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.
The party has given ticket to ex-Congress MLA Raju Parve, who jumped ship recently, from Ramtek (SC) seat. Some of the other names include Rahul Shewale, Sadashiv Lokhande & Hemant Patil.
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?
Following the transaction which is expected to be completed by November, Dassault Reliance Aerospace Ltd will become an associate company, with Reliance retaining a 49% stake.
From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.
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