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#WATCH | Delhi: TMC MP Derek O'Brien says, "Today, we went to the Chief Election Commissioner. He told us 'get lost' within 7 minutes of the meeting. The meeting started at 10:02 AM and ended at 10:07 AM... When we told him that you are transferring officials, and how you would want to conduct a free and fair election? And then he said, leave from here... What I saw today is a shame. I challenge the Election Commissioner to release the video or audio of what happened today... One of our colleagues congratulated him on being the only CEC in India to have notices in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha to be removed, and on that issue, today, all like-minded anti-BJP parties together are having a press conference at 4-4:30 in the evening..."

VIDEO | Delhi: TMC delegations meets Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on the deletion of nearly 91 lakh voters' names from the electoral rolls in West Bengal. TMC MP Derek O'Brien (@derekobrienmp) says, "I want to tell you what the CEC told us within seven minutes of the meeting: 'Get Lost'. We are the second largest opposition party in Parliament. " (Full video available on PTI Videos - ptivideos.com)

The #ceasefire (US-Iran) announcement marks a pause, but more importantly, it reveals where each actor now stands. The United States has stepped back from the brink it created. A deadline backed by threats of overwhelming force has given way to a conditional pause built around negotiations. That signals not strength alone, but recognition of limits: military objectives may have been met, but political end states remain elusive. Israel, for its part, finds itself in a more ambiguous position. Having driven escalation, it is now tethered to a process it does not fully control. Its objectives, particularly around regime change or long-term degradation of Iran, sit uneasily with a negotiation track shaped elsewhere. Iran emerges with a measure of strategic resilience. It has absorbed strikes, retaliated, and then shifted the frame from ceasefire to conditions for a broader settlement: sanctions relief, security guarantees, and regional de-escalation. In doing so, it has moved from target to negotiating actor without conceding core positions. Pakistan’s role has unfolded not as architect, but as conduit and catalyst. It has provided the channel through which messages travelled, deadlines were softened, and a narrow diplomatic opening created. That is not mediation in the classic sense, but it cannot be dismissed with stray witticisms either. What we are witnessing is not resolution of conflict , but repositioning. The war has not ended. It has entered a different phase, where coercion and negotiation now proceed together. For India, the implication is clear. Do not read this as de-escalation alone. Read it as a system under strain, where outcomes are still fluid. India should state its position with clarity: support de-escalation, safeguard maritime flows, and resist alignment with any one narrative of this conflict. This is not a moment for silence. It is a moment for calibrated voice. #WestAsia #IranUSConflict #MiddleEastCrisis #StrategicAutonomy #IndiaForeignPolicy #Hormuz #MaritimeSecurity