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There is now consensus that Congress’s clarion call for a caste census, and the BJP’s own low tolerance for social justice, led to a big fall in the ruling party’s seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. (C R Sasikumar)

Best of Both Sides: On caste census, the BJP was rattled into action by Congress’s demandSubscriber Only

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It was initially evasive. It's good news that it has given up its resistance

Fri, May 02, 2025

There is a perception among some that Congress has lost ground, given its performance in three of the four assembly elections since June 2024.

Best of both sides | Anshul Avijit writes: Congress is the only party that flags real issuesSubscriber Only

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The grand old party is not infallible. But dealing with asymmetrical electoral battles is difficult

Fri, Feb 14, 2025

Amit Shah’s comments on Ambedkar: They want to turn the clock backSubscriber Only

December 20,2024 08:03:01 AM

The deification of Ambedkar isn’t unwarranted, his fight for social change gave a voice to the marginalised Dalits. Comments made by Home Minister Amit Shah claiming a ‘misplaced search for god’ by Babasaheb’s supporters, brings to surface the scourge of modern India, the caste system, undoing decades of activism

Fri, Dec 20, 2024

Broken pitchers, 100 years apartSubscriber Only

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Jagjivan Ram was lucky not to get killed as a child. Indra Meghwal wasn’t

Mon, Aug 22, 2022