BJP’s Bangladesh lesson — don’t unfairly target friendly neighbours to meet political ends
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BJP’s Bangladesh lesson — don’t unfairly target friendly neighbours to meet political ends

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China’s footprint has forced Modi government to make nice with Dhaka after unfairly targeting Bangladeshis for its political ends. It’s a lesson BJP needs to remember as it heads into polarising elections in Bengal. Larger geostrategic interests involving friendly neighbours cannot be sacrificed at the altar of narrow electoral priorities.

UP on a dangerous slide with its ‘love jihad’ law. Its police, politics must be held accountable

Uttar Pradesh is on a dangerous slide applying its new inter-faith ordinance retrospectively. It’s unconstitutional and has tragic consequences, like in Pinky and Rashid’s case. She married out of free will, and has miscarried after the authorities took her away. UP’s runaway police and politics must be checked, held accountable.

SC wasting time on Kunal Kamra, Rachita Taneja, should counsel A-G not to be oversensitive

The Supreme Court is, once again, wasting its precious time by issuing contempt notices to comedian Kunal Kamra and cartoonist Rachita Taneja. The shoulders of senior judges have to be broad enough to overlook minor irritants and they would do well to counsel the attorney general not to be oversensitive.