Nitish Kumar is Counting on Women Voters. But What Bihar Desperately Needs is Female MLAs
4 years, 2 months ago

Nitish Kumar is Counting on Women Voters. But What Bihar Desperately Needs is Female MLAs

News 18  

Two days before the International Women’s Day, all the 28 women MLAs trooped into the well of the Bihar Assembly, holding placards, shouting slogans– demanding for their reservation in Parliament and the state legislature. “This is the first time in the history of Bihar, rather the history of India, that a political party has given almost 19% of its tickets to women," said Tara Krishnaswamy, co-founder of Political Shakti. While political parties campaigned in Bihar, a citizen’s collective called Political Shakti ran their own campaigns to draw attention to women’s representation in the state’s politics. “Over 120+ local groups including students, farmers, tribal and minority groups, women’s groups, civil society organiations, professors, retired bureaucrats joined hands with Shakti to petition national, regional and local parties contesting the elections to field more women candidates," Krishnaswamy said. Less Women Legislators In 2015 Bihar Assembly Elections, the Mahagathbandhan — which comprised of Kumar’s JD, the Rashtriya Janata Dal fielded 10 women candidates each while the Congress which was also part of the coalition at the time — fielded four women.

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To Help or Empower? Women in Indian Politics
5 days, 15 hours ago

To Help or Empower? Women in Indian Politics

The Diplomat  

In 2023, India’s ruling party, the Bharatiya Janata Party, promised to extend the reservation of electoral constituencies to women. One can also approach this debate in a different way – by asking whether Indian women would be best helped by being offered various things, or instead by being allowed to have more agency. Moreover, while the 2015 state elections led …

What the Defeat of New Entrant Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj, Says of Bihar’s Future
3 weeks, 4 days ago

What the Defeat of New Entrant Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj, Says of Bihar’s Future

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 21, 2024 16:45 IST - 5 MINS READ There are several lessons to be learnt from the rough and tumble of Bihar politics, and it is time for Prashant Kishor, the brand guru of political strategy, to learn a few. Kishor, a new entrant into Bihar politics, objects seriously to typifying the State for its caste politics …

BJP's Winning Formula: Women Voters & Welfare Schemes
4 weeks ago

BJP's Winning Formula: Women Voters & Welfare Schemes

The Quint  

This is the second of a two-part reflective analysis drawn from the observations made in the BJP’s performance across recent Assembly elections. India’s electoral history and political landscape is perhaps witnessing a tectonic shift, wheeled under the rise of the Bharatiya Janata Party, and at its heart lies a ‘silent’, quiet, yet powerful revolution. Women voters, often overlooked in most …

Indian Women Voters Break Free from Gender-Only Politics
1 month ago

Indian Women Voters Break Free from Gender-Only Politics

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 11, 2024 10:40 IST - 10 MINS READ After a decades-long silence following the enactment of the 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments in the 1990s, the discussion on women’s political representation and political participation has been revived now. As a result, there was only a slight difference between the Congress and the BJP in terms of women …

Amid Deluge of Schemes Targeting the Female Voter, Has Anything Changed for Indian Women in Politics?
1 month ago

Amid Deluge of Schemes Targeting the Female Voter, Has Anything Changed for Indian Women in Politics?

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 11, 2024 10:39 IST - 11 MINS READ After a disappointing performance in Maharashtra in the June Lok Sabha election, the prospects were bleak for the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance in the Assembly election in November. Maharashtra has 4.6 crore women voters, of which 2.34 crore were already beneficiaries of the scheme by the time the State went …

How Women Voters Are Changing Indian Elections
1 month ago

How Women Voters Are Changing Indian Elections

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 11, 2024 10:26 IST - 11 MINS READ The recent electoral outcomes in Jharkhand and Maharashtra, two very different geographical terrains, reveal three common factors. In the 1957 Lok Sabha election, only 39 per cent of women voted compared with 56 per cent of men. In the 2021 Assembly election, women supported Mamata overwhelmingly; the BJP could …

BJP may field ex-MPs, announce women-centric schemes for Delhi polls: Sources
1 month ago

BJP may field ex-MPs, announce women-centric schemes for Delhi polls: Sources

India Today  

The BJP is aiming to put up a tough fight in the upcoming Delhi Assembly polls and is keen on fielding former MPs, and is working on announcing women-centric schemes to woo women's voters in the national capital, sources told India Today TV. Top sources in the Delhi BJP unit told India Today TV that the party would like to …

Nitish to launch women outreach drive on Dec 15
1 month, 1 week ago

Nitish to launch women outreach drive on Dec 15

New Indian Express  

PATNA: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is all set to embark on yet another statewide journey, ‘Mahila Samvad Yatra’ from December 15 with an objective to interact with women to make on-the-spot assessment of execution of various schemes launched to ‘enable’ women to become economically independent and self-reliant. Nitish’s dialogue with women assumes special significance as they apparently emerged as …

After Jharkhand poll debacle, BJP says women voters were wooed away by cash transfer scheme
1 month, 1 week 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, …

Banking on women vote to beat anti-incumbency
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Banking on women vote to beat anti-incumbency

Hindustan Times  

Do you belong to that group of people who feel that our politicians are seldom concerned with public welfare and are not investing enough attention to uplift the masses? Similarly, in Himachal Pradesh and Karnataka, the Congress won assembly elections riding on schemes specially designed for women’s welfare. The trend began in 2001 during the Tamil Nadu assembly elections when …

Maharashtra Election Results: 21 Women Elected As MLAs In 288-Member Assembly, Only 1 In Oppn
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Maharashtra Election Results: 21 Women Elected As MLAs In 288-Member Assembly, Only 1 In Oppn

ABP News  

Mumbai, Nov 24 As many as 21 women candidates have emerged winner in the elections to the 288-seat Maharashtra assembly, with only one of them from the opposition, according to the poll results. The BJP accounted for the highest number of 14 women candidates emerging victorious, including 10 who were re-elected: Shweta Mahale, Meghana Bordikar, Devyani Farande, Seema Hiray, Manda …

21 women among 288 winning candidates in Maharashtra; only 1 from oppn side
1 month, 3 weeks ago

21 women among 288 winning candidates in Maharashtra; only 1 from oppn side

Deccan Chronicle  

Mumbai: As many as 21 women candidates have emerged winner in the elections to the 288-seat Maharashtra assembly, with only one of them from the opposition, according to the poll results. The BJP accounted for the highest number of 14 women candidates emerging victorious, including 10 who were re-elected: Shweta Mahale, Meghana Bordikar, Devyani Farande, Seema Hiray, Manda Mhatre, Manisha …

Women Voters Script Political Fortunes
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Women Voters Script Political Fortunes

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The recent Assembly elections in Maharashtra and Jharkhand have highlighted the significant impact of women voters on the political fortunes of both the National Democratic Alliance and the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance. The alliance promised to provide Rs.2,500 per month to women starting December if re-elected, in addition to the existing Rs.1,000 given to poor women aged …

Election Time ‘Ladies Special’ | Power Play by Anand Mishra
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Election Time ‘Ladies Special’ | Power Play by Anand Mishra

The Hindu  

Published : Nov 22, 2024 16:24 IST - 5 MINS READ Dear readers, If the election din in Maharashtra and Jharkhand is anything to go by, you would think women had suddenly become the secret sauce of Indian politics. Be it the BJP’s “beti, roti, aur maati” campaign and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha’s Maiya Samman Yojana in Jharkhand, or the Eknath …

Jharkhand assembly elections 2024: Women outnumber men in voter roll across 68 constituencies, says ECI
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Jharkhand assembly elections 2024: Women outnumber men in voter roll across 68 constituencies, says ECI

India TV News  

Women voters took center stage in the recently concluded Jharkhand Assembly elections, outnumbering men in both phases of polling. K Ravi Kumar, Jharkhand’s Chief Electoral Officer, highlighted the active political engagement of women voters. Interestingly, women voters outnumbered men in 32 constituencies, including those of Chief Minister Hemant Soren and former Chief Minister Champai Soren. Congress leader Rajesh Thakur remarked, …

Women's Representation in Jharkhand Assembly Election: A Statistical Snapshot
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Women's Representation in Jharkhand Assembly Election: A Statistical Snapshot

ABP News  

Despite a decline in the number of women candidates, the recent assembly election in Jharkhand saw an increase in the participation of women. While only 10 women were elected in 2019, 127 women were fielded, representing a significant increase from previous elections. However, 82% of these women lost their deposits, highlighting the challenges faced by female candidates.

Still a man’s world: Haryana political parties shy away from fielding women
4 months ago

Still a man’s world: Haryana political parties shy away from fielding women

Hindustan Times  

Fifty-one women candidates have been fielded by major political parties for the October 5 elections of the 90-member Haryana Vidhan Sabha, the battlefield from where former external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj had begun her illustrious political journey in 1977. Now, as over 2 crore voters of Haryana are gearing up for the elections of the 15th Vidhan Sabha, ruling BJP’s …

Do women prefer the BJP/NDA over other parties?
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Do women prefer the BJP/NDA over other parties?

The Hindu  

The role of women voters in Indian elections has become a matter of discussion and analysis over the past decade. Table 3 shows the share of women voters in States where the BJP/NDA gained support among them in the 2024 general elections. Click to subscribe to our Data newsletter The UPA/INDIA bloc gained support among women voters across many States. …

Women in Indian Politics: A story that has changed little over the years
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Women in Indian Politics: A story that has changed little over the years

Firstpost  

Making just 13.63 per cent of the elected strength, the 18th Lok Sabha will comprise only 74 women compared to 469 men, even lower than the previous House India recently concluded its 2024 general elections, which took place in seven phases—from April 19 to June 1—to elect all 543 members of the Lok Sabha. Making just 13.63 per cent of …

India’s Modi wooed women voters. Did the strategy work in the election?
7 months ago

India’s Modi wooed women voters. Did the strategy work in the election?

Al Jazeera  

The pitch was clear — the results mixed for Modi’s BJP. Critics point out that semiformal and informal sectors dominate when it comes to India’s labour force – offering far fewer protections to workers, especially women. Overall, India’s female labour participation ratio has fallen in recent years – meaning that fewer women are even seeking employment. Women’s Reservation Bill: Passed …

India lags behind 150 countries in representation of women in Lok Sabha
7 months, 1 week ago

India lags behind 150 countries in representation of women in Lok Sabha

Hindustan Times  

India fared worse than 150 countries in the representation of women in parliament, according to data from IPU-Parline, a global database on national parliaments. In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, 74 women MPs were elected, forming 13.6 per cent of the total number of members in parliament. India falls short of the global average of 26.5 per cent as well …

Amidst speculation over Nitish Kumar's next move, JD-U MLC Khalid Anwar asks who can be a better PM than Kumar
7 months, 1 week ago

Amidst speculation over Nitish Kumar's next move, JD-U MLC Khalid Anwar asks who can be a better PM than Kumar

Op India  

Janata Dal-United MLC Dr Khalid Anwar hailed Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and said that he is a seasoned politician who understands the country and there is nobody who can be a better Prime Minister than Nitish Kumar. Notably, the NDA alliance, which includes the Bharatiya Janata Party, Lok Janshakti Party and Janta Dal, are leading in Bihar, according to …

OPINION | NAARI SHAKTI: WHY WOMEN VOTERS PREFER MODI
7 months, 3 weeks ago

OPINION | NAARI SHAKTI: WHY WOMEN VOTERS PREFER MODI

India TV News  

After addressing election rallies in Bihar on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a mega Naari Shakti Samvaad event at the Sampurnanand Sanskrit College in Varanasi. Modi said, women as 'Matri Shakti' have always been the mainstay of India's cultural ethos. Modi told women voters how his government ensured big savings for women despite inflation. In his speech focussing on …

Lucknow is known for iconic women, but no females in its poll arena
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Lucknow is known for iconic women, but no females in its poll arena

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW The city famous for its culture, mannerisms and language is also known for its prominent women faces through the course of history. But as time went by, women’s representation in Lucknow politics declined gradually when it came to Lok Sabha elections. At a time when Lok Sabha passed the women’s reservation bill seeking 33% representation of women in the …

BJD, BJP vie for women voters to tip the scales in Odisha
7 months, 4 weeks ago

BJD, BJP vie for women voters to tip the scales in Odisha

Hindustan Times  

At the heart of the contest between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Biju Janata Dal in Odisha is the scramble for winning over the women voters who, leaders of both the parties admit, are key to determining the poll outcome in the state. Women voters have outnumbered men in turnout since 2000, and this is perceived as a key …

M factor in the polls is the mahila voter
7 months, 4 weeks ago

M factor in the polls is the mahila voter

Hindustan Times  

In the battle for 2024, the M factor has taken centre stage. Nitish Kumar in Bihar conquered Lalu Prasad’s caste arithmetic by not just wooing the Extremely Backward Castes but also by creating a distinct vote bank among women: Bihar in 2006 became the first state in the country where women were given 50% reservations in local bodies and panchayats. …

Election in Pincodes: Bihar swirls in the ripples set off by a central scheme
8 months ago

Election in Pincodes: Bihar swirls in the ripples set off by a central scheme

Hindustan Times  

The canopy of an electric blue cotton saree pulled over her head, Asha Das set out from her village in northwest Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district one searing morning in May last year. For, the two women are the first participants in the central government’s flagship lakhpati didi scheme, which aims to catalyse economic empowerment and financial independence among women in rural …

Only three women elected to Lok Sabha from Himachal till date, just two in fray this time
8 months, 1 week ago

Only three women elected to Lok Sabha from Himachal till date, just two in fray this time

The Hindu  

Only three women have made it to the Lok Sabha from Himachal Pradesh in the past 72 years and this time, just two are in the fray. At present, women constitute about 49% of the total voters in the State but representation is not even one fourth and this is a cause of serious concern," said Ramesh Chauhan, head of …

Himachal: Only three women elected to LS polls till date, just two in fray this time
8 months, 1 week ago

Himachal: Only three women elected to LS polls till date, just two in fray this time

New Indian Express  

SHIMLA: Only three women have made it to the Lok Sabha from Himachal Pradesh in the past 72 years and this time, just two are in the fray. "Women from humble background rising high in politics and carving a niche for themselves is still a big challenge in the country and Himachal Pradesh is no exception. At present, women constitute …

Congress Motivating Women to Vote for its Candidate
8 months, 1 week ago

Congress Motivating Women to Vote for its Candidate

Deccan Chronicle  

ADILABAD: The Congress leaders are motivating women to vote for its Atram Suguna, the first woman candidate in the fray in elections for the Adilabad Lok Sabha seat. These leaders claimed that it was the Congress that gave the ticket to woman candidate Atram Suguna, who hailed from a humble background and worked as a government teacher and she was …

Lok Sabha election 2024: Analysis of Candidates contesting in phase 3 polling
8 months, 1 week ago

Lok Sabha election 2024: Analysis of Candidates contesting in phase 3 polling

The Hindu  

For the third phase of the Lok Sabha polls, Association for Democratic Reforms and The National Election Watch analysed the self-sworn affidavits of all 1,352 contenting candidates and found that 244 of them have declared criminal cases against themselves, 172 of which have serious criminal cases against them. Around 30% of major State and national parties have criminal cases against …

Assam Lok Sabha polls: Decline in women candidates but female voters outnumber men
8 months, 1 week ago

Assam Lok Sabha polls: Decline in women candidates but female voters outnumber men

The Hindu  

Despite Assam having more women voters, only 12 female candidates are contesting the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, down from the previous count of 14. In the first phase polls, there were four women candidates, two in the second and six in the third and final phase to be held on May 7. The number of women candidates representing the State …

Out of 543, no women MP on 349 Lok Sabha seats in last 20 years. Check party-wise analysis
8 months, 1 week ago

Out of 543, no women MP on 349 Lok Sabha seats in last 20 years. Check party-wise analysis

India TV News  

Lok Sabha elections are underway in the country. Out of the total declared candidates so far, women candidates share in the saffron party is 16 per cent while Congress has 14 per cent. This means that there is one woman candidate in every 7 in the BJP and one woman representative in every 6 candidates in the 'Grand Old Party'. …

Women voters deciding factor in Ballari seat
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Women voters deciding factor in Ballari seat

New Indian Express  

BALLARI: For the undivided Ballari Schedule Tribe reserved Lok Sabha constituency, women will be the deciding factor. Of the total electorate of 18,77,751 in the constituency, women voters are 9,51,522 and men voters 9,25,961. Both Congress candidate E Tukaram and BJP’s B Sriramulu are trying to woo women voters. A political analyst, Shridhar Reddy, said that the constituency has around …

Elections 2024: How the BJP wins over women voters
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Elections 2024: How the BJP wins over women voters

Hindustan Times  

India has experienced a decade of political churning. However, in Congress–aligned households, only 68% of women followed men’s political preferences, with 25% aligning themselves with the rival BJP instead. The BJP’s traction among women was also pronounced in Uttar Pradesh, as evidenced by community-specific, gender-disaggregated patterns from exit polls conducted by Axis-MyIndia in that state’s 2022 assembly elections. Despite Hindutva’s …

Only 8 per cent of women candidates in first two phases of Lok Sabha polls
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Only 8 per cent of women candidates in first two phases of Lok Sabha polls

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Women constituted only eight per cent of the total 2,823 candidates in the first two phases of the Lok Sabha polls, with political activists saying it reflects a deeper issue of gender bias and that the talk of empowering them rings hollow. In the first phase of the Lok Sabha polls, there were 135 women candidates while in …

Lok Sabha election 2024: Analysis of Candidates contesting in phase 2 polling
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Lok Sabha election 2024: Analysis of Candidates contesting in phase 2 polling

The Hindu  

For the second phase of the Lok Sabha polls, there are a total of 1,198 candidates contesting across all constituencies. Among the major national and state parties, barring Bahujan Samaj Party, all the parties over 40% of candidates with criminal cases, as shown in the bar chart below. Among the candidates analysed of 12 States/UTs going on poll on April …

Congress, BJP give women short shrift in Bihar; regional parties put up women candidates for Lok Sabha polls
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Congress, BJP give women short shrift in Bihar; regional parties put up women candidates for Lok Sabha polls

The Hindu  

Though all the political parties talk about giving equal representation to women, during ticket distribution in the polls, the talk remains a false promise. The picture became clear on Monday when the Congress announced the names of five more candidates for Bihar in which there was no mention of any woman candidate contesting the Lok Sabha polls. Going by the …

The missing women in Indian politics - The Hindu
8 months, 3 weeks ago

The missing women in Indian politics - The Hindu

The Hindu  

Phase 1 of the General Elections 2024 is over. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, women were only 9% of the candidates. In Uttar Pradesh, with 80 parliamentary seats, the first phase has seen only seven women contesting compared to 80 men. Rajasthan, with 25 Lok Sabha seats, has 10 women candidates, while Gujarat with 26 seats has so far …

Indians vote in the first phase of the world’s largest election as Modi seeks a third term
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Indians vote in the first phase of the world’s largest election as Modi seeks a third term

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Millions of Indians began voting Friday in a six-week election that’s a referendum on Narendra Modi, the populist prime minister who has championed an assertive brand of Hindu nationalist politics and is seeking a rare third term as the country’s leader. A Deori tribal woman shows the indelible ink mark on her finger after casting her vote …

Plan ahead to improve women’s representation
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Plan ahead to improve women’s representation

New Indian Express  

There are few surprises in candidate selection for this Lok Sabha election. Most of the women in the fray today are daughters, wives, sisters or daughters-in-law of party leaders, anointed to continue the family business, tutored and dictated to by male family members. This election’s series of unsavoury remarks—from women deemed fit only for the kitchen, and certain candidates needing …

Afternoon briefing: 8% women candidates set for LS phase 1 poll; Cong slams BJP's 'Muslim League' remarks, and more
9 months ago

Afternoon briefing: 8% women candidates set for LS phase 1 poll; Cong slams BJP's 'Muslim League' remarks, and more

Hindustan Times  

In the first phase of Lok Sabha elections on April 19, eight per cent of the candidates will be women. Dig deeper 102 seats will go to polls in the first phase which will see 1,625 candidates in fray. Dig deeper Latest News Sensex reached 75,000 from 74,000 in 24 sessions: A look at its journey till date Dig deeper …

Understanding the rise in women voters
9 months, 1 week ago

Understanding the rise in women voters

Hindustan Times  

In India, as in many democracies, there has long been a discernible gender gap in citizens’ political participation. First, the increase in female turnout in India is occurring while female labour force participation — an important driver of women’s political participation — remains low compared to peer economies. The 2023 survey randomly sampled 642 women from the 2022 survey and …

Nitish Kumar predicts ‘4,000 MPs’ for NDA in viral clip. RJD mocks Bihar CM
9 months, 1 week ago

Nitish Kumar predicts ‘4,000 MPs’ for NDA in viral clip. RJD mocks Bihar CM

Hindustan Times  

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar is being trolled on social media for his latest gaffe, in which he predicted that the National Democratic Alliance will win ‘more than 4,000 seats’. During an NDA rally in Bihar's Nawada, that will vote in the first phase of Lok Sabha elections on April 19, Kumar was heard in the viral video making the …

Lok Sabha election | Parties need to walk the women talk
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Lok Sabha election | Parties need to walk the women talk

The Hindu  

When the Women’s Reservation Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha on September 21, 2023 it was dubbed as a milestone in the history of the women’s rights movement in the country. Hitherto, the number of seats any coalition has offered to women in the previous Lok Sabha polls over the past 20 years is a maximum of three. Of …

Lok Sabha elections: How women voters emerged as a decisive factor in polls | EXPLAINED
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Lok Sabha elections: How women voters emerged as a decisive factor in polls | EXPLAINED

India TV News  

Lok Sabha elections 2024: It is often said that Indian politics is highly patriarchal, but over the last few decades women voters have changed the scenario by playing a decisive role in forming the government. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said the AAP government's Mukhyamantri Mahila Samman Yojana to give Rs 1,000 to all women above 18 years of age …

Bihar Legislative Council polls on March 21 for 11 seats, including one held by Nitish Kumar
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Bihar Legislative Council polls on March 21 for 11 seats, including one held by Nitish Kumar

India TV News  

The Election Commission on Friday announced biennial polls for 11 seats of Bihar legislative council, including the one belonging to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, the terms of which would have ended in two months. Among those whose current tenure ends on May 6 include former chief minister Rabri Devi and her party leader Ram Chandra Purve. Seats held by various …

Bihar political turmoil: JD(U) to meet on Sunday amid Nitish’s INDIA exit buzz
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Bihar political turmoil: JD(U) to meet on Sunday amid Nitish’s INDIA exit buzz

Hindustan Times  

The political turmoil in Bihar continued on Saturday with all major political parties of the state-- the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Janata Dal-United and the Rashtriya Janata Dal -- continuing parleys with their legislators all along the day. Leaders of the BJP in Bihar gathered to discuss the political situation in the state, amid indications that former ally, chief minister …

OPINION | POWER GAME IN BIHAR: NITISH DOES IT AGAIN!
11 months, 2 weeks ago

OPINION | POWER GAME IN BIHAR: NITISH DOES IT AGAIN!

India TV News  

Bihar is currently witnessing swiftly changing political dynamics with strong indications that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar may switch camps and join BJP-led NDA. There was tension in JD and RJD camps on Thursday when RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav's daughter Rohini Acharya posted a series of tweets, indirectly attacking Nitish and later deleted the tweets on X platform. A top-level …

India’s women voters will surpass male voters in 2029 Lok Sabha polls: Report
1 year, 1 month ago

India’s women voters will surpass male voters in 2029 Lok Sabha polls: Report

Live Mint  

A major shift in India's electoral landscape is anticipated by the end of this decade. A report by the SBI has claimed that women voters in India will surpass male voters from 2029 onwards. In the upcoming general election in 2024, the SBI report has projected a total voter turnout of around 68 crore, of which women voters could be …

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