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.
Nayab Singh Saini-led BJP govt in Haryana has made plethora of announcements with an eye on assembly polls. But party’s road to re-election is fraught with obstacles.
The Congress has accumulated a list of 2,556 ticket aspirants for the 90 assembly seats in the state. Nearly a dozen are retired civil servants, police officers and judges.
Ex-CM Hooda has termed Khan's arrest a 'political witch-hunt' but nothing was said on this by Congress leaders after CWC meet, though AICC in-charge, Haryana, says matter was discussed.
Rival groups within Haryana Congress have been clashing ever since party-appointed coordinators started meeting workers to record their preference for district chiefs & office bearers.
In an interview, senior Congress leader Hooda speaks about the BJP govt in the state, next year’s elections, Yamuna floods and infighting within the state’s party unit.
Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.
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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