Apart from elected councillors, 10 Delhi MPs & 14 MLAs are eligible to vote in mayoral election. But it is assembly Speaker’s discretion which MLAs to call for ballot.
BJP insiders say many were unhappy with ticket distribution & this was ignored despite conveying it to leadership. But another section asserts party faced huge anti-incumbency.
At a rally held in Delhi Wednesday, Union minister for road transport & highways Nitin Gadkari focussed on his ministry’s schemes to woo voters in order to retain BJP's hold over MCD.
BJP has deployed chief ministers, Union ministers to woo Delhiites but with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal campaigning in Gujarat, AAP is stressing on personal outreach.
Section of party leaders feel BJP needs to now highlight work done by its councillors & focus on reaching out to voters. Union ministers to campaign in coming days.
Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.
On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.
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