In run up to assembly polls, experts say BJP is going back to the drawing board & making changes to its strategy. Opposition calls party's actions 'anti-Muslim'.
Himanta Biswa Sarma has gone all out to win over voters in constituencies with large Muslim populations, from Nagaon to Darrang-Udalguri. ‘Confident of winning 20% Muslim votes,’ he says.
Ex-MP & Pasmanda activist Ali Anwar says impact of quota for backward-class Muslims already visible in Bihar politics. BJP says quota 'depriving' Hindu backward castes of their due.
In 2014, Modi was positive & warm towards political rivals who he had defeated barely three months ago. This year, he exhorted people to 'get rid' of his adversaries.
In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.
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.
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