The Congress in Chhattisgarh did fail to protect the interests of the minorities, but it’s deceptive to assume that the voter wanted hard Hindutva and rejected soft Hindutva.
A scion of the erstwhile royal family of Surguja, Singhdeo, often referred to as ‘Maharaja’ or ‘Baba’, holds considerable sway in the tribal-dominated region.
Nineteen of the 30 seats where the Congress achieved a 50 percent vote share in 2018 had been won by the BJP in 2013, when it secured its third consecutive term in power.
TMC should worry about minority voters and how they view her ‘outside support’. Minorities are with the TMC but they have also watched Rahul Gandhi march across the country.
Latest report by UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs says global growth to be faster than estimated earlier & India’s 'robust performance' to boost South Asia’s growth.
The Spanish foreign minister says 'the Middle East does not need more weapons, it needs more peace'. Spain has been very critical of Israel’s offensive in Gaza.
Even in the weeks leading up to Chamkila’s assassination there were massacres every other day. To airbrush all of this is sheer intellectual cowardice if not a crime.
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