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Topic: Assembly Elections

Urdu dailies slam Modi govt for siding with Israel & international community’s ‘double standards’

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

PM Modi promises National Turmeric Board on Telangana visit — what it means for poll-bound state

Demand for National Turmeric Board has been a popular movement in north Telangana districts for the last two decades, especially in the Nizamabad-Nirmal belt.

AAP unveils 2nd list of MP polls’ candidates, poses uncertainty around INDIA electoral alliance

After a meeting in Delhi last month, INDIA bloc announced joint rally in Bhopal in first week of October but MP Congress chief Kamal Nath later said that it has been cancelled.

BJP suspends Raje aide Meghwal over graft swipe at Union minister. MLA says ‘will beat party in polls’

Shahpura MLA Kailash Meghwal's suspension comes amid turmoil within Rajasthan BJP. Raje supporters said to be unhappy with central leadership for not declaring her CM face for polls.

Modi govt pushes for ‘One Nation, One Election’, committee formed under former President Kovind

‘One Nation, One Election’ theory, frequently endorsed by Modi, aims for simultaneous LS & state polls. Kovind-led panel to discuss & 'give report which will be debated in Parliament'.

‘Special focus on defectors’: In MP, Congress woos disgruntled BJP leaders to checkmate CM Chouhan

Kamal Nath-led Congress in Madhya Pradesh is using BJP leaders, who might be feeling neglected or overlooked, to weaken Scindia’s stronghold & avenge the fall of its govt in 2020.

Kirtans, rakhis & more — what BJP Mahila Morcha’s woman outreach will involve in 5 poll-bound states

Mahila Morcha will target women voters in 18-25 age group & reach 1,000 1st-time voters in each seat, says subject of Manipur sexual violence will be handled ‘sensitively’.

Ahead of Mizoram polls, Myanmar’s National Unity Govt tells refugees to stay away from local politics 

The NUG, a government-in-exile formed by anti-coup and pro-democracy activists, has issued a notification for Myanmar refugees in India to live in harmony with host communities.

As BJP-JJP tussle for Dushyant’s seat heats up in Haryana, alliance pushed to brink ahead of polls

Biplab Kumar Deb campaigned for former Union minister Birender Singh’s wife Prem Lata in Uchana earlier this week, prompting sitting MLA Dushyant to assert claim over his 'karmbhoomi'.

Lingayat turf Belagavi wonders if BJP’s still best bet, ‘mistreatment; of Yediyurappa, Shettar, Savadi stings

Belagavi is divisional headquarters of Kittur-Karnataka, where Lingayats are possibly the biggest influencers. Members of the community say they have much to deliberate upon before voting.

On Camera

Asim Munir wants to be guardian of the Middle East. He’s fated to fail at home

Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.