Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar is the latest to allege that he is being snooped on. Similar allegations have also been lobbed by and at Mamata, as well as Modi govt.
BJP cadres are said to be unhappy at having to support those they campaigned against in 2018, but party leaders, including CM Chouhan, are calling it ‘repaying the debt’.
Gupteshwar Pandey was keen to contest Bihar assembly polls from hometown Buxar, but the constituency has gone to BJP as part of the NDA seat-sharing agreement.
In episode 586 of Cut The Clutter, Shekhar Gupta explains how the weakening of Nitish & Paswan, the two 'maharathis of Bihar', benefits BJP in the upcoming assembly polls.
Under the campaign, VHP workers will conduct door-to-door visits in tribal areas to educate people about Hindu religion. It also wants a law to halt conversion.
BJP leaders say there is ‘resentment’ in the party over LJP’s stance. They also say if needed it will write to EC to stop non-NDA parties from using Modi’s photo in poll posters.
There has been speculation about Jagan Mohan Reddy’s YSR Congress Party joining NDA since the beginning of this year at least, but the party has denied it.
Over millennia, men, social groups, and countries have fought over land, resources, women, even honour, but the arrival of Abrahamic monotheism brought in a...
This special edition of Cut The Clutter, straight from the Siliguri corridor, details the strategic importance of the narrow strip of land in West Bengal, and how it’s a vital link connecting the Northeast to the rest of India.
We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.
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