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Bittu makes it a baker’s dozen — how scions of former Congress CMs have flocked to BJP

Ravneet Bittu, grandson of slain Punjab CM Beant Singh, joined BJP Tuesday. ThePrint looks at 12 cases like Bittu's — scions of former Congress CMs switching to BJP after Modi became PM.

Congress releases 8th list of candidates ahead of Lok Sabha polls, lists four states

The Congress released candidates' names for Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh, fielding Rao Yadvendra Singh against BJP Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia.

‘Don’t want Vanchit to be used for dynasty politics’ — why Prakash Ambedkar is exiting MVA, INDIA bloc

In Maharashtra, Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi leader announced candidates on 9 seats. This could mean repeat of 2019 polls when his party split opposition votes, hurting Congress-NCP alliance.

AAP’s lone Lok Sabha MP Sushil Rinku joins BJP with an AAP MLA, Punjab BJP chief says ‘more to come’

Rinku is 3rd sitting MP to join BJP after Ludhiana MP Ravneet Singh Bittu & Patiala MP Preneet Kaur — both from Congress. Most joining BJP expect to be fielded as LS poll candidates.

From ‘Microphone’ to ‘Pressure Cooker’, smaller parties wage war of symbols in Tamil Nadu LS polls

Chennai (Tamil Nadu) , March 28 (ANI): Despite the 'Rising Sun' and 'Two leaves', this general election to the Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha revolves...

From ‘Microphone’ to ‘Pressure Cooker’, smaller parties wage war of symbols in Tamil Nadu polls

Chennai (Tamil Nadu) , March 28 (ANI): Despite the 'Rising Sun' and 'Two leaves', this general election to the Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha revolves...

Ananthkumar Hegde, Pragya Thakur, Ramesh Bidhuri — why BJP denied tickets to Hindutva firebrands

Latest to join list is former Union minister and six-time MP Anantkumar Hegde. Yet some like Shobha Karandlaje & Madhavi Latha have managed to get poll tickets.

Modi ‘exploring legal options’ to ensure money seized by ED from ‘the corrupt’ reaches the poor

BJP puts out details of PM's phone conversation with Krishnanagar candidate Amrita Roy, during which he told her to 'take my message to the people that I sent this message for Bengal'.

‘Bharat Mata ki Jai coined by Azimullah Khan’ — Pinarayi faces heat from Congress & BJP over remark

He made the remarks at a CPI(M) rally against the CAA, where he accused Sangh Parivar and BJP of insisting citizenship be denied to people with Muslim names.

Mandatory parental consent for under-21s to marry — PMK manifesto pledge to fight ‘staged love’

Proposal was taken into account to protect family system as well as to safeguard future of young girls, Tamil Nadu-based party says.

On Camera

Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.