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Says Rahul Gandhi’s popularity helped INDIA bloc win 43 of 80 Lok Sabha seats in 2024.

The bypoll to the Rajya Sabha seat from Madhya Pradesh will be held on November 12, the Election Commission announced on Thursday.

Last week, the Karnataka Federation of State Muslim Organisations released a report on the election promises made by the Congress Government in the 2023 Assembly elections.

From Indianexpress RSS Feed: In Tamil Nadu flux, BJP spots an opening: Flexible DMK, weaker Opposition

This comes two days after the Congress ditched the DMK and decided to join hands with actor-politician Vijay’s TVK in Tamil Nadu in an attempt to form a government in the southern state.

Bhujbal, Jay Pawar and several senior leaders emerge as frontrunners as intense lobbying begins within the party.

After merger of seven AAP MPs with BJP, NDA’s tally in Rajya Sabha stands at 148 seats – 15 short of a two-thirds majority – which could rise to 152 by 2028-end

The MLA-elect has traded her seat in the Council of States for the Maharashtra assembly after securing a historic win that surpassed previous family records.

While some INDIA allies term it a "necessity" to keep BJP out of power, others see it as “counter-productive", even as section of Congress leaders also calls it “short-sighted”

Mann's statement sparked a buzz as the AAP has 94 MLAs in the 117-member Punjab Vidhan Sabha with sources later clarifying that he referring to Dr Sukhwinder Kumar Sukhi.

From Indianexpress RSS Feed: TMC collapse in numbers: In 2024 LS polls, party led in 192 Assembly segments, down below 100 this time

From Indianexpress RSS Feed: Corridors of power: Why a ‘spirited’ Punjab Assembly session ended in a confidence vote and a tactical return to Mahatma Gandhi

Till the evening before the rebellion, the number cruncher seen as close to the AAP chief – and now allegedly in AAP’s crosshairs – was conferring with him how to keep straying MPs back

Incidentally, the BJP has its eye on breaking two other parties in the Rajya Sabha, Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena and Sharad Pawar’s NCP. Tellingly, MP Sanjay Jadhav has been missing from recent party meetings with Uddhav Thackeray.

Days after switching over from AAP to BJP, Rajya Sabha MP Vikramjeet Singh Sahney launched a scatching attack on the Punjab government and said that central schemes carrying the “PM” prefix are being blocked in the state.…

From Indianexpress RSS Feed: 2 FIRs lodged against ‘turncoat’ Rajya Sabha MP Sandeep Pathak, Punjab Police reach parliamentarian’s Delhi residence

Both states were part of the BJP’s “Coromandel blueprint” that was prepared after it emerged as a dominant pole in Indian politics.

According to the updated party position in Rajya Sabha, three days after the rebel AAP contingent’s announcement to this effect, they became members 107 to 113 of the BJP’s roster in the Upper House.

With six of the seven MPs from Punjab, BJP will have its highest-ever representation from the state in the Upper House.

From Indianexpress RSS Feed: Vikramjit Sahney interview: ‘Punjab on ventilator support, CM doesn’t value suggestions for its betterment … he needs a vision’