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Haryana Debacle: Congress’s Fate Could Have Been Different if It Had Handled Rebels Well on At Least 9 Seats

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Haryana Debacle: Congress’s Fate Could Have Been Different if It Had Handled Rebels Well on At Least 9 Seats

Rajesh Joon, denied a ticket by the Congress, fought as an Independent from the Bahadurgarh seat in the Haryana assembly polls and snatched the seat from his previous party. With 73,191 votes in hand, he won with a margin of 41,999 votes. The sitting Congress MLA slipped to the third position and BJP finished second. … Read more

RFK Jr. Faces Backlash from Environmental Groups, Former Colleagues

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RFK Jr. Faces Backlash from Environmental Groups, Former Colleagues

A dozen environmental groups issued a sharp rebuke Friday of independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., an environmental lawyer who led the green group Waterkeeper Alliance until 2020 and has promised to be the “best environment president in American history.” Kennedy “is not an environmentalist,” reads the letter, whose signees included the Sierra Club, … Read more