The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has formed an alliance with the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) for the Punjab Assembly elections in 2022 after breaking ties with BJP last year over the Centre's contentious farm laws.
Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | ‘Hindu politics’ by Opposition is a sign of BJP’s New India
Published Apr 20, 2021, 11:55 pm IST
Updated Apr 20, 2021, 11:55 pm IST
The (Hindu) Opposition leaders now mask past commitment and efforts at increasing the political representation of religious minorities
Former UP minister Akhilesh Yadav offers prayers on the banks of Ganga river during Kumbh Mela 2021, in Haridwar, Sunday, April 11, 2021. (PTI)
What is common to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav? Besides the latter being a joint recipient of her letter, written last month to 15 Opposition stalwarts asking them to join forces to fight assaults on India’s constitutional federalism, both have also recently publicly displayed their Hindu identities.
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