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Topic: INDIA bloc

Oppn outrage over Justice Shekhar Yadav’s remarks: 55 MPs submitted notice for impeachment

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

Is Mamata setting the cat among pigeons? Her offer to lead INDIA not purely altruistic

For Mamata, the compelling reason to play footsie with the BJP is to ensure that no one in the TMC, definitely not Abhishek Banerjee, is arrested for any alleged or imagined crime.

Watch CutTheClutter: What worked, what didn’t for BJP & INDIA bloc, why Oppn needs new talking points

In Episode 1572 of #CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at how new strategies by INDIA bloc and NDA will define future elections.

Amid rumblings over INDIA bloc leadership, Mamata says grateful to leaders who ‘honoured’ her

Sharad Pawar & Lalu Prasad Yadav among leaders who have backed West Bengal CM as INDIA bloc head. TMC's Kalyan Banerjee has said alliance had 'failed' under Congress's leadership.

Why Gandhi family’s age-old ally Lalu has endorsed Mamata Banerjee’s bid to lead INDIA bloc

RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav has joined SP, NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) and Shiv Sena (UBT) in backing West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee’s bid to lead bloc of parties opposed to BJP.

Backing Rahul, Congress MPs slam allies’ support for Mamata as INDIA bloc head. ‘Trying to save Adani’

Only Rahul can challenge Modi, Manickam Tagore says. Other Congress MPs say INDIA partners need to understand the importance of the Adani issue.

INDIA bloc’s notice to remove Rajya Sabha chairman Dhankhar a 1st for Parliament. What happens next

In notice to remove Dhankhar as V-P, INDIA bloc accuses him of ‘unfairly using privilege motions to silence Oppn’ & acting as ‘impassioned spokesperson of Modi govt’s policies,’ it is learnt.

Why Jagan’s YSRCP has joined chorus to endorse Mamata as head of INDIA bloc

After Mamata Banerjee evinced an interest to lead the INDIA bloc last week, Samajwadi Party, NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) and Shiv Sena (UBT) leaders were quick to endorse her pitch.

Front row seat for Ayodhya star or differences over Adani? Why Akhilesh is giving short shrift to Congress

Samajwadi Party leaders have decided not to speak against Congress, but to distance themselves from it. They are also annoyed with the continued protest on just the Adani issue.

Why Kejriwal has ruled out alliance with Congress in Delhi & how it may affect their poll prospects

The AAP chief's categorical assertion comes at a time when Delhi Congress is carrying out a padyatra in the national capital against the 'misgovernance' of the AAP government.

On Camera

Modi govt’s repeal of MGNREGA is all about extracting money from states, not reform

The claim that VB-GRAMG provides an employment guarantee is incorrect. The only guarantee is to 'empower' the Centre to allow partial implementation in notified areas alone.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.