BJP's Devyani Rana wins J&K's Nagrota bypoll, contesting 1st time in a bypoll necessitated by death of her father & senior party leader Devender Singh Rana. NC's Shamim Begum comes in third.
Congress' Pramod Jain Bhaya wins in Rajasthan's Anta bypoll, testing CM Bhajan Lal Sharma's 1st electoral test and Vasundhara Raje's return to active campaigning.
Bypoll was necessitated by death of Somesh Chandra's father & ex-JMM minister Ramdas Soren on 15 August. It was first electoral test of Hemant Soren in his 2nd stint in power.
SP & Congress defeating veteran turncoat Chauhan of BJP in Ghosi bypoll exposes BSP's eroding base. Its absence helped SP get Dalit votes along with its traditional Muslim-Yadav votes.
AAP’s Sushil Kumar Rinku, a former Congress MLA, defeated Congress’s Karamjit Kaur, the wife of Santokh Singh Chaudhary, whose death necessitated the bypoll.
The BCCI decision has given new life to the lunatic fringe of the Hindu Right. It now has the confidence to force policy changes in accordance with its communal campaigns.
The latest comment comes as New Delhi and Washington have yet to sign a trade agreement. India’s purchase of Russian oil has reduced, but Moscow remains top source for crude.
If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.
Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.
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