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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.

Assam, Mizoram agree to ‘amicably resolve’ inter-state border dispute

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The two state govts agreed to not send their respective forest and police forces for patrolling, domination, enforcement or for fresh deployment to any of the conflict areas.

With booth abhiyaan & mobile app, BJP begins prep for 2022 Maharashtra civic polls

Manasi Phadke -
Under the BJP's 'Samarth Booth Abhiyaan', every party MP, MLA and district president has been asked to take responsibility of a certain number of booths in their constituencies.

18 opposition leaders blame govt for Parliament logjam, urge to hold debate on Pegasus

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Opposition leaders also said the govt has 'unleashed a misleading campaign to malign the combined opposition' and blaming it for the continued disruption of Parliament proceedings.

This Bihar NDA ally wants to contest UP elections in 2022. But BJP has set a condition

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Over the past few days, Hindustani Awam Morcha leader Santosh Manjhi met BJP brass and UP CM Adityanath. So did Ramdas Athawale of Republican Party of India (A).

Former CEO of Prasar Bharati & TMC leader Jawhar Sircar takes oath as Rajya Sabha member

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Sircar took oath in Bengali and was greeted by thumping of desk by fellow MPs. He has spent nearly 42 years in public service and is known as a vocal critic of the BJP govt.

Migrants become ‘sons of the soil’ as Goa passes bill keeping 2022 vote bank in mind

Manasi Phadke -
Late CM Manohar Parrikar at one point demanded 'special status' for Goa to curb ethnic dilution. Now, BJP's Bhumiputra bill gives anyone living in Goa for over 30 years a chance to own their house.

BJP says it doesn’t believe in dynastic politics, but its list of dynast leaders is ever-growing

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New Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai is the latest addition to the list of dynasts in a party that calls dynastic politics the 'biggest enemy' of democracy. Here's a list of 25 such leaders.

BJP embarks on 2-week long ‘Tiranga yatra’ from Haryana’s Bhiwani ahead of Independence Day

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While party's state chief OP Dhankar claimed that thousands of farmers joined the event Sunday, Samyukt Kisan Morcha said they will not oppose the ‘yatra’.

J&K BJP chief welcomes denial of security clearance for passports to ‘anti-national’ elements

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Jammu and Kashmir BJP chief Ravinder Raina Sunday said it would serve as a severe blow to those elements conspiring against the country and fleeing abroad to escape accountability.

Why Nitish replaced RCP Singh as JD(U) president after his induction as Union minister

Dipak Mishra -
At a national executive meeting of the JD(U) Saturday, Nitish Kumar appointed MP Rajiv Ranjan Singh, aka Lalan Singh, as party national president.
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Opinion

NTA was supposed to rescue exams from ‘Munna Bhais’. Now it’s part of the problem

Nootan Sharma -
National Testing Agency’s charter is to assess the 'competence of candidates' for admission and recruitment, but NEET and UGC-NET firestorms have put its own competency in question.

ED targeting Kejriwal, Opposition is bad politics for BJP. Data shows people not buying it

PM’s 100-day agenda may have to jettison core issues for coalition partners

Economy

India’s aviation sector set to boom under Modi 3.0 but ‘emerging duopoly’ could hurt consumers

Yuthika Bhargava -
Sector analysts warn that with Go First expected to remain grounded & SpiceJet struggling, industry is likely to consolidate to just 2-3 player market, hampering competition.

Defence

Army hospital commandant says no misuse of disability pension grant. ‘Scrutiny at all levels’

Smruti Deshpande -
Lt Gen Nilakantan says revised Entitlement Rules & Guide to Medical Officers for pensions had been revised to rationalise disability classification, quantification & granting of disability.

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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