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Congress will change Constitution for quota on religion: PM

Addressing a BJP election rally in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, he said the Congress and the INDI alliance had realized they could not equal the BJP-NDA in development and therefore decided to “openly” pursue its “anti-national agenda” and the path of appeasement.

India’s superpower dream

First, India has surpassed China to become the world’s most populous nation. India’s population is expected to increase for at least the next 70 years, according to the UN. By 2090, its decrease might recur.

Back to streets?

The Move Forward party led by Pita Limjaroenrat won the most seats, followed closely by the Pheu Thai party of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

Conflict management

Manipur has an unfortunate history of ethnic strife and separatist violence, but the state was thought to have turned a corner over the past decade till the latest, ongoing tensions erupted.

Brave New World

Given the great divergence of perception and opinion, preparing a balance sheet of the last nine years is bound to be difficult. One can say that the flagship initiatives of the Government Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, Jan Dhan Yojana, Digital Payments, Aadhaar etc. have been hugely successful. Mr Modi gave them much needed impetus by espousing them personally. Then, we had changes like abrogation of Article 370 A, which was long overdue, but not attempted earlier because of the possible political fallout. The Government also took some other popular measures, like construction of Ram Mandir at Ayodhya