On June 4, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was reelected to a third term of office, but he will have to depend on support from other parties since BJP fell short by approximately 32 of the halfway mark with only 272 Lok Sabha seats. The National Democratic Alliance (NDA), led by BJP, secured 291 seats compared to INDIA’s congress-led bloc holding 234 places in Parliament. Congress party won 99 while it had garnered only 52 during the last election in 2019.
This verdict of 2024 meant that Congress almost doubled its tally in the Lok Sabha from what it attained two years earlier; this was seen as signaling a political rejuvenation enabled by its leadership, tactics and ability to build and communicate an effective narrative to voters.
According to Sharad Pawar, leader of the Nationalist Congress Party based on his conversation with media reporters on June fourth said that there is a possibility for INDIAN group of Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) meeting in Delhi tomorrow.
When asked who would succeed Mr. Pawar as PM, he responded “We have no thoughts on that yet. I am not even sure if INDIA alliance can form government at all. We will meet tomorrow and take unanimous decision regarding future course,” he said.
In his first speech after results were announced for the 2024 General elections on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated categorically that NDA would be making major decisions in its third tenure as well as fighting corruption hard.
With BJP falling way short of majority in the Lok Sabha, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has emerged as a potential kingmaker with his Janata Dal (United) winning two and leading in ten LS seats till seven p.m.on June fourth.
Telugu Desam Party’s national president Nara Chandrababu Naidu is set to become the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh for the fourth time following a crushing defeat handed out to Jagan Mohan Reddy’s YSR Congress Party by the TDP during the Assembly polls coinciding with the General elections in the state.
A National Democratic Alliance (NDA) where BJP is not the leading party is equivalent to a regression of 26 years to May 15, 1998, when the first version of NDA was created by then Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and ruled from 1998 to 2004.
Uttar Pradesh, politically the most important State in India, sprung the most shocking result in Lok Sabha election with Samajwadi Party (SP) heading towards victory on 37 out of the total number of seats which is contested as a part of Opposition INDIA bloc. However its ally Congress can secure six out of seventeen seats it contested for.
In what could be called an historic upset, Odisha’s aggressive Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) appears all set to form government with a razor thin majority which will mark an end to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s era that lasted for twenty four years.
On Tuesday evening, party supporters gathered in large numbers at Anna Arivalayam located in Chennai. The DMK-led alliance obliterated both AIADMK and BJP alliances in Tamil Nadu for Lok Sabha elections thereby recording 40-0 score line. Meanwhile at Kamalalayam, T Nagar; BJP state headquarters dance was on as cadre burst crackers and distributed laddus to passers-by. Sweets were being distributed by senior leader H Raja.
The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) swept aside the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF), winning all but two of Kerala’s Lok Sabha seats during Tuesday’s poll even as Thrissur fell to Suresh Gopi, an actor turned politician who gave his backing to BRS led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), ending a remarkable upset victory over CPI(M)-led LDF.
With its “guarantees” schemes amounting to five, the ruling Congress in Karnataka managed to increase its strength by 9 seats in contrast with the solitary win that it had registered last year’s general elections. However, it fell short of its target and conceded nineteen out of twenty Lok Sabha constituencies to the BJP-JD (S) alliance.
Telangana’s ruling Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) shared the spoils in the Lok Sabha elections winning eight seats each while Hyderabad went to AIMIM. However, main opposition Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) failed to get any seat.
The Supreme Court on June 4 did not give Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Manish Sisodia bail in the Delhi liquor policy case. The Vacation Bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and Sandeep Mehta gave Mr. Sisodia liberty “to revive” his plea for bail, afresh, as soon as final chargesheet/prosecution complaint is filed by CBI and ED respectively in this matter.
On Tuesday, an Indian Air Force (IAF) SU-30MKI fighter jet crashed in Nashik. According to a HAL official, this aircraft was recently overhauled by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and it was on a test sortie from HAL Nashik at Sirsa gaon.
AAP loses Delhi seats to BJP, bags 3 seats in Punjab
For the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) contested for 22 seats across Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Gujarat and Assam. It has won three more seats in Punjab taking its number of parliamentarians beyond the individual seat secured in both the 2014 and 2019 elections.
BJP fails to win majority on its own; Sensex plunges 5.7%
India’s S&P BSE Sensex registered its sharpest decline since Covid-19 hit last year with surprise of ruling Bharatiya Janata Party losing out on possible majority alone after just concluded Lok Sabha elections sent key benchmark into falling approximately more than eight percent intraday Tuesday.
Israel mourns dead hostages as major powers urge Gaza truce
Yesterday Israel observed four fatalities inside conflict-hit territory of Gaza Strip as Western countries and Middle East powers threw their weight behind a ceasefire plan put forward by US President Joe Biden.
Global interest spikes as Rohit’s men are all set for World Cup kick off
The Sri Lanka-South Africa match at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium on June 3 would have been eagerly watched by Indian team. However, they can’t be happy about what they witnessed from skipper Rohit Sharma’s batting group.
T.N. CM Stalin says BJP’s psychological onslaught failed
DMK president M.K. Stalin said two days ago that despite the psychological onslaught carried out by BJP through exit polls it could not even secure simple majority to form government.
AIADMK fails again in its bid to reverse its electoral fortunes
The AIADMK has once again failed in its bid to turn the tables on June it fortune after two straight losses in the parliamentary elections. The party even lost the lone seat — Theni — it won last time.
