BJP won 25 of 68 seats in the Himachal assembly Thursday, while Congress got 40. Even if BJP had won the 6 seats where rebels cut into BJP votes, party would have still had only 31 seats.
Just as Modi isn’t such a vote-catcher outside Gujarat, Kejriwal isn’t beyond Delhi. And in Himachal, Gandhis were mostly not there, but local Congress elders fought cohesively.
Kandhalbhai Jadeja won on Samajwadi Party ticket after being denied one by Nationalist Congress Party. He secured 60,744 votes against BJP’s Dheliben Odedara's 34,032 votes.
Pleas to get those held in Pakistan jails released & special financial package have not yielded much, says fishing community. Many are undecided on whether to support BJP or Congress.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge spoke at public gatherings in Bapunagar & Dediyapada in poll-bound state Sunday, while PM Modi addressed BJP supporters in Netrang, Kheda & Surat.
AAP needs to win just two seats in Gujarat to become a national party. But it will take much more for Kejriwal to become Modi's principal challenger in 2024.
Between late 1960s & mid 1990s Mahatma Gandhi's birthplace became 'Chicago of Gujarat'. Now, relatives of former gangsters have forayed into politics, in a bid to retain their clout.
CM Bhupendra Patel held roadshow in Ahmedabad Saturday. Later in the day, BJP released its manifesto for Gujarat assembly elections. Amit Shah held four rallies Friday.
BJP's Amrutiya retained Morbi from 1995 to 2017 when he lost to Congress candidate. Kin of bridge collapse victims say they are wary of trusting either party until justice is done.
It is necessary to break the spell of socialist dogma on the imagination of those attracted by its Utopia as the only scientific way of progress, wrote MA Venkatarao in 1963.
While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.
It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.
To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.
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