Unveiling manifesto for Haryana polls, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said party plans to bring in ‘express engine’ to take on BJP’s ‘double-engine’ governance model.
All assembly polls in past 5 decades have had candidates from each of the 3 influential families. October’s elections are set to feature some direct contests among members of same clan.
BJP has fielded 22 OBCs and Congress 28 Jats in Haryana assembly polls. In 36 seats, both parties have fielded candidates of different castes against each other.
BJP set to give a headwind to Kanda, for whom INLD-BSP had also announced support earlier. Now, however, INLD says it will hold consultations with ally on continuing support for HLP chief.
Will change the face & fate of Haryana as CM, says Vij. BJP's Haryana assembly election in-charge Dharmendra Pradhan reaffirms Nayab Saini as BJP’s CM face.
The BJP's first list of candidates shows party has shuffled constituencies of some MLAs, denied a minister a ticket, distributed most number of tickets among SCs, OBCs and Jats.
After BJP released 1st list of 67 candidates Wednesday, former minister and president of BJP’s OBC Morcha; sitting MLA; former MLA; president of BJP’s Kisan Morcha & key members quit.
He is likely to contest Haryana polls from Charkhi Dadri, though BJP's 2019 candidate Babita Phogat has already begun campaigning. Induction follows speedy approval of his VRS application.
BJP issued statement Monday distancing itself from remarks made by Ranaut, MP from Mandi in Himachal. It said remarks were ‘not opinion of the party’ and it ‘disagrees’ with them.
The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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