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Sravasti Dasgupta
Politics
Day Ahead of Supreme Court Hearing, LG Recommends NIA Probe Against Kejriwal
The LG's recommendation for a probe into the AAP allegedly receiving political funding from the banned organisation Sikhs for Justice has been termed by the party as a move that shows the BJP is “rattled” during the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.
May 06, 2024
Politics
Election Commission Mum As BJP Video Openly Incites Hatred Against Muslims Again
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar, while announcing the schedule of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in March, had warned against fake news on social media but is yet to act.
May 05, 2024
Politics
Interview | 'No Crisis in Delhi Congress; BJP Killed Reservations, Against SC/ST/OBC': Udit Raj
The Congress candidate from northwest Delhi said that that the BJP has historically opposed reservations and is not a 'well-wisher of SC/ST/OBCs'.
May 05, 2024
Politics
'Beti Bachao': The Times BJP Has Supported Sexual Assault Accused
From Prajwal Revanna, Brij Bhushan, Manipur, Kathua and Hathras, the Bhartiya Janata Party has a history of supporting alleged sexual offenders.
May 03, 2024
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Watch | 'No Redistribution in Congress Manifesto, BJP Wants to Distract and Communalise'
Amitabh Dubey, Congress manifesto committee member, underlines in an interview to The Wire the idea is to analyse where government funds go, and how to increase representation.
Apr 30, 2024
Politics
‘No Redistribution in Congress Manifesto, BJP Wants to Distract and Communalise’: Amitabh Dubey
Amitabh Dubey, a member of the Congress's manifesto committee, underlines in an interview to The Wire that the idea of his party's manifesto is to analyse where government funds go and how to increase representation.
Apr 30, 2024
Politics
EC Notice No Bar, BJP’s Star Campaigners Echo Modi’s Communal Pitch
BJP’s star campaigners – J.P. Nadda, Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Adityanath – have continued to amplify misleading claims around the Congress manifesto and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s 2006 speech.
Apr 27, 2024
Politics
Aligarh Muslim University Appoints First Woman Vice-Chancellor During Ongoing Lok Sabha Polls
Naima Khatun took charge from her husband, acting vice-chancellor Mohammed Gulrez. Her appointment, during the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, is also noteworthy as the BJP woos Muslim women voters.
Apr 26, 2024
Politics
Wire Wrap Ep11: EC Notices to BJP and Congress, SC on VVPAT, Phase Two of LS Polls and Hardik Pandya
The Wire's Sravasti Dasgupta is joined by The Wire's editor Seema Chishti and Satark Nagarik Sangathan founding member Anjali Bhardwaj.
Apr 26, 2024
Politics
In Mohammad Akhlaq’s Dadri, Locals Rally Against BJP, Religious Polarisation
Mohammad Akhlaq’s lynching in 2015 set the precedent for a slew of incidents of mob vigilantism in the Modi decade. As the BJP once again sets a communal narrative around elections, locals voice disenchantment over urban-rural wedge in development.
Apr 25, 2024
Editors Pick
On Campus and Beyond, Aligarh Muslim University Is at Centre of UP BJP's Communal Politics
The century-old central university has emerged as a flashpoint of the BJP’s majoritarian politics in the last five years as central universities, known to be liberal spaces of learning, have come under attack in the Modi decade.
Apr 24, 2024
Politics
Mathura: Disenchantment Over Unemployment, Inflation, Hema Malini, But Brand Modi and Mandir Shine
As the BJP places the Ayodhya Ram Temple at the centre of its campaign, its old slogan of “Kashi-Mathura ab baqi hai” looms in Mathura,
Apr 23, 2024
Politics
Interview | Modi's Third Term, 400-Seat Target 'Far-Fetched': Shashi Tharoor
Tharoor, who is seeking a fourth consecutive term from Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram is locked in a three-way fight with BJP’s Rajeev Chandrashekhar and CPI’s Panniyan Raveendran, said the 'BJP has literally nothing to point to in Kerala in their ten years of rule'.
Apr 20, 2024
Politics
Day Ahead of Polls, BJP Makes Direct Appeal to Religion in ‘Power of One Vote’ Post Showing Ram Idol
The post comes during the 48-hour silence period ahead of polling on April 19. The model code of conduct expressly bars appeals “to caste or communal feelings for securing votes” and the use of religion to seek votes constitutes a “corrupt practice” under the Representation of the People Act.
Apr 18, 2024
Politics
Narendra Modi and the Question of Invoking Religion in Poll Speeches
While he has repeatedly invoked the construction of the Ram Temple in poll rallies, on April 12, he accused the opposition of hurting the sentiments by eating non-vegetarian food during Navratri.
Apr 15, 2024
Politics
UCC, Simultaneous Polls, Continuing of Free Rations in BJP's 'Modi ki Guarantee' Manifesto
The manifesto was released by PM Narendra Modi on Sunday. It promises to chart the path to Viksit Bharat 2047 and includes promises to increase coverage under flagship schemes without any specific targets.
Apr 14, 2024
Politics
Why Modi's Claim of 'Timely Intervention' in Manipur 'Improved Situation' Rings Hollow
From being forced to speak inside parliament because of a no confidence motion against his government, to his failure to visit the strife-torn state along with the continued violence and collapse of law and order in the last eleven months casts a shadow on Modi’s claims.
Apr 10, 2024
Politics
Interview | 'BJP Talking Corruption Is Like Bin Laden Talking Non-Violence': Sanjay Singh
The AAP MP, who was jailed in connection with the alleged liquor excise policy scam and released on bail last week, tells The Wire that Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest will be the biggest issue for the Aam Aadmi Party for the Lok Sabha elections.
Apr 08, 2024
Politics
'Election About Saving Democracy' Says Congress as it Unveils 'Nyay Patra' Manifesto
Apart from the five pillars of justice that were announced during the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, the 48-page document includes a section on 'defending the constitution'.
Apr 05, 2024
Politics
‘No Impact’, ‘Smokescreen’ Say DMK, AIADMK as BJP Takes Katchatheevu Route to TN
In 2024, Modi has set himself and his party the task of 400 seats with the slogan “ab ki bar, 400 paar” in which Tamil Nadu – which will vote in a single phase on April 19 – is crucial to meet that target.
Apr 05, 2024