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Thursday, December 18, 2025
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Topic: MP polls

After MP debacle, Kamal Nath hints at continuing as state Congress chief for 2024. ‘State tour’ soon

Former CM is in Delhi to meet party leadership after Congress tally was reduced from 114 to 66 in 230-member assembly. Earlier, he had raised suspicion on EVMs.

‘Vilifying Nehru’ & awaiting ‘Congress tsunami’

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

‘Pehle ghode pe baithte the, ab gadhe par’ — anger with BJP, caste loyalty reign supreme in Dimani

Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Tomar is contesting from Thakur-dominated Dimani, where fertiliser shortage & farm distress are main issues, with BSP factor thrown into the mix.

BJP expels 35 leaders in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh for 6 years over ‘anti-party activities’

Action came after these leaders either joined the poll fray against the official BJP candidate for this month's assembly elections or extended support to opposition parties.

‘Mukhyamantri se bhi bada mahamantri hoon’ — Kailash Vijayvargiya rules himself out of MP CM race

BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya, now MP poll candidate, was removed last yr as Bengal in-charge. Says he asked to be removed due to 'false cases' filed against him by TMC.

BJP announces 4th list of candidates for MP polls. CM Chouhan, 19 state ministers get tickets

BJP announces candidates for 57 assembly seats for the 17 Nov polls. With this, the party has now released names of candidates for 136 of 230 assembly seats in Madhya Pradesh.

‘Shows sick mentality’ — Urdu press slams BJP MP Bidhuri for hurling communal slurs in Parliament

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

Politics, but also grassroots governance — why India has gained 50 new districts since 2020

Rajasthan, MP & Assam are latest states to create new districts. Boost to governance cited as factor, although lack of data means this remains an 'open empirical question'.

Why Madhya Pradesh BJP is banking on legacy of strident RSS critic & Congress veteran Arjun Singh

Former Union minister is one of biggest leaders from this region in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh. Electoral setbacks in last two years have made BJP to rethink its Vindhya strategy.

How Madhya Pradesh netas are using religion to woo voters — Bhagwat Kathas, bhandaras, babas

In poll-bound state, many BJP and Congress leaders are organising lavish days-long religious events. Reasons vary from ‘spreading sanskaar’ to ‘mobilising cadres’.

On Camera

Can Rs 1,000 cr save Osmania University? It fought for Telangana, was abandoned in return

If anyone is responsible for the deterioration of Osmania University, it is the state. While we could earlier blame the erstwhile Andhra rulers, that excuse no longer applies.

Steady growth rooted in ‘Dravidian model’. How Tamil Nadu more than doubled its GSDP in 10 yrs

RBI Handbook of Statistics shows state’s GSDP has more than doubled in past decade, finishing second behind Maharashtra. It has performed well across health & education parameters as well.

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.