This 23 January is the 125th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is going to Kolkata to commemorate the occasion, where the PM will address a public meeting. BJP’s plan is to take this address of PM to the villages and hamlets of Bengal. For this, the speech will be broadcast live on various news channels and will be made accessible to the common people’s mobile through social and digital media. BJP workers and the leaders will ensure in the villages and hamlets that no Bengali is deprived of listening to Modi. PM Modi himself is taking the election of Bengal very seriously and even this time PM did not send any congratulatory message to the Chief Minister of Bengal on the occasion of her birthday. On the other hand, Mamta Banerjee is also engaged in efforts to make Netaji’s 125th birth anniversary memorable. Mamta has formed a committee on Netaji’s nephew Subroto Bose, Nobel laureate and many famous artists of Bengal who will ensure how to make Netaji’s birthday a memorable one. Didi plans to set up an international university like Harvard in Netaji’s name. Notably, on March 21, Mamta herself will lead a big foot march, which will leave from Netaji’s house and culminate at Subhash Chowk. Remembering Netaji during upcoming eletion season is an obvious decision.

In Arunachal Pradesh, 6 out of 7 JDU MLAs have joined BJP, out of which three are MLAs who were already issued show cause notices due to their involvement in anti-party activities. The most important thing is that in the coming few days, the JDU’s national executive has been called in which these MLAs were to be included. Anyway, JDU was giving its support to the BJP running the government in Arunachal, however, post this incident, it is said that Nitish is very angry with the development. Now he has to decide whether Nitish will join the government, with his quota ministers in the Modi cabinet which will be expanded anytime between January 14 to January 31? Anyway, even though Nitish has sworn in as the Chief Minister of Bihar for the seventh time, this time he is seen working under pressure. Whether it is the matter of electing the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly or the formation of the Cabinet, BJP has dominated Nitish. It is now said that Nitish is waiting for his long time friend Lalu Yadav to come out of the jail after which he might take a big decision.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi always thinks ahead of time perhaps that is why without caring for the court ban, he conducted ‘bhumi pujan’ of the new Parliament House in New Delhi and has also set new hopes for the future on the saffron front. Just think about what will happen when Lok Sabha seats undergo delimitation and states will get the representation of seats according to population. At that point, 40 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar can touch 70 in the new delimitation and Madhya Pradesh’s existing 29 Seats can cross the 50 marks. As such, there is an imbalance of Lok Sabha seats by population in the current era. When the last time the number of seats was fixed in the seventh decade, the allocation of seats was done under the principle of giving equal representation to all the states. But after this, the pace of increasing population has disturbed this balance, as the population of North and Eastern states grew fastest, while the rate of increase of population in Southern states remained constant. This is the reason that the total population of Tamil Nadu is less than seven crores and there are 39 MPs of Lok Sabha, whereas the population of Madhya Pradesh is more than seven and a half crores and there are only 29 seats. UP has 80 seats whereas it is the most populous state. For UP, there is one MP on a population of 30 lakhs, while Tamil Nadu has one Lok Sabha seat on a population of 16-17 lakhs. If the population of this 16–17 lakh population is to be measured, then 150 seats have to be made in UP alone. A state like Rajasthan will also have to be given at least 50 seats. One way of this can also be the division of states with more population, as the BJP is thinking in the context of UP. The new Parliament House, which can be completed by October 2022, will have a total seating capacity of 880 members of the Lok Sabha, which can be increased to 1224, in the present Parliament House this capacity is only 550 members. There is a seating arrangement of 250 MPs in the current Rajya Sabha, while arrangements for 332 Rajya Sabha MPs will be made in the new Parliament House. Though there is a ban on increasing the number of seats in Parliament till 2026, the majority government can change the decision whenever it wants. Based on the population and the number of Lok Sabha seats, the Modi government can enact a new delimitation law. Senior journalist and editor Ajit Dwivedi says that it could have been done on the basis of the 2021 census, but due to the corona, the population census of 2021 has not started, but the government can complete it even if delayed it by a year. That is, the elections of 2024 can be done on the basis of newly delimited seats, then the seats of the for South India may remain the same, but the seats in the North and East can increase significantly and this is probably the most favorable for the BJP.

Is the central government behaving, in the same manner, keeping in view the severity and intensity of the farmers’ movement? The matter is in the court and the Supreme Court is talking about forming a committee, and even the government expects solace from the court. When asked why the farmers were blocking the way, the farmers said that they wanted to come to Ramlila Maidan and Jantar Mantar for the demonstration, but the police stopped them at the border. On questioning as to why the 5-time talks with the government were dissolved, the farmers say counter-question as to why they were not shown the draft of this agricultural law, why any advice was not taken from them, and which farmer organization demanded them to make such a law. Sources reveal that the government has now agreed to find a middle ground, amending the agricultural bill following which the right to implement it will be handed over to the states and therefore it will be the will of the state governments whether they implement it or keep it in in cold bag like Punjab and Haryana governments. This means that not only will the union government save its face, but the anger of the farmers of Punjab and Haryana will also mellow down. Now leaders like Kejriwal are trapped on this issue. First, their AAP government has hastily notified this new agricultural bill, now to show and save its credibility, Kejriwal is tearing up the bill because the Aam Aadmi Party is looking to contest in Punjab assembly election.

The zeal and passion of the Annadata during the ongoing farmer protest, has made sure that the ruling party listens to them, and as a two-way communication has been formed, so both the farmer and the government are listening to each other. The government hopes that someday farmers will agree because the government is ready to accept 12 out of 15 demands of the farmers, an amendment bill can also be brought for this, but the farmers want this agriculture bill to be rolled back. On the other hand, the government wants to indicate that neither did the agitators win nor did the government lose. Leaders like Rakesh Tikait are working as a dialogue bridge between the government and the farmer, and therefore he tweeted on Friday that both farmers and the government should back off a little. However, the primary organization of the agitation – All India Kissan Sangharsh Samanvay Samiti – in short, the Coordination Committee, does not agree with Tikait’s opinion. Unfortunately, three big farmers’ leaders, Dr. Sunilamay, Raju Shetty, and VM Singh Corona were tested Corona positive. Therefore, media-friendly leaders like Tikait and Yogendra Yadav are gathering all the attention, however, the influx of farmers from the villages of remote Punjab, Bihar, UPA, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, and Haryana has remained constant. Top industrialists like Adani and Ambani also remain at the center of the resentment of the farmers. Farmers have questions that the Agricultural Law was passed in Parliament in 2020, but in 2018, Adani created 12 companies and many silos where food grains are stored. Now, farmers ask if these industrialists knew beforehand that these agriculture laws were coming up? FCI’s godowns have already been taken on lease by Adani and how a section of media is propagating that this movement of farmers has the support of extremist leaders. Moreover, few union ministers are two steps ahead and have claimed that the farmers’ movement is getting help from China and Pakistan.

When the Union Home Minister Amit Shah and the farmers’ organizations failed to reach an agreement after talks, some ministers of the government started advocating strict action. Sources reveal that many ministers were also of the opinion that farmers should be driven away from Delhi by following the Shaheen Bagh model, with the help of Para Military Forces. Sources reveal that input from intelligence agencies was also sought in this regard. The agencies alerted the government that the time had gone to take such strict measures, this would destabilize the atmosphere and violence could spread. Anyway, a large number of farmers are marching towards Delhi almost everyday. Sources reveal that when there was no talk between the Central Government and the Farmers’ Organization, there were such indications from within the government that if the farmers did not bother, then this case of agriculture bill could also go to the court, where its settlement can take years. So now the government also believes that the path can be taken out only by negotiation, hence the government now wants to show a lot of frankness on its behalf and it also wants to show the benefits to the farmers. Meanwhile, the Sangh is also trying to blunt the edge of this movement by joining the shoulders of the government. First, the Sangh put pressure on both its subsidiaries and got them the understand the government’s stand on the agricultural bill, while it founded a new farmers’ organization. An old volunteer who started this organization is said to be very close to a prominent leader of the Sangh, Dr. Krishna Gopal. Now this new organization can present an important challenge to the Bhartiya Kisan Sangh, a subsidiary of the Sangh.

No matter how hot the speculation market is that NCP supremo Sharad Pawar is going to get the chair of UPA chief as a gift on his 80th birthday, everyone knows that Sonia Gandhi has gone to Goa just because of her asthma. She has no intention of leaving the UPA chief’s chair. However, both the Congress and NCP parties have made it clear that such things are being thrown out only to divert attention from the farmer movement. Sources reveal that by making Rahul Gandhi the Congress president, Sonia would like to keep the responsibility of UPA chairperson with her. However, all is not going well between the Congress and the NCP in Maharashtra, nor is the Congress happy with this alliance of Shiv Sena and NCP, in which both parties collectively target the Congress. Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut’s statement is also to reinforce Pawar’s opinion that Congress is currently weak. Sharad Pawar will be 80 years old in the coming days. NCP will be looking for a bigger role in national politics but it is not possible at the expense of Congress.

Is it mere coincidence or something else that one or the other Congress leader creates controversy by his statement during an important election. This time, during the Bihar elections, the Congress leader is none other than P Chidambaram who has demanded restoration of article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir.

The demand is in sharp contrast with Hindu sentiments, which may go wrong for the Congress party. It was him who had called Lord Rama a fictional character on the Ram Set issue. The revelation now is that Chidambaram had demanded restoration of article 370 under pressure from central investigating agencies. The Congress leader might be playing in the hands of the saffron party because CBI, ED and IB have some of his important files.

It is not a new thing when a Congress leader has made an uncalled for statement during crucial elections. Mani Shankar Aiyar and Jairam Ramesh too had made controversial statements during 2014 general elections.

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) completed 95 years last week, but it looks like it is getting younger as it grows up. The organisation never looked so young as it looks today. It can be said that RSS, which came into being in 1925, is passing from its golden period.

RSS was founded in 1925 on Dussehra by Dr. Keshav Baliram Hedgewar, a former Congressman, in Nagpur.

Today, the Sangh has become one of the largest voluntary organizations in the world with more than 8 million members. The number RSS ‘Shakhas’ has also crossed 60,000 in the country and abroad. Also, the number of its affiliates is 30 and of which Vidya Bharati runs more than 14,000 schools across the country while more than 25,000 schools are run under Saraswati Shishu Mandir.

The Sangh had also introduced a new concept ‘Ekal Vidyalaya’ where a single teacher runs such schools and the number of such schools across the country has crossed the 1 lakh mark

RSS is considered an important contributor to the BJP’s roots in states like Assam and Tripura. At present, many Pracharaks of the Sangh occupy the position of Chief Minister and Governors in various states.

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself is one of the old Pracharaks of the Sangh. It is said that this time in the Bihar Assembly elections, dozens of BJP candidates have got tickets on the recommendation of the Sangh.

In the recent organizational reshuffle of the BJP, Sangh pracharak and party’s organization general secretary BL Santosh is believed to have played a crucial role. He was instrumental in forming the team of the party president JP Nadda.

Looking at the possibility of assembly elections and political situation in West Bengal, the cadre of RSS had become active in advance and perhaps that is why it is not so easy for people outside the Sangh to stay in the BJP.

here is no permanent friend or permanent enemy, only permanent interest. This is the game of politics which can be seen in Bihar elections where chief minister Nitish Kumar who parted ways with BJP when Narendra Modi was declared PM candidate is now happily sharing the stage with Modi.

Not only this, Kumar is stating in rallies that Modi will ensure Bihar’s development when the NDA returns to power once again.

In 2010, Nitish Kumar used to say when there is Sushil Modi, there is no need for any other Modi in Bihar. He even cancelled a dinner for NDA just because Narendra Modi was also scheduled to attend it and now it is the same Nitish Kumar, the Sushasan Babu, who is with Modi in rallies.

On the other hand, BJP somewhere feels that it is not that easy for NDA to spread its wings in Bihar under the leadership of Nitish Kumar and therefore the party strategists have started working on plan ‘B’, that is Nitish will not be chief minister of Bihar even if NDA wins the election.

However, the saffron does not want to sideline Nitish Kumar now because it knows that winning the general election in 2024 in Bihar is not easy without his support.

The party sources said that Nitish will surely become a union minister irrespective of the result of the Bihar election and he may get important portfolio like railways so that he does not part ways with NDA again.