In an interview, Nagina MP Azad says he fights for all communities and that the INDIA bloc should have allied with his party if it was sincere in its Bahujan outreach efforts.
Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad's door-to-door campaign, focus on Constitution as an issue, and mobilisation of Dalits and Muslims that gave him victory in Nagina constituency will increase restlessness in Mayawati camp.
Activist adds his Azad Samaj Party will only field Dalits, Muslims and backward castes candidates, and is willing to ally with any big party except BJP.
Chandra Shekhar Aazad wants to highlight issues of inflation, rising petrol prices and anger against BJP. Analysts say alliances will be critical to his assembly polls plans.
BJP's image among Dalits has suffered a dent due to Adityanath's Thakurwaadi image while Congress has failed to go beyond tokenism. This could help Mayawati, but for Azad's rise.
Dalits in large umbrella parties can work as effective caucuses to press their demands, but the road from representation to tokenism in such parties is slippery.
Even as India, Pakistan have seemed on the edge of war, their intelligence services have often sought to find space to de-escalate tensions and reduce risks for the two countries.
Speaking at 2nd Investor Connect, CM Vishnu Deo Sai says 'we have been able to attract a lot of investors.' The focus of the event was the steel sector.
In largest overhaul of military command in 5 decades, Field Marshal Asim Munir set to assume post of Chief of Defence Forces tomorrow, as Army claims primacy in Pakistan armed forces.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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