With RJD’s popularity nosediving and Nitish’s JDU not in the pink of its health, the non-BJP vote bank will be looking for an alternative political platform.
One of the fallouts will be the impact in narrative building for the ruling BJP as the loss happens to be in its bastion right after the massive student protest in New Delhi.
With an estimated 1.6 lakh of its 3.79 lakh voters being upper-caste Hindus, Bankipur has been a BJP stronghold for three decades. Prashant Kishor has breached that fortress decisively.
Jan Suraaj has fielded founder Prashant Kishor for the Bankipur bypoll, setting up a direct battle with the BJP in a constituency vacated by national president Nitin Nabin's Rajya Sabha move.
Bankipur seat fell vacant after BJP national president Nitin Nabin resigned as MLA following his election to Rajya Sabha in April. The byelection will be held on 30 July.
The party chose to withdraw the plea, with liberty to approach Patna High Court, after Supreme Court questioned why the party had not approached the HC.
Despite statewide rallies, anti-corruption attacks and a caste-neutral pitch, Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj Party failed to convert its 2-year buzz into votes.
A champion of cross-border diplomacy, the former Army Chief brought together Indian and Pakistani military leaders to celebrate their shared alma mater.
India’s transmission system failed to absorb more than 8 billion kilowatt-hours of power in April to June, when 63 billion actually reached the system.
Maritime security agreement opens avenues for joint development of naval ships and design, greater use of Indian shipbuilding and repair facilities by Japan.
At some point Pakistani dictators begin to show paranoia. That’s the strategic reality most relevant to India since the late fifties. Munir’s case is worse, like some sudden acrophobia.
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