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The Bharatiya Janta Party or the BJP is India’s biggest national party and currently rules the country. It was formed in 1980, though its origins lie in the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, which was founded in 1951. The BJP has been in power since 2014, with Narendra Modi as India’s prime minister.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

Shekhar Gupta -
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.

EC nixes ex-IPS officer’s nomination as BJP candidate in Bengal’s Birbhum but party saw it coming

Sreyashi Dey -
Debasish Dhar moves Calcutta HC, but it refuses to allow urgent listing of plea challenging cancellation of nomination. BJP had kept second candidate ready.

BJP faces Sinha factor in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh: father Yashwant backing Oppn, son Jayant out of fray

Niraj Sinha -
BJP has fielded Manish Jaiswal, a two-time MLA from Hazaribagh Sadar, whose rival is Congress’s Jai Prakash Bhai Patel, a three-term MLA from Mandu.

From lovers to political rivals: In West Bengal’s Bishnupur, it’s the battle of the exes

Sreyashi Dey -
In 2019, Sujata Mondal campaigned for her then husband, Saumitra Khan, after he was banned from entering the constituency. Today, they are in opposing corners — he in BJP and she in TMC.

EC’s MCC violation notices are curious. Will Nadda and Kharge pull up Modi and Gandhi?

ThePrint Team -
ThePrint view on the most important issues.

Every time the Congress thinks it has a ‘revolutionary’ idea, it shoots its own foot

Seshadri Chari -
From Sam Pitroda talking about inheritance tax to Goan candidate saying the Indian Constitution was 'forced' on Goa, Congress has been having its own foot-in-the-mouth moments.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase-2: ECI says 60.9% voter turnout recorded till 7 pm

ThePrint Team -
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase-2: Voting was held in all 20 seats in Kerala, besides 14 in Karnataka and 13 in Rajasthan.

Marking end of BJP-BJD bonhomie, Amit Shah tears into Naveen Patnaik — ‘You gave him 20 yrs, give us 5’

Moushumi Das Gupta -
Union home minister held Odisha CM responsible for depriving the state of development and benefits of central schemes, accused him of lowering the dignity of Puri in the name of tourism.

PM Modi isn’t trying to divide India on religion. Guilty are those demanding caste census

Ashwani Mahajan -
Though the word redistribution has not been used, the implication is clear: 'greater the population, more the rights'.

BJP files complaint to ECI for ‘malicious, false, unverified & defamatory’ ads by Congress

ANI -
In a letter to Election Commission of India, BJP says Congress published ads, just 2 days before polls, with the heading 'Chambu' to portray that Centre has cheated state of Karnataka.
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Opinion

Indira, Manmohan, Modi, all raised income inequality. Until Hindu fears took the driving seat

TCA Sharad Raghavan -
The issue of inequality has assumed the blazing limelight at a time when inequality in India is said to be higher than it was in the British Raj. It's a ripe situation for half-truths and incendiary statements.

Modi’s speech rightly questions politics of appeasement. Wrongly targets all Muslims

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Economy

Foreign policy resonating among more Indians in 2nd & 3rd tier towns of India, says EAM Jaishankar

Pia Krishnankutty -
Speaking at launch of economist Surjit Bhalla’s book, S Jaishankar also highlights Gen Z’s engagement with ‘reel culture’, which has 'promoted awareness, created interest in many subjects'.

Defence

Germany removes restrictions, India can now buy small arms from its firms

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.

National Interest

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

Shekhar Gupta -
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.

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