Fadnavis to again contest from stronghold Nagpur South West, state BJP chief Bawankule, dropped in 2019 list, to fight from Kamthi. Ashok Chavan's daughter gets Bhokar ticket.
In Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Bihar & Karnataka, discontent is brewing in BJP over ticket distribution. Party has announced candidates for 407 LS seats & dropped 103 sitting MPs so far.
'Critic' of Centre & UP govt, Varun has been left out, while his mother Maneka has been fielded from Sultanpur. BJP's relying on young faces in some seats, star power in some, it is learnt.
In its list of 20 candidates for the state, BJP also repeated most of the incumbents. Its seat-sharing negotiations with Shinde-led Shiv Sena & Ajit Pawar-led NCP are almost finalised.
Of the 195 candidates on 1st list, 28 are women, 47 are below age of 50 yrs, 27 are from Scheduled Castes, 18 belong to Scheduled Tribes and 57 are from OBC community.
Party leaders say such MPs are in danger list with BJP looking at new faces to replace them. Varun & Maneka Gandhi, Gautam Gambhir, Kirron Kher, Shripad Yesso Naik said to be on the list.
The BJP released its third list of candidates for the Rajasthan assembly elections Thursday, including fresh face Mahendra Singh Rathore against CM Ashok Gehlot.
Bandi Sanjay has been fielded from Karimnagar assembly seat, Soyam Bapu Rao from Boath (ST) constituency & Dharmapuri Arvind from Korutla. T Raja back to fight from Goshamahal.
Party releases first list for Rajasthan, second list for Chhattisgarh and fourth list of candidates for MP. No mention of Vasundhara Raje loyalist Rajpal Singh Shekhawat.
Party’s second list of candidates for Madhya Pradesh assembly polls has left some leaders scowling. Sidhi MLA Kedarnath Shukla takes umbrage at being denied ticket.
When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.
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