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Topic: Rashtriya Lok Dal

What’s behind Jayant Chaudhary’s ‘Orwellian’ dig at Yogi govt ahead of Eid

RLD chief slams Meerut Police’s message to Muslims not to pray in public spaces. To be sure, it is beyond posturing as there is a disquiet in party ranks over ties with BJP.

Jayant removes all RLD spokespersons after Dalit leader slams Amit Shah for Ambedkar remarks

RLD state president confirms that decision was taken on the basis of party spokesperson Kamal Gautam's comments. Gautam had said Shah should apologise for his remarks on Ambedkar.

A ‘senior-junior tiff’ between 2 UP ministers points to BJP-RLD power struggle in Muzaffarnagar

Viral video shows Yogi cabinet minister and RLD leader Anil Kumar seemingly having a tiff with MoS Kapil Dev Aggarwal of BJP at Muzaffarnagar event while Jayant Chaudhary was speaking.

With RLD’s Jat consolidation & SP’s Muslim-Brahmin combo, stage set for close contest in Baghpat

For the first time in decades, no one from Charan Singh's family is contesting poll from traditional Lok Sabha seat of Baghpat. Muslims here feel ‘betrayed’ by RLD’s pact with BJP.

RLD-BJP pact creates Muslim-Jat rift in UP’s Kairana, but SP’s Iqra Hasan is wooing all votes

With RLD joining BJP-led NDA, cohesion between Jats and Muslims is eroding in communally sensitive Kairana, where SP’s Iqra Hasan will go against BJP’s Pradeep Chaudhary on 19 April.

RLD Vice President Shahid Siddiqui quits party days after alliance with BJP led-NDA

Siddiqui, while announcing his resignation, said that India's Constitution and democratic structure were under threat, and remaining silent is a sin.

BSP faces exodus as its MPs seek greener pastures amid party’s ‘suicidal ekla chalo’ policy for 2024

BSP, which won 10 seats in alliance with SP & RLD in 2019 LS polls, will go it alone this yr. This decision may have led its MPs to look to other parties with 'winnability factors'.

Jayant Chaudhary’s Rashtriya Lok Dal switches side, joins BJP-led NDA ahead of Lok Sabha polls

Chaudhary's RLS party was a part of INDIA bloc and his alliance with BJP will come as another strong blow to opposition unity, aiming to take on PM Modi in the upcoming elections.

BJP’s Jat-Sikh outreach in trouble as farmers protest again, RLD to Akalis facing heat

Farmer unions in Uttar Pradesh are weighing their options on joining the new farmers protest, which is centred on demands similar to those raised during the 2020-21 agitation.

Jayant Chaudhary in NDA camp after Charan Singh Bharat Ratna, but here’s where seat talks stand

Jayant Chaudhary’s alliance with BJP will deal another blow to INDIA bloc weeks before general election. Last month, one of its prime architects — Nitish Kumar — returned to NDA.

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India’s amphibious operations depend on contingencies. Can the Armed Forces adapt?

The declassified doctrine outlines the framework for planning and execution of amphibious operations by integrating maritime, air and land domains.

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

China pushes for separation of border issue from larger bilateral ties at 24th round of talks with India

New Delhi: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi Tuesday pushed for a “dual-track” progress for ties with India, separating economic ties from the boundary question,...

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?