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Dr. Abhilash Dawre

19 March 2025 at 5:18:41 pm

Hall ticket in hand, fate had other plans

Class 12 student dies after falling from local train on way to exam Dombivli: On the very first day of the 12th standard board examinations, an 18-year-old student, Soham Sachin Katre, lost his life after falling from a moving local train between Kalwa and Mumbra stations while travelling to his examination centre. Soham, a resident of Dombivli, was on his way to appear for his first paper at Manisha Vidyalaya in Kalwa when the tragic incident occurred, turning a day of hope and dreams into...

Hall ticket in hand, fate had other plans

Class 12 student dies after falling from local train on way to exam Dombivli: On the very first day of the 12th standard board examinations, an 18-year-old student, Soham Sachin Katre, lost his life after falling from a moving local train between Kalwa and Mumbra stations while travelling to his examination centre. Soham, a resident of Dombivli, was on his way to appear for his first paper at Manisha Vidyalaya in Kalwa when the tragic incident occurred, turning a day of hope and dreams into one of irreversible grief for his family.   According to the family, Soham left home in the morning with his hall ticket in hand, books in his bag and hopes for a bright future in his mind. His parents blessed him and wished him well for the exam, expecting him to return home after completing his paper. Like thousands of other students and commuters, he boarded a crowded local train to reach his centre.   Due to heavy rush in the morning hours, the local train was extremely crowded. While standing in the packed compartment and trying to maintain balance amid the pushing crowd, Soham reportedly lost his balance and fell from the moving train between Kalwa and Mumbra stations. He sustained severe injuries in the fall and died on the spot.   The news of his death reached the family that was waiting for him to return after the exam, shattering their world in a single phone call. The young boy who left home with dreams of his future never made it to the examination hall. His death has plunged the entire area into mourning, with friends, relatives and neighbours left in shock.   Following the incident, Soham’s brother and family members have demanded that the railway administration make special and safer arrangements for students travelling for examinations, pointing out that every day thousands of students and commuters risk their lives while travelling in overcrowded local trains.   The tragedy has once again brought the issue of dangerous overcrowding on Central Railway’s local trains into focus. This is not just an accident, but the devastating loss of a family’s hopes and future. Soham never reached the examination hall, and his answer sheet remained blank but the pages of his family’s life have been filled with lifelong grief.

Clever seat selection helped BJP to secure historic win

The party won 65 seats against Congress, 37 against NCP (SP) and 29 against Shiv Sena (UBT)

Clever seat selection

Mumbai: The BJP’s strategic seat sharing with the allies has proved beneficial for the party. An analysis of the Assembly election results show that the BJP has scored over its main rival, the Congress, in a big way because of the direct fights.


The analysis shows that BJP defeated all three constituents of the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) – Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP (SP) – in the direct fights. This is attributed as one of the reasons for the BJP’s historic poll success.


The BJP contested 147 out of 288 seats. In 76 constituencies, it faced Congress. BJP secured victory in 65 seats and lost only 11 seats, making it a whopping 86 per cent of the total direct fights. This was followed by an even stronger performance against NCP (SP). Of the total 39 fights with Sharad Pawar’s party, BJP captured 37 seats making it 95 per cent of the total fights with NCP (SP). BJP and Shiv Sena (UBT) were head-to-head in 32 constituencies, of which BJP emerged victorious in 29 seats, making this 91 per cent of the total direct contests.


According to a BJP strategist the party had bargained hard with its allies, Shiv Sena and NCP to get the desired constituencies in the seat sharing formula. “We had studied to potential candidates of the MVA. That helped us in choosing the seats where we can register comfortable victories,” the strategist said.


BJP spokesperson Niranjan Shetty attributed the success to all the party workers who worked hard to boost development, infrastructure in the state. He gave credit to Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis for his contribution to the party’s success.


Shetty pointed out that in 2019, Uddhav Thackeray had stalled all the “novel” and “legendary” projects that Fadnavis had started when he had taken over as CM, making it very easy for the people of Maharashtra to strike a comparison between both the leaders and the potential they had for serving the people. “Devendra Fadnavis gave up his post very easily for the larger good. There are many such examples like Venkaiah Naidu who was BJP National President and later worked as the Vice President of India because that was the need of the hour. We seldom care about our posts,” Shetty told The Perfect Voice.


Congress spokesperson Atul Londhe refused to call the election results as the people’s mandate. “This is not at all a Janata mandate. Despite Maharashtra struggling with so many basic social issues, how can BJP acquire such a huge mandate is the question. If a student copies and fails with just passing marks, it can go unnoticed, but if a student copies and bags the number one position, something is fishy. Why is the BJP scared of ballot papers?” he said.

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