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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is a self-acknowledged milkman. Cows are a best part of his life. That is why he cannot wake up and smell the coffee. And, now, the question is being asked: Why did Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah choose to make Yogi CM?

Information & Broadcasting Minister Smriti Irani is the talk of Online Town. From the wire to the scroll, she’s commanding attention and grabbing eyeballs. The lady minister wants to regulate online content. Especially, because there is an impression building that the Modi Government is dangerously close to getting into the bad books after being years in the good books. And media the mirror is reflecting the government’s twists and turns, ups and downs.

After US President Donald Trump announced three rounds of tariff proposals on Chinese products entering the US and the Chinese responses of counter tariffs on US goods entering China, it was felt that a raging trade war would soon break out. The Chinese had in fact stated that “politeness demands that China comes out with measures in response to unilateral US announcements of tariffs”.

Weekly Round-Up of Major Decisions of the Courts in India as also Legal Policy Developments

After months of protracted litigation faced by Arvind Kejriwal, the Chief Minister of Delhi, and prominent leader of Aam Aadmi Party (‘AAP’), pertaining to several defamation suits filed by various political rivals, including Arun Jaitley, Nitin Gadkari and Kapil Sibal, amongst others, Mr. Kejriwal has chosen to wriggle out of these several cases, by apologising to the leaders and taking back those ‘defamatory statements’. The most prominent cases has been the defamation suit filed by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for the allegations levelled by Kejriwal against Jaitley, of corruption during his stint as President of the Delhi and District Cricket Association (‘DDCA’), claiming damages to the tune of Rs. 10 Crores.

BJP president Amit Shah’s intemperate outburst against the opposition parties – calling them dogs, cats, snakes, etc. – was a sign more of nervousness about his own party than of disdain for its opponents.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has made major moves in forming a front of anti-BJP parties during her stay in Delhi last month. She has floated the idea of fielding a single opposition candidate against the BJP in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls so that the anti-BJP votes are not divided. This is highly sensible though this strategy is very difficult to implement in some of the states where the Congress is fighting the strong regional parties and the Rahul Gandhi led Congress will automatically seek to improve the position of the Party by fighting the regional parties. But the core of Mamata’s electoral strategy is correct since the strongest anti-BJP party in each state will be the driving force in building anti-BJP front and the strongest anti-BJP party will have to take the others with it so that the BJP’s seats can be brought down to minimum.

Nepal Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli came to New Delhi on a three-day visit last week. The tone for the talks he had with the Indian side was set by Oli himself. Three days before he left for Delhi, Oli told the Nepali Parliament that he would not sign any agreement with India at the cost of Nepal’s pride and prestige and national interest. Also, that he would not sign any new agreements but urge the implementation of the ongoing projects.

KOLKATA: So far as the outbreak of violence in West Bengal prior to the panchayat polls is concerned, the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) is apparently unable to exercise a total control on proceedings. Given the TMC’s overwhelming dominance at all levels of political activity, the spirited response from even a disjointed opposition has surprised observers.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi has taken ownership of the die cast by the Samajwadi Party-Bahujan Samaj Party combine and challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to contest and win the Varanasi constituency against a united opposition candidate in the next elections. “He will lose,” Rahul declared in Karnataka, which goes to polls on May 12, and which the party has to retain to get through to the quarterfinals and the semi-finals.