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'EVERY POLL FACTOR IS IN BJP'S FAVOUR FOR 2024'
Fresh from the poll victories in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, BJP national president J.P. NADDA, in a candid chat with India Today Group Editorial Director RAJ CHENGAPPA and Deputy Editor ANILESH S. MAHAJAN, talks about what went behind these bigger than expected victories in the Hindi heartland, how the BJP's strategy to win these elections was chalked out and how it reaped the benefits of PM Modi's guarantees to the people. He also explains how the BJP plans to carry forward this momentum in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Excerpts
Beyond Article 370
For over 70 years, Article 370 of the Indian Constitution was seen as almost an article of faith by a section of the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
MYSTIC MEDLEY
The seventh edition of the Mahindra Kabira Festival is set to enthral music lovers in Varanasi this month
Good Old Rock 'N' Roll
One of the world's greatest contemporary rock bands, The War on Drugs, will perform at Bandland in Bengaluru this month
Here We GO Again
MAMMA MIA!, the popular musical from London's West End and one of the world's longest running, is being performed live in Mumbai currently
THE ARTFUL COMBATANT
CHARISMATIC AND INDUSTRIOUS, A. REVANTH REDDY IS IN A HURRY TO LEARN FROM HIS PREDECESSOR'S MISTAKES AND CONSOLIDATE HIS GAINS FOR THE BATTLE ON THE HORIZON
Dressed to a Tee
Costume and production design played a key role in recreating the 1960s world of The Archies
THE RISE OF A WARHORSE
A SEASONED TRIBAL LEADER, VISHNU DEO SAI PIPS OTHER CONTENDERS TO BECOME CHHATTISGARH CM AS THE BJP TRIES TO BALANCE CASTE EQUATIONS
THE CHARISMA IS BACK
THE HERO KARIZMA RETURNS AS THE KARIZMA XMR. IT COMES WITH MANY FIRSTS AND PROMISES TO BE A STRONG CONTENDER IN THE SEGMENT
COMFORT KING
WE RIDE THE MERCEDES-BENZ GLE 450 TO FIND OUT WHETHER IT'S STILL A CONTENDER FOR THE BEST SUV IN THE SEGMENT CROWN
SHIFTING GEARS
THREE OF THE LATEST BIKES TO HIT THE ROADS
NO TAKERS FOR THE VACCINE
THANKS TO SOCIAL STIGMA AND LACK OF AWARENESS, THOUSANDS OF WOMEN CONTINUE TO DIE OF CERVICAL CANCER IN INDIA, EVEN THOUGH IT IS THE ONLY TYPE THAT'S ALMOST ENTIRELY PREVENTABLE BY A VACCINE
PLAYING THE OBC CARD
MOHAN YADAV, THE BJP LEADERSHIP'S PICK FOR THE TOP POST IN MP, TICKS THE RIGHT BOXES IN THE 2024 GENERAL ELECTION PUSH
BETTING ON FRESH FACES
THE BJP USHERS IN A GENERATIONAL SHIFT IN THREE STATES AS THE CONGRESS DOES IN TELANGANA, TO GROOM THE LEADERSHIP OF THE FUTURE
THE SOULFUL SINGER
With a song on the soundtrack of the controversial blockbuster Animal and top billing on Spotify, the shy Arijit Singh is enjoying the spotlight
A CLASH OF TEMPLE BELLS
From organising Kashistyle Ganga aartis along the Hooghly in Kolkata to building replicas of Vaishno Devi and Puri Jagannath, the Trinamool Congress has in recent years striven to match every step of its main adversary, the BJP, in bursts of demonstrative Hinduism.
PINARAYI GETS ON THE BUS
The Opposition is often found calculating the dent it could make in the ruling BJP’s Lok Sabha tally in one state or the other.
The Great Heist
Some 25 counting machines whirred breathlessly as they went through bundle after bundle of cash.
THE DONKEYS ARE VANISHING
In a state known more for its lions, Gujarat may not automatically evoke the more humdrum image of the donkey, the four legged beast trapped on the opposite side of human valuation.
A NEW FORCE IN AIZAWL
THE ZPM BREAKS THE MNF-CONGRESS STRANGLEHOLD TO SEIZE POWER IN MIZORAM. FRESH FACES AND PROMISE OF CHANGE DID THE TRICK
REDDY, STEADY GO
BRUISED IN THE NORTH, A RESILIENT CONGRESS BOUNCES BACK IN TELANGANA, HANDING THE ONCE INVINCIBLE KCR A SOUND BEATING. BEHIND THE VICTORY WAS A FAULTLESS POLL STRATEGY
BUCKING THE TREND
STRATEGIC MANOEUVRES, A CENTRE-RUN CAMPAIGN AND A SHIFT IN VOTER PREFERENCES AIDED THE BJP’S SWEEPING VICTORY, AND HELPED IT THWART 18 YEARS OF ANTI-INCUMBENCY
A THREAT CALLED DISEASE X
IS THE NEXT KILLER VIRUS ALREADY HERE? THE WHO PREDICTS IT WILL BE 'ZOONOTIC', AND 20 TIMES DEADLIER THAN COVID
ROAR OF THE TIGER
India's hardest-working action star Tiger Shroff seems on track with a slew of releases planned next year
CHRONICLE OF INTERESTING TIMES
The incisively observed Journals of the painter Altaf Mohammedi provide a fascinating glimpse into 1960s London
Culture in the Capital
India's first biennale dedicated to art, architecture and design is on at the Red Fort in New Delhi
UNITING INDIA
JOHN ZUBRZYCKI'S DETHRONED IS A COMPELLING NARRATION OF THE INTEGRATION OF THE PRINCELY STATES INTO THE INDIAN UNION
In Search of Greener Pastures
PERUMAL MURUGAN'S AGRARIAN PERIOD NOVEL, FIRE BIRD, HAS WON THE 2023 JCB PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
ZENS AND SENSIBILITY
Shabnam Minwalla's new novel straddles two different eras in an engrossing tale of romance, rebellion and long-hidden secrets
Q+A BUSY AS A BEE
Besides filming the third season of Bollywood Wives, Neelam Kothari Soni is engaged in multiple projects