What This Means

From autorickshaw drivers to youngsters, at least six major groups that previously supported and voted for the Aam Aadmi Party in the last Delhi Vidhan Sabha elections are no longer backing the party. They feel deeply disappointed and angered by the AAP government's failure to deliver on its electoral promises, says Kapil Mishra, BJP Delhi's vice president, in this episode of What This Means with Diksha Yadav.

1. Kejriwal's jail, bail and resignation saga

2. What's Kejriwal's math behind making Atishi Marlena the Delhi CM?

3. What has changed in Delhi and Delhi BJP in the past 4 years?

4. Is there anti-incumbency against AAP? Which sections of people are discontented with the AAP government?

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What's the motive behind SP chief Akhilesh Yadav targeting the Thakur/Rajput community in Uttar Pradesh by calling the Special Task Force the Special Thakur Force and then the Special Thoko Force? Will pushing such caste-based narrative advantage the Samajwadi Party in the 2027 assembly elections in the state?

Amit Yadav, political commentator from UP, explains it all in this episode of What This Means with Diksha Yadav.

"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

To know what factors influence Jharkhand politics and how people in the region vote, listen to EP75: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1mCc2Ys2Ob75m09bMOx3Te?si=FZm60WQATce8f2cvScRYdw

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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