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TopicMahagatbandhan

Topic: Mahagatbandhan

In Mayawati’s selfish politics, there’s no room for opposition unity

BSP supremo Mayawati has always preferred to maintain a reasonable distance from the bogey of so-called ‘opposition unity’.

Rahul Gandhi let Nitish Kumar go into the BJP’s waiting arms—and wants him to stay there

Rahul’s handling of the Bihar mahagatbandhan shows why opposition unity is so difficult.

What suits Narendra Modi and Amit Shah better— Rahul Gandhi or a faceless mahagathbandhan?

BJP president Amit Shah urged party workers in poll-bound Rajasthan to ask people if they wanted Rahul Gandhi as prime minister and Mamata Banerjee...

Here’s why the BJP is obsessed with Rahul Gandhi, even though he poses no threat to Modi

No, the BJP is not rattled by Rahul Gandhi.

BJP’s strategy for 2019 is the ‘There is no Alternative’ factor

The so-called TINA question has started getting traction after the series of by-election defeats for the BJP.

Freedom of expression under attack, one by ‘self-censorship’ and the other by miscreants

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

Even without grand alliance, BJP could face trouble next year, shows 2014 poll data

Analysis shows BJP would have lost 64 Lok Sabha seats in 2014 if Congress, SP, BSP, RLD, JMM, JVM, and JD(S) had fought together.

To defeat Modi, the opposition needs to woo Nitish Kumar back

Bihar is crucial for the opposition to defeat the BJP in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

Amit Shah to visit Bihar after 3 years as Nitish Kumar reaches out to Lalu Prasad

BJP chief Amit Shah will go to Bihar on 11 July; seat-sharing talks with ally JD(U) on agenda New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah...

On Camera

Violence over Osman Hadi is about Islamist Bangladesh. India-baiting is a distraction

The attack on Chhayanaut, newspaper offices, and the public lynching of a Hindu man show that Bangladesh is heading toward Islamist rule, far removed from electoral democracy.

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.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.