BJP's Strategic Southern Outreach, Other Top Stories
The BJP's decision to choose Hyderabad for the big party meet is being seen as the clearest signal that the state is its top priority in its agenda for expansion in territories where it remains relatively weak and it has sparked off a face off between the BJP and TRS; A day before a vote in the Maharashtra assembly to prove its majority, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's camp scored a big win on Sunday, getting its choice of Speaker elected. The election for the Maharashtra Speaker's post is being considered a semi-final ahead of the vote tomorrow, when the Eknath Shinde goverment would need to prove its majority and other top stories.
