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Topic: Regional Parties

There’s a new political alternative emerging but it doesn’t threaten Modi or BJP yet

Shekhar Gupta -
BJP’s one main old rival is declining across the country, and it’s being replaced by new, noisier, sharper, more populist and ruthless challengers.

UP to Punjab — ‘experts’ have had their say on election results. Here’s why they are wrong

Yashwant Deshmukh -
Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, regional parties and dynasty politics are just some of the things that the 'experts' are wrong about. Here's the truth about BJP.

Congress-mukt Bharat is not just BJP’s dream anymore. Other parties want it too

D.K. Singh -
There is a reason why TMC, BSP to DMK, most regional parties are ditching Congress coalition plans.

India has two kinds of chief ministers. Regional stars, and BJP-Congress pick-and-throw

Ruhi Tewari -
Kejriwal, Stalin, Jagan, Mamata are the karta dhartas of regional parties. While CMs of BJP and Congress are at the mercy of moody high command.

Why Prashant Kishor’s lunch meet is giving Modi rivals a taste of 2024

D.K. Singh -
An anti-BJP Mahagathbandhan minus Congress for 2024 isn’t a bad idea. But a pre-poll umbrella of parties with influence over 300 seats can be a formidable entity, theoretically.

A great new churn has begun in Indian politics

Shivam Vij -
Non-BJP voters are increasingly willing to look beyond Congress, resulting in more political competition. 2024 will be a landmark election to watch.

Political violence increases when regional party candidate wins election: Study

Sacha Kapoor -
Researchers from Netherlands and Canada looked at data from 1989 until 2012 to find no increase in violence in constituencies where the assembly seat is reserved for ST populations.

Congress done with, BJP plans to demolish regional parties’ fortresses brick by brick

D.K. Singh -
Modi-Shah’s BJP now has its eyes on Mamata’s Bengal, Patnaik’s Odisha, KCR’s Telangana and Jagan’s Andhra. While Congress continues to focus on the PM.

BJP’s undiluted power at the Centre has weakened the bargaining position of regional parties

Yamini Aiyar -
Yamini Aiyar & Neelanjan Sircar write in Contemporary South Asia journal on how BJP's electoral performance and Modi's popularity have altered the dynamic of regional party politics in India.

Unless Lok Sabha elections get shorter, parties like BJP will keep winning

Nitin Pai -
Election Commission must aim to complete Lok Sabha election in one day to deny undue advantages to some parties.
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Not Russia, a point-less Wimbledon 2022 affects young tennis players most

Srushti Joshi -
Young underdogs have often defeated tennis titans. But Wimbledon 2022 removing ranking points sets them back instead of making a geopolitical impact.
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Amitabh Bachchan was a comic book Superman 40 years ago. In a tight, pink costume

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Quad’s expansion in tech, trade is good. But it must not forget security, economy are linked

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‘All about helping Rajni’ — tech gurus at iSPIRT quietly power India’s digital revolution

Regina Mihindukulasuriya -
With the fictitious Rajni from rural India as its guiding light, iSPIRT has been using internet & software to change structure of country’s economy, with aim to improve quality of life.

Defence

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Almost 4,000 enrol for IAF’s Agnipath recruitment scheme on day 1 of online registrations

Raghav Bikhchandani -
These registrations pertain to the Indian Air Force's Agniveer Vayu programme. The online portal for the first phase was opened at 10 am Friday, and will close on 5 July.

National Interest

With Agnipath, Modi govt’s shock & awe doctrine may have misfired a vital reform, yet again

Shekhar Gupta -
Modi govt's biggest flaw has been its disinclination to accept limitations of electoral majorities. This ruined land acquisition and farm reform, stalled labour codes.

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