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Topic: BJP

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.

Five predictable results make for an uncertain 2019

Shekhar Gupta -
BJP's leadership has earned itself a post-Bihar reprieve, but it hasn't brought them a more convincing nationwide claim in 2019.

Assam’s 35-year saffronisation

Shekhar Gupta -
RSS changed Assam's political fault line from anti-outsider to anti-migrant to anti-Muslim infiltrator, and simply borrowed leadership from other parties.

When proxy comes to shove

Shekhar Gupta -
That attack is on Arun Jaitley, but the target is Narendra Modi — so watch the next four weeks to see how the PM responds.

Narendra Modi – candidate to PM

Shekhar Gupta -
Why the prime minister's legacy will depend on how he governs, not the number of state elections he fights as personality contests.

A heartland-rending tussle

Shekhar Gupta -
Why and how the BJP and the Congress respond to the faith-versus-caste debate will still shape politics.

Mainstreaming the lynch-fringe

Shekhar Gupta -
Dadri killing is a chilling turning point in our politics, as no one condemns the mob outright

Back to future on a postage stamp

Shekhar Gupta -
Why RSS/BJP's war against Nehru & heirs is as cussed as it is revealing about their lack of alternative heroes.

Confessions of a Shakhahari

Shekhar Gupta -
Raised on a diet of RSS pedagogy at a Shishu Mandir, the writer looks at what it means when Nagpur 'takes the class' of the govt.

Speaking truth to the great orator

Shekhar Gupta -
Modi is by far India's most powerful, domineering, instinctive — and very popular — political figure. Why then is his government floundering? 

Modi’s next test: The ‘other’ minority issue

Shekhar Gupta -
In a democracy, the smallest minority also has a voice and, however much you may detest it, a special right to be heard over the din of the majority.
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Phase 5 is crunch time for BJP—UP will boost INDIA, Maharashtra will clear up real vs fake

+TFP Yogendra Yadav -
Just like Phase 3, in this round too, the NDA stands to lose ground due to the sheer number of seats it had won the last time — 39 of the 49 seats, of which the BJP alone had won 32.

Banker N Vaghul was key player in liberalisation. Narasimha Rao to Vajpayee relied on him

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Economy

What’s geopolitical recession? World seems to be heading for one

Spencer Feingold -
The long-term rise of China and the 'Global South', combined with a decline of European and Japanese economic power is driving a fundamental shift.

Defence

With defence push, India looks to capture markets in Africa beyond western Indian Ocean

Smruti Deshpande -
India’s defence sector is trying to penetrate the African market. But with China already extending significant influence, India must now play catch-up.      

National Interest

Abki baar 90 paar for Congress? Why even 30 more seats will ruffle BJP

Shekhar Gupta -
Discussion about outcome of Lok Sabha polls continues to boil in cauldron of expectations only from BJP. Now reverse this equation, what if we asked about the performance of the 'loser'?

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