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Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party bets on new conquests in 2019 poll after losses in 5 state
Bharatiya Janata Party is counting on making significant gains in the country’s east and northeast after recent electoral losses in traditional strongholds put it on the back foot before the 2019 general elections. PM Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party lost power in the states of Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh this month, energizing the main opposition Congress party, which formed government in all three. The setbacks raised questions about Modi’s ability to replicate his landslide 2014 victory, the biggest mandate in 30 years. While gains in the northeast and east,Read More
Rahul Gandhi accused PM Modi of ‘creating two Indias’
Rahul Gandhi declared today that he would not let PM Narendra Modi “sleep or rest” till he gave a reprieve to farmers, holding up as an example his party’s new governments in MP and Chhattisgarh, which he said have announced farm loan waivers within six hours. The third state, Rajasthan, will also do it soon, the Congress chief told a day after three Congress leaders took oath as chief ministers of state which were close to the BJP. Top opposition leaders travelled with Rahul Gandhi to be part of theRead More