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BJP & JJP leaders face tough time in Haryana’s Jat heartland. Farmers protest, boo, force them away

Ambala: When Mohan Lal Badoli, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Haryana’s Sonipat parliamentary seat, went to campaign at Rohna village earlier this...

What’s Dushyant Chautala’s politics? JJP to contest all seats in Haryana but keeps door open for BJP

Haryana JJP chief maintains party will contest all 10 Lok Sabha seats in state by itself & that it did not end alliance with BJP. Congress alleges secret pact to cut into Oppn votes.

JJP considers skipping LS polls to focus on Haryana assembly elections, Oppn suspects BJP gameplan

JJP's demand to contest on 2 seats of Hisar & Bhiwani-Mahendragarh led to its ouster from NDA. State Congress & analysts say the 2 parties have a new pact — to divide Opposition votes.

BJP-JJP alliance ends in Haryana over seat-sharing, CM Manohar Khattar resigns to form new cabinet 

With support of Independent MLAs & Haryana Lokhit Party, BJP still has a majority in 90-member House.

JJP ups the ante after Brijendra Singh leaves BJP, wants Hisar & Bhiwani-Mahindragarh or will go solo

Dushyant convened meeting of his party’s coordination committee at Sirsa Sunday evening, after which the BJP ally made its plans known. This came hours after Singh joined Congress.

‘Prefer NDA but prepared to go alone’ — JJP sets up panel to chart future of tie-up with BJP

JJP will ‘prefer’ alliance but is 'prepared' to fight Lok Sabha polls alone, says Haryana unit chief Nishan Singh. Comes after Khattar remark that 'lotus will bloom in all 10 seats'.

Dushyant plays down talk of BJP-JJP rift after Nadda says BJP prepping to win all Haryana LS seats

Chautala’s remarks come two days after BJP president J.P. Nadda said his party would win all 10 seats in Haryana, signalling his unwillingness to part with any seat for the JJP. 

Is BJP set to call it quits with deputy CM Dushyant’s JJP in Haryana? Party debating pros & cons

With 41 MLAs & support from 6 Independents, BJP is already comfortable in the assembly. Utility of the 4-yr-old alliance came up for discussion at CM Khattar’s residence this week.

Deposits lost, a vote share less than NOTA — what Rajasthan debacle means for JJP in Haryana

JJP contested Rajasthan assembly polls with the claim that it would emerge as kingmaker in Haryana with ‘key (also the election symbol of the JJP) to Vidhan Sabha in its hand’.

‘Unconstitutional’: HC quashes Haryana law that reserved 75% jobs in pvt sector for local residents

Haryana deputy CM Dushyant Chautala says he plans to consult legal experts and then take call on filing a special leave petition before SC. 2021 law was poll promise of Dushyant's JJP.

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Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.