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India gears up for robot campaigners in 2022 Assembly elections

The states that go to the polls in 2022 are Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Goa and Gujarat

Best of BS Opinion: New idea of India, BJP is as safe as a big bank & more

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Tuesday

BJP: As safe as a big bank

After West Bengal, Narendra Modi and Amit Shah have recognised the next run on their bank might come in Uttar Pradesh

Mamata's payback time? TMC is now upping the ante to take battle to UP

The West Bengal CM's 'outsider' pitch in her state may constrain her moves in UP

Congress battles growing restlessness ahead of Assembly elections

Around this time the party was to hold elections to the post of party president. Amid Covid-19, the exercise was cancelled indefinitely after the CWC put its seal of approval on the cancellation

Assembly elections: BJP takes stock of state of affairs after setbacks

Party President J P Nadda held a discussion with senior party leaders and office-bearers over the weekend and parallel consultations were held last week by B L Santhosh

Congress Committee submits report to Sonia Gandhi on Assembly Polls debacle

A five-member Congress Committee has submitted an initial report to the Sonia Gandhi in which they have stated their assessment on the party's performance in the recently concluded assembly elections

PM Narendra Modi's public presence during two Covid-19 pandemic waves

Three charts look back at the Prime Minister's engagements through the two Covid waves and series of lockdowns since March 2020

Today, what really is essential?

We've cheered "Essential Workers", as the light has been shone on the people in the shadows, who actually make the world go round

Story in Numbers: 70+ for MLAs - Tamil Nadu, Kerala elect older leaders

West Bengal, on the other hand, has elected fewer above 70 and a larger number in the age group 25-40

New assemblies, govts: How finances of states that went to polls look like

Business Standard looks at three of them - Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and WB - in terms of their financial and fiscal situation, and their growth prospects

Congress not to participate in TV debates on election on counting day

The Congress on Saturday decided that it will not participate in election debates on television on Sunday when the results for assembly polls for five states are out. Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said in view of the serious coronavirus situation in the country, the party's spokespersons will not participate on the TV debates after poll results are out. The results for assembly elections in states of Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Kerala would be declared on May 2. "At a time when Nation is facing an unprecedented crisis, when Govt under PM Modi has collapsed, we find it unacceptable to not hold them accountable and instead discuss election wins and losses. We @INCIndia have decided to withdraw our spokespersons from election debates," he said on Twitter. "We shall remain available for any comment that media friends want. We may win, we may lose, but at a time when people are looking for oxygen, beds, medicines, ventilators; our duty tells us to stan

Assembly polls: TMC surges ahead in West Bengal, edge for DMK in Tamil Nadu

The ruling Trinamool Congress was ahead of the BJP in the keenly watched state of West Bengal while the saffron party-led NDA was leading in Assam and the DMK in Tamil Nadu

Elections result: NDA surges ahead of Congress-led Grand Alliance in Assam

The ruling BJP-led NDA surged ahead of the Grand Alliance spearheaded by the Congress in Assam, leading in 71 of the 110 seats from where trends were available till 11.25 am on Sunday

Assembly polls result: TMC ahead in West Bengal, LDF leads in Kerala

Trends show DMK had an edge in Tamil Nadu as counting of votes in the high-stakes assembly elections in four states and a union territory started on May 2

Assam poll results: Early trend shows BJP leading on 6 seats, AGP in 2

The counting of votes in the Assam polls has commenced and early trends have started to pour in showing BJP leading on six seats while Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) is leading on two seats

Four states, one UT await election results as pandemic rages

Exit polls have forecast a tight contest between the incumbent Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress and the BJP in the crucial West Bengal assembly polls

Exit polls close the gap with ads

Skybus ads across newspapers in Assam by major political parties raise serious questions about the business of polling

WB polls: People come out in large numbers to vote in initial hours

Braving heat and Covid-19, people came out in large numbers to exercise their franchise recording 16.04 per cent of polling in the first hours in the last phase

Shekhar Gupta: Because the virus doesn't vote

There are things a strongman leader never does, like admitting he has erred. Three recent instances show that Narendra Modi, for the first time in seven years, has blinked