Gurjars largely voted for Congress in the 2018 Rajasthan assembly elections in the hope that Sachin Pilot would become CM. With that possibility fading, the BJP is looking to capitalise.
The BJP also released its second list of candidates for the state's assembly elections, with former CM Vasundhara Raje set to recontest from Jhalrapatan.
BJP MP Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, currently running for the Jhotwara assembly seat, also discussed the BJP’s election strategies and choice to not project a CM candidate.
Govt will purchase dung from cattle owners to produce biogas if Congress returns to power, says Gehlot. Other guarantees include implementation of old pension scheme and free laptops.
CM Gehlot’s welfare schemes are popular, but Congress’s decision to field many sitting MLAs is causing discontent, including in east Rajasthan where party won 49 of its 100 seats in 2018.
In its notices, EC refers to Assam CM Sarma’s ‘communally charged’ remarks & Gandhi’s ‘false statements’ about PM Modi at election rallies. They have until 30 October to respond.
Chautala’s JJP has announced 6 candidates for the Rajasthan polls and plans to contest 25-30 seats in all, raising questions about the already strained BJP-JJP alliance in Haryana.
BJP announces list of 83 candidates day after its central election committee’s held marathon meeting. This comes after first list triggered massive protests in state unit.
Despite efforts to mollify disgruntled ticket contenders, protests going strong in dozen seats for a week. BJP chief JP Nadda has met state leaders & asked them to set house in order.
The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.
With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
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