The word revolution is often thrown around casually. Let’s extend that lexical liberty. First, take the ‘forcible’ and ‘overthrow’ part out from the dictionary meaning. Now stretch what remains so that it can cover an existing regime’s manoeuvres to extend its durability and appeal. Implausible though it may sound, what happened on June 7 in the Durbar Hall of Rashtrapati Bhawan was that sort of revolution.
Of course it was top down grand gestures to signal the final dismantling of the old order. Narendra Modi likes to do things with a big bang. The scale is an important element in his thinking. Shake up the system or replace it. Make everyone feel the impact. There are Cabinet expansions and Cabinet expansions this one was a Sardar Patel statue among them, dwarfing all else. No other Indian PM has attempted something like this.
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PRAYAGRAJ: The candidates of Samajwadi Party (SP) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) filed nomination papers for the post of ‘block pramukh’ in 23 and 21 blocks, respectively, of the Prayagraj district at the block development offices concerned.
The nomination process began at 11am and candidates filed their nomination till 3am. Adequate security arrangements were made at all 23 block offices concerned and candidates were asked to follow Covid-19 protocols strictly. The polling will be held on July 10.
District authorities, meanwhile, informed that a total of 60 candidates filed their nominations at 23 blocks and one of them was rejected in Kaudhiyara block.
With this, a total of 59 candidates including Meja (3), Urwa (2), Baharia (3), Koraon (3), Jasra (2), Bahadurpur (4), Saidabad (3), Kaudhiyara (2), Karchana (2),Mauaima (2), Dhanupur (2), Kaurihar (4), Soroan (3), Handia (4), Manda (2), Pratappur (2), Phulpur (3), Shankargarh (2), Chaka (2), Holagarh