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Topic: Gujarat

BJP is so smug that it hasn’t even released a manifesto for Gujarat

Pragya Kaushika -
BJP feels people of Gujarat are familiar with Modi’s vision, and thus releasing a manifesto/vision document is a matter of custom, not consequential.

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.

Congress knows BJP’S weaknesses in Gujarat, but isn’t able to exploit them

Ruhi Tewari -
While Rahul Gandhi has punctured holes in the BJP’s development narrative, the Congress doesn’t seem to have a fresh, promising narrative to sell.

Rahul Gandhi is making his father’s Shah Bano-Ayodhya mistakes and fighting the war on BJP’s terms

Shekhar Gupta -
Rahul Gandhi is playing to the BJP’s Hindutva strengths. It’s a blunder his dad committed too, and the party’s never recovered.

Rahul Gandhi should know that wearing religion on his sleeve comes at a cost

Ashutosh -
Rahul Gandhi has realised that the negation of religion as a political strategy had proved to be a disaster in Gujarat and he has also realised that wearing religion on his sleeves will help.

Rahul Gandhi should stick to Pidi’s coochie coo identity. It is safe and abstract.

Shivani Channan -
To claim Indianness, Rahul Gandhi must be a Hindu. And being Hindu is more than religious construct, it is a barometer of Indian-ness.

As glitter of vikas fades, all BJP has left to woo middle class voters is ‘Gujarati pride’

Ghanshyam Shah -
The ‘vikas’ slogan that Gujarati voters so proudly embraced just a few years ago has been turned upside down during this campaign.

BJP claims Rahul signed Somnath visitors’ book for non-Hindus, fabricated says Congress

Pragya Kaushika -
BJP calls Rahul Gandhi’s visits to multiple temples in Gujarat a sham, Congress insists its vice-president is a sacred thread-wearing Hindu.

Gujarat opposition has many cards, but BJP has the trump card — Modi

Ruhi Tewari -
GST, note ban may have affected the traders, but Gujarati’s still prefer PM Modi; Congress-Hardik Patel pact may be a cause of concern for BJP.

Narendra Modi is not part of ‘us’, he isn’t a shudra OBC

Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd -
'Chaiwala' is about nothing but business, because Narendra Modi comes from the same business background.
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Nur Jahan to Chand Bibi—Indian women in sports have been erased from history

Anirudh Kanisetti -
Dice have been found dating to the Bronze Age in various Harappan sites in present-day northwest India and throughout Pakistan. And it’s very possible that some had female owners.

Zohran Mamdani is an authentic representation of modern India

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Nehru is suddenly back in the news. This time, the BJP could not criticise him

Economy

Vodafone Idea AGR case, explained: SC breather to cash-strapped telco & what it means for industry

Banudas Athreya -
Telecom industry keeping close tabs on the case. Government is single largest shareholder in Vodafone Idea, at 49 percent.

Defence

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

Keshav Padmanabhan -
At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

National Interest

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

Shekhar Gupta -
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.

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