On surface, it’s a familiar story of polls exposing cracks within opposition bloc. However, it also serves as a reminder that allies continue to drift farther & farther apart.
Not only did ruling party retain 5 seats & wrest Madarihat from BJP, it went on to clinch two constituencies of Sitai & Haroa by a whopping 1.30 lakh-plus margin.
Loss of party strongholds Belaganj and Ramgarh will especially hurt RJD and its young leader. But former deputy CM promises to bounce back in next year's state polls.
Hemant Soren is another big winner, while biggest questions must be asked of Congress. A negative consequence is that freebies have now cemented themselves as an unassailable idea.
This is the 3rd loss for Nikhil Kumaraswamy. Yogeeshwara, who won by 25,000+ votes, had defected from BJP to Congress ahead of bypolls, challenging the Deve Gowda family in stronghold.
The bypoll was necessitated by the death of Kedarnath MLA Shaila Rawat in July. Nautiyal is the Uttarakhand BJP Mahila Morcha president while Rawat is a former MLA.
Meena’s foray into politics began in 2003 when he was elected as general secretary of Rajasthan University Students' Union. Fondly called ‘Chhota Kirodi’ by his supporters.
Congress & Left contested 2024 Lok Sabha polls as allies in West Bengal. Left couldn’t win a single seat, while Congress candidate won in Maldaha Dakshin.
In the first eight months of the current fiscal year, New Delhi’s net tax intake didn’t even hit the halfway mark of what it expects to collect by March 31.
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.
While both India and China have carried out disengagement in Eastern Ladakh, the process of de-escalation is still under discussion & has not been agreed upon.
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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