Poor get poorer
As always, given the inequities built into the global economic system, the poorest people in the world have been the…
The BJP’s newly elected law-makers in Jammu and Kashmir are meeting now to decide on their presumptive Chief Minister. With 25 of the state’s 87 assembly seats, the BJP delivered its strongest performance in India’s only Muslim-majority state, but fell way short of the majority it had sought, and must now decide whether to partner with a regional party and attempt to form the government, or serve as the Opposition.
Arun Jaitley and Ram Madhav have been deputed by the BJP from Delhi to supervise today’s proceedings. Sources confirmed that the party is in touch with Omar Abdullah, who lost his bid for a second term as Chief Minister, but with 15 seats for his National Conference, he is a viable option for an ally.
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