Nationalism or development? The top agenda for Munger voters this election

At Munger, it’s a two way battle between candidates of JD(U) – part of the National Democratic Alliance and Congress of the Mahagathbandhan

Elections: Patriotism is by all accounts the top motivation for voters in Munger even as the neighborhood economy can’t bolster employments for youth.

Munger’s issues are featured by a tea merchant whose slow down is strolling separation from the bustling stronghold zone of the town. “The celebrated firearm industry is biting the dust. It bolstered a great many families. The ITC processing plant’s workforce has contracted and the railroad train industrial facility isn’t growing regarding nearby employments support,” Shankar, 45, said.

Munger has the second-most noteworthy per capita GDP in Bihar, trailed by its capital Patna. It has a firearm fabricating unit, which made the town renowned, an ITC plant and the most established train fix workshop of the Indian Railways in Jamalpur.

ITC, which gives direct work to 1,800 specialists, and the Eastern Railway Coach Factory have been key in the region’s success and the last added to one-fourth of all out interests in the area till a couple of years back. In any case, occupations are evaporating as business isn’t extending, according to local people.

A huge number of talented laborers who were once utilized in the Munger firearm industrial facility have generally taken up incompetent employments or are jobless.

Be that as it may, for Rajo Mahota, a rancher who was selling vegetables in the nearby mandi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the response to all issues. He couldn’t care less who the neighborhood hopefuls were and would cast a ballot to choose the PM, Mahota says. He recognizes the homestead trouble and says he is yet to pay credit of Rs 50,000.


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Mahagathbandhan an alliance of corruption, negativity, instability: PM Modi

Leaders from over a dozen opposition parties gathered in Kolkata Saturday and vowed to put up a united fight in the coming Lok Sabha elections and oust Modi from power
Narendra Modi

Taking a dig at the Opposition’s show of unity during a rally in Kolkata, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said their “mahagathbandhan” (grand alliance) was an alliance of corruption, negativity and instability.

The Opposition was staring at a defeat in forthcoming elections and looking for excuses ahead of their impending loss and thus are vilifying electronic voting machines, Modi said, addressing BJP’s booth-level workers through video-conference.

Leaders from over a dozen opposition parties gathered in Kolkata Saturday and vowed to put up a united fight in the coming Lok Sabha elections and oust Modi from power.

Several opposition leaders at the rally demanded the use of ballot papers instead of EVMs which they said were the source of “all sorts of malpractices”.

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Why Modi govt bought only 36 Rafale jets instead of 126, asks P Chidambaram

The government has compromised national security, said P Chidambaram
P Chidambaram


Senior Congress pioneer P Chidambaram on Friday blamed the legislature for trading off national security and inquired as to why it purchased just 36 Rafale contender flies rather than 126 required by the Air Force.

His remarks come in the wake of crisp disclosures on the Rafale bargain in a media report which asserted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s choice to however 36 flying machine rather than the 126 requested by the Air Force drove the cost of each stream up by 41.42 percent.

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TMC’s ‘united India rally’ will sound BJP’s death knell in LS polls: Mamata

Regional parties would be the deciding factor in the Lok Sabha polls, said West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee
Mamata Banerjee

With an eye on Delhi, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) is altogether prepared for Saturday’s “united opposition rally”, which party supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said would sound the “death knell” for the BJP in the coming Lok Sabha surveys.

Pioneers of more than 20 resistance parties are relied upon to go to the rally at the notable Brigade Parade Ground here on Saturday to pledge to set up a unified battle against the “misrule” of the saffron party.

The TMC plans to utilize the rally as a stage to prop Banerjee as a pioneer who can “bring different gatherings” and test the decision Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after the general race.

Banerjee, the cerebrum behind the uber restriction rally, on Thursday said the provincial gatherings would be the integral factor in the Lok Sabha surveys Read More.

News digest: I-T holds back Rs 20,000 cr, RIL’s profit rises 8.8%, and more

From Centre looking at options to boost farmer income to Goyal setting terms for Rs 700-crore infusion, BS brings you up to date with the latest news
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I-T keeps down Rs 20,000 crore in expense discounts

The Income Tax (I-T) office has chosen not to discharge some high-esteem discounts guaranteed by corporates and open segment units for the money related year 2016-17, refering to reasons, for example, disparities in the credit of Tax Deduction at source (TDS), convey forward misfortunes, and pending expense interest for the earlier years, said two sources aware of the improvement.
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Focus seeing alternatives to support agriculturist salary: Singh

Only days before the between time Budget for 2019, Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh on Thursday said the NDA government was taking a gander at more up to date approaches to support ranchers’ pay and, in the past over four years, changed the focal point of arrangements from being creation driven to pay driven.Read more

Goyal sets terms for Rs 700-crore imbuement

Multi day after Jet Airways’ outside accomplice Etihad Airways told loan specialists that advertiser Naresh Goyal must not keep in excess of a 22 percent stake and that he ought to have no job in running the carrier, the man at the focal point of the debate has hit back. Read More