Going by Amit Shah's speech at a rally in Nanded, BJP will likely campaign mainly on Operation Sindoor for local body polls, which will be like a mini assembly election.
Independent candidates won 353 of the 411 seats. Major political parties contested in only a fraction of the seats and Congress didn't field any candidate on its party symbol.
Local leaders have accused state and Union ministers, including Faggan Kulaste and Prahlad Patel, of putting factions above party interests. MP BJP gen secy ‘aware of complaints’.
BJP gave tickets to as many as 380 Muslim candidates for local body polls, and Muslim BJP candidates defeated Hindu Congress candidates in at least 25 wards.
BJP has made much of ‘lotus blooming in every nook and corner’ of Tamil Nadu after getting 5.4% vote share in urban local body polls, but analysts say it has a way to go.
SC cites lack of empirical data, directs state election body not to act on state backward class commission’s report. Seats reserved for OBCs to be treated as 'general'.
According to a study in 21 cities, not even a third of all booth-level officers could be contacted based on the phone numbers made available by the Election Commission.
French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
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