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By Arun Srivastava Narendra Modi’s yearning to be acknowledged as the world leader (Vishwa Guru) has landed India in a unpleasant quagmire endangering its identity and credibility built over the years amongst the global fraternity. The longing was so acute that he even ignored the conventional wisdom to realise and at the same time to […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak BJP has broken its legs in Karnataka   assembly polls when it fell into the pitfalls of majority politics. The party, including the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left no stone unturned to polarize Hindu majority votes in their favour, but miserably failed. BJP’s loss, if translated into Lok Sabha seats, would be […]

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By Sushil Kutty The latest Sachin Pilot-Ashok Gehlot patch-up will last till June 8 when disqualified Congress Member of Parliament Rahul Gandhi returns from his trip to the United States where the Congress scion will be raising yet another front against Prime Minister Narendra Modi like he had from London the last time he had […]

The post No Real Truce Is Ready At Ending Gehlot-Pilot Infighting In Rajasthan Congress first appeared on IPA Newspack.

The demeanour of Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot at the impromptu press briefing by Congress general secretary KC Venugopal, announcing that they would work together for the upcoming Rajasthan Assembly election and win it suggested that the problem between the two leaders persists. Venugopal’s statement that “the final decision on details has been left to […]

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Amid the long-standing protest by ace Indian wrestlers, who have alleged that their complaints against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh have been largely ignored, the global governing body of the sport – United World Wrestling (UWW) – has released a statement on the issue. In the statement, issued on Tuesday, […]

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By Sushil Kutty Prime Minister Narendra Modi bounced back from the brink and the opposition parties are together and singly to blame for the comeback. The Karnataka assembly election loss should have been the final nail as far as Modi was concerned, his Waterloo! But not three weeks later, Modi was larger than life, both […]

The post Opposition Parties Could Not Meet Properly PM Challenge On New Parliament Building first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Gyan Pathak Penny wise pound foolish, is a well-known adage, applied to someone trying to save a penny while remaining ignorant of greater loss in that event. The Congress dithering over supporting AAP led by Arvind Kejriwal and his government in Delhi against the Delhi ordinance brought by the Union Government led by […]

The post Congress Dithering Over Supporting AAP On Ordinance Is Height Of Stupidity first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Tirthankar Mitra Bairan Biswas, the lone Congress legislator from Sagardighi, Murshidabad, defecting to Trinamool Congress does not send a signal of unity in the coming days. The defection comes just ahead of a crucial meeting of Opposition parties at Patna to set the stage for an anti-BJP front in 2024 Lok Sabha elections. It […]

The post Bengal Congress Making Too Much Noise Over Sole MLA’s Defection To Trinamool first appeared on IPA Newspack.

It’s now or never. And the Opposition knows this. The idea of a joint candidate against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Lok Sabha elections 2024 is gathering weight in the fissured ranks, with one perquisite uniting regional parties – the Congress must stay out of their seats. From Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal to Akhilesh […]

The post Opposition weighing one man against Modi in 2024 first appeared on IPA Newspack.

AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi has hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the inauguration of the new Parliament saying he took only Hindu ‘pujaris’ (priests) inside the building and charged that the event seemed like the “coronation of a Sultan of Delhi”. Addressing a public meeting in Adilabad town of Telangana on Sunday, Owaisi […]

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The Election Commission has asked chief electoral officers of poll-bound states of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Rajasthan, and Mizoram to carry out a fresh special summary revision to update the electoral rolls. In its May 24 dated letter to the five chief electoral officers (CEOs), the poll body said the assembly polls in these states […]

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The Congress bit the Rajasthan bullet on Monday, summoning Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his former deputy and political rival Sachin Pilot to Delhi for discussions with Rahul Gandhi and party chief Mallikarjun Kharge. The assembly election in Rajasthan is due later this year and the party, which is trying to work against the state’s […]

The post Cong clinches a Rajasthan peace deal for election first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Srivastava In one stroke, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has changed the basic character and image of India from being a symbol of pluralist, secular state having democratic, social, cultural and political ethics to a country exemplifying Brahminical culture and Hindutva ideals. Though India would continue to be regarded as a republic, Modi’s action […]

The post New Parliament Symbolises Hindutva’s Aim To Return To Monarchy first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Gyan Pathak Rajasthan politics is turning more complex with infighting within both the ruling Congress and the opposition BJP. Infighting in the Congress came into limelight more sharply than the BJP, because Congress leader Sachin Pilot had given ultimatum to launch statewide agitation against CM Ashok Gehlot if his demands were not met […]

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In an effort to find a middle ground between Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his bete noire Sachin Pilot, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge is scheduled to hold meetings with the two warring leaders on Monday in Delhi. As per a senior party leader familiar with the development, the Congress chief will hold separate meetings with the duo. […]

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By James M Dorsey Religious conservatives and nationalists in the Muslim world and beyond have the wind in their sails. So do Arab autocrats, even if they increasingly cloak themselves in nationalism rather than religious conservatism. Last week’s first election round in Turkey saw conservatives and ultra-nationalists win control of parliament. At the same time, […]

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By Harihar Swarup What are some of the implications of the Congress’s emphasis and creditable win in Karnataka for national politics? At one level it would be unwise to extrapolate from state to national elections. The logic of these elections is not always aligned. Nevertheless, the Karnataka results have implications for how we understand the […]

The post Karnataka Election Results Have Given The Congress Some Useful Lessons first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Satyaki Chakraborty Greece is heading for another general elections next month, possibly on June 25 as the ruling National Democracy Party refused to form a government with the other contending parties and pitched for holding another general election to allow the party with the largest seats to get majority and run the new administration […]

The post Greece Heads For Second National Elections As Coalition Talks Fail first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Gyan Pathak Opposition politics in India is changing fast, especially after the remarkable performance of the Congress in Karnataka assembly polls. The party was able to throw BJP out of power in the state due to a paradigm shift in the minority, OBC, ST, and SC votes towards the party, which has served […]

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By Rahil Nora Chopra Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s major step to get all opposition parties on board and project a united front against the BJP in the next year’s general elections has brought in more positive responses from several regional satraps. Nitish Kumar is to hold a significant meeting with Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge […]

The post Under Nitish’s Leadership, Joint Opposition Slowly Takes Shape first appeared on IPA Newspack.

The BJP will win more than 300 seats in the upcoming general elections and Narendra Modi would secure a third consecutive term as the Prime Minister, said Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday. Launching a scathing attack on Congress, he said the grand old party would struggle to even maintain its current number of […]

The post Shah predicts 300+seats for BJP in 2024 LS polls first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government headed by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, which has just completed two years of its tenure, has taken big strides on the development front. The most significant achievement has been the success in erasing the perception of the LDF Government being investor-hostile, earning praise even from […]

The post Kerala LDF Govt Makes Big Developmental Strides first appeared on IPA Newspack.

The inauguration event of new Parliament building has snowballed into a controversy after 19 Opposition parties announced to boycott the ceremony and accused the Central government of ignoring President Droupadi Murmu by not inviting her to the function on May 28 in Delhi. The ruling BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has condemned the boycott decision […]

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