Shashi Tharoor, who won Thiruvananthapuram for the third time, called BJP a ‘great marketing agency’, but said Congress will bounce back in assembly polls.
BSP couldn’t transfer its vote to SP in 12 seats, including 4 where Akhilesh Yadav’s family members were contesting. But the corresponding figure for SP was 14.
Congress' national media coordinator Rachit Seth, who has deleted his blog post, had listed reasons why BJP was able to successfully brand Congress “anti-national”.
At least 3 ministers loyal to 'young' Jyotiraditya Scindia have called for him to be elevated as the state Congress chief, a post that Kamal Nath holds.
The meeting comes amid Rahul Gandhi insisting on stepping down as chief after the party's disastrous performance in Lok Sabha polls. The party had drawn a blank in all 25 seats in Rajasthan.
Ahead of the 2019 elections, memes helped create a ‘Pappu’ image for Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, while lionising Narendra Modi as a ‘powerful leader’.
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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