As the only national alternative, the Congress could choose autonomy over generosity in a coalition and go for broke. It would lay down the foundations of a bipolar India.
Only one thing unites the BJP’s victories in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh and it has very little to do with the local factors that are now being trotted out.
The opposition parties have run out of weapons to counter the Modi juggernaut. The 2023 assembly election results show the writing on the wall is clear for 2024 as well.
The 2023 assembly elections have confirmed that there exists no boundary between the state and national elections. Local faces and issues no longer matter.
Out of 113 ST reserved seats in MP, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh & Telangana, Congress won 47 while BJP tallied 58. Bharatiya Adivasi Party failed to make major impact in Rajasthan.
The BJP leader & former Union minister beat Congress's Abhishek Choudhary by 50,167 votes. BJP rebel Ashu Singh Surpura, who contested as an Independent, came in third.
The BJP high command gave in to BS Yediyurappa in Karnataka recently. But they are better placed in Rajasthan, MP and Chhattisgarh, where Modi wave sweeps the general elections, regardless of assembly polls’ results.
Neeraj Ghaywan’s Homebound, starring Ishaan Khatter, Vishal Jethwa, Janhvi Kapoor, has been shortlisted in the Best International Feature Film category for the 98th Academy Awards.
As Visakhapatnam readies a mega airport, the Andhra Pradesh government has revived its shelved Dagadarthi project, aiming to boost cargo and connectivity on the south coast.
Both the Russian and Ukrainian militaries are leaning on drones, but they’re also firing cruise and ballistic missiles, some of them relatively new and experimental.
UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.
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