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Five factors that the BJP thinks work against the Trinamool Congress in the West Bengal polls and what the BJP’s internal surveys say, ThePrint Political Editor DK Singh elaborates in this episode of #PoliticallyCorrect----more----Read this week's Politically Correct here: https://theprint.in/opinion/politically-correct/amit-shah-not-pm-modi-is-mamata-banerjees-real-challenger-in-this-bengal-election/2915291/

The 52nd Amendment (anti-defection law) had specific exceptions: ‘splits’ where 1/3rd of existing party left to form new one; and ‘mergers’ where 2/3rd of existing party joined another.----more----https://theprint.in/politics/raghav-chadha-led-aap-mps-move-to-bjp-reignites-debate-over-merger-exception-to-anti-defection-law/2915914/

Nashik Trimbakeshwar Kumbh Mela Authority is holding industry & expert consultations for 21 month-long Simhastha Kumbh, set to begin later this year, with expected overall footfall of 12 cr.----more----https://theprint.in/india/with-ai-led-management-systems-in-the-works-maharashtra-plans-most-technologically-advanced-kumbh-yet/2916082/

The Maharashtra government must fund activities that can develop, certify, and rapidly multiply climate-resilient mango cultivars, along with other agricultural products.

The second phase of elections in West Bengal will be held on Wednesday. ThePrint Editor-In-Chief Shekhar Gupta takes you back to 2011 when #WritingsOnTheWall described the state of West Bengal under Left rule & why it was guilty of undermining the entrepreneurship of Bengali people. The two-part series from 2011, also read the new stirrings of change in Bengal, before Mamata ended 34-year Left rule in the state.----more----Read full article here: https://theprint.in/sg-writings-on-the-wall/from-soviet-union-in-alimuddin-street-to-a-watch-repair-shop-in-singur-2/544113/

ThePrintAM: Why has Kejriwal refused to appear in Delhi HC judge Sharma’s court?

https://theprint.in/judiciary/cloud-of-grave-unresolved-questions-why-kejriwal-wont-appear-in-delhi-hc-judge-sharmas-court/2915504/

The London Marathon 2026 saw Kenyan long-distance runner Sabastian Sawe and Yomif Kejelcha of Ethiopia shatter the two-hour barrier. Sawe reset the world record for men’s, while Ethiopian long-distance runner Tigst Assefa set a new women’s world record, beating her own best. In Episode 1831 of Cut The Clutter, ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta explains the significance of these developments, how science & tech are fuelling ambition in sports and the super shoe race

https://theprint.in/diplomacy/mixed-signals-mistrust-pakistan-miscommunication-why-us-iran-talks-to-end-west-asia-war-are-faltering/2914600/

This edition of #WritingsOnTheWall with Shekhar Gupta comes from West Bengal, where one phase of polling is yet to take place. In West Bengal, Left is in a dead heat with Congress for the wooden spoon; Maoism in the tribal heartland has been entombed; and in Kerala, the Left fights double incumbency. 

ThePrintAM: WHY DID 7 AAP MPs JOIN BJP?