BJP began its OBC push in Haryana last October when it replaced its Jat state president OP Dhankar with Nayab Saini, an OBC. Saini went on to replace CM Khattar, a Punjabi, in March.
Other factors that came up are overconfidence of ministers, humiliation of BJP workers, lack of synergy with allies among others. BJP lost 29 LS seats in Uttar Pradesh this year.
On 29 June, Amit Shah declared that BJP would contest under leadership of CM Saini. A section in BJP fears that this move may 'alienate' other communities.
Hike in creamy layer income limit for OBCs & promise to fill Group-A & B vacancies are latest in slew of promises by BJP govt in Haryana to check anti-incumbency ahead of assembly polls.
There are voices calling for ‘badlaav’ as incumbent MP Anupriya Patel battles anti-incumbency. The Apna Dal (S) chief is banking heavily on Modi-Yogi factor to clinch a third term.
Calcutta HC in order says West Bengal Commission for Backward Classes & state govt ‘acted with lightning speed to make public announcement by chief minister a reality’.
Most Lok Sabha seats in Marathwada are set to witness Maratha vs Maratha contest, with exception of Beed. Experts say for voters, it will be choice between 'opportunism & loyalty'.
BJP & JJP have entered into new agreement to divide opposition votes, says Congress's Bhupinder Singh Hooda. Surjewala alleges parties enacted 'prearranged drama' of snapping ties.
The leader who has opposed OBC quota for Marathas, says he offered his resignation in November 2023, alleged Maharashtra govt is making fake documents to give Marathas OBC certificates.
For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.
The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.
Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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