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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.

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 

Pinarayi Vijayan’s instincts show what smart politics can look like, even for Communists

ThePrint Team -
ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

BJP leads in early trends of Morva Hadaf Assembly bypoll in Gujarat

PTI -
Out of 15,391 votes counted in the first 4 rounds, BJP's Nimisha Suthar bagged 11,240 votes, while Congress rival Suresh Katara was trailing by 3,547 votes.

BJP’s ‘Metro Man’ Sreedharan leads in Kerala’s Palakkad with over 3,000 votes

Fatima Khan -
E. Sreedharan is up against incumbent Congress MLA Shafi Parambil and CPM’s C. P. Promod. His decision to join BJP & contesting Kerala polls was much debated.

BJP takes lead in Assam — aided by infrastructure push and move away from ethnic identity

Ruhi Tewari -
If the BJP wins in Assam, how it tackles the CM question between Sarbananda Sonowal and Himanta Biswa Sarma remains to be seen.

TMC edge in Bengal, BJP win in Assam, LDF sweep in Kerala — what exit polls say

Fatima Khan -
The exit polls predictions for four states and one UT were made Thursday. The results will be declared on 2 May.

Facebook Oversight Board says post critiquing RSS, BJP highlights minority concerns, allows it

Regina Mihindukulasuriya -
Upon its review of the post which included the video, the oversight board says decision to remove it was not in line with Facebook's community standards.

BJP, EC have ‘blood of Covid patients on their hands’, says Trinamool Congress

PTI -
TMC MP Sougata Roy says PM Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah addressed poll rallies despite a surge in Covid cases.

2021 election has ended the Bengal exceptionalism. It’s now seeing American-style management

Yogendra Yadav -
For long, Bengal’s party competition was unique. Campaigns were about political cadres speaking an ideological language. Not anymore.

In West Bengal, why Covid is likely to turn the poll turf in favour of Mamata

Taberez Neyazi -
Out of the total 31 Facebook ads released by the TMC since 17 March, more than half focused on Covid mishandling by the Modi government.
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You can’t ‘wish away’ China, India must balance economic & security considerations, says Sanjeev Sanyal

TCA Sharad Raghavan -
Sanyal, an economist & member of the Economic Advisory Council to PM, also suggests that if India is to import parts from China, why not allow Chinese companies to manufacture in India.

Defence

Compete, coexist, confront & contest: Army chief General Dwivedi says on dealing with China

Smruti Deshpande -
Referring to current situation, General Upendra Dwivedi says it is stable but not normal; instead, sensitive. He adds the diplomatic side can only come up with certain options.

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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