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Thursday, July 17, 2025
TopicINDIA Opposition

Topic: INDIA Opposition

Oppn parties demand Vaishnaw’s sacking over NDLS stampede, allege ‘cover-up’

Congress, AAP and TMC demand that PM Modi sack Ashwini Vaishnaw or that the railways minister own up responsibility for NDLS stampede and resign.

‘One Nation, One Election’ is a bad idea—and not because of Opposition’s ‘Modi phobia’

In ‘normal’ elections, voters have begun to differentiate between national and Assembly elections and vote differently. There is no reason they won’t do the same in synchronised elections.

SubscriberWrites: INDIA bloc must sit in the opposition

The long game with these assertions, will require govt to have to cooperate with Opposition. Dialogue and trade-offs which will accommodate perspectives will be back on the table.

The biggest story for the BJP and all political parties is that India is still a poor country

The jolt to the BJP’s politics is so severe that if and when the NDA government is formed, Modi will have to reset his image before he could resurrect the BJP.

No sign of let-up in INDIA turbulence as TMC skips Oppn floor leaders’ meet chaired by Kharge

The 14-member coordination committee, set up to work out the nuts and bolts of the alliance, also unlikely to meet anytime soon

‘Heavy invitation’ & ‘Highway Parliament’

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BJP rolls out the Ayodhya welcome mat. Opposition walks into the boycott trap

It may have been easier for CPI(M) to decline to attend the Ram temple consecration ceremony on 22 January, for Congress, the invitation is a tightrope walk.

‘Modi Magic’ in Parliament & ‘accountability under drain’

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

‘Everyone asks about our PM face’ — Mamata on her proposal to nominate Congress president Kharge

Kharge meanwhile has said that the Opposition should concentrate on winning the 2024 elections first, improve the count of MPs.

INDIA bloc floor leaders meet, demand statement by home minister on parliament security breach

Hitting out at the BJP-led government over the massive security breach, Congress President Kharge said that the BJP leaders are not ready to let the House function.

On Camera

India’s solar ambition needs financial vision – ISA must move from commitments to execution

The ISA should champion a Global Solar Asset Registry for standardised project information, and establish a Solar Credit Guarantee mechanism to mitigate political and currency risks.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

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.

3 top ULFA-I leaders ‘killed’ in Myanmar, Indian Army denies role as insurgent group alleges involvement

The banned group claimed their leaders & cadres were killed in ‘drone strikes’ by the Indian Army. Guwahati Defence PRO denies any such operation.

RSS chief Bhagwat draws the line at 75. India’s politics stares at the Modi Exception

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.