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TopicGujarat Elections 2017

Topic: Gujarat Elections 2017

Who really is Jignesh Mevani: a Dalit, Gujarati or Jihadi?

Zahir Janmohamed -
Jignesh Mevani is using the resources of the Congress without using its name or succumbing to its patronising views on Dalits and Muslims.

The Gujarat poll verdict will decide if Narendra Modi needs to be reinvented

Urvish Kothari -
Modi jokes do not invite abuses like ‘anti-national’ and ‘anti-Gujarat’ on social media and in public conversations in the state any more.

Rahul, not Modi, has proved to be a true student of the Bhagavad Gita

Sudheendra Kulkarni -
The young Congress chief said he would never malign the prime minister and declared that his party would “defeat the Congress with love, not hatred”.

In trying to simplify politics, Modi is destroying language in Gujarat

Shiv Visvanathan -
The variety and diversity of arguments that are needed in a democracy no longer finds space under Narendra Modi's government.

Elections have been reduced to personal attacks, name calling, and conspiracy theories

Priyanka Chaturvedi -
Ideological differences are shot down through virulent personal attacks, which are detrimental to the democratic structure of the country.

Like Modi, Pakistani politicians also constantly blame India for trying to break the nation

Zahid Hussain -
India had seldom been an issue in the last three general elections in Pakistan, but things seem to be changing now that ties are fraught.

Voter turnout among Gujarat’s salt pan workers likely to rise this time

Manasi Phadke -
Election officials claim awareness campaigns, transport facilities will influence the turnout among salt pan workers in the Little Rann of Kutch.

Dalit-Patel caste dynamic could pose a hurdle to BJP in stronghold Idar

Ruhi Tewari -
The BJP has retained the reserved seat for several terms, but the Patel rebellion may change the equation and help Congress.

What the youngest and oldest voters expect from the Gujarat election

Ruhi Tewari -
While the young voters hope to leave behind ideas of political affiliation, the oldest are still determined to exercise their democratic right.

Modi’s emphasis on his Gujarati identity could spell doom for India’s unity

Kumar Ketkar -
Hyper-nationalism and aggressive identity politics, such as ‘Gujarati Asmita’, can disintegrate the nation and the idea of India itself.
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Opinion

Trump is swinging on Russia again. What this means for Europe’s security architecture

Indrani Talukdar -
The dynamics between Europe and Russia have gone so south that mending fences looks like an uphill task—even as the US swings between sanctions and olive branches.

India’s land acquisition disputes have a way out. Both Japan and Gujarat have used it

Biting terror, doggone dilemma, urban menace. Indian TV war over Delhi street dogs

Economy

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Akanksha Mishra -
Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

Defence

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

Javaria Rana -
21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

National Interest

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Shekhar Gupta -
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.

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