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When senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh publicly praised the RSS–BJP ecosystem last week, calling it a disciplined organisation where even a grassroots worker can rise to the very top, it was not just another stray tweet. Accompanied by a telling photograph of Narendra Modi seated humbly at the feet of L.K. Advani, the remark detonated…
The sudden and dramatic return of Tarique Rahman, acting chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and scion of one of Bangladesh’s two dominant political dynasties, marks a pivotal moment in the nation’s political evolution. After nearly 17 years in exile, Rahman arrived in Dhaka to a massive, emotional welcome — an event that could…
The sudden warmth between Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray has triggered predictable excitement in sections of Maharashtra’s political commentariat. Old photographs are being dusted off, emotional appeals to “Marathi asmita” are resurfacing, and whispers of a united Thackeray front challenging the BJP—especially in Mumbai—are growing louder. But beneath the optics lies an uncomfortable question: is…
The unprecedented protests witnessed across India following the brutal killing of a Hindu man, Dipu Chandra Das, in Bangladesh mark a turning point that can no longer be dismissed as episodic outrage. From New Delhi—outside the Bangladesh High Commission—to Jammu and Kashmir, Kolkata, and Hyderabad, thousands of ordinary Hindus came together with a single, unmistakable…
A viral social media video has added a controversial and politically sensitive layer to the already condemned incident involving Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and the hijab-lifting episode during a government appointment event. While the Chief Minister’s act drew widespread criticism across party lines for being inappropriate and indefensible, the narrative being circulated online now…
For nearly 65 years after Independence, India was governed more by political convenience than constitutional conviction. The Congress party, which dominated power for most of this period, institutionalised indecision, nurtured vote-bank politics, and allowed systemic corruption to become an accepted feature of governance. By 2014, India had not failed—but it had been deliberately restrained. Narendra…
What Karnataka and Telangana are demanding today is not social justice; it is constitutional butchery disguised as benevolence. Their brazen push for 56 to 60 per cent reservations, and the audacity to demand its burial in the Ninth Schedule, is nothing but a calculated attempt to permanently destroy the very idea of reservations while pretending…
Over the last decade, India’s steady ascent as a credible military power has unfolded despite persistent scepticism abroad and deliberate narrative sabotage at home. While adversarial states continue to test India through terror proxies, cyber operations and internal destabilisation, sections of the domestic ecosystem remain curiously invested in downplaying the armed forces’ growing capabilities. Yet,…
The Congress Party’s celebratory chest-thumping over the recent Delhi High Court proceedings in the National Herald case reveals something deeply troubling. Either the party does not understand the law it so frequently sermonises about—or it is deliberately misleading the country. Contrary to the manufactured narrative pushed by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and the party’s legal…
The Congress party’s increasingly desperate attempt to manufacture a narrative of “vote chori” has suffered a serious blow—not from the BJP or the Election Commission of India (ECI), but from within its own INDIA bloc. Rahul Gandhi’s reckless allegations questioning the integrity of India’s electoral process and casting aspersions on a constitutional body were meant…
