These elections assume significance as they are the first to be held amid the pandemic, with BJP leaders telling ThePrint that the BJP’s performance is an endorsement of PM Modi’s Covid handling.
BJP leads in 5 of the 7 seats up for grabs with comfortable margins, while Samajwadi Party leads one, and the other is a toss-up. Yogi personally led BJP’s campaign.
Left leaders say parties were able to make a significant improvement from the previous elections in Bihar due to issues like the migrant crisis and unemployment
The hotly-contested seats of Sira and Rajarajeshwari Nagar (RR Nagar) were won by Dr Rajesh Gowda, a new entrant, and N. Munirathna, a Congress rebel, respectively.
In his second defeat from the Jat-dominated seat, Dutt loses to Congress' Induraj Narwal by over 9,200 votes. Congress terms Baroda win farmers’ victory against an 'anti-farmer regime'.
Out of four seats, BJP has contested in three and supported an independent candidate in Lilong, while the Congress has fielded its nominees in all four constituencies.
India will need to recalibrate crude sourcing strategy as US ends waivers for Russian & Iranian oil, energy experts say. But Russian crude will likely remain central to energy basket.
This special edition of Cut The Clutter, straight from the Siliguri corridor, details the strategic importance of the narrow strip of land in West Bengal, and how it’s a vital link connecting the Northeast to the rest of India.
We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.
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