Author: Krishanu Sarma

Former Maharashtra Chief Minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) President, Sharad Pawar, said that midterm polls will take place in Maharashtra as the Eknath Shinde Government will not survive more than six months. In a surprising move after the 2019 Maharashtra assembly polls, the NCP, Congress, and Shiv Sena joined hands to form an unlikely alliance to form the government in the state, keeping the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which had emerged as the single largest party, away from power. Since then, the saffron party has made various attempts to topple the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government. Now that the…

Rahul Narweakar, the 1st time BJP MLA was elected as the speaker of the Maharashtra Assembly on Sunday. A total number of 164 votes were polled in support of Rahul Narwekar. Rahul Narweakar, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA, was elected as the speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on Sunday. Rahul Narweaker polled 164 votes, and the opposition candidate, Rajan Salvi, got 107 votes in his favor. Rajan Salvi was the candidate for Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), the election to elect the speaker was held on the 1st day of the two-day special session of the Maharashtra Assembly. By…

The debate regarding the issue of the Uniform Civil Code has been ongoing since independence. Due to the absence of the Uniform Civil Code, the country has suffered a lot since independence. The unequal treatment of women in various religions has made the Uniform Civil Code a necessity in the country to protect their rights. The Uniform Civil Code (UCC), as defined under Article 44 of the Indian Constitution, states that it is the duty of the state to secure the Uniform Civil Code for the citizens of India. UCC’s goal is to achieve “One Nation-One Law.” Personal laws are…

Putting a full stop to week-long political drama in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena rebel leader Eknath Shinde and former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis took oath as the Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra respectively on Thursday evening. A day after former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackrey resigned, Shiv Sena rebel leader along with former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis took oath as the Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra respectively. The duo of Shinde and Fadnavis were administered the oath by Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari at Raj Bhawan on Thursday evening. As of now, only the CM…

On 29th June 2022, The Election Commission of India declared the date of the polls to elect the next Vice President Of India. The election of Vice President will take place on 6th August 2022. The polls which will give India its next Vice President will take place on July 6 with results to be announced on the same day. The election will be conducted from 10 am to 5 pm. The term of the current Vice President MVenkaiah Naidu will end on August 10. According to article 68 of the Constitution of India, an election to elect the Vice…

Maharashtra Chief Minister, Uddhav Thackrey, has handed over the ministries of five absent cabinet ministers and three state ministers to other ministers so that the ministries can continue to run smoothly for the public interest. Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackrey on Monday took a tough call and seized the portfolios of nine rebel ministers, who are currently holding in Guwahati, and handed the ministries over to other ministers. The decision was taken for the smooth running of the administration. The Shiv Sena currently has four cabinet ministers which include Chief Minister Uddhav Thackrey, Aditya Thackrey, Subhash Desai, and Anil Parab.…

Shiromani Akali Dal’s( Amritsar) Simranjit Singh defeats his Aam Aadmi Party’s rival Gurmail Singh by 7,000 votes from the Sangrur Lok Sabha seat, the seat was previously represented by current Chief Minister Bhagwat Singh Mann. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) faced a crushing defeat in the hands of Shiromani Akali Dal ( Amritsar) at the Punjab bypoll elections on Sunday, with Simranjit Singh Mann defeating AAP’s candidate Gurmail Singh by a margin of 7000 votes. With this, the AAP is left with no MPs in the lower house. The election was held following Bhagwant Mann’s resignation after being elected as…

The emergency declared by Mrs. Indira Gandhi was not the 1st emergency the country has faced. The country has been in a state of emergency two times in the past. The first emergency was declared in 1962, during the Indo-China war, and the second one in 1971, during the Indo- Pakistan war. What is an Emergency? Article 352 of the Indian Constitution says that a national emergency can be declared by the President of India if the security of the country is in danger and is threatened either by war,  internal disturbances, or external aggression. There are three types of…

Draupadi Murmu, who on Tuesday was named as NDA’s candidate for Presidential Polls scheduled to be held on July 18 is not a face known to many. Why did the BJP choose Murmu as its candidate? Read on to find out. Image Source : News18 Draupadi Murmu was born on 20 June 1958 in Baidaposi village of Odisha. She belongs to an Adivasi tribe named Santal.  Ms. Murmu was the 1st woman to hold the position of Governor in the state of Jharkhand. Murmu also served as a minister in the Odisha government when Biju Janata Dal (BJD) was in…

A massive earthquake struck Afghanistan on Wednesday which killed 1000 people and left 1500 injured. Image Source: The Daily Mail More than 1000 people were killed after a massive earthquake of 6.1 richter scales hit the eastern part of Afghanistan early on Wednesday. The meteorological department said the epicenter of the earthquake was in Afghanistan’s Paktika state, which is 50 kilometers away from the southwest city of Khosh. The tremors of the quake were also felt in Islamabad which is the capital of Pakistan. The officials said the earthquake caused more damage because the region was a mountainous region and…