Third innings: PM Modi’s masterful balancing act
Modi's historic third tenure gets off to rousing start, big four retained.
Modi's historic third tenure gets off to rousing start, big four retained.
Mr Nitin Gadkari, another BJP stalwart, will continue as the Minister for Road Transport and Highways, ostensibly because of his fine performance in the ministry.
As the face of the BJP, the prime minister yet again proved that he is the biggest vote-catcher for the saffron party and his popularity has not diminished one bit even after over nine years in office.
The PM said that from the perspective of human welfare, the G20 should raise its voice against terrorism and violence and in support of humanity.
The prime minister said the climate and weather data obtained from this would be shared with all countries, especially the Global South.
The defence minister upon members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation to fix accountability on those who aid or fund terrorism.
The result of the elections, scheduled to be announced on 13 May, is considered crucial as it is expected to give an indication about the mood of the people ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
The BJP shattered all previous records to retain power in Gujarat for a seventh consecutive term, but the saffron party failed to buck the anti-incumbency trend in Himachal Pradesh.
The 80-year-old Kharge, a nine-term Karnataka MLA and a three-term MP (twice Lok Sabha and currently Rajya Sabha) was always a firm favourite in the straight contest against Tharoor in the party poll held after more than two decades.
China did not initially take the Quad seriously, but as it has moved from official to political level and then to the summit level, with now a well- defined agenda, China has begun to attack the Quad as a product of bloc politics, of dividing Asia and pitting regional countries against China.
