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By Harihar Swarup May 15 was the 25th anniversary of National Democratic Alliance (NDA) which was formed in 1998. On May 26 Prime Minister Narendra Modi reminded his party that no alliance other than NDA has remained intact for a quarter century. And he was correct. While it’s right that the NDA in its current […]

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The Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government on Friday approached the Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of the Centre’s ordinance on control of services. In its petition, the AAP has deemed the ordinance as “unconstitutional” and sought an interim stay on its implementation. In the petition, the Delhi government has argued stating that the “ordinance violates the […]

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By S. Sethuraman Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday night chaired a nearly five hour long huddle of the BJP top brass to discuss organisational and government changes, narrative focus and strategy and tools for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in 2024. The meeting at the official residence of PM here was attended by BJP […]

The post Tamil Nadu Is Getting Big Focus In BJP’s Lok Sabha Poll Strategy For Southern States first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Gyan Pathak Karnataka loss in May this year despite the twin strategy of BJP – high decibel election campaign focussing on polarisation of Hindu votes and harping on PM Modi’s charisma – that shocked the top brass of the party, has now finding itself into a deep dilemma over effectiveness of its present […]

The post Dilemma And Desperation Plague BJP Top Brass Before Lok Sabha Polls first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Srivastava Narendra Modi is not known for speaking rationally. This time he has faulted in the matter of raking up Uniform Civil Code. While justifying his stand, he said that the country cannot have two laws: one for Hindu and a second one for the ‘other’. By ‘other’, he obviously hinted at Muslims. […]

The post With UCC, RSS And Modi Press Nuclear Button Of Communal Divisiveness first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan, two states ruled by the Congress are scheduled to go polls before the year is out. Also, both with a leadership problem at the state level! Those were the similarities till a couple of days ago when the Congress high command, after years of ignoring the infighting in Chhattisgarh, […]

The post Congress Leadership Truce At Chhattisgarh Bodes Well For Assembly Polls first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran The standard definition of crony capitalism is the existence of an economic system characterised by mutually advantageous relationships between business leaders and government officials. Going by this, at least two major decisions this week are India-centric, though with linkages to domestic as well as international. The International Cricket Council ICC), over which […]

The post Gujarat Gets Status Of First Among Equals In Line With Modi’s Love For Home State first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By K R Sudhaman There is jubilation all over in BJP circles and the Indian media after the recent visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to United States, where he got a rousing welcome. This is no doubt a landmark bilateral visit which has laid the foundation for taking Indo-US relations to a new high. […]

The post China Is More Amused At Impact Of India-US Agreements Than Worried first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Tirthankar Mitra A crisis brings oddballs together. Having nothing in common, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) joined forces closed ranks against Imran Khan- led PTI government. The government led by the former cricketer ace was removed and as the coalition partners awaited PTI’s dissolution, cracks in the uneasy alliance came […]

The post Cracks In Pakistan’s Ruling Coalition As PML-N And PPP Fight Openly first appeared on IPA Newspack.

As many as 35 BRS leaders, including former MP Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy and ex-minister Telangana government Jupally Krishna Rao, announced their intention to join the Congress and met the party’s top leadership here on Monday, sources said. The Bharat Rashtra Samithi leaders will formally join the Congress at a public rally in Khammam, Telangana expected […]

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By Arun Srivastava Even before the strategy session of the opposition meet makes public its common minimum programme and broader paradigm of their electoral policy at Shimla on July 12 the opposition leaders have decided to accord a distinct ideological character to their endeavour and identify it as Patriotic Democratic Alliance.  What is really significant […]

The post United Opposition Will Be Christened As Patriotic Democratic Alliance first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Chief Minister N Biren Singh met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi on Sunday and briefed him about the “evolving situation” in Manipur. BJP National Spokesperson Sambit Patra and Sanajaoba Leishemba, Rajya Sabha MP from Manipur also joined Singh during his meeting with the Union Minister. Sources privy to the development said that during the meeting, Shah […]

The post Shah advises Manipur CM to ‘work harder’ to end unrest first appeared on IPA Newspack.

With the Aam Aadmi Party striking a discordant note over the Patna meeting, CPI general secretary D Raja has said it was “not a setback” for Opposition unity and asserted that as independent political parties, there can be “small angularities” on certain matters but those were being overcome. He also said that the leadership of […]

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By Arun Kumar Shrivastav India and the United States will witness national elections to choose the top executives next year. In India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will seek a third term in the government. President Joe Biden is seeking reelection in the USA, while reports suggest that Michelle Obama, the former […]

The post Both Modi And Biden Had Their Eyes On 2024 Polls During The Indian PM’s Visit first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Ben Chacko The relentless right-wing attack on the left within the Britain’s Labour Party continues unabated. Recent weeks have seen the elected mayor of the North of Tyne region barred from being considered as the party’s candidate for the next election and two further members of the Socialist Campaign Group of MPs deselected. In […]

The post British Labour Leadership Under Keir Starmer Is Isolating The Left Members first appeared on IPA Newspack.

The Aam Aadmi Party’s shrill indictment of the Congress over alleged apathy towards the central ordinance issue seemed to have few takers among those present at the recent opposition meeting in Patna. At least five leaders, who represented their respective parties at Friday’s meeting hosted by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, appeared unimpressed with the […]

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