BJP-led NDA is now 1.2% away from the majority mark, compared to just 0.05% in July 2021. But sometimes-friendly parties like Jagan's YSRCP & Naveen Patnaik's BJD could fill gap.
Barring one member, the entire Badal family lost the 2022 election in Punjab. Congress' strong candidates suffered a rout in UP. And Uttarakhand CM lost though BJP won the state.
To beat BJP, you either deny it critical mass of Hindu vote or build a regional leader & party strong enough to protect their turf. And there’s a 3rd option too.
Mann also will join AAP national convenor and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal for a roadshow on 13 March to mark the party’s thumping victory in Punjab assembly elections.
Kishor said Modi’s hope that 2022 wins would show the way for 2024 was a ‘false narrative’. Battle for India would be fought and decided in 2024, he said.
While AAP charted historic victory in Punjab, BJP returned to power in UP, Uttarakhand, Goa & Manipur. ThePrint's Praveen Jain, Manisha Mondal & Suraj Singh Bisht capture the celebration.
It used to be Tatas and Birlas in the loose political rhetoric of the 1970s and the 1980s. Today, it is Adani and Ambani in the heated Lok Sabha election campaign.
About 300 employees had called in sick Wednesday, allegedly in protest against mismanagement of airlines. Remaining staff given ultimatum to rejoin work by end of Thursday.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
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