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TopicMembership drive

Topic: Membership drive

Why even BJP MPs, MLAs are struggling to meet enrolment targets as UP membership drive hits roadblocks

Prashant Srivastava -
The party has set targets for leaders to achieve by 15 October when the drive ends. Some leaders have hired private agencies to enlist new members.

Congress membership drive strongest in Telangana, Karnataka; lacklustre in poll-bound Gujarat

Ishadrita Lahiri -
The two states account for 23 per cent of the new Congress recruits, The Print has learnt. But here's why the party shouldn't gloat just yet.

Congress membership drive in Goa ends up a dud, only 2,600 new recruits in 2 months

Deeksha Bhardwaj -
Though the response in Goa has been poor, Congress plans to expand the pilot digital membership project to three districts of Gujarat and four of UP.

BJP adds 17 lakh members in Delhi as polls near, hopes to topple Kejriwal’s AAP govt

Neelam Pandey -
The BJP had set a target of 10 lakh new members to add to its existing base of 14 lakh. The party has been out of power in Delhi since 1998.

In a first, BJP to carry out on-spot verification of those signing up to be a member

Pragya Kaushika -
BJP says move will ensure state units do not inflate the number of people joining the party, and that only genuine individuals are registered as members.

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Opinion

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Stela Dey -
Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

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Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

In a first, Indian small arms maker to bid for UK Project Grayburn to replace British Army’s SA80 rifles

Vaibhav Pant -
Bengaluru-based SSS Defence has made public its bid for a major foreign military contract, targeting UK’s ambitious SA80 successor programme with its home-tested weapons.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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