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By Nitya Chakraborty The Bharat Jodo Yatra led by the Congress leader Rahul Gandhi completed one month of its march in Karnataka on October 6. With the participation of the Congress president Sonia Gandhi, the Yatra got massive character boost, attracting thousands of men, women and even children, as also the grassroots party workers. What […]

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By Sushil Kutty Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao’s Telangana Rashtra Samithi turned national on Dussehra and is now the ‘Bharat Rashtra Samithi’ with Rao its prime mover and shaker, also the man who will replace Narendra Modi if a “BRS-led Opposition” wins big in 2024. With that K Chandrashekar Rao announced his decision to […]

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Union home minister Amit Shah ruled out talks with Pakistan today and indicated that the elections in Jammu and Kashmir will be held soon. Speaking to a huge crowd in Kashmir’s Baramulla, Shah said, “I assure you that once revision of revision of electoral rolls is completed, free and fair elections will held in J&K”. […]

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Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, aspiring for a national role ahead of the 2024 election, launched the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), a new version of his party, at the recommended “auspicious time” of 1.19 pm on Wednesday. The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) is now BRS, Rao declared after a meeting of his party. Workers […]

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After months of positioning himself as a national player and touring states to meet anti-BJP leaders, Telangana Chief Minister and Telangana Rashtra Samiti President K Chandrasekhar Rao is on Mission 2024. He is all set to launch his national party. The muhurat (auspicious time) has been set for 1:19 pm today for the launch of […]

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Another front opened today in the ongoing war between the BJP-ruled Centre and Delhi’s AAP government — this time over the free electricity scheme, one of Arvind Kejriwal’s calling cards. Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena directed the Chief Secretary to probe “irregularities and discrepancies” in the power subsidy given by the AAP government, and give […]

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By Sushil Kutty There was Sir C Sankaran Nair, the only Malayali Congress president in a 100 plus years. He was elected in 1897. Nair rose from obscurity to prominence and left behind a big family and a sprawling estate. A grandson was Lt. Gen. Candeth, the liberator of Goa. Those early years, the attrition […]

The post Tharoor Vs Kharge – It Is A Battle Between Change And Continuity In Congress first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Even as Ashok Gehlot’s fate as the chief minister of Rajasthan hangs in the balance, the veteran Congressman on Saturday asked the people to send suggestions about the next budget directly to him, hinting that he was there to stay. He also declared that he cannot remain away from the people of Rajasthan “till his […]

The post Gehlot hints he is there to stay, pushes ahead with budget first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who is running for the post of party president, on Saturday said he wants to be the voice of the young and emphasized on giving importance to party workers. The Lok Sabha member from Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram is engaged in a “friendly” contest with Mallikarjun Kharge for the top post. “There’s a […]

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A day after RJD Bihar chief Jagadanand Singh said that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will give the responsibility of the state to Tejashwi Yadav in 2023, he said that the latter has an image of a great socialist leader and he has to lead the country. “If Nitish Kumar would lead the country in 2024, […]

The post Bihar RJD chief wants to see Nitish in Delhi, Tejashwi in Patna first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Dr B K Kango Since 1980 there was a concentrated effort of multinationals to impose structural adjustment on all nations through IMF and World Bank. Simultaneously, seeing a huge possibility of profit in Agribusiness due to increase in population (In 1950 World Population was about 200 crores, by 1985 it was 750 crore), the […]

The post Globalisation Of Agri-Business Is Not Taking Into Account Farmers Interests first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Rahil Nora Chopra Ahead of general elections in 2024, the Samajwadi party has given   main focus on kurmi and other OBC votes. At the recent Uttar Pradesh state convention, Naresh Uttam Patel was elected as the state president of the SP for the second time in a row. The SP’s move is being seen […]

The post Samajwadi Party Focusing On Kurmis And OBC’s Ahead Of 2024 Polls first appeared on IPA Newspack.

The Congress elections, in a fresh twist, appears likely to be a contest between Shashi Tharoor and Digvijaya Singh. Sources said Singh will file nomination within two days. But he has denied, saying it has not been discussed with the Gandhis yet. Digvijay Singh, who is in Kerala for the party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra led […]

The post Looks like it’s Digvijaya vs Tharoor for Cong chief first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Congress MP Abdul Khaleque today batted for Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to take on the mantle of party presidency, saying that being the daughter-in-law of the Vadra family, she is no more a Gandhi family member as per Indian tradition and should take up the post. In a tweet, the Congress MP from Barpeta said, “As […]

The post Priyanka not a Gandhi, can be party chief, says Cong MP first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday moved a confidence motion in the state assembly. Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit on Sunday gave his nod to convene the House on September 27 after days of squabble between the Raj Bhavan and AAP government over holding a session of the Assembly. Two BJP MLAs — Ashwani Sharma […]

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Three Ashok Gehlot loyalists faced the axe on Tuesday with the Congress serving them show-cause notice for “grave indiscipline” – two days after they participated in a parallel meeting laying down conditions to the party and skipping the scheduled legislature party meeting. Rajasthan ministers – Shanti Dhariwal and Mahesh Joshi, and Dharmendra Rathore – have […]

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Sonia Gandhi is not known to show her anger publicly, but those who know say that when she does, it means trouble and a determination to do whatever it takes. So when the observers went to meet her, it was an angry Congress president who confronted them. Sources say she expressed her displeasure and anger […]

The post Sonia feels stumped by Gehlot’s conduct, looks for options first appeared on IPA Newspack.

Rajasthan Congress MLA Shanti Dhariwal on Monday lashed out at the party’s central observer Ajay Maken, alleging that he was part of a “conspiracy” to oust CM Ashok Gehlot. Dhariwal, a Gehlot loyalist who had held a meeting of MLAs on Sunday to oppose Sachin Pilot’s possible elevation to the CM post, said that Rajasthan […]

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By Sushil Kutty Shashi Tharoor and Ashok Gehlot will contest the Congress president’s post election and Tharoor will walk into it already sidelined. Gandhi family loyalist Ashok Gehlot is naturally a hot favourite. Tharoor is not going to get the advantage of being fellow Kerala MP to Rahul Gandhi. In fact, if a poll to […]

The post Ashok Gehlot Starts As Winning Candidate In Congress Presidential Poll first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty The Thursday morning nationwide crackdown on the Popular Front of India (PFI) begs the question “Why now, why today, why this morning?” It can’t be that the PFI was found engaging in “terror-funding”, and “terror activities”, just the night before? Terrorists and their handlers take time to set up terror factories, so […]

The post Simultaneous Central Raids Against PFI, Waqf Board, Madrasas Raise Questions first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Sankar Ray Europe’s centre-right political parties were until a decade ago seen as ‘both dependably dull and dependably stable’. But that is now a thing of the past. Now the continent’s Christian democratic, conservative and market liberal parties together constitute the mainstream right. They are now undergoing significant and fascinating transformations, not least as […]

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