Monthly allowance for women, housing for the poor, subsidised gas cylinders, increased pensions, and 2 lakh govt jobs feature in both the Congress and BJP manifestos.
Congress highlighted internship programme, employment-linked incentive scheme and abolition of angel tax as examples of ideas Modi govt ‘copied’ from its Lok Sabha polls manifesto.
The politics of fear impacts voting behaviour and has consequences on marginalised communities, particularly Muslims and Dalits. It hurts them in terms of long-term policy measures.
Words like 'ghuspethiye' or 'tushtikaran' resonate very little in West Bengal, nor do phrases like 'mangalsutra' or Amit Shah's distortion of Mamata Banerjee's 'Maa, Mati, Manush' slogan into 'mullah, madrasa, mafia'.
Her remarks come days after Modi claimed Congress wants to confiscate people's jewellery, savings by doing X-ray of their properties. Dismissing it, Priyanka asks, 'is that even possible?'
The issue of the Muslim quota has the potential to polarise SCs, STs, and OBCs along religious lines in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. It benefits the BJP.
From Sam Pitroda talking about inheritance tax to Goan candidate saying the Indian Constitution was 'forced' on Goa, Congress has been having its own foot-in-the-mouth moments.
The chairman of overseas Congress had given example of US inheritance tax & suggested a debate on this in India. BJP has called it Congress’s 'destructive' intention if voted to power.
Video is being shared with claim that he promised to credit money to youth 'who spend hrs on social media'. In original speech, he was referring to Congress's ‘Right to Apprenticeship’ scheme.
Screenshots of breaking news alerts from 2019, saying the party made such promises, including reduction of CRPF in Kashmir & amendments to AFSPA, are being shared as linked to 2024 polls.
New Delhi’s new modus operandi vis-à-vis responding to Pakistan undermines Islamabad’s asymmetric nuclear posture, particularly its battlefield nuclear weapons.
On Wednesday, Washington imposed 126% on Indian solar imports, saying New Delhi unfairly subsidised manufacturing. Analysts say this could shut exporters out of the US market.
A sort of rat race, making several all-alluring pre-poll promises, seems to be going between the main political parties contesting the ensuing Haryana assembly elections. But where will the money come from to upkeep the same after coming into power here? There should be some constitutional provisions to honour all such vote centric commitments. The Hon’ble SC may kindly like to take suo motu note thereof.
A sort of rat race, making several all-alluring pre-poll promises, seems to be going between the main political parties contesting the ensuing Haryana assembly elections. But where will the money come from to upkeep the same after coming into power here? There should be some constitutional provisions to honour all such vote centric commitments. The Hon’ble SC may kindly like to take suo motu note thereof.