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Topic2019 election results

Topic: 2019 election results

Tejashwi Yadav, forever middle-order batsman, is forced to open for RJD in Lalu’s absence

Dilip Mandal -
With RJD facing an existential crisis, 29-year-old Tejashwi Yadav battles BJP, uncle Nitish Kumar and his own family members.

Nayantara Sahgal says ‘storytelling’ has overrun reality, S.Y. Quraishi on simultaneous elections

Aastha Singh -
The best of the day’s opinion, chosen and curated by ThePrint’s top editors.

Should Rahul Gandhi get rid of Leftist aides or is it still not enough to revive Congress?

ThePrint Team -
Congress party media head, Rachit Seth, blamed Rahul Gandhi's "Left-leaning lieutenants" for costing the party the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

Not just Modi’s personality, this key factor was behind BJP’s massive win in 2019 elections

Pradeep Chhibber -
Perceptions around BJP’s performance were hardly enough to put it on driving seat. And yet it got 50% votes in more than 200 constituencies.

Harsh criticism of Rahul Gandhi unjustified because Congress slide began in 1996

Aneesh Nathani -
What happened in 2019 was a natural progression of Congress’ decreasing inability to translate assembly success into Lok Sabha victories.

Why does the Right-wing want to ‘occupy’ Delhi’s liberal hotspot Khan Market?

ThePrint Team -
BJP's Ram Madhav took party workers to Khan Market to celebrate the Lok Sabha victory to assert the "new political ideology and culture".

Pratap Bhanu Mehta says this election result boils down to two words “Narendra Modi”

Aastha Singh -
The best of the day’s opinion, chosen and curated by ThePrint’s top editors.

Does Congress have a future in India after 2019 Lok Sabha election results?

ThePrint Team -
The Congress party faced a crushing defeat in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections at the hands of Narendra Modi-led BJP.

Narendra Modi’s 2019 victory is Hindutva 2.0 — and Dalits & OBCs form its backbone

Guru Prakash Paswan -
The “threat to Constitution” brigade, which created a fake fear around quota, will hopefully take some lessons from this outcome.

On TV, Arnab Goswami, Rajdeep Sardesai & Navika Kumar looked like they had won 2019 polls

Shailaja Bajpai -
Arnab Goswami on Republic TV, in his delirious moment of triumph, mistook Sunny Deol for Sunny Leone.
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Cautious optimism — India’s new relationship with Tarique Rahman’s Bangladesh

Sushant Sareen -
Both Bangladesh and India will have to work together to repair the damage done during the Yunus administration.

5 years of Ukraine war—why Delhi must de-hyphenate Moscow from the West

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India can sell its vision, but it can’t spectacle its way to AI power

Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

Snehesh Alex Philip -
IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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