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The principal national parties are framing the general election in 2024 as a choice between subaltern Hindutva versus subaltern secularism

Amit Shah accuses Sonia Gandhi of spending MP funds on minorities, criticizes Gandhi family's lack of development work.

Kapil Kakkar, president of the Jangpura Extension Welfare Association and a psychologist by profession, is a busy man these days. It’s not patients but reporters who are now queuing up outside his clinic. And Kakkar is jotting down the details about the journalists in a diary, categorising them as “pro-”…

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Senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar claims Congress, not Rajiv Gandhi, responsible for unlocking Babri Masjid gates.

Congress cracks whip on KPCC gen. sec. for 'rebel activity'. KPCC orders him to stay away from party functions. CPI(M) sees political advantage in Congress' quandary. IUML's rejection of CPI(M)'s invitation to rally in Kozhikode saves Congress face.

Mani Shankar Aiyar defies Kerala Congress leadership's request & speaks at Keraleeyam event. He pays tribute to Rajiv Gandhi for 73rd Constitutional Amendment to introduce Panchayati Raj. He lauds Kerala's record in implementing panchayati raj & praises its poverty alleviation. He calls for addressing stagnation in fiscal decentralisation & administrative…

Rediscover India by rereading works of Gandhi, Nehru, Vivekananda: Aiyar. Modi's view of 1,200 yrs of slavery under Muslim & British rule wrong; India flourished during Muslim rule. Gandhi & Nehru said India's culture composite in nature; Hindi invented by Muslim Amir Khusro combining Brijbhasha, Turkish, Arabic & Persian.

The delegation included CPI general secretary D. Raja, CPI(ML) general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya, JD(U) leader K.C. Tyagi, Samajwadi Party leader Javed Ali Khan, CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Nilotpal Basu, and Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar.