The ongoing drama over the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) candidate list for the forthcoming assembly election in Karnataka should not surprise anyone. Disappointment, dissent, and defection by aspirants who don’t find their names on the list isn’t unique to the state, although it does take it to a different level altogether, and doesn’t fit the […]
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Maharashtra may be on its way to joining a string of Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled states that have enacted strict rules against forced conversions in recent years. Maharashtra deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis told the state legislative council that prima facie there was a design behind alleged cases of “love jihad” and announced that the state […]
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The minute a Surat court convicted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on charges of criminal defamation, it was clear there was an imminent threat to his position as the Member of Parliament from Wayanad. Though the court suspended his sentence of two years, a 2013 Supreme Court judgment had already clarified that a stay on the […]