It is apparent that years of Congress misrule and empty promises—hawa mein baatein, as it’s said in Hindi— have rendered the party a toothless tiger in the polls.
A domicile policy with 1932 as cut-off year has been a sensitive issue. Party maintains ambiguity to avoid polarisation of tribals & to keep its base of non-tribal voters intact.
A family borough of civil servant-turned-politician Yashwant Sinha, this is the first time since 1998 that nobody from the Sinha family has contested the election.
Babulal Marandi, who was Jharkhand's 1st CM, was made state BJP chief earlier this month. In an interview, he also says party is open to suggestions from tribal community on UCC.
One of the factors for BJP’s loss in Jharkhand was tribal vote but the party has fared no better in ST reserved seats across the 5 states that went to polls in the last year.
In the present 81-member assembly, BJP has 43 members, JMM 19, Congress eight, AJSU Party three, JVM(P) two, CPI(ML) Liberation one, MCC one and others two.
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.
Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.
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