Modi should win all 543 seats as media, money & Election Commission are on his side

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

Narendra Modi delivering the victory speech after election results | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint

Winning anything less than 543 seats would be a defeat for Narendra Modi

Why should Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance lose a single of the 543 seats in the Lok Sabha when the opposition is giving Prime Minister Narendra Modi a walkover, and media, money and the Election Commission are on his side? Read the report by Shivam Vij.

The Mandal-Mandir era is over, make way for Modi

BJP’s Mandir politics has subsumed Mandal under Modi-Shah and created a pan-Hindu vote. Modi’s challenger has to invent a new politics, writes Shekhar Gupta.

Most people will rebel if they learn they’re being experimented on, even if it serves humanity

Many people are inclined to rebel if they learn that they are in some kind of experiment. For private companies and for governments, that’s a big problem, writes Cass Sunstein.

Subramanian Swamy attacking Modi minister as Shakuni shows he must read Mahabharata again

Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy had tweeted confidently about how Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s second term would be without Shakuni, clearly referring to a powerful minister against whom he has long held a grouse. Read the report by Kaveree Bamzai to know more.

Polls put governance on sleep mode because system doesn’t ‘demand’ that IAS officers work

How much can the administration do while the elections are underway, and how much work does it actually end up doing? Is it fair to say that the elections — both Lok Sabha and assembly — led to paralysis in governance? Read the report by Gaurav Goel to find the answers.

Stalked, burnt, stabbed: How an 18-year-old aspiring doctor was killed in Faridabad

The 18-year-old was the apple of her family’s eye and wanted to be a doctor at AIIMS. But now she’s dead, killed on 17 May by an alleged stalker who is said to have barged into her house at Sector 3 Faridabad and brutalised her in multiple ways, reports Jyoti Yadav.

RAW & IB chiefs, cabinet & defence secretaries — the key appointments awaiting new govt

In one of its first decisions, the new Indian government will have to make key appointments to senior security, defence and bureaucratic positions, with the current incumbents set to vacate their posts over the next few weeks, reports Snehesh Alex Philip.