Now it is IK leading the charge. He has decided to contest himself from all the thirty-three seats vacated by his party men. Despite threats to his life, he will be campaigning all over the country.
Afghanistan is facing one of the world's worst humanitarian crises, with more than half of its 38 million population facing hunger and nearly four million children suffering from malnutrition.
Western nations this month finally agreed after serious divisions to send Ukraine modern NATO-standard tanks, one of the most powerful weapons in their conventional armies.
The government loosened controls on the rupee to rein in a rampant black market in US dollars, a step that caused the currency to plunge to a record low. Artificially cheap petrol prices have also been hiked.
Turkey has raised the possibility of supporting Finland's NATO application while opposing Sweden, underscoring the deterioration of relations between Ankara and Stockholm.