The morale of Congress cadre is high following the 2023 win.
The BJP, riding high on its growing voter base in Telangana, is now aiming to win over 12 out of the total 17 seats and 35 per cent vote share, in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
The party doubled its vote share to nearly 14 per cent resulting in eight seats in the assembly elections held on November 30, last year. BRS, which ruled the state for about a decade since its emergence, is low on morale following the defeat, even as its founder and former Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao‘s daughter K Kavitha was arrested on the eve of poll dates announcement, adding insult to the injury.
A SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) analysis of political parties in Telangana.
CONGRESS STRENGTHS: -Congress is in power following its victory in the Assembly polls and momentum is on its side. -The implementation of the ‘guarantees’ announced before the Assembly elections by the Revanth Reddy government has generated goodwill for the party. -The popularity of CM Reddy. -Since it is in power, it has more access to resources to fight the polls. -Regarded as a secular party and minorities are believed to have voted for the party in the Assembly elections. -The BRS which was in power for 10 years is demoralised following its rout in the Assembly polls. The contest is mainly seen to be between Congress and BJP in the parliament elections. -Strong cadre at the grassroots level. -The party has already announced candidates for some seats.
WEAKNESSES: -The construction of Lord Ram temple at Ayodhya may swing devout Hindutva voters in favour of BJP. -The popularity of PM Narendra Modi would help the BJP and Congress may not be able to address this fully. OPPORTUNITIES: -Decline of BRS, and BJP lacking organisational strength in some constituencies. – CM Revanth Reddy, who is also PCC president, is regarded as an intelligent strategist. – Key issues like Ram temple and CAA may help the party get votes of minorities.
THREATS: -BJP’s aggressive campaign -Though BRS is down, it has announced that it will have an alliance with BSP for the Lok Sabha polls. In view of this, Congress needs to ensure that it gets the votes of Dalits and other backward sections in bulk.
BJP STRENGTHS: -Consecration of Ram temple at Ayodhya created a spiritual ambience among certain sections which can be transformed into electoral benefits. -Party’s clean image with respect to corruption -Strong leadership at the centre and their political shrewdness -Support from Sangh Pariwar, RSS affiliates like Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal -Ability to polarise votes on a “communal” basis.
WEAKNESSES: -The party had to pitch turncoats at some segments -For every decision, the local leadership will have to look up to the central leadership. -There is a strong feeling among people that the BJP and BRS have a tacit understanding. -The removal of Bandi Sanjay as state president is still seen as a weakness of the party.
OPPORTUNITIES: -The party can claim some of the achievements, such as the Women Reservation Bill and the September 17 official celebration of Hyderabad Liberation Day, to its credit. -BJP may focus on negative aspects of Congress government’s “Six guarantees”.
THREATS: -After the Assembly polls, Congress formed the government in Telangana very recently and emerged as an alternative to BRS. So the positive feeling towards Congress still remains -Congress’ campaign may centre around the BJP and BRS’s alleged understanding. The BJP needs to counter it effectively. Congress may use it as one of the major poll issues. -Barring a few, there are hardly any crowd-pullers in the party locally.
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Before Christian Pulisic was dubbed “Captain America” for the U.S. men’s national soccer team, he was just a kid from Hershey, Pennsylvania dreaming about one day scoring the winning goal in the FIFA World Cup.
Pulisic’s World Cup dreams came to fruition in 2022 in Qatar, but four years later, the Stars and Stripes will have No. 10 back representing the country in the World Cup on home soil.
As a result, another popular product from his hometown is honoring their American hero.
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Hershey’s created a limited-edition Christian Pulisic chocolate bar to honor their hometown hero before the World Cup. (Hershey’s / Fox News)
Hershey’s, one of the largest chocolate manufacturers in the world, has created a full-circle moment with Pulisic in a way that fans can quite literally taste for themselves.
Hershey’s is launching limited-edition PULISIC’S Milk Chocolate Bars, which feature custom wrappers with his printed signature on it.
“It’s the coolest. I don’t know what else to say,” Pulisic told Fox Business in an interview about how the iconic chocolate brand is honoring him. “Just being a kid from Hershey, Pennsylvania. Growing up there, living chocolate, breathing chocolate, smelling the chocolate from my house. It’s incredible. “Just so many memories.
“Now, to see my name on a chocolate bar and just be working with Hershey’s during this moment it’s honestly a dream come true.”
Pulisic isn’t kidding either – he would literally smell the chocolate being made in town from his backyard as a kid.
Hershey’s is honoring their hometown hero, USMNT star Christian Pulisic, with a limited-edition chocolate bar. (Hershey’s / Fox News)
“Yeah, I mean, there are absolutely times that you do. I remember smelling it more when it rained. It’s just weird and there’s things in the town where you’re used to it,” he said, smiling.
The bars will be handed out to the first 5,000 guests at Hershey’s Chocolate World in Hershey, Pennsylvania at 9 a.m. on June 6 for free, while the first 3,000 guests at the Times Square location in New York City at 10 a.m. will also receive the bar. “At Hershey’s, we know your ‘happy place’ is about the people and places that stay with you, and Hershey is that for Christian. The town that raised him and never stopped cheering,” said Katrina Vatter, Hershey’s Senior Brand Manager, in a statement.
Pulisic is entirely focused on making a World Cup run with his 25 brothers also representing the U.S. around him, but he admitted it’s hard to fully wrap his head around what Hershey’s is doing for him as a hometown hero who was just looking to achieve his dreams on the pitch.
Christian Pulisic of United States reacts during the international friendly match between United States and Senegal at Bank of America Stadium on May 31, 2026 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Omar Vega/USSF/Getty Images / Getty Images)
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He’s done much more than that, though. And as the World Cup will be played in the U.S., as well as Mexico and Canada, this year, Pulisic’s impact is even more profound – from Hershey to the far reaches of the 50 states.
“I was a kid in the backyard just pretending trying to score the goal to win the World Cup. I mean, that’s just what I was doing back in Hershey, Pa. To now have this moment and it comes full circle, playing in the biggest moment in the world in America, there’s nothing like it. It feels incredibly special,” he said.
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Foreign companies looking for incentives under the scheme may have to invest Rs 500 crore over four years, while the threshold for domestic firms is likely to be around Rs 20 crore for five years, the source who did not wish to be named said.
“Meity (Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology) will take the Cabinet approval of the detailed guidelines soon and is hopeful of rolling out the scheme from next financial year. The incentive outlay is likely to be around Rs 7,500 crore,” the source said.
The government has announced a cumulative production linked incentive of Rs 2 lakh crore for 10 sectors to encourage domestic manufacturing after seeing traction of global giants like Apple’s contract manufacturers, Samsung etc for the scheme in the mobile devices segment.
According to mobile devices industry body ICEA, India has the potential to scale up its cumulative laptop and tablet manufacturing capacity to over Rs 7 lakh crore by 2025 through policy interventions.
Scaling up laptop and tablet PC manufacturing can take the share of India in the global market to 26 per cent from 1 per cent at present.
Besides, it will generate 5 lakh new jobs and lead to a cumulative inflow of foreign exchange to the tune of Rs 5.5 lakh crore and investment of over Rs 7,300 crore by 2025.
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