporter TV channel, insulted North Indians by stating, ‘North Indians are illiterate!’ on air.

DMK Supporting Dravidian Stockists Abuse North Indians

Deputy Secretary of DMK Student Wing Poornasangeetha Chinnamuthu shared a picture of just the southern states of India saying “South India stands united””

YouTube Beautician – turned – MNM functionary turned – DMK functionary Padma Priya, took shared the same picture with the caption “#BJPFreeSouth”

The state deputy secretary of the DMK’s environment wing, had earlier shared a picture with a secessionist undertone, with South Indian states in a different color that said “United States of South India“.

Another rabid Dravidian Stockist DMK supporter with the X handle name “Surya Born To Win” called the north Indian states as “Cow belt states”. He also made racist comments by branding the people living in these states saying “Illiterate, communal bigots don’t want development”.

Surya Born To Win is close to the ruling DMK establishment and is known for spewing venom against Hindus and BJP supporters.

Surya Born To Win with DMK scion Udhayanidhi Stalin

Prabha Raj, a rabid Dravidian Stockist and Congress supporter courted by the likes of leftist-Dravidianist propaganda outlet The News Minute, made hate speech and xenophobic comments against north Indians.

Another trope laden with xenophobia peddled by DMK supporters and Dravidian Stockists is that north Indians come down south for work but go back to their states and vote for BJP.

G Sundarrajan of ‘Poovulagin Nanbargal’ NGO who was appointed by the MK Stalin government as a member of the Climate Action Committee said “They (north Indians) vote for BJP in their states and come back to southern states including Tamil Nadu for work. Your sense of rationale/justice is good.”

Another DMK propaganda handle which goes by the Dr. Arvind Raja who was recently in news for making casteist abuse and cyberbullying carnatic singer Sivasri Skandaprasad, too peddled the same trope.

DMK supporting handle by the name ‘Journalist Senthil’ wrote in Tamil “I don’t trust the vadakkans (slur for north Indians in Tamil). My sympathies to those tweeted trusting those illiterate religious bigoted dogs. The time has come to think whether south India should be a slave under the vadakkans. 2024 is a life or death struggle.”

The Congress and its I.N.D.I. Ally DMK have been pushing a dangerous rhetoric whenever the BJP wins an election in the northern states or Congress emerges as winner in the southern states for quite some time. The Congress aped the DMK when the party won the Karnataka Assembly elections in 2022.

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BJP’s Hindi Heartland Win And Its Impact In 2024

By
Dr. Praveen Kumar
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In 2014, against all odds PM Modi stormed to power, with BJP winning 283 seats and securing absolute majority on its own. 5 years back in 2018, BJP suffered its major electoral setback by losing Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. Everyone hinted that it was a comeback of sorts for Congress, which at that time had won just 44 seats facing its worst drubbing since independence. But PM Modi got re-elected in an astonishing manner winning a further 20 seats taking the final tally to 303. This means state election results don’t dent his image as a performer. People vote differently in state Assembly and Lok Sabha election.

Coming to the present, BJP is poised to win back Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.

As of 5:15 PM, the BJP is leading in Madhya Pradesh in 165 of the 230 seats. The Congress is at a distant second leading in just 64 seats. In Rajasthan, the BJP is leading in 117 seats of the 199 seats and Congress is leading in 67 seats. Of the 90 seats in Chhattisgarh, the BJP is leading in 56 seats and the Congress is leading in 34 seats.

What does the resounding victory of the BJP in the Hindi heartland mean? PM Modi’s image will get bolstered further and his victory in 2024 is now a foregone conclusion.

What Will Happen To I.N.D.I Alliance?

Loss in 3 big states will a big blow to the alliance. Firstly it is not a alliance, but a group of opportunistic ‘kichdi’ that was formed to disturb a stable and performing government.

The alliance which was formed with much pomp and fanfare will definitely crack with every ingredient pinpointing each other for the loss. There will be mutual mistrust between the ingredients which will further favor a more stable and reliable NDA. Fight for the PM candidateship will further weaken the alliance making it a cake walk for PM Modi in 2024.

What Will Happen In Tamil Nadu?

Congress’s bargaining power will take a pounding. DMK will try to relegate Congress by giving probably around 5 seats. This means Congress will lose some the constituencies it won in 2019. Due to dissatisfaction, Congress may approach AIADMK looking for double digit seats. If a Congress-AIADMK alliance materializes, DMK will draw a blank just like 2014. Congress-AIADMK alliance may not do well as there wont be a chemistry between the cadres on the ground as the two parties have not had an alliance since 2001.

The biggest beneficiary would be BJP due to the above developments. The party can easily get anywhere between 15% to 20% which is unprecedented in Tamil Nadu. They may even win a few seats which will be beneficial for Tamil Nadu. Once this vote percentage is achieved, Mr. Annamalai will be within striking distance to become the Chief Minister of TN in 2026 where the party should aim for 30% votes in a four corner fight.

In A Nutshell

BJP’s victory in 3 big states is a shot in the arm for PM Modi’s aspirations to become PM for third time. Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra and his caste census rhetoric has not found resonance. The BJP’s gains in Telangana will be a source of strength for the party to expand its reaches further in the south.

Dr. Praveen Kumar is a clinician-turned-scientist who is passionate about writing on current affairs.

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BJP All Set To Sweep MP, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh: Congress Gets Eradicated In Hindi Heartland; I.N.D.I. Ally DMK’s “Eradicate Sanatana Dharma” To Blame?

By
The Commune
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Going by the stabilizing trends of the election results in the five states that had gone to polls recently, the BJP is poised to win in the states of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh.

As of 12 PM, the BJP is leading in 157 seats of the 230 seats in Madhya Pradesh. Congress is leading only in 59.

In Rajasthan, of the 199 seats, the BJP is comfortably ahead leading in 113 seats and the Congress is at a distant second leading in just 65 seats.

The story is the same in Chhattisgarh as the BJP is surging ahead leading in 53 seats. The Congress is hanging at 34 seats in the 90 seat Assembly.

The Congress can only find solace in Telangana with the party looking at the chance of helming the government in the state.

The final results are likely to settle around these numbers +/- 5 seats.

The Congress party’s dismal is not being blamed on the usual crown prince Rahul Gandhi but another crown prince of the I.N.D.I. Ally – DMK President MK Stalin’s son and Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin.

In September 2023, Udhayanidhi participated in an conference titled “Eradicate Sanatana Dharma” and had compared Sanatana Dharma aka Hinduism to diseases like dengue, malaria and said that it had to be eradicated.

He said, “Mosquitoes, dengue, flu, malaria, corona – we should not oppose these things. They’ve to be eradicated completely. The same is the case with Santanam (Hinduism). Our first work should be to abolish/eradicate Sanatanam instead of opposing it. So, my appreciation to you all for giving an apt title to the meeting.” DMK Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin said.

His incendiary remarks had triggered a national outrage with many leaders of the I.N.D.I. Alliance including Mamata Banerjee, Arvind Kejriwal and some members of the Congress distancing themselves or criticizing the DMK scion’s remarks.

Despite the national outrage, Udhayanidhi Stalin had not apologized for his hate speech and hurting the sentiments of Hindus. Instead he had gone on to argue in the court that it was his freedom of speech.

Udhayanidhi Stalin’s “Eradicate Sanatana Dharma” remark became an election plank for the BJP to canvass votes which seems to have worked in the saffron party’s favour.

Many political commentators and netizens have pointed fingers at Udhayanidhi Stalin saying that his remarks about Hinduism as cost the I.N.D.I. Alliance dear in the Hindi heartland.

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