Despite efforts to mollify disgruntled ticket contenders, protests going strong in dozen seats for a week. BJP chief JP Nadda has met state leaders & asked them to set house in order.
RSS's former joint general secretary Madan Das died last week. Among the many speakers at his memorial was BJP chief JP Nadda, who described RSS stalwart as 'bridge between Sangh & BJP'.
In the last two days, Nadda met Prahlad Patel, Jyotiraditya Scindia and Mansukh Mandaviya, Nirmala Sitharaman, Arjun Ram Meghwal, while Santhosh met Gajendra Singh Shekhawat.
Yediyurappa has said there's '99%' chance ex-CM Jagadish Shettar will get a ticket. Meanwhile, protests broke out in Belagavi district after 2 of its sitting MLAs left off 1st list.
With nine states due to go to polls this year, the party at the meeting also extended president JP Nadda’s tenure till 2024 and discussed ways to expand its base in the south.
Union ministers & CMs gather at Delhi's NDMC Convention centre for the meet. On the agenda, the nine assembly elections this year & the Lok Sabha election next year.
The BJP had identified 144 constituencies and given 70 ministers clusters of three to four seats each to prepare a victory roadmap for the 2024 polls. Only 32 have turned in their reports.
Arun Kumar repatriated to RSS, allegedly after complaints that he remained under the shadow of B.L. Santhosh. Reshuffle sees new appointments for other poll-bound states too.
For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.
The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.
Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.
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