After first 2 phases of slow polling in Hindi heartland states like MP, the BJP is going all out to enhance voter turnout by fixing responsibility on ministers, MLAs & booth workers alike.
Bam withdrew his nomination & joined BJP days after MP court accepted a plea to add attempted murder charge to an old case. Bam says he wasn't pressured, just had no support from Congress.
Under BJP's ‘New Joining Toli’, sub-units in MP establish contact with Oppn leaders. 'Toli' convenor in MP Narottam Mishra says 14,700+, most from Congress, joined BJP since January.
Reshuffle of 15 IAS officers comes a week after 18 IAS officers were transferred by Yadav govt & seems to be result of the CM picking a pro-industries bureaucrat as his principal secretary.
Singh, a 1997-batch IAS officer, was seen as an important officer under ex-CM Chouhan, was instrumental in bringing TCS & Infosys to Indore and has good rapport with Yadav, say colleagues.
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.
BJP has fielded no Muslim candidates in MP, Rajasthan, Telangana and Chhattisgarh in this month's elections. Minority Morcha leaders say they have accepted the decision & would not question it.
What should be of concern is other states following suit and enacting separate laws to suit the political environment of respective states citing the Punjab bill as a precedent.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
BJP has no dynastic succession, at least not at the top. You can trace this back to Vajpayee-Advani era. This act of spotting, empowering younger talent is even more striking with the choice of BJP presidents.
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