The charismatic Pita had led pre-election opinion polls as Thailand's top choice for PM but faced a host of legal & legislative challenges that he maintains were orchestrated to keep him from power.
Pita has a mountain to climb and hit his first of a series of expected hurdles when political rivals challenged his re-nomination, arguing parliament had already declined to endorse him.
The poll body said it found merit in a complaint alleging Pita was unqualified to run for the election because of his ownership of shares in a media company in violation of electoral rules.
IGL, MGL & other city gas distributors announce benefits to encourage LPG users to shift to piped natural gas as Centre flags concerns over LPG supply in the wake of Iran conflict.
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.
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