Tens of thousands of protesters have flooded Bangladesh’s streets, amid a teetering economy that is shaking the foundations of three-time Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s regime. New Delhi sees Hasina as a bulwark against Islamists. Failure to hold free elections, though, will empower the communal forces she has long held back.
Nitish cleared the air on Tejashwi leadership. Read it as a semi colon, not full stop
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar’s declaration about Tejashwi Yadav’s leadership in 2025 Assembly election seems to settle succession debate in grand alliance. But never put a full stop after Kumar’s statements. It only means that Yadav shouldn’t eye CM’s chair before 2025. 2024 Lok Sabha election may be the hidden semicolon.