Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu, who is considered close to Rahul Gandhi and was the Congress campaign committee head, was unanimously elected leader of the party's legislature group in the meeting held on December 10.
Pensions comprise 12.4 percent of the revenue expenditure of the 10 most indebted states. If the NPS is junked in favour of the old scheme, the burden will shift to future generations.
Himachal Pradesh is under a debt burden of over Rs 70,000 crore and the new government will find it difficult to raise Rs 16,000 crore for paying arrears to its employees. But they will pursue it nonetheless.
The deft handling of factionalism in the Congress may have been the biggest factor in the party’s victory.
These jawans belong to a CRPF battalion from Manipur. They were sent here by the Election Commission ahead of the next month's Gujarat Assembly elections
The political strategist predicted an “impending electoral rout” for the Congress in the Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh elections, scheduled to be held later this year
Kishor, during his presentation, also suggested measures which the party could adopt to improve its position in Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat -- the two states going to polls later this year.
Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya has been allocated six departments — Rural Development, Rural Engineering, Food Processing, Entertainment Tax, Public Enterprise and National Integration
Names doing rounds for the top post include former CM Dhami, state general secretary Suresh Bhatt, MP Anil Baluni, legislators Dhan Singh Rawat, Satpal Maharaj and Ritu Khanduri, and MP Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank.
G-23 member Kapil Sibal, in his latest salvo targeting the leadership had said the Gandhis should step aside and give some other leader a chance to helm the party, provoking a backlash from Gandhi family loyalists who accused him of speaking the language of the BJP and RSS.
Unless there is an outstanding escape route or some real muscles and ingenuity along the way, the Indian National Congress that once inspired Martin Luther King Jr and Nelson Mandela might soon become just another chapter to remember
Hugely popular stand-up comedian Sorabh Pant writes about another master of laughter, who is headlining a historic moment in India, of leading Punjab's first AAP government.
The BSP has recorded a humiliating performance in UP once considered its bastion. Unless Mayawati initiates immediate reforms, the party will fade into oblivion
The Centre would do well by beginning a structured consultative process to reform the farm sector. Besides, setting the ball rolling, it will also signal the government’s intent to walk the talk on its reforms agenda
The parliamentary strategy group meeting is expected to have an agenda to “take stock” of the poll debacle in the five states which had their Assembly Elections in February and March — Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Goa, Uttarakhand and Manipur
As part of its strategy to expand the electoral footprint in Himachal, the Aam Aadmi Party would also be contesting the local body polls in Shimla next month.
The BJP has never had roots among the Sikhs, the SAD is still reeling under past corruption allegations, and the Congress was a disarray. These factors worked in AAP’s favour
The Congress, despite a vigorous campaign by Priyanka Gandhi Vadra with a women-centric focus, has achieved an abysmal low. For the grand old party, this is its moment of truth
While the BJP state victories must be lauded as a win for their respective state leaderships, the fact remains that these victories are built on a platform created by Prime Minister Narendra Modi
It had initiated several rounds of constituency-wise minute surveys to overhaul its poll strategy, and it came up with some interesting answers
The BJP now holds 57 fewer seats in the Uttar Pradesh assembly, but the details show a degree of consolidation it would be pleased with.
Populism can deflect blame elsewhere. That reigns supreme until the very source of the power -- the divisions in society that strengthen and support the narrative – is directly targeted and addressed
The public had a chance to choose between a political line of thinking that opted for more welfare spending at a time of pandemic induced distress and core Hindutva, and it has chosen the latter. This should make private investors happy
"The results of the assembly elections also reflect the massive disconnect between the media, particularly English media, narratives and the average Indian," Zoho CEO Sridhar Vembu added.
While the BJP has won the majority of seats in Ayodhya, its performance is a setback as compared to 2017, when it had won all the five constituencies of the holy district.
