Kejriwal’s AAP sweeps Punjab with over 2/3rds majority. BJP looks set to retain power in UP, Uttarakhand, and is heading towards No.1 finish in Manipur and Goa too.
AAP’s campaign in Punjab was primarily based on Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s governance model which stresses on better schools, better healthcare systems, among others.
Congress’s poor run continues as it loses Punjab, an important state among the three it held. Rahul Gandhi says the ‘party will learn from this and keep working’.
In 2021-22, of the 4,244 complaints received (till Feb 2022) by Lokpal, only 128 were in prescribed format. But since Jan 2022, 669 wrong-format complaints have been dealt with or disposed of.
BJP on its own has never dislodged any regional party in assembly polls, except the Samajwadi Party in 2017. The converse is also true but without any exception.
BJP is pulling out all stops to ensure Varanasi South doesn’t become a spoiler in PM’s LS constituency. NDA had won all 8 segments here in 2017. But MLA issue is a larger problem.
Union minister Thakur, who is also BJP’s co-incharge for UP polls, says his party has focused on law & order, development, claims SP chief Akhilesh Yadav ‘has changed seat’ fearing defeat.
FM adds that AI-assisted technologies should be adopted in all districts to bring development & highlights importance of collaborative ecosystems in tech innovation.
To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.
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