The bypolls were necessitated after 9 MLAs rebelled against Congress in March. Of these, the party has since won in 4 & the BJP in 2. Polls in the remaining 3 will be held on 10 July.
Ruling BJP had inducted Surenderpal Singh into its cabinet on 30 December & allotted him important portfolios. He lost to Congress’s Rupinder Singh Kooner in Karanpur constituency Monday.
BJP won 4 of 6 seats it contested in Bihar, Telangana, UP, Odisha & Harayana. It previously held 3 of these. In the first elections in Bihar since BJP-JD(U) ties ended, the party won 1 & lost 1.
MGNREGA’s core strength was: if you needed work, you got work. VB-GRAMG’s funding model means work will only be available if a state has the budget and the Centre has approved the allocation.
RBI Handbook of Statistics shows state’s GSDP has more than doubled in past decade, finishing second behind Maharashtra. It has performed well across health & education parameters as well.
It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
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