Can the BJP–Akali Dal reunion emerge as a credible alternative to the AAP in Punjab? Their combined vote share fell from 37.08% in 2019 to 31.98% in 2024, with the Congress also in the contest.
Watch as @rasheedkidwai responds.
#PunjabPolitics#BJP#AkaliDal#AamAadmiParty #Newstrack | @maryashakil
AAP says the fight against 'vote theft' is common, but it will not join INDIA Bloc. In a conversation with ThePrint’s Esha Mishra @esha__mishra, Sanjay Singh @SanjayAzadSln discusses the November 1 rally, tensions with Congress, the CJP 'B-team' charge:
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Reasons behind protests & violence in France, political implications & why Macron is fuming at Trump and Netanyahu.
Watch episode 1923 of #CutTheClutter with Shekhar Gupta @ShekharGupta@ASUSIndia
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Raihan Vadra Exhibition Row
The exhibition PDF was submitted seven days in advance and approved. Raising objections just hours before the event is unprofessional. Political content in art cannot be defined arbitrarily, especially when similar exhibitions have been allowed before: @tehseenp
I oppose rules that ban political content, but rules must be followed. If the exhibition violated the existing guidelines, the authorities were entitled to intervene: @rasheedkidwai tells @roypranesh
Raihan Vadra Exhibition Row
In Raihan Vadra’s case, the objection was to photographs featuring Rahul Gandhi and the Youth Congress, while other photographs featuring the Tiranga remained on display: @shaziailmi
While all political parties have faced questions over freedom of expression, we must acknowledge the role of Naveen Jindal, who approached the Supreme Court to establish citizens’ right to fly the national flag: @rasheedkidwai tells @roypranesh
Politics in Punjab is heating with the prospects of a multi cornered fight. Who is ahead, who has fallen behind, who is fighting for relevance and what opportunities exist for a new political start up? I speak to @vasudevavikas on all this and more-
https://t.co/cQOgFNURUu via @YouTube
In the post-election public discourse, three factors emerged to explain this victory, the INC's focus on welfare schemes (the 'guarantees'), a united leadership under D.K. Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah and an effective counter-narrative to the BJP's Hindutva plank. The BJP's central leadership was quick to identify the key factor behind Congress's victory, the united leadership of Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah. Hence, it was important for the BJP to fan the story of discord.
But such stories were not convincing enough to engineer the defection of at least 24 Congress MLAs, which was required to topple the government, especially against a man like Shivakumar, who is a master at this game, capable of upsetting the BJP on its own turf. The emergence of Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah also signified Congress's strong bench.
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In today’s @the_hindu, on the occasion of the conclusion of the @RSSorg’s centennial celebrations, I ask if the organisation’s fundamental majoritarian bigotry is yielding to a more inclusive approach, and what it needs to do to prove that the evidence for its evolution is not just a set of superficial bromides for global consumption:
For all those who ask why Dipke, Das signed bond- legal experts say this-1) Gandhi signed bond and violated many times. That's what protest is 2)How is protesting in denotified protest place breaking law? Denotified protest place is a public place 3)SEM is a cop not judge!
When the Congress needed someone to hold a coalition together, there was one name the party turned to. Now, he is Karnataka's Chief Minister.
D.K. Shivakumar: Congress's Crisis Manager, Karnataka's Kingmaker by Rasheed Kidwai published by Hachette India, is the definitive biography of the man they call the "Rock of Kanakapura" .
Kidwai, a veteran political journalist, spent two years researching this book. It reveals:
· The fierce rivalry with Siddaramaiah and the backroom drama behind the power transition
· How he safeguarded MLAs during Ahmed Patel's Rajya Sabha election
· His 50 days in Tihar Jail, and the "feelers" he refused
· The contradiction at his core: strongman and strategist, temple devotee and Bengaluru's moderniser
@HachetteIndia@rasheedkidwai
#DKShivakumar #RasheedKidwai #HachetteIndia #KarnatakaPolitics #Congress #bookreelslシ
The Indian Women’s Press Corps (IWPC) has cancelled its annual Diwali Mela this year in protest against the relentless attacks and detention of journalists amid the ongoing agitation in the capital.
Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s Aggression: Is There More to His Tribal Protest Than Meets the Eye? Explores @milindghatwai
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https://t.co/WiVTQrVprm Interesting take abt the new kid on the block. And how its different from other opinion polls. @Score_Intel@rasheedkidwai@nishuarora - first Punjab & next month UP tracker. Focus on the issues, the constituences that matter.