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By Sushil Kutty At the heart of politics is cowardice. Okay, foolhardiness. Take demonetization, for instance. It was a reckless display of authoritarianism, unbridled power, when the BJP-led NDA Government tipped its hat to its Prime Minister and forgot that in a democracy, collective decisions are the norm and the decision to demonetize was patently […]

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The AAP on Monday defended its Gujarat unit chief over his alleged derogatory remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and hit back at the BJP, saying it is using an old video of Gopal Italia to target him now as he comes from a poor family and belongs to the Patidaar community. Launching a counter […]

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Maharashtra’s former chief minister Uddhav Thackeray has challenged the Election Commission order to freeze the Shiv Sena symbol in the Delhi High Court, contending it was passed in complete violation of principles of natural justice and without granting any hearing to the parties and giving them an opportunity to lead evidence. Eknath Shinde-led faction filed […]

The post Both Camps Get New Names for Andheri Bypoll, Shinde Faction likely to Submit 3 Fresh Symbols to EC Today first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel resolved issues of merger of other princely states, but “one person” could not resolve the Kashmir issue, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday, in a veiled attack on India’s first PM Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. Addressing a rally in Gujarat’s Anand district ahead of the state Assembly elections due this year-end, PM […]

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By Mayuri Gupta Over the last few months, what the remit of political campaign promises should be has remained constant in public discourse. This increased attention for election promises is partly the result of a public interest litigation (‘PIL’) filed at the Supreme Court in January by politician and lawyer Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay. This PIL […]

The post Freebies Debate In India Highlights The Limits Of Judicial Overreach first appeared on IPA Newspack.

 Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Sunday asked AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal not to “tell white lies to befool farmers” in Gujarat in the run-up to the assembly elections there. In a statement, former minister and Akali leader Daljit Singh Cheema said it was shocking that Kejriwal was claiming in Gujarat that the AAP government in […]

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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday hit out at Aam Party Party’s Gujarat unit President Gopal Italia for allegedly calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi “Neech”. PM Modi is on a three-day visit to Gujarat where he will dedicate and lay the foundation stone of several projects. His visit assumes significance as the state will go […]

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday claimed that many leaders and workers of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Gujarat secretly support his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and want to see the defeat of their own party in the upcoming Assembly elections. Targeting the BJP over the posters that surfaced in several Gujarat […]

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Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Sunday echoed what his party colleague and Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said on industrialist Gautam Adani’s announcement to invest Rs 65,000 crore in the northern state over the next five years. Gehlot had welcomed Adani at the Invest Rajasthan Summit earlier this week, where the industrialist announced his group’s business […]

The post Tharoor says not allergic to Ambanis and Adanis first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty Uddhav Thackeray grew up jostling with a rival for his father Balasaheb Thackeray’s pats and “well-dones”. Cousin Raj Thackeray was finally gone and the years thereafter erased the memory of living with a ‘resentment’. But, irony of all ironies, whoever would have thought that a grown-up Uddhav Thackeray would be challenged by […]

The post Uddhav Thackeray Is Emerging As A Principled Leader In His Battle Against Shinde first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Nitya Chakraborty The Bharat Jodo Yatra led by the Congress leader Rahul Gandhi completed one month of its march in Karnataka on October 6. With the participation of the Congress president Sonia Gandhi, the Yatra got massive character boost, attracting thousands of men, women and even children, as also the grassroots party workers. What […]

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Aiming to boost its tally in the 2024 general elections, the BJP has planned dozens of mega rallies by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, covering the 144 Lok Sabha seats most of which it lost in 2019, and where it has been working to brighten its prospects. Sources said on Saturday the party has prepared a […]

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In a surprising accusation that even left Telangana minister KT Rama Rao flabbergasted, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday claimed that Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao had changed the name of his party from Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) to Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) on the “advice of tantriks” (occultists). She hit out at Rao, […]

The post Sitharaman sees ‘black magic’ behind KCR party name change first appeared on IPA Newspack.

The Congress on Saturday urged the Election Commission to immediately declare the election schedule for Himachal Pradesh Assembly so that the model code of conduct comes into effect, as it accused the ruling BJP of misusing state funds and machinery. The state Congress also sought a ban on ‘Amritmahotsav’ functions in Himachal Pradesh. Just about […]

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The Uddhav Thackeray faction of Shiv Sena has given a list of three names and symbols for the upcoming bye-election in Mumbai’s Andheri East, sources in the Election Commission said. ‘Shiv Sena Balasaheb Thackeray’ is the first choice for the name and ‘Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray’ is the second pick, they said. The Election […]

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By K Raveendran As the global oil markets digest the news about OPEC+ announcement of a 2 million barrels per day of crude output cut, more details emerging from market analysts should calm Indian nerves a bit as the impact may not be as severe as feared. The Brent price had touched $94 straightaway from […]

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By Satyaki Chakraborty A Citizens Committee comprising former Supreme Court and High Court judges and a former Home Secretary of the Union Government have authored a report raising  serious questions about the role of the news media, social media, Bharatiya Janata Party (‘BJP’) and Hindu nationalist leaders, the Delhi police, and both the Union Government […]

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Rajratna Ambedkar, the president of the Buddhist Society of India who administered the 22 vows to approximately 10,000 people on Ashoka Vijayadashami, which is considered the “Dhammachakra Pravartan Din”, said the Aam Aadmi Party had no role in the conversion episode, and if the outfit is claiming that, it is false. On this day, in […]

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“Why can’t a 75-year-old ‘young man’ have fun,” quipped senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Friday as he danced to the beats of drums during the ongoing Bharat Jodo Yatra here. Singh walked over 20 kilometres during the day as he and other Congress members passed through Mandya district in rural Karnataka. His short jig […]

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News18.com has learnt that some of those leaders who are supporting or campaigning for Tharoor have received calls asking them to stay away from canvassing for him or remain neutral. One of these supporters of Tharoor said, “He has a lot of traction and many young members of the party have told us they want […]

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