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By Arun Srivastava After the recent meeting of the RSS’s Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha (ABPS) there is no ambiguity now that Narendra Modi or his ministerial colleagues or even the BJP leaders hardening their stand against Rahul Gandhi and seeking his apology are being ordained at the behest of the RSS. The one liner comment […]

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By Nantoo Banerjee Notwithstanding Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s repeated statements during his recent tour in the UK saying that Indian democracy is under threat, the growing trend of elected political authoritarianism poses a big challenge to the system. The trend is also being witnessed in many other democracies outside the developed world. India would have […]

The post Corrupt, Poorly Educated Ministers Put India’s Democracy In Danger first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Harihar Swarup Democracy in India is a “global public good”. Rahul Gandhi added as an afterthought. It can’t fail. Speaking in British Parliament to a packed hall with politicians, diaspora leaders, students and academic, he’d just outlined why India’s democratic structures are under threat. From the Hindu right’s institutional capture to its stifling of […]

The post Rahul Has Matured Over The Years But Many Inconsistencies Remain first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Reiterating Centre’s demand for an apology from Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) National President JP Nadda on Friday hit out at him for his alleged “anti-India” remarks during his London visit. He also took a swipe at the Congress party and alleged that the grand old party indulged in anti-national activities. “After […]

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By Prakash Karat Heralding a new offensive against the opposition by the Modi government, there has been a spate of activities by the central agencies – particularly, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED). In the past two weeks, the CBI summoned for questioning Manish Sisodia, deputy chief minister of Delhi, […]

The post Central Agencies Have Been Reduced To Modi’s Anti-Opposition Weapons first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Tirthankar Mitra The Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal seems to be in a minefield of troubles after sweeping to power in the summer of 2021 for the third time in succession. Now, it is confronted with the demand to hold students union elections, which comes in the wake of the cash-for-teaching-jobs scam, which […]

The post TMC Govt Under Pressure To Hold Student Union Election first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Kalyani Shankar After the recent Assembly results, all parties in the tiny State of Nagaland formed an Opposition- free government to get a share in the power pie. All the parties unconditionally supported the ruling alliance, and all parties were in the Government with no Opposition. It isn’t the first time Nagaland has chosen […]

The post Nagaland’s Opposition-Free Government Must Remain One-Off first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Nantoo Banerjee The arrest of Delhi’s deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia last month by a federal agency, CBI, for alleged financial corruption connected with the change in the state’s liquor policy, has understandably upset a large section of opposition parties across the country. Last year, Delhi’s health minister Satyendra Jain was arrested by another […]

The post Political Opposition Faces Witch-Hunt From Parties In Power first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty So, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is ‘ek akela sab par bhari’! Does that make him ‘God’? The Creator’? Perhaps, the ‘One’ who makes the Sun rise? The Congress says any such thoughts in the Prime Minister’s head should be squelched, cleansed right away, because Modi is behind the “dead democracy” in India! […]

The post Criticizing Union Government In Foreign Soil Won’t Really Hurt Modi first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday took a veiled swipe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his recent remarks in the UK and said that questioning India’s democracy amounts to insulting the tradition and legacy of the country and also its citizens. Speaking at a public meeting in Karnataka ahead of the state assembly elections […]

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By Mark Gruenberg In an unprecedented decision, the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the entire “safety culture” at Norfolk Southern Railroad, not just the individual NS crashes that landed it in hot water, notably the Feb. 3 massive and dangerous freight car derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. It was the first of two wrecks […]

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In a veiled attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his remarks regarding microphones of the Opposition being turned off in Parliament, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday said there cannot be a bigger lie to set a narrative and pointed out that such a thing was done during the “black chapter” of Emergency, but […]

The post VP Dhankhar slams Rahul for ‘mic off’ charge first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Srivastava The BJP leadership going bonkers and hurling all kind of insinuation against Rahul Gandhi, even to the extent of implicitly accusing him of working against the interest of India, makes it explicit that the Congress leader has hit the bull’s eye. His mission to use his UK visit as an extension of […]

The post Rahul Gandhi’s UK Outreach Was An Extension Of Bharat Jodo Yatra first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Srivastava There is a famous Sanskrit adage, “Ati Barjayet”; meaning excess is forbidden. But looking at the practices and politics of Narendra Modi it could safely be construed, though he claims to follow principles of Sanatan Dharma and Hindutva that it does not apply to him. Else instead of pursuing wisdom of political […]

The post Narendra Modi Govt Is Pursuing Its Opposition Mukt Bharat By Using Central Agencies first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Prakash Karat The orgy of violence unleashed in Tripura after the assembly election results were announced on March 2 was an act foretold once the BJP got a majority, albeit a narrow one.  As of March 6, around a thousand incidents of attacks and violence by the BJP gangs took place all over the […]

The post After Assembly Poll Results, BJP Has Launched Its Drive For Opposition Mukt Tripura first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Binoy Viswam Tripura is once again thrown into the pool of disarray. The innocent people of the north-eastern state are experiencing what the BJP has in store for them, once back in power. For a short span of time during the election campaign the people there hoped to breathe peacefully. They expected the BJP […]

The post BJP Approached Polls In North East States As A Dress Rehearsal For 2024 first appeared on IPA Newspack.

The BJP on Tuesday lashed out at Rahul Gandhi for his criticism of the state of democracy in India and the RSS from Britain, claiming it is its clear conviction that he is completely in the grip of “Maoist thought process through his minions” and also “anarchist elements”. Addressing a press conference, former Union minister […]

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By Kalyani Shankar The just released Assembly poll results in three northeastern states – Meghalaya, Nagaland, and Tripura are seen as semi-finals before next year’s parliamentary elections when Prime Minister Narendra Modi will seek a third consecutive term at the Centre. There are 25 Lok Sabha constituencies in the region. As they play the see-saw […]

The post BJP Has Got Dividends In Three North East States By Continuous Nurturing first appeared on IPA Newspack.

The Congress on Monday took a swipe at the BJP for supporting a government led by NPP chief Conrad Sangma in Meghalaya, saying that a few days back his dispensation was considered the ”most corrupt” by the top BJP leadership and now ”in a fit of amnesia”, the party is joining hands with him. The […]

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Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP)’s Neiphiu Rio and National People’s Party (NPP)’s Conrad Sangma are being sworn in as chief ministers of Nagaland and Meghalaya respectively today. BJP’s Manik Saha, will take oath as the chief minister of the saffron-party led alliance government in Tripura on Thursday, a day after Holi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi […]

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By Sushil Kutty If anything, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi is relentless in his attacks on the Modi government and he is not afraid of calling a spade a spade, does not matter how many would be waiting to mince his comments to mincemeat. Gandhi makes no excuses and he spreads his net wide. That must […]

The post Rahul Gandhi’s Attack On Narendra Modi And BJP In Latest Foreign Tour Has Been Consistent first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Two major regional parties – the United Democratic Party (UDP) and the People’s Democratic Front (PDF) – on Sunday extended their support to the NPP-led alliance, increasing the number of MLAs backing the Conrad K Sangma-led coalition to 45. The UDP and the PDF are allies of the NPP in the outgoing Meghalaya Democratic Alliance […]

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A day after former Delhi deputy CM Manish Sisodia’s CBI custody was extended by two more days, nine opposition leaders including CM Arvind Kejriwal, Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav and Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao, wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging misuse of central agencies. In the letter dated March 5, the leaders described […]

The post Opposition writes to PM about ‘misuse’ of probe agencies first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Recrudescence of the faction war in the Kerala unit of the Congress has taken the shine off the plenary session of the party which concluded in Raipur, Chhattisgarh on February 26. The party in Kerala has clearly failed to imbibe the spirit of the unity call given out at the plenary […]

The post Factional Battle Intensifies In Congress In Kerala Again first appeared on IPA Newspack.