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Opinion: Arvind Kejriwal Made No Big Gains In Supreme Court Today - By Chandan Mitra
In one sense though, the apex court has said nothing new. It has only reiterated the existing norm that an elected government is the principal authority in a state administration. The confusion arises because Delhi is a state and yet not a state.
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Chandan Mitra
- Jul 04, 2018 18:47 pm IST
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Opinion: Stop Making Karnataka Out To Be Big Blow For BJP
The BJP acted in accordance with constitutional propriety and quit office when it failed to gather the required numbers. Whether it attempted horse-trading is a matter of conjecture and, in any case, the Congress-JD(S) combine too pulled out all stops to hold its MLAs captive and even procure some more.
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Chandan Mitra
- May 21, 2018 20:32 pm IST
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Opinion: Rape Cases Linked To BJP Are Treated As Bigger Than Others
No rape can be condoned, regardless of the ideological colour of the perpetrators. However, if the BJP can be even tangentially dragged into the controversy, the outcry is louder than in other cases.
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Chandan Mitra
- Apr 16, 2018 19:14 pm IST
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Opinion: When Statues Are Destroyed, Dangerous Fissures Erupt
An iconoclastic frenzy has gripped parts of India in the last one week in the aftermath of the BJP's stunning victory in Tripura.
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Chandan Mitra
- Mar 08, 2018 11:35 am IST
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Opinion: The Big Implications Of BJP Winning Tripura
understatement. Routing the CPM in Tripura after 25 years is an unprecedented achievement comparable only to Mamata Banerjee's feat in dislodging the Left Front from power in Bengal after 34 years in 2011.
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Chandan Mitra
- Mar 03, 2018 15:08 pm IST
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Opinion: In Rahul's Temple Run, Big Opportunity For Congress And Him
If Rahul Gandhi sticks to his newly-discovered identity he would, in a sense, be taking the Congress back to its pre-Nehru avatar.
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Chandan Mitra
- Dec 20, 2017 11:00 am IST
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Opinion: Modi Has Turned Mani Shankar's Insult Into Political Gold
Mani Shankar Aiyar's ability to score goals against his own team is unparalleled in Indian politics. So, perhaps, is his level of frustration at being sidelined in his party despite his fawning allegiance to the Nehru-Gandhi family. He has a remarkable capacity to offend people, get personal and abusive without provocation.
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Chandan Mitra
- Dec 08, 2017 17:47 pm IST
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Opinion: Bhansali Should Never Have Made "Padmavati"
Only a stable and mature society whose faultlines have been erased over time can deal with issues such as the communal divide. Till that time, narratives involving Hindu and Muslim protagonists are ideally kept inside the closets of history.
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Chandan Mitra
- Nov 23, 2017 07:32 am IST
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Opinion: Kerala Hindus No Longer Shy Of Their Identity, Will Turn To BJP
Those who say that Kerala is too well-educated to harbour religiosity as a driver of politics need only to look at the political formations of non-Hindu groups to realise that education has little to do with political allegiances.
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Chandan Mitra
- Oct 17, 2017 12:16 pm IST
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Opinion: Shame Peace Nobel Winner Aung San Suu Kyi To Treat Rohingyas Humanely
About five years ago, a protest meeting of Muslims in Mumbai turned ugly leading to considerable violence and clashes with the police. It transpired that the mob had been asked to assemble to protest against atrocities allegedly committed on Muslims in the North-East.
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Chandan Mitra
- Sep 09, 2017 13:24 pm IST
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Opinion: BJP Is Right To Back Khattar Despite Haryana Riots
When a semblance of sanity returns and recriminations from all sides die down, it may be possible to draft a code of Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to deal with such events in future, for incidents of this nature are certain to recur.
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Chandan Mitra
- Aug 28, 2017 12:10 pm IST
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Opinion: What Sharad Yadav Loses In Split From Nitish Kumar
Long-standing "frenemies" Nitish Kumar and Sharad Yadav have fallen out once again. Socialists by nature are congenital party-breakers or "splittists" as European Communists of the 1930s used to call them. The list of "socialist" parties that have been formed in India after Independence will surely run into several pages.
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Chandan Mitra
- Aug 12, 2017 18:37 pm IST
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Opinion: Mamata Banerjee's Appeasement Policies Have Created Real Danger
Bengal is sitting on a tinder box. According to those who follow the news emanating from the state, it appears on the brink of a major communal conflagration. Comments in the social media ominously recall horrific details of the Great Calcutta Killing of 1946 in which thousands were slaughtered during the carnage triggered by Muslim League leader MA Jinnah's call to o...
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Chandan Mitra
- Jul 05, 2017 22:47 pm IST
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Opinion: What China Wants By Provoking India At Sikkim Border
Beijing is unnerved by New Delhi's close association with Washington and is sending a message to both capitals against bolstering equations between India and the US. If in the process, 49 hapless pilgrims are victimized by Chinese high-handedness, well, so be it!
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Chandan Mitra
- Jun 29, 2017 12:07 pm IST
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Opinion: With Low-Profile Kovind, Modi And Amit Shah Hit Bull’s Eye
Mild mannered and a thorough gentleman, Kovind's choice by the BJP's helmsmen, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the party president, Amit Shah, has once again been described as a masterstroke.
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Chandan Mitra
- Jun 20, 2017 19:55 pm IST
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Opinion: Why The Farmer In Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra Is So Angry
The violent protests in parts of Madhya Pradesh and the endemic agitation in Maharashtra point to a deeper malaise affecting Indian agriculture and agriculturists.
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Chandan Mitra
- Jun 08, 2017 20:34 pm IST
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Opinion: Modi Government At 3 Years Out-Scores Vajpayee's
This article is not aimed at narrating the achievements of three years of Narendra Modi's government. This is an attempt to underline the transformational quality of his governance.
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Chandan Mitra
- May 24, 2017 09:01 am IST
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Opinion: Kejriwal's Party Has Degenerated Too Much Too Soon
It would be a wild exaggeration to suggest that Kejriwal is the standard bearer of a "revolution", much as he may like to think himself as one.
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Chandan Mitra
- Apr 27, 2017 19:13 pm IST
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Opinion: Modi's New Strategy For Making Inroads Among Muslims
It was evident from the exuberance of delegates at the BJP's National Executive meeting in Bhubaneswar last weekend that party workers and leaders alike are convinced that the hand of history has touched the BJP and it will go from strength to strength hereafter.
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Chandan Mitra
- Apr 19, 2017 15:00 pm IST
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Opinion: Yogi Adityanath Is Best Man For The Job, Deal With It
All things said and done, this was undoubtedly the best and most unorthodox choice the BJP could have made in UP. In Narendra Modi's long-term scheme of things, he needs someone who can retain UP for the BJP for many years to come. Although the Ram Mandir issue may have lost some traction, it is important to try and build a "Hindu vote" - something that has eluded the...
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Chandan Mitra
- Mar 21, 2017 19:04 pm IST
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