Morning digest: Trinamool, BJP and LDF buck anti-incumbency; SC asks Centre to end oxygen deficit by right now, and more

Trinamool Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee led her get together to one in every of its largest political victories up to now three many years by single-handedly stopping the BJP juggernaut in Bengal, paving the best way for her return as Chief Minister for a 3rd consecutive time period. The West Bengal Assembly polls noticed a high-voltage marketing campaign with the BJP placing all its would possibly into the State. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and different senior BJP leaders campaigned vigorously within the State holding a number of public conferences and street exhibits.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its regional allies retained energy in Assam, staving off the problem of a 10-party grand alliance led by the Congress and a brand new regional entrance sired by the 2019 protests towards the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA). The BJP and its allies, the Asom Gana Parishad and the United People’s Party Liberal (UPPL), had received 46 of 68 seats declared on the time of reporting, and have been main in 27 different seats.

The electoral historical past of Kerala noticed a watershed occasion on Sunday because the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF), led by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, romped residence within the Assembly election. The verdict dismantled the acquainted sample of the 2 main fronts led by rivals Communist Party of India (Marxist) and Congress alternately coming to energy.

The Supreme Court, in an order launched late on Sunday, directed the Centre to be certain that the deficit of oxygen to deal with COVID-19 sufferers within the nationwide capital must be rectified on or earlier than the midnight of May 3.

While the AINRC, which contested in 16 seats received 10 as of Sunday night time, the BJP which contested in 9 seats, emerged victorious in 4 seats, opening its account within the Puducherry House for the primary time. During 2016-2021, the BJP had three nominated legislators.

The Congress on Sunday stated it is going to be examine the outcomes of the Assembly polls “diligently” and undertake course correction, after the get together misplaced in all of the States, besides Tamil Nadu, the place it was a part of the successful alliance.

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The requirement for hospital beds, oxygen and medicines will proceed to escalate on the present tempo of the pandemic. says trade physique.

Around 10,000 extra beds with oxygen may very well be added at non permanent hospitals close to industrial items that produce gaseous oxygen, the federal government stated on Sunday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a gathering to evaluate the utilization of gaseous oxygen, an announcement from the Prime Minister’s Office stated.

In a setback to the Uddhav Thackeray-led tripartite ‘Maha Vikas Aghadi’ authorities, the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday snared the Pandharpur-Mangalvedha Assembly constituency in Solapur district. The BJP’s Samadhan Awatade trounced the MVA’s Bhagirath Bhalke, whose candidature was put forth by the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).

A major variety of overseas diplomats within the nationwide capital have been hit by COVID-19’s lethal second wave. The state of affairs was introduced to mild on Saturday night with the Embassy of the Philippines reaching out to the volunteers of the Indian Youth Congress (IYC) looking for oxygen cylinders.

The Election Commission on Sunday ordered motion towards these gathering exterior get together places of work and celebrating the election outcomes of 5 Assembly polls in violation of the COVID-19-related protocols.

Delhi Capitals’ chase-and-win plan labored nicely for the sixth time this season and lifted it to the highest of the desk following a seven-wicket victory towards Punjab Kings on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday.