Mamata Banerjee clearly mobilised the Muslim vote in her favour, elbowing out the Congress-Left-Furfura Sharif alliance
NEW DELHI: The thread of polarisation runs through the results of Assam, West Bengal and Kerala, playing out in different ways with the beneficiaries changing in political scenarios where community and ethnic faultlines operate in different ways.
BJP’s push for a Hindu consolidation was the key factor in its West Bengal strategy, an effort that ran parallel with a bid to attract specific caste groups to its fold. The anticipated subaltern revolt failed to materialise while Mamata Banerjee clearly mobilised the Muslim vote in her favour, elbowing out the Congress-Left-Furfura Sharif alliance, the rival contender for the ‘secular’ vote, out of the arena.
But a joint statement they released hours after Mr Biden attempted to resume the assistance along with analysis offered by a pro-Israel think tank in Washington offer some significant clues.
“Resuming assistance to the West Bank and Gaza without concessions from the Palestinian Authority undermines US interests,” Mr Risch and Mr McCaul wrote in the statement. “A recent Government Accountability Office report rightly calls for increased oversight of Palestinian assistance to ensure compliance with antiterrorism policies.”
The Government Accountability Office report, released in March, recommends “measures to improve compliance” with antiterrorism regulations should aid resume.
Although Congress appropriated the $75m in aid as part of a government funding bill that former president Donald Trump signed into law in 2019, Palestinian foreign assistance remains subject to an extensive set of strict regulatory laws that have piled up over decades – the most recent being the
Policy paralysed govt cannot secure victory over coronavirus: Rahul Gandhi ANI | Updated: May 03, 2021 13:28 IST
New Delhi [India], May 3 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday accused the central government of being policy paralysed and said that it cannot secure victory over coronavirus.
In a tweet, the Congress leader said, A policy paralysed GOI cannot secure victory over the virus. Face it. Don t fake it.
Earlier on April 28, Gandhi had hit out at the central government stating that a large amount of public money was spent on the companies that make the coronavirusvaccine and now the same vaccine is being sold to the public at higher prices.
Jaishankar raps Congress leader over claims
Jaishankar raps Congress leader over claims
IANS / Updated: May 3, 2021, 06:00 IST
An opposition worker had tweeted video, said providing
medical emergency services to Embassy of Philippines
NEWDELHI External Affairs Minister
S Jaishankar on Sunday took on the
Congress party, which had attempted to project that the Central government had collapsed and that foreign embassies were reaching out to the opposition for help with their COVID-19 medical emergencies.
On Sunday, the New Zealand Embassy in New Delhi tweeted an SOS tagging youth leaders of the Congress, saying, “Could you please help with oxygen cylinder urgently at the