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Why BJP swept Madhya Pradesh but suffered a setback in neighbouring Rajasthan

4-phase voting, extending tenure of state chief helped in MP. In Rajasthan, inexperienced CM, replacement of state chief & sidelining of senior leaders worked against BJP, say leaders.

‘Inviting wolves to dinner’ — why JD(S) revival may come at cost of losing Vokkaliga base to BJP

With Kumaraswamy likely to take up ministerial berth in Delhi & Revanna dealing with SIT, JD(S) could witness bitter tussle for control of party & its Vokkaliga vote base.

Down from 3 to 0, what led to BJP’s whitewash in Jharkhand’s tribal seats in LS polls

Such is tribal mandate against BJP that four of total five segments had winners with margins of 1 lakh-plus votes.

‘Infighting, public anger, Lallu Singh’s slip of tongue’ — what led to BJP’s poll debacle in UP

Several BJP leaders said SP defeated party in its game of caste consolidation & cashed in on Dalit insecurity over 'new Constitution' remarks. Two BJP MPs publicly spoke of infighting.

‘Interference by a religion’ set back NDA in Northeast — Sarma’s remarks on Christians trigger row

Congress’s Gourav Gogoi has appealed to CMs of Manipur, Meghalaya & Nagaland to ‘publicly condemn’ remarks by Assam CM & NEDA convener Sarma blaming Christians for LS losses.

Memes, myth-busting & a lot of cheek — X handle of Congress’s Kerala unit rakes in laughs & followers

From 50,000 followers in March 2023 to over 1 lakh now, @INCKerala saw a surge after LS poll results. Focus on public issues, wit & comparative analyses behind popularity, says team.

Consensus key to run govt, Modi says at NDA meet. Naidu, Nitish bat for ‘regional aspirations’

Modi called NDA an 'organic' alliance which has not come together for power but works on principle of 'nation first'. He asked MPs to be cautious of those promising cabinet berths.

Don’t need alliance with AAP or anybody else for Haryana polls, says Bhupinder Singh Hooda

In an interview, Haryana ex-CM Hooda says Congress-AAP alliance was only for Lok Sabha polls, adds that people have rejected BJP’s divisive politics in Haryana.

Candidate choice, polarisation, cadres who ‘didn’t join fight’ — what tripped up BJP in Bengal

BJP retained 10 of 18 LS seats it won in Bengal in 2019 and also managed to wrest 2 others from TMC, but its overall tally dipped from 18 to 12 while that of TMC's rose to 29.

Smarting from Lok Sabha debacle, Ajit Pawar’s NCP keen to prove its mettle in Maharashtra polls

NCP functionaries are accusing BJP, Eknath Shinde of not working hard for their candidates. Baramati debacle indicates BJP votes did not transfer to Sunetra Pawar, they say.

On Camera

US has misread India. New Delhi will hedge, push back, and assert

India’s foreign policy today is driven less by Western alignment or global liberalism and more by domestic political imperatives — economic, ideological, and electoral.

Web of spoof sites, scam call centres. Crypto theft racket modus operandi in focus amid ED crackdown

As part of the crypto theft racket, businessman Chirag Tomar and his aides targeted 542 victims and managed to steal a total of Rs 19.9 million.

Pakistan army chief Asim Munir to attend CENTCOM chief’s farewell, second visit to US in two months

Munir was earlier in America in June when he had a two-hour luncheon meeting with the US president at the White House.

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.