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TopicMP assembly election 2023

Topic: MP assembly election 2023

Social engineering, eye on 2024 — why BJP picked Yadav CM, Dalit & Brahmin deputies in MP

BJP leaders say by choosing Yadav as CM, party is also looking to gain in states like Bihar & UP where Yadavs are an influential group, especially amid Opposition demand for a caste census.

How MP sweep surprised BJP brass — ‘sidelined’ Shivraj’s women connect, state unit’s groundwork

A survey in June painted a dismal picture of voter fatigue, anti-incumbency for BJP. But party’s organisational structure, combined with CM’s Ladli Behna Yojana, helped turn the tide. 

INDIA partners SP, AAP sink in MP, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, take swipe at Congress for dismal show

New Delhi: The lead up to the assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan had seen cracks developing in the Opposition’s INDIA bloc, with...

Ladli Behna scheme has women rallying behind Shivraj, but not all men are happy

Financial assistance scheme touted as 'game change' by BJP leaders, seen as 'blessing' by women. But while Congress writes it off as 'handout', disgruntled men say it's 'just a lollypop'.

Tale of 2 poll-bound states: Why Chhattisgarh is doing better despite parent state MP’s faster growth 

Between 2011-12 and 2022-23, the GSDP of MP grew by 6.7% per annum on average (compound annual growth rate or CAGR). The growth was 5.6% for Chhattisgarh but there’s more to data.

BJP’s Guna MP K.P. Yadav says convoy ‘followed & intercepted’ after Modi event, seeks probe

In letter to MP Home Minister Narottam Mishra, Krishnapal Singh Yadav says such incidents happening near elections 'raises suspicion'. Police say man arrested in matter wanted to meet MP.

Why Shivraj washed feet of tribal urinated upon by man with ‘BJP links’ — damage control, image building

MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan invited victim Dashmat Rawat to his Bhopal residence, washed his feet and apologised to him. Accused booked under NSA, arrested, part of his house razed. 

Madhya Pradesh BJP takes ‘panna’ from Gujarat book — ID cards for 38 lakh workers, page committees

The BJP in poll-bound MP hopes to replicate the successful Gujarat election formula and beat anti-incumbency by ‘empowering’ workers with ID cards, micromanaging voter lists.

On Camera

Patel’s 1950 letter to Nehru: Find no legal power to deal with Press or men like Syama Prasad

Less than a year before the First Constitutional Amendment, Patel wrote to Nehru about Supreme Court rulings that had 'knocked the bottom out' of press control laws.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.