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Bengal’s ‘M’ math misfire: How muslim fragmentation and mohila drift tilted the field for BJPThe Bharatiya Janata Party secured victories in Malda and Murshidabad districts. This success stemmed from a divided Muslim vote and public...
After Bihar, will Asaduddin Owaisi's AIMIM become a factor in West Bengal too?AIMIM is targeting the 2026 West Bengal Assembly polls after a notable performance in Bihar. The party faces challenges from electoral roll...
Minority drift may reverse as SIR, UCC, AIMIM-AJUP collapse could strengthen TMC's Muslim fortressRecent developments, including significant voter list deletions and the BJP's UCC promise, have seemingly reversed a potential drift in the...
Caste calculus at play: How Tamil Nadu’s key communities could shape the electoral battleTamil Nadu elections are shaped by dominant caste blocs, including Vanniyars in the north, Gounders in the west, and Thevars in the south. ...
Alliances & distrust: Trinamool faces minority stronghold testWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's traditional minority vote base in Murshidabad and Malda faces challenges. Electoral roll issue...
BJP alleges states under INDIA parties rule wrongly giving Muslims reservation from OBC quotaOpposition members staged a walkout in the Rajya Sabha after BJP leader K Laxman alleged that non-NDA ruled states are providing reservatio...
Opposition stages walkout in Rajya Sabha over BJP MP's remarks on misuse of OBC reservationRajya Sabha saw a walkout by opposition parties. This followed remarks by BJP member K Laxman. He stated OBC reservation is misused in the ...
Maharashtra elections: Can BJP replicate Haryana's success in country's richest state?Maharashtra witnessed a 60% voter turnout in the Assembly elections, with the BJP-Shinde Sena alliance and the Congress-NCP-Thackeray Sena ...
If BJP voted to power in Jharkhand, Modi promises security of 'roti, beti and maati'Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused the JMM-led coalition of misleading Jharkhand's people and compromising national security. Speaking at...
Annapurna Devi: From homemaker to central ministerHomemaker Annapurna Devi, sworn in as Union Minister in the Narendra Modi government, secures a seat in Modi 3.0, consolidating the BJP's O...
"Congress, TMC violated Constitution for pleasing vote bank," BJP's Shehzad PoonawalaStepping up his attacks on TMC, Poonawala cited the Calcutta High Court order of scrapping all the OBC certificates issued in West Bengal a...
PM Modi says poor, farmers, women and youth should have..: BJP leader weighs in on Bengal OBC rowUnion Minister Mahendra Nath Pandey lauded PM Modi's policies, emphasizing that resources should prioritize the poor, farmers, women, and y...
Politicians play the caste formula in KarnatakaThe Vokkaligas and Lingayats are expected to vote according to their traditional preferences, for the JDS and BJP.
BJP likely to focus on winning over OBCs in Gujarat pollsBJP will increase the number of tickets given to OBCS from "about 40" to the "maximum" in a bid to win their vote in the elections next mon...
Congress prefers 'minority politics' to OBC welfare: BJPCongress had yesterday stalled in the Upper House a bill to accord Constitutional status to the OBC Commission, by pushing for amendments, ...
OBC quota subcategorisation - the next political gamble ahead of UP pollsHighly placed sources indicated that the proposal for a sub categorization of the 27% OBC quota is back on the table and could be a strong ...
OBC forum of MPs also demand quota in promotionThe OBC forum of Parliamentarians raised a demand that quotas in promotions in government jobs be extended to OBCs as well.