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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.

Himachal assembly Speaker disqualifies 6 Congress MLAs, ruling party regains a majority for now

Saurabh Chauhan -
MLAs, defying whip issued by Congress, stayed absent when cut motion & budget were put to vote. Speaker says MLAs 'attracted provisions of anti-defection law against them'.

Ideology is dead. Rajya Sabha cross-voting shows politics is a livestock market now

+TFP Vir Sanghvi -
I believed that getting rid of secret ballots ended the menace of money-fuelled Rajya Sabha elections. But this week’s polls show that we overestimated the dignity of some of our legislators.

Vikramaditya makes U-turn but Sukhu govt in Himachal still on slippery slope after BJP’s ‘near-coup’

Shanker Arnimesh -
Cross-voting by 6 Congress MLAs in favour of BJP in Rajya Sabha polls set off political crisis in Himachal Pradesh. State BJP leaders claim Sukhu govt ‘no longer enjoys majority’.

Himachal Speaker ‘expels’ 15 BJP MLAs after the party seeks division of votes on budget 

Saurabh Chauhan -
Move comes a day after cross-voting by six Congress MLAs and three Independents led to BJP winning RS seat.  ‘Dictatorship’, says former CM Jai Ram Thakur.   

Question mark on Congress govt’s survival in Himachal after BJP springs surprise in Rajya Sabha polls

Saurabh Chauhan -
Six from ruling party & three Independents cross-voted to facilitate BJP’s win despite Congress's numerical strength in assembly. Votes were tied & Mahajan won through draw of lots.

In DMK-ruled Tamil Nadu, PM Modi reminisces about Amma, MGR & Ekta Yatra to woo voters for LS polls

Sagrika Kissu -
Centre had allotted more funds for welfare of state in last ten years than any other governments in past, PM adds, as he spearheads BJP efforts to make a foray in Dravidian state.

Gujarat Congress faces major blow as its Rajya Sabha MP Naran Rathwa joins BJP

PTI -
Rathwa told media that he does not harbour any resentment towards Congress, but decided to join BJP so that the state’s tribal region does not lag behind in development journey.

Once Priyanka confidant, now Modi fan — Pramod Krishnam’s journey from zamindar family to Kalki Dham

Shubhangi Misra -
Days after Congress expelled him, Acharya Pramod Krishnam shared stage with PM Modi & UP CM Yogi Adityanath who accepted his invite to lay foundation stone for Kalki Dham in Sambhal.

Origins & evolution of BJP’s dalliance with Shia Muslims, the ‘minority within minority’

+TFP Sanya Dhingra -
Traditionally, BJP’s outreach to Shias, who make up an estimated 15% of India's Muslim population, has been predicated on community’s religious leadership. But that is now changing.

Tamil Maanila Congress joins NDA ahead of LS polls. Annamalai hails it as sign of BJP’s future

Akshaya Nath -
Alliance forged on the heels of AIADMK snapping ties with BJP. Party chief G.K. Vasan says he expects BJP to take care of welfare of Tamil Nadu and Tamils around the world.
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‘My bat, my rules’ shouldn’t govern NEET. It eliminates poor students even before the match begins

Tanush Sawhney -
In gully cricket, the batting order is often randomly decided by holding up numbers behind a person’s back as they unknowingly call out names. Let chance rectify the problems with NEET too.

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Economy

Multidimensional Poverty isn’t a poverty line, lacks ‘information content’ — Surjit Bhalla & Pronab Sen

Sampurna Panigrahi -
In a conversation with ThePrint, the two economists talked about how India needs a national poverty line, an updated Census, and must focus on releasing more data instead of less.

Defence

India’s indigenous light tank ‘Zorawar’ unveiled, fastest product development by DRDO, L&T

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Tank will go for desert trials later this yr in coordination with Army & eventually high-altitude areas of Ladakh to test its capabilities to operate in such terrain & extreme winters.

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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