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BJP releases 80-member National Executive list; Maneka, Varun dropped

BJP president J P Nadda announced the 80-member National Executive of the party on Thursday, with the names of its top brass

Elections and 'wallet economics': Does economic under-performance matter?

There are instances - both from national and state elections - of economic under-performers being returned to power, and also of parties being thrown out despite good performance, writes T N Ninan

Parliament more about policy than politics: PM Modi at Sansad TV launch

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday that Parliament is not only about politics but policy too and described content as "connect"

Congress lost highest number of leaders to other parties since 2014: Report

The Congress has lost the highest number of its electoral candidates to other parties in the past seven years with the BJP emerging the biggest gainer since it came to power at the Centre in 2014

Congress sets up panel to plan sustained agitations on national issues

Congress president Sonia Gandhi set up a nine-member panel of party leaders headed by Digvijaya Singh on Thursday for planning "sustained agitations on national issues"

Rift in Uttarakhand Congress, Navprabhat refuses to take charge

Former Uttarakhand Minister Navprabhat, who was a contender for the state Congress chief's post, has decided not to be part of any committees announced by the party

Covid-19 pandemic exposed chinks in political system: Chidambaram

P Chidambram said the coronavirus pandemic has exposed gaping loopholes in the political system, charging that in a corroded diminished democracy, rulers find diverse ways to evade responsibility

Do Indian governors carry their own weight or are they mere rubber stamps?

While the nominal head of a state or union territory is its de facto CEO, he is quite often the conveyor of the Centre' agenda. There are, of course, exceptions

Made in Bharat

Mocking new health minister Mansukh Mandaviya's English underlines the political elitism Modi's India has rejected.

Andhra Pradesh CM Jagan's sister Sharmila floats party in Telangana

Marking her foray into active politics, YS Sharmila, sister of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy, on Thursday officially launched her political outfit-YSR Telangana Party- here.

Will toe party line on ties with BJP, says AIADMK's Shanmugam

AIADMK leader C Ve Shanmugam on Thursday said he was bound by the party leadership's decision on continuing the alliance with Assembly poll partner BJP.

Supreme Court refuses to entertain PIL against Congress 'Toolkit'

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain a plea seeking a NIA probe into the alleged Congress "Toolkit"

Best of BS Opinion: Stock market as mirror, politics in diversity & more

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Saturday

Repeating recent history

The poor quality of public health infrastructure should no longer surprise us. It is our democratic choice, writes Mihir S Sharma

Politics in diversity

PEW survey of Indians' religiosity tells you why Modi's rivals have failed to challenge him: Confused secularism that's ceded religion to the BJP

No political crisis at all in Karnataka, claims Chief Minister Yediyurappa

The remark came even as the rumblings within the ruling BJP have come out in the open

Chirag Paswan removed as LJP's national president, protest erupts in Patna

The decision was taken at a meeting of five LJP MPs at the residence of Pashupati Kumar Paras in Delhi.

Political strategist Prashant Kishor meets Pawar; sets off speculation

Kishor on Friday called on NCP president Sharad Pawar at the latter's residence

Best of BS Opinion: Threat of third Covid wave, another Cong crisis & more

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Friday

Congress must reclaim position as India's big tent party: Milind Deora

Soon after his Congress colleague Jitin Prasada quit the party to join the BJP, Milind Deora on Wednesday said the Congress must reclaim its position as India's big tent party and asserted that it still has a strong bench which, if empowered and optimally utilised, can deliver. A former chief of the Mumbai Congress, Deora, however, wished that several of his friends, peers and valued colleagues hadn't left the party. Congress leader Prasada joined the BJP on Wednesday, in a shot in the arm for the saffron party as it prepares for assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh scheduled for early next year. He joined the BJP in the presence of Union minister Piyush Goyal and its chief spokesperson Anil Baluni. In an obvious reference to the development, Deora tweeted, "I believe in @INCIndia as a party that can & must reclaim its position as India's big tent party. We still have a strong bench that if empowered & optimally utilised, can deliver." "I only wish that several of my friends, ..