ISSUES AND CONCERNS

AAP as opposition Mascot! The ‘Grand Finale in 2024’ as some media men preferred to put it, the national Loksabha Election due in May 2024, has come into early focus, with the result of the five states that went into hustings during February/March 2022. The results have been largely on expected lines, with UP being firmly and solidly behind BJP and other 3 states too have toed the line to be in the BJP camp. However what is dramatic is the emergence of AAP, running away with almost 4/5th of the share of seats at 92 out of 117 in the election to Punjab assembly. That’s a huge stamp of approval. Suddenly, the so-called regional party of Delhi now has two states under its belt, the only non-BJP party, besides Congress to have government in more than one state. In Punjab AAP nearly demolished the previous government of Congress. DMK is only in Tamil Nadu, TRS or Telengana Rashtra Samithi is only in Telangana, TMC only in West Bengal, JD(U) only in Bihar, JD(S) only in Karnataka, NCP only i

ELECTIONS 2022-2024- WHAT NEXT ? Elections come and elections go. In a democracy it’s nothing new. It’s been happening for all the past 75 years. In the past we used to have what was called as General Election that is one country one election. For varieties of political reasons and machinations, it’s no more so. Due to this development, happened mostly during the period Indira Gandhi reigned, we have one Loksabha election for the whole country and state assembly elections on different dates. Hence there is election atmosphere during most part of the 5 years period, with election in one state or the other. With 8 elections due to be held in 2022, five of them are already over and the results of them are already there for all to see. Of the five states that went to elect its Members of Legislative Assembly, four have gone to the kitty of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), rightly or otherwise. Whether one likes it or not, at the end of the day JO JEETAA VAHEE SIKANDAR! The 5th state of Pun

UTTARAKHAND: A Nainital datelined news report “MBBS students tonsured, paraded with hands tied”, made a disturbed reading. According to a story filed by Sonali Mishra of Times Group, some 27 boys were seen being paraded with hands tied and they were tonsured. Reportedly they were made to walk in circles around the Haldwani Medical College campus. They were all first year MBBS Students, tells the report, while informing that a video was made of this “ragging”. Disturbed by the visual in the social media, netizens reportedly called out the administration of the college to take action against those responsible for the humiliation of these juniors. According to the report, in the video, 27 boys can be seen with their hands tied behind their back, looking down on the ground while walking in silence. Wearing doctor’s apron and mask with their heads shaven, they avoided eye contact with passersby and vehicles on the road, truly, a humiliating experience for those ‘hapless’ students. Reaction