Ever since the country’s new President Draupadi Murmu stepped into the Rashtrapati Bhavan, the atmosphere there has changed. For the officers and staff of Rashtrapati Bhavan, it is like a cool breeze, as unlike her predecessors, President Murmu has broken many declared myths as soon as he came. The staff of Rashtrapati Bhavan does not remember, if ever any President has sent Diwali sweets for them and their children at his or her own expense. Sources reveal that ‘the President’s expenditure on sweet boxes and gifts alone was about two to two and a half lakhs, which she himself bore.’ The staff of Rashtrapati Bhavan have become convinced of her simplicity, decency and ease of living. She also wakes up at three in the morning, then does an hour-long yoga and meditation routine, then leaves for her morning walk at four, which lasts about a quarter of an hour. Now only vegetarian food is cooked in the kitchen of Rashtrapati Bhavan without onion and garlic. The practice of non-vegetarian food has stopped. The kitchen of Rashtrapati Bhavan has also been asked to be closed by 10 pm. Earlier, the employees who went home after finishing duty late at night did not even get any traveling allowance, now they have started getting it. The President is well aware of the fact that the face of the new India is mostly formed by meeting the youth of the country, so in order to connect with the youth and understand their expectations properly, she is also using the social media platform ‘Facebook’ a lot. She takes time, makes short notes for her speeches, which are included in her main speech. If the top changes, surely its fragrance will be felt across the country.

A flamboyant scion of the Gandhi family, Varun, a poet by nature and scholar by hobby, was finalizing the presentation of his ambitious book ‘The Indian Metropolis’ on urbanisation, as Gandhi’s elder brother Rahul walked 3,600 km to ‘unite India’. The 824-page mammoth book hit the market as soon as it arrived and went on to become a ‘best seller’ with much fanfare like its predecessors. Rupa Publications, which published this book for Rs 1,500, claims that ‘this book broke all sales records as soon as it came in the market’. The book has sold more than seven thousand copies in the first two days itself.’ The publisher claims that ‘their first print run is of one lakh copies.’ The publisher also says that ‘they plan to achieve this target of sales achieve it easily as this book has created a huge ‘hype’ as soon as it came out.’ Varun has discussed in great detail the various forms of urbanization and their challenges in this ambitious book. In this research book contained in eight chapters, important issues like water and sanitation, crime in the city, health system, urban transport, urban unemployment, accessible housing for all have been deeply investigated.

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Mukesh Ambani has now made up his mind to invest in America. Reliable sources reveal that Ambani’s company Reliance has taken the services of a big PR company of America. The reason given was that Reliance Group has to expand in America. Last month, when Mukesh Ambani reached Washington DC, a senator there hosted a ‘breakfast’ in his honor, in which a total of 8 other senators also attended. These US senators are said to have invited Ambani to visit their respective states, saying ‘Ambani should come there and create new jobs in their states.’ In response, Mukesh reportedly told them that ‘Reliance Is always your friend’. Then at a dinner held by the American Congressman in which more than 30 senators attended, an ‘Indian American Group’ i.e. ‘Samosa Group’ has invited Mukesh Ambani as chief guest in one of its big programs in the coming summer. Be aware that this samosa group of Indian Americans has a lot of interest in American politics and the people who formed this group include well-known Indian Americans like Vice President Kamala Harris, Senator Raja Krishnamurthy, Ro Khanna, Dr. Amy Bera and Pramila Jayaram. In another US-related development, according to sources, two big wealth managers ‘Black Rock’ and ‘Black Stone’ who have invested billions in Adani’s ‘Green Energy’ say they will review their investments in Adani’s Green Energy. Are these people now trending towards Reliance?

Can Modi contest from Varanasi as well as any other Lok Sabha seat in South India in the 2024 general elections? If the claims of sources associated with the BJP are to be believed, then the answer is ‘yes’. The reason is very clear, at present the graph of BJP is on the upswing in the states of North and West India and gradually BJP has made inroads in the states of East also. The BJP’s real concern is about the 128 seats in the south where regional parties, including the Congress, continue to hold sway. The BJP is confident that ‘the arrow in its quiver named Modi, is the only answer to all these challenges.’ Sources associated with the BJP claim that ‘Ramanathapuram seat in Tamil Nadu is one of Modi’s favorite seats in the 2024 general elections from where he can think of contesting elections. BJP needs one such ‘master stroke’ for its expansion in South India. Apart from Ramanathapuram, the saffron party is already trying to gauge the public mood in Madurai and Coimbatore. If we talk about Ramanathapuram, the BJP was at the third place here, but by the time the 2019 Lok Sabha elections came, the BJP joined the main fight here and it stood at the second place. How South India fares in the agenda of Modi and BJP can be understand from two examples. ‘Tamil Sangam’ was started with great fanfare in Kashi and at the inauguration of ‘Central Vista’ in Delhi, PM recited the poem of Tamil Mahakavi Bharatiyar i.e. Subrahmanyam Bharathi. Modi’s expressions and his conduct itself give indications of his future strategies.

Mallikarjun Kharge, the new fledgling national president of the Congress, knows that Rahul Gandhi has some extra enthusiasm in his mind about Bihar. So, he is looking forward to infuse a new life into the Bihar Congress. This Friday, he virtually addressed a workshop organized at Sadakat Ashram, the state headquarters of Bihar Congress in Patna. This workshop was organized for the ‘Hath Se Hath Jodo’ campaign of the Congress, in which 500 delegates of the Bihar Congress were to participate, where around five hundred chairs were also set up. But it is said that hardly 150-200 delegates gathered in this workshop and later all the unoccupied chairs were removed in a hurry. After this there was again a ruckus in Bihar Congress that the names of fake delegates should be removed from the list. Soon after, Kharge summoned Bihar Congress President Akhilesh Singh to Delhi. In this program, a leader of Bihar Congress, Anil Sharma created a storm by saying that Congress should not run ‘Hath Se Hath Jodo’ campaign but ‘Dil Jodo’ campaign should be run. When Sharma was saying this, the program was being broadcast live.

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