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Wednesday, May 8, 2024
TopicAmit Shah

Topic: Amit Shah

From clown prince to cockroach — how India’s political leaders refer to each other

Cutting across the political spectrum, India's leaders have often picked some of the choicest epithets to take a jibe at one another. Here are a few.

BJP latches on to another poll promise it may not be able to keep — expelling ‘infiltrators’

BJP's calculation is that illegal migrants is an issue that's still burning, and a promise it hopes will entice voters to bring them back to power.

2 Goa Congress MLAs leave for Delhi, may join BJP

Dayanand Sopte and Subhash Shirodkar will be resigning from Congress party Tuesday and joining the BJP, said a senior BJP leader.

BJP youth wing to hold its mega convention in poll-bound Telangana

In a bid to gain a stronger foothold in the southern state, the BJYM will hold the three-day maha-adhiveshan between 26-28 October in Hyderabad.

Govt’s lawyer in Rohingya, Article 35A and Loya cases is India’s new Solicitor General

Tushar Mehta, who is originally from the Gujarat High Court, will hold the post till 30 June 2020.

The real 2019 fight isn’t between Rahul Gandhi and Narendra Modi

Nearly all political pundits agree that the BJP will be the single-largest party in the Lok Sabha after the 2019 election.

Bickering is so un-BJP, but there are reasons why it’s happening now

There are growing whispers about leaders being upset with arrogance and the excessive “Gujaratisation” and “Congressification” of BJP.

Amit Shah gives each BJP MP mini call centre to take care of PR, paid for by high command

An MP's 23-member team will have call centre manned by 15 people, 4-member social media team and 4-member media team in run-up to Lok Sabha elections

Why Amit Shah and BJP’s Mission 350 for 2019 looks unreal

Going by the electoral map of each state, the BJP does not show signs of yet another grand victory in 2019.

Narendra Modi & Amit Shah are letting their top ministers be publicly humiliated

Senior ministers such as Jaitley, Rajnath and Sushma are being attacked by BJP leaders. But Modi and Shah are silent as conspiracy theories abound.

On Camera

Air India reduces baggage allowance by 5-15 kg, bringing it in line with rest of industry

Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.

Three Indian Navy ships deployed to South China Sea

Deployment comes at a time when Yuan Wang 03, a Chinese missile and satellite tracking vessel, has entered Indian Ocean Region.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.