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Monday, August 11, 2025
TopicOne Nation One Election

Topic: One Nation One Election

One nation, one election is BJP’s ‘brahmastra’. It wants state contests to be ‘Modi versus who’, too

However you describe India, exercising the power Modi govt is used to would be challenging if, by end of 2024, there are 18 or more states BJP doesn't rule.

How Modi’s ‘One Nation, One Election’ panel spurred INDIA alliance to form its own committees

INDIA alliance Friday announced a 14-member coordination committee & a 19-member campaign panel. It also formed 3 working groups: for social media, traditional media, and research. 

Committee headed by ex-President Kovind to look into ‘one-nation, one-election’ possibility

The move comes a day after the government called a special session of Parliament between September 18 and 22, the agenda for which is under wraps.

Modi on 26/11 anniversary — ‘We can never forget wounds inflicted by terrorists from Pakistan’

Prime Minister Narendra Modi calls 2008 Mumbai terror attack the biggest on India, and says the country is fighting terrorism with new policies.

Simultaneous polls imperative to make country great, says PM Modi in fresh pitch

PM Modi, who addressed the nation in his Independence Day speech, used the opportunity to yet again push for simultaneous assembly and general elections.

Rahul Gandhi running ‘low on data’ and BSP’s elephant sets out on a family safari

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

In photos, some opposition leaders gave PM Modi’s all-party meet a miss — others attended

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had invited heads of all parties for this meeting to discuss the 'one nation, one election' issue and other important matters.

Are simultaneous elections possible when EC can’t even conduct Lok Sabha polls in one day?

PM Modi’s all-party meeting Wednesday to build consensus on holding assembly and Lok Sabha polls simultaneously is being seen as a ‘trap’ by the opposition.

Nayantara Sahgal says ‘storytelling’ has overrun reality, S.Y. Quraishi on simultaneous elections

The best of the day’s opinion, chosen and curated by ThePrint’s top editors.

On Camera

MBBS guidelines for students with disabilities reduce a life to a limb

The guidelines ask whether a student can climb stairs, but not whether the college has a ramp. They ask whether a student can bear weight, but not whether the system can bear the weight of its own prejudice.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Legacy of Air Chief Marshal LM Katre, the man who flew Spitfires & ushered IAF into a modern era

ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.