The Congress is considering pre-poll alliances, strengthening its organisational setup and banking on the anti-incumbency factor to win the assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh
AFTER LOSING ITS traditional stronghold of Madhya Pradesh to the BJP 15 years ago, the Congress is determined to reclaim power in the assembly elections due in December. After years of infighting, there is more stability in the Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) after the party high command allotted specific posts to party leaders ahead of the elections. Senior MP Kamal Nath is firmly in the saddle as the state Congress president, and fellow MP Jyotiraditya Scindia is serving as campaign committee chief. Recently, four working presidents were appointed, and a dozen committees formed to fill vacant posts.
After a long lull, the party office at Shivaji Nagar in Bhopal has become a beehive of activity, even sporting a fresh coat of paint after almost eight years. Nath is yet to start election tours, but his presence in the office, and in Bhopal, has reinvigorated party workers. Furthermore, the Congress is in an upbeat mood as it has won all the assembly by polls held in the state in the past 10 months. On August 3, it won nine of 14 municipal seats, snatching three from the BJP.
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة August 26, 2018 من THE WEEK.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة August 26, 2018 من THE WEEK.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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William Dalrymple goes further back
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