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.
The issue of the Muslim quota has the potential to polarise SCs, STs, and OBCs along religious lines in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. It benefits the BJP.
Speaking at launch of economist Surjit Bhalla’s book, S Jaishankar also highlights Gen Z’s engagement with ‘reel culture’, which has 'promoted awareness, created interest in many subjects'.
Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.
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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