Kumari, a protégé of Vasundhara Raje, had replaced Narpat Singh Rajvi in Vidyadhar Nagar. Rajvi has won three elections from Vidyadhar Nagar — 2008, 2013 and 2018.
BJP capitalised on anti-incumbency against the Gehlot government & built a narrative of the state being beset by crimes against women, paper leaks, unemployment and corruption.
Balaknath, the sitting BJP MP from Alwar, wins Tijara by a margin of over 6,000 votes, defeating Congress's Imran Khan. BJP fielded the MP to tap into constituency's Yadav vote.
BJP’s Vishwaraj Singh Mewar, a member of erstwhile Mewar royal family who fought the election on his lineage, defeated outgoing speaker Joshi by 7,504 votes.
Sanjay lost from Karimnagar in 2018 to Bharat Rashtra Samithi’s Gangula Kamalakar, who won the seat by a margin of 3,163 votes. He won the 2019 parliamentary polls from Karimnagar.
MP poll results come as an unequivocal endorsement of CM Chouhan’s leadership and popularity. Central leadership now unlikely to overlook his claim for the top post.
BRS leader Maganti Gopinath wins the seat by a margin of 16,337 votes. Other candidates in the fray include Deepak Reddy of BJP and AIMIM's Rashed Farazuddin.
Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.
Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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