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 …
New Delhi: External affairs minister Dr S. Jaishankar has highlighted the persistence of "double standards" in the world, where influential countries resist pressure for change, and those with historical influence have weaponised their capabilities. At another event, he described India's G20 Presidency as "challenging," given the sharp East-West polarisation and deep North-South divide. Speaking at another event titled 'India-UN for …
West Bengal is in the middle of perhaps the most polarised election it has ever seen. No doubt, the Sitalkuchi incident will influence the remaining four phases of elections in Bengal. The Sitalkuchi incident found mention even in speeches by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home minister Amit Shah. In its election manifesto, it also announced OBC reservation for …
