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India Today

INDIA’S GROWING WEALTH DIVIDE

KEY TAKEAWAYS

FIGHT FOR A FAIR SHARE

BAND OF BROTHERS

MAYA JAAL

STUDY IN CONTRAST

AJIT VS THE PAWARS

Family Feud

A SINGHAM, BUT NOT FAIR DINKUM?

That Tiruchi Thing

THE OUTSIDERS

OF STAR POWER AND DYNASTY • If the BJP is banking heavily on film and sports personalities, the Congress finds political scions safe bets

Rebel Trouble

THE QUEST FOR 400 • THE PARTY SETS ABOUT TO ACCOMPLISH THIS HISTORIC FEAT WITH A CLEVER MIX OF STRATEGY, REALPOLITIK AND A WELL-DISSEMINATED NARRATIVE BUILT ON HINDUTVA AND DEVELOPMENT

THE JOURNEY TOWARDS 400 • In 2019, the BJP had gained 21 seats and the NDA 16 seats over their 2014 tally. There was also a six percentage point uptick in their vote share

WHERE NDA CAN BOOST ITS STRIKE RATE • Pradeep Gupta, chairman and MD, Axis My India, divides the states/ UTs in three groups based on the NDA’s 2019 ‘strike rate’ to highlight its prospects this election

THE 100-200-243 SCENARIO • Yashwant Deshmukh, founder-director, CVoter, divides the 543 Lok Sabha seats into three groups to explain the poll arithmetic

HOW ‘RAM’ CAN HELP NDA GO ‘CHAR SAU PAAR’ • In what he calls the BJP’s ‘Prabhu R.A.M.’ strategy, political strategist and election analyst Amitabh Tiwari outlines how the party needs to Regain lost seats, Attain new ones and Maintain those it won in 2019 to realise Mission 400

KEJRIWAL AT A CROSSROADS • The AAP chief has been central to the party’s fortunes. His arrest in the Delhi liquor scam row could put their Lok Sabha poll campaign in disarray, and even trigger an existential crisis within

WHAT IS THE DELHI EXCISE SCAM? • While the arrested leaders claim innocence, the ED says bribes of around Rs 600 crore changed hands

AAP’S SPHERE OF INFLUENCE • Kejriwal’s party has come a long way in the past 12 years, gaining national party status, but its reach remains limited

BULLETS & BALLOTS • IT’S ELECTION SEASON, AND EASTERN UP’S BAHUBALIS ARE AGAIN MUCH IN DEMAND

NEW DUO TAKE ON BIG TWO • J&K Apni Party and DPAP along with People’s Conference hope to end the old dominance of the National Conference and the PDP in the Lok Sabha polls

CROSS AND CURRENTS • The BJP fields Congress leader A.K. Antony’s son in the Pathanamthitta LS seat. Can he upset the status quo, help the lotus bloom in central Kerala?

THE OBC PUSHBACK • A new political outfit aims to take on Maratha candidates in 18 out of the 48 Lok Sabha seats to secure socio-political space for OBCs

MARATHAS VS OBCS

BACK IN THE FIGHT • Following failed alliance talks, the BJD strategically selects candidates to challenge BJP’s nominees, marking the onset of an electoral showdown

The Great Disruptor • T.M. Krishna’s creative ruptures on Carnatic open it to an equal music—true to its complex genesis. The chorus of rage over an award is a passing note

WORKING ON THEIR OWN TERMS • WHY GENERATION ‘Z’, OR THOSE BORN BETWEEN 1996 AND 2010, DON’T BELIEVE IN BEING CHAINED TO A DESK OR A...