Nearly a quarter of the BJP’s 441 Lok Sabha candidates were defectors who had joined the party between 2014 and 2024; out of 26 candidates who joined this year, 21 lost.
Dr Daljit Singh Cheema, who served as adviser to Parkash Badal when he was CM, to contest from Gurdaspur. Two-time MLA & real estate developer NK Sharma pitted against Preneet Kaur.
Dropping MPs, MLAs to beat anti-incumbency has been one of the core formulae of success for Modi since his chief ministerial days. But does it really work?
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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