33 of 48 cabinet ministers in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and MP are from general and OBC groups. Ten among the remaining 15 are from STs, while five are from SCs.
The Congress has made the return of OPS a poll plank in six assembly elections. But Chakravarty says the party ‘can’t engage in competitive promises & hope that's enough to win’.
Based on the post-poll survey by Lokniti-CSDS, we can now bust some of the popular myths around the 2023 assembly elections and say what did not work—and why Congress has reasons to worry.
The 1st-time MLA won from Sanganer by 48,081 votes, defeating Congress’s Pushpendra Bhardwaj. BJP, which won MP, Chhattisgarh & Rajasthan, has selected fresh CM faces in all 3 states.
As BJP wrested Chhattisgarh from Congress, what played decisive role was its wins in tribal belt. It's decision to choose 'soft-spoken' leader is also aimed at Lok Sabha polls.
What businessmen would like is for Team Modi to return in 2024, but as a minority, and therefore in need of coalition partners who might put the brakes on any high-handed action.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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