During his visit to Hyderabad on Sunday, August 21, 2022, Amit Shah met with a movie star and a movie mogul.
Dominic Xavier offers his take on the home ministry's protection largesse.
Some of Dada's fans used the opportunity to urge him not to enter politics.
'I just want to keep on working till they have to shoot me down.'
'It is a fight for principles for him, where he shall be presenting his protest to the wrongdoings.'
What some of our leaders were up to on Tuesday, November 15.
'Ayodhya will once again become Ram's city.'
If the bribe-for-PPE-supply controversy in Himachal escalates, the BJP could have a lot to lose.
Elections are due in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal that year. Early indications show Bengal holds promise for the BJP, but the party may have to recast itself to win Tamil Nadu.
'Between now and 2021, Bengal's politics could change irrevocably,' predicts Kanchan Gupta, Distinguished Fellow, Observer Research Foundation.
Just six years after his father's Rath Yatra, the BJP came to power in New Delhi in 1996, points out Jayant Advani.
'You may be an MP or an MLA; when we go to Bengal, we go as cadre.'
'The story of how Modi won a re-election in the face of severe agrarian crisis, mounting unemployment, looming economic crisis, is the story of how the power of the message can be put to devastating effect in the hands of a strong leader,' says Saisuresh Sivaswamy.
By presenting the battle in Bengal as one between Mamata on one side and Modi-Shah on the other, the saffron camp has projected the former as a larger-than-life figure, a portrayal which has the potential of turning her into Modi's main competitor in 2024, predicts Amulya Ganguli.
Left high and dry, the BJP has had no option but to go for the overkill with 800 rallies, including 20 by the prime minister. In the process, it may be overplaying its card, observes Amulya Ganguli.
'If the BJP thinks it is going to overnight transform Bengal into Madhya Pradesh, sorry, that's not going to happen because I have faith in our ethos and culture.'
'We would try our best that the temple structure becomes visible in the next two years.'
'At this moment, the Trinamool has an edge.'
'The BJP will take time to come to power in Andhra.'
We present our alphabet of 2020, pulling in everything you'll remember about this year we'd rather forget.
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