India 2022 assembly elections Feb/Mar and Nov/Dec

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Looking at how high the percentage is in Maharashtra, it's not hard to understand the appeal of Marathi nationalism.

From a political standpoint this isn't important, but I'm curious as to what percentage of the people listed here as Hindi-speakers actually speak Hindi as opposed to some other language. Bhojpuri, for instance, is not mutually intelligible with Hindi (in fact it is in the same language family as Bengali and not Hindi), but for political reasons the state has always considered it a dialect of Hindi.

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https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/tharoor-versus-gehlot-likely-for-cong-prez-poll-433361

"Shashi Tharoor versus Ashok Gehlot likely for Congress president poll"

It seems it will be Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot vs Kerala MP Shashi Tharoor for the race for INC Prez.

Shashi Tharoor appeals to urban English-speaking liberal elites while Ashok Gehlot will appeal to the Hindi belt grassroots.  It is clear that the Gandhi clan wants Ashok Gehlot to win but for Shashi Tharoor to run as a foil to show "democracy" in INC.

Has killing his wife not ended Shashi Tharoor's political career?

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Given the current situation in Rajasthan INC high command might have to back off from their ideal of installing Sachin Pilot’ as CM.   With Sachin Pilot’s faction being so small as not even being able to pull down the government the most likely outcome is for Sachin Pilot and his faction joining the BJP and at least get a position of being #2 or #3 in the Rajasthan BJP or given a plum role in the Central government. 

Funny to imagine Pilot joining BJP given his family.