AIMIM is contesting 16 seats this time, down from 44 in 2019. Despite this, election data shows it still has potential to damage opposition MVA’s prospects in a few constituencies.
Owaisi failed to polarise the Muslim vote bank in Uttar Pradesh and is trying again with this chant. Nupur Sharma has taken his bait and needs to introspect before pointing fingers.
Despite all the attention that her candidature had garnered, Latha has lost to Owaisi with a bigger margin than the BJP's Hyderabad candidate last time.
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, earlier Aurangabad, is seeing motley mix of push and pull factors: demand for Maratha quota, clash between Senas, VBA & overhang of change in city's name.
AIMIM has made inroads among the Bihar district's youth in semi-urban areas, but rural Muslims, more in number, say they will give Congress's Mohammad Jawed one more chance.
Political analysts say Hyderabad has never seen a candidate like Latha before & media savvy has propelled her to national attention — and made it seem like a closer fight than it is.
AIMIM, Apna Dal (Kamerawadi), Pragatisheel Manav Samaj Party & Rashtriya Uday Party have floated PDM Nyay Morcha, but most have limited presence in some assembly segments.
In an interview, Owaisi, whose AIMIM has allied with Apna Dal (K) & other smaller parties, says object is to beat BJP, accuses INDIA bloc of being silent on issues concerning Muslims.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
COMMENTS