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☆ Manipur, India: Eleven killed in new bout of ethnic violence
  + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Rhea Mogul Sania Farooqui | Rhea Mogul | Sania Farooqui | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +4 min
New Delhi CNN —Eleven people have been shot dead and 14 injured in a fresh outbreak of ethnic violence that has gripped the northeast Indian state of Manipur. The current unrest has seen some of the worst violence in recent years and has sparked criticism of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which governs Manipur. If they are given this status, other ethnic groups – many of whom are Christian – say they fear they will not have a fair chance for jobs and other benefits. People wait at a temporary shelter in a military camp on May 7, after being evacuated by the Indian army, as they flee ethnic violence that has hit the northeastern Indian state of Manipur. Arun Sankar/AFP/Getty ImagesThe Metei community dominates positions within the state government, and have been privy to more economic and infrastructural advancement than the other ethnic groups.
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☆ What does India's BJP losing Karnataka elections mean for Modi?
  + stars: | 2023-05-17 | by ( Rhea Mogul | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +7 min
CNN —India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has lost its only stronghold in the country’s south after voters in Karnataka state rejected the Hindu-nationalist policies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party in crucial local elections last week. The opposition Congress party won 135 seats in the state’s legislative assembly, versus 66 for the BJP, giving Modi’s opponents a boost as they prepare to challenge India’s populist leader in next year’s general election. “Were they to lose some or all of the remaining state elections this year, including three big states in the (central and northern) Hindi belt, that may be further indication of waning support,” he said. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves to the crowd during campaigning for state elections in Bengaluru, Karnataka, on May 7. “A lot would depend on how Congress Party does in upcoming state assembly elections,” Verma said.
☆ Rahul Gandhi, the 'prince' of Indian politics who lost his parliament seat
  + stars: | 2023-03-24 | by ( Yp Rajesh Krishn Kaushik | Yp Rajesh | Krishn Kaushik | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +5 min
Yet he remains at the centre of India's opposition politics and the main target of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu- nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Gandhi entered politics and was first elected to parliament in 2004 from his family borough of Amethi in the northern heartland state of Uttar Pradesh. He repeated that victory in 2009 and 2014 but suffered a shock setback in 2019 when he lost the seat. However, he had also contested a seat in the Kerala state and won there to return to parliament. Outside parliament, he has often reminded his supporters of his family's commitment and sacrifices, talking about the assassinations of his grandmother, then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, and his former prime minister father, Rajiv Gandhi.
☆ Gujarat elections: BJP wins in sweeping victory for Modi
  + stars: | 2022-12-09 | by ( Swati Gupta | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +2 min
The BJP took 156 of 182 total seats in the Gujarat state assembly following voting earlier this month, marking the party’s best-ever performance in the state, a longtime BJP stronghold. In a comment posted to Twitter Thursday evening, the Prime Minister thanked the people of Gujarat and said he was “overcome with a lot of emotions” to see the results. The BJP won 25 seats and three went to independent candidates, with results from the state of around 6 million also announced Thursday. He campaigned extensively in the lead-up to the election in Gujarat, where the BJP has ruled for more than a quarter century. Modi led the state as chief minister for more than a decade before coming to power as Prime Minister in 2014.
☆ Modi's party set for landslide election win in India's Gujarat state
  + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Sumit Khanna | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
[1/3] India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves to his supporters as he arrives to cast his vote during the second and last phase of Gujarat state assembly elections in Ahmedabad, India, December 5, 2022. The western industrial state is a bastion of the BJP, which has not lost state assembly elections there since 1995. Modi was Gujarat's chief minister for 13 years before becoming prime minister in 2014. The party was also set to surpass its best results in Gujarat when it won 127 seats in 2002. He is eyeing a third term as prime minister in 2024 and campaigned extensively across the state in the run up to the Gujarat vote.
☆ Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Gujarat State Heads to the Polls
  + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( Shan Li | Krishna Pokharel | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
GANDHINAGAR, INDIA—Gujarat, the home state of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi , will vote in state assembly elections starting this week, offering a barometer of the endurance of Mr. Modi’s personal appeal ahead of national elections in 2024 in which he will run for a third term. The Bharatiya Janata Party has ruled in the western coastal state for 27 years, and there is little doubt of another victory, but the party is leaving little to chance after a surprisingly tough challenge from its rival, the Indian National Congress Party, in 2017. Top BJP leaders were also stung by the party’s defeat in West Bengal last year after it poured money and resources into winning state elections there, analysts said.
☆ The Gandhis: from 'Kennedys of India' to the political wilderness
  + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Rhea Mogul | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +10 min
“The Gandhis today are completely dwarfed and overshadowed by Narendra Modi,” said New Delhi-based political commentator Arati R. Jerath. Bettmann Archive/Getty imagesShe was elected prime minister from 1966 to 1977, and again in 1980. But with the ascendance of a new wave of right-wing politics, their party now lurks in the political wilderness, analysts say. Prime Minister Narendra Modi gives a victory speech after winning India's general election, in New Delhi on May 23, 2019. But it seems unlikely he will ever become prime minister of the country, like his father, grandmother and great-grandfather before him.
☆ India’s Congress Party Ruled for Decades—Now It’s on Life Support
  + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Rajesh Roy | Shan Li | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
GUWAHATI, India—One of the most powerful political figures in the northeastern state of Assam spent two decades rising through the ranks of the Indian National Congress. But now Himanta Biswa Sarma governs his home state as a member of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. Mr. Sarma says he left Congress after losing faith in the party’s direction under Rahul Gandhi , the scion of the country’s once powerful political dynasty. In the seven years since he left, Mr. Sarma has ascended to the state’s top job—the role of chief minister—and has helped the BJP gain control of the state.
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