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By Kalyani Shankar Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP are reassessing their 2024 Lok Sabha poll strategy to perform a hat trick. As the Opposition parties try to build a united platform against the BJP, it has become necessary for BJP to begin negotiations with its erstwhile allies and find new partners. The NDA […]

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By Nantoo Banerjee It may be to the credit of the Indian National Congress and of Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao, who served as the country’s ninth prime minister from 1991 to 1996, for taking the initiative to pass the Constitution Amendment (73rd and 74th) Acts. The 73rd Amendment empowered state governments to take steps that […]

The post India’s Grass-Root Democracy Is Under Threat From State Political Leadership first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Srivastava History repeats. And this time it has repeated itself in Manipur. India’s northeastern state is ablaze, and only four days back the house of Union minister R K Ranjan Singh was burnt to ashes in full view of the security forces and state police. More than 150 Kukis and Meitei have been […]

The post Myopic Modi Eyes US Trip For ‘Peace In Ukraine’ As Manipur Burns first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Kumar Shrivastav During Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the United States, there’s hope for significant developments in defence, business, and technology cooperation between the two countries. The visit will be marked by discussions on sealing a big-armed drone deal, high-level meetings with CEOs of top American companies, breakthroughs in semiconductor supply chains, […]

The post India Is Seeking High Value Semi Conductor Technology From US During PM Visit first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Ashis Biswas From Manipur, the continuing ethnic strife far from being controlled, has currently impacted the political situation in neighbouring Assam: State Chief Minister Mr Himanta Biswa Sarma, regardless of his assiduously nurtured image as the region’s political strong man, is suddenly under acute pressure to explain his old links with terrorist and insurgent […]

The post Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Is Under Attack For His Extremist Links first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Harihar Swarup It was clear from the get-go when NCP chief Sharad Pawar decided to resign as the President a month ago. The three-day drama that saw Pawar take back his resignation as a gesture of deference to the party members now seems aimed at a predictable outcome — sidelining his nephew and de […]

The post NCP Supremo Sharad Pawar’s Succession Formula Shows Who Is The Boss first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Rahil Nora Chopra Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is expected to return to India on June 18.Soon after his arrival, crucial decisions will be taken to kick-start a major overhaul in the party’s organisational structure. According to sources, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has already framed the groundwork and the Congress Working Committee may be announced […]

The post Updated Congress Working Committee: Names Of Members By June End first appeared on IPA Newspack.

V Senthil Balaji, the minister of electricity and prohibition and excise in Tamil Nadu, has often been known as controversy’s child. His dramatic arrest by the Enforcement Directorate comes as part of an ongoing investigation into a job racket dating back to his time as transport minister between 2011 and 2016. This move is also […]

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By Tirthankar Mitra Fissures have appeared in Congress-Left Front alliance less than a month before panchayat elections are scheduled in West Bengal. CPI(M) has unilaterally declared candidates in Murshidabad, of all places, an area known to be the stronghold of state Congress chief, Adhir Ranjan Choudhury. As of now, out of 78 Zilla Parishad (ZP) […]

The post Rift In Congress-Left Alliance Before Rural Polls In West Bengal first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Satyaki Chakraborty At long last, there is some ray of light in the politics of Spain as the fifteen political parties belonging to all shades including green and the extreme Left entered into a historic agreement to jointly fight the right wing parties including the far right VoX in the crucial national elections on […]

The post Spanish Left Parties Finally Agree To Form A Front To Fight July 23 National Elections first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Several Opposition leaders condemned the Enforcement Directorate (ED) searches against Tamil Nadu Electricity Minister V Senthil Balaji, slamming the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) misusing central agencies. Tamil Nadu CM and DMK chief MK Stalin said the BJP leadership is enacting “politics of intimidation”. BJP’s bid to intimidate through backdoor tactics like ED raids won’t work, […]

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Is all not well between the Shiv Sena and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alliance in Maharashtra? There’s one more reason why the speculation is buzzing the state’s political circles. Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena on Tuesday placed a full-page advertisement in several leading newspapers in Maharashtra titled ‘Modi for India, Shinde for Maharashtra’. The […]

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By Kalyani Shankar Former Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi was many things to many people. He was ‘Thalaivar” to his cadres, a wily politician to his opponents and a visionary to his admirers. His autobiography ‘Nenjukku Neethi ‘ shows his life and struggle. Karunanidhi is among the half-a-dozen leaders who shaped Tamil Nadu. Considering […]

The post M Karunanidhi’s Centenary Year Begins In Tamil Nadu With Big Fanfare first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty Unity on not allowing the thorny “who will be PM face” to play spoilsport with the Patna Conclave has made it relatively easy for cobbling unity among opposition parties. Ambitious opposition leaders are happy they didn’t have to stake claim for the “PM face”. Octogenarian NCP supremo Sharad Pawar took the decision […]

The post United Opposition Going To 2024 Lok Sabha Polls Without A ’PM Face’ Makes Sense first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Gyan Pathak A decade of dominance of majoritarian Hindutva politics in India with critically fragmented secular democratic politics has lately been emanating signs of change. The majority of political parties in opposition having differing regional and national aspirations and contradictions have finally agreed to participate in Opposition Meet on June 23 called by […]

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