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Amit Shah is losing his winning touch. BJP needs a new strategy

D.K. Singh -
BJP chief Amit Shah is known as a master election strategist but barring his home state Gujarat, the party under him has failed to beat anti-incumbency in recent polls.
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NOTA outperforms SP, AAP, NCP & others in assembly polls for five states

PTI -
The None of the Above votes ranged as high as 2.1 per cent in Chhattisgarh to 0.5 per cent in Mizoram, said the Election Commission.
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Tight race in MP & a BJP win in Chhattisgarh: Election results a mixed bag for exit polls

Ratnadeep Choudhary -
Most exit polls had called Telangana right and predicted the tight race for Madhya Pradesh, but there were several misses too.
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Narendra Modi and BJP have failed to provide a vision for India’s future: Rahul Gandhi

Deeksha Bhardwaj -
Speaking after Congress' impressive show in MP, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, Rahul Gandhi says will defeat BJP again.
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Modi addressed rallies in 27 heartland seats, BJP trails in half of them

Pragya Kaushika -
BJP uses PM Modi as its star campaigner to turn the tide, but while this strategy had some impact in MP and Rajasthan, it drew a blank in Chhattisgarh.
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The last 24 hours have been terrible for Narendra Modi

Iain Marlow -
For the Congress Party, Tuesday’s victories represent a rare moment of triumph after four-and-a-half years in the political wilderness.
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Congress gears up to face the last election hurdle — the chief ministerial race

Neelam Pandey -
In the three states of Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, Congress now has to deal with rival claims to the chief minister's post.
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BJP swept away in Rajasthan’s cow vigilante hotbed of Alwar & Bharatpur

Moushumi Das Gupta -
Cow vigilantism failed to help the BJP in this region where the party won just two of the 18 assembly seats.
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Trends give Congress 3-0 lead in heartland but still offer consolation to BJP

Ruhi Tewari -
BJP got routed in Chhattisgarh, lost in Rajasthan & put up a spirited fight in MP. But there are still enough reasons for BJP to keep its hopes up for 2019.
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After today, Rahul Gandhi is no longer the ‘Pappu’ of Indian politics

D.K. Singh -
Tuesday's results may not be a reflection of Rahul Gandhi’s popularity, but he may have vindicated himself as the Congress president.
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Opinion

Why ‘disgustingly well-read’ is a win for modern literacy

Amrin Rajpal -
Like most social media trends, the 'disgustingly well-read' trend, too, is without a doubt problematic, performative, and for some, perfunctory

Fixing power distribution can reduce India’s energy vulnerability. Start with DISCOMs

University townships — India’s chance to build its own version of what America got right

Economy

FTA partners drive India’s trade surge as reliance on non-FTA countries dips, says NITI Aayog report

Udit Bubna -
Share of trade with FTA partners rose from 4.6% in 2006 to 28.8% in 2024. India is currently negotiating or advancing agreements with US, Israel, GCC, Canada & Mexico.

Defence

Japan overhauls post-World War II pacifist military approach, lifts restrictions on defence exports

Jaydeep Gadhavi -
Since October last year, Japan PM Sanae Takaichi has planned to increase defence spending target to 2 percent of GDP.

National Interest

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

Shekhar Gupta -
American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.

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