After tribal CM, Kiran Singh Deo, a general category MLA from Bastar, made BJP's state unit president. This is being seen as BJP's way to ensure satisfaction in a crucial region.
Governor Biswabhusan Harichandan also administered oath to state BJP chief & OBC leader Arun Sao and Brahmin leader Vijay Sharma, who are the new deputy chief ministers.
If Shivraj Singh Chouhan is also replaced, it will mark the formal denouncement of Vajpayee and Advani’s era in the BJP with nobody from that period in the saddle in any state.
The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
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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