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Friday, March 29, 2024
TopicJharkhand assembly election

Topic: Jharkhand assembly election

Hemant Soren reaches Jharkhand Assembly to participate in trust vote

A special court in Ranchi has allowed Hemant, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) executive president, to participate in the floor test.

India’s student protests have broken image of national consensus on Modi’s policies

The idea that the anti-CAA protests will politically help the BJP fails to take into account how Narendra Modi and Amit Shah like to rule India.

Hemant Soren sworn in as 11th chief minister of Jharkhand, Mamata, Rahul attend ceremony

Congress Legislature Party leader Alamgir Alam, state Congress president Rameshwar Oraon & RJD MLA Satyanand Bhokta administered oath as cabinet ministers.

Jharkhand victory gives Lalu more comfort in hospital but RJD problems remain

The RJD chief has been hosting a stream of visitors in Ranchi but his party has to contend with squabbling allies in Bihar and marginal presence in Jharkhand.

Jharkhand defeat ends Om Mathur’s unbroken streak as BJP’s top election manager

Om Mathur, former Rajasthan BJP president, is an old RSS hand and considered close to PM Modi. He had led the party to wins in Gujarat, Maharashtra & MP.

Four reasons why BJP is losing to Congress and regional parties in assembly elections

Narendra Modi and Amit Shah by far remain the best election team any political party can hope for, but voting patterns have changed in India.

With Jharkhand, India is telling Modi it wants a ‘majboor sarkaar’, not ‘majboot sarkaar’

Through people’s movements and the judiciary, India has kept majoritarian regimes in check — be it under Indira Gandhi or Rajiv Gandhi. Are state elections a new addition?

Not just in Jharkhand, Amit Shah’s ‘Chanakya Niti’ has faltered in other states too

Gujarat elections in 2017, Ahmed Patel’s dramatic Rajya Sabha win, Maharashtra & Haryana verdicts — all expose flaws in Amit Shah’s election strategies.

Hemant Soren could teach Congress a thing or two about fighting Narendra Modi

JMM chief Soren ran a perfect campaign in Jharkhand election, focusing on what people want, and telling them what he could do.

Double whammy for BJP, Modi’s ‘post-truth’ speech and ‘Citizen’s Register of Nation’

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Congress attacks chief economic advisor over statement on unemployment, asks BJP govt to ‘vacate seat’

While releasing 'India Employment Report 2024', V Anantha Nageswaran said govt can't solve 'all social, economic challenges'. Congress leader Kharge says CEA protecting 'dear leader'.

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.