As CM, Saini gauged immediately that people in Haryana were upset with a few digital governance initiatives. He announced that any such initiatives will be amended or scrapped.
Ministers losing likely reflects anti-incumbency & people's anger with the BJP on several issues, but the play of social identities may have helped the party come to power again.
Mapping of booths, replacing Khattar with Saini, ensuring better coordination with RSS and attacking Congress by taking aim at Hooda were elements of its strategy in Haryana.
Saini’s rise in politics has been meteoric. Considered close to Manohar Lal Khattar, he had replaced O.P. Dhankar as Haryana BJP chief last year and took over as CM this year.
Handpicked by Modi to lead first-ever BJP govt in Haryana after party’s 2014 win, Khattar served as CM for two consecutive terms, has been key face of BJP in state for nearly 2 decades.
As BJP is also trying to muster numbers by splitting non-Jat votes, its weak link is ML Khattar. Ex-CM has been deputed to campaign mostly in non-Jat areas & Punjabi belt of Haryana.
With Dalits angry with ruling party over unemployment, farmers’ protests & Agniveer scheme, BJP's been highlighting Congress infighting & reviving past instances of violence against Dalits.
Haryana CM Nayab Saini, state BJP unit take digs at Congress ahead of 5 October election where unemployment has emerged as key issue. Hooda says candidates' statements twisted by BJP.
BJP's Haryana in-charge Poonia says CM Nayab Saini had less time to perform, but the state govt's performance will ensure Congress's defeat in the Haryana assembly polls.
With his cameo in Bads of Bollywood, Emraan Hashmi, who has long shifted away from his signature bold image, got the chance to revive his boyhood charm.
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.
There were no plans to have Mk1A version. However, compromise was reached between HAL & IAF in 2015 since original plan for getting Mk2 would've been time-consuming affair.
Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.
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