POLITICS

This is History (2299)

An empty stomach is not a good political advisor.

Are two Real estate tycoons in trouble in Mumbai?

There are wild rumours that two Real estate tycoons of Mumbai who are said to be very close to one Maharashtra political supremo are in trouble. What is the fact, only time will tell.

BJP has an upper hand in GHMC polls !

Even as the Bookies give hairline edge to TRS over BJP in photo-finish in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) elections, political pundits say that the later has an upper hand given the fact that it (BJP) has been consistently improving its tally in Telangana. The party which had won only one seat with just little over 7 per cent vote share in 2018 assembly polls bagged four seats in 20019 Lok Sabha polls with 19.45 per cent vote share.

Congress out of contest in GHMC elections?

The Congress appears to be out of contest with the BJP emerging as challenger to TRS and AIMIM in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) elections. Infact, it has been on constant decline in the state, as also elsewhere, after 2018 assembly polls when in alliance with the TDP, it won 19 seats garnering 28.43 per cent vote share but in 2019 Lok Sabha elections, it fell behind the BJP winning only three seats despite 29.48 per cent vote share. BJP had bagged four Lok Sabha seats in 2019 in Telangana. In GHMC polls too, it could win only in two wards in 2016 as against in 52 wards in 2009.

Former IAS officer joins MNM in TamilNadu

Former Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of 1995 batch Santhosh Babu has joined  the Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) in the presence of party founder and chief Kamal Haasan. He had taken Voluntary Retirement early this year