Rajya Sabha Elections See Horse-Trading; Has Poverty Really Fallen to Just 5 Percent? Ramdev the Recidivist

Feb 27, 2024

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February 27, 2024

Siddharth Varadarajan

Cross-voting – a polite term for horse-trading – has helped the Bharatiya Janata Party score a shock victory in the Rajya Sabha election from Himachal Pradesh. One seat was up for grabs and the Congress’s nominee, Abhishek Manu Singhvi, was expected to win handily given that the party has 40 out of 67 seats in the assembly. However,

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