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TopicBihar election results

Topic: Bihar election results

Modi thinks he can win Bengal just like Bihar. Five reasons why he’s wrong

Sorry, Mr Prime Minister, but you have got this wrong. Bengal is not Bihar and will never be.

India is welfare-first, so why would Bihar be different?

Bihar will evolve and eventually prosper. But the nature of the country’s political economy means that the journey for Bihar, and India, is slower than some would like.

Not BJP, not EC, Congress MP Tariq Anwar says this party decision sealed its fate in Bihar

Weak candidates and a lack of coordination with alliance partner RJD were also factors, says the Lok Sabha MP from Katihar in an interview with ThePrint.

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The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Bihar rejected Rahul Gandhi’s divisive politics. Voters are nobody’s fools

Voters in Bihar don’t want dynastic politics, minority politics, or caste politics—all dead ducks flogged by the Congress Party in its regressive, divisionary, divisive game.

Scenes at BJP HQ after Bihar smash hit: An unfurled ‘gamcha’ & Modi’s roar—’garda uda diya’

The NDA registered a historic win in Bihar polls Friday. Several BJP leaders gathered at party headquarters in Delhi for the celebrations.

Bihar is now BJP’s responsibility. Double-engine governance must bring progress

The opposition was unable to erase the image of 'Jungle Raj' and leadership-by-birth remarks. Rahul Gandhi's 'vote chori' campaign added more trouble.

Down to single digit: What caused Congress’s undoing in Bihar 

Bihar was central to the party’s ‘vote chori’ allegations amid opposition over EC's electoral roll revision exercise.

How Nitish Kumar turned all rules of voter behaviour on their head

The conventional wisdom is that if a govt fails to improve the lot of the voters, it is punished. Kumar presided over an economic disaster for 20 years and was re-elected by a landslide.

Left follows in Mahagathbandhan’s trail, sinks to three seats in Bihar

In the 2020 Bihar Assembly election, CPI(ML)-L won 12 of the 19 seats it contested, and CPI and CPI(M) each won two seats.

On Camera

The 3 M’s Of Hinduphobia: Mill, Macaulay and Marx

Indians tend to fuss more about the damage done to the Indian psyche by Thomas B Macaulay’s infamous Minute of 1835, but he was preceded in this unholy endeavour by James Mill.

Indian bonds under pressure as RBI forex curbs raise rate hike risk

The RBI’s crackdown on bearish rupee positions may be followed by additional measures, including tighter limits on banks’ positions and further curbs in the offshore currency market, according to Barclays.

More ‘hits’ than Rheinmetall ever—Ukraine drone manufacturer claps back at CEO’s ‘housewives’ remark

Oleksandr Yakovenko, founder of Ukrainian drone maker TAF Industries, further went on to highlight the growing 'irrelevance' of European defence platforms.

Gulf war exposed India’s fragilities. It’s time for navel-gazing, in the national interest

It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.