Financial markets closed today, due to Maharashtra assembly elections
The financial markets will resume on Tuesday.
The financial markets will resume on Tuesday.
Prices have been on the rise since May 20, a day after the final phase of polling for the Lok Sabha elections ended.
It appears that Lord Ayyappa, the deity of the Sabarimala shrine has blessed not the ones who vociferously campaigned for him.
Highest vote margin has been registered by CM Mamata Banerjee’s nephew and Diamond Harbour candidate Abhishek Banerjee.
For Ranaghat parliamentary constituency where 40 per cent of the total population is made up of the Matua community, the BJP candidate Jagannath Sarkar won the seat with a whooping margin of 2,33,428 votes.
Chandra Kumar Bose of BJP, a scion of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's family appears to be most formidable especially as it was a nominee of the saffron outfit.
In 2009, he won the seat with a comfortable margin of over 1.66 lakh votes while in 2014, his victory margin increased to over 2.65 lakh, indicating his hold over the voters.
The oldest among these bellwethers seats is Valsad in Gujarat. It has been following the trend since its formation in 1957.
The employment opportunities in the state however do not match this. The typical mindset of Himachalis of not leaving their state for jobs is another hurdle, responsible for stagnation in employment.
Once known for separatist militants’ disruptive activities, the region has emerged as a land of peaceful electorate with full commitment to the electoral process.
