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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.

PREVENTING TRAIN COLLISIONS

INDIAN RAILWAYS' ANTI-COLLISION SYSTEM, KAVACH, HOLDS GREAT PROMISE FOR REDUCING TRAIN ACCIDENTS. BUT ITS SLOW ROLLOUT REMAINS AN ISSUE

STRIKING A BALANCE

A TOUGH TASKMASTER WITH A WARM CORE, LALDUHOMA WILL HAVE TO KEEP THE ZPM UNITED AS WELL AS THE BJP AT THE CENTRE HAPPY

MYSTIC MEDLEY

The seventh edition of the Mahindra Kabira Festival is set to enthral music lovers in Varanasi this month

MAKING ART INCLUSIVE

The sixth edition of the Serendipity Arts Festival features independent and collaborative projects that showcase inclusivity and sustainability

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

Labour of Love

From humble beginnings two decades ago, the Chennai International Film Festival has grown thanks to the efforts of festival director E. Thangaraj

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

RAISING THE MAGNETISM

NISSAN HAS DECIDED TO EXPAND THE MAGNITE'S REACH BY ADDING AN AMT GEARBOX TO THE ACCESSIBLE 1.0 NA ENGINE. WE PUT THE NEW VARIANT THROUGH ITS PACES

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

A STRATEGIC POWER SHIFT

WITH A BRAHMIN FIRST-TIMER AS CM, A RAJPUT EX-ROYAL AND A DALIT AS DEPUTIES, THE BJP BALANCES CASTE NOW TO MANAGE DISSENT

THE HEAD TURNERS

LUXURY DRIVES, EVS AND FACELIFTS...HERE ARE FOUR NEW CARS MAKING WAVES IN THE MARKET

THE EVs OF THE FUTURE

THE DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGICAL WONDERS THAT AWAIT US IN THE FUTURISTIC WORLD OF ELECTRIC CARS

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

OFFSHORING POLLUTION

To save the state's polluted rivers, the Gujarat government plans to dispose of the bulk of industrial wastewater directly into the deep sea. But environmentalists fear the move's impact on marine life and coastal settlements in the Gulf of Khambhat

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

Mapping the World

Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, an exhibition by Tarshito N. Strippoli at the Bihar Museum, imagines a world where borders are fluid

Documenting Life on the Margins

Broken, Asha Thadani's exhibition of photographs of Dalit lives, makes us face some uncomfortable realities, but without robbing her subjects of their dignity

Heir (Half) Apparent

Saffron is not the only political colour that’s seeing a new coat of paint.

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.