Sources reveal that the message to the nation on Friday was written weeks ago when Captain Amarinder Singh had come to meet the PM and Amit Shah. The captain’s only request to the PM and Shah was that ‘it is imperative to repeal all three agricultural laws, only then they can go among the voters of Punjab with revered saffron beliefs. That happened, but even after the PM’s announcement, the farmers are still not agreeable, they are waiting for these laws to be repealed in the Parliament, while they are still adamant on their old demand for statutory guarantee on MSP. But so much distrust on the words of the PM is not right, it is a step to challenge the dignity of the high constitutional post of the country. The question is also a serious one as to what will happen to the PM’s associate minister Ajay Mishra Teni whose dismissal is demanded by the farmers. The farmers are still adamant on their old demands and in a little bit of exuberant enthusiasm, they are aware somewhere that their steely intentions and indomitable spirit has rewarded them. But even for the BJP government, this delayed bet of PM Modi is not going to be easy. When the bill to repeal the three agricultural laws is brought in the house, the opposition parties will create a lot of hue and cry over it, they will also raise the issue of the martyrdom of more than 700 agitators for which this movement had to pay a price. Is the bill of the three agricultural laws also going to have the same fate as the Modi government’s ‘amended land acquisition’ bill in 2014, which one day in 2015, it was suddenly announced by the PM in ‘Mann Ki Baat’ that the government will take it back. But will today in a changed scenario, millions of broken hearts and shattered beliefs can be taken back, including the pain of losing their loved ones.

In a fit of anger, Lalu Yadav called Bhakta Charan Das, Congress in-charge of Bihar, as ‘Bhak Chonar’ (Burbak), on which state Congress leader Anil Sharma tweeted reminding Lalu how Bhakta Charan Das had lived through the days of Lalu’s struggle. He was the ‘National Coordinator’ of the Sangharsh Vahini of the Janata Dal. Many Congress leaders made rounds of Kusheshwar Asthan, but after checking their social media accounts, it is found that there are pictures of offering prayers in the famous Bholenath temple of Kusheshwar Asthan, but there are no pictures of the election campaign. Perhaps this was the reason that not only did the Congress candidates get their security deposits forfeited on both the seats, but the party came in fourth place. While Chirag Paswan’s newly formed Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) came third. In Kusheshwar Asthan, Congress candidate Atirek Kumar got around 4.27 percent votes – only 5602 votes, while LJP (RA) candidate got 5623 votes. in Tarapur, Congress candidate Rajesh Mishra got 3590 and LJP (RA) candidate got 5364 votes. Most importantly, while JDU’s votes remained united, Lalu’s party got the same number of votes as it had in the last assembly elections. This shows that Lalu’s traditional vote bank- Muslim and Yadav- remained associated with him but forward and Dalit voters did not get along. Venugopal, who was coordinating the Bihar by-elections on behalf of Rahul, did not know the ABCD of Bihar. The leaders whom the Congress had made as its star campaigners, they themselves could not even bring a thousand votes in their election.

Rahul Gandhi’s concern is about the future of Congress in Bihar. Team Rahul still hopes that if the Congress gets a good leader in Bihar, then new doors of possibilities can open for the party there. Earlier, when Rahul held a meeting with the PCC chief, in-charge of Bihar and 19 party MLAs at his residence in Delhi, he had made it clear that the party would now move ahead on its own in the state. The by-elections of Tarapur and Kusheshwar Asthan came as a real ordeal for the Congress. In both these constituencies, the security of Congress candidates was forfeited. The biggest problem of Congress in Bihar is that every veteran leader of the party is sympathetic either to Nitish or Lalu. Rajesh Kumar Mishra, the Congress candidate in Tarapur, was a parachute candidate who came from America. He had nothing to do with the local party organization. The in-charge of the assembly Sameer Kumar Singh is who is close to Nitish Kumar. Sameer’s father has also been a minister in the Nitish government. When Sameer was filing his nomination for the seat of the Legislative Council, Nitish had helped him a lot internally.For the Kusheshwar Asthan by-election, Congress had initially made Shyam Sunder Singh Dheeraj in-charge but Lalu put pressure and got his confidant Akhilesh Singh appointed as in charge of the seat. Akhilesh was a minister in the UPA government in the quota of RJD. Rahul entrusted Meira Kumar and Nikhil Kumar to campaign here, but both these leaders were already in touch with Lalu and Lalu had promised to send them to Rajya Sabha. Tariq Anwar kept demanding a helicopter for himself from the party, but the helicopter was already occupied by the party’s local leaders. Three election meetings of Tariq were held selectively, but there was no crowd in that either. The state president Madan Mohan Jha and in-charge Bhakta charan Das held a press conference in Patna’s Sadaqat Ashram and openly declared that the Congress was not winning the election then who would cast vote for the Congress.

Markets of speculation are heating up again that a new coalition of power may start in Maharashtra. Sources say that very soon the future of Maha Vikas Aghadi government in Maharashtra is going to come to an end and Uddhav Thackeray is going to rule through old relations. With this changed alliance of BJP with Shiv Sena, the Sena can also breathe a sigh of relief in the coming BMC elections. It is said that Sharad Pawar had told Modi that he will take a U-turn in 6 months but when it did not happen, investigation agencies started targeting Pawar’s close friends. The arrest of NCP leader Anil Deshmukh is an example of this. Whereas former Mumbai Police Commissioner Parambir Singh, who accused Deshmukh, had on October 13 submitted an affidavit before the Justice K U Chandiwal Commission, admitting that he did not have any solid evidence to accuse Deshmukh of corruption worth Rs 100 crore. Now Nawab Malik, who is close to Pawar, may be another target. Malik has worked to expose NCB and Sameer Wankhede in the Aryan Khan case, but Nawab Malik’s past is creating trouble for him. The speculations of his underworld connections are being probed by the investigating agencies, so there may be another big blast in the coming days, in which Sharad Pawar can be hit again.

Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan may have got bail and is back home, but Shah Rukh is still not at peace and his real concern is about his son’s mental state. Sources close to Shah Rukh Khan say that ever since Aryan has come home, he is silent, in extreme shock, he is not talking to anyone and he is mostly spending time alone in his room. Aryan had left his house only on Friday to give his presence at the NCB office. If sources are to be believed, the days spent in Arthur Jail were nothing less than a torture for Aryan. For many days he could not sleep in the jail. Shah Rukh is in constant touch with an eminent mental health expert in America these days to help his son, an introvert by nature, get out of this phase of depression. It is said that those experts are behaving like Aryan’s life coaches these days. Shah Rukh wanted to take his son to America, but since Aryan’s passport is deposited with NCB, he cannot leave the country even if he wants to. So, these American experts are helping Aryan online. A close aide of Shah Rukh says that Aryan has been very introverted and shy since childhood and has also avoided cameras so these days he is finding it very difficult to adjust to the current situation. Somewhere in the whole world, there is a perception that Shah Rukh has become a victim of political disagreements. Rahul Gandhi’s recent statement in his support also reinforces this belief. Many foreign newspapers and magazines want to interview Shah Rukh Khan in detail to know his side on the issue of son Aryan, but he is refraining from saying anything on the issue because he does not want to make any fuss with the current system.

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