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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 (PTI photo)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 1:28 PM IST

    Swami AgniveshOpinion
    Waqyanawis | Swami Agnivesh, who fought against BJP’s Hindutva,...

    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 5:13 PM IST

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

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

    6 Sept 2020 7:10 PM IST

    Congress leader Ahmed Patel (PTI)Opinion
    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 5:36 PM IST

    Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot along with senior Congress leader Sachin Pilot flashes victory signs during the party MLAs meeting, at CM residence in Jaipur. PTI PhotoOpinion
    Waqyanawis | It’s official: Equal credit must go to all for...

    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 5:07 PM IST

    A security personnel (L) stops a cyclist on a street in front of the grand mosque, Jamia Masjid, as strict restrictions have been imposed amid concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus for the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha, the feast of sacrifice, in Srinagar. AFP 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 along with senior Congress leaders Randeep Surjewala (L), Avinash Pandey (2nd from L) and Ajay Maken (R) speaks to media, outside a hotel in Jaipur. 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 6:48 PM IST

    In this file photo the rebel Congress leader Sachin Pilot (R) is seen with the then Congress President Rahul Gandhi and Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot during a party function 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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