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Starting February next year, assembly elections will be held in 16 states over
two years. Of the 16 states, BJP has direct stake in nine and alliance
governments in three. The Congress has three states and TRS one. The 4. Budget is betrayal of salaried,
middle classes: Congress
assembly elections would set the pitch for the 2024 Lok Sabha battle as these spokesperson Randeep
states together have 246 Lok Sabha seats, reports Anshuman Kumar. For the Surjewala
BJP, the challenge is to maintain the winning streak, to repeat 2019 in 2024.
This will also test the much-talked about opposition unity and the possible 5. Union Budget disappointing,
nothing in it for common
fight it can give the BJP.
people: Kejriwal
Uttar Pradesh
The main opposition, Samajwadi Party, is also making this a prestige battle,
and much would depend on whether it allies with other parties. The BSP is
also trying to present itself as the main challenger to the BJP. The impact of POLITICS TRENDING TERMS
Uttarakhand
Punjab
2. Believe to Succeed
Goa
FY23: Crisil
X FACTOR: The performance of AAP will be crucial for the BJP and Congress. A
division of votes between Congress and AAP could be beneficial to the BJP
11-month low
Manipur
The state is proving to be a challenge for the BJP under the leadership of N
Biren Singh. However, the party expects to win the state. The challenge for Voda boss says he is on teco's
Congress is to regain its foothold.
M&A plans
X FACTOR: The performance of Naga People’s Front and other smaller parties
Budget short on structural
needs to be watched out for.
reforms: Fitch
Himachal Pradesh
The BJP looks ahead of its rival Congress. There are speculations of a ElectriVa to set up 1 lakh
leadership change by the BJP but, till now, Jairam Thakur has managed to charging points
hold on. Congress is recuperating post the demise of Virbhadra Singh, and the
leadership issue is still a challenge.
dip in Jan
X FACTOR: There is a two-way fight, and much would depend on how the
Congress presents a united face in the absence of Virbhadra Singh.
withdrawn
Gujarat is the second most important state for the BJP after UP. BJP has just
reshuffled the entire cabinet, including the CM, to beat anti-incumbency. But
Budget sparks concerns on
the Congress is still without a leader and presence on the ground. AAP is
inflation
hopeful to make an entry after winning the local bodies polls at some places
in Surat.
Meghalaya
modern India: PM
BJP won Tripura for the first time in 2018. In recent times, the issue with the
leadership of Biplab Kumar Dev had come up before the party, although the
central leaders are silent on the subject. Winning Tripura again is a challenge How to Build Resilience in
Hard Times
for the BJP as a regional alliance, TIPRA, led by Pradyot Manikya Deb Barman,
is making BJP’s task difficult. Trinamool is also strengthening the party in
Tripura.
Highlights
X FACTOR: There's a possibility of an alliance between TIPRA and Trinamool,
which could be a factor in the assembly polls.
India Inc
The BJP was the kingmaker in the last elections with 12 seats in the 60-
member assembly. BJP will manage to remain the major force and it could
Zydus Cadila starts supply of
form the government.
Karnataka
This is another state, where BJP has rested an old and strong satrap Good, bad & ugly of Budget for
Yediyurappa to promote a new leadership under Basavaraj Bommai. With the common man
get to coexist
X FACTOR: The impact of the stepping down of Yediyurappa on the Lingayat
votebank needs to be watched out for.
top priority
BJP formed the government after the defection of Congress MLAs, led by
Jyotiraditya Scindia. There is anti-incumbency. Whether current chief
Budget 2022: Sitharaman
minister Shivraj Chouhan would remain the party's face or BJP would like to
votes for growth
go with a new leader needs to be seen. Congress is in a fix on whether Kamal
Nath would remain in the state or play a role in the party at the Centre.
Rajasthan
X FACTOR: Factional fights within the Congress can change the political No party to benefit from FRL
loan defaults: SC
landscape.
Telangana
A two-term CM, KC Rao, has weakened but he is still ahead of the opposition. Latest News
His need-based alliance with AIMIM helps him maintain the lead over other
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performance in the Greater Hyderabad municipal polls. YS Sarmila, younger
sister of Andhra Pradesh CM Jagan Mohan Reddy, is working hard to emerge
2. Live: Yogi's 'pair of boys' dig at Akhilesh,
Jayant
as an alternative in Telangana.
X FACTOR: The performance of BJP would be crucial in determining whether 3. How Russia has surrounded & sieged
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KCR will align with anti-BJP forces at a national level.
Mizoram
The recent Assam-Mizoram border clashes has created challenges for the BJP.
Mizo National Front is part of BJP’s ambitious North East Democratic
Alliance (NEDA), which is headed by Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma.
Mizoram is important for BJP’s northeast stronghold
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Agencies
The BJP-led central government has
once again trampled the hopes and
aspirations of the common man. The
Union Budget for 2022-23 is
completely directionless, anti-poor and
anti-farmer. It is just a white paper on
the BJP government's failure on the
It is just a white paper on the BJP-led central
economic front.
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government’s failure on the economic front.
failed to understand that small companies which are plagued with financial
problems are not in a condition to take credit. What was actually required 4. Union Budget disappointing,
nothing in it for common
was small businesses to be promoted.
people: Kejriwal
farmers would have acted as a "booster dose" for the Indian economy.
Through a massive agricultural movement, the farmers have been demanding
guaranteed income, but there was not a word in the budget on the
government's intention to legalise the Minimum Support Price. The central
government has done grave injustice to rural India. The budget lacks vision
for the sustainable welfare of farmers, and for making agriculture and
economy robust and profitable.
Budget 2022
Direct cash transfer is the best way to revive the economy and with its
implementation, Chhattisgarh has managed to shield itself from the
slowdown during the pandemic. It was expected that the Centre would Most Popular News
increase the 'Kisan Samman Nidhi' but this also remained untouched.
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was expected that the finance minister would give priority to generating budgets
employment and bring down the inflation graph. But the budget deceived the
people of India, especially the poor, the working classes, the migrants, and
the industrial units that had been closed down permanently. The allocation 5. Budget 2022: Full list of
winners and losers from
for MNREGA has not been increased and it is almost the same as last year. Nirmala Sitharaman's plan
The FM claimed that the Production Linked Incentive Scheme for achieving
Aatmanirbhar Bharat has the potential to create 60 lakh new jobs but no Most Popular Opinion
statistics or data about employment generated last year under the scheme 1. Budget FY23 to change scale of India's
economy
was disclosed. It is a sheer disappointment for millions of youth who were
By Amit Shah
protesting on the streets against unemployment as the government has not
given any blueprint. The Centre should take lessons from Chhattisgarh on
2. Welcome to Modi’s state capitalism 2.0
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minister's residence in
Mumbai
In his 50-minute address to the joint sitting of both Houses of Parliament at
the start of the Budget Session on Monday, President Ram Nath Kovind said 4. Assembly polls: Fifteen
former bureaucrats
his government's policies have given top priority to the poor and appointed EC's special
marginalised sections of the society. observers
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They will be supervising and monitoring the work being done by the electoral
machinery in their assigned states and ensure that stringent and effective action is
taken based on intelligence inputs and complaints, the Election Commission (EC) said.
Agencies
Fifteen former bureaucrats with
experience in the electoral process
have been appointed as special
observers for the assembly polls in five
states. They will be supervising and
monitoring the work being done by the
electoral machinery in their assigned
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These officers will oversee the entire poll
states and ensure that stringent and
processes as eyes and ears of the commission on effective action is taken based on 1. PM Modi mingles with
opposition members in Lok
the ground to ensure free, fair and voter-friendly
elections, it added. intelligence inputs and complaints, Sabha
Chandra pointed out that each election is unique in itself and has its own
logistics and challenges. Yet, higher voter turnout has to be encouraged.
Therefore, the special observers need to be vigilant and be in touch with the
commission on a real-time basis throughout the entire election process, an
EC statement said.
Chandra underlined the need to ensure that all vulnerable areas are attended
to and adequate confidence-building measures undertaken.
Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said the special observers, with their in-
depth administrative experience, acumen and understanding, are important POLITICS TRENDING TERMS
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Kumar said the special observers, as the face of the commission on the
ground, need to guide central observers and the election machinery in the
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field to ensure smooth conduct of the election processes.
The special observers will visit their allocated states and start their work with
state chief electoral officers and deputy election commissioners concerned.
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