What This Means

The BJP's silence on nearly everything is something that will probably start haunting it very soon if it does not come out all guns blazing now, countering the narrative and social media strategy that the opposition is mounting against it, says Rohit Pathania in this episode of WTM with Diksha Yadav.

In this episode, we discuss:

- What's working for Congress in Haryana

- Challenges for the BJP ahead of the Haryana assembly elections

- Will JJP once again become kingmaker?

- What does INLD - BSP alliance mean?

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#ThePluralismProject 02 | ft. Aravindan Neelakandan

In this episode, we discuss:

1. Emergence of Hindu Consciousness as the National Conscience of India

2. The term 'Hindu' over time

3. The Hindu Identity & Theodiversity

4. Hindu Rashtra - Existential Reality

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#ThePluralismProject 01 | ft. Aravindan Neelakandan

In this episode we discuss:

1. Emergence of Religious Consciousness

2. Differenece b/w Monotheistic, Monopolistic & Pluralistic Religion

3. What Happens When Theodiversity Declines?

4. The Need to Preserve Theodiversity

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'The biggest challenge for the BJP in Maharashtra is that the Marathi media is completely hostile to them. It's just not favourable to the BJP, and also every day they are involved in creating fake news, news without any fact-checking and running it like a narrative,' says Anay Joglekar in this episode of WTM with Diksha Yadav.

In this episode, we discuss:

- Who has an edge? Mahayuti, or MVA

- Maratha agitation and the Maharashtra vs Gujarat narrative

- Major challenges for the Mahayuti ahead of the state assembly elections

- What will be MVA's strategy

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"BJP lost all the 5 Scheduled Tribe reserved Lok Sabha seats of Jharkhand this time (in the 2024 general elections), however, this anti-BJP sentiment was not built overnight among the STs, but rather has been happening since long," says Suyash Jha, in this episode of WTM with Diksha Yadav.

In this episode, we discuss:

- Which political party is dominant in which region

- 5 Major concerns of the people of Jharkhand

- Major challenges for the BJP ahead of the state assembly elections

- Why JMM's strategy worked

- What's Congress' plan

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#ThePluralismProject 01 | Hindutva with Aravindan Neelakandan

In this episode we discuss:

1. Hindutva, Hindu Dharma & Hinduism

2. The Emergence of Hindu Consciousness

3. Samanvaya & Protecting the Theo-diversity

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Modi 3.0 is here. It's a new government, but the same government. While the NDA alliance partners have been accommodated in the cabinet, much of the core team and key ministries remain the same as in the Modi 2.0 government. 

In this episode we discuss with our guest Banuchandar Nagarajan what this really means:

- Why the core team remain the same, and same leaders chosen for key ministries

- Various criticisms & why the Finance Minister and Railways Minister remain unchanged

- Modi 3.0 Cabinet: Key takeaways

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In this episode of What This Means with Diksha Yadav, we discuss with our guests, Sharan Setty and S Rajesh the Andhra Pradesh Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha results.

- What went wrong for Jagan Mohan Reddy and his party YSRCP

- Who voted for TDP and BJP

- Key issues in Andhra Pradesh

- What the new TDP-led govt should focus on

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A region-wise analysis of BJP-led NDA's gains and losses in Maharashtra post Lok Sabha results and the reasons behind them.

'Delay in finalising the candidates, anti-incumbency and misjudging the mood on the ground, Maratha agitation, vilification of Devendra Fadnavis, overconfidence' are some the major factors leading to decline in BJP's and NDA's seats in Maharashtra, says Krishna Dange in this episode of What This Means with Diksha Yadav.

Which factor was dominant on which Lok Sabha seat? Did BJP's alignment with the Ajit Pawar led NCP and Eknath Shinde led Shiv Sena backfire them? Find out in this episode!

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'I do not see Punjab Lok Sabha results as a defeat for the BJP. In fact, I think it's a very good sign of the things to come if the BJP continues with a serious strategy in the state now and will definitely have a big impact in the 2027 assembly elections in the state,' says Rohit Pathania as he shares major takeaways from the 2024 Lok Sabha election results for Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, and Jammu & Kashmir in this episode of What This Means with Diksha Yadav. (Recorded on 5-6-2024)

- What explains Congress, AAP, SAD wins in Punjab

- What explains the victory of Amritpal Singh in Khadoor Sahib & Sarabjeet Singh Khalsa's win in Faridkot

- BJP sweeped HP LS seats, but lost 4 of the 6 assembly seats in byelections

- Major takeaways from J&K LS result seatwise

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