The question of allegedly unleashing the ED to force companies to purchase electoral bonds for the BJP was flagged by the Supreme Court in its February 2024 judgement.

Ambedkar would have recalled that the framers of the constitution preferred a parliamentary form of government because it is based on the accountability of the executive to the legislature on a continuous basis.

The phrase “doctrine of frightfulness", often used by Gandhi to explain the basis of British rule following the Jallianwala Bagh massacre resonates in our country today.

It is quite extraordinary that people’s fear expressed in 2024 that the constitution might be lost was outlined by Yechury in 2016 in the Rajya Sabha and he called it “insurrection against the constitution of India.”

Modi's apology does not wash away the egregious blunder of installing a weak statue of Shivaji, which will have adverse political implications for Maharashtra’s ruling coalition in the forthcoming elections. 

This year Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s appeal to teachers on the eve of Teacher’s Day to caution students about the distortion of history by the Modi regime stands out in defence of the idea of India.

President Droupadi Murmu must uphold a legacy of nuance and not be selective in her anger against crimes on women.

While British rule kept India in isolation from the rest of the world, the Indian freedom struggle forged wider contacts with other nations.

The withdrawal of the ad represents a victory for the opposition, which exposed the fact that the lateral entry policy of the Modi regime is bereft of social justice and inclusion. It is the Opposition’s narrative that has prevailed this time and the Modi regime has been forced to bring its policies in line with it.

Such impairment of the integrity of SEBI forms part of the pattern of the collapse of the institutions of governance during the Modi regime. This does not augur well for India and specifically for its market which sadly is now plagued by the maladies of crony capitalism.

Repeated fiddling with the Preamble by the Modi regime has shocked the nation. Its restoration will constitute a small step in the defence of the constitution for which people came forward and made it an electoral issue in the recently concluded 18th general elections.

While the Congress leader was targeted for his repeated assertions demanding caste census by Anurag Thakur on the despicable ground that those not knowing their caste identity should not ask for counting castes, Swami Vivekananda was told that he had no right to be a Sanyasi because he was a Shudra. 

Mahatma Gandhi’s disapproval of Chakravyuha in the context of Bordoli Satyagraha 96 years ago is of crucial significance in appreciating Rahul Gandhi’s incisive analysis of its 21st century version and finding remedies to it.

By invoking the chakravyuha analogy from the Mahabharata to indict crony capitalism, majoritarianism, and Modi’s reliance on fear, Rahul Gandhi is tapping into the age-old legacy of India.

The report by 'Vote for Democracy' flagged the questionable role of the poll body and Returning Officers, the stark differences between votes registered in EVMs and the actual counted votes, and the massive hikes of votes in every phase of the elections. 

Modi, who talked about consensus and coexistence of all faiths before beginning his third term as prime minister, is silent about the letter and spirit of the Constitution getting violated in this manner.

'It was Foreign Minister Gruber (of Austria) who contacted Prime Minister Nehru, asking for support in the negotiations to bring them to a positive conclusion,' the Austrian Chancellor has said.

By taking examples from mythology and history, Rahul Gandhi flagged the lesson he found in the Abhaya Mudra – of shunning fear. What he did is evocative of Mahatma Gandhi’s idea of satyagraha.

By bowing down before Modi, Birla outraged the office of the Lok Sabha Speaker and its role in representing the freedom of the House and the whole nation.

Om Birla as Speaker must remain tuned to the constitutional vision of India and act according to the Constitution and not as per his uninspiring past record.