The BJP could win only 16 out of 57 seats where Shah campaigned.
'Centres like polling booths can be set up for the area till the last adult is vaccinated -- open on all days from 9-9.' 'People should be able to come as per their convenience.'
'She said she could have taken so much energy from her father had she got a chance to meet him before his death.'
'Mamata wanted the Congress in alliance with the BJP in Bengal against the Left Front government.' 'Pranab Mukherjee opposed it, stating it would amount to compromising on secularism.' 'In 2021, Mamata defeats the BJP and becomes a champion of secularism.'
'One cannot avoid speculating whether there was something else at play that led to the uncovering of this saga.'
'It could take at least a couple of years for his case to go through the entire run of the British judiciary.'
>The BJP's star campaigner could not help even half the number of candidates for whom he campaigned in his aggressive 'Didi-o-Didi' style in Bengal
Dr Rajendra Bharud has done what no other district collector in India could do as the pandemic ravaged the nation. He not only made Nandurbar district oxygen surplus, but ensured that the supply of life-saving oxygen remained uninterrupted for patients -- something even Delhi and Mumbai hospitals have not achieved yet.
'Even if the BJP does not come to power, the system has changed.'
'Mamata's numbers will reduce this time compared to 2016.'
'The Indian side has realised that not talking to Pakistan has not served any useful purpose.'
'When there is so much anxiety, the Government of India should assure people on the vaccine issue and help the states demanding more supply that they will be provided the required quantities.' 'Any Centre-state conflict at this point of time is counter-productive and enhances people's anxieties that should be avoided.'
'If a politician asks the policeman to do something which is not correct, then why blame the politician?' 'If you do it, then you are equally liable.'
'It is just that they are not in the limelight in a city like Mumbai.' 'It is not a lonely journey, but a tough journey for sure.'
'The Ever Given, which had 200,000 tonnes of cargo, was too long for the Suez Canal.'
'The government wants foreign companies to capture the insurance market.'
'One man went berserk or rogue that does not mean the Mumbai police should be ashamed.'
'Mamata is campaigning hard and not giving the BJP a walkover.'
'Where should shudra-OBCs go because of whom the nation is surviving?'
'It did not start as a Hindutva slogan.' 'It started to tease the TMC and slowly it got internalised and the BJP started countering with Jai Shri Ram slogans because Mamata was getting provoked.'
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