Samajwadi Party's Shyam Lal Pal requested that police not check voter IDs during UP by-polls, citing misuse of power in past elections and urging fair voter slip distribution to all.
Shiv Sena (UBT) has made inroads in assembly segments with a sizeable Muslim population. Eknath Shinde's camp calls its outreach to the community a deviation from Bal Thackeray's legacy.
Muslim vote is BJP’s biggest worry. Knives are already out and probing its most critical fault line. Without recovering UP, BJP’s decline threatens to become chronic, and progressive.
The Muslim community comprises more than 50 per cent of the electorate in only 15 Lok Sabha constituencies. Their votes can't decide who comes to power at the Centre.
Political analysts say JD(S) may be able to swing Vokkaliga votebank in favour of alliance, but Muslim voters may be difficult to convince. Unease among leaders of both parties about tie-up.
New assignment for South Delhi MP Ramesh Bidhuri comes days after he made incendiary comments against BSP's Danish Ali in Parliament. Muslims comprise 47.18% of Tonk city’s population.
With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.
If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.
Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.
Akhilesh should rename SP to Samajwadi Muslim Party (SMP).