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Originally Published 2 months ago — by Al Jazeera
India's Bihar state is holding its first phase of elections with over 74 million voters, featuring key contenders like the BJP-led alliance and the RJD-led opposition, amid concerns over electoral roll revisions and their implications for regional and national politics.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by Reuters
Spain's acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has secured the support of two more regional parties, the National Basque Party (PNV) and the Canaries' Coalition, in his bid for another term in office. This, along with the backing of the Catalan separatist party Junts, gives Sanchez an absolute majority in the lower house. However, there is widespread anger over his pledge of amnesty for Catalan separatists, with opinion polls showing a divided country on the issue. The proposed amnesty law would free individuals involved in Catalonia's 2017 secession attempt from legal proceedings and allow separatist leaders to run for office again. Critics argue that Sanchez is jeopardizing the rule of law for political gain, while tensions have escalated, leading to clashes between protesters and police.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by Indiatimes.com
Leaders of 15 opposition parties attended a meeting hosted by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his deputy Tejashwi Yadav in Patna to discuss the formation of an anti-BJP front ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. However, the absence of many regional heavyweights and the challenge of bringing rival parties on a single platform without internal rifts may pose an uphill task for the opposition. The regional parties who attended the meeting together won 88 seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, while the parties that were not part of the meeting won 60 seats.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by Greatandhra
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is holding an anti-BJP conclave with non-BJP parties in Patna on June 23 to bring all non-BJP parties in the country together to defeat the BJP-led government at the Centre in the Lok Sabha polls scheduled for April 2024. However, none of the three major regional parties from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana are participating in this crucial meeting, as they want to maintain friendly ties with BJP and don't want to incur the wrath of PM Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah by attending the Patna meeting.