While holding simultaneous elections may be economically viable, the opposition may have a point that the Modi government could be ignoring the citizens’ right to remove non-performing governments’.
Criticism comes in wake of Ram Nath Kovind-led panel advocating for ‘one nation, one election’ in its report submitted to President Droupadi Murmu Thursday.
Part of BJP’s poll promise of electoral reforms, theory aims for simultaneous LS & assembly elections. Panel to submit recommendations at the earliest, no time frame given.
BJP-led NDA is now 1.2% away from the majority mark, compared to just 0.05% in July 2021. But sometimes-friendly parties like Jagan's YSRCP & Naveen Patnaik's BJD could fill gap.
The invitation comes amid tensions between Delhi and Dhaka over the communal violence in Bangladesh during Durga Puja this month. India hasn’t confirmed the visit.
PM Narendra Modi received Mette Frederiksen and Bo Tengberg, her husband, at Rashtrapati Bhavan Saturday. Frederiksen is scheduled to interact with think-tanks, students and members of civil society.
The sanitation worker’s house in the Presidential Estate has been disinfected and sealed, and 25 families living in close contact have been quarantined.
In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.
IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.
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