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TopicHaryana elections 2019

Topic: Haryana elections 2019

Can Ayodhya Ram Mandir work for BJP in states when PM Modi didn’t?

D.K. Singh -
When Modi factor is absent in states, Amit Shah's election machinery also fails. 'Masterstrokes' like installing CMs from non-dominant groups come to a naught.

Rahul Gandhi shouldn’t stand in the way of Congress’ regional leaders like Amarinder Singh

Zainab Sikander -
Gandhi family’s hold over the Congress has acted as a glass ceiling for local leaders. Haryana polls show it's time Congress high command changes.

Suicide abetment, fraud, forgery — cases against Gopal Kanda who BJP’s desperately wooing

Ananya Bhardwaj -
MLA Gopal Goyal Kanda has emerged 'king-maker' after BJP, with 40 seats, fell short of the majority mark in the Haryana assembly.

Did Rahul Gandhi’s near-absence from campaign help Congress in Haryana, Maharashtra?

ThePrint Team -
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi addressed only six campaign rallies while Sonia and Priyanka Gandhi did not attend any in the Haryana and Maharashtra assembly elections.

No word from Rahul Gandhi as Congress celebrates Haryana, Maharashtra poll performance

Deeksha Bhardwaj -
Rahul Gandhi is yet to comment on the Congress' performance in the Haryana and Maharashtra assembly elections. He has not posted anything on Twitter also.

Not a good election for turncoats — 60% candidates lose in Maharashtra, Haryana

Chitleen K Sethi -
Haryana voters more unforgiving to turncoats as 9 out of 14 candidates fielded by BJP lost. Maharashtra defectors had a better strike rate.

‘BJP juggernaut’ not inevitable – Pratap B Mehta, Cong shares credit for BJP win—Sanjay Kumar

Kairvy Grewal -
The best of the day’s opinion, chosen and curated by ThePrint’s top editors.

‘Hyper nationalism’ has its limits, says Hindu, ‘Abrogated Arrogance 370’ — Telegraph

Rachel John -
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How Deepender Hooda got it right, Smita Prakash wrong and Barkha Dutt’s political sermon

Taran Deol -
The most politically correct and incorrect tweets of the day from across the political spectrum.

Do Maharashtra and Haryana election results show that the opposition is not dead in India?

ThePrint Team -
The trends in the assembly election results in Haryana and Maharashtra show that the BJP and its allies might not register a sweeping victory.
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Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

MH Mody -
The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.

AI is officially ruining social media. It made brainrot boring

Bangladesh lost on all fronts under Yunus. A herculean task awaits the new PM

Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

Snehesh Alex Philip -
IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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