"Inducting Ajit Pawar and taking his men (in Maha Yuti Alliance)... hasn't gone very well with the voters or the cadre, and right now it looks like a failure... NCP performed the worst amongst all the six major parties in the state in the Lok Sabha elections...

"But I wouldn't say it is a complete failure yet... We will have to wait for the assembly election because Ajit Pawar has those MLAs who have been winning assembly elections consistently," says Varun Singh in this episode of What This Means with Diksha Yadav.

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"There is no Congress wave in Haryana; rather, there is a wave against the BJP. Congress was absent for the last four years, only becoming active shortly before the Lok Sabha elections when it finally got its act together. Otherwise, Congress was completely absent. Congress is simply benefiting from the anti-incumbency wave that we are currently seeing against the BJP."

Abhinav Katyal, in this episode of What This Means with Diksha Yadav, discusses the following:

1. Hooda vs Selja: Is the fight for chief ministership still on?

2. The winnable faces among the independent/rebel candidates.

3. No seat-sharing with the INDI Alliance (AAP, SP, NCP-SP, SS(UBT))—why is Hooda so confident, and what’s making Congress’s win seem easy?

4. BJP vs Congress: The candidate list.

5. What the BJP could have done to secure a third term in the state.

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"There are rumours, very strong rumours, in the Valley... that Engineer Rashid is being used by the 'agencies'... sort of planting him in the midst of the election campaign."

"However, it seems very unlikely that the BJP should be working with an entity or a person like Engineer Rashid... whatever happens covertly is different, and none of us are privy to that. But overtly, I would find it very difficult for them to join with him because there is no common ground at all."

"Rashid won the LS seat because of the sympathy votes. And if sympathy goes away, he won't win anything... So that's why I said, don't overplay this card... because it can backfire."

Sunanada Vashisht in this episode of What This Means with Diksha Yadav, discusses the following:

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"BJP should avoid introducing any major reforms for some time, as public sentiment has been quite negative towards them. Whatever they do, they are likely to face even more criticism comparatively."

In this episode of What This Means with Diksha Yadav, our guest, Amit Yadav, discusses the following:

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The five-cornered fight in the Haryana elections may work to the BJP's advantage, as AAP and the two alliances (INLD-BSP & JJP-ASP) could split the Congress vote more than the BJP's, turning it into a close contest between Congress and the BJP.

In this episode of What This Means with Diksha Yadav, our guest, Rohit Pathania, discusses the following:

"The PDP, even in their strong pockets, is not doing very well. So, I don't know whether that leaves the valley open for the National Conference and if NC will go all the way up to winning 28-30 seats.

But if the PDP gains from now on, it would be interesting to see. But at the moment, the PDP doesn't seem to be doing very well.

Sunanda Vashisht shares this and more on the latest developments in J&K politics in this episode of What This Means with Diksha Yadav.

- Should there be an elections in J&K at the moment?

- The many jumlas in NC's manifesto

- Pre-poll and post-poll alliances in J&K, & more

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Sujash Jha explains the following in this episode of What This Means with Diksha Yadav:

- How influential is Champai Soren on the ground? 

- Is there any sympathy among the tribal community for him after he was asked to resign as Chief Minister, and now he hinted at leaving the party (JMM)?

- If Soren joins BJP, will his entry advantage the party?

- What impact can BJM's Saryu Roy's association with the JD(U) have on the Jharkhand assembly elections?

"I want to understand on what basis did the Kolkata police sent me a notice when in 2023 there is a Supreme Court judgement in some other case where the Supreme Court has said that members of the editors guild journalists cannot be arrested even if what they are publishing is fake because they are doing their job. This is a Supreme Court judgement.

"I am just a citizen journalist. I am asking questions. I am not even writing a fake report. I am just questioning the Kolkata police and want to know some answers. So the law is only applicable, and the judgements are only applicable for certain editors guild, and privilege journalists and not ordinary citizens like me. That is something I would want to know from the judiciary as well," says Shefali Vaidya.

In this episode of What This Means with Diksha Yadav, she shares what happened when she first learned about the notice from the Kolkata Police, why her lawyer advised her to delete the post, and her concerns about the poor state of law and order in West Bengal, including the intimidation faced by many citizens who are expressing their frustration and anger on social media by sharing information."

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"If you look at the statements made by leaders of these three parties (Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT), and NCPSP) over the past few years, it becomes clear that they have not been in favour of granting reservations to Marathas.

However, with elections approaching, they are unlikely to express this openly for fear of losing votes, as Marathas constitute a significant portion of the state's population," says Krishna Dange.

He explains what Uddhav Sena's silence on the Waqf Amendment Bill and the Maratha reservation issue mean, and who will benefit more from this silence—the Maha Yuti or the Maha Vikas Aghadi—in this episode of What This Means with Diksha Yadav.

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As the 2024 Paris Olympics come to an end, listen to Sumati Mehrishi discuss in depth why and how we need to build spectatorship for various games and athletes, and the kind of impact it can bring in this episode of 'What This Means' with Diksha Yadav.

Don't miss Sumati sharing lovely anecdotes and inspiring stories of athletes, along with insights into the work being done by the government under schemes like Khelo India and TOPS. (Do you know why PR Shreejesh chose goalkeeping in hockey? Find out in the episode)

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