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Topic2019 elections

Topic: 2019 elections

Rahul’s Left-leaning aides helped Modi brand Congress ‘deshdrohi’, blogs party media head

Congress' national media coordinator Rachit Seth, who has deleted his blog post, had listed reasons why BJP was able to successfully brand Congress “anti-national”.

Borrowing costs fall after Modi’s win, revive bond sales

Potential for reforms after Modi’s comprehensive win is likely to improve flow of foreign capital to corporates & that's good news for credit markets.

MP Speaker gets Assembly guards for his home after govt downsizes his security

The Madhya Pradesh government had reduced security cover for Speaker N. P. Prajapati during the model code of conduct.

How social media memes became a political weapon to woo first-time voters

Ahead of the 2019 elections, memes helped create a ‘Pappu’ image for Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, while lionising Narendra Modi as a ‘powerful leader’.

Why Amit Shah kept Narendra Modi company on his Gujarat, Varanasi visits

PM-elect Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah left Delhi for two days Sunday, together visiting both their constituencies in UP & Gujarat.

Don’t politicise Indian armed forces. Just look at what it did to our police

Deployment of armed forces in Jammu & Kashmir over the past three decades is the single biggest factor in politicisation of armed forces.

Modi’s return spells end of the road for Sharad Pawar, the PM candidate forever

The BJP’s overwhelming majority and the NCP’s rout in the Lok Sabha election has completely shattered Sharad Pawar’s national ambitions.

Modi must take hard decisions to change India’s image as a soft state

Modi must advance national security through fundamental reforms, just as his tax and regulatory overhaul is set to boost economic growth.

Poll rout leads to rumblings within RJD, questions raised over Tejashwi’s leadership

The RJD had its worst-ever showing in a Lok Sabha election, failing to win a single seat of the 19 it contested in Bihar.

Prasoon Joshi calls out the “mean-spiritedness” & “negativity” of those who criticised Modi

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

On Camera

If fundamental right to property can be taken away, so can all the others: AG Mulgaokar

If this step even partially achieves its desired results, there will be so much dislocation in the country’s economic structure as to prove a national calamity, advocate AG Mulgaokar wrote in 1969.

Niti Aayog recommends fully decriminalising 12 offences under new I-T Act to ‘foster more trust’

Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.