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Topic: BJP chief

Elected Bengal BJP chief, Samik Bhattacharya is party’s RSS-backed warhorse

Neelam Pandey -
New Delhi: Ahead of the crucial assembly elections scheduled for next year in West Bengal, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has appointed senior party leader...

How new Maharashtra BJP chief Ravindra Chavan, Fadnavis loyalist with RSS roots, could rattle Shinde Sena

Purva Chitnis -
BJP's main Maratha face in Thane, Chavan, is expected to use his organisational strength & grassroots connections in the Konkan to pull in urban votes during the MMR local body polls.

BJP MLA Raja Singh resigns, accuses party leaders of blocking nomination for post of state chief

Prasad Nichenametla -
Even as the 3-term MLA of Old Hyderabad protested, ex-MLC Ramchander Rao filed nomination papers for the Telangana party chief post on Monday.

In images, Amit Shah meets top BJP leaders in contention to replace him as party chief

ThePrint Team -
State party leaders including JP Nadda, Bhupender Yadav, Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Vasundhara Raje were present at the meeting.

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Opinion

Pew’s religious diversity study is producing perverse results

R Jagannathan -
Pew’s survey on religious diversity around the world is interesting, but simply lacks enough nuance to warrant serious consideration.

To trade coders for Legos, India needs a better deal

Joining Pax Silica is not all positives for India. We must guard strategic autonomy

Economy

In 1st budget under BJP mayor in 44 yrs, BMC hikes outlay to Rs 81k crore, focus on big-ticket infra

Purva Chitnis -
India's richest civic body’s outlay is 8.77% higher than last year’s, with the biggest allocation being made for infra growth. BMC also proposed an AI boost to its service delivery.

Defence

What to expect on the defence front as Modi embarks on Israel visit, second since 2017

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The two sides will sign a framework agreement on defence cooperation that will allow companies from both sides to collaborate deeper.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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