Rahul Gandhi, Leader of Opposition is on a dharna outside DCP office, New Delhi alleging that “Delhi Police refused to file FIR in the Pellet gun victim case”.
Nitin Nabin’s first team as BJP president is out, and the message is unmistakable: CONTINUITY OVER DISRUPTION. Nabin has left the organisational architecture built under his predecessors untouched.
1) B.L. Santhosh, the RSS-aligned organisational strategist, stays firmly in place as National General Secretary (Organisation).
2) Anil Baluni, Lok Sabha MP from Uttarakhand and a known safe hand, continues as Media Convenor.
3) Piyush Goyal returns as National Treasurer. A post he held once before, between 2010 and 2014, before handing it off. A sitting Union Cabinet minister taking charge of the party’s finances again is not a routine posting. It’s a heavyweight signal of trust from the top.
4) Vasundhara Raje Scindia continues as National Vice President. Worth flagging given her uneasy equation with the current state leadership, her retention is a story in itself. Does Delhi still need Raje more than Raje needs Delhi?
IMP- Of 13 National Vice Presidents, 6 are women.
5) Smriti Irani, known for her combative style, is back as National General Secretary.
6) Sambit Patra continues as BJP’s North-East Coordinator.
7) Nabin’s Bihar imprint is impossible to miss. Bihar faces have been elevated Shivesh Kumar Ram as SC Morcha chief, Siddharth Shambhu as National Secretary, fresh off the 2025 Bihar verdict.
8) The Morcha list - Yuva, Mahila, OBC, SC, ST, Minority, Kisan - is classic BJP social-coalition arithmetic. Textbook caste and social engineering. Zero surprises.
Bottom line: This is a new president consolidating trust before he attempts to assert control. The architecture remains largely intact.
What’s going on? Pls listen to Rahul Gandhi. He is taking public discourse to a different level . Grammar and vocabulary of politics has acquired a new dimension.
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Sukhbir Singh Badal attacked in Nanded, security personnel also injured
Shiromani Akali Dal leader and former Punjab Deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal was attacked in Nanded by a Nihang Sikh, Maharashtra, police said
Badal has been taken to a private hospital for treatment. A member of his security detail was also injured in the incident
Further details on the attacker and Badal’s condition are awaited
If Bangladesh can just get down to Noosa at some point and sit around in loads of bars they may have a real chance of doing something special in this series
Australian cricket is in dire state. Alot of their players will retire post 27 Ashes. And there is no quality young batter coming through their system and that is why they keep backing Marnus and Green even after constant failures. The batters they have tried McSweeney..
Oddly satisfying watching Parliament barely function in the monsoon session. Who works in this weather anyway? Perfect season to get into the mud and get dirty. Dhaan bo dijiye is mulk mein
‘The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026’ referred to Joint Committee of Parliament consisting of 21 Members from Lok Sabha and 10 Members from the Rajya Sabha.
Lok Sabha adjourned till 3 pm.
America is a beautiful melting pot of monarchist Iranians, Shen Yun Chinese, Orange County Vietnamese, White Russians, Cuban gusanos, Miami Venezuelans, Afrikaners, Eduardo Bolsonaro. A rainbow of people who had their servants taken away.
#BREAKING: Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan have just signed a joint defense agreement in Mecca which establishes that an armed attack against any one of the three countries will be considered an attack against all three, marking a new mutual defence commitment.