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Friday, April 10, 2026
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Topic: BJP IT cell

BJP turned social media into its biggest asset. Now it’s the Modi govt’s biggest liability

The Modi government appears unable to shake itself free of X. It is increasingly pandering to social media outrage, a silent enabler of the monster it has itself created. 

SubscriberWrites: Reels, Memes, and Votes– BJP’s blind spot in the age of Saiyaara

Despite being a frontrunner in organizational strength and electoral management, BJP has not fully capitalized on youth preferred social media platforms and meme-based communication.

‘Congress office in Turkey’ claim: After FIRs, Arnab’s Republic TV admits error, Amit Malviya defiant

Complaints filed after Arnab Goswami-led Republic TV ran visuals of building in Türkiye claiming it was Congress party office. Visuals were shared by BJP functionary Amit Malviya.

How she likes her popcorn: Fresh, hot & taxed

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

Author of RSS books Ratan Sharda blasts BJP’s Amit Malviya for ‘trolling citizens’ over Budget

Calling this a ‘serious problem’, the Organiser columnist said Malviya should not insult citizens, but instead allay fears.

More IT warriors, influencers, quality content: BJP’s push to up social media ante for 2024

BJP MPs attend social media workshop where party chief J. P. Nadda asks them to focus on pushing larger narrative, including government’s popular schemes, on social media.

From ‘I had idli’ to political megaphone, how tiny Twitter punches above its weight in India

Twitter has far less reach than WhatsApp or even Facebook, so why do political parties think it’s so important?

BJP turns focus on UP IT cell, lays out strategy to boost social media presence for polls

The BJP is in the process of enrolling 1,63,000 IT coordinators and members for its social media units to be set up across the Uttar Pradesh.

Introspection — ‘New Year resolution’ for political parties & Modi’s call for facts

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

‘Manipulated media’ — Twitter flags BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya’s farmer protest tweet

Malviya had claimed Rahul Gandhi’s tweet showing a cane-wielding policeman charging an old farmer was ‘propaganda’, but fact-checkers have shown it was real.

On Camera

A stronger Iran has emerged from the rubble. US learned the lesson 40 days late

The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

Theaterisation proposal to be shared with defence ministry in a week or so—CDS Gen Anil Chauhan

Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.