Recently, in village in Bhojpur district, Bihar, which is dominated by Most Backward Castes (MBC), I heard a sohar (birth song) sung by a few unlettered women. It goes, “Babua hamar DM hoyihe, okara upar CM hoyihe (My son will become a District Magistrate and he will also become Chief Minister)”. I also heard a … Read more
GUWAHATI The Arunachal Pradesh unit of the BJP on Tuesday expelled 28 members for six years for contesting against its official candidates in the simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections on April 19. The State has two parliamentary constituencies and 60 Assembly seats, 10 of which the BJP won uncontested. “The following list of persons … Read more
Cracking down on rebels, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday suspended its nine leaders for six years. The leaders were expelled for filing nomination against National Democratic Alliance candidates in the Bihar Assembly Election 2020. The BJP is contesting the Bihar polls, due to start from October 28, in alliance with Janata Dal (United) and … Read more