Will India find real solutions to genuine problems and make 2019 annus mirabilis is the big question, given the paltry evidence that its leaders will offer anything more than rhetoric to a hapless people.
Shah's statement assumes significance after a prominent Maharashtra farmers' leader demanded replacement of Narendra Modi with Nitin Gadkari as PM candidate.
The sharp reaction came a day after the newly-elected Congress governments in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh waived farm loans.
3 petitions seeking thorough investigation into the PDS scam have already been filed in the Chhattisgarh High Court
Governor Anandiben Patel invites Kamal Nath to form government in Madhya Pradesh, acknowledging the support secured by the Congress from SP, BSP and Independents to prove majority in the 230-member House
Dismissing the Mizoram results as insignificant for 2019 Lok Sabha polls would be politically wrong, given the voting trend of the region in Parliamentary elections where the dominant party has always had an edge
The party has dismally lost two significant seats in greater Hyderabad area once considered to be its bastions because of the large presence of settlers from Seemandhra and proximity to IT hub
TRS wins 88 seats while AIMIM retains its 7 seats; INC-TDP combine reduced to 21; BJP manages to win only one seat
Introspection by the two national parties will have to revolve around the need to reinject some gentility into the political discourse, difficult as that may seem after the acrimony of recent weeks. Certainly, the default position of the BJP – to be divisive and to pander to the illiberal Hindu – will have to change.
'Victory and defeat are an integral part of life. Today's results will further our resolve to serve people and work even harder for the development of India'
