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.
BJP’s fate in the second phase of 2024 Lok Sabha election will be decided in Karnataka, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra, where it performed very well in 2019 but faces a stiff competition now.
The private lender's shares tumbled to be top Nifty 50 loser after India's central bank barred it from taking on new customers through online and mobile banking channels.
Another addition to military cooperation has been the Strategic Space Dialogue, inaugurated in Paris in 2023. Last month, India participated as an observer to France’s AsterX.
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