Lokniti-CSDS data shows NDA lost big chunk of non-Jatav Dalit votes to INDIA bloc. But analysts say SP may find it hard to sustain voter coalition that includes both Dalits & Yadav base.
Several BJP leaders said SP defeated party in its game of caste consolidation & cashed in on Dalit insecurity over 'new Constitution' remarks. Two BJP MPs publicly spoke of infighting.
Rajputs, who traditionally vote for BJP, voiced support for rivals in GB Nagar, Muzaffarnagar, Meerut, Saharanpur & Ghaziabad in what is likely a fallout of long-simmering anger.
In 1st cabinet expansion since his return to power last yr, Yogi inducts a Dalit, a Brahmin & 2 OBCs. Political analysts call it a move to woo respective communities ahead of LS polls.
The party, in the group meeting for Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, and Rajasthan, discussed ST seats, Sandeshkali and other key issues.
58 Rajya Sabha members from five states including 8 central ministers, ex-PM Manmohan Singh, and BJP president JP Nadda, are set to retire by May this year.
Apart from Yogi Adityanath and Devendra Fadnavis, some Brahmin leaders were also present. Sources say that someone commented that Brahmins should also be given equal importance.
A man who flung ink at Dara Singh Chauhan has ‘confessed’ that he did so at the behest of a BJP leader, but police claim accused has Samajwadi Party links & held a 'grudge'.
BJP organisational gen secy BL Santhosh came up with ‘innovative’ ways to expand reach and counter opposition narrative at a review meeting for UP Lok Sabha preparations last week.
Airshows are thrilling spectacles of aviation skill and engineering marvels. But they carry inherent risks as the crew is pushing the aircraft, and themselves, to perform at the edges of the envelope.
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
Wing Commander Namansh Syal is survived by his wife, their 6-year-old daughter and his mother. Back in his native village, relatives and neighbours wait for his remains for last rites.
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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