Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath is confident that the BJP's 'polarisation' will not work and predicts that the Congress will win a majority of the seats in the state.
Former union ministers P. Chidambaram, Jairam Ramesh, & Lt Gen D.S. Hooda addressed issues like unemployment, farm distress and security of the people.
The AAP was once favourite to win Punjab, but has lost a lot of ground since 2016. Leaders-turned-rebels blame the central command’s high-handedness for it.
Congress had got whitewashed in Gujarat in 2014, but this time, it is raking up issues like farmer distress and unemployment to attack the BJP's state government.
For New Delhi, SAFTA and CEPA will be critical. Such frameworks could institutionalise economic ties with Bangladesh, making them resilient to political disruptions.
Sanyal, an economist & member of the Economic Advisory Council to PM, also suggests that if India is to import parts from China, why not allow Chinese companies to manufacture in India.
Referring to current situation, General Upendra Dwivedi says it is stable but not normal; instead, sensitive. He adds the diplomatic side can only come up with certain options.
How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?
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