Maharashtra’s Deputy CM Ajit Pawar said there’s ’’no alternative’’ to PM Modi when asked about the opposition’s challenge to his leadership before Lok Sabha polls
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. seventy three year old said he was confident of victory after topping the poll in the first round of voting. but many in the country were unhappy with the outcome. and. i m a bit disappointed with how the first round went but unfortunately i don t expect much to change in the second round. the opposition are concerned about voter fraud demonstrating in the capital bamako at the weekend. plus many were unable to vote in the first round that s after around seven hundred polling stations were closed due to violence from armed groups but an opposition challenge to the result was dismissed by the constitutional court. northern mali as a haven for islamist insurgents they temporarily took control of the region in two thousand and twelve three years later a peace deal was signed with the government now monitored by un troops the german
behind in the polls. they re not permitted to publish any polls after friday night before the tuesday election. the last few days everyone thought he was behind his strong opposition challenge. he basically pulled out all stops. there was a sundays night rally. on monday he said he no longer supported a palestinian state. the two-state solution which has been the negotiating stance and the commitment for the u.s. and israeli relationships now going back decades. he also on election day said very strongly to his supporters that the arab-israelis were coming out in droves. so that was very tough, kristen. very tough and a lot of criticism that at this point he was reversing policy but the victory was decisive. he no longer needs to moderate any of those hardline positions. he now, because of the seats that he won decisively, doesn t
much to change in the second round. the opposition are concerned about voter fraud demonstrating in the capital bamako at the weekend. plus many were unable to vote in the first round that s after around seven hundred polling stations were closed due to violence from armed groups but an opposition challenge to the result was dismissed by the constitutional court. northern money as a haven for islamist insurgents they temporarily took control of the region in two thousand and twelve three years later a peace deal was signed with the government now monitored by un troops the german army is also involved but it s a fragile peace attacks are frequent. we need peace and stability in the country because our economic development and social development everything at stake for mali cannot materialize without peace and stability. but. this will be the most important task for the future presidents. here s some of the