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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.

Is MCC redundant? What Modi announcing policy decisions in poll-bound states means for EC code

Shanker Arnimesh -
Mid-poll campaigning is not new for BJP. But ongoing election season marks a departure from BJP poll playbook in that key announcements were made by Modi on ground zero.

Malegaon blast accused Pragya Thakur falls out of favour with BJP, kept out of MP poll campaign

Neelam Pandey -
Bhopal MP is known to speak 'out of turn' and trigger controversies. State unit says absence from campaigning 'could be because of personal commitments'.

BJP gifted khadi vouchers to office employees on Diwali. Nobody was impressed

Bharat Agrawal -
Back in Karnataka, the BJP rekindles family ties by appointing BS Yediyurappa's son Vijayendra as party state president.

‘Krishna vs Kansa’ — BJP makes renewed push for elusive Yadav votes after Bihar caste survey

Dipak Mishra -
On Govardhan Puja, party mobilised thousands of Yadavs to attend a function in Patna. BJP has 7 MLAs and 3 MPs in state, but previous attempts to woo community weren't very successful.

‘Believed in anti-dynastic ideology’ — BJP leaders upset as Yediyurappa’s son made Karnataka chief

Sharan Poovanna -
Though a few say Vijayendra’s elevation is need of the hour, an old timer asserts party's ideological roots are shaken. A BJP MLA says this decision has splintered party further.

‘Akhilesh-Vakhilesh’ aside, Telangana Muslims will determine Congress’ place in INDIA

+TFP D.K. Singh -
The AIMIM and the BRS, though never in an alliance, are the closest allies. KCR virtually stays away from Owaisi's turf, Hyderabad; the latter supports the ruling party elsewhere.

‘Forced religious conversion will be banned in Chhattisgarh if BJP comes to power,’ says Rajnath

PTI -
Addressing a rally in Sitapur constituency, the Defence Minister said Congress calls itself ‘hero’ but it is ‘zero’ in doing development.

‘Concrete action, not verbal assurances’ — Urdu press calls on BJP to initiate national caste census 

Heena Fatima -
ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

BJP names Yediyurappa’s son Vijayendra as Karnataka party chief

Sharan Poovanna -
BJP’s decision flies in face of its oft-repeated charge of ‘dynastic politics’ against Congress. Vijayendra replaces Nalin Kumar Kateel, under whose leadership BJP lost 2023 Assembly polls.

BJP rulebook mentions ‘secular’ more than Congress’. The word is not leaving Constitution

Rahul Shivshankar -
Those who apprehend that BJP secretly aspires to remove ‘secular’ from the Preamble of the Constitution forget that it would first have to amend its own party’s constitution.
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Hassan Nasrallah’s assassination underlines Israel’s military supremacy. Will it win peace?

+TFP Praveen Swami -
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has no intention of being drawn into another attritional war with Hezbollah. His commanders they are unlikely to win.

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Economy

10 yrs ago, battery leasing failed to boost demand for EV cars in India. Now, it’s making a comeback

Yuthika Bhargava -
Under this model, battery is provided to EV owners on a subscription basis or lease. With more people open to buying EV cars, the lower upfront cost could likely drive wider acceptance.

Defence

Morocco signs pact with Tata for joint manufacture of WhAP Infantry Fighting Vehicle

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The armoured platform is India's first amphibious infantry combat wheeled vehicle. Last year, the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces had procured 90 military trucks from the Tata Group.

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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