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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 claims Delhi gave Rs 1 cr Covid compensation only to a Muslim doctor, but there are others

Soniya Agrawal -
BJP claims Dr Anas Mujahid's family is the only one to have received the Delhi govt's Rs 1 crore compensation. Mujahid died early in May while on Covid duty.

Ministry warning to Twitter over Sambit Patra ‘toolkit’ tweet was sent after BJP sought action

Shanker Arnimesh -
BJP leaders claim the controversy has been manufactured to dent the party's credibility. Congress, meanwhile, has lodged complaints with Twitter and the police.

Can 2024 become more challenging for Modi? Yes, but it’s all up to Congress

Shekhar Gupta -
Modi and Shah know Congress is the only likely challenger to them nationally, and the Gandhis are key to keeping it together. That’s why they need to be targeted ruthlessly.

Govt asks Twitter to drop ‘manipulated media’ tag from ‘toolkit’ tweets

PTI -
Sources said the govt has asked Twitter to not interfere in the investigation process to determine the veracity of the content, which deals with an alleged Congress toolkit.

Congress asks Twitter to suspend JP Nadda & Smriti Irani’s account in ‘toolkit case’

PTI -
Congress alleged that the 'gross misuse' of Twitter by the senior functionaries of BJP has led to dissemination of ‘false information and has the potential to cause social unrest’.

Twitter marks Sambit Patra post on Congress ‘toolkit’ as ‘manipulated media’

PTI -
BJP leaders, including Patra, have posted several tweets against Congress over the toolkit. Twitter says it 'may label Tweets' that include 'deceptively altered or fabricated' media.

Elections over, but no let-up in Governor Dhankhar’s ‘activism’ in Mamata’s Bengal

Madhuparna Das -
In 2 weeks since Mamata Banerjee took oath as Bengal CM a third time, Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar has visited political violence-hit areas and allowed current and ex-ministers to be prosecuted.

Why tech experts think BJP’s Sambit Patra’s claim about Congress toolkit could be fake

Regina Mihindukulasuriya -
BJP leader Sambit Patra shared two screenshots to connect the alleged toolkit to ‘tarnish the image’ of PM Modi to Congress MP Rajeev Gowda’s office.

7 leaders dead: Angry MP political families ask if postponing polls would’ve ‘shaken democracy’

Fatima Khan -
Top BJP and Congress politicians campaigned in Damoh for 17 April bypoll, even as Covid cases surged. Seven leaders died, while others lost family members.

‘Call it Modi strain’: BJP says Congress created toolkit to defame PM, Congress calls it fake

Unnati Sharma -
Alleged Congress toolkit was shared by BJP's Sambit Patra, who said the country's name is being tarnished 'with the help of foreign journalists'. Congress said will file FIR.
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Opinion

Prajwal Revanna case shows why and how sexual crimes by men in politics can go unchecked for years

Shubhangi Misra -
It would be a disservice to the women of Hassan to look at Prajwal Revanna’s alleged abuse of power as a ‘sex scandal’. Allegations against him show what ‘absolute power corrupts absolutely’ actually means.

Have Hindus passed the test by letting Droupadi Murmu enter Ram temple? Not yet

Manusmriti in a London church? 18th-century Britain’s Indomania loved everything Hindu

Economy

Air India reduces baggage allowance by 5-15 kg, bringing it in line with rest of industry

Yuthika Bhargava -
Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.

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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