Analysis of 303 seats won by BJP in 2019 & comparison of vote share with opposition parties show snatching victory from PM Modi may have been difficult back then & may be in 2024 too.
Siddaramaiah said assurances will be fulfilled irrespective of financial burden on state coffers. He also blamed previous BJP govt for bad finances of Karnataka and of the country.
The 76-yr-old leader, who belongs to neither Lingayat or Vokkaliga community, is known for his political acumen, wit & humour. He took oath as 34th CM of Karnataka Saturday.
List shows party has tried to include all sections of its support base — religious minorities, SCs & STs, dominant castes. Priyank Kharge, son of Congress national president, makes the cut.
Party politics takes the shine off of a strong mandate and weakens the image, a key factor in national politics. With Congress, it has happened in Karnataka.
Congress is seeking to use oath ceremony as a platform to bring together anti-BJP parties ahead of 2024. Invitees include M.K. Stalin, Akhilesh Yadav, Hemant Soren & Naveen Patnaik.
This will be Siddaramaiah's 2nd stint as chief minister. Shivakumar's camp has claimed rotational chief ministership, but there's no official confirmation. Oath taking ceremony on 20 May.
India must reduce its overdependence on the US by cultivating alternative markets—concluding the EU FTA, advancing the UK deal, and exploring entry into the CPTPP, the open, rules-based bloc of Japan, Korea, and Australia.
As India-Russia trade decreases, India's April-July exports to the US this year increased by 21% compared to last year & imports from the US grew by 12%.
New Delhi: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi Tuesday pushed for a “dual-track” progress for ties with India, separating economic ties from the boundary question,...
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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