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rewrite this title Have Cash Transfer Schemes Helped Beat Anti-incumbency? We Look at State Elections Data

Elections

rewrite this content and keep HTML tags The assembly election results of Maharashtra and Jharkhand have seen the incumbents retaining power in their respective states. Their victory is being attributed to the direct cash transfer schemes launched by their governments a few months before the elections.We found that when state governments actually gave cash transfers to women before assembly elections, they not only successfully managed to avoid anti-incumbency, but also improved their numbers from the previous elections. This applies only when cash distribution has actually been made and not when pre-poll promises of cash assistance have been made.Let’s take a…

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rewrite this title Political Mastery, Defying Critics and Winning Maharashtra

India

rewrite this content and keep HTML tags 1. Taking advantage of Shiv Sena MLAs’ dissatisfaction towards Congress-NCPFirst, to take advantage of the serious discontent in Shiv Sena with Congress-NCP in 2019. The most unusual alliance was formed in 2019 when Uddhav Thackeray broke ties with BJP and joined hands with Congress-NCP. The growing restlessness of Army officers and MLAs and the perceived reach of Uddhav Thackeray was Shinde’s leverage which led to the rebellion.2. To become the people’s CMThe doors of Varsha, the official bungalow of the Maharashtra Chief Minister, are always open to the common man – a fact…

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rewrite this title 6 Reasons for BJP-Sena-NCP’s Victory

India

rewrite this content and keep HTML tags With an undisputed overwhelming lead of over 220 seats, the Bharatiya Janata Party-Shiv Sena-Nationalist Congress Party’s Mahayuti alliance has won the assembly elections in Maharashtra, while the Congress-Sena UBT and NCPSP’s Maha Vikas Aghadi managed to bag double the seats. Has been successful. Points collectively.How did this happen? 6 reasons:women: The popularity of schemes like Ladki Bahin which gives Rs 1,500 per month, Annapurna scheme which gives 3 gas cylinders free per month, and bus concessions on MSRTC bus travel, the thickest network of transport in the state, free education for girls till…

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rewrite this title JMM Retains Tribal Seats, Champai Card Fails For BJP

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rewrite this content and keep HTML tags Soren’s JMM wrested two ST seats in Ranchi – Khunti and Torpa – from the BJP by a huge vote margin. In fact, Khunti has been a stronghold of BJP for the last 20 years, party candidate Neelkanth Singh Munda has been elected MLA from this seat for five consecutive times. However, this time he has lost to JMM’s Ram Surya Munda by at least 41,000 seats. Khunti, which was earlier part of Ranchi seat, became a separate seat in 2007. While the Congress has managed to retain all the ST seats it…

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