According to party insiders, the leadership feels row may die down soon but removing him will give ammo to Oppn while country is 'celebrating Modi govt's befitting reply to Pakistan'.
Bam withdrew his nomination & joined BJP days after MP court accepted a plea to add attempted murder charge to an old case. Bam says he wasn't pressured, just had no support from Congress.
Under BJP's ‘New Joining Toli’, sub-units in MP establish contact with Oppn leaders. 'Toli' convenor in MP Narottam Mishra says 14,700+, most from Congress, joined BJP since January.
Bangre made news last year for her legal battle with Madhya Pradesh govt to get her resignation accepted. Now, she hopes for justice from BJP, asks it to 'take her back into govt service'.
An ex-NSUI activist & former zila panchayat member, Patwari replaces former CM Kamal Nath. He is often described as an aggressive leader not afraid of taking on opposition head-on.
First-time voters form nearly 4% of Madhya Pradesh's total voting population. In an election that could come down to the wire, this young crowd could hold the key to victory.
Congress is counting on former dacoit Malkhan Singh to canvas for Thakur votes in poll-bound MP’s Gwalior-Chambal region. ‘No one says anything about dacoits in Parliament,’ he says
Small-margin seats usually decide winner & loser at state level, say analysts. Leaders from ruling BJP and rival Congress say special focus being laid on seats that saw close contests.
Congress claims many sitting BJP MLAs will join the rival party soon. Ruling party downplays exits & says those who switched sides felt they might not get ticket due to lack of winnability.
With assembly elections scheduled in MP later this year, Congress plans to use corruption allegations are one of its major poll planks, just like it did in Karnataka, it is learnt.
A close reading of the official statements made by India’s MEA, ASEAN, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, and Turkiye suggests that our reticence is not exactly an outlier.
India has already purchased nearly 16 million barrels of Russian crude so far in March 2026, translating to roughly 1.6 million barrels per day, indicating a sharp uptick.
In a first during his tenure as High Commissioner to India, Riaz Hamidullah addressed JOCAP consisting of tri-forces officers, as New Delhi & Dhaka step up normalisation efforts.
Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.
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