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Wednesday, February 18, 2026
TopicMuslim voting

Topic: Muslim voting

Yogendra Yadav is wrong to assume Owaisi’s AIMIM will be a ‘Muslim BJP’

Sharjeel Usmani -
Yogendra Yadav is afraid that if Muslims start voting for a Muslim-led party, then secular fronts will become just representatives of different castes.

We can’t yet say if women and Muslim voters have shifted to BJP with 2019 elections

Rukmini S -
Exit polls disagree on how women and Muslims voted in 2019 elections even as minorities still seem to favour Congress-led UPA over NDA.

Contrary to belief, Muslims listen to Ulema but not when it comes to their election fatwas

Hilal Ahmed -
Muslims seem to make a very clear distinction between religious concerns and political matters.

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Opinion

Imagine if Epstein files named Rahul Gandhi or MK Stalin. What would BJP and TV media do?

Sagarika Ghose -
The questions are not going to go away. But future generations will know who refused to ask the tough questions and who didn’t.

Has Modi forgotten India’s farmers? India-US trade deal hurts Atmanirbharta for pulses

Marco Rubio at Munich was wrong. Civilisations don’t determine foreign policies

Economy

Tamil Nadu FM presents interim budget, attacks Centre for ‘artificially inflating’ state’s debt

Subatra AL -
DMK govt accuses Centre of withholding funds, tightening borrowing, unilateral deductions from state accounts. Says Centre's accounting & funding decisions have 'artificially inflated' debt burden.

Defence

US military commander, envoy Sergio Gor visit Indian Army Western Command, Bengaluru next

Snehesh Alex Philip -
At the Western Army Command, the American delegation was briefed on the capabilities of the formation, past operations and the path ahead.

National Interest

The new Great Game—Trump’s playing for time, China for leverage & India for wiggle room

Shekhar Gupta -
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.

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