Backward Classes Welfare Commission in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh is surveying 10,000 families from 93 backward classes to assess their social, economic & educational status.
With assembly elections scheduled in MP later this year, Congress plans to use corruption allegations are one of its major poll planks, just like it did in Karnataka, it is learnt.
The BJP rout in Karnataka earlier this month has set alarm bells ringing in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh where the Shivraj Singh Chouhan govt is 'battling anti-incumbency & fatigue factor'.
BJP has often grabbed power by engineering defections from other parties, but side-effects include erosion of ideology, weakening morale, and corruption, party sources say.
Brahmin outreach seen as counter to Congress's priest cell, 'Dharm Samvad'. Earlier this month, MP CM also announced 4 separate boards for welfare of different OBC communities.
A 14-member BJP delegation has advised old-timers in poll-bound MP to ‘sacrifice’ their own political ambitions for the party’s victory, but not all seem to be convinced.
BJP MP Krishnapal Singh Yadav issued apology for his statement against Scindia royal family. Yadav was once close aide of Scindia, but later defeated him in 2019 LS polls.
BJP conducted internal survey in Madhya Pradesh to gather feedback on performance of MLAs. The party will rely on 'report card' to decide ticket distribution in 2023 elections.
Matter discussed at length during meeting of senior party leaders earlier this month. BJP plans to increase 'micro-level coordination' and reach out to beneficiaries of govt schemes.
For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.
The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.
Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.
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