Let’s elevate politics… Opp. must look within for resurrection: Ashwani Kumar
1 week, 5 days ago

Let’s elevate politics… Opp. must look within for resurrection: Ashwani Kumar

Deccan Chronicle  

As the second part of the Budget Session continues, veteran parliamentarian, former Union law minister and public intellectual ASHWANI KUMAR, formerly with the Congress Party, speaks to ASHHAR KHAN about the current government’s policies and the Opposition’s agenda: Q: You have been a veteran parliamentarian and have often said that all governments have a mixed record. Building upon the established foreign policy objective of advancing national strategic interests, the government has responded proactively to challenging events in a vastly altered geopolitical context. And the Grand Old Party must give respect to its cadres; listen to their grievances, address injustices rather than threatening conscientious dissenters with disciplinary action. The intelligentsia and thinkers of the country must come out of their comfort zones to give a refreshing direction to the nation’s politics, in which there is no place for fear, calumny and indignities.

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Anita Katyal : Punjab is on edge: With AAP battling for survival, will Cong make gains?
3 days, 5 hours ago

Anita Katyal : Punjab is on edge: With AAP battling for survival, will Cong make gains?

Deccan Chronicle  

After its crushing defeat in Delhi last month, the Aam Aadmi Party quickly shifted focus to Punjab, the only other state where it is in power. Arvind Kejriwal’s AAP rode to power in Punjab three years ago with a pledge to replicate the “Delhi model of governance”, giving primacy to education, civic amenities, healthcare and with zero tolerance for corruption. …

Delhi AAP Gets New President, Manish Sisodia Is Punjab Unit In-Charge
1 week ago

Delhi AAP Gets New President, Manish Sisodia Is Punjab Unit In-Charge

ABP News  

Delhi AAP New President: The Aam Aadmi Party has undertaken a major organisational reshuffle across six states, with senior leader Manish Sisodia appointed as the Punjab in-charge. The appointment of in-charges for four states and new presidents for two states was approved.” Regarding Punjab, Pathak confirmed that Manish Sisodia will be the in-charge, with Satyendar Jain as the co-in-charge. आम …

INDIA bloc-ked? The Opposition front as a grand illusion
1 month ago

INDIA bloc-ked? The Opposition front as a grand illusion

India Today  

The Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance, or INDIA, once heralded as the grand anti-Bharatiya Janata Party coalition, now teeters at the edge of irrelevance. An encouraging piece of statistics for the Congress is the fact that 68 per cent of the OBC respondents recognise it as the true Opposition party, the highest among all caste groups, reflecting the impact of …

Why AAP's decimation in Delhi may be good news for Congress in Gujarat
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Why AAP's decimation in Delhi may be good news for Congress in Gujarat

India Today  

The decimation of the Aam Aadmi Party in the Delhi assembly election has inspired several secret chuckles in the Congress in Gujarat, where politics took an unusual turn over the past five years. AAP contested several local body polls in 2021 and set the trend of eating into the Congress’s vote-share and indirectly benefiting the ruling BJP. In 2022, in …

AAP’s defeat in Delhi election lifts the Congress’s spirits in Punjab
1 month, 2 weeks ago

AAP’s defeat in Delhi election lifts the Congress’s spirits in Punjab

The Hindu  

The Aam Aadmi Party’s debacle in the Delhi Assembly election is all set to lift the Congress’s spirits in Punjab. Claiming that the defeat in Delhi had burst the AAP’s bubble, senior Congress leader and former Punjab Chief Minister Rajinder Kaur Bhattal on Sunday said the poll results would augment the already existing restlessness in the AAP cadre, which would …

Congress’ wipeout, AAP’s defeat in Delhi deepen uncertainty within INDIA bloc
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Congress’ wipeout, AAP’s defeat in Delhi deepen uncertainty within INDIA bloc

New Indian Express  

The grand old party’s decision to go solo in Delhi was driven by the ambition of reviving the sagging fortunes of the party, which ruled Delhi for 15 years. The Congress also feels that AAP played a significant role in its humiliating defeat in the recent Haryana assembly elections, where both parties fought separately. INDIA bloc prospects The results of …

Delhi polls less than a month away, how will key players fare? A SWOT analysis
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Delhi polls less than a month away, how will key players fare? A SWOT analysis

India Today  

The Election Commission has announced the dates for the Delhi Assembly elections, setting the stage for a keenly contested triangular battle between the Aam Aadmi Party, Bharatiya Janata Party, and the Congress. The BJP also finds it challenging to effectively counter Arvind Kejriwal's aggressive and charismatic campaign strategies, which keeps the AAP in an advantageous position. With corruption allegations weighing …

The blueprint is ready: Will Maharashtra, Haryana losses spur Congress's radical revamp?
4 months ago

The blueprint is ready: Will Maharashtra, Haryana losses spur Congress's radical revamp?

India Today  

The Maharashtra assembly election has once again laid bare the precarious position of the Congress in India’s political landscape and within the INDIA bloc. This marked a stark contrast to the 76 per cent strike rate achieved during the Lok Sabha elections, where the Congress won 13 of the 17 seats it contested in Maharashtra. Among the six major players …

After Maharashtra, the fate of the Opposition
4 months ago

After Maharashtra, the fate of the Opposition

Hindustan Times  

Of the two states that went to polls, Maharashtra was the big prize. This is remarkable since the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi had won 30 of the 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra in June, with the Congress winning 13 of the 17 seats it contested. National alliances need a pole party, which in the case of the INDIA bloc …

INDIA vs BJP: What Modi’s underperformance means for a resurgent opposition alliance
9 months, 2 weeks ago

INDIA vs BJP: What Modi’s underperformance means for a resurgent opposition alliance

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Congress and its allies still came second to Modi’s …

India elections: Modi and his Hindu nationalist BJP have another five years in power. What does it mean for the world?
9 months, 2 weeks ago

India elections: Modi and his Hindu nationalist BJP have another five years in power. What does it mean for the world?

CNN  

CNN — Narendra Modi has raised India’s stature on the global stage like no other recent leader of the world’s most populous country. Paul, author of “The Unfinished Quest: India’s Search for Major Power Status from Nehru to Modi.” “This idea of India pushing its weight around may be much less feasible for the time being, given that foreign policy …

Narendra Modi: Historic return, but with a spoiler effect
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Narendra Modi: Historic return, but with a spoiler effect

Hindustan Times  

Narendra Modi remains India’s most popular leader. Modi may also become the only leader to complete three consecutive elected terms in office if he stays on till 2029; remember Nehru died two years into his third elected term. Whether this discontent is a result of Modi’s governance style or his government’s mixed economic record or the party’s inability to manage …

Fighting alone in Punjab, what's the BJP pinning its hopes on
10 months ago

Fighting alone in Punjab, what's the BJP pinning its hopes on

India Today  

In 2019, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi filed his nomination papers in Varanasi for the Lok Sabha election, several leaders of the National Democratic Alliance were present there in a show of strength. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, the BJP's fight is primarily against the Aam Aadmi Party, which runs the state government in Punjab, and the resurgent Congress, …

Interview | Punjab will vote on our performance, BJP’s polarisation card won’t work: Bhagwant Mann
11 months ago

Interview | Punjab will vote on our performance, BJP’s polarisation card won’t work: Bhagwant Mann

Hindustan Times  

The arrest of Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party’s national convener Arvind Kejriwal since March 21 has thrust Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann, 50, into a challenging task in the run-up to the general elections. As one of the key faces in the opposition INDIA bloc, he is pivoting the AAP’s sweepstakes on 22 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab, …

Shrinking footprint of the Congress party
11 months, 1 week ago

Shrinking footprint of the Congress party

Hindustan Times  

The upcoming general elections are a watershed moment for the Congress. The party is set to contest in less than or around 300 Lok Sabha seats, its lowest ever tally since 1952: The lowest so far has been 417 in 2004. The fall in tally also suggests that the party has finally admitted to its decline and recognises the need …

Syed Ata Hasnain | What India should Expect from Shehbaz Sharif Government
1 year ago

Syed Ata Hasnain | What India should Expect from Shehbaz Sharif Government

Deccan Chronicle  

With the PDM 2.0 government now embedded in Pakistan and Imran Khan’s vitriolic outbursts against India behind us, can we now expect any improvements in India-Pakistan relations? Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, young and ambitious, may view himself as the messiah who would revenge India for the ignominy that his grandfather faced with the defeat in former East Pakistan and in Shimla …

The opposition alliance that aimed to oust Modi appears to be cracking just before India’s elections
1 year, 1 month ago

The opposition alliance that aimed to oust Modi appears to be cracking just before India’s elections

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Last year more than two dozen opposition parties in India came together to take on Narendra Modi, one of the country’s most popular prime ministers in generations. Riven by rivalries, political defections and ideological clashes, the INDIA alliance, formed to unseat Modi and defeat his Bharatiya Janata Party’s electoral juggernaut, is in shambles, analysts say. Meanwhile the …

India’s main opposition party begins a cross-country march ahead of a crucial national vote
1 year, 2 months ago

India’s main opposition party begins a cross-country march ahead of a crucial national vote

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Thousands of members of India’s main opposition Congress party and its supporters began a 2-month cross-country march Sunday in a bid to regain some of the popularity it has lost to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Hindu nationalist party ahead of a crucial national vote this year. The “Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra,” or “Unite India Justice March,” …

View From India | New year, new uncertainties for Indian diplomacy
1 year, 2 months ago

View From India | New year, new uncertainties for Indian diplomacy

The Hindu  

Best wishes for a happy and peaceful new year to all readers of The View From India — the only newsletter that provides a comprehensive look of the issues that matter in foreign policy from an Indian perspective, and keeps you informed of the most important developments in Indian diplomacy every week. As The Hindu’s Suhasini Haidar writes, domestic policies …

INDIA bloc’s 2024 bid also a race against time
1 year, 3 months ago

INDIA bloc’s 2024 bid also a race against time

Hindustan Times  

Will the “INDIA bloc” be able to offer voters a blueprint of its plans for India at its meeting tomorrow? The Bharatiya Janata Party ’s strategy of sidestepping the regional leadership resulted in resounding success in states that it had lost in 2018. Post-Indira Gandhi, the idea that a majority in state elections could be won solely on the Prime …

View: Why BJP is a formidable challenge for Opposition in 2024
1 year, 3 months ago

View: Why BJP is a formidable challenge for Opposition in 2024

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: Hindsight may be 20/20 but the exit polls conducted by various TV channels after recently concluded Assembly elections show wide variance, sometimes totally off the mark, and are akin to predictions made by astrologers to believers of destiny and fate in Bharat. A closer look at the past exit polls of Assembly elections to Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and …

Raining promises: The Hindu Editorial on Competitive populism in the Assembly elections in five States
1 year, 4 months ago

Raining promises: The Hindu Editorial on Competitive populism in the Assembly elections in five States

The Hindu  

The ongoing Assembly elections in five States are seen as a prelude to the general election expected in the first half of 2024. The Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress, the main contestants in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, have sought to outdo each other in promising a widening array of welfare schemes. Incumbents in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, the …

Caste, economy, OBC politics top agenda as five States head for elections in November
1 year, 5 months ago

Caste, economy, OBC politics top agenda as five States head for elections in November

The Hindu  

Published : Oct 10, 2023 11:51 IST - 4 MINS READ As the Election Commission of India announced the dates of Assembly elections in five States, which are widely seen as the litmus test for the 2024 general election, political parties have heightened their campaigns, with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi raising the pitch on a caste census. The INDIA alliance …

Shikha Mukerjee | Congress must forge unity out of its internal diversity
1 year, 6 months ago

Shikha Mukerjee | Congress must forge unity out of its internal diversity

Deccan Chronicle  

The Congress Party is entirely truthful when its leader Rahul Gandhi acknowledges that the party is not an organisation; his take is that it is a movement. The three challenges are -- one, to convert the “movement” into an organisation to fight the five state elections in the run-up to the 2024 Lok Sabha battle; two, iron out wrinkles, frictions, …

PERSPECTIVE | Is Rahul Gandhi ready to lead the Congress to victory in 2024?
1 year, 7 months ago

PERSPECTIVE | Is Rahul Gandhi ready to lead the Congress to victory in 2024?

The Hindu  

The Congress leader has been on a charm offensive in recent months, but that might not be enough to topple the BJP. When Rahul Gandhi recently launched a frontal attack in Parliament on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s failure to contain ethnic violence in Manipur—his first since his disqualification from the Lok Sabha was revoked by the Supreme Court on August …

Sunil Jakhar takes over as BJP Punjab chief, says BJP no longer younger brother in State
1 year, 8 months ago

Sunil Jakhar takes over as BJP Punjab chief, says BJP no longer younger brother in State

The Hindu  

Former Member of Parliament Sunil Jakhar on Tuesday officially took over as president of Bharatiya Janta Party’s Punjab State unit and said that BJP was a strong political force in Punjab on its own. “In recent years, BJP on its own has grown immensely in Punjab and there is a palpable traction amongst Punjabis for several key initiatives taken by …

Opposition sets sights on joint front for 2024 after Congress’s poll win
1 year, 10 months ago

Opposition sets sights on joint front for 2024 after Congress’s poll win

Hindustan Times  

Leaders from at least 12 political parties are expected to meet in Patna in next “eight to 10” days to decide on a common opposition front to take on the Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, people familiar with the matter said on Sunday, a day after the Congress swept the Karnataka assembly elections. Bihar chief minister …

Aakar Patel writes: Karnataka election result shows India’s natural position is in the centre
1 year, 10 months ago

Aakar Patel writes: Karnataka election result shows India’s natural position is in the centre

The Hindu  

Published : May 14, 2023 16:36 IST - 9 MINS READ Ruchir Sharma, the banker and writer, said that India tends to disappoint both pessimists and optimists, meaning that its progress in the long term was not marked by the striking acceleration that defined the economic success of China and South Korea and Japan before it. The first is exclusion, …

OPINION | Congress and BJP: A striking contrast in leadership
2 years, 2 months ago

OPINION | Congress and BJP: A striking contrast in leadership

India TV News  

In the run-up to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the two major political parties, BJP and Congress have already begun to flex their muscles by carrying out road shows and strategy meetings. On Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi led a small road show at the beginning of BJP national executive meet, while the 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' of Rajul Gandhi continues …

INTERVIEW | Mallikarjun Kharge: ‘India is looking for change in 2024. Only Congress can lead that change’
2 years, 2 months ago

INTERVIEW | Mallikarjun Kharge: ‘India is looking for change in 2024. Only Congress can lead that change’

The Hindu  

Published : Jan 05, 2023 15:51 IST Eighty-year-old Mallikarjun Kharge is a man who has come up the ranks. An ordinary mill worker’s son becoming an MLA, a Minister, an MP, a Union Minister, Leader of Opposition in both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha and, finally, the Congress president, is also the story of India I think, where …

DC Edit | Himalayan win for Congress
2 years, 3 months ago

DC Edit | Himalayan win for Congress

Deccan Chronicle  

The clear mandate the Congress has bagged in the Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections has many reasons, but the most important one is the potential the party still has in states where it is directly pitted against the BJP. Also, the state’s pattern of alternating between the saffron party and the grand old party must have contributed to the latter’s return …

Gujarat Watch: 2022 Polls Resemble 2017 In Many Ways, But Congress Appears Oblivious To It
2 years, 5 months ago

Gujarat Watch: 2022 Polls Resemble 2017 In Many Ways, But Congress Appears Oblivious To It

ABP News  

Gujarat Elections 2022: Just when Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ entered the BJP-ruled Karnataka last week, the party’s yet another Gujarat MLA called it quits, ahead of the state assembly elections slated to be held in December. The underlying story is that the Congress, especially Rahul Gandhi whose best stint was in Modi’s Gujarat during the 2017 elections, …

For the Congress, time is running out
2 years, 7 months ago

For the Congress, time is running out

Hindustan Times  

In the last few years, the desertion of senior leaders has become so commonplace in the Indian National Congress that sometimes it doesn’t even warrant comment, except on the hapless state of the party. Yet, the resignation of former Union minister Ghulam Nabi Azad must sting, not only for the stature of the 73-year-old who served under four prime ministers …

Resolve the leadership crisis in Chhattisgarh
2 years, 8 months ago

Resolve the leadership crisis in Chhattisgarh

Hindustan Times  

Almost a year after the Congress appeared to have resolved its factionalism problem in Chhattisgarh, ties between chief minister Bhupesh Baghel and cabinet minister TS Singh Deo have turned frosty again. That the party is battling a crisis in a state where it otherwise dominates politically speaks poorly of the party’s dysfunctional decision-making and the original bargain struck between the …

can the congress pose a serious challenge to the bjp in 2024
2 years, 8 months ago

can the congress pose a serious challenge to the bjp in 2024

The Hindu  

In its 137 years of existence, the Congress has dominated Indian history, but never looked more sidelined than it does today. Explained | The Congress party’s internal administration A diminishing footprint Till Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Narendra Modi of the Bharatiya Janata Party, no non-Congress Prime Minister had ever completed a full term in office. In the BJP, the Congress …

Buoyed by Punjab victory, AAP all set to challenge BJP in Himachal Pradesh
2 years, 11 months ago

Buoyed by Punjab victory, AAP all set to challenge BJP in Himachal Pradesh

The Hindu  

Buoyed by its victory in the recently held Assembly elections in Punjab, the Aam Aadmi Party has stepped up its efforts to challenge the Bharatiya Janata Party government in the neighbouring Himachal Pradesh, where the polls are due later in 2022. Party’s national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal along with Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann would visit Mandi …

DC Edit | Hope marries pragmatism as Punjab rings in AAP 2.0
3 years ago

DC Edit | Hope marries pragmatism as Punjab rings in AAP 2.0

Deccan Chronicle  

With his swearing-in as chief minister of Punjab at Bhagat Singh’s ancestral village Khatkar Kalan, Aam Aadmi Party leader Bhagwant Mann has brought into being the AAP 2.0; a phenomenon sui generis in Indian politics and one which fuses idealism with hope, which nonetheless has a foundation more pragmatic in approach, more tuned to realpolitik. As Mr Mann was administered …

Keep Next 25 Yrs in Mind, PM Modi Tells BJP Leaders of Victorious States on Cabinet, Grooming Young Guns
3 years ago

Keep Next 25 Yrs in Mind, PM Modi Tells BJP Leaders of Victorious States on Cabinet, Grooming Young Guns

News 18  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has told senior BJP leaders that the new governments in the four states, which were won by the saffron party recently, will be formed keeping in mind the aspirations of the next 25 years. PM Modi’s comments came at a meeting with delegations of leaders from states where BJP won the polls in the recently concluded …

BJP Only Viable Option for Punjab in Future, AAP No Alternative: Union Minister Jitendra Singh
3 years ago

BJP Only Viable Option for Punjab in Future, AAP No Alternative: Union Minister Jitendra Singh

News 18  

The AAP is no alternative to the BJP, which is going to be the only single viable option in Punjab in the future, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Saturday, asserting that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has brought a “new political culture” in the country. Asked about the challenge posed by the AAP that has scripted a stellar victory in …

Will AAP Emerge as Real Challenger to BJP in 2024? Punjab, not Gujarat Holds the Key
3 years ago

Will AAP Emerge as Real Challenger to BJP in 2024? Punjab, not Gujarat Holds the Key

News 18  

A stunning victory in Punjab may spur one to think that the Aam Aadmi Party can be the real challenger to the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Kejriwal knows well, Modi would not let the BJP lose in his home state though anti-incumbency and governance issues had forced the BJP to opt for a change of chief minister …

Mood for change: The Hindu Editorial on AAP’s Punjab win
3 years ago

Mood for change: The Hindu Editorial on AAP’s Punjab win

The Hindu  

When an electorate is tired of the ruling parties both at the Centre and at the State level during an Assembly election — even if these parties are opponents — the chances that people will vote for a fresh alternative are high. The Aam Aadmi Party’s spectacular triumph in Punjab — winning 92 of the 117 constituencies — needs to …

Assembly election results 2022: Time for new politics, not just new leaders
3 years ago

Assembly election results 2022: Time for new politics, not just new leaders

Firstpost  

Narendra Modi has changed the paradigm of Indian politics and initiated a new politics based on economic well-being and last-mile targeted delivery that has dismantled old politics of feudalism, favouritism, casteism and rhetorics Every election since 2014, whether the seemingly invincible BJP has lost or won, has shown that old politics of caste politics and negative campaigns has been marginalised. …

‘No Point Depending on Cong’: Mamata Banerjee Calls for United Oppn, Says Akhilesh Made to Lose
3 years ago

‘No Point Depending on Cong’: Mamata Banerjee Calls for United Oppn, Says Akhilesh Made to Lose

News 18  

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday reiterated her pitch for an alternate front ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections without depending on the Congress after the party’s dismal performance in five states, including Punjab where it lost power to the Aam Aadmi Party. After Banerjee’s massive win the 2021 West Bengal elections, the TMC supremo had called …

2022 Assembly elections mandate shows Yogi is king in North and AAP is harbinger of hope
3 years ago

2022 Assembly elections mandate shows Yogi is king in North and AAP is harbinger of hope

Firstpost  

Yogi Adityanath has emerged as the new hero figure of the right, and Arvind Kejriwal willy-nilly of the centre-left, with significant implications for national politics. Voters overwhelmingly reposed faith in the BJP, scripting a convincing win for the Modi-Yogi ‘double engine’ in Uttar Pradesh and validating ‘Modi magic’ in Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa. Yogi is now the BJP’s most powerful …

Mandate 2022 Shows Yogi is King in the North and AAP is Harbinger of Hope
3 years ago

Mandate 2022 Shows Yogi is King in the North and AAP is Harbinger of Hope

News 18  

Voters overwhelmingly reposed faith in the BJP, scripting a convincing win for the Modi-Yogi ‘double engine’ in Uttar Pradesh and validating ‘Modi magic’ in Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa. Yogi is now the BJP’s most powerful chief minister, the King in the North, which raises the intriguing question of the party’s succession plan and his status as de facto number two. …

OPINION | Election results: How Modi changed India’s political narrative
3 years ago

OPINION | Election results: How Modi changed India’s political narrative

India TV News  

The remarkable victories of BJP in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa have once again established Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s solid leadership credentials, his rising popularity graph and administrative competence. Simultaneously, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s spectacular win has not only established him as the greatest leader of UP in recent times, but has also underlined BJP’s domination in national politics. …

Anand K. Sahay | Do poll results indicate a basic transformation of India’s polity?
3 years ago

Anand K. Sahay | Do poll results indicate a basic transformation of India’s polity?

Deccan Chronicle  

The BJP’s spectacular results in these Assembly elections -- barring in Punjab, where it has never really had any serious influence -- will possibly go down as a special landmark for the party, and a reference point for India. This means that the psychological appeasement of the country’s majority religious community - another name for majority communalism - now appears …

Congress's Election Embarrassment Gives Rebels More Muscle as Gandhis Lose Lustre
3 years ago

Congress's Election Embarrassment Gives Rebels More Muscle as Gandhis Lose Lustre

News 18  

As results trickled in from all the five states where elections were held, the Gandhis watched in dismay. But in Delhi, not too far away from where they sat, some members of the so-called “G23” shook their heads and said, “The more things change, the more they remain the same.” After the last round of state polls when the Congress …

Modi’s governing party ahead in crucial state polls in India
3 years ago

Modi’s governing party ahead in crucial state polls in India

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party had a commanding lead in India’s most populous state as votes were counted Thursday, despite criticism of his government’s handling of the pandemic, soaring unemployment and farmer protests. Data from India’s Election Commission showed the Bharatiya Janata Party comfortably ahead in Uttar Pradesh state in voting seen as a crucial …

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