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.
The ISA should champion a Global Solar Asset Registry for standardised project information, and establish a Solar Credit Guarantee mechanism to mitigate political and currency risks.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
BJP has no dynastic succession, at least not at the top. You can trace this back to Vajpayee-Advani era. This act of spotting, empowering younger talent is even more striking with the choice of BJP presidents.
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