Analysis of 303 seats won by BJP in 2019 & comparison of vote share with opposition parties show snatching victory from PM Modi may have been difficult back then & may be in 2024 too.
Opposition leaders like Congress's Mallikarjun Kharge & National Conference's Farooq Abdullah present at the event also spoke of 'like-minded parties' coming together ahead of 2024 polls.
Party president says efforts will be made to forge alliance of like-minded parties to take on BJP in 2024 polls, calls for repeat of 2004 general elections, when UPA had defeated NDA.
There was no clarity on how opposition parties would work together for 2024 LS elections even as their leaders came out against BJP. Congress was barely mentioned at rally.
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, who snapped ties with the BJP & joined the seven-party opposition 'Mahagathbandhan', made the remark in reply to a query from journalists in Patna.
AAP's silence on central agencies targeting opposition, differences among allies on Sisodia reflects conflict over ambition of leaders wanting to be the face challenging Modi in 2024.
After AAP’s sweep of Punjab, TMC seems to be taking a more conciliatory attitude towards AAP as it aims to form anti-BJP front for 2024. Unclear if Congress will be included.
TMC & AAP leaders say Kejriwal has so far not been approached for convention to address Centre's interference in governance, but his position in alliance may change after assembly polls.
At a press conference in Delhi, Trinamool leaders say party is different from others in opposition because it had fought and won Bengal polls without allies.
OBC bill is slated to be tabled in Parliament Monday. Given that several states are set to go to polls next year, parties are keen to back a law that helps the backward class.
For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.
Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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