Modi Continues to Defend Electoral Bonds Scam; Election 2024 is For Opposition to Win

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Snapshot of the day

April 15, 2024

Siddharth Varadarajan

The BJP Manifesto was released on Sunday. It is called ‘Modi ki Guarantee’ in keeping with the requirements of the prevailing cult of personality – and to make a connect with the government’s official use of the controversial phrase in the weeks before the election was announced. Among the promises: a nationwide uniform civil code, simultaneous state and national elections, and a continuation of the free grain scheme for 800 million people [English PDF]. Which means the party is not confident of making a dent in the prevailing precarity even if it wins another term. The fact that