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Behind BJP's Pawan Singh gambit in Bihar: Reclaiming Shahabad bastion, reining in Chirag Paswan
Of the 22 Assembly seats in the Shahabad region of the state, the NDA managed to win only 2 seats in 2020. Both Pawan Singh and Chirag Paswan draw their popularity from the same belt.
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Narendra Modi at 75: RSS Pracharak, Prime Minister and the constant in BJP's meteoric rise
From a small-town boy in Gujarat to becoming the most powerful leader in India in decades, Modi’s rise is symbolic of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) own growth from the political margins to the heart of India's polity.
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Vice President Election: How Congress fumbled on strategy, lost both plot and game
Outnumbered from the start, Congress pitched the V-P poll as an ideological fight and a trap for the NDA. With the results declared, it appears it failed on both fronts.
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From ‘SIR’ to ‘Maa’: Modi redraws Bihar battlelines — with Opposition playing its part
With a pitch on dignity of women and motherhood while invoking a personal attack against him, PM Modi may have reset the Bihar election narrative with some inadvertent help from the Opposition.
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Rahul Gandhi's 'Voter Adhikar Yatra' gives Congress visibility — but Bihar revival still a long shot
The Congress may have momentarily shed its ‘liability’ tag, but its fortunes hinge on how Bihar’s Grand Alliance shapes up in the run-up to the polls.
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Chirag Paswan joins 'Jungle Raj' chorus: Has Nitish Kumar's biggest fear come back to haunt him?
A spate of recent crimes in Bihar has given Opposition the ammo to turn law and order into a prominent poll issue. Chirag Paswan joining the chorus only makes it worse.
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Like father, like son? Why Chirag Paswan's Bihar foray is bad news for Nitish Kumar
In targeting Nitish Kumar's JD(U) while staying close to the BJP, Chirag Paswan may be pre-empting a repeat of what his father managed to achieve two decades ago.
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Operation Sindoor, state battles and more: Modi's BJP firmly in command one year after Lok Sabha debacle
Far from expectations of a fragile government heavily dependent on allies, PM Modi's first year in his third term in office has been one of convincing electoral victories and strong decisions.
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The 'unprodigal' son: How Tej Pratap Yadav's self-styled kingdom came undone
Over the years, Tej Pratap sought to position himself as a separate power centre within the RJD - often at the cost of challenging his own family and those close to them. The power trip, however, came with an expiry date.
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Operation Sindoor, diplomatic outreach: Congress' contradictions reveal disconnect between rank and file
The Congress has ended up speaking in two voices on key issues of national importance, causing it embarrassment, and possible political damage. The shift in the party's response to Operation Sindoor is the latest case in point.
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Crossing the 'Lakshman Rekha': The curious case of Congress' misplaced fury over Shashi Tharoor
The Congress may have done itself a great deal of disservice by seeking to discredit Shashi Tharoor's inclusion in an all-party delegation that will lead India's global outreach on Operation Sindoor.
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Two speeches, 5 key messages: How PM Modi shaped India's new doctrine on Pak-based terror post-Operation Sindoor
While Uri and Balakot saw PM Modi signal India's evolving policy on deterrence, Operation Sindoor has seen him set a new 'Lakshman Rekha' on terror and its state sposnors.
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Caste matters: Behind caste census decision, a course correction by BJP and Congress
The years leading up to the government's go-ahead for a pan-India caste census has been marked by a significant shift in the BJP and Congress' stance on the issue of caste-based reservations.
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Masterstroke or biting the bullet? The calculation behind BJP's surprise decision on caste census
The BJP claims to have taken the wind out the Opposition's sail by announcing a pan-India caste census. Here's the arithmetic behind PM Modi's latest political gambit.
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Asaddudin Owaisi's pushback against Islamist terror: What he said and why it matters
Owaisi's remarks on the Pahalgam attack checked all boxes -- it was heartfelt, to the point, and manifested the anger being felt by Hindus across India. Its ramifications are likely to be far and wide.
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Rajeev Chandrasekhar's agenda as new Kerala BJP chief: 2026 elections, local body polls, support from Christians and more
As the BJP's Thiruvanathapuram candidate in the Lok Sabha elections, Rajeev Chandrasekhar emerged as the runner-up, trailing Shashi Tharoor by around 16,000 votes.
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With Dalit face as president, Congress hopes to turn new leaf in poll-bound Bihar
The Congress party on Wednesday announced the appointment of Rajesh Kumar as BPCC president, replacing Akhilesh Prasad who was seen as someone close to Lalu Yadav of the RJD.
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Shashi Tharoor embarrasses Congress again: Is the man with 'options' ready to shift loyalties?
Growing discomfort with the Congress' state unit and the reluctance of the high command to accommodate him in a national role of significance may have left Shashi Tharoor running out of options.
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Power play: What explains JD(U)'s renewed demand to declare Nitish Kumar as Bihar CM face?
Despite the BJP making it clear that it will contest the coming Bihar Assembly elections under the leadership of incumbent CM Nitish Kumar, there are voices from the JD(U) demanding that the party supremo be officially named as the NDA's chief ministerial candidate.
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Bihar Cabinet expansion a message for Nitish Kumar? 3 big takeaways
With seven BJP MLAs appointed as ministers, the party now has
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Denied CM post, 'giant-killer' Parvesh Verma can't afford to do an Eknath Shinde
Forced to be content with Cabinet responsibilities despite getting BJP its cash prize by defeating Arvind Kejriwal, Parvesh Verma has much to prove as he embarks on a new chapter.
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Rekha Gupta is BJP's pick as Delhi Chief Minister, capital to get 4th woman on post
The decision was arrived at during a meeting of the BJP's newly elected 48 MLAs at the party office in New Delhi. The BJP had earlier appointed RS Prasad and OP Dhankar as central observers.
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AAP's Delhi decimation: What next for Arvind Kejriwal?
Arvind Kejriwal now has to navigate personal legal challenges while preventing the party he founded from drifting away from his hands.
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Delhi Election Result: Hat-trick for Congress but diminished AAP offers a silver lining
The Congress, which failed to win a single seat in the Assembly elections in 2015 and 2020, did not succeed at opening its account in the capital this time around too.
