With Gadhvi relaunching career as a media person, AAP also hopes to arrest rapid erosion in its base in state by riding on his popularity as a news presenter.
The party, which won only 5 of the 181 seats it contested, dropped Gopal Italiya from the president's post; it has also divided the state into 6 operational zones with a working president each.
Former TV presenter and AAP’s CM face Isudan Gadhvi is behind BJP candidate in Khambalia, while AAP's Gujarat chief Gopal Italia is distant second to BJP candidate in Katargam.
Isudan’s story isn’t ordinary because he represents the stunning rise of the OBCs in today’s Gujarat, which is slowly changing. An 'invisible power' is pushing him forward.
Isudan Gadhvi says pandemic made him realise he had to look beyond journalism. OBC credentials may serve him well in Gujarat where nearly half of population belongs to the category.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the Sultanate of Oman this month offers a good opportunity to look at India-Oman relations in a long historical perspective.
With the US-India trade deal yet to get done, rupee depreciation may be helping to mitigate India’s loss of competitiveness. The other problem is extreme despondence among overseas equity investors.
Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
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