Anand K. Sahay | After Bihar move, is PM’s sense of unease growing?
2 years, 4 months ago

Anand K. Sahay | After Bihar move, is PM’s sense of unease growing?

Deccan Chronicle  

In spite of the all-too-visible Opposition disunity, it is evident that Prime Minister Narendra Modi does not find himself in a comfort zone. Given the sudden changes in the political scenario triggered by Bihar, which carry the possibility of extensive changes in the balance of social forces ranged against the establishment, it wasn’t surprising to see Mr Modi seeking to protect himself with what may be called a tricky 90-minute address to the nation from the Red Fort on Independence Day. Mr Modi hasn’t been able to keep two important past pledges -- to give every household their own home by this year and to double farmers’ incomes by 2022. The dramatic breaking by Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar of his party’s alliance with the BJP, and his realignment with the RJD led by Tejashwi Yadav, the Congress and every non-BJP party in the state on August 9, less than a week before the PM’s August 15 speech, caught the establishment’s “chanakyas” off-guard. In the last Lok Sabha polls, under Mr Modi’s leadership, the BJP won 303 seats, 31 above the needed half-way mark.

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Firstpost  

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

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Al Jazeera  

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

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The Hindu  

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Business Standard  

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7 months, 1 week ago

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India TV News  

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India TV News  

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8 months ago

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New Indian Express  

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Hindustan Times  

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The Hindu  

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The Hindu  

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Hindustan Times  

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India TV News  

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10 months ago

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Hindustan Times  

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Live Mint  

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Ashok Gehlot's ‘dignity’ attack at PM Modi over ‘moorkh’ jab at Rahul Gandhi

Hindustan Times  

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In Rajasthan, PM Modi Lambasts Congress for Misleading Poor, Takes Jibe Over its 'Guarantee Habit’
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News 18  

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“Maafi Diwas”: Congress asks PM Modi 9 questions on 9 years of BJP-government
1 year, 6 months ago

“Maafi Diwas”: Congress asks PM Modi 9 questions on 9 years of BJP-government

The Hindu  

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India First | Rahul Gandhi’s frustrations at Cambridge and Narendra Modi’s triumph
1 year, 9 months ago

India First | Rahul Gandhi’s frustrations at Cambridge and Narendra Modi’s triumph

Firstpost  

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2 years ago

LIVE updates: FM Sitharaman sees strong growth, low inflation in 2023

Business Standard  

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Anand K. Sahay | Will RSS do a rethink over Modi if he takes hit in UP?
2 years, 9 months ago

Anand K. Sahay | Will RSS do a rethink over Modi if he takes hit in UP?

Deccan Chronicle  

The February-March 2022 Assembly elections in five states — Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur — seem different from any other state polls since Prime Minister Narendra Modi took office in 2014, and that can leave the RSS with a giant-sized headache. A big part of the RSS’s expected concern is that these elections potentially cast a shadow on …

Assembly Elections 2022: After UP, BJP Promises Stricter ‘Love Jihad’ Law in U’khand, ATMs in All Villages on Cards Too
2 years, 10 months ago

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News 18  

Assembly Elections 2022 LIVE Updates: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday launched the Congress manifesto ‘Unnati Vidhan Jan Ghoshna Patra-2022’ for the upcoming UP Polls. Meanwhile, in a fresh attack on BJP, Rahul Gandhi said, PM Narendra Modi, is scared of Congress because “it exposes his nexus with billionaires and his fake image created by his brand managers.” SP …

Anand K. Sahay | Modi, Yogi & UP election: High-stakes battle looms
2 years, 10 months ago

Anand K. Sahay | Modi, Yogi & UP election: High-stakes battle looms

Deccan Chronicle  

People in Uttar Pradesh can hardly believe their ears when they hear Prime Minister Narendra Modi extol chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s governance record. It is noteworthy that just weeks before the election, prominent BJP leaders and ministers have defected to the Opposition although Mr Modi — and not Yogi — is helming the campaign. The lived experience of the people …

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Why it’s tough to invest in India: Fix the bottlenecks
2 years, 11 months ago

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Why it’s tough to invest in India: Fix the bottlenecks

Deccan Chronicle  

Global business leaders attending the virtual meeting of the Davos-based World Economic Forum on January 17 must have heard Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping with curiosity, if not with rapt attention. Mr Modi is keen about attracting foreign investments to India, something that he has been assiduously canvassing in Davos ever since he became Prime Minister, …

Exclusive | PM Modi Will be Ousted in 2024, Says RJD President Lalu Prasad Yadav
3 years, 1 month ago

Exclusive | PM Modi Will be Ousted in 2024, Says RJD President Lalu Prasad Yadav

The Quint  

Lalu termed the recent unrest in Tripura as pure mischief. Lalu Yadav said that the government is giving everything to private companies; whatever those people ask for, the government auctions it. Lalu expressed happiness on returning to Patna after three and a half years and said it seems like he is home. Holding an election rally after six years, Lalu …

Aakar Patel | Modi’s eighth Budget looms, there’s still no ‘grand vision’
3 years, 10 months ago

Aakar Patel | Modi’s eighth Budget looms, there’s still no ‘grand vision’

Deccan Chronicle  

This will be the Narendra Modi government’s eighth Budget. In the coming year the government will again get the chance to claim that India is the “fastest growing economy” because from the minus numbers we will have modest growth of about 2.2 per cent over two years, between 2019 and 2022. The government also said this week that in 2019-20 …

'In Modi We Trust': Message of Change from Bihar's Voters is No Ordinary One
4 years, 1 month ago

'In Modi We Trust': Message of Change from Bihar's Voters is No Ordinary One

News 18  

In the overestimation and underestimation of ideas in Bihar, the message from the state, which seeds a political narrative for the country every election is that “badlav” doesn’t necessarily mean change of governments. He said the BJP was the only party to increase its seats, despite being in power for three terms — the BJP managed to garner 19.5 per …

Shifting gears in Bihar
4 years, 1 month ago

Shifting gears in Bihar

The Hindu  

While the COVID-19 pandemic has still not subsided in India, it is shocking to witness large crowds thronging election rallies in Bihar, defying logic and safety concerns. An indifferent Nitish Kumar, who was once seen to be the last frontier of ‘hope’ in the old socialistic bloc of Bihar, now signifies a rigid dichotomy between ideology and a survivalist political …

‘We do what we promise’: PM Modi at election rally in Bihar’s Darbhanga
4 years, 1 month ago

‘We do what we promise’: PM Modi at election rally in Bihar’s Darbhanga

Live Mint  

Darbhanga: In a veiled attack at Congress and other Opposition parties, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that those who used to ask us about the date of Ram temple construction are now compelled to applaud. Addressing a poll rally, the Prime Minister said that the people of Bihar have taken a resolve to again defeat those who brought …

Historic fall in GDP, rampant job loss because PM Modi is helping only his friends: Rahul Gandhi
4 years, 3 months ago

Historic fall in GDP, rampant job loss because PM Modi is helping only his friends: Rahul Gandhi

India Today  

India has suffered a historic fall in the GDP and crores of jobs have been lost in the past few months because the Narendra Modi government is helping only a few friends of the Prime Minister, alleged Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday. In a video message posted on his Twitter handle, Rahul Gandhi appealed to the people to make …

Analysis | A year after he quit as Congress chief, Rahul continues to shape party’s stand on key issues
4 years, 5 months ago

Analysis | A year after he quit as Congress chief, Rahul continues to shape party’s stand on key issues

The Hindu  

A year after Rahul Gandhi formally resigned as Congress president on July 3, 2019 holding himself responsible for the party’s Lok Sabha poll debacle, he continues to shape the party’s response on most issues. From brainstorming at a recent virtual meeting to discuss the coming Bihar Assembly elections to leading the party’s attack on the Modi government over the India-China …

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