Tejashwi Yadav, Chirag Paswan will start yatras this month, while Kanhaiya Kumar has already begun his. This ‘yatra’ culture was started by CM Nitish Kumar for mass contact.
Babulal Marandi, who was earlier a BJP leader, gradually drifted away from the party and launched his own outfit —Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) in 2006.
Both Bihar allies — JD(U) and LJP — have told BJP that the state polls due later this year must be fought on local issues and not Article 370, Ram temple or CAA.
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar tells ThePrint in an exclusive interview that he was not allowed to raise the issues he really wanted to take up in the speech.
Arvind Kejriwal's speech was conciliatory towards Modi & BJP, which ran a vitriolic campaign against him. Also made no mention of full statehood & Jan Lokpal bill, the pet themes in 2015.
After taking oath, Arvind Kejriwal says he is everyone's CM, seeks Modi's blessing and calls on opponents to forget election politics and work with him to take Delhi forward.
It is likely that some leaders from state BJP units will find place at national level. Party leaders say some changes will be made at the top & new faces will be added.
The past week saw the defection of 7 AAP Rajya Sabha MPs, led by Raghav Chaddha and Ashok Mittal, into the BJP. This lays bare the fragility and inconsistency within the party.
American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.
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