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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has been releasing the details of the ₹20 lakh crore economic package in tranches. The main aim of releasing the mega economic package is to make India self-reliant. Yesterday, Sitharaman announced 15 relief measures for the real estate sector, NBFCs, MSMEs, etc. Today, she made announcements for the welfare of urban poor, farmers, and laborers. Important announcements in Sitharaman’s press conference Sitharaman announced that 300 Shramik special trains are allowed […]

Even before the prime minister emphasized the need for labour law reforms in India. BJP states already hinted at this strategy such as Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, and Madhya Pradesh. As soon as the governments announced the reforms, the left front and opposition got furiously activated and started criticizing. It is evident that their opposition is simply out of dislike of the government, as there isn’t any merit in their accusation. The ongoing migrant worker crisis […]

Unlike Uttar Pradesh, all is well for the Congress and Mahagathbandhan in Bihar and Jharkhand. The confusion in the non-BJP camp is partly due to the lack of appreciation at this time, while the contrasting picture of synergy among them in Bihar and Jharkhand is driven by an acknowledgement of each other’s mutual interests. There is no denying the fact that state-level alliances will hold the key in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. In Uttar […]

BJP and Congress two main National parties are always in fight for victory in each election. But this time in Telangana Elections 2018 it is TRS. Both National parties are unable to mark their significant presence in the state as per majority exit and opinion polls. On the other hand, elections coming closer bookies have started putting their money on Congress, TDP collation. BJP is also trying hard by conducting the rallies through its main […]

The BJP arrived in 2014 with a consolidated Hindu vote riding on the call for a development-driven and corruption-free model of governance that appealed to all sections of society alike. On record, this government has seen lesser communal disturbances in its present tenure. Yet a section of civil society and public intellectuals have again been explicitly critical of the BJP’s policies and may have created a chink in BJP’s consolidated Hindu vote armor. Two Bharat […]

Rajasthan Assembly Elections 2018 – Vasundhara Raje, the chief minister of Rajasthan, on Saturday said the Congress fielded former BJP leader Jaswant Singh’s son Manvendra Singh from her Jhalrapatan constituency in the upcoming Assembly polls as it could not find any other candidate. “The Congress could not find any candidate and he (Manvendra Singh) was to be given ticket from somewhere and therefore, he was sent here (Jhalrapatan),” Raje said addressing the public. Her remark […]

  Telangana Assembly Elections 2018 – The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) released its first list of nine candidates for the December 7 Legislative Assembly elections in Telangana. The total number of assembly segments in the state is 119. The TDP announced the list after its alliance partner Congress released its first list of 65 candidates. The candidates announced by the TDP are — Erra Sekhar (Mahabubnagar), T Veerender Goud (Uppal), Bhavya Anand Prasad (Serilingampalli), Revuri […]

The Thursday’s by-polls were a far cry from predictable and brought many new changes and faces into the political circle. While some parties managed to retain their seats, some faced a drastic defeat. Here is the break down of yesterday’s by-polls…. Uttar Pradesh By-polls took place for the crucial Lok Sabha seat- Kairana and the Assembly seat- Noorpur. Tabassum Hasan from Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) has won the Kairana seat after defeating Mriganka Singh of […]

By-polls for both Assembly and the Parliamentary constituencies will be held on May 28 as announced by the Election Commission of India. The results for the elections will be declared on May 31. The fight for both the Assembly as well as the Parliamentary seats is going to be really tough this time as these by-elections will be serving as a teaser to the big picture of the parties just ahead of the general elections of 2019. This […]

Several state assembly seats in UP, Bihar, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Punjab, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, and Kerala have fallen vacant in the recent months. Some of the assembly seats fell vacant due to the untimely deaths of the MPs and MLAs or due to elected members opting to quit their party to join hands with some other party. The Election Commission necessitated the process to fill the vacant seats of these state assemblies. The EC released […]