Politics

The National Democratic Alliance meet of Wednesday had convoluted implications. It was meant to evolve a mechanism to counter opposition narratives, primarily to work out a to protect BJP strongman Amit Shah from Congress from attacks on…
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The introduction of the controversial bill, 'One Nation One Poll,' has created more hullabaloo than acceptance. The BJP has been talking about it, but now after introducing it has sent it to the joint select committee of the Parliament.…
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Villagers of Markadwadi, a small village in Solapur of Maharashtra holding a mock poll for “reelecting” their representative using ballot papers on December 3, apparently might be construed as expression of distrust over the functioning of…
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The aftermath of the recent election results in Maharashtra and Jharkhand has led to cracks within the Opposition coalition known as the INDIA alliance. Following these disappointing results, some partners in the INDIA bloc, such as the Aam…
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Electorate of the country has been tossing Congress up and down for quite some time, and the trend is more pronounced in the last one and half year ever since Karnataka elections in May 2023 when people brought the Congress with…
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It is not just that the Bharatiya Janata Party cut a sorry figure in the electoral battle 2024 for Jharkhand assembly despite a high octane campaigning that had strong communal overtones and in which the party’s money power was all too…
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After elections are over in Jharkhand and Maharashtra, the next electoral battlefield Delhi has come into focus, where election is scheduled to be held early next year before the term of its Vidhan Sabha expires on February 23, 2025.…
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Supreme Court justices BR Gavai and KV Viswanathan made it clear to the "Executive" that it cannot ape the "Judiciary" and pronounce judgements. They warned the "Executive" against prejudging the guilt of an accused, even those caught red…
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As president elect Donald Trump is edging towards taking over powers in America on January 20 next year, the country is lurching towards becoming a typical case of a plutocracy. Money bags, as opposed to public spirited men and women who…
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While Congress and BJP are engaged in a bitter electoral fight in two Vidhan Sabha constituencies in Madhya Pradesh, both parties are finding it difficult to explain inconvenient questions raised by their two powerful leaders. Laxman Singh,…
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Jharkhand is once again heading for an Adivasi and anti-Adivasi electoral battle, just within a couple of months since Lok Sabha election 2024 result was out on June 4, in which BJP had lost all the five seats reserved for Scheduled Tribes…
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The Tirupati laddus are in the maw of a hybrid team of investigators appointed on the orders of the Supreme Court. The team includes two CBI officers. Will that speed up delivery of justice for Lord Venkateswara of Tirupati- Tirumala? Any…
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“No power on earth can bring back Article 370,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi roared in Jammu & Kashmir, apparently having regained some of his vitality after the “half defeat” on June 4. We hope to hear more of his return to form after…
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The ' one- nation -one poll' idea is moving towards Parliament and public debate, with the Narendra Modi government deciding to force the issue last week. The cabinet decided to bring a bill to Parliament in the coming session. The concept…
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In a decisive move, a conclave of finance ministers of five states has demanded a fair and equitable division of resources to the States besides a cap on the cesses and surcharges collected by the Union Government. The conclave,…
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Former Chief Minister Bhupender Singh Hooda , who is sure to contest in coming Haryana Assembly elections on October 5 , is known for the sobriquet “Ganga Putra” after a narrow escape from death in 2003 when his car was swept away by the…
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Whoever thought the low-profile Sunita, wife of Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal, would emerge as an acceptable leader in the Aam Aadmi Party? Her increasing involvement is particularly significant after her husband has been jailed for a…
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“The day is not far when India will be the hub of industrial manufacturing and the world will be looking towards it,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said in his independence-day speech, but the challenges before India on this voyage will…
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Has Prime Minister Narendra Modi stopped taking decisions, leaving the door open for allies to declare their intent at will by shouldering the responsibility? Take for instance, the Modi government’s decision on the UPSC's lateral…
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When newcomer Arvind Kejriwal defeated three—time chief minister Sheila Dikshit in her constituency of New Delhi in 2013 assembly polls, jubilant supporters took to streets, hailing the moment when a common man got an opportunity to master…
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It might be too soon to judge how well Rahul Gandhi is shaping up as the new Leader of the Opposition (LOP) in Lok Sabha. The current budget session ends in just a few days, so we'll need more time to understand his leadership fully. But he…
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It is ironic that BJP which ten years back claimed itself as the party with a difference having high level of discipline is facing indiscipline and factional infighting in most of the states after the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Since the…
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Senior BJP leaders engaging in solecism in Uttar Pradesh and Bengal certainly can not be described as factional feud. Instead it unravels the contagious malaise that afflicts the party, endangering its current level of functioning. It may…
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It would have been a strong contender for the best joke of the year award but for the sheer hypocrisy and shamelessness that animated the claims. The reference is to the brazen Congress attempt to claim credit for the Vizhinjam…
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General election results in India have always been extraordinary and have thrown new set of political leaders. This year’s polls while were a moral victory for the INDIA bloc and marked the setback to communal politics, it also threw two…
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