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By Harihar Swarup In July 2002, APJ Abdul Kalam became choice for President as the ruling Atal Behari Vajpayee-led National Democratic Alliance did not have enough votes to get anyone from its ideological family elected. Fifteen years later, the NDA-led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was much better placed yet it tried for a consensus […]

The post Presidential Elections In July Next Will Test Opposition Strength And Unity first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Rahil Nora Chopra The storm of disagreement between NDA allies BJP and JDU shows no signs abating, with both parties bitterly disputing over Nitish Kumar’s future vis-à-vis staying on as the Bihar Chief Minister beyond 2025. In this context, the chairman of the parliamentary board of Janata Dal (United), Upendra Kushwaha, has indicated his […]

The post Nitish To Remain Bihar CM Till BJP-JDU Alliance Holds first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Nitya Chakraborty It is good that the Chief Justice of India N V Ramana has agreed to take up for hearing a pending petition challenging the Electoral Bond Scheme, 2018 .The 20th tranche of electoral bonds opened on April 1 this year and it will continue till April 10.It would have been better if […]

The post Supreme Court Has To Take An Early Decision On Electoral Bonds first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty It’s come to where it does not matter if the slip is showing. The fiery Shiv Sena seems to be reconciled to paralysis, incapable of protecting its own from the trepidations of CBI and ED. Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray is as if nowhere in the picture. The question is shouldn’t the Shiv […]

The post Shiv Sena Thwarts The BJP From Bringing Down The MVA first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Ashis Biswas In the fight for the pole position among regional outfits, the Aam Admi Party (AAP) led by Mr Arvind Kejriwal has opened up a sizable lead over early front runner Trinamool Congress (TMC). What’s worse for TMC chief Mamata Banerjee, present trends do not favour her party. The energetic Chief Minister of […]

The post Trinamool Congress Worried At AAP’s Expansion Plans In Bengal And North East first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Srivastava A degenerated ideology will ultimately give rise to a perverse electo-political system and create a deviant political vacuum. Notwithstanding the BJP grabbing the power in Uttar Pradesh in the recent assembly election, the state suffers with an acute political vacuum. An insight into the nature of the political vacuum makes it obvious […]

The post The Fall And Fall Of Mayawati In Uttar Pradesh Since 2014 Elections first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Harihar Swarup Last week, Union house minister Amit Shah introduced a brand new bill within the Lok Sabha to unify the three municipal bodies of Delhi (MCDs). Whereas the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) says that the bill was brought to rid the MCD of its perennial monetary disaster, the contents of the bill and […]

The post Amit Shah’s New MCD Bill Spells Doom For Delhi Local Bodies first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty The last time Union Home Minister Amit Shah stood up in the Lok Sabha to discuss the affairs of a state, that state was bifurcated and broken into two union territories. This time around, Shah has done the opposite—merged three municipal corporations into a single block with ramifications still not clear, except […]

The post Modi Government Is Using All Means To Curb The Powers Of State Govts first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Nitya Chakraborty Three weeks have passed since March 10 when the results of five state assembly elections were announced.  From that very day, the winner in four states BJP, is preparing for the next round of elections scheduled in Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat by the end of 2022. In both the states, the BJP […]

The post M K Stalin Is Now The Best Choice To Head A Revamped UPA first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Sankar Ray Political circles in Nepal are keenly watching how much  the Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba will score gains in his first bilateral visit (1-3 April 2022) after taking over as the PM in July last year. Moreover, the visit takes place during the year of election to the National Assembly of Nepal. […]

The post Nepal Prime Minister Deuba’s Three Day Visit To India Is Significant first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Poll strategist Prashant Kishor is in talks with Congress, media reports say. Kishor is expected to get a ‘major role’ in the Gujarat Elections, the reports quoted Congress sources as saying. In the past, Prashant Kishor has worked with the Congress party for the 2017 Punjab Assembly Election. While the poll strategist was tasked with Congress’ […]

The post Prashant Kishor to work for Cong in Gujarat election first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW:AICC general secretary and in charge of Uttar Pradesh  Priyanka Gandhi has taken the full responsibility  of worst performance of her party in UP Assembly elections  and asked the state leaders to prepare road map to face Lok Sabha polls in 2024. Soon after the results were announced Priyanka Gandhi convened the […]

The post Congress Preparing New Roadmap In Uttar Pradesh To Face Lok Sabha Polls first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Ashis Biswas Major opposition parties including the Congress and the Left, have responded negatively to Trinamool Congress Chief Mamata Banerjee’s call to put up a broad anti-BJP alliance. State Congress and CPI(M) leaders strongly question the TMC’s true intent and especially the timing of its latest appeal, seeking a stronger opposition consolidation against the […]

The post In Bengal, Opposition Parties Take Negative Stance On Mamata’s Unity Call first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Kalyani Shankar The BJP has reposed faith in the incumbent chief ministers in all the four states where it won in the recently concluded Assembly elections. Whether it was a coincidence or by design, the big picture is clear: the party high command did not want to disturb the winning formula in these states. […]

The post BJP Opts For Continuity, Stability And Youth In CMs Choice first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: After the humiliating performance in UP Assembly polls, Mayawati is giving a facelift to party organisation with an eye on the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. After a review meeting held on March 27, BSP national President Mayawati appointed her brother Anand as national vice-president and nephew Akash as the powerful national […]

The post Mayawati Turns To Her Own Parivar In Bid To Revive Party Organisation first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty The Modi Government will not topple Maha Vikas Aghadi. Not when it’s plagued with indecisiveness, and Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut cannot with his utterances dissuade the Modi Government from targeting MVA ministers and legislators, members of the extended Thackeray family. Not as long as there are central enforcement agencies […]

The post Central Agencies In League With BJP To Create Rift In MVA Coalition first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav quit as Lok Sabha MP today after winning from his family stronghold Karhal in the recent Uttar Pradesh election. The Samajwadi chief’s move signals that he wants to cement his position as the BJP and Yogi Adityanath’s main challenger in Uttar Pradesh. Akhilesh Yadav was an MP from eastern UP’s […]

The post Akhilesh Yadav quits as MP to become MLA first appeared on IPA Newspack.

His personal defeat in the elections overlooked, Pushkar Singh Dhami was anointed Uttarakhand Chief Minister on Monday while Pramod Sawant got the job in Goa despite colleague Vishwajit Rane’s ambitions, completing BJP’s bet on retaining all four Chief Ministers. It hinted at a “big picture” decision by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, political observers say. The […]

The post Decision to retain CMs entirely Modi’s first appeared on IPA Newspack.

A third contender backed by the BJP’s ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh for the Chief Minister’s seat has emerged in Manipur. The RSS-backed leader, Speaker in the previous assembly Yumnam Khemchand Singh, was called to Delhi by the BJP leadership yesterday, as also caretaker Chief Minister N Biren Singh and another contender for the top […]

The post Twist In Manipur CM pick with RSS nominee entry first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Harihar Swarup This year’s assembly elections have signalled two significant political undercurrents. The first has been the ugly display of post-ideology politics marked by endless cross-party defections. What has happened during the election season has been an extension of the massive exodus of fortune seekers whose only concern is the host party’s ability to […]

The post Assembly Poll Results: Rise Of The Post-Ideology Politician first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Bhagwant Mann took oath as Punjab Chief Minister today at Khatkar Kalan, the birthplace of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and other senior Aam Aadmi Party leaders were part of the swearing-in ceremony. In his maiden speech as chief minister, Bhagwant Mann said that a golden chapter has started in the […]

The post Mann says golden era has started for Punjab first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Kalyani Shankar Odds appear to favour the BJP for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. The party is gung ho about its rosy prospects, as barring a few losses, the BJP’s winning streak doesn’t appear to be reversing. The party has retained four of the five states that went to the polls recently. It considers […]

The post Congress Leadership Needs Course Corrections Before 2024 Polls first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Srivastava Sonia Gandhi offering to step back along with his son Rahul Gandhi and daughter Priyanka Gandhi has been a strategic move of Sonia to shield the Gandhi family from being accused of liability of Congress and to ensure that her son continues to call the shots and direct the party.  On paper […]

The post For Congress High Command, Assembly Poll Results Leave No Escape Route first appeared on IPA Newspack.