Congress won 15 seats of 28 in six districts where Dera Sacha Sauda chief Ram Rahim holds sway; BJP got 10 as caste-based voting patterns played a bigger role.
Decision comes after the AIADMK alliance suffered a debacle in the Lok Sabha polls, losing all seats contested. It came in 2nd position in 27 constituencies, 3rd in 11 & 4th in one.
The ex-MP's presence at a gathering of party workers in Mumbai, her 1st in 5 yrs, has given Congress leadership hope that she is considering their request to contest from Bandra West.
While BJP & DMK are rivals in terms of ideologies, political watchers say the parties have been covertly maintaining their friendship, even though they would never join hands electorally.
The decisions include populist moves, declaring the cow as ‘Rajya Mata’, infra projects, land parcels for Adani group & corporations for non-dominant groups. Oppn has questioned the timing.
Andhra Pradesh Deputy CM, who once professed detachment from caste & religion, now calls himself an 'unapologetic Sanatani Hindu'. Analysts sense a strategy to step out of Naidu’s shadow.
Congress, VCK, CPI & CPI(M) have extended support to Samsung Electronics workers demanding official recognition of Samsung Workers' Union, affiliated with Centre of Indian Trade Unions.
In 11 seats where Congress finished second, Independents finishing third polled more votes than party's margin of defeat. In a few seats, AAP got more votes than defeat margin of Congress.
On Monday, Kejriwal summoned some cabinet ministers from Punjab for one-on-one meetings. AAP chief is expected to meet AAP MLAs from Punjab in coming days, it is learnt.
Official Chinese statements have described the drills as destabilising, warning that they risk escalation and that the participating countries are 'playing with fire.'
Share of trade with FTA partners rose from 4.6% in 2006 to 28.8% in 2024. India is currently negotiating or advancing agreements with US, Israel, GCC, Canada & Mexico.
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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