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12 new members elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha, BJP becomes largest party in Upper House with 96 members

Proceedings of the Rajya Sabha are underway during the Monsoon Session of Parliament, in New Delhi. File. | Photo Credit: ANI Twelve candidates including nine from BJP, two from its allies in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and one from Congress have been elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha in the elections to vacant seats in the Upper House of Parliament. With the BJP increasing numbers in…

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बिना चुनाव लड़े जीती राज्यसभा की दो सीटें, जानें कौन कौन बने भाजपा सांसद

Assam News: असम की सत्तारूढ़ भारतीय जनता पार्टी (भाजपा) ने सोमवार को बिना चुनाव लड़े ही दो राज्यसभा सीटें जीत लीं। सोमवार को नामांकन वापस लेने की आखिरी तारीख थी, जबकि राज्य में होने वाले राज्यसभा उपचुनाव के लिए भाजपा की ओर से सिर्फ दो उम्मीदवार मैदान में थे। इसलिए, भाजपा क�� उन दोनों उम्मीदवारों को निर्विरोध निर्वाचित किया गया। राज्यसभा सांसद चुने गए दो नेताओं में एक रामेश्वर तेली हैं, जबकि दूसरे…

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In Assam, BJP picks two old loyalists for Rajya Sabha polls

The BJP has chosen two old loyalists as candidates in Assam for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections.

The ruling party has sufficient strength in terms of numbers and thus the opposition refrained from fielding candidates for the two vacant berths in the upper house of the parliament from Assam.

Source: bhaskarlive.in

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Deepak Prakash Appointed BJP Whip in Rajya Sabha

Former state president takes on dual roles, including co-in-charge of Bihar BJP. Deepak Prakash, BJP Rajya Sabha MP and former state president, has been appointed as the BJP Whip in the Rajya Sabha. RANCHI – Deepak Prakash, a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and former state president, has been given the responsibility of being the BJP Whip in the…

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रायपुर: राज्यसभा के लिए BJP प्रत्याशी राजा देवेंद्र प्रताप सिंह ने भरा नामांकन

राज्यसभा सांसद सरोज पांडे का कार्यकाल पूर्ण हो रहा है। ऐसे में एक राज्यसभा सीट के लिए 27 फरवरी को चुनाव होना है। इसके लिए बीजेपी ने राजा देवेंद्र प्रताप सिंह को राज्य सभा प्रत्याशी बनाया। देवेंद्र प्रताप सिंह ने आज विधानसभा में अपना नामंकन दाखिल किया। इस दौरान सीएम साय समेत मंत्रिमंडल मौजूद रहा। बताया जा रहा है कि राज्यसभा सीट के लिए कोई भी प्रत्याशी मैदान में नहीं उतर रहे हैं, तो ऐसे में…

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अशोक चव्हाण, मेधा कुलकर्णी आणि अजित गोपछडे यांना भाजपकडून राज्यसभेची उमेदवारी

मुंबई : भारतीय जनता पक्षाने आगामी राज्यसभा निवडणुकीसाठी त्यांच्या उमेदवारांची नावे जाहीर केली आहेत. भाजपमध्ये प्रवेश केल्याच्या २४ तासांनंतर अशोक चव्हाण यांना लगेचच राज्यसभेची उमेदवारी देण्यात आली आहे. त्याचबरोबर मेधा कुलकर्णी आणि अजित गोपछडे यांनाही राज्यसभेची लॉटरी लागलेली आहे. दुसरीकडे विद्यमान केंद्रीय मंत्री नारायण राणे यांचा पत्ता मात्र भाजपने कापलेला आहे. भाजपचे सरचिटणीस विनोद तावडे तसेच…

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হুইল চেয়ারে বসেই রাজ্যসভায় মনমোহন, ‘প্রভুকে বলুন দেখে শিখতে’, BJP-র শ্লেষের পাল্টা কংগ্রেস

নয়াদিল্লি: ইতিহাস অন্তত তাঁর প্রতি সদয় হবে বলে মন্তব্য করেছিলেন একসময়। আজও জাতীয় রাজনীতিতে তাঁর সেই উক্তি ঘুরেফিরে আসে বার বার। মণিপুর হিংসা, দিল্লিতে আমলা নিয়োগ সংক্রান্ত বিল নিয়ে যখন উত্তাল সংসদ, সেই সময় সোমবার দেখা মিলল দেশের প্রাক্তন প্রধানমন্ত্রী মনমোহন সিংহের। অসুস্থ শরীর নিয়ে, হুইলচেয়ারে বসেই রাজ্যসভায় প্রবেশ করলেন নবতিপর মনমোহন। রাজ্যসভায় তাঁর এই উপস্থিতি সাড়া ফেলে দিয়েছে নেট দুনিয়ায়।…

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Homeless NDA Ministers

IMC WEB DESK NEW DELHI: Indian politics defines transition. Elections saw Modi as the PM heading NDA-led coalition government. Soon after, former Union Ministers asked to vacate their designated homes

NDA goes through changes

Indian politics witnessed weighty changes in 2024. On 7th June 2024, Narendra Modi confirmed the support of 293 MPs to Droupadi Murmu, the President of India. This marked Modi’s third term as Prime Minister and his first-time heading NDA-led coalition government with the Telugu Desam Party of Andhra Pradesh and Janata Dal (United) of Bihar emerging as two primary alliances.

A noticeable step taken by the Directorate of Estates (DoE) under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) surely makes up for a sweeping swap!

DoE served a notice to few of the former Union Ministers in Indian Politics to vacate their official accommodation in Delhi’s Lutyens’ by 10 July as requests for accommodation pour in from newly appointed ministers.

All Union ministers and ministers of state (MoS) in Indian politics are entitled to a ‘Type VIII’ bungalow in Delhi’s Lutyens’. Former ministers have to vacate such an accommodation when they lose their ministerial berth, according to the DoE rules.

NDA-led coalition government have removed thirty-seven formers ministers in from Narendra Modi’s Union Council of Ministers. Indian politics stands synonymous to shifting gears.

Significant leaders in Indian politics namely Smriti Irani, Arjun Munda, R.K Singh, Niranjan Jyoti, Sanjeev Balyan, and Rajeev Chandrashekhar, lost in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections. Others, such as Anurag Thakur, Narayan Rane, and Parshottam Rupala, won but did not get a ministerial berth this time. Some, such as Meenakshi Lekhi, did not get a ticket to contest the polls as the BJP replaced them with new faces. When the nation asks what is politics, well this is the face of real Indian Politics.

The DoE notice will be followed by a show cause notice eventually leading to an eviction notice.

Indian politics is often referred as the dance of democracy! While few ministers might still be showing unwillingness to vacate, there are others who have been upfront in changing their designated accommodation.

Former Education minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, who was served with an eviction notice by the Directorate of Estates recently, has also conveyed that he would be vacating the 27, Safdarjung Road bungalow.

Lutyens-Landmark in Indian Politics

Spread across an area of 23.60sqkm, The Lutyens Bungalow Zone is home to the luminaries of Indian Politics as well as high-net-worth individuals with about 3000 government-owned bungalows.

Serving NDA Union ministers were eligible for accommodation as allotted by the DoE. House committees of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha secretariats are the competent authorities to allot accommodation to MPs.

Members are entitled to a licence-fee free flat or hostel accommodation throughout their term of office.

Members are entitled to water supply without payment of charges up to 4000 kl per annum. They are eligible for electricity up to 50,000 units (25,000 units measure on light meter and 25,000 units on power meter or pooled together) per annum beginning from January 1 every year.

Other facilities include- washing of sofa covers and curtains every three months. Furniture within the monetary ceiling of Rs 60,000 in respect of durable furniture.

They are also allowed for a 25 per cent remission in the rent on account of any improvement or addition made to it or any additional service provided thereto by way of furniture, electrical equipment and other services.

Editor’s Note

Around 50 former union ministers and MPs from the last Lok Sabha have been sent notice by DoE to vacate their official accommodation. Home is always closest to ones heart and when it is in the poshest locality of the capital and earned through valid eligibility, the address caries a myriad of meaning for the resident. Apparently it is just might be a regular governmental procedure but delving deep, slight feeling uprootedness might haunt souls of Indian politics.

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I'm sorry to bother you but all the elections stuff is really confusing me and i don't know what's happening

I'm not at the age of voting but will be by the time of the next elections

Again sorry to be a bother

Not a bother at all! And good on you for wanting to learn about this stuff already! The more informed you are by the time you are of voting age, the more informed of a decision you can make 🙂

Full disclosure, I'm not a social scientist or anything, just an average Indian citizen/voter with some academic expertise (not in this field). If someone reading all this finds something wrong, please feel free to point it out, preferably politely.

TL;DR : Indian parliamentary system is built to thrive on diverse viewpoints representative of its people. An attempt to smooth out dissensions and differences without healthy discussion goes against a democratic system. What we are happy about this week is election of a healthy opposition and a coalition that has the potential of keeping power concentration into one hands in check.

This is a bit of an expansive topic but I'm gonna break down certain key terms that you're gonna hear a lot in the news or other election commentary in the next few days. I'm not sure how much of a background knowledge you already have, so this is super long and detailed. Sorry about that in advance! Take your time reading this, or use it as a reference. Up to you! Follow up questions are more than welcome.

The Indian Parliament: The Indian Parliament is split into two houses, the Lower House or the Lok Sabha/House of the People, and the Upper House or the Rajya Sabha/Council of States. Lok Sabha members are appointed through elections while Rajya Sabha members are selected by the State Legislative Assemblies (Vidhan Sabha) and the President. When a new law is proposed as a bill or an ammendment to the constitution is proposed, it must pass through BOTH the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha.

The Lok Sabha: Lok Sabha has a total of 543 seats, representing 543 electoral constituencies throughout the country. Note that these 543 constituencies aren't exactly based on existing district divisions (eg: The Ayodhya district in UP is in the Faizabad constituency). Constituencies are split by population density. This means a region with more people will have more seats/stronger voice in the Lok Sabha. As a result, the largest state by area, Rajasthan has 25 seats in the Lok Sabha, while the most densely populated state of Uttar Pradesh has 80 seats in the Lok Sabha despite being the 4th largest state in the country. Also means if a political party bags UP, it gives them a huge leg up in winning Lok Sabha elections. To form a government, a political party or a group of political parties (a coalition) needs to have majority in the Lok Sabha. This mean winning over 272 seats or in other words, winning majority votes in 272 or more constituencies. Lok Sabha elections happen every 5 years, and the one that just happened, was a Lok Sabha election.

Important parties and alliances to keep in mind while parsing the news and comments are :

Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP): The ruling party that formed the government in the past two Lok Sabha terms (10 years). Note that in the 2014 and 2019 elections, BJP won a majority without forming an alliance with any other party. BJP's core politics are right-wing, which typically translates to capitalism, socially conservative, and maintaining class hierarchy as a form of order and structure in society.

Indian National Congress (INC or Congress): The main opposition party against the BJP. Indian National Congress's politics are liberal/center. While their polities don't entirely dismantle class/caste divide, they don't entirely aim to privatize sectors or take capitalism as the end all be all.

National Democratic Alliance (NDA): BJP-led coalition that secured majority in Lok Sabha elections and will form the government for the upcoming election term.

Indian National Development Inclusive Alliance (INDIA): Congress led coalition which didn't get the majority, but did secure 232 out of the 543 seats in the Lok Sabha. Even though those that are part of the INDIA coalition won't be forming the government, they will be present in the Lok Sabha as the elected representative of their respective constituency to voice their opinion on any motion that passes through the Lok Sabha.

Janta Dal (United) or JD(U): A political party from Bihar led by Nitish Kumar. JD(U) is currently part of the NDA, however JD(U) joined NDA pretty much right before the elections. As a matter of fact, Nitish Kumar has a tendency to switch sides depending on what he thinks would ensure his power and position. In 2014, when it became apparent that BJP was aiming for a Modi-led government and that Nitish, as someone who is not formally in BJP, didn't stand a chance of even being a cabinet minister, much less the Prime Minister, Nitish left NDA. However, back then, BJP managed to get a clear majority and Nitish's pullback didn't have weight. However, with JD(U) winning 12 seats in this election and BJP having to rely on a coalition government, Nitish's pullback has weight. At the time of writing this, word on the street is Nitish is sticking with the NDA and has made demands for 2 cabinets being handed over to JD(U) (See below cut for info on what is a cabinet).

Telugu Desam Party or TDP: Led by Chandrababu Naidu, TDP is a party with a stronghold in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Currently also in the NDA coalition, TDP managed to win 16 seats in Andhra Pradesh. While Chandrababu Naidu isn't as much of a flip-flopper as Nitish, he has been fairly outspoken against the Modi government in the past. That being said, word on the street is also that Naidu garu may have been offered the position of the Lok Sabha Speaker (as in the person who mediates Lok Sabha discussions) and to also assign 2 cabinet berths to TDP in exchange for their continued support of NDA.

Other notable parties and names:

- DMK : Won 22 seats in Tamil Nadu. Is in the INDIA coalition/opposition. Led by M. K. Stalin.

- AITC or TMC: Won 29 seats in West Bengal. Is in the INDIA coalition/opposition. Led by Mamata Banerjee.

- SP : Won 37 seats in Uttar Pradesh. Is in the INDIA coalition/opposition. Led by Akhilesh Yadav.

All in all, the Indian parliamentary system allows for diverse voices and points of view to be a part of the discussion regarding national policies and lawmaking, even if the said voice doesn't make the ruling government. Something also to keep in mind about Indian politicians specifically is that they rarely think about public welfare and rather prioritize their personal hold on power. None of them are above the other when it comes to scheming on how to maintain power and these schemes often involve tactics to deflect their accountability towards the people.

In its decade long term, BJP as a ruling party has invested on multiple levels to maintain a one-man stronghold. I want to keep this answer objective and won't comment on any specific ruling. However, know that a one-man stronghold and a weak opposition defeats the purpose of the parliament and the constituencies. What most people are celebrating today is having a healthy opposition in place in addition to a coalition which would be a sort of check against power being concentrated into one person's hand.

When you vote in the next election, keep in mind that Indian politicians aren't like bands or artists you should root for. What you will be electing them to are positions of public service. Their priority is power and YOUR vote helps them have that. You are not answerable for their loss, THEY are answerable to YOU.

Also whoever you elect to the Lok Sabha is among the candidates in your constituency. A random schmuck from South Delhi who voted for BJP didn't vote for Modi, they voted for Ramvir Singh Bidhuri, the BJP candidate running from South Delhi. You could make the argument 'they voted for Modi Sarkar!' but the real, flesh and blood person that vote put in the parliament was not Narendra Modi, it was Ramvir Singh Bidhuri. Only people in Varanasi could vote directly for Modi because he contested from there. Had Modi lost the Varanasi seat, he wouldn't have been a member of the Lok Sabha. In which case, even if BJP or NDA made the government, Modi would have to become a part of the Lok Sabha or the Rajya Sabha in the next six months to be chosen as the Prime Minister. Long story short, learn more about the constituency you are in, the candidates and parties in that constituency, the demographic of your community, the problems it faces, and in light of all of that, who is the best candidate to represent your community's voice in the Lok Sabha.

Adding an additional note cabinets, but I think that's a little tangential so it's under the cut. Again, follow up questions more than welcome. Hope this helps you make some sense of the mess that is Indian electoral politics!

Cabinets and Socialism: A Cabinet Minister assumes leadership of one of the 53 ministries within the government. Most countries around the world, regardless of their government system, have a similar structure. Though, I do want to point out that India is a Socialist Republic. What this means, is that there are entire sectors that are folded into a centralized, government funded cabinet as opposed to a third party, like a private company, being responsible for it. Indian Railways are a great example for this. From literally manufacturing trains to operating railway stations to laying down rail lines to issuing tickets, the Ministry of Railway is responsible for all of it. While Indian Railways do have subdivisions to handle different aspects, the Minister of Railways is in-charge of the management of ALL of those subdivisions. There are also sectors like Aviation or Telecom where while the government doesn't own ALL airlines or telecom companies, the government does have it's own public funded unit (Air India in case of aviation and BSNL and MTNL in case of Telecom) and there are cabinet ministers who oversee the management of these units in addition to laying out guidelines and regulations which the entire sector has to follow.

Socialist structures with their govt centralized system help regulate cost and keep cost inflation in check because the purpose of a cabinet that runs on government money is public service, not profit margin (eg: general compartment train tickets are affordable and have been affordable for a long time). In the meantime, privatization of sectors may increase efficiency of a service (eg: Ministry of External Affairs outsourcing passport services to TCS has been a huge success), it may also drive cost inflation, unless checked on by the ministry responsible for the third party contract. We will find out who in the NDA will lead which cabinet on June 8.

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BJP is buying votes, leaders are embezzling money given to voters: AAP

Sanjay Singh Image: ANI AAP Attacked on BJP : The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is buying votes ahead of the Delhi Assembly elections. AAP claimed that BJP state unit leaders had also embezzled “vote buying money”. Addressing a press conference, Aam Aadmi Party Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh alleged that the BJP has allotted Rs 10,000 per voter…

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Last Updated:January 08, 2025, 09:38 ISTOne Nation One Poll JPC Meeting: The panel has 27 members from the Lok Sabha and 12 from the Rajya SabhaThe meeting has been called by JPC Chairman PP Chaudhary. (Image: PTI File)One Nation One Poll JPC Meeting: The first meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on One Nation, One Election is set to begin at 11 am on Wednesday. The committee members will be briefed by officials of the Union Law and Justice (legislative department) officials.The 39-member joint committee of Parliament is headed by BJP MP PP Chaudhary, who called the meeting.The panel members of all major parties, including Priyanka Gandhi Vadra of the Congress, Sanjay Jha of the JD(U), Shiv Sena’s Shrikant Shinde, AAP’s Sanjay Singh, and TMC’s Kalyan Banerjee, are expected to join the meeting.Chaudhary is a former minister of state for law.The Constitution (129th Amendment) Bill and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill were introduced in the Lok Sabha during the Winter Session and referred to the committee.The government decided to increase the committee’s strength from 31 to 39 as more political parties expressed the desire to be part of the exercise to examine the two draft legislations on simultaneous elections.Former Union ministers Anurag Thakur, Parshottam Rupala and Manish Tewari and several first-term lawmakers, including Bansuri Swaraj and Sambit Patra, are also members of the committee.The panel has 27 members from the Lok Sabha and 12 from the Rajya Sabha.(With PTI inputs)News india One Nation One Poll JPC’s First Meeting At 11 AM, Law Ministry Officials To Brief Members atOptions = 'key' : '6c396458fda3ada2fbfcbb375349ce34', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 60, 'width' : 468, 'params' : ;

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Bharat may be perhaps only country which has two names through Constitution. Unfortunately, Bharat carried dual name of the country with British legacy “India” name given a constitutional provision. Present truly nationalist Bharat government has thus given people of this great nation a pleasant surprise that too on the occasion of global G-20 summit in New Delhi when top leaders of various countries coming to Bharat may be made automatically aware that this great nation is now known as Bharat rather than India. Demand for such a change is not new. Uttar Pradesh state assembly comprising of political parties now critical of the move, once unanimously passed resolution in this regard. Well-known film actress Kangna Ranaut in the year 2021 also raised demand to know country as Bharat only. There was a private-member’s bill in this regard in the Lok Sabha in the year 2012, which unfortunately was not taken seriously at that time. It is noteworthy that governments of Srilanka and Myanmar long back gave their countries new names by doing away with names Ceylon and Burma to eliminate signs of British slavery. Bharat government may now rectify distorted spellings in Roman script of all Indian cities as given in British regime to their actual pronunciations like has been rightly done in case of some cities like Jullundur spelt as Jalandhar and Simla as Shimla. But in case of most other such cities including even the capital city Delhi, such rectification is much awaited. Meerut, Bareilly etc are other such examples. Spellings of all such cities in Roman script should be changed according to their actual pronunciation in one go. For example, Delhi is distorted spelling of what it should be Dehli which in Hindi means entrance. BJP Parliamentarian Vijay Goel on 24.07.2019 in Rajya Sabha raised a demand to rename Delhi but as Dilli which should have been as Dehli by all logics as Dilli in itself is a distorted name. Bangladesh and China changed spellings in Roman script of their capital cities as Dhaka and Beijing respectively in place of earlier Dhaka and Peking. Central government should also accept long-pending resolution of West Bengal state assembly to rename the state as Bangla. Only old-timers know that since western part of pre-independence undivided Bengal came to India, the state was named as West Bengal, and East Bengal turned into East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). New generation is confused why and how a state in eastern part of the country is named with prefix West. Proposed name will be one-worded and will not be able to be abbreviated like names AP, UP, HP, AP, MP etc. Rather to avoid such abbreviations and confusion (AP stands for both Andhra Pradesh and Arunachal Pradesh), names of states like Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh should be changed to like “Andhra”, Uttaranchal”, “Himachal”, Arunachal” and “Madhyanchal”. Constitution should be amended whereby names of all institutions including High Courts named after states or cities may be auto-changed with change in names of state or city. Names of Bombay High Court and Madras High Court still remain the same despite renaming of respective cities as Mumbai and Chennai decades back. There are too many Rampurs (32) and Bilaspurs in India which require renaming to avoid confusion. New names can be after heroic characters of Ramayan and Mahabharat. Tamilnadu government in the year 2020 renamed and re-spelt, and rightly so, distorted names or spellings of more than 1000 cities, towns and villages to their original ones in one go. Prefixes of monarchy nature should be removed from Rajmata Vijaya Raje Scandia Marg and Shrimant Madhavrao Scindia Marg in New Delhi in the manner that there are no such pre-fixes in roads named after Samrat Prithviraj etc in roads named after them. If Bhopal can have an important road named simply as Madhavrao Scindia Marg, there is no reason that road in New Delhi may also be likewise named simply

as Madhavrao Scindia Marg removing monarchy prefix of Shrimant Likewise Rajmata Vijaya Raje Scindia Marg should be renamed as Vijaya Raje Scindia Marg. Dual naming exists unfortunately in names of roads also that too in capital city of Delhi directly under nose of Parliament, It is a well known fact that popular nouns are never translated. Even then Sansad Marg is unfortunately has officially dual name with Parliament Street in English. All roads in Delhi should be uniformly known as Marg (including in Roman scripts) like in Kolkata all roads are known as Sarni, those in Mumbai as Path and Salai in Chennai even in Roman scripts. Even the then UN General Secretary Ban ki Moon appreciated Hindi at World Hindi Conference held at New York. The then US President George Bush had accepted Hindi to be amongst popular world-languages being considered to be taught in US in an effort to make his country stay ahead in the fast changing-world. All developed countries including China, Russia, France, Germany and Japan proudly use their own languages at all international levels without feeling shy of not communicating in English. On the other side, it is matter of great regret and disgrace that even several prominent-most Hindi newspapers especially published from Delhi forcibly induce English words both in Devnagri and Roman scripts in name of language of commoners. It is also time that now almost forgotten Sanskrit which is a treasure of scientific and medicinal research should be revived that too at a time when even NASA and Germany are engaged in doing research of hidden aspects of great importance from Sanskrit. Constitution of Bharat had originally provided that Hindi shall be the only official language of the country from 26.01.1965. But despite strong opposition of his own party-member Seth Govind Dass defying the party-whip in Lok Sabha, the then Congress Prime Minister amended the Constitution to continue English also as official language even after 26.01.1965. It may be recalled that 26.01.1965 was a historic day when Akashwani replaced All India Radio even in English news bulletins with Prime Minister called Pradhan Mantri and Defence Minister called Raksha Mantri even in English news-bulletins, a healthy initiative reversed soon after. But since such orders cannot be changed so conveniently in armed forces, their commands continue to be in Hindi like Saavdhaan (earlier Attention) and Vishram (earlier Stand-At-Ease) even now after 26.01.1965. It is a wrong perception that English words have become part of vocabulary of commoners. It all depends on governments and political leaders how commoners can be put into practice to get relieved from British legacy of English. Glorious example is Doordarshan which is a common household name for all people only because Central Government never tried to give its English alternative like has been wrongly done in dual naming of official broadcaster as Akashwani and All India Radio. However while renaming of institutions after knowing the country by name of Bharat, efforts must be made to name institutions in other regional languages also apart from Hindi. Writer is a Guinness Record Holder for letters in newspapers and an RTI consultant

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Bharat may be perhaps only country which has two names through Constitution. Unfortunately, Bharat carried dual name of the country with British legacy “India” name given a constitutional provision. Present truly nationalist Bharat government has thus given people of this great nation a pleasant surprise that too on the occasion of global G-20 summit in New Delhi when top leaders of various countries coming to Bharat may be made automatically aware that this great nation is now known as Bharat rather than India. Demand for such a change is not new. Uttar Pradesh state assembly comprising of political parties now critical of the move, once unanimously passed resolution in this regard. Well-known film actress Kangna Ranaut in the year 2021 also raised demand to know country as Bharat only. There was a private-member’s bill in this regard in the Lok Sabha in the year 2012, which unfortunately was not taken seriously at that time. It is noteworthy that governments of Srilanka and Myanmar long back gave their countries new names by doing away with names Ceylon and Burma to eliminate signs of British slavery. Bharat government may now rectify distorted spellings in Roman script of all Indian cities as given in British regime to their actual pronunciations like has been rightly done in case of some cities like Jullundur spelt as Jalandhar and Simla as Shimla. But in case of most other such cities including even the capital city Delhi, such rectification is much awaited. Meerut, Bareilly etc are other such examples. Spellings of all such cities in Roman script should be changed according to their actual pronunciation in one go. For example, Delhi is distorted spelling of what it should be Dehli which in Hindi means entrance. BJP Parliamentarian Vijay Goel on 24.07.2019 in Rajya Sabha raised a demand to rename Delhi but as Dilli which should have been as Dehli by all logics as Dilli in itself is a distorted name. Bangladesh and China changed spellings in Roman script of their capital cities as Dhaka and Beijing respectively in place of earlier Dhaka and Peking. Central government should also accept long-pending resolution of West Bengal state assembly to rename the state as Bangla. Only old-timers know that since western part of pre-independence undivided Bengal came to India, the state was named as West Bengal, and East Bengal turned into East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). New generation is confused why and how a state in eastern part of the country is named with prefix West. Proposed name will be one-worded and will not be able to be abbreviated like names AP, UP, HP, AP, MP etc. Rather to avoid such abbreviations and confusion (AP stands for both Andhra Pradesh and Arunachal Pradesh), names of states like Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh should be changed to like “Andhra”, Uttaranchal”, “Himachal”, Arunachal” and “Madhyanchal”. Constitution should be amended whereby names of all institutions including High Courts named after states or cities may be auto-changed with change in names of state or city. Names of Bombay High Court and Madras High Court still remain the same despite renaming of respective cities as Mumbai and Chennai decades back. There are too many Rampurs (32) and Bilaspurs in India which require renaming to avoid confusion. New names can be after heroic characters of Ramayan and Mahabharat. Tamilnadu government in the year 2020 renamed and re-spelt, and rightly so, distorted names or spellings of more than 1000 cities, towns and villages to their original ones in one go. Prefixes of monarchy nature should be removed from Rajmata Vijaya Raje Scandia Marg and Shrimant Madhavrao Scindia Marg in New Delhi in the manner that there are no such pre-fixes in roads named after Samrat Prithviraj etc in roads named after them. If Bhopal can have an important road named simply as Madhavrao Scindia Marg, there is no reason that road in New Delhi may also be likewise named simply

as Madhavrao Scindia Marg removing monarchy prefix of Shrimant Likewise Rajmata Vijaya Raje Scindia Marg should be renamed as Vijaya Raje Scindia Marg. Dual naming exists unfortunately in names of roads also that too in capital city of Delhi directly under nose of Parliament, It is a well known fact that popular nouns are never translated. Even then Sansad Marg is unfortunately has officially dual name with Parliament Street in English. All roads in Delhi should be uniformly known as Marg (including in Roman scripts) like in Kolkata all roads are known as Sarni, those in Mumbai as Path and Salai in Chennai even in Roman scripts. Even the then UN General Secretary Ban ki Moon appreciated Hindi at World Hindi Conference held at New York. The then US President George Bush had accepted Hindi to be amongst popular world-languages being considered to be taught in US in an effort to make his country stay ahead in the fast changing-world. All developed countries including China, Russia, France, Germany and Japan proudly use their own languages at all international levels without feeling shy of not communicating in English. On the other side, it is matter of great regret and disgrace that even several prominent-most Hindi newspapers especially published from Delhi forcibly induce English words both in Devnagri and Roman scripts in name of language of commoners. It is also time that now almost forgotten Sanskrit which is a treasure of scientific and medicinal research should be revived that too at a time when even NASA and Germany are engaged in doing research of hidden aspects of great importance from Sanskrit. Constitution of Bharat had originally provided that Hindi shall be the only official language of the country from 26.01.1965. But despite strong opposition of his own party-member Seth Govind Dass defying the party-whip in Lok Sabha, the then Congress Prime Minister amended the Constitution to continue English also as official language even after 26.01.1965. It may be recalled that 26.01.1965 was a historic day when Akashwani replaced All India Radio even in English news bulletins with Prime Minister called Pradhan Mantri and Defence Minister called Raksha Mantri even in English news-bulletins, a healthy initiative reversed soon after. But since such orders cannot be changed so conveniently in armed forces, their commands continue to be in Hindi like Saavdhaan (earlier Attention) and Vishram (earlier Stand-At-Ease) even now after 26.01.1965. It is a wrong perception that English words have become part of vocabulary of commoners. It all depends on governments and political leaders how commoners can be put into practice to get relieved from British legacy of English. Glorious example is Doordarshan which is a common household name for all people only because Central Government never tried to give its English alternative like has been wrongly done in dual naming of official broadcaster as Akashwani and All India Radio. However while renaming of institutions after knowing the country by name of Bharat, efforts must be made to name institutions in other regional languages also apart from Hindi. Writer is a Guinness Record Holder for letters in newspapers and an RTI consultant

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‘Felt extremely uncomfortable’: Woman MP complains to RS chairman against Rahul Gandhi

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