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TopicMaharashtra elections 2019

Topic: Maharashtra elections 2019

Ajit Pawar sworn in as deputy CM as Uddhav Thackeray expands his Maharashtra cabinet

PTI -
Sources said Thackeray's son Aaditya could be made a cabinet minister. Besides Pawar, Congress leader Ashok Chavan was also sworn in Monday.

Is Shiv Sena taking a huge political risk by separating from BJP in Maharashtra?

ThePrint Team -
More than two weeks after Maharashtra election results, there is no clarity on who will form the government.

Shiv Sena, at loggerheads with BJP, can’t align with NCP, Congress. It will be self-harming

Kumar Ketkar -
Maharashtra’s politics has become nothing short of a suspense thriller as all major players are keeping their friends and foes on their toes.

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.

How militants in Kashmir have fallen in their own trap after Modi govt’s security clampdown

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

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.
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Opinion

Chinese chatter on Delhi-Shanghai flight — ‘normalisation’ needs more than linking the skies

Sana Hashmi -
Chinese commentators consistently portray India as the driver of rapprochement. New Delhi’s outreach is framed as a pragmatic, reluctant choice shaped by multiple pressures.

BBC scandal: Britain’s elite establishment is rapidly sinking

Nuapada byelection may change Odisha’s political landscape. It should not be ignored

Economy

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

Udit Bubna -
MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

Defence

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

Keshav Padmanabhan -
At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

National Interest

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Shekhar Gupta -
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.

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