SP rally in Dadri comes about 10 months before polls. Party looking to strengthen base in western UP, where it has traditionally been weak, & to recover ground after RLD's switch to NDA.
Jayant Chaudhary is not the first. In the past decade, the BJP has attempted hostile takeovers of dynast-ruled parties by either appropriating their vote bank or minority shareholders.
Old RLD stronghold Baghpat started voting for BJP in 2014, but farmers are showing signs of coming back to Jayant Chaudhary’s party. Many still like UP’s Yogi Adityanath govt.
Set to start later this month, the campaign seeks to bridge gaps between Jats and other sections in areas like Muzaffarnagar, where riots took place in 2013.
BSP and SP are likely contest 37 seats each, which will leave six of Uttar Pradesh’s 80 Lok Sabha constituencies without a contender from either party.
The Congress has promised Rs 50,000 assistance to each woman but as we've seen in many recent elections, voters seem to be conscious of the proverb: 'A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.'
Fears that an escalation of the conflict could heighten a fuel squeeze & endanger the economy unnerved traders, with NYT reporting Iran stopped negotiating a truce with the US.
French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
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