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How and Why did Zohran Mamdani win?

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On 1st July, the results of the New York City Mayoral Democratic Party Primary were out. Whoever wins the democratic primary is likely to be the mayor of NYC. Zohran Mamdani has won the Democratic Party Primary. The City follows a ranked choice system where votes are transferred to a higher candidate until someone achieves at least 50% of the vote. Mamdani was leading in the first round before the transfer of votes. He defeated the long-time veteran of New York Politics, Andrew Cuomo, 56-44 in the second round. Hence, now Mamdani will head towards the final New York Mayoral election in November.  This article is not about him, his ideology or whether that will help New York City; rather, it is about how he managed to win the election and what both parties of the USA, as well as any political enthusiast, can learn from that.  Founded by the Dutch in 1624, New York City is the largest city in the USA and is the heart of Wall Street, the symbol of free market capitalism...

The Big mistakes made by Indian Opposition and the reason why they are not tasting any success

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Ever since Narendra Modi was elected as PM in 2014, he has turned about to be the number one politician in India and the most popular as well. He is also one of the most popular leaders in the world at present and has the badge of being a populist strong man leader as per the political analysts. Under his leadership, the political party Bharatiya Janatha Party is at its peak of popularity as well as getting back to back victories with minimal effort. It may be easy for BJP to win back to back elections, but that party is never tired and keeps on learning and correcting its mistakes.  On the other hand, the opposition is at the weakest point in the last decade. The recent Mood of the Nation Poll by India Today suggests the same; Modi is leading bigger than ever. The entire opposition is in tatters, there may be hundreds of parties under that umbrella but they all are useless. They have lost their momentum. The only political parties which have some energy and enthusiasm is the Aa...

European Refugee Crisis- A Podcast

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Greetings to all listeners!! Human Rights have been the hot topic of the previous decade. It will continue to be a hot topic as we go ahead. But the main reason Human Rights came into the mainstream discussion was Refugee Crisis. It is not a new concept, but found relevance in the last decade due to a series of events starting from the Syrian Civil War in 2011, then war against terror in Iraq, Libya, Yemen, parts of Africa etc. Although the debate of Refugee crisis grabbed global attention only after it reached Europe. The first massive refugee crisis was soon after World War, after the massive destruction it created throughout Europe. That was when the 1951 Refugee Convention came into effect, later there was the 1967 Geneva Protocol. Now, we have seen another refugee crisis in Europe were refugees from the Middle East, Afghanistan, Africa etc came to the doorstep of Europe knocking the doors of the EU. Today we are decoding the events leading to that, how Europe reacted, it's...

Lessons to be learnt from Bihar elections of 2020 for Indian Politics in 2021

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Bihar is the third largest state in India in terms of population and electorally in the number of Lok Sabha constituencies. Another important fact about the state is that it is the only state in the Hindi heartland area that has never seen BJP becoming the Single largest party or has led an alliance government till 2020. It was ruled by NDA alliance with JDU being the major party and BJP being the minor party. This was also the first major state election to be held after the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.  Election tally of 2020  Credits- Indian Express Credits-One India Inference of the election results  NDA has been declared the winner with seats and these being the largest alliance. In NDA, BJP is the largest party and JDU is the second-largest party. It also has a few small partners like HAM, etc. Nitish Kumar of JDU as announced before will be the CM. He will be the CM for fourth consecutive time, which is indeed a credible achievement in Indian Politics.  ...