Tiranga vs Tiranga

India's most audacious new party has joined the battle with Modi, freebies and nationalism. The latter is more visible. So they will match it, Tiranga for Tiranga, slogan for slogan, tweet for tweet

As we head into the long weekend of the big Independence Day — big because it is the 75th and celebrated by the Modi government on a mega scale with trending ‘Amrit Mahotsav’ hashtags — the political battle for hyper-nationalism is joined.

The Congress is still mostly caught up in its latest juvenile obsession, mocking Narendra Modi on Twitter over the tricolour too or raising issues like whether it’s made of plastic or polyester instead of khadi. The other non-BJP parties are caught in their own priorities, in many cases set by the Enforcement Directorate and CBI. Only two parties