With RJD’s popularity nosediving and Nitish’s JDU not in the pink of its health, the non-BJP vote bank will be looking for an alternative political platform.
One of the fallouts will be the impact in narrative building for the ruling BJP as the loss happens to be in its bastion right after the massive student protest in New Delhi.
With an estimated 1.6 lakh of its 3.79 lakh voters being upper-caste Hindus, Bankipur has been a BJP stronghold for three decades. Prashant Kishor has breached that fortress decisively.
Jan Suraaj has fielded founder Prashant Kishor for the Bankipur bypoll, setting up a direct battle with the BJP in a constituency vacated by national president Nitin Nabin's Rajya Sabha move.
Bankipur seat fell vacant after BJP national president Nitin Nabin resigned as MLA following his election to Rajya Sabha in April. The byelection will be held on 30 July.
The JSP founder, who visited Bharat Bhushan Tiwari's family Wednesday, asked whether role of Bihar home minister, STF officer who gave the order to shoot & Home dept will be probed.
After spending years trying to reinvent themselves, Bollywood’s ageing stars are discovering that audiences may not necessarily want a new version of them.
Data on FDI rise has become a political flashpoint, with Naidu govt projecting an investor-friendly turnaround while YSRCP leader says ‘unwarranted information’ provided in House.
In February this year, ThePrint reported that India is exploring the possibility of teaming up with France for co-development and co-manufacturing of the futuristic FCAS.
It’s evident Bhagwat was watching from a distance and was worried about youth’s anger towards Modi govt. The first thing he did was to demolish any criticism of Gen Z protesters as anti-national.
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