There is adequate room for all in Indian democracy
4 months ago

There is adequate room for all in Indian democracy

Live Mint  

Some days back, at a “power dinner" in New Delhi, two gentlemen who have been in Union cabinets, but with opposing coalitions, asked me: What would be the outcome of the Maharashtra polls? I don’t know what ‘secret sauce’ the Bharatiya Janata Party uses to cast a spell on the electorate in the last few days of the campaign and all our calculations go for a toss." He wasn’t talking about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s spiritual powers; he was referring to the PM’s brilliant political skills and uncanny ability to read people’s minds. The “Ladki Bahin Scheme" introduced four months before the assembly elections proved to be the game changer as it hit the right chord with women voters. BJP with a strike rate of 88.6%, Shinde’s Shiv Sena with 71.3%, and Ajit Pawar’s Rashtrawadi Congress’s 69.5% have all contributed to the landslide victory.

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Opinion: BJP’s Strategic Resurgence & Congress’s Struggles — India’s Political Landscape Post 2024 Lok Sabha Election
1 month ago

Opinion: BJP’s Strategic Resurgence & Congress’s Struggles — India’s Political Landscape Post 2024 Lok Sabha Election

ABP News  

The 2024 Lok Sabha elections were a moment of reckoning for Indian politics. The Congress Miscalculation The Congress’s initial confidence after the Lok Sabha elections 2024 was rooted in the belief that the BJP’s reduced majority signalled a shift in voter sentiment. While the Congress managed to win some key constituencies in the general election, the subsequent assembly elections in …

BJP would have lost had Mayawati joined hands with India bloc: Rahul
1 month, 1 week ago

BJP would have lost had Mayawati joined hands with India bloc: Rahul

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said the BJP would not have won the Lok Sabha elections had Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati accepted the Congress’ offer and not refused to align with the INDIA bloc ahead of the polls. We would have won had she contested along with us.” Talking to Dalit students, …

Delhi Election 2025: BJP Shines in Delhi Elections as Smaller Parties Struggle and Tensions Escalate | ABP NEWS
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Delhi Election 2025: BJP Shines in Delhi Elections as Smaller Parties Struggle and Tensions Escalate | ABP NEWS

ABP News  

In the Delhi Assembly elections, smaller parties like BSP, Communist Party, and the All India Forward Block failed to secure significant votes. According to the Election Commission, these parties received minimal votes, with BSP securing only 0.58% and the Communist Party 0.2%, while the Forward Block received no votes at all. After BJP's success, there were clashes in Jangpura, where …

Decoding BJP’s stunning victory in Delhi elections
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Decoding BJP’s stunning victory in Delhi elections

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party leaders credited the party’s stunning win in Delhi, ending a 27-year-old run of humiliating defeats -- especially because the party was in power at the Centre for 16 of those years -- to astute booth-level management; an extensive on-ground campaign; and a sharp narrative targeting Aam Aadmi Party leader and former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal. …

Will come to power with over 50 seats, says Delhi BJP chief
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Will come to power with over 50 seats, says Delhi BJP chief

The Hindu  

Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva on Thursday said his party is poised to come to power in the Capital by winning more than 50 of the 70 Assembly seats. “People have given a decisive mandate to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s double-engine government,” he said, addressing mediapersons after the conclusion of a review meeting with the 70 National Democratic Alliance candidates, …

Delhi Elections: On Polling Day, 3 Big Factors Will Decide Who Wins Which Seat
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Delhi Elections: On Polling Day, 3 Big Factors Will Decide Who Wins Which Seat

The Quint  

While there are no doubt questions to be asked about AAP's decade-long rule in Delhi, it is also true that a big part of the anti-AAP sentiment also comes from hatred for the poor. "The poor are greedy and want freebies", " Kejriwal is making the poor lazy", "Only jhuggi jhopdi votes matter" are some of the comments one hears …

BJP will come to power with 2/3rd majority in Delhi: Baijayant Panda
2 months ago

BJP will come to power with 2/3rd majority in Delhi: Baijayant Panda

New Indian Express  

It took 27 years for the BJP to consolidate itself in Delhi. It’s true that BJP hasn’t formed the government in Delhi for a long time. People trust Modi’s guarantees and want BJP governance. BJP’s grassroots process requires elections at the district and state levels before the national president’s election. BJP’s manifestos always focus on fulfilling promises, unlike AAP’s, which …

Delhi Elections: Can BJP Win Over Dalits From AAP? Full Story in 5 Charts
2 months ago

Delhi Elections: Can BJP Win Over Dalits From AAP? Full Story in 5 Charts

The Quint  

Rohini and Sultanpur Majra are two adjacent seats in Northwest Delhi. Rohini is one of BJP's strongest seats in the city, it won the seat even amid the 2015 and 2020 Aam Aadmi Party waves. On the other hand, Sultanpur Majra is a seat that the BJP has never won till date ever since Assembly elections began in Delhi in …

Democracy sans opposition: Is Maharashtra already the BJP's 'shat pratishat' dream lab?
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Democracy sans opposition: Is Maharashtra already the BJP's 'shat pratishat' dream lab?

New Indian Express  

The seemingly decisive turn Indian politics has taken since 2014 may have reached a major milestone in Maharashtra en route to the ultimate destination of a Hindu Rashtra characterised by an elected autocracy dominated by a single party. The apparent surrender by two of the three major Opposition parties in the state to the authority of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis …

The Future of Dalit Politics in Uttar Pradesh: Mayawati’s Decline and Azad’s Emergence Lays A Shaky Ground
3 months, 1 week ago

The Future of Dalit Politics in Uttar Pradesh: Mayawati’s Decline and Azad’s Emergence Lays A Shaky Ground

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 19, 2024 16:28 IST - 5 MINS READ Dalit politics in Uttar Pradesh is at crossroads. Though Azad has asserted that his party will contest all seats in the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly election, the Dalit discourse in the State—where Punjab-born Dalit leader Kanshi Ram had succeeded in creating an environment where a Dalit woman, Mayawati, could …

How BJP’s Dual Strategy Secures Electoral Supremacy
3 months, 2 weeks ago

How BJP’s Dual Strategy Secures Electoral Supremacy

The Quint  

In the North, the BJP cemented its dominance by dismantling caste-based regional alliances. In Uttar Pradesh, constituencies like Phulpur, once symbols of Congress-era politics, now reflect the BJP’s consolidation of non-Yadav OBCs and non-Jatav Dalits. Constituencies like Madarihat illustrate its success in blending Hindutva rhetoric with economic promises to appeal to both urban middle classes and rural labourers, particularly in …

INDIA Bloc Falling Apart? After Rift With AAP, Congress Now Gets 'Ethics Advice' From SP
3 months, 2 weeks ago

INDIA Bloc Falling Apart? After Rift With AAP, Congress Now Gets 'Ethics Advice' From SP

ABP News  

The thin thread holding the "united" Opposition from, the INDIA bloc, seems to be fraying in Uttar Pradesh. After the rift between INDIA partners AAP and the Congress in Delhi came out in the open earlier, two of the biggest parties in the Lok Sabha seem to be at loggerheads now. The Samajwadi Party is now accusing the Congress and …

After Maharashtra poll debacle, Shiv Sena UBT leader Sanjay Raut calls for Syria-like coup in India
3 months, 2 weeks ago

After Maharashtra poll debacle, Shiv Sena UBT leader Sanjay Raut calls for Syria-like coup in India

Op India  

Weeks after the Maharashtra assembly elections that resulted in a resounding victory for the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance, Shiv Sena UBT leader is still in denial about the poll outcome and insinuated that a Syria-like coup can happen in India to force a regime change and “safeguard democracy.” “How can you blame the opposition when the democracy is being killed? It …

Capital mistake
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Capital mistake

Times of India  

Delhi’s next election’s a hot potato, but what really counts will barely be discussed Political twins Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia have staked their political futures on Delhi assembly election 2025 – both out on bail and both back to earnestly campaigning on their 2013 ‘honest neta’ plank. Having won 62 of 70 seats in 2020, this time’s poll strategy …

Analysing the BJP’s Rise to Power in Maharashtra
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Analysing the BJP’s Rise to Power in Maharashtra

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 09, 2024 17:23 IST - 10 MINS READ The verdict in favour of the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance in the Maharashtra Assembly election has not only surprised voters and observers but even seasoned political analysts and politicians by the sheer scale of its victory. The BJP and its alliance partners, Shiv Sena and the Nationalist Congress Party, got …

JMM’s Victory in Jharkhand: Tribal Trust, Welfare Schemes, and BJP’s Failed Attempt of Polarisation
3 months, 2 weeks ago

JMM’s Victory in Jharkhand: Tribal Trust, Welfare Schemes, and BJP’s Failed Attempt of Polarisation

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 08, 2024 17:51 IST - 9 MINS READ When Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader Hemant Soren took oath for the fourth time as Chief Minister of Jharkhand on November 28, the State re-elected an incumbent government for the first time in the 24 years since it was carved out of Bihar in 2000. This year, the factors that …

After Jharkhand poll debacle, BJP says women voters were wooed away by cash transfer scheme
3 months, 3 weeks ago

After Jharkhand poll debacle, BJP says women voters were wooed away by cash transfer scheme

The Hindu  

The large turnout of women voters and a State scheme to provide financial aid to women were among the factors that led to the BJP’s resounding defeat in the recent Jharkhand Assembly election, according to an internal review of the party’s poll debacle conducted over the weekend in Ranchi. Cash transfer for women Party sources said that during the meeting, …

Jharkhand's loud message to BJP: Symbolic overtures won't win tribal votes
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Jharkhand's loud message to BJP: Symbolic overtures won't win tribal votes

India Today  

Jharkhand’s Scheduled Tribe constituencies delivered a stunning verdict in the recent elections, handing the INDIA coalition an almost complete victory and marking one of the most decisive rejections of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance in recent history. The BJP’s losses extended to the national level in the general elections this year, where it forfeited all three ST-reserved Lok Sabha seats …

OPINION | “Right if we win, Wrong if we lose!”
4 months ago

OPINION | “Right if we win, Wrong if we lose!”

India TV News  

Maha Vikas Aghadi parties are not ready to accept the recent electoral mandate in Maharashtra. NCP founder Sharad Pawar and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray met all defeated candidates on Wednesday and instructed them to file election petitions for matching EVM results with those of VVPATs. Probably Congress leaders forgot that in June, 2019, BJP had won all 7 Lok …

BJP top brass to finalise Maha CM today; Fadnavis front-runner, Maratha and OBC faces also under consideration
4 months ago

BJP top brass to finalise Maha CM today; Fadnavis front-runner, Maratha and OBC faces also under consideration

New Indian Express  

Highly placed sources say that the RSS is pushing for the elevation of a senior BJP leader to the chief minister’s post in Maharashtra, a message that has also been conveyed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Devendra Fadnavis, a Brahmin from Nagpur, where the RSS headquarters is located, is an important candidate for the chief minister’s post, especially with an …

Why BJP Lost Key Kerala Bypoll in Palakkad Despite Strong RSS Base
4 months ago

Why BJP Lost Key Kerala Bypoll in Palakkad Despite Strong RSS Base

The Hindu  

Published : Nov 26, 2024 18:05 IST - 5 MINS READ The Palakkad debacle of the Bharatiya Janata Party was a story of so near yet so far: After steadily gaining ground over the past decade in the town, the party suddenly lost ground in the November 2024 Assembly byelection. Congress-led United Democratic Front’s Rahul Mamkootathil defeated BJP’s C. Krishnakumar, …

Elections Round-up: BJP Dominant but Opposition Must Not Roll Over and Die
4 months ago

Elections Round-up: BJP Dominant but Opposition Must Not Roll Over and Die

The Quint  

As for the Congress, the results present a mixed bag. Again, it showed that the BJP has failed to make much headway even against the Congress when faced with strong local leaders, like Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar, and in Kerala, where it is unable to cross the political firewall created by the United Democratic Front and Left Democratic …

Maharashtra Election 2024: BJP’s OBC Strategy Defeated Maratha Power Block
4 months ago

Maharashtra Election 2024: BJP’s OBC Strategy Defeated Maratha Power Block

The Hindu  

Published : Nov 26, 2024 11:31 IST - 8 MINS READ For those following the Maharashtra Assembly election, the result announced on November 23 came as a surprise: Not because the BJP-led Mahayuti won the State, but because of the enormous margin of its victory. The biggest factor that proved decisive in the BJP’s success to overcome the “Maratha Challenge” …

What Cong’s Maha slide tells us about national politics
4 months ago

What Cong’s Maha slide tells us about national politics

Times of India  

After all the excitement and mystery built around the Maharashtra assembly elections, the results turned out to be a one-sided affair. The National Democratic Alliance or the Mahayuti, a coalition comprising BJP, Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar’s NCP, trounced the INDIA bloc or Maha Vikas Aghadi of the Congress, Sharad Pawar’s NCP, and Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena. BJP’s …

Maharashtra election: Seven reasons for Mahayuti’s unprecedented victory
4 months ago

Maharashtra election: Seven reasons for Mahayuti’s unprecedented victory

The Hindu  

Published : Nov 25, 2024 15:39 IST - 13 MINS READ The BJP’s slogan Ab ki baar char so paar during the general election backfired like a boomerang. In the 2019 Assembly election, the BJP won 105, Shiv Sena, 56, and NCP, 54—combined, they won a total of 215 seats. If many found this result perplexing, it is because everyone …

CSDS-Lokniti Survey: BJP builds a broad caste coalition, garnering Maratha and OBC votes - The Hindu
4 months ago

CSDS-Lokniti Survey: BJP builds a broad caste coalition, garnering Maratha and OBC votes - The Hindu

The Hindu  

For the past three decades, Maharashtra has seen continuous fragmentation of various caste groups, but notably the Maratha-Kunbi caste cluster. Since then, the BJP and the Shiv Sena together and separately kept trying to win a larger share of both the Maratha and the OBC vote. In the process, these social sections have also supported the other two partners of …

Maha victory: On the Mahayuti and the Maharashtra election result
4 months ago

Maha victory: On the Mahayuti and the Maharashtra election result

The Hindu  

The alliance of the BJP, the NCP Ajit Pawar faction and Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena faction — the Mahayuti — has scored a comprehensive victory in the Maharashtra Assembly election. While the Mahayuti increased its vote share across all regions, the Maha Vikas Aghadi — an alliance of the Congress, the Shiv Sena Uddhav Thackeray faction and Sharad …

A Precursory Look at Community-wise Voting in Maharashtra and Jharkhand
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4 months ago

A Precursory Look at Community-wise Voting in Maharashtra and Jharkhand

The Quint  

In Maharashtra, caste is the very foundation of the political battleground. The OBCs, who constitute 38 percent of the state’s population, played a decisive role in this election, won by the Mahayuti alliance of the BJP, the Shiv Sena, and Ajit Pawar's NCP. Despite agitation over the reservation and dissatisfaction with unresolved demands, the BJP managed to retain a significant …

‘Cong will ensure Mahayuti fulfills poll promises’, says state party chief Nana Patole
4 months ago

‘Cong will ensure Mahayuti fulfills poll promises’, says state party chief Nana Patole

Hindustan Times  

Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole on Sunday said the party will examine the rout in the state assembly elections, and ensure the newly elected Mahayuti coalition government fulfils the promises made in its election manifesto. AICC in-charge of Maharashtra Ramesh Chennithala with state Congress President Nana Patole addresses a press conference after the results of the Maharashtra Assembly elections, in …

Jharkhand Election Results: Where BJP Missed the Mark and How Hemant Soren Turned the Tide?
4 months ago

Jharkhand Election Results: Where BJP Missed the Mark and How Hemant Soren Turned the Tide?

ABP News  

Four key ministers in the JMM-led Hemant Soren government faced crushing defeat in Jharkhand assembly polls despite a stellar performance by the coalition which retained power for the second consecutive term. The ministers who bit dust included Health minister Banna Gupta who courted several controversies besides Water Resources minister Mithilesh Thakur. The other two included Education minister Baidyanath Ram and …

Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024: Did 'Modi Magic' Work Well For BJP-Led Mahayuti? | ABP News
4 months ago

Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024: Did 'Modi Magic' Work Well For BJP-Led Mahayuti? | ABP News

ABP News  

The vote counting for the Assembly elections in Maharashtra and Jharkhand took place on November 23, three days after polling concluded in both states. In Maharashtra, the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance aimed to retain power, while the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi focused on reclaiming control. In Jharkhand, the JMM-Congress coalition worked to secure another term, as the NDA sought to unseat …

Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024: Key Factors Behind NDA’s Resounding Victory | ABP News
4 months ago

Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024: Key Factors Behind NDA’s Resounding Victory | ABP News

ABP News  

The counting of votes for the Assembly elections in Maharashtra and Jharkhand was held on November 23, three days after voting concluded in both the states. Meanwhile, in Jharkhand, the JMM-Congress alliance contested the Assembly polls in coalition to retain power, while the NDA, fought hard to come to power by overthrowing CM Hemant Soren's government. In a historic and …

BJP's vote share bigger than JMM in Jharkhand; 21 women candidates win in Maharashtra: Key takeaways
4 months ago

BJP's vote share bigger than JMM in Jharkhand; 21 women candidates win in Maharashtra: Key takeaways

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party-led Mahayuti alliance scored a landslide victory in the Maharashtra assembly election, obliterating the Maha Vikas Aghadi's challenge and handing the Congress its biggest loss in the state. The Congress's vote share was 12.42 per cent, followed by Shiv Sena's 12.38 per cent, NCP's 11.28 per cent and Shiv Sena 's 9.96 per cent. The BJP contested …

BJP's vote share bigger than JMM in Jharkhand; 21 women candidates win in Maharashtra: Key takeaways
4 months ago

BJP's vote share bigger than JMM in Jharkhand; 21 women candidates win in Maharashtra: Key takeaways

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party-led Mahayuti alliance scored a landslide victory in the Maharashtra assembly election, obliterating the Maha Vikas Aghadi's challenge and handing the Congress its biggest loss in the state. The Congress's vote share was 12.42 per cent, followed by Shiv Sena's 12.38 per cent, NCP's 11.28 per cent and Shiv Sena 's 9.96 per cent. The BJP contested …

Election results Highlights: CM Eknath Shinde picked as Shiv Sena's legislative leader
4 months ago

Election results Highlights: CM Eknath Shinde picked as Shiv Sena's legislative leader

Hindustan Times  

Election results live: Maharashtra minister Deepak Kesarkar said that Shiv Sena MLAs feel Eknath Shinde should continue to work as the state chief minister. Election results Highlights: In a historic mandate, the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance secured a landslide victory in Maharashtra, leaving the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi stunned. • BJP won 132 out of 148 seats it contested, with allies …

Election results Highlights: CM Eknath Shinde picked as Shiv Sena's legislative leader
4 months ago

Election results Highlights: CM Eknath Shinde picked as Shiv Sena's legislative leader

Hindustan Times  

Election results live: Maharashtra minister Deepak Kesarkar said that Shiv Sena MLAs feel Eknath Shinde should continue to work as the state chief minister. Election results Highlights: In a historic mandate, the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance secured a landslide victory in Maharashtra, leaving the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi stunned. • BJP won 132 out of 148 seats it contested, with allies …

'Batenge, katenge', Bangladeshi infiltrators: What cost BJP Jharkhand
4 months ago

'Batenge, katenge', Bangladeshi infiltrators: What cost BJP Jharkhand

India Today  

The 2024 Jharkhand assembly elections saw unprecedented attempts to stir communal divisions. POLARISATION FAILS TO PAY OFF From Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP’s campaign centred around accusations of Bangladeshi infiltration. The party even lost the Khunti seat, a traditional BJP bastion, where its stalwart Nilkanth Munda was defeated by JMM’s youth leader …

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 …

How Mahayuti won Maharashtra: The four trump cards
4 months ago

How Mahayuti won Maharashtra: The four trump cards

India Today  

The BJP-led Mahayuti’s swashbuckling assembly election victory in Maharashtra, just six months into big setbacks at the hands of the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi in the parliamentary polls, has come on four dominant factors: cash, caste, crops and communal polarisation. CASH The state government’s Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana covering over 23 million women, and under which beneficiaries from indigent …

Hemant Soren is Jharkhand's choice for 2nd straight term. What worked for him?
4 months ago

Hemant Soren is Jharkhand's choice for 2nd straight term. What worked for him?

India Today  

Elections results announced on Saturday evoked mixed feelings in the BJP camp, with the party registering a landslide victory in Maharashtra Assembly polls, but failing to make a lasting impact in Jharkhand by winning just 24 out of 81 seats in the state. Chief Minister Hemant Soren-led the INDIA bloc stunned its critics with an impressive performance in the elections, …

Maharashtra poll drubbing a wake-up call for Congress
4 months ago

Maharashtra poll drubbing a wake-up call for Congress

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Still smarting from the shock defeat in Haryana, the near-wipeout in Maharashtra proved to be yet another punch for the Congress, which is struggling to keep afloat as a national force. Though Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said the party would analyse the “unexpected” Maharashtra results in detail, questions are being raised about its failure to adopt a coherent …

BJP-led Mahayuti dominant across regions, urban-rural divides
4 months ago

BJP-led Mahayuti dominant across regions, urban-rural divides

The Hindu  

The Mahayuti coalition’s strong victory – 233 out of the 288 seats – in the Maharashtra Assembly elections was made possible due to a humongous 14 point lead in vote shares over the Maha Vikas Aghadi. This marked a remarkable turnaround from the Lok Sabha elections – then the MVA held a slender 1.3 point lead over the Mahayuti. The …

In North Maharashtra, Mahayuti settles score of Lok Sabha election
4 months ago

In North Maharashtra, Mahayuti settles score of Lok Sabha election

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: After losing four of the six seats in north Maharashtra to the Maha Vikas Aghadi in the Lok Sabha elections earlier this year, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Mahayuti alliance proved that it was just a blip in a region that has been its bastion since 2014. In North Maharashtra, Mahayuti settles score of Lok Sabha election The result was …

Mahayuti seizes a Maha mandate, Soren keeps his Jharkhand crown
4 months ago

Mahayuti seizes a Maha mandate, Soren keeps his Jharkhand crown

Hindustan Times  

A three-party alliance led by the Bharatiya Janata Party swept Maharashtra in a record-busting victory and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha propelled the INDIA bloc to an unprecedented second consecutive term in Jharkhand, bringing the curtain down on the final round of elections this year and setting the stage for renewed churn in national politics. Bharatiya Janata Party supporters burst crackers …

Why the BJP failed to make a mark among the tribals of Jharkhand
4 months ago

Why the BJP failed to make a mark among the tribals of Jharkhand

Hindustan Times  

In Lok Sabha polls results announced on June 3, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance was ahead of the JMM-led INDIA block in 51 assembly seats. The JMM leaders attributed the BJP’s aggressive “infiltration” campaign to put a wedge in tribal-Muslim unity as a reason for the alliance bettering its performance as compared to 2019. Political activists in Jharkhand said the …

Assembly election results: Mahayuti registers historic win in Maharashtra, JMM-led INDIA victorious in Jharkhand
4 months ago

Assembly election results: Mahayuti registers historic win in Maharashtra, JMM-led INDIA victorious in Jharkhand

Firstpost  

Maharashtra saw a historic victory for the Mahayuti alliance, which dominated the Assembly elections by winning 234 of the 288 seats. A historic win in Maharashtra Maharashtra witnessed a historic victory for the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance, which dominated the Assembly elections by winning 234 of the 288 seats, leaving the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi trailing far behind. Eknath Shinde’s Shiv …

Jharkhand election results 2024: ‘Infiltration’ rhetoric falls flat, BJP-led NDA loses 27 of the 28 seats reserved for Scheduled Tribes in Jharkhand
4 months ago

Jharkhand election results 2024: ‘Infiltration’ rhetoric falls flat, BJP-led NDA loses 27 of the 28 seats reserved for Scheduled Tribes in Jharkhand

The Hindu  

The Jharkhand Assembly election results declared on Saturday reveal that the Bharatiya Janata Party’s rhetoric of “Bangladeshi infiltration” in the Santhal Pargana region failed to consolidate Scheduled Tribe voters in its favour, with the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance losing 27 of the 28 ST-reserved seats it contested across the State. The JMM countered this narrative on three fronts: holding the …

Unexpected and unimaginable: Opposition on Mahayuti’s victory
4 months ago

Unexpected and unimaginable: Opposition on Mahayuti’s victory

The Hindu  

The Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi on Saturday described the Maharashtra Assembly election results as “unexpected and unimaginable”, even while delivering a sharp critique of the winning BJP-led Mahayuti alliance. Drastic shift Ramesh Chennithala, the All India Congress Committee’s in-charge of Maharashtra, said the defeat of veterans such as Balasaheb Thorat and former Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan has shocked the Congress …

Mahayuti sweeps Maharashtra
4 months ago

Mahayuti sweeps Maharashtra

The Hindu  

In an unprecedented electoral sweep which Maharashtra has not seen since the 1980s, the ruling Mahayuti has won 230 of the 288 seats in the State’s Assembly election, with the BJP emerging as the single largest party, winning 132 seats on its own. Outgoing Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena MLAs held a preliminary meeting in Mumbai on Saturday evening, …

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