Three young activists—Hardik Patel, Alpesh Thakor and Jignesh Mevani—had grabbed a fair bit of spotlight before, during and after the Gujarat assembly polls over a year ago.
Five states. One UT. 130 seats. Crucial numbers these. PM Modi and BJP president Amit Shah are driving the saffron chariot into the BJP’s last frontier.
Despite keeping it low-key, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's appointment could be the Congress’ boldest gamble to regain as much space as possible in Uttar Pradesh.
The defeat in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan has made the larger Sangh parivar restless. The signs of disaffection are showing and voices of dissent are getting expressed openly.
The ‘semi-finals’ went to the Congress, rousing it from four years of gloom. Its colours now reappear in heartland India, hitting the BJP in its own stronghold: 2019 looks a more open game now.
While PM Modi had earlier announced 10% reservation for the economically backward class to keep them in good humour, middle class and farmers have been taken care of in the pre-poll budget.
If the present mood in the Congress persists, more protests are expected in the National Capital and other parts of the country in the run up to 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
He took care to cover all sections of the society – the underprivileged, farmers, Dalits, women, youth, army and the somewhat disillusioned middle-class.
The decision to pull out of the government was announced after BJP president Amit Shah met party’s J&K ministers and top leaders in Delhi this morning.
