Topic: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Guns, Swedes and the Gandhis — how the Bofors scam tested the limits of the CBI’s power
In ‘A Road Well Travelled’, former CBI chief R.K. Raghavan writes about investigating the 2002 Gujarat riots, Bofors scam and cricket match-fixing scandal.
On this day 69 years ago, 200 leaders formed Jana Sangh. It is now the BJP
On 21 October 1951, delegates from all over the country congregated for a convention in central Delhi to form the Bharatiya Jana Sangh. Its later avatar is now ruling dozens of Indian states.
Modi’s worry is not opposition, it’s Yogi Adityanath. Being Vajpayee is the answer
BJP’s expanded social base among backward classes and Dalits is faced with the growing perception about ‘Thakurwad’ or pro-upper caste leanings.
Vajpayee took journalists, analysts to Kargil frontlines. In 2020, Modi can’t even say ‘China’
In 1999, the government allowed the world to see Pakistan’s Kargil invasion and the Indian army's resolve. But Narendra Modi has reversed gears on transparency.
On 15 August, Modi will become India’s longest-serving non-Congress prime minister
Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the Prime Minister of India for a total of 2,273 days. Modi will level up with that record on 14 August.
Lalji Tandon — Madhya Pradesh Governor, Vajpayee protege and Mayawati’s ‘rakhi brother’
Governor & former BJP MP Lalji Tandon, who joined the RSS at the age of 12 and had been in active politics since early 1960s, died Tuesday at the age of 85.
Don’t absolve Modi by saying he doesn’t have the right team to bring in economic reforms
Modi has always found a way to achieve his political goals— Article 370 to Ram Mandir. Shekhar Gupta can’t blame the PM's bureaucrats for his economic failures.
Remember Vajpayee-Nehru episode? That is why Congress must let Modi off the hook on China
PM Modi must be let off the hook, not because he deserves to but because not doing so would hurt all of us collectively. Think 1962.
Ajit Jogi played in Congress’ big-boy league, convinced each camp he was their ‘utility’ man
Ajit Jogi liked telling tales about ‘Diggy raja’, whom he loved to hate, but couldn't achieve much in MP politics. Luck finally smiled on him with Chhattisgarh's creation in 2000.
RSS had a swagger under Vajpayee. Former pracharak Modi has tamed it
Labour reforms in BJP-ruled UP and MP drew a whimper of a protest from RSS labour wing, Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh. Then Gujarat and Goa followed suit.
How France-Turkey’s probable but unlikely conflict has been shaped by Erdogan’s politics
In episode 604 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta explains the recent France-Turkey conflict and the deeper implications of this row.
Tax revenues decline 22% in April-September, at one-fourth of full year target
Tax revenues declined 22 per cent from the year-ago period to Rs 4.58 lakh crore and were at 28 per cent of the full year target of Rs 16.36 lakh crore in the April-September period.
Defence
Army develops WhatsApp-like app for personnel to dodge risk of communication leaks
The Secure Application for Internet supports secure voice, text and video-calling services for Android platforms over the internet. It is end-to-end encrypted.
Trump or Biden? Doesn’t matter to India-US ties as they’re in a full, strategic embrace
Pompeo & Esper’s visit to India for the 2+2 talks is proof that old hypocrisies are history, and supreme national interest has again driven a strategic choice.