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By Sushil Kutty Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement that only a strong government made possible 33 percent women’s reservation has few takers. The reality is, but for the fact that the Bharatiya Janata Party and the RSS wanted another Modi term to fulfill the Sangh Parivar agenda, the Modi government may not have rolled out […]

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With the Special session of Parliament over, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the election campaign of the BJP in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan on September 25, Monday, with massive rallies in the capitals of both the states. The successful passage of the Women’s Reservation Bill in Parliament is expected to be the highlight of […]

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Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday called Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat “good for nothing” — using the derogatory words “nikamma” and ”nikara” that he once used for fellow Congress leader Sachin Pilot. The chief minister was lashing out at the BJP-led government at the Centre for not declaring the Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project […]

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By Sushil Kutty Here in India, women are in all sorts of emotional quandaries including wondering if women’s reservation isn’t humiliation of sorts for women who think they’re already empowered and, therefore, what’s this euphoria for, forgetting that it’s not just women in the third world who need a leg-up but also women in advanced […]

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By Arun Srivastava Fighting RSS fascism and saffron authoritarianism has been the major task before the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)-Liberation and for achieving this mission, the party would continue to work for strengthening the INDIA block. Like the CPI(M), the CPI(ML-Liberation) does not suffer with any ambiguity. The CPI(ML) L is of the view […]

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A loud credit war has broken out between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and the main opposition Congress over the Women’s Reservation Bill, which was hanging fire for 27 long years. BJP sources suggest that the Congress has “never been serious” about the bill and only paid “lip service”. They cited how the Congress and […]

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The opposition on Tuesday termed as an “election jumla” the women’s reservation bill brought by the government with many leaders raising questions over the proposed legislation, contending it doesn’t account for reservation for OBC communities and that it will be effective at the earliest by the 2029 Lok Sabha polls. Meeting a long-pending demand, the […]

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In a setback to the Bharatiya Janata Party in Tamil Nadu ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, a senior leader of AIADMK on Monday said his party has no alliance with the BJP, saying any decision regarding the coalition will be taken during polls. However, top BJP sources said any issues between AIADMK and the state […]

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By Kalyani Shankar The Congress leaders are upbeat after the weekend Congress Working Committee meeting in Hyderabad. They are ready to plunge into poll mode. The C.W.C., the Party’s highest policy-making body agreed on several contentious and sensitive topics and planned its future course. The meeting was the first after Mallikarjun Kharge became party president. […]

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Expressing confidence about the party faring well in the upcoming assembly polls in five states, some Congress leaders on Sunday called for delaying the seat-sharing talks with INDIA bloc partners for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections till November so as to do it from a position of strength, sources said. The call from a section […]

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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday alleged that the ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) in Telangana is the ‘B team’ of the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao have “betrayed” the state. Addressing a rally in Tukkuguda near here ahead of the Telangana assembly polls, he said that the […]

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The Congress on Saturday rejected the ‘One Nation, One Election’ idea, calling it an assault on the Constitution and federalism. Addressing a briefing on the deliberations of the first meeting of the reconstituted Congress Working Committee (CWC) here, party leader P Chidambaram said the BJP does not have the numbers to pass the required constitutional […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Preparations are afoot on the August 24 decision made in the first ever historic joint national convention of workers and farmers at Talkatora Stadium New Delhi for launching decisive protest actions across the country during forthcoming December-January, with the slogan “Oust Modi, Oust BJP”. Barring the RSS-BJP supported Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh […]

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The Congress Working Committee (CWC) will meet today to finalise the strategy for the upcoming assembly elections in five states. The three-day crucial meeting in Hyderabad is aimed at boosting the party’s campaign in the poll-bound Telangana, officials said. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge will chair the CWC meeting. Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi will also […]

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By Rahil Nora Chopra Which way will the Dalits go in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh? Will they turn to BSP, or vote for either of the rival blocs, I.N.D.I.A., or NDA? Dalit votes also get bifurcated on the basis of sub-castes. For example, Jatav, Pasi, Valmiki communities vote differently. Although it […]

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A day ahead of the first meeting of the coordination and steering committee of the INDIA bloc, voices from the Aam Aadmi Party and Congress struck dissonant notes. Any success of the opposition alliance in taking on the BJP-led NDA hinges on the success of seat-sharing between the members in various states, say observers. On […]

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By Nitya Chakraborty The first coordination committee of the INDIA block of 28 opposition parties has decided to finally start the process of seat sharing for both coming state assembly elections scheduled by year end as also the Lok Sabha polls by early 2024.The spokesman K C Venugopal made it clear after the CC meeting […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak The ‘Sanatan Dharm’ controversy is the latest example of a leader of opposition unwittingly walking into RSS-BJP’s political turf made for PM Narendra Modi to play on with advantage over the opposition INDIA alliance, which they are projecting as anti-Hindu. PM Modi and his associates have been trying to drive the […]

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Uttar Pradesh Congress president Ajay Rai on Wednesday said while his party and others in the opposition INDIA block worked to ensure the Samajwadi Party nominee’s victory in the Ghosi by-poll, the SP fielded its candidate against the Congress in neighbouring Uttarakhand. The SP won the September 5 assembly bypoll by more than 42,000 votes […]

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The  INDIA bloc’s coordination committee is set to have its first meeting in New Delhi on Wednesday to set the alliance’s plan for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in motion. In the meeting, the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) is expected to deliberate on the seat-sharing formula among members along with evolving a broad outlay of campaign strategy ahead […]

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Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has said anyone who speaks against the Sanatan Dharma would have his tongue pulled out and his eyes gouged out. A video of Shekhawat making the purported remarks went viral on social media. He was speaking at a public rally in Barmer district of poll-bound Rajasthan last week during BJP’s […]

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Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had not concealed information about two pending criminal cases against him in the affidavit for 2014 assembly elections intentionally or with an intent to win polls, a court here said while acquitting him. Civil Judge Sangram Jadhav on September 8 acquitted Fadnavis in a complaint lodged against him for […]

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BJP national secretary Anupam Hazra stirred controversy by suggesting that “corrupt” TMC leaders apprehending summons by the CBI or ED should contact him to join the saffron party, leading the state unit to disassociate itself from his comment. Although Hazra later claimed his comment had been “misconstrued,” it drew sharp reactions from the ruling TMC, […]

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Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Monday took a swipe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, saying Bharat mata was once again criticised abroad out of a “narrow mentality” as some parties were jealous over India successfully hosting the G20 summit. “India is emerging as a star on the world stage because of which some parties are […]

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