In runup to bypoll in Khatauli assembly constituency of Muzaffarnagar, BJP has dropped its usual pre-election rhetoric around the 2013 riots and the deaths of Jat men Sachin and Gaurav.
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.
Yogi Adityanath is the first UP Chief Minister in 37 years to get a second consecutive term in office, after completing a five-year tenure. He won over 1 lakh votes in his seat.
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.
Of a dozen BJP MLAs including three ex-ministers, five, including two ministers, have lost, while one is trailing. Only two MLAs are leading, according to ECI trends at 9 pm.
The normally assertive Yogi Adityanath can start to have a say in crucial party decisions. The first step towards that can be his induction in the party’s parliamentary board.
For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.
The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.
Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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