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Is India’s Ruling BJP Getting Jittery?

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Is India’s Ruling BJP Getting Jittery?

Advertisement India’s 28-party opposition front, the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance or INDIA, passed its first electoral test last week, with some key victories in assembly by-polls. Of the seven constituencies in six states that voted on September 5, constituents of the INDIA bloc bagged four. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance … Read more

Victory in Karnataka State Election Boosts India’s Congress Party

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Victory in Karnataka State Election Boosts India’s Congress Party

Advertisement In a major shot in the arm ahead of next year’s parliamentary elections, India’s main opposition party, the Congress, wrested control over the southern Indian state of Karnataka from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in last week’s assembly election. A mid-sized state that accounts for 28 of 543 seats in India’s … Read more