The law and order situation of Uttar Pradesh has now become worrying even for the BJP high command, even though UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has been claiming that everything is under control. With the anti-CAA/NRC protests, the situation has deteriorated at an alarming rate, with incidents of police violence reported across media outlets. Now even the Uttar Pradesh High Court has expressed an opinion contrary to CM Yogi’s position on the law and order condition of the state, especially by convicting BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar in a rape case in Unnao. Additionally, the UP High Court has given a notice to the DGP and Home Secretary of UP over a recent incident inside the district court of Bijnor, where a man was killed in a court of the chief judicial magistrate! The Judges of the UP High Court have commented that when the person was not safe inside the court then where one can only imagine the deplorable state of law and order in UP now. Not only the courts, but unprecedented scenes could be seen even in the UP assembly, where Nand Kishor Gurjar, a BJP MLA, created ruckus inside the house when he raised the issue of deteriorating law and order in the state, defying the Speaker in the UP Assembly, Hriday Narayan Dikshit, and parliamentary minister Suresh Khanna. More than hundred BJP MLAs were supporting Nand Kishor Gurjar, to the Speaker’s dismay. Meanwhile SP, BSP and Congress MLAs were also supporting Nand Kishor Gurjar and MLAs gave the slogan “MLA Ekta Zindabad”. Gurjar’s defiance can be seen as a telltale sign of a stirring within the state unit of the BJP, who are worried about the utter lawlessness, rising police violence and increasing corruption in the Yogi government.
CM KEJRIWAL PRESENTS GOOD GOVERNANCE FOR A SECOND TERM
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has been working on an image makeover for a while now, even before political strategist Prashant Kishor was formally inducted to help in his upcoming assembly election campaign. Kejriwal is now focused on also wooing middle class voters and not just the poor. He no longer projects himself as a rebel fighting the establishment but he is now full time working to give relief in water, electricity and sewer line bills to the middle class and the urban poor in Delhi. CM Kejriwal is projecting his government for the stellar work done in health and educational sectors, and also in addressing pollution issues via the well-implemented odd-even scheme. He has also gotten rid of his trademark cough and muffler, and appears more measured, mellow and mature, ready to win over Delhi for a second consecutive time.
ONE YEAR SINCE POLL WIN, MP CONGRESS SEES INFIGHTING
It has been one year since Kamal Nath took over the chief ministership of Madhya Pradesh, along with the presidentship of the state Congress party. The National Working Congress president Sonia Gandhi is still searching for the state president candidate in place of Kamal Nath. Digvijay Singh, Jyotiraditya Scindia and Lakshman Singh, the brother of Digvijay Singh, are now working against the chief minister Kamal Nath in a fight for the coveted post of state presidentship of the party. Jyotiraditya Scindia has also expressed his bitter resentment against the working of the Chief Minister and wants the high command to give him state presidentship of the party, and has threatened that he would leave the Congress otherwise. Jyotiraditya Scindia has also demanded the waiving of loan for farmers up to Rs2lakhs.On the other hand, Digvijay’s brother Lakshman Singh also sat on dharna in front of his brother on the demand of making Chachaura a district. When asked about the rising infighting within Madhya Pradesh Congress, Shobha Ojha has underlined that the Congress has internal democracy and every leader has the right to criticize the working of the government. “We are one and every leader of the party is supporting the Chief Minister Kamal Nath for the uplifting of the State,” Ojha said.
BJP UNION MINISTERS TO LAUNCH CAMPAIGN FOR CAA-NRC
With the BJP ready to campaign in favour of the Citizenship Amendment Act, Union ministers are now busy drawing up tour plans and holding meetings with representative groups. Minorities Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi is set to travel not just to his home state of Uttar Pradesh but also to Maharashtra to quell concerns about the new law and its effect on Muslims. (IPA)
Modi Charisma Has Not Totally Waned 