Known for his fight against corruption in recruitment exams, Jadeja has been accused of extorting money from some of the very people he vowed to expose. AAP calls it a ‘conspiracy’.
AAP's performance in Gujarat polls, where it won five seats, has made it a third force in a traditionally bipolar state. With this, it is all set to get the status of a national party.
Former TV presenter and AAP’s CM face Isudan Gadhvi is behind BJP candidate in Khambalia, while AAP's Gujarat chief Gopal Italia is distant second to BJP candidate in Katargam.
In an interview, Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Parshottam Rupala discusses BJP’s poll prospects, Morbi bridge collapse tragedy & the challenge from AAP.
BTP chief Mahesh Vasava has declared candidature from 'safe seat' Jhagadia, a seat his father Chhotubhai won 7 times. AAP, meanwhile, has backed former BTP leader in Dediapada.
Italia, an ex-policeman, played a key role in Patidar agitation & was dismissed from govt job in 2017 for hurling shoe at minister. He joined AAP in 2020 & soon became its Gujarat chief.
If you find admiration for AAP qualified, if not muted among many of the Modi-BJP’s critics, it is because they question it for its lack of ideological clarity. Especially on secularism.
Release of 11 people convicted in the 2002 Bilkis Bano case has triggered nationwide outrage, with political parties — with the exception of BJP & AAP — criticising the move.
The recent resignations of its seniormost judges are among the most pointed institutional protests Pakistan has witnessed since the lawyers’ movement of the late 2000s.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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