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Thursday, December 18, 2025
TopicOpposition unity

Topic: opposition unity

Our take on MoU on India-US relationship, Opposition unity, Gita Press—in 50 words

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

‘There will be differences, but it was a good meeting,’ says Opposition after Patna huddle

Leaders will meet again in Shimla in July to establish the common agenda for 2024. It will be hosted by Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge.

Patna preps for Oppn meet: Bihar Congress awaits ‘jan nayak’ Rahul, BJP posters decry ‘thugs’

Former J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti was the first to land. Next was West Bengal CM and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee, who met RJD chief Lalu Prasad at his residence.

Oppn focuses on finding ‘common ground’ ahead of 23 June meet. Seat-sharing talks to come later

Centre’s ordinance on the matter of 'services' in Delhi is among the subjects on which a consensus eludes the Opposition, with Congress yet to make its stand clear.

Opposition unity without one leader, shared ideology is the political equivalent of selling snake oil

In the past, 'Opposition unity' has proved to be a bogus, defeatist, and repeatedly failed idea. As Arun Jaitley once said, elections are not just about arithmetic.

Dreaming of a third front? Even Stalin’s ‘birthday party gang’ knows better

The total Lok Sabha strength of all such parties talking of opposition unity is not more than 200. No wonder Stalin says 'thoughts for the third front are pointless'.

BJP is worried about a worker’s text message and Agnipath is putting ministers back on TV

Besides having to deal with smirking party workers, former BJP ministers are facing the heat of incumbent ministers getting rewarded for doing extra work for the party.

Why AAP is turning up its nose at joining Mamata’s proposed non-BJP opposition front

AAP leaders say they see no urgency to respond to Mamata Banerjee's letter about joining non-BJP front, and will bide their time until Himachal and Gujarat polls later this year.

Non-Hindu traders ban at temples is BJP’s attempt to save Karnataka govt: What Urdu press wrote

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

On Camera

Why the VB-GRAMG Bill strikes at the heart of MGNREGA

MGNREGA’s core strength was: if you needed work, you got work. VB-GRAMG’s funding model means work will only be available if a state has the budget and the Centre has approved the allocation.

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.