Haryana election result is a good reminder that under a slowing economy, parties with formidable state leaders can challenge Modi-Amit Shah's ambition.
The BJP, which set a target of 75 seats, is leading in just 37 while the Congress is leading in 35. The JJP, contesting its first elections, has won 3 seats and is leading in 7.
A Jat consolidation appears to have benefitted Dushyant Chautala's JJP, a breakaway of INLD, as the party is leading in a number of seats in the Jat belt.
Ashok Tanwar won’t join Chautala’s JJP but only support its candidates on ‘select seats’, says will also back other candidates, including from Congress.
The BJP juggernaut, which saw the party win all 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana, will now have the easier task of having to contend with a splintered opposition in the state.
Over generations, Bihar’s bane has been its utter lack of urbanisation. But now, even Bihar is urbanising. Or let’s say, rurbanising. Two decades under Nitish Kumar have created a new elite in its cities.
Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
The numbers will provide stability for a five year term. For a party of the Jats to be a coalition partner is a good development.