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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.

Violence breaks out in Bengal day after poll results, BJP office torched, party blames TMC

PTI -
BJP alleges 6 of its workers and supporters were killed in the violence, Centre seeks factual report from state govt while Mamata Banerjee calls for calm.

Why playing up Jagan candidate’s ‘Christian faith’ didn’t work for BJP in temple town Tirupati

Rishika Sadam -
In Tirupati Lok Sabha bypoll, BJP’s K. Ratnaprabha finished a distant third, accounting for just 5.17% of the vote-share. YSRCP's Maddila Gurumoorthy is the new MP.

Trinamool turncoats fail BJP in Bengal polls, Suvendu & Mukul Roy the few face savers

Madhuparna Das -
Of the 148 defectors from Trinamool Congress that got BJP tickets, including over a dozen sitting MLAs, only six have won, leading to more disgruntlement within the saffron party.

Where is the opposition in Modi’s India? It is here and finally with a face

Rajat Roy -
A new window has just opened for the Opposition as they corner the Modi government. And Mamata Banerjee now seems a veteran.

BJP wins first bypoll in Maharashtra since it lost power to MVA, wrests seat from NCP

Manasi Phadke -
BJP’s Samadhan Autade defeats NCP candidate Bhagirath Bhalke, with a margin of 3,733 votes. The bypoll was necessitated after NCP MLA Bharat Bhalke's death due to Covid last year.

Bengal is Modi-Shah’s biggest flop show. Indian politics won’t be the same after this defeat

D.K. Singh -
Sunday’s result showed Modi’s popularity & Shah’s vaunted ‘Chanakyan’ strategy weren’t good enough for a regional satrap who possesses skill and will to fight.

Didi is now the dada of Bengal. This is India’s ‘jhaal muri’ moment

Shobhaa De -
Didi converted the humble wheelchair into a chariot or a throne fit for a queen. ‘Senti’ Indians loved it.

BJP wins Morva Hadaf assembly bypoll in Gujarat

PTI -
BJP state president C R Paatil and CM Vijay Rupani expressed their gratitude to the voters and party workers for ensuring a huge victory for the BJP candidate in Gujarat.

‘Sweet revenge’: How Prashant Kishor took on mighty Modi-Shah machine & ruined BJP plans

Moushumi Das Gupta -
It isn’t Bengal alone. Prashant Kishor and his Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) were also the strategists for DMK, which looks set to win in Tamil Nadu,

Why BJP’s Bengal blitzkrieg and Modi-Shah attacking Mamata have failed

Neelam Pandey -
BJP’s hopes of forming its first government in Bengal crumbled Sunday as trends for 2021 assembly elections pointed to a clear victory — third in a row — for Mamata Banerjee’s TMC 
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Opinion

Tirupati scandal isn’t political or communal. It’s about temple economics

R Jagannathan -
A private temple could make crores by selling better laddus and investing in goshalas and captive production units to control quality.

PM Modi is rescuer of India’s stolen heritage. He’s reclaiming country’s past, lost identity

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Falling fertility rates won’t stop economic growth. See Tamil Nadu

Economy

After a brief surge, private investment & hiring has again turned cautious. Focus is on cutting debt

TCA Sharad Raghavan -
Financial year 2022-23 saw private investments & hiring surge, but since then firms are using cash to reduce debt. General elections didn’t help matters, either.

Defence

Morocco signs pact with Tata for joint manufacture of WhAP Infantry Fighting Vehicle

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The armoured platform is India's first amphibious infantry combat wheeled vehicle. Last year, the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces had procured 90 military trucks from the Tata Group.

National Interest

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

Shekhar Gupta -
How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?

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