Backroom Brief | Mani Shankar Aiyar ko gussa kyon aata hai: How Congress’s stormy petrel has returned to haunt it | Political Pulse News

(Each week, the National Political Bureau of The Indian Express examines a political party and a leader, tracking their moves and explaining why they matter.) After sparking a row with his remarks that he is a “Gandhian”, “Nehruvian” and a “Rajivian”, but not a “Rahulian” as Rahul Gandhi “is far too much younger than me…

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Ai-generated voter IDs to dead man ‘appearing’ for hearings: Super checking puts scanner on 30 lakh more names in Bengal SIR | Political Pulse News

From AI-generated Electors’ Photo Identity Card (EPIC) to submission of Integrated Child Development Services scheme (ICDS) certificates for verification of male voters’ credentials, the “super checking” carried out by the Election Commission (EC) to weed out non-genuine electors in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal has thrown up a…

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KCR’s daughter Kavitha: ‘My party’s motherboard will be Telangana… BRS, BJP are not present on the ground’ | Political Pulse News

Former Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader K Kavitha, who quit the party led by her father and ex-Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao or KCR amid discord within the political family last September, has announced that she is going to float her own party in May. Kavitha, who has built up her own political identity…

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‘Bid to sabotage India’s image’: BJP tears into Congress over ‘shirtless protest’ at AI Summit | Political Pulse News

A group of Youth Congress workers breached the security ring at the Bharat Mandapam during the ongoing AI Impact Summit Friday to stage a “shirtless protest” while chanting slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, drawing fire from the ruling BJP which accused the Congress of tarnishing India’s reputation globally. The Delhi police arrested four workers…

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Amid CPI(M) vs Congress battle for Kerala, why Christian vote could be a game changer | Political Pulse News

(As Kerala gears up for the Assembly polls, every week, Shaju Philip decodes the electoral trends, political signals, and campaign moves shaping the contest.) The Christian community in Kerala is set to play a pivotal role in determining the outcome of the elections to the 140-member state Assembly slated for April. The community’s long-standing bonds…

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Why Every Major Party in UP is Sponsoring a ‘Maha Paap’ Redemption Tour Ahead of 2027

Amid intensified political mobilisation around the Brahmin community in Uttar Pradesh, BJP ally Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) is the latest to enter the race to woo them in the run-up to the 2027 Assembly elections. Announcing a major outreach programme, the party has invited over 10,000 “prominent/ intellectual Brahmins” for its social harmony rally…

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