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Secularism can never be a binary concept

Perhaps in no other general election in the past have issues like ‘uniform civil code’, ‘politics of appeasement’, ‘secularism’, ‘illegal infiltration’, ‘NRC’ etc. been so much a part of the campaign of political parties as it had happened this time.

Power play

While earlier, the political enmity was by and large black and white with only a few strands of grey here and there, currently the status has changed unequivocally to “it’s complicated” to use social media lingo.

Will Nepal vote for change?

The next couple of years will also see more digitalisation which means human intervention that was the foundation of government services will slowly give way to automation with better platforms.

Civic election fever heats up in Siliguri

While the AITC Siliguri district president, Papiya Ghosh, today claimed that there was only "one candidate and one face of candidates" in all the 47 wards in Siliguri, who is the party supremo and chief minister Mamata Banerjee, senior TMC leader as well as former minister and mayoral candidate Gautam Deb said, "Siliguri Ebaar Didi-k Chay Siliguri wants Mamata Di this time) for development here, with proper coordination with the state government."

Freebie season returns to India

Former U.P chief minister Akhilesh Yadav has promised 300 units of power. Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, who believes in populist measures, had showered the Delhi voters with free electricity, free bus rides for women, etc. He has promised more things to voters in other poll-bound states like Punjab, U.P, and Goa. Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee had offered five lakh job and free door to-door ration delivery.