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The battle for Delhi: Will Modi’s BJP pass bellwether Indian election test?

The BJP has won Delhi in all but two national elections since 1989. This time, its two biggest rivals have teamed up.

Al Jazeera

How Narendra Modi’s cult of personality was formed by a powerful Hindu nationalist group with a dark history

Narendra Modi’s right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has resorted to religious polarisation as it tries to rally its Hindu nationalist base in India’s ongoing general election, which ends on June 1.

The Conversation

How Modi is using TV, film and social media to sway voters in India’s election

As the world’s largest electorate goes to the polls in India, political parties are seeking to sway voters through popular culture, like film. Although cinema has long reflected and influenced the country’s political and social cultures, right now, Bollywood (and other Indian films) are a major boon to the current…

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Kejriwal’s street meetings: Hanuman, Ambedkar and emotional appeal to women voters

In the battleground for Delhi, the Aam Aadmi Party is contesting four seats and the Congress three from the INDIA bloc against the BJP, which swept all seven seats in the national capital in the 2019 general election.

Newslaundry

Moments of hope: how Indians keep pushing back against the hollowing out of democracy

After six weeks of voting in the world’s largest democracy, on June 4, Indians will learn who is to be their next prime minister. Narendra Modi, standing for a third term, is the frontrunner.

The Conversation

How do you find a bride? The new struggle in crisis-hit rural India

As climate change, low earnings and high debts batter them, young male farmers can’t find women willing to marry them.

Al Jazeera

Free foodgrains: How Modi rebranded his most successful scheme

If there’s one welfare scheme that almost everyone knows under the Modi government, it’s the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana.

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Ties, turnout and truths: What intellectual centres in the West say about 2024 polls

Modi’s temple of lies. India a democracy in name only. Progressive South is rejecting Modi. Modification of India is almost complete. Authoritarian drift in the world’s largest democracy. Why is Biden silent on Modi and India’s slide towards autocracy?

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Modi’s BJP wants the votes of India’s ‘Pasmanda’ Muslims. Will they bite?

The party has tried to make inroads among the largest section of India’s 200 million Muslims. Will the strategy work?

Al Jazeera

More than half the world cannot speak freely, report finds

Sharp rise in number of people facing a crisis in freedom of speech, while authors particularly alarmed by deterioration in India under Narendra Modi

The Guardian - UK

‘BJP tortured farmers, women’: AAP’s Sushil Gupta on Haryana contest, Modi, INDIA bloc

Sushil Kumar Gupta is the Aam Aadmi Party’s only candidate in Haryana, where the party has not been able to make inroads so far. The businessman-politician and former AAP Rajya Sabha MP, who was with the Congress before joining the AAP, is in the fray against INLD stalwart Abhay Chautala…

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‘No one is serious about us’: In Jangal Mahal, the Kurmis may dent BJP’s chances

“We have done everything from blocking trains in Jangal Mahal to protesting in Delhi. Nothing has happened so far. Everyone is ignoring our demand for ST status.”

Newslaundry

Insights From Indian Voters On Thirukkural Express

Explore the diverse political opinions and reflections of Indian passengers on the Thirukkural Express journey from New Delhi to Kanyakumari.

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Indian government agency spent millions promoting BJP election slogans

The Central Bureau of Communication is meant to promote government plans. Its ads carried Modi’s party’s catchphrases.

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Phase 5 of India election held in Gandhi bastions, Ladakh, Ram Temple town

Voting held for 49 seats in six states and two union territories, the fewest of the constituencies going to the polls.

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: Meta approved political ads in India that incited violence

Exclusive: Ads containing AI-manipulated images were submitted to Facebook by civil and corporate accountability groups

Al Jazeera

World reacts to the death of Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi

World leaders express condolences after Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi dies in a helicopter crash.

The Hindu

BJP to score big in South, NDA will cross 400, says Modi in unwavering confidence for Lok Sabha results

Prime Minister Modi confident BJP will be largest party in South India, aiming for 400+ seats in Lok Sabha.

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Modi vs Rahul rally in Delhi: What’s on the minds of the supporters?

Ahead of the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha polls, the national capital witnessed high-profile rallies by PM Narendra Modi and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. While PM Modi addressed a public meeting at Ghonda in North East Delhi, in favour of MP Manoj Tiwari, Rahul Gandhi held a rally with…

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"No Sign Of Life" at President Raisi's helicopter crash site, says Iran State TV

Iran President Ebrahim Raisi is feared dead after state TV on Monday morning reported that was "no sign of life" at the site of the crash of the helicopter. Read further on Dynamite News:

Al Jazeera

‘Why should we vote?’ India’s jute workers blame politicians for woes

Jute, a major Indian export, is in a crisis. The vote of millions of industry workers in Bengal state is up for grabs.

The Guardian - UK

‘Modi builds highways but where are our jobs?’: rising inequality looms over India’s election

While the number of Indian billionaires soars, growing unemployment has become a big problem for the BJP as it campaigns for a third term

International Business Times

Business And Bollywood Votes In India Election

India's financial capital Mumbai began voting Monday when six-week national elections resumed, with much of the megacity's business and entertainment elite vocal in their support of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The Hindu

More and more BJP leaders using anti-Muslim tropes, CPI-M complains to EC

CPI(M) leader Yechury accuses BJP of anti-Muslim rhetoric, urges Election Commission to take immediate action.

The Hindu

Congress asks Amit Shah to stop fear-mongering, promises better steps to manage economy

Congress responds to Amit Shah's claims, highlighting economic growth under Manmohan Singh and proposing reforms for stability and growth.

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