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By Harihar Swarup The air in Patna was thick with pre-monsoon moisture and a buzz about a meeting that could heavily impact next year’s Lok Sabha elections. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who played host at his 1 Anne Marg residence, had posters of several opposition party leaders put up throughout the city. The party units […]

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By James M Dorsey The sigh of relief in a swath of land stretching from China to Africa’s Atlantic coast was audible when Yevgeny Prigozhin, a Russian oligarch who heads the Wagner Group, a state-funded private military company, called off his mutiny against President Vladimir Putin’s military and security establishment. So were the concerns and […]

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By C.J. Atkins A group of former top U.S. diplomats has been conducting secret peace talks with officials at the highest level of the Russian government since at least April with the goal of negotiating an end to the war in Ukraine. That according to NBC News, which published an exclusive report on the talks […]

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By S. Sethuraman Political turbulence in Maharashtra and ruling BJP’s military-style command to fight to hold power at all levels after 2024 Lok Sabha polls and charging all opposition and anything else on the way as corruption, characterise the national scene amid concerns for survival of Indian Democracy. The sense of pride that India ought […]

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Terming the urination incident disrespectful to the entire tribal community, Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Digvijaya Singh on Friday said that merely washing the victim’s feet won’t be enough. It is a disrespect to the entire tribal community and merely washing feet will not be sufficient. BJP’s policies are anti-tribal and its […]

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The Congress on Friday said it will move the Supreme Court after the Gujarat High Court refused to stay Rahul Gandhi’s conviction in a defamation case, and alleged that the government is finding newer techniques to throttle his voice as it is rattled by his speaking truth. The party said the verdict redoubles its resolve […]

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The BJP on Friday welcomed the Gujarat High Court’s decision rejecting Rahul Gandhi’s plea to stay his conviction in a defamation case, and alleged it is a “chronic habit” of the Congress leader to abuse and defame others. Addressing a press conference here, BJP leader and former Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the Congress […]

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NCP leader Praful Patel on Friday said the party had not broken up, and Ajit Pawar was unanimously appointed as party president by its legislature and organizational wings on June 30. Addressing a press conference here, Patel said they had submitted a petition to the Election Commission of India (ECI) with affidavits of more than […]

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By Sushil Kutty Finally, the Congress is on track to win Rajasthan after the Bharatiya Janata Party poured urine over its prospects in Madhya Pradesh which along with Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh are among five states that will go to polls before the 2024 general elections. So, has Sachin Pilot’s truce with Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok […]

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By Arun Srivastava It is for the people of West Bengal to decipher the real nature of what the TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee observed about the Governor: “A man of C V Ananda Bose’s ‘intellect, wisdom and understanding of democratic values and the Constitution’ was needed more in Manipur right now and not in […]

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By Rahil Nora Chopra The veterans of Indian politics — Sharad Pawar, Lalu Prasad Yadav and Nitish Kumar — all are playing their last inning and trying hard to defeat the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Although Ajit Pawar split the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) with the support of over 29 MLAs, and […]

The post Old War Horses – Pawar, Lalu, Nitish – Remain Crucial For 2024 Fight first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Nearly two weeks after their leaders came face to face at the Opposition meeting in Patna, stalemate continues between the Congress and Aam Aadmi Party over the former dragging its feet on a key demand. Unless the Congress denounces the Centre’s Ordinance assuming control of administrative services in the AAP-ruled national capital, Arvind Kejriwal is […]

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Former Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday explained why the absence of a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) has “perpetuated inequalities” and has “hindered nation’s progress towards social harmony, economic and gender justice”. In an opinion piece in The Hindu, Naidu wrote that Babasaheb Ambedkar, the chief architect of the Indian Constitution, had made a […]

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National Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar on Thursday expelled 12 rebel leaders including his nephew Ajit Pawar and Praful Patel from the party and said he is still effective even at his age. His remarks came after Ajit Pawar urged his 83-year-old uncle to “take rest” and retire. “I am still effective, whether I […]

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By Sushil Kutty Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi on July 5. Reddy also met Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the third time in six months. One surmise is word travels fast and the BJP’s “Pawar-play” in Maharashtra has left all parties nervous. Including political […]

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By Debabrata Biswas BOSTON: Two weeks have passed since the much hyped second official visit of the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the USA. The real impact of the India-US agreements is still being debated amongst diplomats and Indian diaspora. Modi was the third world leader after Francis Emmanuel Macron of France and Yoon […]

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