Many SP veterans may turn to the BJP’s side in recent times. The anger of not being included in the Rajya Sabha nomination is now visible from the face of Naresh Agrawal. Sources reveal that he has had a detailed lengthy conversation with Nripendra Mishra in recent past and his path to BJP has been paved.

French President Macron is on a four-day visit to India, along with a group of 40 bigshot French businessmen who have come to India with an intend to invest large amounts in different sectors such as Railways, Smart Cities, Solar Energy, Civil Nuclear Corporation. Sources reveal that the Jaitapur Nuclear Power Plant, which is located in Maharashtra, is also prominent on the agenda of the French President who is keen to have a one-to-one interaction with PM Modi about this.
Back in 2009, during the UPA-II regime, a French company Areva SA had proposed a tender for a six-grid plant setup in India. In 2010, an agreement was sealed wherein Areva SA was to setup two nuclear plants in Jaitapur. Time passed-by and the governments in both nations changed. In 2011, when a tsunami occurred due to a leak from the Fukosima Nuclear Plant and brought along mass destruction, nuclear plants setups drew global criticism. Many self-help groups opened protests against these plants.
In the midst of all these upheaval, Areva SA was also surrounded by terrible economic difficulties and the company was taken-over by an other French company ‘Électricité de France’ and, thus, the Jaitapur Nuclear Power Plant was hovered by the clouds of uncertainty. But now the French President Macron is showing great interest in re-starting this project.

Meanwhile, an interesting turn came in the whole issue when a Russian gaint Rosatom (JSC Rosatom International) started showing interest in the Jaitapur Nuclear Power Plant. The Deputy Chief of the company visited India with his team in recent past. He primarly met with National Security Advisor Ajit Doval. It is said that soon after this meeting, Russian President Putin talked directly with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi about this.
It is to be believed that the name of Vladimir Putin and Mehsin Nishir is taken in the founders of this company.
Earlier, in the presence of Indian Prime Minister Modi and the then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, J Jayalalithaa, on August 10, 2016, Russian President Putin inaugurated the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant Units 5 and 6 in Tamil Nadu via video conferencing.
Production period of the Kudankulam plant is 60 years, which can be extended for another 20 years, and the cost of electricity generated from this is expected around Rs 3.89 per unit. Russia claims that the bidding amount sent by France is much higher than the market price. And if by any chance the French company gets the job, its fate may also be that of the Raphael deal, in which opposition parties will get a golden chance to attack the Modi government once again.

The Sangh’s newly found love for Dalits is uphill, and its glimpse was reflected in the recently concluded ‘Rashtrodaya Samagam’ in Meerut. Hoardings across the city were an effort to uplift the Dalit image. Contrary to its general beliefs, the Sangh’s Dalit love was all in melody. Have a look at the hoardings, and one can clearly judge the Sangh’s state of mind – ‘The glory that Brahmins like Vashishtha, Kshatriyas like Krishna, Vaishyas like Harsh and Shudras like Tukaram have brought to the Hindu religion, similarly Dalits like Valmiki, Chokhmela and Ravidas have, too.”
The reason behind this sudden love is the Sangh’s worry over the mass conversion of Dalits, Jats and Ahirs into Budhhism. In this initiative of the Sangh, more than one lakh of its workers participated from 14 districts of Western UP.
A new chapter has been initiated in the tradition of the Sangh that more and more number of workers of the Sangh are being encouraged to eat with the Dalits. Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat has himself initiated this chapter.
Another concern of the Sangh revolves around the tribals who are once again turning towards the Congress. Prior to 2008, tribal voters were inclined towards the Congress, but with an eye on a new hope, they proceeded towards the BJP. But after getting nothing but disappointment, their tilt is now once again towards the Congress and regional parties. In the recently concluded Gondwana convention, more than 50,000 tribals gathered after which a prominent statement of Mohan Bhagwat cautioning them from the regional parties.

Ever since Union External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has declined to contest the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections from the Vidisha seat – given her health concerns – the party veterans are in a haste to grab the golden opportunity. Madhya Pradesh’s Vidisha seat has a long standing legacy of the Sangh. It is not only the BJP’s stronghold, but also considered relatively easy and secure.
If sources are to be believed then BJP veteran Arun Jaitley may try his luck in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections from here. Some of the close aides of Jaitley visited Vidisha last week to assess the blooming prospects of Jaitley contesting the election from here by suggesting his name to the local politicians and workers. It is a well known fact that Jaitley has not won a single Lok Sabha election till now, and hence Vidisha may be the remedy to his indomitable desire to reach the Lok Sabha.

The mood of the nation is changing, its holy land has caught the sight of the devil once again. The temple-mosque issue is getting hot again, whose sparks can instigate a political momentum. Under such circumstances, it is becoming a difficult quest for Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad to protect a ‘Naag Devata’ (God of snakes). For some last 25 years, Ghulam Nabi has been living on 3, Safdarjung Lane in the Lutyens Zone of New Delhi. There is an ages old tree in his garden which is believed to reside a ‘Manidhaari Naag’ (snake with a precious gem on its head). So one fine night, people saw a bright light coming out of the tree and hence the devotees were quick enough to gather round with the milk bowls in their hands to feed it. The crowd thickened and so did the discussions around the precious snake-God. Ghulam Nabi was unable to prevent the people from coming to the tree, because it had associated religious beliefs. So later on he had to ask his gardener to put flowers in the circular shape around the tree so that no devotee can reach the deity and the precious snake remains safe.

BJP’s spectacular hi-tech headquarter on the Deen Dayal road of New Delhi is now operational but the BJP-beat focused journalists are all zipped up since their entry has been restricted to the ground floor. In other words, the BJP has shown the ground to the journalists, restricting their entry beyond the ground level. To reach out to the upper-floor seated party’s office bearers, an entry pass is required. In fact even if you want to meet the party’s general secretaries, the pass is a must. In short – Where to fetch the news and off-the-record briefings from? The only person available is the party’s media in-charge Anil Baluni, whom you can easily meet, but who wants to meet him when the news source is seated upstairs?

After a bitter defeat in the recent by-elections held in Madhya Pradesh, Chief Minister Shivraj’s reign is all cry for help. While on the one hand the main Opposition party in the state – Congress – is busy preparing to encroach on the Shivraj throne, the saffron reign’s very own are in no mood to spare him. There are continuous rounds of serious discussions and calculations over Shivraj’s future in the BJP. According to information gathered from the sources linked to the RSS, the Sangh has conducted a state-wide opinion poll from an agency, and the results of this survey have raised the concerns of the Sangh. This survey states that if elections are held in Madhya Pradesh right now, then BJP’s presence might be even lesser that 100 in the 230-members assembly. In the last election, 165 out of 230 seats in the state fell into the BJP’s court. Now elections in the state may be held in November-December and in view of this, Sangh has identified such 73 outgoing BJP MLAs for whom there is a lot of anger in the public with regard to their work. Sangh is now of the opinion to cut-off the tickets of these 73 legislators and introduce new faces in their place. It is believed that this damage control plan of the Sangh has been green-signalled by BJP’s top leadership. Now Shivraj’s dilemma swings around the fact that the majority of these 73 MLAs are his close aides, but obviously it is better to zip it than lose his own ticket. Silence in politics is not only a weapon but an armor, too, and who can know this better than Shivraj?

The heat of electoral results has forced Shivraj to change the his political game. Anyway, for the past several months, Shivraj was busy trying to get out of his pro-farmer image. Instead now he’s busy with his pro-women agenda these days. Compared to men, the sex ratio of women in the state is around 49 per cent. The history is evident that the women’s votes also fall in the same bulk, which plays an important role in the fall or the formation of any government. So, knowing that women are of religious propensity, Shivraj has been of late scripting a lot of ‘dharam-karam’ in his speeches. Earlier too Shivraj used to participate in religious rituals, but these days he seems to have wrapped a Rama-cape around him. In his defence to the sudden beyond farmer approach can be that ever since the central government has implemented the Pradhamnatri Fasal Bima Yojana, the issue of crop compensation and loan waiver to farmers is no more under the umbrella of the state government and now directly lies with the Center. Anyhow the Shivraj government owes the farmers some Rs 2600 crore. The state government’s treasury is empty for the farmers. Apex Bank does not have money. Talking about only the year 2016, this year almost 18 lakh farmers were insured under the scheme but, tragic enough, the farmers couldn’t even retain the invested amount let alone the crop compensation. Now the anger of the farmers has boiled right up on Shivraj, and so he has gone to the refuge of women. Perhaps he has forgotten that there is a considerable number of women voters in the farming families, too.

For the past 5 months, Shivraj Singh Chauhan is going through a lot of tension. Sources say that due to stress, he has also caught onto diabetes. In the cabinet meetings of Tuesday, many voices of dissatisfaction have also started emerging. Anyhow, ever since Anandiben Patel has taken over the responsibility of the governor of the state, the sources say that she has summoned various departments’ secretaries and is personally reviewing their presentations. The Vyaapam scam too has yet not fully furnished to the cold beds. Sources also claim that many political ambitions have been eased in the flame of Vyaapam. Uma Bharti’s declaration of not contesting the next election is also a hint in this direction. God bless the heavyweight Union minister whose close judge-relative has given a clean chit to Shivraj in this case. This Union minister’s eye is on the PM’s post for 2019 and now, Shivraj could also have to support him.