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In this issue
Highlights of India Today 15th April 2024: A deep dive into the challenges facing the I.N.D.I.A. alliance as it seeks to defeat the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The odds are stacked against them, but a concerted strategy and narrative can help the Opposition limit the BJP's outsize ambitions
STORM IN A FRAGILE TEACUP
Just a month and a half back, on February 23 and 24, over 4,000 Indians attended the annual St Anthony's Feast in Katchatheevu Island, with an equal number of Sri Lankan devotees also present. For the feast of the guardian saint of fishermen, the Lankans provided food, drinking water and sanitary facilities.
![STORM IN A FRAGILE TEACUP](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5/1656798/-JOHMHTtD1712320905933/STORM-IN-A-FRAGILE-TEACUP.jpg)
6 mins
MORE DISGUISED THAN EMPLOYED
India's growth story is one of paradoxes.
![MORE DISGUISED THAN EMPLOYED](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5/1656798/r6BE7_PZn1712321193730/MORE-DISGUISED-THAN-EMPLOYED.jpg)
3 mins
MAHARATHIS @MAHABHARATA
For all the Opposition's giant-killing ambitions, expressed in high moral tones from the stage, their actions don't quite match up to stated intent.
![MAHARATHIS @MAHABHARATA](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5/1656798/3WhMqDU1g1712321488992/MAHARATHIS-MAHABHARATA.jpg)
1 min
TAMIL NADU - THE LONE THEVAR WITH FIVE SHADOWS
Cast adrift from his lifelong alma mater, Ottakarathevar Panneerselvam can be pardoned for feeling a little befuddled these days.
![TAMIL NADU - THE LONE THEVAR WITH FIVE SHADOWS](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5/1656798/yTwRRzE5J1712321571488/TAMIL-NADU-THE-LONE-THEVAR-WITH-FIVE-SHADOWS.jpg)
1 min
WEST BENGAL - The Revolution Will Be Webcast!
Shall we call it digital dialectics? The Left has long tried to shed the stereotype of being head-in-the-sand Luddites-one that it had earned back in the Eighties, the early days of computerisation, when it pressed the Ctrl X keys more than anything else.
![WEST BENGAL - The Revolution Will Be Webcast!](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5/1656798/Dn-ZlGfKE1712321699823/WEST-BENGAL-THE-REVOLUTION-WILL-BE-WEBCAST.jpg)
1 min
MAHARASHTRA - THE 'LOK TANTRIKS'
Politics is a high-stress profession in these turbulent, uncertain times.
![MAHARASHTRA - THE 'LOK TANTRIKS'](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5/1656798/fNBmZQjTY1712321777863/MAHARASHTRA-THE-LOK-TANTRIKS.jpg)
1 min
MINI MANTRIS
In military terms, the Congress has earned the right to see Karnataka as a position of advantage-a high Deccan spur castle from which it can easily pick out any invading horde.
![MINI MANTRIS](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5/1656798/oZ1k-jXWU1712321899533/MINI-MANTRIS.jpg)
1 min
RAJASTHAN - R.I.P., OR 'OM SHANTI'?
Defectors have a sense of direction: their GPS is mostly set saffron-ward these days. So, when a stray migrant comes walking into the Congress camp, you'd expect it to be bowing in gratitude.
![RAJASTHAN - R.I.P., OR 'OM SHANTI'?](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5/1656798/zdfDLdA-N1712321830350/RAJASTHAN-RIP-OR-OM-SHANTI.jpg)
1 min
GUJARAT - RUPALA GETS TOO RADICAL
Union minister Parshottam Rupala's egalitarian turn has boomeranged on him.
![GUJARAT - RUPALA GETS TOO RADICAL](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5/1656798/P34QqIJnd1712322119228/GUJARAT-RUPALA-GETS-TOO-RADICAL.jpg)
1 min
ANDHRA PRADESH - Food for Thought
As a vote-getting device, free rations are a common item on political menus these days.
![ANDHRA PRADESH - Food for Thought](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5/1656798/XTAEBTQLi1712322067340/ANDHRA-PRADESH-FOOD-FOR-THOUGHT.jpg)
1 min
MADHYA PRADESH - COUPLE OF ISSUES
Alliance-making is tricky enough at the party level. But the upcoming Lok Sabha polls have left no room for informal adjustments even at home for a political family in Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh.
![MADHYA PRADESH - COUPLE OF ISSUES](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5/1656798/lfxsDNp4z1712321958308/MADHYA-PRADESH-COUPLE-OF-ISSUES.jpg)
1 min
Can I.N.D.I.A.Topple Modi?
The Odds Seem Heavily Stacked Against Them, But A Concerted Strategy And Narrative Can Help The Opposition Limit The BJP's Outsized Ambitions
![Can I.N.D.I.A.Topple Modi?](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5/1656798/l37taSaGo1712322473105/crp_CAN-INDIATOPPLE-MODI.jpg)
10+ mins
"THERE IS ALREADY AN UNDECLARED EMERGENCY"
As convenor of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (I.N.D.I.A.), Mallikarjun Kharge has the humongous task of getting the 26-party combine on the same page on seat-sharing arrangements and a common narrative to take on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP. The 81-year-old Congress president also has to galvanise the Grand Old Party to improve on its abysmal tally of 52 seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha election. Kharge took time off his hectic schedule to speak exclusively to Group Editorial Director Raj Chengappa and Executive Editor Kaushik Deka on a range of key election issues. Excerpts:
!["THERE IS ALREADY AN UNDECLARED EMERGENCY"](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5/1656798/pvA_DYWz-1712324068117/THERE-IS-ALREADY-AN-UNDECLARED-EMERGENCY.jpg)
10 mins
A FLUID STATE
THE SAMAJWADI PARTY GIVES OLD ALLIES A SNUB EVEN AS DIFFERENCES EMERGE BETWEEN ITS CHIEF AKHILESH YADAV AND JAILED LEADER AZAM KHAN; THE BJP LEAVES SITTING MPS HIGH AND DRY
![A FLUID STATE](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5/1656798/1oCHiDPjA1712324431594/A-FLUID-STATE.jpg)
3 mins
OF RANIS AND ALSO-RANS
A royal family member dons saffron robes to dip her toes in politics, and invites the TMC's censure
![OF RANIS AND ALSO-RANS](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5/1656798/MllzvrWWK1712324569657/OF-RANIS-AND-ALSORANS.jpg)
3 mins
BATTLE OF PATILS
Will the Congress-Shiv Sena (UBT) fracas over Sangli impact the prospects of the MVA in Maharashtra and the pan-nation interests of the I.N.D.I.A. bloc?
![BATTLE OF PATILS](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5/1656798/ZPXRdbOkd1712324672600/BATTLE-OF-PATILS.jpg)
4 mins
BJP Vs BJP
The party faces dissent in at least six seats. Reasons range from nomination of outsiders to non-performance
![BJP Vs BJP](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5/1656798/AZST0auQO1712325118854/BJP-VS-BJP.jpg)
2 mins
EXODUS HITS CONGRESS
Scores of Congress leaders and workers shift allegiance to the BJP, raising questions about the Grand Old Party's winnability, unity and leadership stability
![EXODUS HITS CONGRESS](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5/1656798/FyzE9-PFF1712324892623/EXODUS-HITS-CONGRESS.jpg)
3 mins
MOLLYWOOD GOES TO THE POLLS
Film stars are shining bright in Kerala's political firmament. The BJP is relying on one to make its LS wish come true
![MOLLYWOOD GOES TO THE POLLS](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5/1656798/qxZQg39lE1712325221940/MOLLYWOOD-GOES-TO-THE-POLLS.jpg)
3 mins
GROUND FLEET
Jagan side-steps EC fiat against his 'army' of ward and village volunteers, gets them to disburse pensions
![GROUND FLEET](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5/1656798/skpy-AO8P1712325347019/GROUND-FLEET.jpg)
1 min
NOTHING FAKE ABOUT IT
Amidst furore over non-payment of NREGA funds to Bengal due to alleged corruption, central data purportedly shows almost all job cards in the state to be genuine
![NOTHING FAKE ABOUT IT](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5/1656798/pjB6P5V111712325405419/NOTHING-FAKE-ABOUT-IT.jpg)
2 mins
A STEALTHY LETHAL FORCE
The Cabinet Committee on Security has flagged off the prototype development and testing stage of India's indigenous fifth generation stealth fighter jet, the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA). Slated to be in production from 2035, it would make the IAF battle-ready for the future
![A STEALTHY LETHAL FORCE](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5/1656798/CdpsIJfZc1712325488098/A-STEALTHY-LETHAL-FORCE.jpg)
7 mins
BREAKING THE MOULD
ACTOR GULSHAN DEVAIAH IS LOOKING FORWARD TO LITTLE THOMAS, A SLICE-OF-LIFE FILM THAT TAKES HIM AWAY FROM THE DARK CHARACTERS HE HAS BEEN PLAYING
![BREAKING THE MOULD](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5/1656798/I4odnm-J_1712325857624/BREAKING-THE-MOULD.jpg)
2 mins
Nature Above All
The effortless grace with which Ganesh Haloi switched from masterly figurative studies dating back to the late 1960s to rendering mindscapes reflecting his communion with nature is vividly expressed in an eyeopening exhibition.
![Nature Above All](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5/1656798/rgV9bmON31712325944791/NATURE-ABOVE-ALL.jpg)
2 mins
WALKS ON THE WILD SIDE
PART TRAVELOGUE AND PART INQUIRY, STEPHEN ALTER'S THE COBRA'S GAZE URGES INDIANS TO CONNECT DEEPER WITH NATURE AMIDST OUR ONGOING WAR AGAINST WILDLIFE
![WALKS ON THE WILD SIDE](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5/1656798/aegaNArKF1712326054279/WALKS-ON-THE-WILD-SIDE.jpg)
1 min
AND JUSTICE FOR ALL
The courtroom drama Patna Shuklla is actor Raveena Tandon's way of highlighting burning social issues
![AND JUSTICE FOR ALL](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5/1656798/AXHfzXTY91712326137286/AND-JUSTICE-FOR-ALL.jpg)
1 min
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