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.
Electoral competition now appears dominated by welfare delivery and governance metrics, but ideology has not disappeared in Tamil Nadu. Instead, it has become strategic.
India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.
Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan says India’s nuclear capability will not be considered a separate domain, but part of cognitive war in multi domain operations.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
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