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The writer is a keen observer of the goings-on in the backrooms of power.
    ife-size posters of BJP leaders displayed at party office ahead of the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections, in Patna. PTI PhotoOpinion
    Waqyanawis | Hope alive for those shown the door in BJP reshuffle

    The November 10 verdict is keenly awaited when results of these by-polls would be declared along with the Bihar Assembly...

    4 Oct 2020 6:46 PM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the nation during the 74th Independence Day celebrations, at Red Fort in New Delhi, Saturday. (PTI)Opinion
    Waqyanawis | Modi's beard, Nirmala's bad luck, Azad's final speech

    Ghulam Nabi Azad said that if the winter session is postponed he might not be back in the Rajya Sabha

    27 Sept 2020 1:31 PM IST

    People push social activist Swami Agnivesh while he was on the way to pay tribute to former PM Atal Behari Vajpayee at Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Marg in New Delhi on Friday. Agnivesh was reportedly assaulted later. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Waqyanawis | Swami Agnivesh, who fought against BJP's Hindutva, denied...

    Agnivesh had given up a career as a professor in Calcutta to be a full-time social activist. His mission was to resist...

    13 Sept 2020 5:14 PM IST

    Sharmistha Mukherjee, daughter of the late Pranab Mukherjee. (Twitter/@Sharmistha_GK)Opinion
    Waqyanawis | Sharmistha has Pranab Mukherjee's treasure trove

    Amit Shah and the stars, Priyanka and her rented flat, and Jyotiraditya's long wait

    6 Sept 2020 7:21 PM IST

    Ahmed PatelOpinion
    Waqyanawis | 23 vs 23: Is affable Ahmed Patel the villain' of the...

    The grudge against otherwise affable Patel is that he is pushing his favourites at all levels of the Congress hierarchy

    30 Aug 2020 1:16 AM IST

    Nitish Kumar with Sushil Modi (PTI)Opinion
    Waqyanawis | In Bihar, JD-U, BJP, LJP pull in different directions

    The party complained that both Yadav and deputy chief minister Sushil Modi are biased towards chief minister Nitish...

    22 Aug 2020 5:39 PM IST

    In this file photo the rebel Congress leader Sachin Pilot (R) is seen with the then Congress President Rahul Gandhi during a rally in Jaipur. PTI PhotoOpinion
    Waqyanawis | It's official: Equal credit must go to all for Rajasthan...

    Acknowledging Sonia Gandhi's leadership, the AICC head of media and communication attributed the resolution of the...

    16 Aug 2020 2:40 AM IST

    Amars political journey began in Kolkata with Subrata Mukherjee and against Somen Mitra who died recentlyOpinion
    Waqyanawis | When Somen Mitra shoved Amar Singh out of Kolkata

    It was a sad and quiet exit for Amar Singh who for most of his life remained boisterous and flamboyant

    9 Aug 2020 5:08 PM IST

    An Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard by a closed road, as Kashmiris marked Eid during lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus in in Srinagar. AP PhotoOpinion
    Waqyanawis | Will J&K statehood be announced from Red Fort on August...

    The big question is whether Modi and his deputy, home minister Amit Shah, will think out of the box and do course...

    2 Aug 2020 5:38 PM IST

    Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot leaves from a hotel, in Jaipur, Saturday. PTI PhotoOpinion
    Waqyanawis | Sibal, Singhvi, Randeep, Tankha who's to blame for...

    In-house legal eagles are engaged in a full-fledged blame game over the Rajasthan fiasco

    26 July 2020 6:49 PM IST

    In this file photo the rebel Congress leader Sachin Pilot (R) is seen with the then Congress President Rahul Gandhi during a rally in Jaipur. PTI PhotoOpinion
    Waqyanawis | Gandhis in a dilemma as Ashok Gehlot kept enemies closer

    The Gandhis are now in a dilemma. Their stated position of opposing anyone having truck with the BJP is compromised

    19 July 2020 4:33 PM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi is said to be furious over the damage to Indias position and the embarrassment it has caused him personally. PTI PhotoOpinion
    Waqyanawis | Challenged at LAC, PM unhappy with corps commander, CDS

    The PM is said to have given General Rawat a piece of his mind at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security

    12 July 2020 7:06 PM IST

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