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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.

Himanta Sarma is reading RSS-Modi politics wrong. Hardliner image won’t help beyond a point

+TFP D.K. Singh -
Himanta Biswa Sarma must remember that Modi today is all about Sri Aurobindo’s spiritual Hindutva, not Savarkar’s political Hindutva.

Does BJP’s double-engine sarkar achieve its basic claim of better growth? Data says no

Nilakantan RS -
Data reveals no correlation between economic growth and the ‘double-engine’ govts. If anything, states with govts formed by a different political party at the state level perform slightly better.

BJP gears up for 2024 Lok Sabha polls with core group meeting for five states

ANI -
The party, in the group meeting for Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, and Rajasthan, discussed ST seats, Sandeshkali and other key issues.

‘Blind and lame joined hands, ignoring ground realities’ — BJP on AAP-Congress pact in Gujarat

PTI -
Under seat-sharing agreement, AAP will contest 2 out of 24 seats in Gujarat while supporting Congress candidates in the rest.

Sandeshkhali case is no Hindu-Muslim issue. TMC and BJP must stop with their blame games

Amana Begam -
Mamata Banerjee hasn’t demonstrated empathy and urgency in dealing with the allegations and is accusing BJP of politicising the issue. BJP, too, is more interested in cornering TMC.

‘BJP happy with woes of Delhi’s residents, trying to stop water bills scheme,’ says AAP leader

PTI -
AAP’s national spokesperson and Delhi Urban Development Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj said BJP ‘boycotted’ the meeting called by CM Arvind Kejriwal to address this ‘pressing issue.’

How BJP’s Vanathi Srinivasan became Tamil Nadu’s 1st MLA to earn ISO certified tag for her office

Akshaya Nath -
Certification is for 3 yrs, subject to annual review. Coimbatore South MLA says she is keen on changing perception about lawmakers becoming unapproachable post elections.

‘BJP doesn’t need Kamal Nath. Its doors are closed for him,’ says Kailash Vijayvargiya

PTI -
Speculations are rife ever since former MP CM Nath and his son reached New Delhi last week. However, Nath confidant Sajjan Singh Verma had denied reports that he would join BJP.

‘Busy because you became a minister…’ Amit Shah pulls up 3 Rajasthan ministers at Bikaner meeting

Shanker Arnimesh -
Bikaner city president also in firing line. About 200 leaders from Bikaner cluster were called Tuesday to review progress of Lok Sabha election preparation, party insiders say.

Question of survival for Amma’s ‘chosen one’ — why OPS is pinning hopes on BJP

Aneesa PA -
Former Tamil Nadu CM has faced several setbacks, including in courts, after his expulsion from party in 2022. AIADMK's K. Swaminathan says OPS has exhausted all his options.
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Opinion

Mamata’s brush with protesting doctors serves a lesson. She’s now a failed Chief Minister

Monideepa Banerjie -
In the last 42 days of cease work, the junior doctors achieved unprecedented support from the people of Kolkata and beyond. And very little concessions from CM Mamata Banerjee.

Access to reading glasses can boost India’s GDP by $16 billion

Oxfam data on India’s wealth inequalities is absurd. Sitharaman must make GST collection public

Economy

Chemistry of curd to physics of paratha, GST rates on food are a multi-disciplinary tangle

+TFP TCA Sharad Raghavan -
Issue of GST on food items is in news again after hotel owner’s viral interaction with Finance Minister Sitharaman last week. But complexities highlighted go back further in time.

Defence

Indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant joins Navy’s Western Fleet, ready for deployment

Smruti Deshpande -
With the integration of the deck-based fighter jets MiG-29K now complete, Vikrant now has an overall capability to carry 30 helicopters and fixed-wing fighters.

National Interest

BJP’s Northeast policy has lit new fires & reopened old wounds. And it still won’t blink

Shekhar Gupta -
Manipur represents BJP’s unique ideological approach to governing Northeast by playing identity politics jiu-jitsu. It hasn’t gone well yet, is getting worse, but the party insists on continuing.

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