BJP won Mustafabad, but it was courtesy AIMIM which emerged as a vote cutter. While AAP had Muslim candidates in five seats, Congress had six such candidates.
While Congress’s high command initially intervened to get its Delhi leaders to tone down their attacks on AAP, by the end, even Rahul Gandhi ran an aggressive campaign against Kejriwal.
AAP had slammed BJP over Home Minister Amit Shah’s controversial remarks on Babasaheb Ambedkar. The Dalit community constitutes over 16% of Delhi’s population.
BJP made a comeback in the capital after 27 yrs. From targeting Arvind Kejriwal’s ‘aam aadmi’ image to ‘freebies’ for women, the party majorly changed its poll strategy to achieve this.
AAP, born out of an anti-corruption movement that had swept urban India over a decade ago, is poised to lose power in a make-or-break election in the capital after 10 yrs in office.
AAP shifted Manish Sisodia from Patparganj and brought educationist-turned-politician Ojha to contest, but his campaign on turning Patparganj into Kota hasn't worked out.
With two hostile neighbours in the immediate vicinity and one in the greater region, it is imperative that New Delhi forge alliances that can offer some stability.
Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.
In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.
Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.
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