In terms of vote-share, Congress finished second behind BJP in last year’s Lok Sabha polls in Delhi. But this time, it doesn’t even seem to be in the fight.
If Arvind Kejriwal's pragmatic soft-nationalism does well in Delhi election, then it will offer a template for national and regional politics to counter the BJP’s rise.
If the Congress was putting up a fight in Delhi election campaign, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal would be worried. But it isn’t, which has left BJP angry.
Ahead of Delhi assembly elections, capital’s Muslim electorate says this is the most ‘overtly communal elections’ and it doesn’t mind AAP silence on Shaheen Bagh.
The manifesto also promises free power up to 300 units per month and is committed to spend 25 per cent budget each year on fighting pollution and improving transport facilities.
Over generations, Bihar’s bane has been its utter lack of urbanisation. But now, even Bihar is urbanising. Or let’s say, rurbanising. Two decades under Nitish Kumar have created a new elite in its cities.
Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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