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Sunday, February 22, 2026
TopicUP polls ticket distribution

Topic: UP polls ticket distribution

Congress is beating an old drum with Brahmin candidates in UP, lacks strategy

Arvind Kumar -
Congress is a 'coalition of extremes' — Muslims, Brahmins, and Dalits. But look at the gaps that its ticket distribution in UP polls reveals.

BSP’s going solo in UP, but ticket distribution tells a different story

Arvind Kumar -
BSP could be hoping that it would repeat its electoral performance of 2007 when Brahmins had played a big role in bringing Mayawati to power.

BJP hasn’t sidelined Brahmin candidates on UP tickets. But Rajputs can’t be ignored either

Arvind Kumar -
On caste-wise representation in the ongoing Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, BJP seems to be finally paying attention to its past mistakes.

Samajwadi Party promises social justice, but look who got tickets in 2022. Not enough Muslims

Arvind Kumar -
The Samajwadi Party and its allies have given tickets to politically mobilised groups instead of politically marginalised ones.

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Opinion

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Stela Dey -
Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

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Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

In a first, Indian small arms maker to bid for UK Project Grayburn to replace British Army’s SA80 rifles

Vaibhav Pant -
Bengaluru-based SSS Defence has made public its bid for a major foreign military contract, targeting UK’s ambitious SA80 successor programme with its home-tested weapons.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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