Asked why the Congress chose postcards to woo a generation raised on mobile phones and social media, the party said it was bid to highlight the “poor internet and mobile penetration in the state”.
According to an internal party report, the 2019 Lok Sabha election is expected to see an estimated 15 crore first-time voters, and the Congress has been brainstorming about how to woo them.
If the BJP returns to power in Karnataka, he added, it would entirely be the result of PM Modi’s strategy to reach out to voters in the final stretch of the campaign.
There are no official figures on the number of mutts belonging to different castes, sub-castes and sects in Karnataka, but they are estimated to be in the hundreds.
Paddar was killed with four other suspected militants, including a sociology professor at the University of Kashmir, in an encounter at Badigam in south Kashmir’s Shopian.
Bhagat alleges Sat Paul Sharma and gen secy Ashok Kaul set ministers Lal Singh & Ganga up as fall guys in the Kathua case, because they wanted their berths.
Centre’s refusal to accord special status to Andhra Pradesh, which led to Chandrababu Naidu’s exit from the NDA, is a poll issue in ‘Hyderabad Karnataka’.
Rai has been arrested by CBI over alleged dubious transactions worth Rs 100 crore, and suspicion that he used false information to gain access to airports.
Thousands rendered jobless due to closure of mines in 2001, voters say political parties promise to re-open mines before every election, but never deliver.
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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