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Modi wave will conquer Delhi: State BJP chief Satish Upadhyay
New Delhi: Banking on a Modi wave that the BJP says has “grown stronger” since it stormed to power at the centre, the party’s Delhi unit is confident of sweeping the upcoming assembly poll and forming a government after 15 years, state party chief Satish Upadhyay said.
In an interview, Upadhyay said that the Narendra Modi government has created a “positive environment” in the country in the last six months of its rule and, therefore, the prime minister will be the party’s star campaigner in Delhi.
“In the last election, Modi-ji was not the prime minister but now he is. In the last six months, the country has gone through a transformation. The policies that he has implemented have resulted in building a positive environment and there is no trust deficit amongst the people.
“The work done by Modiji will definitely help our prospects in Delhi and I am sure that we will win the Delhi poll and form a government,” a confident Upadhyay said.
Asked whether Modi would be the star campaigner, Upadhyay said: “Yes. He will definitely campaign in Delhi as per his availability.”
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is desperate to win in Delhi and, therefore, party president Amit Shah, who has been credited with the party’s stellar performance in
Uttar Pradesh during the April-May general elections in many of the subsequent state polls, is personally supervising the campaigning in the national capital, Upadhyay said.
“We are fighting the poll under Amitji’s supervision and leadership. He is the party president and his guidance is very important for us,” he added.
The BJP won 31 seats in the last election to the 70-member house that threw up a fractured mandate.
The fight was particularly interesting in around half a dozen seats that witnessed a close contest between the BJP and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
According to Upadhyay, these are the key seats for the BJP where the party will campaign “aggressively”.
“We are analyzing the loopholes in our campaign last time round (on these seats) so that we don’t commit the same mistakes again. Our campaigning will be aggressive,” Upadhyay asserted.
The party is also likely to retain its candidates in these seats.
“Those who lost by a narrow margin will definitely be given first preference when ticket distribution begins because winnability is the only factor that counts,” Upadhyay said.
Furthermore, the party is hopeful of bagging more seats this time thanks to the inflow of AAP and Congress leaders who are joining the BJP ahead of the polls.
Former AAP leaders like M.S. Dhir, Ashok Chauhan and Ashwini Upadhyay have given a major boost to the party’s confidence and as per Upadhyay, more leaders from other parties are “in touch” with the BJP.
“There are some more leaders from other parties (Congress, AAP) who are in touch with us. They will be inducted once they are properly screened and are found to be deserving,” he said.
Taking on the AAP, which has replaced the Congress as BJP’s main competitor in Delhi, Upadhyay dismissed its campaign boasting of its 49-day rule in Delhi and claiming that it fulfilled all its promises.
“The AAP has nothing new to offer. They did nothing substantial in their 49 days, except for talking big and making allegations. They stand exposed before the people of Delhi,” Upadhyay said.
International online casino Casino Days has published a report sharing their internal data on what types and brands of devices are used to play on the platform by users from the South Asian region.
Such aggregate data analyses allow the operator to optimise their website for the brands and models of devices people are actually using.
The insights gained through the research also help Casino Days tailor their services based on the better understanding of their clients and their needs.
Desktops and Tablets Lose the Battle vs Mobile
The primary data samples analysed by Casino Days reveal that mobile connections dominate the market in South Asia and are responsible for a whopping 96.6% of gaming sessions, while computers and tablets have negligible shares of 2.9% and 0.5% respectively.
The authors of the study point out that historically, playing online casino was exclusively done on computers, and attribute thе major shift to mobile that has unfolded over time to the wide spread of cheaper smartphones and mobile data plans in South Asia.
“Some of the reasons behind this massive difference in device type are affordability, technical advantages, as well as cheaper and more obtainable internet plans for mobiles than those for computers,” the researchers comment.
Xiaomi and Vivo Outperform Samsung, Apple Way Down in Rankings
Chinese brands Xiaomi and Vivo were used by 21.9% and 20.79% of Casino Days players from South Asia respectively, and together with the positioned in third place with a 18.1% share South Korean brand Samsung dominate the market among real money gamers in the region.
Cupertino, California-based Apple is way down in seventh with a user share of just 2.29%, overshadowed by Chinese brands Realme (11.43%), OPPO (11.23%), and OnePlus (4.07%).
Huawei is at the very bottom of the chart with a tiny share just below the single percent mark, trailing behind mobile devices by Motorola, Google, and Infinix.
The data on actual phone usage provided by Casino Days, even though limited to the gaming parts of the population of South Asia, paints a different picture from global statistics on smartphone shipments by vendors.
Apple and Samsung have been sharing the worldwide lead for over a decade, while current regional leader Xiaomi secured their third position globally just a couple of years ago.
Striking Android Dominance among South Asian Real Money Gaming Communities
The shifted market share patterns of the world’s top smartphone brands in South Asia observed by the Casino Days research paper reveal a striking dominance of Android devices at the expense of iOS-powered phones.
On the global level, Android enjoys a comfortable lead with a sizable 68.79% share which grows to nearly 79% when we look at the whole continent of Asia. The data on South Asian real money gaming communities suggests that Android’s dominance grows even higher and is north of the 90% mark.
Among the major factors behind these figures, the authors of the study point to the relative affordability of and greater availability of Android devices in the region, especially when manufactured locally in countries like India and Vietnam.
“And, with influencers and tech reviews putting emphasis on Android devices, the choice of mobile phone brand and OS becomes easy; Android has a much wider range of products and caters to the Asian online casino market in ways that Apple can’t due to technical limitations,” the researchers add.
The far better integration achieved by Google Pay compared to its counterpart Apple Pay has also played a crucial role in shaping the existing smartphone market trends.
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