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Tuesday, August 19, 2025
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Topic: Anti-BJP

The idea of ‘INDIA’ — how opposition parties picked alliance name at dinner hosted by Siddaramaiah

While Congress has claimed credit for the name — an acronym for Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance — many from the meeting attributed the idea to Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee.

‘INDIA’ against NDA — alliance of 26 Oppn parties christened at Bengaluru meet. What name stands for

Name of alliance was suggested by Mamata, it is learnt. Parties who attended meeting included Congress, DMK, TMC, JDU, RJD, Shiv Sena (UBT), NCP (Sharad Pawar), CPI(M), SP etc.

MK Stalin calls for united Opposition against BJP & its ‘gross discrimination’ at his ‘social justice’ meeting

Tamil Nadu CM's social justice event, which DMK says was 'non-political', was attended by leaders of 19 political parties. Issues like need for caste census and reservations were discussed.

Rahul slams Modi government over demonetisation & GST, NCP joins ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ in Nanded

As NCP leaders joined the yatra, ally Shiv Sena's Uddhav Thackeray also hailed it as a movement to end the 'atmosphere of bitterness' and unite the country.

Sociologist who called Indian intellectuals ‘anti-India’ listed as ‘foreign agent’ in US, Australia

Salvatore Babones told ThePrint that he got registered as a foreign agent because of a 'consulting assignment' with a media company in India, for 'a period of less than 6 months'.

India is in a ‘red state blue state’ mindset. But it’s different from the American one

Indian politicians are split along an anti-BJP axis, and the emerging divide is between states controlled by the BJP and other parties.

Congress, Sena & more — what’s behind AIMIM and Owaisi’s overtures to the opposition 

Last week, two AIMIM MLAs voted for MVA candidates in the Maharashtra MLC polls. Experts say that the party is trying to shed its image of being "BJP’s B-team".

Mamata sounds death knell for Congress-led opposition, says ‘no UPA’ after meeting with Pawar

Sharad Pawar and Mamata Banerjee met for an hour Wednesday, and said they would work towards forming an opposition alliance of like-minded parties for 2024 elections.

Anti-BJPism didn’t work for Muslims. Now it’s making the Opposition lazy

The question isn't anymore about which non-BJP party can get Muslim votes. The more relevant question is which secular party can get enough Hindu votes.

‘Modi, Shah not invincible’: TMC win gives Uddhav govt a boost despite bypoll loss to BJP

The Maha Vikas Aghadi says Trinamool's win showed that the one way to defeat the BJP at a national level was to bring this strength of regional forces and non-BJP parties together.

On Camera

Why Modi, BJP should worry about bad blood between CEC Gyanesh Kumar and Rahul Gandhi

If there is bad blood between the CEC and the Opposition leaders, it will shake the people’s faith in election results. It’s the worst thing that could happen to Indian democracy.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

India provides Nepal with military equipment, medical supplies; PM Oli likely to visit next month

New Delhi: India has handed over military equipment, medical supplies, trained dogs and horses to the Nepalese Army Monday, ahead of Prime Minister K.P....

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?