Aware of a diminished BSP, whose vote share dipped to 12.9% in the 2022 assembly polls in UP, BJP leaders are ready to go for the kill and have been panning an aggressive Jatav outreach. But it won t be easy to break the Dalit citadel.
Though the government has gone gaga about opening 16 new medical colleges in the state in the next five years, the reality is that the department is headless for the past one month.
Captain Amarinder Singh has started work on implementing Congress s 18 poll manifesto promises
Chandigarh:
A day after the Congress high command publicly said that it has directed Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh to work on implementing the party s 18 key poll manifesto promises within a timeframe, the chief minister set the ball rolling.
Captain Singh is racing against time as the assembly elections in Punjab are due in February-March next year.
Participating in state-level celebrations on Bhagat Kabir Ji Jayanti in Jalandhar through video conferencing, the Chief Minister listed the various welfare schemes for the underprivileged being implemented by his government.
The state has a Scheduled Caste population of 31.9 per cent and the three-member panel, appointed to resolve the Punjab crisis, had also recommended representation of every section in the state cabinet.
Many States Say COVID Vaccine Expansion Unlikely Before Third Week of May
Vaccine manufacturers Serum Institute and Bharat Biotech have not yet communicated the date of delivery for orders placed by various states.
A guard holds up a notice to inform people about the shortage of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine supplies at a vaccination centre, in Mumbai, India, April 9, 2021. Photo: Reuters/Francis Mascarenhas
Rights28/Apr/2021
New Delhi: India’s expansion of its COVID-19 vaccination strategy to make all adults eligible to receive a shot is unlikely to begin on May 1 as manufacturers Serum Institute of India (SII) and Bharat Biotech have communicated to several state governments that they will only be able to deliver doses by the third week of May.