September 8

The Telugu Desam Party meets today to take a call on electoral alliances amid indications it was not averse to a tie-up with Congress. Amidst the fast-paced political developments in Telangana, TDP leaders from Andhra Pradesh have rushed to Amaravati for consultations with party supremo and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu.

The BJP holds its national executive this weekend. The party is expected to discuss the roadmap for the election-bound States. It is expected to devise a strategy to manage upper caste resentment, while not backing off from being pro-Dalit by supporting reservation in promotion and the restoration of the SC/ST Act.

September 9

Swedes go to polls on Sunday. Neither of Sweden’s main political blocs is likely to win a majority, giving the far-right Sweden Democrats a key role in shaping the next government. The center-left bloc, uniting the minority governing Social Democrat and Green parties with the Left Party, is backed by about 40 per cent of voters, recent opinion polls show, a slim lead over the center-right Alliance bloc. The Sweden Democrats, who oppose immigration and Sweden’s continued membership of the European Union, are polling around 18 per cent of the vote and would thus hold the balance of power.

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