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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.

BJP is remodelling India as a one-party state. And there’s a striking resemblance to China

+TFP Shruti Kapila -
Modern China gave the world capitalism without democracy. Now India looks set to give the world a one-party state in a multi-party polity.

Why minister Nitin Gadkari is thinking about quitting politics

+TFP D.K. Singh -
Only four of the 19 Cabinet ministers inducted in 2014 survive in Modi 2.0 today—Nitin Gadkari, Rajnath Singh, Narendra Tomar, Smriti Irani. Now they're gripped with uncertainty.

Brothel raid on Meghalaya BJP vice-chief strains ties with NPP 6 months before polls

Angana Chakrabarti -
After BJP state vice-president Bernard Marak’s arrest Tuesday, the party has accused Conrad Sangma govt of 'political vendetta'. The NPP says police were doing their job.

BJP youth leader’s murder in Dakshina Kannada planned & linked to another killing, police say

Madhuparna Das -
Praveen Nettaru was hacked to death by two bike-born attackers on 26 June. Police consider bringing charges of UAPA against suspects in the case.

Sitharaman illness an ‘excuse’ — Urdu press says govt stalling inflation, GST debates in House

Abantika Ghosh -
ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

Congress leader Adhir Chowdhury apologises to President Murmu for his ‘rashtrapatni’ remark

PTI -
In a letter to the President, Chowdhury said that he mistakenly used an incorrect word for her and it was a slip of tongue.

NIA will probe murder case of BJP youth leader, says Karnataka CM Bommai

ANI -
Praveen Nettaru, a young BJP worker, was attacked with lethal weapons by unidentified people on a bike in Bellare in Dakshina Kannada.

Shift in strategy? 92 Muslim candidates from BJP elected as councillors in MP local body polls

Shanker Arnimesh -
BJP gave tickets to as many as 380 Muslim candidates for local body polls, and Muslim BJP candidates defeated Hindu Congress candidates in at least 25 wards.

BJP seeks Congress apology as MP Adhir refers to President Droupadi Murmu as ‘rashtrapatni’

Neelam Pandey -
Ministers Smriti Irani & Nirmala Sitharamaman train guns at Congress president Sonia Gandhi for Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury's 'sexist remark'. Both houses of Parliament adjourned over the outrage.

TV news had an odd week with no BJP for a change—AAP in Punjab, Congress protests, TMC scam

Shailaja Bajpai -
Sonia Gandhi's ED coverage was the same old story. But Arvind Kejriwal has joined Mamata Banerjee on the news, and that doesn’t look too good.
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Opinion

America, your Natural History museum has a problem. ‘Hall of Asian Peoples’ is a hall of shame

+TFP Priya Satia -
Every day, the New York City’s American Museum of Natural History, a popular school trip destination, exposes children to racist depictions that enable hate crimes against Asian Americans.

90 mins is a long time in politics. Trump-Biden debate may be the push Democratic Party needed

Biden couldn’t answer that single burning question in the debate. It’ll cost the Democrats

Economy

Unproductive speculation, rising household debt — SEBI, RBI’s concerns about India’s F&O market

TCA Sharad Raghavan -
RBI said India’s rising retail participation in the F&O market may pose several challenges, and the stock of household debt is 'comparatively high' in relation to GDP per capita.

Defence

Base price of Rafale agreed upon, fighters for Navy to have India-specific enhancements

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Navy team has already visited Ambala air station where IAF has kept one squadron of Rafales to understand commonalities of maintenance that can be pursued.

National Interest

Modi’s new universe: the normal irritants of democracy & awkward chai with Rahul Gandhi

Shekhar Gupta -
Changed reality for Modi govt in its 3rd innings is by no means rise of a new phenomenon. It's a return to old normal where even majorities had to routinely wrestle with storied million mutinies.

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