In Episode 1605 of Cut The Clutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta & Political Editor D.K. Singh discuss the future of a fraught INDIA bloc in the aftermath of the Delhi elections.
While Congress’s high command initially intervened to get its Delhi leaders to tone down their attacks on AAP, by the end, even Rahul Gandhi ran an aggressive campaign against Kejriwal.
Non-Congress parties of national-level alliance have been cornering the principal opposition party, most have also announced support for Team Kejriwal & flagged lack of cohesion in bloc.
Abhishek Banerjee's remarks mark departure from TMC’s stand on the issue. After 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Mamata had voiced support for return to paper ballots to ‘save democracy’.
The J&K CM, whose National Conference is an INDIA bloc ally of Congress, said parties should not contest polls if they do not trust voting mechanism, and praised Central Vista project.
Mineral security is no longer just an economic concern but a national security imperative, underpinning the country’s ambitions in clean energy, defence self-reliance, and advanced manufacturing.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.
BJP has no dynastic succession, at least not at the top. You can trace this back to Vajpayee-Advani era. This act of spotting, empowering younger talent is even more striking with the choice of BJP presidents.
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