A GroundXero Report on Bihar Assembly Elections. The last phase of Bihar’s legislative assembly elections was held today (November 7). GroundXero visited Mahua and Patepur assembly segment where votes were being cast. The Mahua assembly seat was represented by Lalu Prasad Yadav’s older son Tejpratap in the 2015 assembly election, but this year he […]
বিহারে জাতপাতের রাজনীতির বিভিন্ন প্রকারের হোলসেলার আছে। তথাকথিত নিচুজাতির অধিকারের জন্য গড়ে উঠেছে রকমারি রাজনৈতিক দল। ব্রাহ্মণ-ভূমিহার-রাজপুত মৌরসিপাট্টায় আঘাত হানতে নিম্নবর্গের উত্থান ছিল কাম্য। যাদব, কুর্মি ইত্যাদির উত্থান (যথাক্রমে লালু ও নীতীশ রাজের কল্যাণে)হলেও অবশিষ্ট প্রান্তজনের ক্ষেত্রে কয়েকটি নেতা ও তার পরিবার খেয়েছে ক্ষীর। সূর্য এবং তার রোদ্দুর থেকেছে দূরে। রামবাবু বা মুন্নি দেবী বা […]
‘GroundXero’ visited various constituencies which are going to poll on November 3, in the second phase of assembly elections in Bihar. Different localities, mohallas, and communities have different expectations from the political parties. They expect the political parties will raise their issues and concerns. Sometimes their grievances are heard, while most of the time, representatives […]
The first phase of the Bihar assembly elections began today (28 October). 71 assembly constituencies, having 243 seats, are involved in this process. A Groundxero representative visited several villages in the Bikram, Paliganj and Arwal constituencies, and tried to reach out to different communities in order to get an overview of the public opinion. Katrahi, Bikram […]
BJP’s attempt to impose its narrative of nationalism and communal polarization seems to be not working in this election in Bihar. The people, reeling under the impact of the pandemic and the lockdown, want to hear about the real issues affecting their lives. The manifestos of the contending political formations has gained more importance among […]
২০০১ সনের পার্লামেন্ট হানার ঘটনায় বন্দী হয়েছিলেন দিল্লী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের অধ্যাপক এস. এ. আর. গিলানি। দীর্ঘদিন আটক ও নির্যাতিত হওয়ার পর তিনি আদালত থেকে বেকসুর খালাস হয়েছিলেন। ২৫ অক্টোবর ২০১৯-এ গিলানি হৃদরোগে আক্রান্ত হয়ে মারা যান। গিলানির দেওয়া শেষ এই সাক্ষাৎকারটি অত্যন্ত গুরুত্বপূর্ণ। এতে এসেছে কাশ্মীরে কয়েক যুগ ধরে যে রাষ্ট্রীয় সন্ত্রাস চলছে, তার কথা। ভারতের গণতন্ত্র, […]
In the 2020 Bihar elections, how Nitish Kumar’s JD (U) confronts the LJP’s challenge is being keenly watched by poll analysts. One question now everyone is asking is, will Chirag Paswan play the same role after the election which his father played during the 2005 assembly election? Ramvilas Paswan’s role in 2005 was instrumental in […]
Bihar is the only Hindi speaking state of India where the BJP has never been able to win an election on its own strength. In the upcoming assembly election, BJP’s main enemy is not outside the NDA alliance but within the alliance. In BJP view without Lalu Prasad, Grand Alliance is not a big challenge […]
The statement read out by Prashant Bhusan before the SC. He refuses to apologize and submits himself to any penalty that can lawfully be inflicted upon him for what the Court has determined to be an offence, and what appears to him to be the highest duty of a citizen. In its suo motu contempt case […]
More people have been killed by lightning strikes than by the Coronavirus in Bihar. Till now 134 people succumbed to Coronavirus infections in the last three and half months while lightning strikes took the lives of more than 200 people across the state in between June 25 to July 12, reports Anish Ankur from Patna. […]
On July 8, around 9 PM, Sheikh Waseem Bari, his father and his brother were killed in a suspected militant attack in Bandipora district of Kashmir, about 60 km north of Srinagar. Younis Ahmad, a local journalist visited his house and spoke to his family and people around. The three dead bodies of BJP leader Sheikh […]
Family and friends of Bashir Ahmad Khan, whose death on the morning of July 1 sparked anger across Kashmir and raised several questions as to what led to his killing, recollect his last moments and their fond memories with him. Written by Younis Ahmad and Bilal Ahmad. The wailing of women resumed after the completion of […]
The BJP government has, following its decision of selling the family silver in the footsteps of Manmohan Singh has decided to gradually privatize the railways. There is no credible argument proffered by the government. The only reason seems to be that the government is in a hurry to take advantage of the pandemic and resultant […]
The People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), a human rights organization, in a statement issued on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of the Emergency, has described the current situation in the country as worse than what it was during Emergency, when the “Indian government waged a war on its own people, suspending the fundamental […]
On 19th June 2020, 14 members of Indian Parliament, issued a Press Statement addressed to CM of Maharashtra, Mr. Uddhav Thackeray. In the signed statement, the 14 Parliamentarians expressed their concern about the rapidly deteriorating health condition of Varavara Rao and requested the Maharashtra CM to provide him the necessary and urgent medical attention by moving […]