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Thursday, March 28, 2024
TopicGujarat Elections 2017

Topic: Gujarat Elections 2017

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

On Camera

Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.