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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.

Modi hat-trick in 2024? Amit Shah preparing to strike with a ‘multi-pronged’ plan

R Rajagopalan -
At a high-level meeting on 6 September, Home Minister Amit Shah stressed on winning at least 72 of 144 seats the BJP had lost previously.

Opposition needs to have an electoral game plan. Criticism of Modi is not enough

Joshua Castelino -
Campus Voice is an initiative by ThePrint where young Indians get an opportunity to express their opinions on a prevalent issue.

‘Work of psychopaths, no motive’ — mass shooting in Bihar’s Begusarai leaves cops stumped

Dipak Mishra -
1 person was killed during the shooting & 9 injured. The shooters are yet to be identified and arrested. BJP alleges crime on the rise in Bihar since grand alliance came to power.

Gujarat auto driver whom Kejriwal met didn’t hang Modi’s portrait at home, viral image morphed

Sukriti Vats -
An auto rickshaw driver, Vikram Dantani, who lives in Gujarat's Ahmedabad, had invited Kejriwal to have dinner at his home, stating that he was a ‘big fan’ of the AAP leader.

‘Congress chhodo yatra begins from Goa:’ 8 of 11 party MLAs resolve to join ruling BJP

Ishadrita Lahiri -
The MLAs who called for the merger are former state CM Digambar Kamat, BJP turncoat Michael Lobo, his wife Delilah Lobo, Rajesh Phaldesai, Kedar Naik, Sankalp Amonkar, Aleixo Sequeira and Rudolf Fernandes.

Why India’s democracy ranking should be taken with a grain of salt

Salvatore Babones -
It is difficult to escape the suggestion ranking organisations may have unwittingly been drawn into taking sides in India’s domestic politics.

8 of 11 Congress MLAs in Goa will join ruling BJP, claims state party chief Sadanand Tanvade

ThePrint Team -
The assertion comes barely two months after the main Opposition got a scare in July when five of its MLAs went incommunicado before the Monsoon Session, but later joined proceedings.

‘Delhi govt’s failed promises, liquor scam’ — how BJP plans to corner AAP in Gujarat, HP & MCD

Neelam Pandey -
BJP launches coordinated attack on Kejriwal's party, hoping Delhi civic polls will happen alongside assembly polls in Gujarat & Himachal. Circulates videos to show 'real face of AAP'.

Modi’s ‘sabka saath, sabka vikas’ mantra finds a new meaning in BJP’s organisational revamp

D.K. Singh -
While the projection of inclusiveness may be true to a certain extent, it also depends on the leaders’ utility and perceived loyalty quotient.

There’s something about the way Modi’s using BJP—Like Left Front, it hurts democracy

Subhasish Ray -
It's best to describe the BJP in its current avatar as a ‘movement’ party—one that seeks to upend ‘obsolete’ ways of doing things and replace them with its own values.
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Opinion

Stop targeting Galgotias University students. Focus on politicians instead

Akanksha Mishra -
Going through their Instagrams and dissecting their ‘statements’ is not the astute political commentary you think it is—it is time for us to back off from targeting 20-year-olds.

How a North Indian Muslim woman saw Wayanad—inclusive mosques, mangalsutras for non-Hindus

BJP needs to be Bengalified. Go beyond rosogolla, eat pantabhaat, know what’s hodol kutkut

Economy

High capacity usage, fresh borrowings & new orders — why FY25 could be a big year for pvt investment

TCA Sharad Raghavan -
Companies are borrowing more from banks and public. Economists say high capacity utilisation & growing new orders could set stage for renewed investment push by India Inc.

Defence

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

Snehesh Alex Philip -
New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.

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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