Indian National Congress
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For “Strategic Reasons”, Did Britain Want Pakistan in 1947?
An anonymous correspondent’s points, posted by Omar Ali, argue that Britain preferred a divided India for strategic reasons after 1945, with the Soviet Union ascendant and Congress refusing to grant…
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Comment of the Day
X.T.M promotes a comment arguing that the Pakistan movement involved more than Jinnah, citing the clerics Shabbir Ahmad Usmani and Husain Ahmad Madani, and that the central dispute was minority…
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Old age homes (not just for politicians)
Prompted by the Congress taunt about the BJP’s ‘old age home’ for senior leaders, the poster argues that scientists, entertainers and technocrats, not only politicians, should make way for younger…
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‘My mother was wronged, gravely wronged’
Reading A. K. Antony’s remark that the Congress is seen as favouring minorities, the post argues the party is courting conservative Muslims in Kerala, which risks pushing Hindus towards the…
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Communal? Who, me??
Reacting to a Congress MP criticising the party’s appeal through Delhi’s Shahi Imam, the poster argues religious leaders are inevitably communal, and lists the main caste and community voting combinations…
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How India voted: National Election Study 2014
Quotes findings of the National Election Study 2014: Modi’s candidature helped the NDA, upper castes, OBCs and tribals carried the BJP, Muslims mostly stayed with Congress, and first-time voter turnout…
