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By Nitya Chakrabory Now that the poll strategist Prashant Kishor has finally dissociated himself from the Congress Party’s plans for the next state assembly elections culminating into the Lok Sabha polls in March/April 2024, the Congress Party has to focus fully on how to make optimum use of the strategic planning for defeating the BJP […]

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By Amarjeet Kaur May Day reminds us the saga of great sacrifices of the workers throughout the world in bringing to focus the extreme exploitation of the working class that they were treated as animals, no fixed working hours, no justified return of their hard labour, no occupational safety at work places and nothing for […]

The post May 1 This Year Has Special Significance For Indian Working Class first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Harihar Swarup From playing a key role in Narendra Modi’s prime ministerial campaign in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, to taking a political plunge four years later by joining the JD(U) and leaving it in a huff, to negotiate the Congress for any entry now, Prashant Kishor has covered a long distance in Indian […]

The post Prashant Kishor’s Congress Gambit Still Uncertain first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Kalyani Shankar Congress chief Sonia Gandhi has taken a conciliatory step by not confronting the rebels in the party ( G 23) by postponing her decision on poll strategist Prashant Kishor’s entry into the party. It, however, does not mean that it will not happen, as she is biding time and preparing the ground […]

The post Sonia Is Firm On Bringing Prashant Kishor To Congress At ‘Right Time’ first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Arun Srivastava Two decades back Lalu Prasad Yadav had stopped the Rath Yatra of L K Advani and now, once the protégé of Advani, the Bihar chief Minister Nitish Kumar is contemplating to stop the victory chariot of Narendra Modi. But there is vast difference between the two. While Lalu showed his political strength […]

The post The Importance Of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar In Bihar Politics first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Gyan Pathak The last one week has triggered a range of speculations regarding the direction in which Bihar politics is moving which included the claim that chief minister Nitish Kumar will be moving to play a greater political role in New Delhi and the counter claim that he will remain CM of Bihar […]

The post Nitish Kumar May Be Bracing For A New Turn In His Political Life first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Harihar Swarup Elections in Gujarat have traditionally been direct fights between the BJP and the Congress. However, the 2022 Assembly polls expected to be held in November-December, are set to be different after Aam Aadmi Party announced it would contest all 182 seats. The ruling BJP is attempting to win an absolute majority for […]

The post Congress Is Facing A Do Or Die Battle In Coming Gujarat Assembly Elections first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran We have so many laws to be followed that it is virtually impossible to live for a moment without breaking one. It is a different matter that some of these laws had ceased to have any relevance ages ago, but these continue to fill the statute books for no rhyme or reason. […]

The post Flippant Laws Make Life Full Of Risks For Common Citizens first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Rahil Nora Chopra After the   total   defeats put up by the Congress in the recent five state assembly elections, The Congress has planned to hold three day Chintan Shivir in Rajasthan’s Udaipur to rethink and discuss about the recent dismal show  from May 13 to 15  at a resort, where the leaders will deliberate […]

The post Congress Party To Hold Chintan Shivir At Udaipur From May 13 To 15 first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Election strategist Prashant Kishor had another round of what was effectively a job interview at the Delhi home of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday. Apart from the team that was to evaluate his proposal, there were two more leaders today — Ashok Gehlot and Bhupesh Baghel, Chief Ministers of the two last Congress-ruled states.  […]

The post Cong says Prashant Kishor’s proposal under evaluation first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Kalyani Shankar Will the poll strategist Prashant Kishor be an asset or a liability if he joins the Congress party? It is a million-dollar question as Kishor waits for the Gandhis to announce his induction. This speculation arose after Kishor had a four-hour meeting with the Congress top brass, including the Gandhis, on the […]

The post Can Prashant Kishor Shake Up Lackluster Congress From Within? first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Nitya Chakraborty Things are heating up in Indian politics as the BJP and the Sangh Parivar prepare for the next phase of assembly elections in the states within this yearend as also in 2023, and, eventually, tobe followed by the Lok Sabha polls in March-April 2024. After the last round of assembly elections resulting […]

The post Prashant Kishor, A Ray Of Light At The End Of Tunnel For The Opposition first appeared on IPA Newspack.

A Lingayat seer has accused Karnataka’s Basavaraj Bommai government of taking a 30 per cent cut from the grants set aside for the welfare and development of mutts — a shocking allegation days after the corruption charges related to former state minister KS Eshwarappa. Chief Minister Bommai has said that he takes the seer’s allegations […]

The post Seer accuses Bommai govt of taking commission first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Ashis Biswas KOLKATA: For West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, her party’s by-election win announced last Saturday in the Asansol (Lok Sabha) and Ballygunge (Assembly) seats was the best news in some time. Of late the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) had been facing some truly torrid times over repeated administrative failures in maintaining law […]

The post Saturday’s Bypoll Wins Bring Some Relief To Beleaguered Trinamool Congress first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty Civil contractor Santosh Patil took his life in an Udupi lodge, accusing Karnataka Rural Development Minister KS Eshwarappa of driving him to suicide. An FIR was lodged naming Eshwarappa as the prime accused. The “Others” included all his lackeys. But the gallows joke doing the rounds was that if pressed to resign, […]

The post Contractor Santosh Patil’s Suicide Exposes Corruption In BJP Regime In Karnataka first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: All stops must be pulled out to ensure that the anti-BJP vote is not divided.  Will the decision made at the 23rd Party Congress of the CPI(M) not to have a national-level alliance with the Congress achieve that goal? The five session ended on April 10 with a massive rally and […]

The post CPI(M)’s Political Line On Opposition Unity To Isolate BJP Is Still Confused first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty Prime Minister Narendra Modi waxed eloquent on April 6, the 42nd foundation day of the Bharatiya Janata Party, dwelling deep into ‘parivaarvad’ and ‘rashtravaad’, besides pointing out that the rise and rise of the BJP is also centred round India’s growing global clout. Who he was giving a pat on the back […]

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