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Wednesday, April 24, 2024
TopicGujarat polls

Topic: Gujarat polls

‘If every state unit functions as Gujarat unit…’ — Modi’s cue to BJP ranks after Himachal loss

At parliamentary party meet, PM praised Gujarat BJP chief C R Patil for poll spadework. He also used example of Bengal under Left Front to highlight progress made in his home state.

Why use a condom when you can blame it on Congress & how AAP can power its way to ‘shocking’ win

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

48 candidates, 41 wins: How Patidars played decisive role in BJP’s record-breaking Gujarat victory

In community's stronghold Saurashtra, BJP won 39 of total 48 seats, up from 19 in 2017. Quota in jobs & education as well as special loan helped party, says a BJP leader.

BJP’s plan of pushing new faces pays off in Rajkot (West), Darshita Shah emerges clear winner

Shah received over 68 percent of the votes till 1:30 p.m., as per ECI website trends. According to a party source, her grandfather was a friend of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Modi & Shah wrest their hometowns from Congress, lotus blooms again in Gujarat’s Unjha & Mansa

Dubbed as prestige battle, Kiritkumar Keshavlal Patel & JS Patel ensure double delight for BJP. A first-time candidate, Kiritkumar records win margin of 51,000-plus votes in Unjha.

Could opposition breach ‘BJP fortress’ Gujarat? Urdu press says polls can surprise

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

Xi didn’t start the fire & a newly discovered Himalayan peak, ‘Kem Cho’

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Bilkis Bano praised Kejriwal at ‘Muslim rally’ for AAP, claims Hindu Right press as Gujarat votes

ThePrint’s round-up of how pro-Hindutva media covered and commented on news and topical issues over the past few weeks.

‘Ravan, rakhshas, cockroach, Hitler:’ There is a competition in Congress to abuse me, says Modi

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi clapped back at the Opposition Congress on Thursday for calling him names during their campaign for the ongoing...

Kejriwal slogans at PM Modi’s Surat roadshow? Crowd didn’t cheer for AAP leader, audio is fake

Several AAP members had shared a clip where cries of “Kejriwal, Kejriwal” could be heard at a PM Modi rally. While the visuals were accurate, the audio had been tempered with.

On Camera

Imtiaz Ali obsesses over vulgarity, misses Chamkila’s cultural resistance against purity

Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

The two sides also discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in outer space security, conventional weapons, and export control

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.