BJP falls short needs allies to govern
Lok Sabha results came out on Tuesday . BJP
led NDA won 292 seats , while INDIA bloc won 234 seats .
BJP has won 240 seats . The other major winners are Congress 99 seats
, Samajwadi Party (SP ) 37 seats ,
Trinamool Congress (TMC ) 29 seats , DMK 22 seats .
NDA has won 292 seats , which is above half
way mark of 272 seats. BJP fell short of
32 seats for half way mark . BJP will have to take help of its allies to form the government .
The INDIA bloc has won
In Last Lok Sabha elections the tally was BJP
– 303 , Congress -52 , DMK 22 seats
Highlights of the result
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Losses for BJP – In UP BJP lost
big BJP got 33 seats in UP which is way behind its previous tally of 62 seats .
The biggest gainers
here were SP and Congress which got 37 and 6 seats respectively .
West Bengal was another state where BJP couldn’t perform as per its expectation. Trinamool Congress got 7 more seats . In
Maharashtra also NDA tall went down heavily from 45 to 17 .
Andhra Pradesh was
another major gain for BJP , where with coalition partner TDP it increased its
seat tally . YSRCP lost heavily here .
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Among the biggest gains by BJP
were in Odisha where it gained 12 seats more than previous elections .
Andhra Pradesh was
another major gain for the NDA . BJP
here allied with
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In South : BJP could not penetrate TamilNadu where it
won no seat .
But , In Kerala BJP
opened its account .
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Congress gained in many states
like Karnataka , UP , Bihar , Haryana ,
Jharkhand etc . AAP won 3 seats in Punjab .
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Among individuals who lost are :
Smriti Irani from Rae Bareli , Bhupesh
Bahghel , Kanhaiya Kumar and Mahbooba Mufti .
Among individuals
who won are : Ashdiddin Owaisi from
AIMIM .
Addressing his supporters Narendra Modi said
the National Democratic Alliance ( NDA ) will continue to take big decisions in
the third term and strike hard against corruption .
PM Modi said that this was the first time in
six decades that a party has returned to power for a third straight term . He
sought the mandate to be the biggest democracy in the world .
He said the third term to be an emotional
moment .
With 135 seats in Kitty , Naidu set to become BJP CM for
fourth time
The Telugu Desam Party ( TDP ) , national
president Nara Chadrababu Naidu is all set to become the Chief Minister of
Andhra Pradesh for the fourth time .
The TDP , which is part of the BJP led
National Democratic Alliance ( NDA ) along with Jana Sena Party ( JSP ) secured
22 seats , while BJP won 8 seats . The NDA won 164 seats out of 175 .
On the other hand YSRCP won just 11 seats .
In last Assembly elections YSRCP had won 15q
out of 164 seats .
BJP breaks Naveen’s 24 year grip on Odisha
In what can be termed as a historic upset ,
the 24 year long tenure of Chief
Minister Naveen Patnaik came to an end on Tuesday .
In the assembly elections results , BJP has
won 78 seats , Biju Janata Dal ( BJD )
got 51, and Congress got 14 .
The halfway mark for forming the government is
74 in the 147 member assembly .
Vote percentage of BJD ( 40.13% ) was still
higher than the vote share of BJP ( 39.93% ) .
CM Naveen Patnaik lost to Laxman Bag of
BJP in Kantabanji . Had BJD won this
assembly poll , Naveen Patnaik would
have been in the race of longest serving CM .
Suresh Gopi wins , BJP opens its account in Kerala
BJP opened its account in Kerala with actor
turned politician Suresh Gopi winning from Thrissur Lok Sabha
seat.
Sensex slides as BJP is to rely on Allies :
India’s standard S&P BSE sensex suffered its sharpest fall since the
onset of the COVID 19 , in March 2020 by plunging more than. 4300 points or
5.7% .
There is apprehension in the Market that the
coalition government could slow the BJP’s economic reforms agenda.
World
Israel mourns dead hostages as major power seek Gaza
ceasefire
Israel on Tuesday mourned four hostages
confirmed dead inside war torn Gaza.
US and West Asia powers threw their support
behind a truce deal outlined by US president Joe Biden .
Washington said it would seek a UN Security
Council resolution , to back the three phase plan for ceasefire in Gaza .
The three phase plan has first phase to have a
ceasefire for a period of six weeks .
The second phase is exchange of hostages and
prisoners .
Third phase is to start rebuilding Gaza
Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu has
however said that ,fighting would only have to cease temporarily to free the
captives .
On Monday , Washington unveiled the UNSC the
draft resolution .
Biden expected to block migrants from asylum
U
US president Joe Biden is expected to sign a
new measure on Tuesday . The measure would restrict access to asylum among
those crossing the Mexican border with the US .
According to the order , authorities will have
to quickly deport any illegal migrants form it’s SouthWest border with
Mexico if the number of migrants passes
a certain limit .
The measure would be taken when illegal
migrants increase to 2500 per day .
With elections coming , illegal migration is a
major issue in the US . Donald Trump has
criticized the Biden govt on migration . Joe Biden coming to power had reversed
many US decisions .
‘Western trainers in Ukraine could be hit ‘
Western Army instructors who train the
Ukrainian army in the country would have no “ immunity “ from a Russian strike
, the Kremlin said on Tuesday .
There is a report that France could despatch
military trainers to Ukraine .
Short on troops , Australia opens the military to non
citizen Indians from five eyes .
Australia has announced that it will allow
non-citizens to join armed forces .
The Defense Minister said that from July
,looser eligibility criteria would allow “ permanent residents who had been
living in Australia for 12 months “ to serve .
Citizens from Britain , New Zealand and the
United States are being favored .
Australia has a population of around 26
million only . With its large coastline and increased spending on defense , it
is finding it hard to recruit persons from its own country..
‘Chinese boats seized supplies to outpost’
The Phillipines military said on Tuesday that
Chinese boats are illegal. “ seized “ , food and medicine airdropped to
a Filipino outpost in South China sea .
Beijing claims the entire South China Sea as
its own .
