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BJP changes Bengal campaign strategy, will now target Congress to ensure three-way contest

Congress is strong in a number of seats in last 4 phases, and if its alliance with Left & cleric Abbas Siddiqui takes some anti-BJP vote, it’ll impact Mamata’s TMC.

Opposition guarded as BJP welcomes ASI survey of Kashi temple and Gyanvapi mosque

Top Muslim leaders said they would challenge the Varanasi court order while AIMIM questions legality of order. Opposition parties such as SP, BSP and TMC have refused to comment.

DBT to Punjab farmers for wheat are reformist. Too much in India runs on spoken word

ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

Same same, but little different — how Priyanka Gandhi’s campaign style compares with Rahul

Priyanka Gandhi has gone beyond UP for the first time, moving across Assam tea gardens and Kerala temples. It's an easy approach, say experts, but ultimately only votes can measure success.

Caste was never a big issue in Bengal politics. This assembly election has changed that

Banerjee sowed seeds of caste-based politics, starting with pursuing the Matua clan comprising Hindu refugees. Now BJP has promised them citizenship. Other SC/ST votes also being eyed.

Why BJP is still in a dilemma about ‘PM Modi’s Hanuman’ Chirag Paswan

Amit Shah had said LJP’s future as NDA member would be considered after assembly polls. More than 5 months later, JD(U) continues to humiliate Chirag, but BJP is quiet.

BJP not an election-winning machine but movement to win hearts: Modi on party foundation day

On a day four states and one union territory go to polls, PM Modi attacks BJP's 'enemies' and says they are using false narratives and white lies to create political instability in the country.

How the BJP-AIADMK alliance isn’t sitting well in Kanyakumari — with anyone

AIADMK’s alliance with BJP in Tamil Nadu elections may be the most talked-about in the southern state. But this is coming at a price for the ruling party.

BJP got blinded by Article 370 success. Now it’s getting a reality check

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's ‘oversight’ on small savings interest rate is the latest example of the BJP govt bowing to popular sentiment.

Yediyurappa doesn’t want to see it, but Modi and Shah have sent the signal for Karnataka

There is no way that Modi and Shah will go to the next Karnataka election with an 80-year-old man as the BJP’s face.

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You can’t ‘wish away’ China, India must balance economic & security considerations, says Sanjeev Sanyal

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.

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

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.

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

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?